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 THE 
 
 HiftoncalRcgifter, 
 
 Containing 
 
 An Impartial RELATION of all 
 TaANSAGTiONS, both Civil ^ui Mi- 
 nt aty^ Foreign and DomeJiicL 
 
 WITH A 
 
 Chronological Diary 
 
 O F 
 
 The moft Remarkable Events and 
 Publick Occurrences. 
 
 V I Z.\ 
 
 Affairs of the feveral Nations of EUROPE, 
 Births, Marriages, Deaths, Removals, Promotions, 
 &c, that happen'd from the laft Day of Jidy, 
 1714, to the tirft Day of January^ 1716 ; being 
 the firft Seventeen Months of the Reign of King 
 George. 
 
 Together with 
 
 The Charafters and Parentage of Perfons of 
 eminent Rank, who departed this Life, during that 
 Time. 
 
 In Two Vo L U M E 8, 
 
 LONDON: Printed, and Sold bv C. Meere in the 
 Old Bally ; C King in Weflminfler-HaU ; JL Go/l'mg 
 and J, Pemherton in Flcct-ftreet j F. Fayram in Corn 
 hill ; and J, Pcele in Puter-no/ler Row, 1724.
 
 THE 
 
 Hiftorical Regiftcr, 
 
 Containing 
 An Impartial Relation of all 
 Transactions, both Civil and jMHj^ 
 tary, Foreig7i and D'omefticky that hap- 
 pen'd daring the firft Seventeen Months 
 of the Reign of Xing G e o r. g e. 
 
 Vo L U M E I. 
 
 Wherein is contain'dj 
 
 I. The Introdu6tion, giving an Account of the 
 Settlement of the vSuccellion to the Crown in the 
 moft Illuftrious Houfe of Hanover • and of Queen 
 Anne's Sicknefs and Death. 
 
 II. Proceedings of the Second Seflion of the Fourth 
 Parliament of Great Briiawj being the laft o\ 
 Queen Anne's Reign. 
 
 III. The Proclaiming of King George ; his Journey 
 from Hanover^ Arrival in England^ Entry into 
 London^ Coronation, &c. 
 
 IV. Memorials, O'c, relating to the Demolition of 
 Dunkirk J and the Canal and Port which the French 
 King intended to make at Mardyh. 
 
 V. Proceedings of the Fifth Parliament of Great 
 Britain (being the Firft of King Georgis Reign) 
 'till Janiuirj p, 1716, wheYe the Quarterly Hiflo- 
 
 \ r'lcal RegifJers began. 
 
 VI. Abftra<S: of the Report of the Committee oi 
 Secrecy. 
 
 VII. Articles. of Impeachment againft Robert Earl oi 
 Oxford, and 
 
 LONDON: Printed, and Sold by C Meerein the| 
 Old Ba'iy. M.DCC.XXIV. .
 
 THE 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 HE following Sheets are 
 intended as an Addition 
 to the Hifiorical Regifters 
 already publilh'd ; and 
 to render that Work a compleat 
 Narrative of all the remarkable Oc- 
 currences that have happened during 
 the whole Reign of his prefent Ma- 
 jelly King GEORGE, to this 
 Time. For that Undertaking not 
 having been attempted till the Be- 
 ginning of the Year 1715, the re- 
 markable Events of the firft Seven- 
 teen Months of the King, compu- 
 ting from the Death of Queen ANNE^ 
 remain unaccouated for in our for- 
 
 nier
 
 The Preface. 
 
 mer Collcflions : To fupply there- 
 fore that Defeft, thefe Volumes are 
 offer'd to the Publick ; in the pe- 
 rufing whereof, the Reader will find 
 the fame Method has been followed, 
 as in the compiling of the former 
 Regtflersy and the fame Impartiality 
 likewife obferv'd in the Narrative 
 Part thereof, by barely relating Mat- 
 ters of Faft, without making any 
 Defcant thereon, either of Com- 
 mendation or Reprehenfion. The 
 Anions are related, the Adors only 
 mention d, and the Reader left to 
 judge, whether worthy of Blame or 
 Praife. 
 
 To convince the Publick of this 
 Truth, it will fuffice to inforrh 
 them, that thefe Volumes have been 
 coUeSled and compiled by the fame 
 Perfon as the thirty-three Regiflers , 
 already publifh'd } and it would be 
 unreasonable to fufpeft him of 
 
 fwerving
 
 The Preface. 
 
 fwerving from a Method, which a 
 ISIine Years Experience had taught 
 him was acceptable to the Publick. 
 
 That the Readerrnay not be fur- 
 priz'd, at not finding in this Work 
 fome of the moft memorable. Events 
 of the Year 171 5, particularly, that 
 there is little or no Mention made 
 of the Rebellions that then broke 
 out in England and Scotland^ nor of 
 the Death of Lewis XIV. King of 
 France^ or the Confequences attend- 
 ing it in • that Kingdom^ and fome 
 other AfFair% of lefs Moment ; it 
 will be neceflary to apprize him 
 beforehand, that he will find thofe 
 Matters related in the Firfl^ and in 
 fome of the following Regiflers : 
 For Part of thofe Tranfaftions fal- 
 ling within the Time we then un- 
 dertook to write of, we confider'd 
 that our Relations would have been 
 imperfect^ had we not gone fome- 
 
 what
 
 The Preface. 
 
 what back, and taken Notice of the 
 Rife of thofe AflFairs, whofe Pro- 
 grefs and Conclufion it was of ne- 
 ceffity for us to mention. But tho' 
 they are omitted in thefe Volumes, 
 the Reader will, in their proper 
 Places, find them referr'd to in the 
 former Regiflers^ of which thefe 
 Volumes are to be deemed a Part. 
 
 THE
 
 THE 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Ntending to write the Hiftory of the 
 Reign of his prefent Maj fty King 
 Geory^ from the Time o:' his Acccfliou 
 to the Throne, to the Beginning offie 
 Year 1716, at which Time the Hifl-jri^ 
 cal Rcgifter N<^I. begins thlt Hiftcrrj it will be re- 
 quilite, for the more perfe6t Underftanding of 
 feveral Tranfa6lions we IhaJl have Occafion to 
 mention, to premife, not only fome Occurrences 
 that happened during the Liter End of the preced- 
 ing Reign, but alfo to take Matters fomewhat 
 higher, and (hew how the Succeflion to the Imperi- 
 al Crown of thefe Kingdoms came to be fettled in 
 the illuftrious Houfe of HanoVer t Which Tranf- 
 a<n:ions, not being properly Part of the Reign we 
 are going to write, yet abfolutely neceffary to be 
 known for the Reafon above mentioned, fhall, to- 
 gether with fome others of the like Nature, be the 
 Subject oF this Introduftion. 
 
 Firft then, it will be neceffary to Ihew, how the 
 Crown of thefe Reahns came to devolve on his pre- 
 fent Mijefty King George. In the Yeir 1703, upon 
 the Death of Wri'iam Duke of Glow^firr^ tne only 
 furviving IlTue oK the Body of the lat.: Q'leen, then 
 Princefs A/ine of Denmark^ King Willi im III, hav* 
 ing, in a Speech to both Houfes of Parliiment, 
 recommended to them to fettle the Suc^tilli 1 to 
 the Crown in the Proteftant Line, in Cafe of his 
 Qwa Death, and after the Deceafe of the Prin:efs
 
 ii The Introduction. 
 
 Anne of Venmarh without Iffue of her Body, the 
 Pailiament did thereupon in the fame Seffion draw 
 up a Bill, entitled, Ai Act for the farther Lmitatiori 
 of the Oown, and better Jecuring the Rights and, LU 
 herties of the SubjeUy which received the Royal 
 AlTent June 12, 170 1 ; whereby it is declared and 
 ena6:ed, 
 
 I.T^ HAT the moft excellent Princefs Sophia^ 
 X Ele6lrefs,and Dutchefs Dowager of Hanover^ 
 Daughter to the moft excellent Princefs Eii^aheth^ 
 late Queen of Bohemia^ eldeft Daughter of King 
 James I. of happy Memory, be, and is hereby de- 
 clared, to be the nc^t in Succeflion in the Proteftanc 
 Line to the Crown of England^ Trance and Ireland, 
 after his Majefty, and the Princefs Anne of Den^ 
 mark, and that for Default of lifue of the faid 
 Princefs Anne^ and of his Majefty refpe<5lively, the 
 faid Crown and Regal Government, Cc, Ihall re- 
 main to the faid Princefs Sophia^ and the Heirs of 
 her Body, being Proteftants. 
 
 II. ProvidedjthaifallPerfons who may inherit the 
 faid Crown by Virtue of this Limitation, and are, 
 or Ihall be reconcil'd to, or hold Communion with 
 the Church oi Fome^ox profefs the Popilh Religion, 
 or marry a Papift, fhall be fubjecl to the Licapaci- 
 ties of the Aa, Anno i W, 8c M. Sefs. 2. cap. 2, 
 entitled, An AEi for declaring the Rights and Liher- 
 ties of the SuhjeEis, and for fettling the SucceJJion of 
 the Crown : And that every King and Queen of the 
 Realm, who ihall come to the Crown by Virtue of 
 this A<a, Ihall take the Coronation-Oath, made 
 I W.8c M. Sefs. I. cap. 6. and make, fubfcribe, 
 and repeat the Declaration in the before-mention'd 
 Aa, iW. 8c M. Sefs 2. cap. 2. 
 
 IIL And for farther fecuring our Religion, Laws, 
 and Liberties, from and after the Death of his Ma- 
 jefty, and the Princefs Anne of Denmark^ and in 
 Default of Iffue of the faid Princefs and his Ma- 
 jefly refpeaively, it is ena^ed, 
 
 I. That
 
 The Introluction. iii 
 
 1. That whofoever lliall hereafter come to the 
 Crown, ihall join in Communion with the Church 
 of EniUind^ as by Law efiablifh'd. 
 
 2. That in Cafe the Crown Ihall hereafter come 
 to any Perfon not being a Native of En^land^ this 
 Nation ihall not be obliged to engage in any War, 
 for Defence of any Dominions or Territories not 
 belonging to the Crown of England, without the 
 Confent of Parliament. 
 
 3. That no Perfon who fhall hereafter come to 
 the Crown, ihall go out of England^ Scotland^ or 
 Ireland^ without Confent of Parliament. [^Note^ 
 This Claufe is repeald by I Geo, cap, 51. as fliall be 
 fhewn hereafter] 
 
 4. That after the Limitation by this A£t fiiall 
 take Effecl, all Things relating to the Well-goven> 
 ing of this Kingdom, properly cognizable in the 
 Privy Council, fhall be tranfacled there • and all 
 Refolutions ihall be fign'd by luch of the Privy 
 Council as ihall. advife and afient to the fame. 
 [This Claufe is likewife repeai'd by 4 & 5 Anna^ 
 cap, 8. entitled. An A^ for an Union of the two 
 Kingdoms of England and Scotland.] 
 
 «^t That after the faid Limitation Ihall take 
 Eifedlj no Perfon born out of England, Scotland, 
 or Ireland^ or the Dominions thereunto belonging, 
 (altho' Naturaliz'd, or made a Denizen) except fuch 
 as were born of Enj^lip9 Parents, ihall be capable 
 to be of the Privy Council, or Member of either 
 Houfe of Parliament, or to enjoy any Office or 
 Place of Truft, Civil or Military, or to have any 
 Grant of Lands from the Crown, to himfelf, or to 
 any others in Truft for him. 
 
 6. That no Perfons who has an Office or Place 
 of Profit under the King, or receives a Penfion from 
 the Crown, Hiall be capable of ferving as a Member 
 of the Houfe of Commons. [This Claufe is alfo 
 repealed by the Union Adt above-mention'd.] 
 
 IV. That after the faid Limitation, C^c. Judges 
 
 Commiffions be made, Cuamdiu fe bene geffennt^ 
 
 and their Salaries afcertain'd and eftablilh'd^ but 
 
 A 2 uppn
 
 iv The Introduction. 
 
 upon the Addrefs of both Houfes of Parliament, 
 it may be lawful to remove them. 
 
 V. That no Pardon under the Great Seal of Eng- 
 land, be pleadable to an Impeacliment by the Com- 
 mons in Parliament. 
 
 VI. And that all the Laws and Statutes of this 
 Keaim for fecuring the eltablilh d Religion, and 
 the 'Rights and Liberties of the People^ Ihail be 
 ratify 'd and confirmed. 
 
 After the pafling of this Aci:, the King ordered 
 it to be fairly engrofs'd, and feal'd with the Great 
 Seal of En^land^ and appointed Charles Gerard, 
 Earl of Macclesfield^ to carry it to the Court of 
 Hanover^ and there prefent it to her Royal High- 
 •nefsj taking with him, at the fame lime, the 
 whole Habits and Ornaments of the Noble Order 
 of the Garier, for George-Lewis^ Ele6lor, (now our 
 moft gracious Sovereign) who had been juft before 
 eleded a Knight-Companion. 
 
 Soon after QuttnAnnes Acceflion to the Throne, 
 Ihe order'd the Princefs Sophia to be pray'd for, in 
 the Prayer for the Royal Family ; and the more 
 firmly to fecure the Succeffion in the Proteftant 
 Line, did, in the Parliament holden in the 4th 
 and 5th Years of her Reign, give the Royal Aflent 
 to two farther Ads, viz. An AEi for naturalizing 
 •the faid Princefs Sophia, and the Ijfuc of her Body ; 
 and the other, entitled. An AEl for the ^greater Se^ 
 curity of her Maj fly's Perfon and Government^ and 
 of the Succeffion of the Crown of England in the PrO" 
 tefiant Line ; and of this laft Ad, 'tis neceffary to 
 give the following Abftrad. 
 
