Trial, and the Commons not appearing, he is acquitted unanimoufly, 72. Names of the Lords prefent at the Trial, ibid. Act of Grace fent to the Houfe of Lords, and from thence to the Commons, 73. Exceptions to the Lords Meffage, ibid. Conferences between the two Houses thereupon, 74. The Parliament prorogued, ibid.

The Third Seffion, begun Nov. 21, 1717.

An Addrefs of Thanks for his Majefty's Specch at opening the Seffion, 74. The King's Anfwer thereto, 75. Lord North and Grey takes Notice of the great Scarcity of Silver, ibid. Debate thereon, ibid. Debate on a Bill for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, 76. Proteft on rejecting a Clause for providing, That no Punishment by a Court Martial, fhall extend to Life or Limb, 81. Proteft againft rejecting a Claufe to fecure the Obedience of the Officers, &c. to the Civil Magiftrate, 83. Proteft against paffing the Mutiny-Bill, 86. Debate on the Bill for Sale of the Forfeited Eftates, 88. Debate on a Bill for rebuilding St Giles's Church, inftead of one of the Fifty new Churches, 89. Proteft on refufing to add, of pious Memory, after the Name of Queen Anne, 90. The Bill for Sale of the Forfeited Eftates pafs'd by the Lords, 91. Protest against a Claufe in a Bill, for erecting Work-Houfes at Bristol, 93. The Parliament prorogued, 94.

The Fourth Seffion, begun Nov. 11, 1718.

Debate on an Addrefs of Thanks and Congratulation, on Sir George Byng's deftroying the Spanish Fleet, 95. Account of that Action, ib. The Addrefs, 97. The King's Anfwer, 98. Lord Stanhope acquaints the House with the King's having declared War against Spain, ib. An Address of Thanks upon that Occafion, 99. The King's Anfwer, ibid. Lord Stanhope brings in a Bill for repealing the Acts against Occafional Conformity, and the Schifm Act, ibid. Debate thereon, ibid. The faid Bill pafs'd, 110. Debate on the Duke of Somerfet's Motion for a Bill to fettle the Peerage, ibid. 'King's Meflage relating to the Peerage Bill, 111. Re

folutions

folutions relating to the Scots Peers, 113. And to the English Peers, 114. A Bill ordered accordingly, ibid. Addrefs of Thanks for the King's Speech relating to an Invafion from Spain, 115. His Majefty's Anfwer, ibid. State of the Peerage at this Time, ibid. Petition of three Scots Lords against the Peerage Bill, 116. Which is drop'd, ib. Refolution against the iffuing of Money out of the Chamber of London, touching Elections, ib. Proteft against the faid Refolution, 117. The Parliament prorogu'd, ib.

The Fifth Seffion, begun Nov. 23, 1719.

Address of Thanks for the King's Speech at opening the Seffion, 118. His Majefty's Anfwer, 119. Duke of Buckingham brings in the Peerage Bill; ib. Debate thereon, ib. The Peerage Bill país'd, but rejected by the Commons, 120. A Bill order'd in for the better fecuring the Dependency of Ireland upon the Crown of Great Britain, ib. A Copy of the faid Bill, 120. Narrative of the Difpute between the Houfe of Lords of Great Britain, and the House of Lords of Ireland, which occafioned the Bill to be brought in, 121. Duke of Leeds's Proteft on that Occafion, 123. Debate on a Motion for committing the Bill, to enable the South-Sea Company to increase their Capital Stock, 125. The South-Sea Bill paffes the Houfe, 126. Account of the fudden Rife and Fall of the South-Sea Stock, 127. The Parliament prorogued, ib.

The Sixth Seffion, begun Dec. 8, 1720.

Address to the King for his Speech at opening the Seffion, 127. The King's Anfwer, ib. A Day appointed to confider the calamitous State of the Nation, occafion'd by the South Sea Scheme, 128. Debate thereon, ib. Accounts, &c. relating to the South-Sea Scheme prefented, ib. Debate on the State of the Publick Credit, 129. The House refolve, That the Commiffioners of the Treafury's appointing the Directors of the South-Sea Company to be Managers for executing the South-Sea Act, was legal, 130. Protest against the faid Refolution, ib. The Directors, &c. of the South-Sea Company voted guilty of a Breach of Truft,

Truft, 132. A Bill to difable them from holding any Place in the Bank, South-Sea, or Eaft-India Companies, 133. More Accounts relating to the South-Sea Company, ib. Examination of Mr Knight, Mr Surman, and Others, ib. Petition of the Sub-Governor, &. against the Bill for reftraining them from going out of the Kingdom, 134. Examinations of Mr Foye, Sir W. Chapman, Mr Houlditch, Mr Hawes, Mr Gibson, Mr Chefter, Mr Aftel, and Sir Harcourt Mafters, ib. Refolutions thereupon, 135. Examination of Mr Waller, Mr Aftel, and Mr Hawes, ib. Refolutions thereupon, ib, Sir John_Blunt examined, 136. He is voted guilty of a Contempt of the Houfe, 139. Examination of Sir John Fellows, ib. And of Mr Joye, 140. Debate on a Report of Mr Knight's being apprehended, 141. Addrefs to the King thereupon, 142. Examination of Mr Grigsby, Mr Surman, Mr Bon Ouvrier, Mr Waller, and Mr Barber, ib. Earl Coningsby committed to the Tower, for reflecting on the Lord Chancellor, and the Sheriff of Herefordshire, ib. Proteft relating to the Calicoe-Bill, 143. Bill against Blafphemy and Prophaneness, 144. Debate thereon, 145. Debate on a Petition of Mr • Aiflabie, Sir John Fellows, Mr Joye, and Mr Craggs's Daughters, against the Bill for raifing Money on their Eftates, 146. A Conference between both Houses, relating to Mr Aiflabie and the late Mr Craggs, fen. ib. The Commons Reafons deliver'd at the faid Conference, 147. Orders thereupon, 149. Mr Surman's Petition rejected, ib. Farther Proceedings on Mr Aiflabie's Petition, 150. The Orders of the House of Lords thereupon, ib. Debate thereon, ib. The SouthSea Directors, &c. examin'd, ib. Debate thereon, 151. Mr Aiflabie's Defence, ib. Mr Ailabie's Witneffes, and the Directors of the Sword-Blade Company, order'd to attend, 169. Mr Aislabie's fecond Defence, 170. Claufe againft Mr Aiflabie pafs'd, 184. Claufe relating to the late Mr Craggs pafs'd, ib. The Parliament prorogued, 185.