 LT^OR the better Security of her Majefly's Perfon 
 l^ and Government, and the Succeflion in the 
 Proteftant Line, &c, enaded, That if any Perfon 
 after the 25th of March 1706, fhall maliciouily, 
 advifedly, and direftly, by writing, printing, &c, 
 affirm, that our Sovereign Lady the Queen, that 
 now is, is not lawful or rightful Queen of thefe 
 Realms, or that the pretended Prince of Wales, &c, 
 
 hath
 
 The Introduction. 
 
 hath any Right to the Crown, (3^<:. or any Perfon, 
 other wife than according to the Acts of i H^. & M, 
 cap, 2. and 12 W, 3. cap. 2. declaring the Rights 
 and Liberties of the Subje6l, and fettling the Suc- 
 ceflion, CTr. and for the farther Limitation of the 
 Crown, &c. or that the Kings or Queens of Eng" 
 land, are not able, by Authority of Parliament, 
 to make Laws, &€, of fufficient Force to bind the 
 Crown of this Realm^ and the Inheritance aud Go- 
 vernment thereof, fuch Perfon Ihall be guilty of 
 High Treafon, CiTc. . . 
 
 IL Any Perfon that fhall, after the faid 25th of 
 Manh^ malicioufly and dire611y, by preaching, 
 teaching, or advifed fpeaking, maintain,- that her 
 faid Majefty is not lawful or rightful Queen of 
 thefe Realms, &c. or that the pretended Prince of 
 Walcs^ or any other Perfon, &c. have any Right to 
 the Crown, &c. otherwife than according to the 
 aforefaid A6ls, C^r. or that the Kings and Queens of 
 England, &c\ with Authority of Parliament, are 
 not able to make Laws of fufficient Force to limit 
 the Crown, C^c, fuch Perfons convi£led, ihall incur 
 the Penalty of Pramunire, mentioned 16 R, 2. 
 
 IIL No Perfon to be profecuted on this Acl for 
 Words fpoken, unlefs Information be given on 
 Oath, ©"t. within three Days after the Words fpo- 
 ken j and fuch Offence to be profecuted within 
 three Months after Information ; and no Convi6li- 
 on, but by the Oaths of two credible WitnefTes. 
 
 IV. That this prefent Parliament, or any other 
 to be caird hereafter by her Majefty, her Heirs, &€, 
 Ihall not be diffolv'd by the Demife of her Majc-fty, 
 her Heirs, &c, but to continue, and impower'd, if 
 fitting at the Time of fuch Demife, immediately 
 to a£l notwithftanding, &c. for fix Months, and no 
 longer, unlefs prorogu'd or diffolv'd by the Perfon 
 to whom the Crown comes, according to the Li- 
 mitations aforefaid ; and if prorogu'd, than to fit 
 upon that Day, to -which fo prorogu'd, and conti- 
 nue for the Refidue of the faid fix Months, unlefs 
 fogner prorogu'd or diffolv'd. ^c, 
 
 A3 V. w
 
 vi The Introduction. 
 
 V. If a Parliament is in being at the Death of 
 her Majefty, her Heirs, &c, but happens to be fepa- 
 rated by Adjournment, O'c, fuch Parliament to meet 
 immediately, and acl notwithftanding for- fix 
 Months, and no longer, unlefs fooner prorogu'd, or 
 dilTolv'd, as aforefaid. 
 
 VL In cafe no Parliament is in being at the 
 Time of fuch Demife, that has met and fate, then 
 the laft preceding Parliament to cowvene and conti- 
 nue as aforefaid, &c, but fubjeclto be prorogu'd, O'c, 
 
 VII. Nothing in this Aa to extend to alter or 
 abridge the Queen's Power, her Heirs, &c, to pro- 
 rogue or diffolve Parliaments, nor to repeal th" A£t 
 made 6 8c y W. 3. cap, 2. (for the frejuent meeting 
 and calling of Par] laments) but to be in Force in 
 every Thing not inconliftent with the Dire6tion of 
 this Aa. 
 
 VIII. The Privy Council at her Majefty's Demife, 
 Oc, not to be diiTolv'd, but to adt for fix Months 
 after, unlefs fooner determined by the next SuccelTor, 
 &c, nor the Lord Ch:incellor, Keeper, Prelident, 
 Privy Seal, High Admiral, or any the Great Offi- 
 cers of the Houihold, &c, nor any Civil or Milita- 
 ry Employments within Great Britain or Ireland^ 
 &c. Jerjey^ Gucrnfcy^ Aldemey^ or Sark^ or Plan- 
 tations, to be void, but continue for fix Months 
 after fuch Demife, &c, 
 
 IX. The Great Seal, Privy Sea), Privy Signet, and 
 all other Seals, &c, at her Majefty's Demife, to be 
 ufed as the refpective Seals of the Succeifor, until 
 
 ■ contrary Orders. 
 
 X. The Privy Council, at the Time of her Ma- 
 jefly's Demife, &c, to caufe the nextProteftantSuc- 
 ceffor to be proclaim'd in Great Britain and Ireland^ 
 &'c, and upon Neglect, or Kefufal, fuch Members 
 and Officers to be guilty of High Treafon, &c, 
 
 XI. For continuing the Adminiftration of the 
 Government in the Name of fuch next Proteftant 
 Succeffor, (that may happen to be out of this King;- 
 dom at the Time of her Majefty s Demise) urtil 
 her or his Arrival, the Lord Archbilhop of Cantir" 
 bury^ Lord Chancellor or Keeper, Lord High Trt a- 
 
 . furer.
 
 The Intboduction. vii 
 
 furer, Lord Prelident of the Councilj Lord Privy 
 Seal, Lord High Admiral, and Chief Juftice of the 
 Queen's Bench, at that Time being, to be Lords 
 Juftices of Great Britain^ and impower'd in the Name 
 of fuch Succeflbr to a6t as if prefent, &c, 
 
 XIL That the Perfon, who by the Limitations 
 aforefaid, is next to fucceed to the Crown, &c, is 
 impower'd at any Time, during her Majefty's Life, 
 by three Liitruments under Hand and Seal, revoca- 
 ble at Pleafure, to nominate fo many Perfous, natu- 
 ral born Sub;e6ls of England, to be added to 
 the aforefaid Lords Juftices, to a6t as fully, as if 
 herein particularly nam'd, the major Part affembled, 
 not to be lefs than five, &c. 
 
 XIII. The faid three Inftruments ihall be tranf- 
 mitr^d into Great Britam to the next Succeffor's 
 Relid^nt, whofe Credentials are to be inroU'd in 
 Chancery, and to the Archbilhop of Canterbury^ 
 and the Lord Chancellor, or Keeper, ^c, clofe 
 feal'd up, and to be feverally put into feveral Co- 
 vers, to be feveralJy feal'd up, with three feveral 
 Seals of the faid Refident, Archbilhop, and Lord 
 Chancellor, or Keeper, O'c, each to have one lodged 
 in their Hands ; and if the faid Nomination is to 
 be revoked, then the faid Inftruments to be delivered 
 up by the Perfons in whofe Cuftody foever they 
 happen to be ; which, after her Majefty's Demife, 
 (Tc, jfhall immediately be open'd and read before 
 the Privy Council, and afterwards inrolfd, &c, 
 
 XIV. The Perfons with whom the faid Inftru- 
 ments are depolited, their Executors, &c. or any 
 other in whofe Cuftody they fhall happen to be, 
 opening the faid Inftruments, or negle6ting to pro- 
 duce them before the Privy Council, incur a VrAmw 
 mre^ as inflicted by the faid Statute of Pr^munire, 
 
 XV. One of the faid Inftruments produc'd before 
 the Privy-Council, fhall be as effeftual as all ; and 
 if there be no Nomination, then the Lords Juftices 
 aforefaid, Or any live, are invefted with the Power 
 above-mention'd. 
 
 XVI. Any Nomination already made by the Suc- 
 ceflbr, fignify'd by fuch Inftruments depoilted as 
 
 A 4 afore-
 
 viii The Introduction. 
 
 aforefaidj &c, fhall be as efFc£lual for conftituting 
 the Ferfons fo nominated Lords ]uftices oF Eng- 
 land, to be Lords Juftices of G'^eat Briidin^ as if 
 fuch Nomination were made purfuant to this A£l. 
 
 XVII. The Lords JuAices not to diflblve the Par- 
 liament order'd to lit, without exprefs Dirciiion 
 from fuch fucceeding Queen or King ; nor to give 
 the Royal Affent to any Bill, &c, for repealing or 
 altering the A<^ made 13 & 14 Car. II. viz. An A^ 
 /k the Uniformity of Piiblick trayer, &c. on Penalty 
 of High IVeafoHj &'c. 
 
 XV III. The Lords ]u ft ices before they a^V^ to 
 take the Oaths exprefs'd in 3 W, 8c M. cap. 8, and 
 the Oath in this A61, before the Pr^vy Council ; and 
 all the Members of both Houfes of Parliament, 
 Privy Council, 6^'c. and all Officers and Perfons in 
 jPlaces and Employments, &c, c^ntinu'd by this 
 Aft, are to take the iaft mentioned Oath. 
 
 XIX. "1 he Perfons that Ihall be Lords Juftices by 
 this Adt, to be Perfons deem'd as executing Offices 
 of Tiuft, 0"c, and required to do all A£ls requilite 
 ty the LawSj &c, to qualify themlelves. 
 
 XX. After the Demife of her Majefty without 
 IfTue of her Body^ inftead of the Oath appointed 
 to be taken by the A£l: of the Firft of her Majefty's 
 Reign, cap, 22. the Oath mentioned ii] this Act to 
 he f akenj,^ Crc, 
 
 XXI. T he next fucceeding Queen or King, affix- 
 ing any Seal t^ any Writing, 67V. before their Ar- 
 rival in Great Britain^ to execute any Regal A61, &c, 
 the fame to be as eftrdual, as if pafs'd under' the 
 Great Seal of Great Brh^nn, &c. 
 
 XXil. If ai'ter her Majefty's Demife^ before the 
 Arrival of any fucceeding Queen, or King, in 
 Great B itain^ the Lords Juftices call a Parliament, 
 by Writs Tefted in their Nimes, fuch Parliament 
 iiot to be d'ilfolv'd by fuch Arrival, but ihall proceed 
 after without new Summons. 
 
 XXIII. If aiiy the aforefaid feven Officers, other 
 than the Lord Treafurer, be in Commiflion at her 
 Majefty*s Demife, the Firil Coniraiflioner to be 
 '" • one
 
 The iNTKOBUCTiCK. ix 
 
 one of the Lords Juftices of Gre/Jt B-ntaln^ C^c. if 
 there be no Lord Treafurer, and the Office of Trea- 
 furer of the Exche^fuer (hall be in Commiffionj 
 then the Firft Coinmiflioner to be one of the Lords 
 Juftices. 
 
 XXIV. That after the Diffolution of this prefent 
 Parliament, no Perfcns who have any Office or 
 Place, &c. whatfoever under the Crown, in their 
 own Name, or in others in Truft, a Commiflioner, 
 Secretary or Receiver cf Prizes, &c, or Controller 
 of Accounts of the Army, or Commiffioncr of 
 Tranfports, or lick and wounded, Wine Licenfes, 
 nor Agent of any Plantation, or Commiffioner of 
 the Navy in any the Out-Parts, or any Penfions 
 from the Crown during Pleafure, Ihall be Members 
 in any Parliament hereafter. 
 
 XXV. Perfons chofen Members after the Diffolu- 
 tion of this Fariiament, accepting any Office of 
 Profit from the Crown, during Conciiiuance as 
 Members, their Elecl:ion to be void, and a new 
 Writ iffu'd, (yc, yet capable of being elecled again, 
 
 XXVI. To prevent, for the future, too great a 
 Number of Comm.illioners for executing Offices, no 
 greater Number ihall be conftituted, than have been 
 employ'd at fome Time before the ift Day of this 
 present Seffion. 
 
 XX\'II. This A61 not to extend to any Member 
 being an Officer in the Navy, or Army, who Ihall 
 receive any new or other Commiflion, &€, 
 
 XXVIIL Perfons hereby deciar'd incapable to 
 vote in any Parliament hereafter, and afterwards 
 return'd as Members, Cc, fuch Eledion to be 
 void ; and if they prefume to fit or vote, to forfeit 
 500/. 
 
 All the former A£l:s for fettling the Succeflion to 
 the Crown of England in the Proteftant Line, were 
 confirmed, and thereby extended to Scotland, by 
 the fecond Article oi the A£t for an Union of the 
 two Kingdoms of England and Scotland : which 
 rcceiv d the Royal Affent in the fifth Year of her 
 
 late
 
 ibe Intro DWCTiON. 
 
 late Majefty's Reign. The faid fecond Article is as 
 follows : 
 
 II. That the Succeflion to the Monarchy of the 
 United Kingdom of Great Britain, and of the Do- 
 minions thereunto belonging, after her moft Sacred 
 Majefty, and in Default or Ilfae of her Majefty,be, 
 remain, and continue to the moft excellent Princefs 
 Sophia, Electorefs, and Dutchefs Dowager of Hano- 
 "ver, and the Heirs of her Body^ being Proteftants, 
 upon whom the Crown of En-^Uni is fettled, by 
 an A61 of Parliament made in England in the 1 2th 
 Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King William 
 IIIj entitled. An A:t fo'r the farther Limitation of 
 ihe Crown, and better fecuring the Rights and Liberties 
 of the Sv\je:K And that all Papifts, and Per ions 
 marrying Papifts, Ihall be excluded from, and for 
 ever incapable to inherit, poiTefSj or enjoy the Im- 
 perial Crown of Great Britain, and the Dominions 
 thereunto belonging, or any Part thereof: And in 
 every fuch Cafe, the Crown and Government fhall 
 from Time to Time, defcend to, and be enjoy d by 
 fach Perfon, being a Proteftant, as Ihould have in- 
 herited and enjoy 'd the <ame, in Cife fuch Papifts, 
 or Perfon marrying a Papift, was naturally dead, 
 according to the Provifion for the Defcent of the 
 Crown of England, made by another Ad of Par- 
 liament in England, in the firft Year of the Reign 
 of their lare Majefties King William and Queen 
 Mary^ entitled, An A^ decUnng the Rights and 
 Liberties of the SuhjeEi^ and fettling the SncceJJion of 
 the Croivn, 
 
 Tliefe Extracts are a fufficient Proof of his Ma- 
 jeily's undoubted Title to the Crown of thefe 
 Realms J and therefore twas neceffary to give them. 
 The Piincefs Sophia, indeed, muft have fucceeded 
 the late Queen, had not Death prevented her but 
 few Days before, viz. on the 8th of June^ on the 
 Evening of which Day, as Ihe was taking the Air 
 ill the Garden of the Palace of Herenhanjen^ Ihe 
 was fciz'd with a Fit of an Apoplexy, and dy'd in 
 
 the
 
 The Introduction. xi 
 
 the Arms of the Ele£loral Princ^fsj (now Princefs 
 of Wales J and the Countefs of Fickkurg^ who were 
 walking with her, before any other Perlon could come 
 up to her Affiftance. She was the 5th and youngeft 
 Daughter of Frederick V. Elector Palatine of the 
 Rhine^ King of Bohemia, and of Elhaheth of Eng* 
 land, only Daughter of James I. and born at the 
 Hague ^ OBoher 3, 1630, fo that Ihe was 83 Years, 
 8 Months, and 5 Days old, when Ihe expir'd. 
 
 Some fhort Time before her Death, Baron Schut^:^ 
 Envoy from the Ele£tor of Brunfwick^ deliver'd a 
 Memorial to the Miniftry here, demandingj that 
 the then Duke of Cambridge, now Prince of WaleSy 
 might have his Writ of Summons to Parliament ; 
 a plain Proof of the Duke's Intention to come 
 over into England, which the Court here highly 
 refented, as appears by the following Letters which 
 the Queen wrote to the Princefs Sophia, and that 
 Duke, which are as follows. 
 
 The Queen's Letter to the Princefs Sophia. 
 
 Madam, Sijlcr, Aunt, 
 
 Since the Right of Succeflion t® my Kingdoms 
 has been declared to belong to you, and your 
 Family, there have always been difaffeded Perfons, 
 who, by particular Views of their own Intereft, 
 have entered into Meafures to fix a Prince of your 
 Blood in my Dominions, even whilft I am yet liv- 
 ing. I never thought, till now, that this Proje£l 
 would have gone fo far, as to have made the leaft 
 Imprellion on your Mind 5 but as I have lately per- 
 ceiv'd, by publick Rumours which are induftrioufly 
 fpread, that your Eleftoral Highnefs is come into 
 this Sentiment, it is of Importance, with refpeft 
 to the Succeflion of your Family, that I Ihould 
 tell you, fuch a Proceeding will infallibly draw 
 along with it, forae Coafequences that will bfe dan- 
 gerous to the Succeflion itfelf, v/hich is not fecure 
 any other Ways, than as the Prince who actually 
 wears the Crown, maintains her Authority and Pre- 
 rogative. There are here (fuch is our Misfortune^ 
 
 2 a great
 
 xii The Introduction. 
 
 a great many People that are feditioufly difpos'd ; 
 fo I leave you to judge what Tumults they may be 
 able to raifCj if .they ihould have a Pretext to- begin 
 a Commotion. I perfwade myfelf therefore, you 
 will never confent that the leaft Thing Ihould be 
 done, that may difturb the Repofe of me or my 
 Subjects. 
 
 (jpen your felf to me with the fame Freedom I 
 do to you, and propofe whatever you think may 
 contribute to the Security of the SucceffioUj I will 
 come into it with Zeal, provided that it do not de- 
 rogate from my Dignity, which lam refoiv'd to 
 maintain. I am, with a great deal of Atfe6lion, 
 (Tc. 
 
 St. James J, 
 Mayig, 171 4. 
 
 Superfcrib'd^ 
 To my Sifter and Aunt, EleEtreJs 
 Dowager of Brunfwick and 
 Lunenburgh. 
 
 The Queen s Letter to the (then) Duie oj" Cambridge, 
 zvas to this Effett, 
 
 Coujin, 
 
 AN Accident which has happen'd in my Lord 
 F//7^/'s Family, having hinder'd him from 
 fettiiig forward fo foon as he thought to have 
 done, I cannot defer any longer letting you know 
 my Thoughts, with Refpecl to the Defign you 
 have of coming into my Kingdoms. As the O- 
 pening of this Matter ought to have been firft to 
 me, fo I expeded you would not have given Ear 
 to it, without knowing my Thoughts about it : 
 H -iwever, this is what I owe to my own Dignity, 
 x\\Q Friendihip I have for you, and the Electoral 
 Houfe to which you belong, and the true Deiire I 
 have that it may fucceed to my Kingdoms ; and 
 this requires of me that I ihould tell you, that 
 nothing can be more dangerous to the Tranquillity 
 of my Dominions, and the Right of Succelfion in 
 your Liivq, and coufequently more difagreeable to 
 
 me.
 
 The INTFODUCTION. xiii 
 
 me, than fuch a Proceeding at this ]un£ture« I am, 
 with a great deal of Friendfliipj 
 
 St. James'j'j Ton?' very ajfeElionate Coufin^ 
 
 May ip 1714. 
 
 ANNEX. 
 Superfcrib'dj 
 To the Vuke.of Cambridge. 
 
 At the fame Time the Lord High Treafurer wrote 
 the following Letter to the (then) Ele6tor oiBrunJwicK 
 
 May it pleaje your Royal Hi^ohnefs^ 
 
 THO' I expecl Mr. Harley every Moment in 
 return from your Court, and thereby Ihall 
 have another Opportunity of doing mylelf the 
 Honour to prefent your Royal Highnefs with my 
 moft humble Duty, and the Aflurance of my utmoft 
 Service ; yet I cannot flip this Occafion of the 
 Queen's Meffenger attending your iioyal Highnefs 
 with her Ma jelly's Letter, to lay myfelf at your 
 Feet. I have no Enemy that knows me, who is 
 not juft enough to allow me to be inviolably de- 
 voted to your Succeilion, nothing coming into 
 Competition with that, becaufe I know I pleafe 
 the Queen, when I am zealous for the Service of 
 your Serene Houfe. I hope therefore I Ihall find 
 Credit with your Royal Highnefs, when I humbly 
 lay my fincere Opinion before you. The Queen 
 is moft heartily for your Succeflion : If there be 
 any Thing which may render it more fecure, which 
 is confiftent with her Majefty's Safety, it will be 
 accompUih'd. It is not the eager Delires of Lome, 
 nor what flows from the Advice of others, whofe 
 Difcontents, perhaps, animate their Zeal, can ba» 
 lance the Security you have in the Queen's Friend- 
 ftiip, and the dutiful Affe£lion of all her faithful 
 Subjeds ; for as I am fure your Royal Highnefs 's 
 great Wifdom would not chufe to rule by a Party, 
 fo you will not let their narrow Meafures be the 
 Standard of your Government. I doubt not but 
 the Accident that happened about the Writ^ may 
 
 be
 
 Xiv The T^TRODUCTION. 
 
 be impiov'd to encrea:e the moft perfect Friendfhip 
 between the Queen and your mcft ferene Family. 
 I will ftudy to do every Thing to demonftrate the 
 profound Veneration and Refpecl w herewith I 
 am. 
 
 May it flea fe your Royal Hi^hnefsy 
 
 Tour Royal H'lghnejss 
 
 Mofl dutiful^ moft hi4mhle, 
 
 and moft obedient Servant^ 
 
 OXFORD. 
 
 There was a fourth Letter on the fame Subje6l, 
 viz» from the Queen to the Eleftor of Brvi^ifwick, 
 which, for Reafons unknown to us, it was never 
 thought fit to publifli. 
 
 Upon the News of the Death of the Princefs 
 Sophia^ an Order was made at the Council Chamber 
 at Whitehall^ for altering in the Book of Common 
 Prayer thefe Words, 7hc Princefs Sophia, into the 
 Words, The Elector of Brunfwick. 
 
 The Queen herfelf furviv'd not the Princefs So- 
 fhia many Days ; for on the 29th of July^ I7I4> 
 ihe found herfelf indifpos'd with a dozing Heavi- 
 ^ nefs, and a ihooting Pain in her Head, upon which 
 her Domeftick Phyfician, Dr. Ay-huthnot^ having 
 confulted with four others of her Majefty's Phyli- 
 ficians in ordinary, viz. Dr. Thomas Lawrence^ Sir 
 David Hamilton, Dr. Shadwcll^ and Dr. Sloane^ it 
 was judg'd proper that her Majefly ihould be lee 
 Blood by cupping ; accordingly }Ar,A)-ne, Surgeon, 
 being immediately fent for, performed his Offi:e, 
 between Twelve and One in the Afternoon, in the 
 Prefence o^ Dr, Arbuthnot^ Serjeant- ^urgeon Dickens^ 
 and the Lady Mafham, took about eight Ou ices 
 and a Half of Blood, which he obferv' was very- 
 thick ; and took Notice, at the fame Time, that 
 the Queen's Eyes were dim and glaffy Her Ma- 
 jefty found herfelf fomewhat better 5 went to Bed 
 at the ufual Hour ; refted pretty well till three a- 
 Clock in the Morning, being July 30, when fhe 
 
 wak'd.
 
 The In^trodjjctiok. xv 
 
 wak'dj and finding fomething lie heavy on her 
 Stomach, and reaching to vomit, fhe brought up 
 fome Matter, and then compos'd herfelf to fleep. 
 Towards Seven a -Clock her Majefty v/ak'd again, 
 and finding herfelf pretty well, rofe from Bed, and 
 got her Head comb'd. This done, towards eight 
 her -Majefty went to look on the Clock, and Mrs. 
 Danvers^ one of the Bedchamber Women, taking 
 Notice, that her Majefty fix'd her Eyes a long Time 
 upon it, afk'd her, VVhat Ihe faw in the Clock more 
 than ordinary ? The Queen anfwer'd her only with 
 turning her Head, and a dying Lookj at which 
 Mrs. Danvers being frighted, call'd for Help. Dr. 
 A'-huthnot^ and fuch other Phyficians in Ordinary 
 as were in waiting, judging that her Majefty was 
 feiz'd with a Fit of an Apoplexy, caus'd her to be 
 let Blood, which Operation Mr. Dickens^ Serjeant- 
 Surgeon, performed, and took about t^n Ounces 
 and a Half. Her Majefty came to herfelf again, 
 and was pretty quiet till a little after Nine. To- 
 wards ten a-CIock, her Majefty was feiz'd with a 
 fecond Fit of Heavinefs and Dozing, which en- 
 creas'd fo much upoji her, that for above an Hour 
 fhe was fpeechlefs, raotionlefs, and infenfible. Thofe 
 about her Majefty judging flie was either dead, or 
 near expiring, the Durchefs of Ormond, one of the 
 Ladies of the Bedchamber then in waiting, fent, 
 with all Speed, a Meffenger to her Confort, with 
 this melancholy News ,• v/hich being brought to the 
 Committee of Council then aflembled at the Cock- 
 fity near Whitehall, they immediately broke up, and 
 went to Kenjin^iU.i, In the mean Time, Dr. Ar- 
 huthnoty Sir "Ruhari Blackmore^ and fuch other Phy- 
 ficians as happen'd to be at Hand, thought fit to 
 give her Majefty a Vomit, which not having all the 
 defir'd Eftedl, they adminifter'd another Medicine, 
 propos d by Dr. Mead ; upon which her Majefty re- 
 covered her Speech, and was fenlible. 
 
 The Dukes of Somerfrt and A^.yle being inform'd 
 of the defperate Condition the Queen's Life was 
 in, their Graces repair'd with all Speed to Kenfing- 
 tOHj and without being fummon'dj went into the 
 
 Council-
 
 xvi The Intboductju 
 
 Council-Chamber, where the Lord Chancellor, the 
 Dukes of Shrcwjhury and Ommd^ the three Secre- 
 taries of State, VIZ. (the Lord Bolinhrokt;^ Mr. Brcm^ 
 ley, and the Earl of Mar) the Bilhop of London^ and 
 fome others, were afTembied in a Committee. The 
 Dukes of Somerjet and Ar^yle having acquainted 
 the Board v^ith the Reafons that brought them thi- 
 ther, the Duke of Shrewjbury return'd them Thanks, 
 for their Readinefs to give the Council their Af-* 
 liftance in that nice ]an£ture ; upon which they 
 took their Places ; and then mov'd, that the Queen's 
 Phylicians might be examin'd, and ordered to give 
 an Account in wriring of the Queen's Uhiefs, which 
 was done accordingly. After this, one of the 
 Council reprefented, how necefTary it was, in Cafe 
 it pleas^d God to call the Queen to his Mercy, that 
 the Place of Lord Treafurer- Ihould be filld ; (for 
 the Earl of Oxfo d had been oblig'd to reiign the 
 Staff of that high Office on the 27th of Ji^h in the 
 Evening.) • To which the whole Board allenting^ 
 the Duke of Shrevofjury was proposed, and unani- 
 moufly approv'd, as the fitteft Perfon for that high 
 Truft. Sir Richard Blackmore^ Dr. Shadwcll, Dr. 
 Mead^ and the other Phylicians that were examin'd, 
 having afTar'd the Council that the Queen was xtn- 
 fible, and might be fpoke to, the Lord Chancellor^ 
 with the Duke of Sheivjhury^ and fome other Lords^ 
 were ordered to attend her Majefty, and to lay be- 
 fore her the unanimous Opinion of the Council, 
 upon which her Majefty faid, They could not recom^ 
 mend a 'Berj(m [he liked letter than the Duke of 
 Shrewlbury ; and giving him the Treafurer's Staff, 
 bid him ufe it for the Good of her People. His 
 Grace would have return'd her Majefty the Lord 
 -Chamberlain's Staff ; but her Majefly defir'd he 
 fhould keep them both ; fo that the fame Nobleman 
 was, at once, poflefs'd ot three of the higheft Pla- 
 ces of Truft, Honour^ and Profit^ under the Impe- 
 rial Crown of Great Britain. ; being Lord Treafu- 
 rer, Lord Chamberlain, and Lord Lieutenant of 
 Ireland ; as he was, two Days after, doubly one of 
 the Lords Regents of Great Britain, both by his 
 2 Place
 
 The Introduction. xvii 
 
 Place of Lord Treafurerj and by the King's Nomi- 
 nation : A Circumftance hardly to be paralleU'd in 
 our Hiftory. 
 