The Seventh Seffion, begun Oct. 19, 1721.

An Addrefs of Thanks for the King's Speech at opening the Seffion, 185. His Majesty's Answer, ib.

Mr

Mr Law, the famous Projector, arrives in England, 186. Debate on that Occafion, ib. Debate on the Navy-Debt, 188. Proteft on that Occafion, 189. Debate on a Motion for laying before the House the Inftructions given to Lord Carteret, as Minifter in Sweden, 190. Proteft on rejecting it, ib. Farther Debate on the Navy-Debt, 191. Debate on the Treaty with Spain, ib. Proteft on that Occafion, 192. Farther Debate on the Navy-Debt, ib. Debate on the Number of Half-pay Officers, 193. Farther Proceedings on the Navy-Debt, ib. Proteft on a Motion relating to the Caufe of the Navy-Debt paffing in the Negative, 194. Petition of the City of London touching the Bill relating to the Plague, 195. Proteft on rejecting it, 196. Debate on the Bill relating to the Plague, 198. Farther Debate on the Mutiny-Bill, ib. Earl of Sunderland's Motion for committing Lord Coningsby to the Tower, for reflecting on the Lords Juftices, 199. He is excufed on asking Pardon, ib. Earl Cowper's Motion for repealing fome Claufes of the Quarentine-Act, ib. Proteft on a Negative being put on it, 200. Farther Debate relating to the Plague, 202. Farther Debate on the Mutiny-Bill, ib. Debate on the Earl of Strafford's Motion, for Sir George Byng's Inftructions to be laid before the Houfe, ib. Lord North and Grey's Motion for an Account of the Difpofal of the Spanish Ships taken in the Mediterranean, Anno 1718, P. 204. Protest against paffing the Mutiny-Bill, ib. Debate on the Quaker's Bill, 205. Debate relating to the building of Ships for Foreigners, ib. The Judges Opinion thereon, 206. Farther Debate on the Navy-Debt, ib. Motion to refolve, That the not paying off the Seamen in the Winter, was one Cause of it, 207. Protest on that Occafion, ib. Debate on a Motion for committing the Quaker's Bill, 209. Petition of the London Clergy against it, ib. Debate on the faid Petition, 210. Proteft on rejecting it, 211. Farther Debate on the Quaker's Bill, 213. It paffes the Houfe, ib. Protest against it, ib. Debate on the Difpofal of the Spanish Ships, 216. Motion that the Treaties, &c. relating to the British Squadron being fent to the Baltic, be called for, ib. Debate thereon, 217. Proteft on a Negative being put upon it, ib. Refolutions touching

the

the Navy-Debt,. 219. Proteft against the first Refolution, 220. Protest against the second Refolution, 222. Debate on the Earl of Uxbridge's Motion, That Victualling the Ships abroad was one Caufe of the Increase of the Navy-Debt, 223. Protest on that Occafion, ib. Proteft on refufing to adjourn, when the Lord Chancellor came late to the House, 225. Debate on the Bill relating to the building Ships of War for Foreigners, 226. Debate on a Bill to fecure the Freedom of Elections, 227. Proteft on rejecting it, ib. Earl of Sunderland complains of the faid Proteft, 230. Debate thereon, 231. The faid Proteft expunged, ib. Protest against expunging it, ib. Proteft against adjourning the Confideration of the Navy-Debt, 232. Debate on the National Debt, 234. Proteft on that Occafion, ib. Proteft on a Motion relating to the Publick Credit's paffing in the Negative, 235. Debate on the Earl of Sunderland's Motion for limiting the Time for entering Protests, 236. Protest against paffing a Bill relating to Running of Goods, 237. A new standing Order concerning the entering Protests, 238. Proteft against it, 239. Proteft against expunging Part of the Proteft of the 19th of February laft, about the Navy-Debt, 240. Proteft against expunging the Proteft of the 20th of February, relating to the National Debt, 241. Protest against expunging the Proteft of the 17th of January against the Quakers. Bill, 242. The Parliament diffolv'd, 243. Names of the Scots Peers elected to fit in the New Parliament, ibid.

The First Seffion of the Second Parliament of King George I. begun Oct. 11. 1722.

The

The Parliament meet, 243. The King acquaints the House with the Difcovery of Layer's Plot, ib. Duke of Grafton's Motion for a Bill to fufpend the Habeas Corpus Act for a Year, 244. Debate on the Second Reading thereof, ib. Proteft against it, 245. faid Bill pafs'd into a Law, 247. An Addrefs of Thanks to the King for his Speech relating to the Confpiracy, ib. The King's Anfwer, 248. Bishop of Rochester, Lord North and Grey, and Earl of Orrery committed and detain'd in the Tower, on account of

the