 About three a-Clock in the Afternoon^ the Queen 
 relapfed into a kind of Lethargick or Apopkclick 
 Fit, out of which Ihe was hardly recover d by the . 
 Application of the Spirit of Sal Armmitick to her 
 Noftrils. Hereupon her Phyficians thought fit to 
 apply Bliflers to five or fix Parts of her Body ; and 
 in order to that, to get her Head fhav'd ; and at 
 the fame Time acquainted the Council, that her 
 Majejfty's Life was in the utmoft Danger, and en- 
 tirely depended on the Effed of this laft Remedy. 
 We may here take Notice, that the Duke of Or- 
 Tfjond had, in all Haf^e, fent Mr. Lyvjman^ with one 
 of the Queen's Coaches, to fetch Dn, RdtcHjfe ; but 
 whether that celebrated Phyiician thought he could 
 do no Good, or expelled to be cali'd by an exprcfs 
 Order from Council, he excused himfelf, upon 
 Account of his having taken Phyiick that very 
 Day. 
 
 In the mean Timej the Privy Council, which 
 fat from One till about Four, and met ag:iin 
 at Six in the Afternoon, took into Confiderarioa 
 the* State of the Kingdom ; and fome feverc Re* 
 fle6lions were made on the late Admiiuftrarion, for 
 leaving the Maritime Places, particularly the im^ 
 portant Town of Fortfwouth, unprovided both with 
 Men and warlike Stores, and confequently uncapa- 
 ble to make any Defence in Cafe of a fuddeh In* 
 valion, which might be reafonably apprehended, in 
 Cafe of her Majel^y's Demife. But the pre'ent 
 Bulinefs not being to inquire into, but to mend 
 Faults, the Council provided for the Security of 
 the Cities of London and Wcftminfler^ in the firft 
 Place, afterwards of the Maritime Towns, and lafl 
 of all of Scotland and Ireland. The Duke of Or- 
 mond difpatch'd his Orders to the commanding 
 Officer at Whitehall^ for doubling the Horfe and 
 Foot-Guards; and at the fame Time, two Imndred 
 'Men were order'd to march, to reinforce the Gnr- 
 rifoa of the lovQcr. The Privy Council wrote a 
 B Letter
 
 xviii The Introduction, 
 
 Letter to the Lord Mayor of London, dellring him 
 to take Care of the Peace of the City ; which his - 
 Lordlhip did immediately, by fummoning the Lieu- 
 tenancy, who order'd out the Trained-Bands. The 
 Militia of the Hamlets were alfo order'd out ; as 
 were iikewife the Trained- Bands of the City of 
 Wefiminfier, Orders were immediately difpatch'd 
 to. four Regiments of Horfe and Dragoons, quar- 
 ter'd in the adjacent Counties, to march up 
 with all Speed to the Villages near London^ to 
 keep the difaffeded in Awe. Brigadier Sutton and 
 Captain Cole were fent with Orders for feven of 
 the ten Battaliom of Brhi/h Forces, then in Flan- 
 ders^ to embark at OJiend, and fail for England. 
 with all polhble Speed. On the other Hand, the 
 Lords of the Admiralty, by Order of the Council, 
 difpatch'd Dire-Hions for laying an Irabargo on ali 
 Shipping, and for fitting out as many Men of War 
 as could fooneft be got ready ; for which Purpofe 
 all Sea-Officers and Seamen, who were iK)t paid off, 
 were order d forthwith to repair to their refpeftive 
 Ships at Chatham^ Fortjmoitth, Flymouth, and Sheer^ 
 nefs ; and Orders from Council w^ere alfo difpatch'd 
 to all the Military Officers of Great Britain^ to re- 
 pair to their refpe£l:ive Ports, to fee that no Diftur- 
 bance were offered to the publick Tranquillity. 
 
 Her Majefty continued all the Night, between the 
 ^oth and 311! of J/r/jy, in a Kind of Lethargick 
 Dozing, which encreas'd to fuch a Degree about 
 ten a-Clock on Saturday Morning, that all herPhy- 
 licians defpair^d of her Life. Hereupon the Privy 
 Council, who were juft alfembled, fent Orders to 
 the Heralds at Arms, and a Troop of the Life- 
 Guards,to be in Readinefs to mount at the firft Warn- 
 ing, in order to proclaim the Ele6lor of Brmif- 
 wkk King of Great Britain. At the fame Time, 
 their Lordfhips caus'd a Letter to be writcen to his 
 Electoral Highnefs, to acquaint him with the ex- 
 tream Danger the Queen's Life was in 5 with the 
 Meafures they had taken to fecure the Crown to 
 him ; and to defire his Elefloral Highnefs to repair 
 with all conveiiienc Speed to Holland^ where a 
 2 * ■ Brh'ipy
 
 The INTROLI/CTION. xix 
 
 Br'iu/h Squadron, that was fitting out with all poffi- 
 ble Expedition, would attend his Ele<aoi-al High- 
 nefs, and bring him over, in Cafe it pleas'd God 
 to call the Queen to his Mercy. This Letter, ligii'd 
 by all the Council, was that very Morning fent 
 Exprefs by James Craggs^ Junior, Ef(][; and,, at the 
 fanje Time, Orders were difpatch'd to the Earl of 
 Strafford^ to defire the States-General to get ready- 
 to perform the Treaty of Guaranty of the Prote* 
 ftant Succeflion, if Need ihould require. This 
 done, the Privy Council refum'd the ConlideratiOii 
 of the State of the Kingdom, particularly in re- 
 lation to the ill Condition of the Sea-Port Towns, 
 and it was refolv'd to reinforce, with all Speed, the 
 Garrifon of Portjmouth ; for which Purpofe, a 
 Draught of 600 Men, pick'd out of the Out-Pen- 
 lloners of Chclfe/i Hofpital, were fome Days after 
 form'd into a Regiment, commanded by Colonel 
 focock^ and fuch Half-Pay Officers as were next at 
 Hand. At the fame Time, the Council rightly- 
 judging, that if the Pretender's Friends ftirr'd any 
 where in Great Britain^ 'twould be moft probably 
 in Scotland^ their Lordlliips order'd Brigadier Whet- 
 ham to repair thither ; and the fame Day appointed 
 the Earl of Berkeley (formerly Lord Durjley) to com-_ 
 mand the Fleet. 
 
 In the mean Time, the Queen, who was general- 
 ly thought, or at leaft reported to be, dead, gave 
 fome Signs of Life between twelve and one a-Clock, 
 and took fome Spoonfulls of ^roth. Her Majefty 
 continu'd in a dozing heavy Condition till about & 
 Six in the Afternoon, when her Pulfe beating feme* 
 what fafler and higher, thofe about her began to 
 entertain fome Hopes. But this was but the Flalll 
 of a dying Light 3 for the BJifters not having the 
 Effefl that ivas expected, her Majefty expir d' on 
 Sunday the firft of Augvft^ a little after feven a- 
 Clock in the Morning, without being able to re- 
 ceive the Holy Vuitkum^ which the Biihop of Lon^ 
 don was ready to adminifter to her. She dy'd in 
 the 50th Year of her Age, being born at St. James's 
 «n the 6th of February) 1664-, at 39 Minutes paft 
 B 2 Eleven
 
 XX The Introduction. 
 
 Eleven at Night. Thus dy'd the moft excellent 
 Princefs Anne Stuart, fecond Daughter of 
 James Duke of Tork^ afterwards King James II. by 
 his firft Wife the Lady Jn?iey eldeft Daughter to 
 Ei'JoardHyde^ Earl of Clarendon^ Lord High Chan- 
 cellor of England. She was chriften'd at St,Jameis 
 Palace, her eldeft Sifter the late Queen Mary, of 
 ever glorious Memory, and the Dutchefs of Mon^ 
 mouthy Wm% her Godmothers, and Dr. Sheldon^ 
 Lord Archbiihop of Canterbury^ her Godfather. In 
 the Year 1669, her Royal Highnefs was, for her 
 Health, fent into France^ and after her Return 
 into England^ Ihe did not only acquire a heathful 
 Conftitution of Body, but likewife thofe Accom- 
 plilhments of Mind, which are feldom found in a 
 Perfon of fo tender Years. She was, principally 
 by the Care of Dr. Henry Compon^ late Lord Biihop 
 of London^ bred up and educated in the Religion 
 and Principles of the Church of England, and, 
 together with her Sifter the Lady Mary, confirmed 
 therein by the Dean of the Royal Chapel at White' 
 hall in 1676. King Charles II. her Uncle, to quiet 
 the Minds of his People, who were under juft Ap- 
 prehenfioils of Popery, made it his Care to marry 
 her to a Proteftant Prince, as he had done her 
 Sifter the Lady Mary, and at length concluded a 
 Marriage-Agreement with Prince George of Den^ 
 marl, fecond Son to Frederick HI. and younger 
 Brother to Chrifi'ian V. King of Denmarh, to whom 
 Ihe was wedded the 28th of July 1683, in the 
 Royal Chapel at St. James's^ by Henry Lord Bi- 
 ihop of London. She had Ifiue by him, i. A Daugh- 
 ter, of whom her Royal Highnefs was deliver'd on 
 the 1 2th Q^May, 1684, ^"^"^ being ftill-born, was pri- 
 vately interr'd. 2. Lady Alary ^ fecond Daughter, 
 born at Whitehall the 2d of June, 1685, dy^d Febru- 
 ary 1690. 3. Lady Anne-Sophia^ third Daugh- 
 ter, was born at Windfor the 12th of May, 
 1686, dy'd the February following. 4. William 
 Duke of Glouccjler^ born at the Koyal Palace at 
 Hampton-Court, the 24th of Jw/v, 1689 ,• who, 
 at his Baptifm, was declar'd by King William^ Duke 
 2 " of
 
 The INTRODUCTIOK. XXl 
 
 of Gloucefier. After the Death of his Queen, 
 •King William grew more particularly fond of this 
 hopeful young Prince, and on the 6th of February^ 
 i6p6, caus'd him to be elecled a Knight Compani- 
 on of the Moft Noble Order of the Garter ; and 
 on the 24th of July^ (being his Birth-Day) he w^s 
 inftall'd at Windjor in Perfon. This iliuftrious 
 Youth, tho' he was but of a weak and tender Con- 
 flitution, yet had a Manly Soul, and a very lively- 
 Genius. He began early with tlie Theory of War ; 
 underftood the Terms of Fortification and Naviga- 
 tion I knew all the different Parts of a ftrong Place, 
 and Ship of War ; and could marilial a Company 
 of Boys, who had lifted themfelves to attend him. 
 He likewife took much Pleafure in Hunting, and 
 in martial Exercifes ; fo that in the Year 1698, 
 being then entering the loth Year of his Age, his 
 Majefty thought fit to take him out of the Hands 
 of the Lady Pitzhardin^y his Governefs, and to ap- 
 point the Earl of Marlborough to be Governor to 
 his Highnefs ; and at the fame Tirtie, appointed 
 the Biihop of Sali/hury to be his Highnefs s Precep- 
 tor, having under him Mr. lVz/7/V, Chaplain to his 
 Majefty, and Mr. Prat, Chaplain to her Royal 
 Highnefs, his Mother, who taught him the Rudi- 
 ments of Learning with great Succefs. But after 
 all thefe promiling Hopes, which this young Prince 
 gave of a longer I^ife, and the early Virtues and 
 good Qualities that fliined in him, he was fnatch'd 
 away at the End of eJeven Years and five Days, 
 and was interr'd in Henry the Scventh'x Chapel in 
 Wejlm'injier' Abbey, 5. The Lady Mary^ another 
 Daughter, born at St. James's in October i6po, but 
 dy'd foon aiter Ihe was baptiz'd. 6. George, ano- 
 ther Son of this Royal Pair, born at Sion-Houje^ 
 April i6p2, but dy'd as foon as born. 
 
 Thus much it was neccfTary to premife by Way 
 of Introdudliott : we proceed now to our intended 
 Hiftory. 
 
 B5 THE
 
 THE 
 
 Wflorical ^effjler. 
 
 .FROM 
 July iTi^y to January 1715. 
 
 O fooiier was the Qiieen expired, than 
 I the Lords, and others of her late Ma- 
 ! jelly's moll Honourable Privy Council^ 
 ' immediately affembled in the Royal Pa- 
 lace of St. Jamei%^ to whom the Lord 
 Archbilhop of Canterbury^ the Lord 
 
 ?!^?5«-="- — High Chancellor, and M. Ktr^triberg Re- 
 
 fident of BrunfwUh, in whofe Hands, according to the 
 Diredion of the M\ 4 ^ 5 ^rin^^ ^^'' ^3^ (^^hich fet m 
 the Introdudlion P^^evii.) the three Inltruments, under 
 the Hand and Seal of his Eledoral Highnefs of BTunfvoich, • 
 i^ominating the Perfons to be added . to the ^^^^^^^^^-^ 
 Officers of the Kingdom, appointed to be Lords Jullices, 
 were lodged, producM the fame, which were found to be 
 written with his Eledloral Highnefs's own Hand, and th« 
 Names were as follows ; 
 
 Sir Wmarr^ Dam, Bart. lord Archbilhop of Torh 
 
 Charles Talbot^ Duke of Shrewsbury, 
 
 Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerfet, 
 
 Charles Paukt, Duke of Bolton. 
 
 William Carendijh^ Duke of Veyovjhire, 
 
 Henry de Grey^ Duke of Kent, 
 
 John Camfhel^ Duke of Argyle, 
 fame's Graham^ Duke of Montrofe. 
 John Ker^ Duke of Roxburgh. 
 
 ), Tliomas Herbert^ Earl of Perobroke, 
 J I. Arthur AnneJIy^ Earl of Anglefey. 
 12. Charles Howard^ Earl of Carlijle, 
 J 2. Vanitl Finch. Earl of Nottingham, 
 ^ ^ B ;^ 14- Mount dguf 
 
 I. 
 
 a. 
 
 3- 
 4 
 5- 
 6 
 
 7- 
 8. 
 
 9- 
 
 lO
 
 The Hiflorical Re^^ifter^ 
 
 34. Mowua^^ne-Venables Bertie^ Earl of Abingdon, 
 
 15. Richard lumley, Earl of Scarhorougb, 
 
 16. Edtrard Bujfel^ Earl of Orford. 
 
 17. Charles Tovcnfh'rnd^ Lord Vifcount T(jw?7p««</. 
 I??, Charles Montague^ Lord Halifax, 
 
 15, William Cowper^ Lord Cowper. 
 
 * The feven great Officers, on whom the Adminiflration 
 of the Gove^rnment, during the Abfence of the SuccefTor, 
 devolv'd, by Virtue of the Adl 4&5 Anna above-men- 
 tionM, were, 
 
 I. Dr. Ihomas Tenrafon^ as Lord Archbifhop of Cantef' 
 lury. 
 
 1.. Simon Harcourt^ Lord HaiKourtj as Lord High Chan- 
 cellor of Great Britain, 
 
 5. fohn Sheffield^ Duke of Buckingham^ as Lord Prefident 
 of the Councii. 
 
 4. Charles Talbot^ Duke of Shrewsbury^ as Lord High 
 Treafurer of Great Britain, 
 
 5. William Leg^^ Earl of Dartmouth^ as Lord Keeper of 
 the Privy Seal. 
 
 6. Thomai Wentworth, Earl of Strafford^ as Firft LoVd 
 Commiffioner of the Admiralty, And 
 
 7. Sit Thomas 'barker ^ liit. as Lord Chief Juftice of the 
 Kir^s 'Bench, 
 
 After the Opening of the above Inflruments, the Lords 
 of the Council, in Pnrfuance of the above-mention'd Adl, 
 caus'd the following Proclamation to be publifh'd, 
 
 "¥7K7HE:REAS it hath pleas'd Almighty God to call 
 V V to his Mercy our late Sovereign Lady Queen 
 Anne^ of bltfied Memory^ by whofe Deceafe the Imperial 
 Crowns of Great Britain^ France^ and Ireland^ are folely 
 and rightfully ccme ro the High and Mighty Prince 
 George Elector of Brujifaick-Lttnenburgh ; we therefore the 
 Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the Realm, being here 
 affifted with thofe of her late Majefty's Privy Council, 
 with >Jumbers of other principal Gentlemen of Quality, 
 with rhe Lord Mayor, AldermeOj and Citizens'of London^ 
 do no»v hereby, with one full Voic§ and Confent of 
 Tongue and Heart, publifli and proclaim, that the High 
 and Mighty Prince, George Eledtor of Erxinfwick-Lunen- 
 hurgiu is now, by the Death of our late Sovereign, of 
 happy Memory, become our only lawful and rightful 
 
 Liege
 
 /r^7« July 1714, ^^ January 1716. 3 
 
 Liege Lord, GEORGE^ by the Grace of God, King of 
 Great Britain^ Trance^ and Ireland^ Defender of the Faith, 
 fire, to whom we do acknowledge all Faith and conftant 
 Obedience, with all hearty and humble AfFedlion ; be- 
 feeching God, by whom Kings and Queens do reign, to 
 blefs the Royal King G £01? G£ with long and happy 
 Years to reign over us. Giyen at the Palace at St, James'* 
 the ifi Day of Auguft, 171 4. 
 
 GOD Save the KING. 
 
 T/;o. Cantuar* 
 Har court C. 
 Buckingham P. 
 Shrewsbury 
 Dartmouth C, P. S. 
 Fortmore 
 Loudoun 
 Findlater 
 Orford 
 JlrgyJe 
 Kent 
 JRadnor 
 Foulett 
 Ferrers 
 Somerfet 
 Northumberland 
 Ormond 
 Roxburgh 
 i^ar 
 ' Sunderland 
 Roche/ier 
 Northampton 
 Marjhall 
 John London* 
 Holingbroke 
 Halifax 
 
 Oxford & Mortimer 
 ManfeU 
 Lexington 
 Lanfdown 
 fagett 
 Berkeley 
 Guilford 
 Somers 
 
 W, Bromley . 
 W. Wyndham 
 
 Guernfey 
 
 Cowper 
 
 Scarfdak 
 
 Cardigan 
 
 Grantham 
 
 Bruc^ 
 
 Stair 
 
 St. Albans 
 
 Hay 
 
 Ofulfion 
 
 Dunmore 
 
 WtUoughby de Broke 
 
 Edw. Northey 
 
 Rob. Raymond 
 
 Delawarr 
 HoUisy L. "Belham 
 
 Dunbarton 
 
 fohn Eyles 
 
 Arth, More 
 
 Harley 
 
 Nath. Gould 
 
 Ra. Freeman 
 
 Ch. Rofs 
 
 Nich. Carero 
 
 John Bland 
 
 /. Hynde Cotton 
 
 Wm. Piilteney 
 
 Alex. Abercromby 
 . Ja, Lotcther 
 
 Tho. Clarges 
 
 John London 
 
 Jamei Stanhope 
 
 Ed. Harley 
 
 H, Boyle 
 
 John Trevor 
 
 7. Ho]land 
 
 John Wefl 
 John Poyey 
 Thomas Onjlow 
 Robert Monroe 
 Geo. Beaumont 
 Rockingham 
 Carteret 
 Bathurfi 
 Dundonald 
 
 Wlfyth 
 
 Tho. Frankland 
 Sherard 
 Geo, Treby 
 Wm. Northey 
 Al. Abercrombie 
 C. Cholmondeley 
 Rob. Marjham 
 Jo. Middleton 
 Heneage Finch 
 Jo. Pringle 
 Ja. Scott 
 R. Edgcombe 
 Wm. St. j^intin 
 H. Walpott 
 Cha. May 
 Chr. Wren 
 C. Aldworth 
 John Pepper 
 A6lon Baldwyn 
 Airch. Hutchefon 
 John Gape 
 William Cadogatl 
 R. Bruce 
 W. Morifon 
 Robert hrifiovo 
 Hugh Hughes 
 
 Bingle^
 
 4 The Hijlorical Regi[ie}\ 
 
 Binrley Jii' Orjlow Hxtnfdon 
 
 Dorfet /. Uia R. Rich 
 
 lincoln Will. Harrey f. Montgomtrit 
 
 Monta^ut J. Smith Tho. Conyers 
 
 Berkeley Chr. Mufgrare Mountjoy 
 
 Grafton * ^d. Southwell Ja. Cockburncj 
 
 T Coke Ja, Vernm 
 
 Purfuant to this Proclamation, the Heralds proclaim'd 
 his prefent Majefly by the Style of George, King of 
 Great Britain^ &'c. at the ufual Places, with the ufual So- 
 Jemnity; a very great Number of the Nobility in their 
 Coaches, the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen, &c» 
 aflifting at the Ceremony. 
 
 The fame Day the Lords Juftices difpatch'd Orders into 
 Scotland^ to have the like Proclamation publifli'd there, 
 according to the Ufage of that Kingdom, which was per- 
 formed accordingly by Archibald Campbel, Earl of IJfay 
 then Lord Juftice General of Scotland ; the Duke of Mon- 
 trofe^ one of the Lords of the Regency, being prefent, 
 and at the Head of the Proceffion. This was on the 4th 
 »f Augufl. The Proclamation there I purpofely omit, it. 
 being the fame, mutatis mutandis^ as the above Proclama- 
 tion for England. 
 
 The like Meafures were taken for proclaiming the King 
 in Ireland ; and the Orders of the Lords Juftices arrived at 
 Dublin on the 6th, when the King was immediately pro- 
 claimed there, with all the Solemnities ufual on fuch Oc- 
 cafions, and with the fame Proclamation, mutatis mutandis, 
 as above. 
 
 The Day follovinng the Lords Juftices and Council of 
 Ireland ifTu'd out the following Proclamation, for the dif- 
 iirmmg the Papifts, and feizing their Horfes. 
 
 5)1 the Lords Juftices and Council of Ireland, 
 
 A PROCLAMATION. 
 
 Ths. Armagh^ Con. IhippSy Cane. 
 
 WHEREAS by the Deceafe of our late Sovereign 
 Lady Queen Anne^ of bleflfed Memory, the Im- 
 perial Crowns of Great Britain^ France^ and Ireland^ are 
 folely and rightfully come to our Sovereign Lord George^ 
 by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain^ France^ and 
 IreUndy Defender of the Faith, ^f, for prevsming Dan- 
 gers
 
 from July 17 14, to January 17 16. 5 
 
 gers that may arife at this Junfture from Papifts, or other 
 Perfons difatfedted to his Majefty's Government, and for 
 preferving the publick Peace of this Kingdom, we the 
 Lords Jufi ices and Council, do hereby ft ridlly charge and 
 require all Papifts licensed to keep and wev Arms, forth- 
 with to deliver up their refpedive Arms, and all Ammu- 
 nition in their PolTeflion, to the next Juftice of the Peace, 
 or Chief Magiftrate where fuch Perfons do refide, who 
 are hereby required to give a Receipt for the faid Arms 
 and Ammunition, and to keep the fame till farther 
 Orders. 
 
 And we do hereby ftridUy command and require all 
 Juftices of the Peace, and other Officers in this Kingdom, 
 within their feveral Jurifdidlions, to fearch for, take^ 
 and feize ail Arms, Armour, and Ammunition of what 
 Kind foever, which fliall be found in the PofTellion of 
 all Papifts not licena'dj and all reputed Papifts, and other 
 Perfons fufpedled to be difaffedted to his Majefty's Govern- 
 ment, or in the PoiTeflion of any other Perfon or Perfons 
 in Truft for them, or any or either of them, and to re- 
 turn a true and particular Account thereof to the Clerk 
 of the Council, or his Deputy, of fuch Arms as they (hall 
 feize purfuant to this Proclamation, with the Names of 
 the Perfons in whofe Cuftody or Power they fhall find 
 fuch Arm?, Armour, and Ammunition. And if any 
 Papift or Papifts, or other fufpedted Perfon or Perfons^ 
 fhall prefume to carry or keep Arms, Armour, or Ammu- 
 nition, contrary to the Intent and Meaning of this our 
 Proclamation, we do hereby will and require all Juftices 
 of the Peace, and other Magiftrates, to proceed againft all 
 fuch Oftender and Offenders, and to puc the Law in due 
 and ftrid Execution. 
 
 And we farther charge, command, and require all 
 Juftices of the Peace, and other Chief Officers and Ma-^ 
 giftrates, within their feveral Jurifdidions, to feize and 
 take all ferviceable Hotfes, Geldings, and Mares that fliall 
 be found in the PofTeflion of any Papift, reputed Papift, 
 or fufpeded Perfon, or in the Pofteffion of any other 
 Perfon or Perfons in Truft for any Papift, reputed Pa- 
 pift, or fufpedted Perfon, and the fame to keep accord- 
 ing to Law ; and ftridlly to examine upon Oath all and 
 every Perfon and Perfons whom they fliall fufped to 
 conceal any Arms, Armour, or Ammunition, Horfes, 
 JMares, or Gelding?, belonging to any Papift, reputed 
 l^apift, or fufpedted Perfon, and to do all and every 
 
 Thing
 
 The Hifiorkal Regifler^ 
 
 Thing that is farther requir'd in and by the Laws of 
 this Kingdom, for the Puniflitnent of fucli who (liail 
 conceal the fame. 
 
 Giyen at the ConncMChamher tn his Majefy's Cafile of 
 Dublin, the "jth Day of Augufl, 1714. 
 
 WiU. VuhJin^ Kildarey y^hercent, W. Kildare^ ShdhuYne^ 
 Chd. FieUivg^ P. Sarage, William Stu^rty Sam. Doj>- 
 fingy C. NeilU 
 
 GOD Save the KING. 
 
 We return now to "England, 
 
 The Day the Queen dy'd, the Lords Juftices Leing in 
 Council at Kerfington^ an Order was made^ for making the 
 following Alterations in the Book of Common-Trayerj 
 yit.. inftead of Lady Queen An n e, read Lord King George; 
 inftead of Her, read His-y and inflead of the EleClor of 
 Brunswick, read hit R»yal Highnefs the Prince, e^f. 
 Let us now attend the Proceedings of the Parliament upon 
 the Death of the Queen. 
 
 Proceedings of the Second and lafi Seffm of the Fourth Par- 
 liament of Great Britain, being the lafi of Queen Anne'* 
 Beign. 
 
 PUrfuant to the A61 6 ^. cap. 7. par. 6. (which fee in 
 the Inrrodudlion, Page iv.) the Parliament met at 
 U'eJtnii.ifleT in rbr» Afternoon of the \-ery Day the Queen 
 dy'd ; but the Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, Sir 
 7horaasIIarmer^ being abfent in the Country, fuch of the 
 Members of both Houfes as were prefenr, only qualify 'd 
 themfelves by taking the Oaths, making and fubfcribing 
 the Declaration, and taking and fubfcribing the Oath of 
 Abjuration ; other Members, as faft as they came up to 
 Town, repaired to their refpe£live Houfes to do the like, 
 the zd and 3d of Augufl ; as the Speaker himfelf, being 
 come to Town, did 011 the 4th, The next Day, the Lords 
 Juflices came to the Houfe of Peers, and fent a Meflfage to 
 the Commons by Sir WiRiam Oldes^ Gencleman-UIher of 
 the Black Rod, requiring their immediate Attendance. 
 The Commons went up accordingly, and the Lord Chan- 
 cellor, being one of the Lords Juftices, in their Name, 
 made the following Speech to both Houfes cf Parlia- 
 
 My
 
 from]u\y 1714, r^ January 1716. 7 
 
 My Lords and Gentlemen^ 
 
 IT having pleas'd Almighty God to take to himfelf 
 our late moft gracious Qiieeii, of bleffed Memory^ we 
 hope that nothing has been omitted, which might con- 
 tribute to the Safety of thefe Realms, and the Prefcrva- 
 tion of our Religion, Laws, an4 Liberties in this great 
 Conjuncture. As thefe invaluable Blefiings have been £e- 
 cur'd to us by thofe Adts of Parliament, which have fet- 
 tled the Succeflioii of thefe Kingdoms in the moft ill uftrious 
 Houfe of Hanoyer^ we have regulated our Proceedings by 
 thofe Rules which are therein prefcrib'd. 
 
 The Privy Council, foon after the Demife of the late 
 Queen, aflembled at St. James's^ where, according to the 
 faid Ads, the Three Inftruments were producM and 
 open'd, which had been depofited in the Hands of the 
 Archbifliop of Canterbury^ the Lord Chancellor^ and the 
 Refident of Brmfwick, Thofe, who either by their Orilices, 
 or by Virtue of thefe Inftruments, had the Honour of 
 being appointed Lords Juftices, did, in. Conjundlion with 
 the Council, immediately proceed to the proclaiming of 
 our lawful and rightful Sovereign King George, taking, at 
 the fame Time, the neceftary Care to maintain the Pub- 
 lick Peace. 
 
 In Purfuance of the A6ls before-mention*d, this Parlia- 
 ment is now alTembled; and we are perfwaded, you all 
 bring with yon fo hearty a Difpolition for his Majefty*s 
 Service, and the Publick Good, that we cannot doubt of 
 your Afliftance in every Thing which may promote thofe 
 great Ends. 
 
 Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons^ 
 
 We find it necefTary to put you in Mind, that feveral 
 Branches of the Publick Revenue are expired by the De- 
 mife of her late Majefty ; and to recommend to you, the 
 making fuch Proviiions, in that Refpedl, as may be re- 
 quifite to fupport the Honour and Dignity of the Crown ; 
 And we affure ourfelves, you will not be wanting in any 
 Thing that may conduce to the eftabliihing and advan- 
 cing of the Publick Credit. 
 My Lords and Gentlemen^ 
 
 We forbear laying before you any Thing that does not 
 require your immediate Conhderation, not having received 
 his Majefty's Pleafure ; we fhall only exhort you, with 
 the greatelt Earneftnefs, to a perfedl Unanimity, and a 
 firm Adherence to our Sovereign's Intereft, as being the 
 only Means to continue among us our prefenc happy 
 Trancjuillity. 
 
 The
 
 8 The Hijlorkal Regifter, 
 
 The Commons being returned to their Houfe, and their 
 Speaker having made a Report of the Lords Juftices 
 Speech, it was refolv'd, Nemine Contradicente, That an 
 humble Addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, to condole 
 with his Majefty, upon the fad Occafion of the Death of 
 our late raoft gracious Sovereign ; to congratulate his Ma- 
 iefty's happy Acceffion to the Throne ; and to afTure his 
 Majefty of the utmoft Afliftance of this Houfe, to fupporc 
 his Ma)efty*s undoubted Right to the Imperial Crown of 
 thefe Realms, againft the Pretender, and all other Perfons 
 whatfoever : And alfo to exprefs the impatient Defires of 
 his faithful Commons, for his Majefty's fafe Arrival and 
 Prefence in Great Britain^ and the unanimous Rvifolutions 
 of this Houfe to maintain the Publick Credit, and effedtu- 
 ally make good all Funds which have been granted by 
 Parliament, for the Security of any Sums of Money, 
 which have been, or fhall be advanc'd for the Publick 
 Service ; and that they will ufe their utmoft Endeavours', 
 by all other Means, to make his Majefty's Reign happy 
 and glorious. 
 
 After this, a Committee was appointed to draw up the 
 faid Addrefs ; and it was unanimouily refolvM to take the 
 next Day into Confideratioa, the Lords Juftices Speech lo 
 both Houfes. 
 
 The fame Day the Houfe of Peers agreed upon the foK 
 lowing Addrefs to his Majefty. 
 
 i^oP gracious Soyereign, 
 
 WE your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjefls, 
 the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament 
 affembled, tho* deeply fenfible of the great Lofs thefe 
 Nations have fuftain'd by the Demife of her late Majefty, 
 of blefled Memory, think it our Duty, at the fame Time, 
 with thankful Hearts to Almighty God, to congratulate 
 your Majefty upon your happy and peaceable Acceftion tq 
 your Throne : And we do, with the utmoft Loyalty and 
 Duty, afTure your Majefty of our zealous and firm Refolu- 
 tions to fupport your undoubtedly rightful and lawful 
 Title to the Crown, againft all Enemies and Pretenders 
 whatfoever. 
 
 Our Zeal and Affe£lion for your Majefty's Service, en- 
 gage us to exert ourfelves with all Vigour and Unani* 
 xnity for fecuring the Publick Safety ; and we will al- 
 ways, to the utmoft of our Power, maintain the Honour 
 and Dignity of your Crown ; And we do with faithful 
 
 Hearts
 
 fro7n']u\y 1714, r^? January 17 16. 9 
 
 Hearts befeech your Majefty, as foon as pofllble, to give us 
 your Royal Prefence, which we are perfwaded will be at- 
 tended with all other Bleflings to your Kingdoms, 
 
 This Addrefs having by the Lords Juftices been tranfl 
 niitted to the King, his Majefty was plcas'd to return this 
 moffc eracious Anfwer. 
 
 GEORGE i?. 
 
 I Take this fir ft Opportunity to return you my hearty Thanh 
 for your j^ddrefsy and the Afurances you hare ^iven mt 
 therein. 
 
 The Zeal and Unanxmuy you hare f^ewn upon my Accefjtott 
 to the Crovon^ are great Encouragement to we, and I JJjall al- 
 ways ejieem the Continuance of them^ as one of the greatejl 
 ^leffings of my Reign. 
 
 No one can he more truly fenfjhle than I am., ' of the Lofs 
 fuftain'd by the Death of the late Queen.^ whofe exemplary 
 ^iety and Verttie fo much endeared her to her Feople^ 
 and for whofe Memory I JhaH always have a particular 
 Begard. 
 
 My heft Endeavours Jball never he roaming to repair this 
 tofs to the Nation. J will make it my conflant Care to pre- 
 ferre your Religion^ Laws^ and Liberties inyiolable^ and f 
 advance the Honour and Frofperity of my Kingdoms. 
 
 I am haftening to youy according to yvur De/;re^ fo afe&io' 
 nately exprefs'd in your Addrefs. 
 
 On the 6th of Auguft, the Commons appointed the 
 Grand Committeees, for Religion, Grievances, Courts of 
 Juftice, Trade, and Privileges and Elections, came to the 
 ufual Refolutions concerning Eledlions, and made the 
 cuftomary Orders againft Strangers coming into the Houfe 
 of Commons, ^c. This done, Mr, Secretary Bromley re- 
 ported from the Committee appointed ro draw up an Ad- 
 drefs to be prefented to his Majefty, that they had drawn 
 Up the fame, which was readj and unanimoufly agreed to 
 as follows : 
 
 Mo/i gracious Sovereign^ 
 
 WE your Majelty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjedls, 
 the Commons of Great Britain in Pirliamenc 
 aflerabled, having a juft Senfc of the great Lofs rhe Na- 
 tion has fuftain'd by the Death of our late Sovereign 
 Lady Queen ANNEj of blelTed Memory, humbly 
 
 crave
 
 lO The Hi ft OTIC al Regifter^ 
 
 crave Leave to condole with your Majefty on this fad 
 Occalion. 
 
 It would but aggravate our Sorrow, particularly to 
 enumerate the Virtues of that pious and moll excellent 
 Princefs : The Duty we owe to your Majefty, and to 
 our Country, oblige us to moderate our Grief, and hear- 
 tily to congratulate your Majefty's Acceflion to the Throne, 
 whofe princely Virtues give us a certain Profpedl of fu- 
 ture Happinefs, in the Security of our Religion, Laws, 
 and Liberties, and engage us to allure your Majefty. thac 
 "we will, to our utmoft, fupport your undoubted Right to 
 the Imperial Crown of this Realm, againll the Pretender, 
 and all other Perfons whatfoever. 
 
 Your faithful Commons cannot but exprefs their impa- 
 tient Defire for ycur Majefty's fafe Arrival and Prefence 
 in Great Britain. 
 
 In the mean time, we humbly lay before your Majefty, 
 the unanimous Refolution of this Houfe, to maintain the 
 Publick Credit of the Nation, and effedluaily to make 
 good all Funds which have been granted by Parliament, 
 for the Security of any Money which has been, or {h^U 
 be advancM for the publick Service, and to endeavour, by 
 tvtty Thing in our Pov^er, to make your Majefty's Reign 
 happy and glorious. 
 
 After this, the Members of the Houfe, who were of 
 the Privy-Council, were order'd to prefeat the faid Ad- 
 drefs to the Lords Juftices, with the Defire of the Houfe, 
 that they would tranfmit the fame to his Mnjefty, with 
 all convenient Speed. This their Excellencies did accord- 
 ingly, and on the 27th of AitguB^ Mr. Secretary Bromley 
 acquainted the Houle, that the Lords Juftices had received 
 his Majefty's Anfwer to the humble Addrefs of this Houfe, 
 as follows : 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 YOUR dutiful and loyal Addrefs is yery acceptable to me. 
 The Unanimity and Jiffe^ion my Commons haye fliervn 
 ul>on my Acceflion to the Crown^ are moji agreeab.'e Injlances 
 and 'Pledges of their fidelity to me. I haye a jufl Senfe of 
 your inexprejjihk Lofs^ hy the Death of your late Sovereign. 
 Tou may be afur'd of my conjiant Endea^ortrs to fecure to you 
 the full Enjoyment of your Religion^ Laws^ and Liberties^ 
 and that it will always be my Aimy to make you an happy and 
 flouriJI/mg People 5 tQ which your Refolmion to maintain the 
 
 Fttbiicje
 
 from]\i\Y i?^, ?^ January 1716. ii 
 
 Fu'ilick Credit of the Nation^ will greatly contribute. I am 
 hafteimg to yon according to your earne/i De/ire^ and theju/i 
 Exfeilations of my People, 
 
 Mr. Speaker having read this Anfwet to the Hotife, it 
 was refoIv*d, Nemine CQntradicente, That the humble 
 Thanks of this Houfe be return'd to his Majefty, for his 
 iDoft gracious MefTage, in Anfwer to their Addrefs ; and 
 order*d, That the faid Return of Thanks to his Majefty, 
 be prefented to the Lords Juftices, with the Defire of this 
 Houfe, that they will cranfmit the fame to his Majefty. 
 
 On the 6ch of Angufi^ a Motion Wris made in the Houfe 
 of Commons, That a Supply be granted to his Majefty, 
 for the bett'er Support of his Majefty's Koufliold, and of 
 the Honour and Dignity of the Crown ; the Confidera- 
 tion of which was referr'd to the Committee of the 
 whole Houfe the next Day, when the faid Motion was 
 unanimoufly agreed to, and framed into a Refolutionj 
 which was reported, and agreed to on the 9th of Auguli, 
 The next Day, the Commons, in a grand Committee, 
 confideiM farther of the Supply granted to bis Majefty, 
 and after fome Debate, came to two Refolutions, which, 
 on the nth, were reported hy Vit. Conyers^ the Chair- 
 man of that Committee, and agreed to by the Houfe, as 
 follows ; 
 
 I, That towards the Supply granted to his Majefty, for 
 the Support of his Majelty's Houlhold, and of the Ho- 
 nour and Dignity of trie Crown^ the f^ime Revenues 
 which were payable to her late Majefty Queen Anne^ of 
 blefTed Memory, during her Life, and had Continuance 
 till the Time of herDemife, be granted and continued in 
 like Manner to his Majefty, during his Life, except the 
 Revenue of the Dutchy of CornxmU.^ which is by Law 
 vefted in his Royal Highnefs the Prince, as Duke of 
 ComwaU, 
 
 i» That the faid Revenues be continu*d from the Death 
 of her late Mtjefty. 
 
 And then order'd a Bill to be brought in upon the f^id 
 Refolutions, Hereupon John Wykes, Efq; Member lor rhz 
 Town of Northampton^ propos'd the tdcxing to it the Bill, 
 which had fo oMen mifcarry'd, for limiting the Number of 
 Officeri in the Houfe of Commons ', but no LoJy fcconUcd tiut 
 Motion. 
 
 Before we proceed, we muft take Notice of fome other 
 private Tranftdions in the Houfe of Commons. Accord- 
 ing to the Rcfolucion taken in Council, the ParliameDc 
 C ruei;
 
 1 2 The Hiftorical Regijler^ 
 
 met the very Sunday the Qtieeii expir'd j but the Speaker 
 of the Comir.ons being in the Country, Mr. Bromley^ Se- 
 cretary of State, mov'd to ac^journ to the Wednefday fol- 
 lowing, and was feconded by Mr. C Sir Richard 
 Onp,ow reprefenttd thereupon, that Time was too precious 
 at that nice Jundure, to trifle away the leaft Part of it ; 
 and therefore he nrov*d, that the Houfe fliould adjourn to 
 the next Day, which was carry'd. 
 
 A gre.it many Perfon?, particularly the leading Men 
 among the Tones, whofe Hopes and Defigns were dafliM 
 by the Q.neen*s fudden Death, were extream angry with 
 Dodtor Ratclife^ for nor attending her Majefty, when fent 
 for by the DuKe of Ormond; upon a fond Belief, that he 
 inight have preferv'd her Majefty's Life. Their Refent- 
 ment went fo far, that on the 5th of Augufi^ Sir John 
 Tachington made a Complaint again ft Dr. Ratclife for not 
 attending the Qiieen, when fent for by the Duke of Or- 
 tnond'j [^See the Jntrodnfiion^ Page xvii.^ but it being repre- 
 fented, tiiat the Dodlor, who had the Honour to be a Mem- 
 ber of the Houfe, was then abfenr, that Matter dropr. 
 The Ciwe Day^ Mr. Bromley^ Secretary of State, mov'd 
 for an Addrefsof Condolence and Congratulation ; dwelt 
 much on the great Lofs the Nation has fuftain'd by the 
 Death of the late Queen ; and was back'd by feveral 
 Members, particularly by Mr. Robert WaJpole^ who mov*d, 
 that they fhould give the King AlTurances of their mak- 
 ing good all Parliamentary Funds. Thomas Onjlow^ Efq; 
 Son to Sir Richard Onftoxo^ faid thereupoUj ' That the 
 
 * principal Screfs of the AdcJrefs ought not to lie upon 
 « condoling, but upon coneratuladng, and giving theKing 
 
 * Affurances of their Readinefs to maintain both his Ma)e- 
 
 < fty's undonf ted Title to the Crown, and Publick Credit." 
 When the Addrefs had, the next Day, been reported and 
 aereed rn, a Motion was made, that two Members of the 
 Houfe fhould be appointed to carry it over, and prefent 
 it to his Majefty ; but no body feconding that Motion, it 
 was refolv'd, that the Lords Juftices fliould be defir'd to 
 tranfmif it to the King. 
 
 A^igufi 7. There was a fmall Debate about the Choice of 
 the Cnairman of the grand Committee of the Subfidy 5 
 fome of the Members having mov'd, and infiftmg oa 
 the placing Sir William Wyndham in the Chair ; bnt Robert 
 Ualpok^ Efq; reprefented, ' That Mr. Conyers had, for fo 
 
 < many Years, fo well difch.irg'd that Office, that it were 
 ' inconfiltent with Gratitude, Good-Manners, and Pru- 
 
 * dence, to chufe another. " Upon whicU Mr. Conyers 
 
 Was
 
 from July lyi^^ r^ January 1716. 13 
 
 was plac'd in the Chair. Then it was },ropos'd to give 
 the King One Million Sterling, for the Support of his 
 Majf-Oy's Houfliold, and of the Honour and Dignity of 
 the Crown, ^c. that is ahout 300000/. more than the 
 late Qiieen enjoy 'd ; but tho* no diredt Oppofirion was 
 tlien made againft ill t Motion, yet the fame was after- 
 w,irds dropr ; the wifeft in both Parties being of Opinion, 
 that the only Way to preferve our excellent Conftitution^ 
 is to ke-p tlie Crown (till dependent for extraordinary Sub- 
 fidif's oil the Houfe of Commons; and that none but ila- 
 vifli Time-Strvers, and Enemies to their.King and Coun- 
 try, will ever bt for putting the Sovereign in fuch a Con- 
 dirion, as rhar he may live without Parliaments. 
 
 On the I2.rh of ^u^u(i^ Mr. Conyers prefeuted to the 
 Houfe the Bill for the better Support of his Majeftys Houjholdy 
 a? J of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of Great Bri- 
 ta n, which was red the firft Time, and unaniraoufly 
 Order'd to be read a fccond. After this, Mr. Fugh prefenc- 
 ed to the Houfe another Bill for refitfyir.g Mi/lakes in the 
 Commifjiniien Names^ for putting in Execution the Aft pafs'd 
 the laji b fji'tn of Parliament^ entitled, ^n Ac} for granting 
 an Aid to her Majefy^ to be raised ly a Land Tax in Greac 
 Britain for the Year 1714: Wnich was read the Hrft, and 
 ordered to be read a fecond Time. This was done accor- 
 dingly the next Day \ and the faid Bill committed to the 
 Committee of the whole Houfe, who were diredled to 
 receive a Claufe, for the continuiiig, unril the End of 
 the next Se/Tion of Parliament, all fuch Laws, as would 
 otherwife expire at the End of this Seflion. The fame 
 Day, the Bill for the Support of the King's HoiiJJjoIdy was read 
 the fecond Time, and committed, for the next Day, to 
 the Committee of the whole Houfe : Afcer whichj Mr» 
 Horatio Walpole mov'dy That it be an Inftrudlion to the 
 faid Committee, that they fliould have Power to receive 
 two Claufes, 
 
 1. One to impower the Lord High Treafurer, orCom- 
 niiflioners of the Treafury, for the Time bein^', to lilue 
 the Sum of 6$o-J.2.l 8 j. 8^. (^being the Arrear due to 
 the Troops of Hanover, for their Service in the Low 
 Countries in the Year 171^,) out of the 300000/. grant- 
 ed in the laft Seflion of Parliament to her late Majefty, 
 towards fatisfyiiig the Debt due on Account to the Land- 
 Forces. 
 
 2. The other Claufe, to enable and require the Lord 
 High Treafurer, or Commiflioners of the Treafury, for 
 the Time being, to illue out of any Moxiey granted by 
 
 C 2 Parliam.cnc^
 
 14 The HJftoTical Regifter^ 
 
 Parliamenr, the Sum of looooo/. to be paid to any Per- 
 fon or Perfofts, who fhall apprehend the Perfon of the 
 Pretender, if ever he lliould land, or attempt to land in 
 any of his Majefcy^s Dominions. 
 
 Sir William Wjndham feconded Mr. WalpoJe as to the firft 
 Claufe ; and Mr. SIrppen very ingenuoufly own'd he had 
 opposM that Payment in the Lte Reign, but that he was 
 for ir now. Charles Adrvorth^ Efq; Member of Parlia- 
 ment for New WiiJfor, back'cl liktwife the Motion ; but as 
 if he defign'd to expofe the Member, who, at this Jun- 
 ftare, appear'cV fo forward to pay thofe very Troops, 
 which, a few Months before, he had treated as Runaways, 
 he faid, ' Tlirtt for his Part he had formerly been againft 
 ' that Pajnnent, becaufe he had been given to underftand, 
 
 * in that very Houfe, that thofe Troops were Deferters ; 
 
 * but that he had fruce been informed, that they were 
 
 * hir'd to fiiiht, and had ferv'd well as long as there was 
 
 * fifehting; and if when they came in Sight of the En«- 
 
 * my, they who had hir'd them, would not fuffer them to 
 
 * fight, he did not fee the Reafon why they (hould be 
 ' cail'd Deferters." As to the orher Claufe, for giving a 
 Reward of loooooA to fuch as Oiould apprehend the Per- 
 fon of the Pretender, M. C n faid, the next Day, 
 
 {^ugufi 14.) in the grand Committee, ' That he was not 
 
 the D^y before in the Houle when that Chufe w^iS 
 mov'd ; but if he had been prefent, he would have op- 
 posed it, bec.iufej in his Opinion, the Proteftant Suc- 
 cefiion was no longer in Danger, fince his Majefty's 
 peaceable Accellion to the Throne." And he was fo 
 poiifive in thii AfTertion, that he defy'd all the Koufe to 
 prove the contrarj'. He was feconded by Mr. SlnfPen .- 
 But Mr. Pculteney^ and, after him, the Lord UtmUy^ «irgu'd, 
 
 * That the Frotellant Succeflion was in Danger, as long 
 
 * as there was a Popifh Pretender, v/ho had many Friends 
 
 * both at Home and Abioac^ : That the late Queen was fen- 
 
 * fible of that Danger, when (he iffn'd out her Proclama- 
 
 * tion againft him ; and 'that the Cafe was not alter'd by 
 
 * her Majefiy's Demife : That tlie Nation would be at no 
 
 * Charge, if the Pretender did not attempt to land ; and 
 
 * if he did, icoooo/. would be well beftow'd to appre- 
 ^ hend him," To which Mr. C n made no Reply, 
 
 Not above 60 or 70000/. having been fubfcrib'd to the 
 
 Royal, or Parliamentary Lottery, liefore the late Queen's 
 
 Death, which was occafion'd partly by the Diffidence of 
 
 the Generality of money'd-Men ia the late Adminiftra- 
 
 2 tion.
 
 from July 17 i^-o ?(? January 1716. 15 
 
 tion, partly by the low Intereft allow'ci by the Parlia- 
 ment for the Blank-Tickers, the Lords of the Regejicy, 
 and Privy Council, refolv'd to fliew their Zeal for the 
 Rcftoration of Publick Credit : In order to thar^ they 
 went in a Body to the Bank of England^ fnbfcrili'd great 
 Sums themfeives; and to encour.ige others to follow their 
 ExiHipIe, by keeping up the Value of the Tickets, the 
 Lord High Treafurer declar'd in an Adverrifemenr in the 
 Gazette^ That in Cafe the whole Sum of 1,400000/. 
 fhould not be advanc'd upon the Lottery Afl lately pafs'd 
 in Parliament, fo that there ihould be a Remainder of 
 Tickets to be brought as Money into the Exchequer ; a 
 Refolution was taken, that fuch remaining Tickets fhould 
 not be iflu'd from thence, till the faid Lottery (hould have 
 been fully drawn. 
 
 By thefe Means, above one Half of the whole Sum 
 was fubfcrib*d in two Days Time ; but however, the Lords 
 Juftices being apprehenlive, that the .remaining Pare 
 would not come in fo faft, their Excellencies refolv'd to 
 take the firft Opportunity to lay the whole Matter before 
 the Parliament, in order to procure from the Commons a 
 farther Encouragement for the Subfcribers. According to 
 this Refolution, Mr. Craggs^ who on the 5 ill of /«^, 
 was difpatch'd to Hanorer^ heing, after a difHcuIt and 
 ftormy Pailage, returuM on Friday the 13th of Axigufly 
 about Seven a-Clock in the Morning, with Letters from 
 the King to the Lords Juftices, their Excellencies went, 
 that very Afternoon, to the Houfe of Peers, and the 
 Commons being fent for up, and attending, the Lord 
 Chancellorj in the Name of their Excellencies, made the 
 following Speech to both Houfes. 
 
 My Lords and Gentlemen^ 
 
 IT is with great Satisfa£lion we can now tell you, that 
 we have this' Morning received a Letter from the 
 King, wherein his Majefty is gracioufly pleas'd to acquaint 
 us, that his Majefty is haftening hither, to employ his 
 utmoft Care for putting thefe Kingdoms into a happy and 
 flouriftiing Condition. 
 
 He has commanded us, in the mean Time, to continue 
 our Care of every Thing that may conduce to the Peace 
 and Safety of his Dominions ; And we are affur'd, that 
 if this had required his more injmediate Prcfence, he 
 would, without the leaft Delay, have repairVi hither, for 
 the Support of fo dutiful and faithful Subjedls ; for his 
 ^ajefty does very particularly exprefs his great Satis- 
 C 3 fadlioa
 
 l6 The H[ftor}cal R^^jfler, 
 
 faftioil in the Lo)'alry aiiu AfFcdion whicn n.^ P pie 
 have univerlalij/ (htvvn upon his Majefty's AcC(.flion to the 
 Crown. 
 
 At tbe Opening this Seilion, we did nor m-ntion to 
 you the Apprehenllons we then had from rhe Sm^Jlnefs 
 of the Sum, at that Time adv^nc'd, that the Lottery 
 would not be fuii, being defjrou<;, in the iiift Place, to 
 try to make it eftedlual in the Manner the Parliament 
 had eftablifli'd it ; But we are oblig'd now to acquaint 
 you, that all our Endeavours have fail'd of rhe dcfir'd 
 Succefs, tho' the Concri bunions have been thereby confide- 
 rably increas'd. 
 
 "We mud therefore earneflly recommend to you, Gen- 
 tlemen of the Hcufe of Commons, to take this into your 
 Confideration, and to give fuch farther Encouragement as 
 yon {hall think proper, for raifing the whole Sum which 
 was intended, and is ahibiuctly neceUary for carrying oa 
 the Service of the Year. 
 
 The Commons being return'd ro the Houfe, and their 
 Speaker having made a Report of the Lords Juftices 
 Speech, it was refolv'd, Nemine Contradiceute^ That an 
 bumble Addrefs be prefented to his Majelty, ro return the 
 humble Thanks of this Houfe, for the Satisfaiflion his 
 iV^ajefty has been pleas'd to exprefs in the Loyiilry^ and 
 AfFe<rtion Vv'hich bis Subje6ls have univerfally fliewn upon 
 his Majefty's Accefnon to the Throne; and for his graci- 
 ous Intentions of making his People fpeedily happy with 
 his Royal Prefence . and aJfo to alTure his Majefty of the 
 Corttinuance of the fame Zeal and AfFedlion to his Ma- 
 )-fty upon all Occafions ; and, tiiat this Houfe will con- 
 tribute their utmoft Endeavours for preferving the Publick 
 J^eace until his Majtfty fliall arrive. Which Addrefs was 
 order'd to be prefented to the Lords Juftices, with the 
 Defire of the Houfe, that they would tranfmit the fame 
 to his Majefty with all convenient Speed. 
 
 The fame Day the Lords Spiritual and Temporal came 
 to this Kefolution, That the moft humble Thanks of this 
 Koufe be returned to his Majeftyj for his Majefty's Grace 
 3ind Goodnefs to his People, exprefs'd in his Majefty's 
 Letter to the Lords Juftices, with the Aflurajice of 
 the Fidelity and ^^al of this Houfe for his Majefty's 
 Service. 
 
 And order'd, That the Lord Chancellor do lay the faid 
 Refolution before the Lords Juftices, and defire their Lord- 
 ihips to tranfmit the fame to his Majefty will ail conve- 
 
 nienc
 
 from July 17 ^^y if^ January 1716. 17 
 
 nient Speed ; ^which their Excellencies did accordingJyj 
 together with the Addrefsof the Conrimons. 
 
 ^u^uji 14. The Commons, in a grand Commirtee, con- 
 lidtr d of that Pare of the Speech of the Lords Juf^ices, 
 deJiver'd the Day beforej which related to the Lottery, 
 and came to the following Refolutions, which the Mon- 
 day following were reported ^nd agreed unto. 
 
 1. That for raifing fo much ss is wanting to compleat 
 the full Sum of 1,400,000/. which was intended robe 
 r^if'd for the puilick Service by Way of a Lottery, by 
 V.rue of the late A61 of Parliament in that Behalf; the 
 Tim.e for receiving the Contributions on that A6t be pro- 
 lon^'d. 
 
 2. That the Sum of 105000/. a Year, by that A61 
 grinted, be encreus'd, and made up to be a yearly Fund 
 of 1165:73/. J2J. during the Term of 32 Years therein 
 njention d. 
 
 3. That the publick Monies which (hall from Time to 
 Tinie come iiuo the Receipt of the Excoegiier^ not appro- 
 priated to any particular life or Ufes, by any A61 or Adls 
 of Parliament made before the Adl for the faid Lottery, 
 be made an additional Security over and above the Reve- 
 nues and Branches fettled by the faid A^l, for making 
 good tie faid Fund of ii65'73/. 12s. per /^nnum^ and 
 that tlie fame unappropriated publick Monies, or fo much 
 thereof, as fliall from Time to Time be necefTary for com- 
 plicating and making up the faid encreas'd Fund, be from 
 Time to Time apply *d thereunto. 
 
 4. That the Interei^, after the Rate of 4/. per Cent, per 
 Anrium^ for the Blank Tick-ts in the faid Lottf ry, be en- 
 preas'd by an Addition after the Rate of i /. per Cent, per 
 ^nmtm^ and allow'd as well in Refped of the Contribu- 
 tions which have been made, as thofe which (hall here- 
 after be made in the f^id Lottery, out of the faid encreas'd 
 yearly Fund, 
 
 And it was order'd, i. That it be an Inftru£lion to the 
 Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
 testifying Mifiuhes in the Commijjioners Names for puttir.g in 
 Execution the A6i pafs'd the laji Sejjhn of Far'iiament^ enti- 
 tled, ^n ASi for granting an Aid to her Majefiy, to be rais'd 
 by a Lar.dTax in Great Britain, fr the Semce of the Tear 
 One Ihoufar.d Se-ven Hundred and Fourteen^ is committed, 
 that they have Power to receive a Claufe or Claufes, pur- 
 fuant to the faid Refolutions. 
 
 2. That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, 
 
 that they have Power to receive a CiuUfe or Claufe?, for 
 
 C 4 confining
 
 l8 The Hifwrical Regifler, 
 
 confining rhe Numler of Managers for puriin^ in Execu- 
 tion the Powers and Triifls in them repos'd by the Lottery 
 Adl, to One and Twenty; and for providing, that their 
 Allowance (hall not exceed one hundred Pound each. 
 
 But it is obferva!)Ie, that this Uft Cldufe whs afterwards 
 dropt in the Comnrjirtee, by Reafon that the fame would 
 have clafh'd with the CLufe in rhe A6t 6 /im^, by which 
 no Offce^ FUce^ &rc. vcas to become yoid^ by Reafon of the 
 Demi J e of her Alajejty, 
 
 The fame Day Mr. Conyers reported from the Committee 
 of the whole Houfe, to whom the Lill for the better Support 
 ef his Afaj?Jly'i Houpjoid, and of the Honour and Dignity of 
 the Crown of Great BritaiUj was committedj the Amend- 
 ments which they had made to the Bill, and had diredled 
 him to report to the Houfe, and he read the fame in his 
 Place, and afterwards deliver'd the Bill and Amendments 
 in at the Table, where the faid Amendments being read 
 and agreed unto by tlie Houfe, it was order'd, that the 
 BiJ], with the Amendments, be ingrofs'd. A Bill was 
 alfo orderM to be brought in. To enable all Terfor.s.^ new re- 
 fidr.g in Great Britain, to take the Oaths^ and do all other 
 jRs in Great Britain, requifite to qitalify themfehes to 
 continue their yefpedire Vlaces^ Offices^ and Employments in 
 Ireland. 
 
 ^uguft 17. The ingrofs'd Bill for the better Support of his 
 Majefiy^sHouJhoIdj &c. v/as read the third Time, pafs'd, 
 and fent up to the Lords. 
 
 On the iSth, the Commons refoIvM to addrefs his Ma- 
 jefiy, that he would be gracioufly pleased to confer fome 
 Dignify in the Church upon the Reverend Dr. tellings 
 Chaplain to their Hcufe. 
 
 ^'^Afgvfl 15. The two Bills depending in the Hoofe, were 
 read the third Time, pafs'd, and fent to the Lords, who 
 liiat Day i'ent back to the Commons the Money-Hill, 
 without auy Amendment. The 20th, thefe two Bills 
 were alfo fenr down again to the Ccmmcns without A- 
 Miendmenrs; and the fame Day, the Commiflioners of 
 the Cuiloms attended, and, pnrfuant to an A61 of Parlia- 
 ment, prefented to the Houfe, the Account of prohibited 
 ^aft-lndia Goods, and Naval Stores. 
 
 Auguji 11, The Lords Juftices went to the Houfe of 
 Peers, and the Commons being fent for up, and attend- 
 ing, their Speaker, upon prefenting to their Excellen- 
 cies the hi'l for the better Support of his Majefy's Houjhold^ 
 and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of Great Bri- 
 
 tain«
 
 from ]uiy 17^^, to January 17 16. 19 
 
 tain, together with the other Money-Bill, made the fol- 
 lowing Speech, 
 
 My Lords^ 
 
 TH E Knighrs, Citi2ens, and Rurgefles of Great Bri- 
 tain^ in Parliament afTembled, under the pref nt 
 Happinefs they enjoy by his Majefty*s peace&lile and quiet 
 Acccflion to the Throne, could not enter upon any Work 
 more fatisPaflory and pleafing to themfelves, than the 
 providing --^ fufficient Revenue for the O-cafions of his 
 Majefiy's Civil Government, in order to make his Reiga 
 as ediy and profperou?, as the Beginning of it hath been 
 fecure and undifturb'd. 
 
 They are fenfible, that the Peace of the Kingdom is 
 not to be preferv'd, nor the Rights and Liberties of the 
 Subjedls to be protefted, without fupporting the juft Autho- 
 rity and Dignity of the Crown; and therefore they have 
 thought it their Intereft, as well as Duty, to make fuch a 
 Provifion, as may not barely fuffice to the Neceffity of 
 the Government, but may be fuitable to the State, the 
 Honour, the Luftre, which the Crown of Great Britaiit 
 ought to be attended with. 
 
 Whatfoever is fuperfluous in that Provifion, and more 
 than the ordinary Services of his Majefty ihall require, 
 will but enable him to exert his higheft and mod Vdlu,iWc 
 Prerogative of doing Good : And we can give no greater 
 Proof of the Truft we repofe in his Majelty's gracious 
 Difpofition, than putting the fame entire Revenue into 
 his Hands, which her late Majefty dyM pnfTcfs'd of; 
 whofe Virtues we all admir'd, and of whofe Affedlion and 
 Concern for the Religion, Laws, and Liberties of this 
 Kingdom, we had had fo long Experience. 
 
 Ai the Crown itftlf defcends immediately, and knows 
 no Vacancy, the Commons have taken Care that the Re- 
 venue fliould follow it as clofe as poflible ; for they have 
 given all the Difpatch to this Grant, which the Forms of 
 their Proceedings would allow; fo that when his Majefty 
 iliall pleaie to anfwer the impatient Defires of his People, 
 by coming to take Pofleffiou of his Kingdoms, he will 
 find himfelf erjually eftablifti'd in thefe Revenues, as if 
 he had fucceeded to all by an uninterrupted Right of In« 
 heritance •, the only Difference is this, that if he had in- 
 herited them, he would have wanted one fingle Proof of 
 the Duty, and Aftciltlon, and Unanimity of his Sub- 
 jedls. 
 
 Ouff
 
 20 The Hiftorical Regifter, 
 
 Our Defire is, that this may be look'd upon as an E:: 
 neft and a Pledge of that Zeal and Fideliry whch v. e 
 fhaJl always retain^ and which, upon evtjy Occ-fic^n, we 
 fhall be re<idy to demonftrate to his Majeffy's Perfon and 
 Government ; As fuch, we hope, his Majefty will graci- 
 oufly accept it at this Time ; and hereafter, when he fhill 
 have had Experience of th s firft voluntary OfFeri' g of 
 his loyaj Comraons, we hope he will iind it to his Satis- 
 faflion, as large and as ample as he coull wiili; might 
 but the Term of the Grant be as long as we coulo w-Hi, 
 fince it is to have e^jual Continuance with his Mdjefty*s 
 Life. 
 
 My Lordsj 
 
 The Bill which the Commons hsve pafs*d ^or the Pur- 
 pofes I have mentioned, is entitled, -4/- Acl fut the better 
 Support of hii M^^jefifs Houfiio^i^ and of the Honcur and D;^- 
 :iiiiy of theCro\x?n of Great Britain. 
 
 They have alfo preparM another F?7/, as veeU for feSi'tfy- 
 iiig Miftakes la the Names of the Comtnijjtor.ers for the Land- 
 Tax^ as f r ratfing fo mwh as is wanting^ to make up the 
 Sum of Fourteen Hundred Jhoufand Pou: ds^ intended to he 
 raised by a Lottery for the Pnblick Service in the Tear 171 4. 
 'This having been recommended to their Care, and appear- 
 ing to them to be nectlLry for his Maj-fty's and the Pnb- 
 iick Service, they have Pveafon to ihink, they hive abun- 
 •sdantJy fupply'd the Dcfedls in the former Proviiion ; and 
 :n this Ailurance, they ijumbly prefent this Bill alfo for 
 the P.oyal AfTent. 
 
 Then the Lords Juftlces gave the Royal AiTent to the 
 
 :thr«e foliowing publick Bills: 
 
 2. An /lf}_ for the letter Sappcrt of hii Majeffs H'ufljoJd, 
 and of the Honuur and Diguhy of the Crown of Great Bri- 
 (fiiin. 
 
 :i. An /id foT refiifying Miftakes in the Names of the 
 i>ommijfiui.ers for the La d-Tax for the Year One Thoufand 
 Seven tinndred and Fourteen •, and jot rai/t g /> much as is 
 naming to make up the Sum of Fourteen Hundred Thoufand 
 Vowids^ intended to he ra^d by a Lottery fot the FubJick Ser- 
 -nee in the faid Tear, 
 
 5. An Ad to enable Perfons now refiding in Great Britain, 
 to take the Oaths^ and to do a.l othfr yj^s in Great Britain, 
 rsquifite to qualify themfelres to continue ^nir refpefiive Places^ 
 Oftcesj and Employments in Ireland. 
 
 After
 
 r ■ 
 
 from July lyi^, r^ January 1716. 21 
 
 A^ter which, the Lord Chancellor, being one of the 
 I.ordi Jutlic-s, in their Name iWitde the following Speech 
 to both Houfes of Parliament, 
 
 My Lords and Gentlemen^ 
 'W ^ cannot but exprefs our greateft Satisfadlion, and, 
 V V in his Majefly's Nanie, rttum you Thanks, for 
 the cnnvincirg Proofs which you have given^ in this 
 Seflion, of your Duty and AfF-dtion to his Majefty, and 
 of your Z^al for his Government. 
 
 We mult pHrricularly thrink you, Gentlemen of the Houfe 
 of Commons^ for the Aids which you have granted to his 
 Majefty, for the better Support of the Honour of the 
 Crown, and for prevenring any Difappoiutment in the 
 Supplies given in the hil Seflion tor the Service of this 
 Year. You may be affurVj that the Unanimity,, the 
 Chearfulnefs, and the Difpatch, with which you have 
 proceeded in granting thefe Aids, will render them y^t 
 more acceptable to his Majrfty : And you may depend 
 upon our making a faithful Reprefentation thereof to 
 him. 
 
 My Lords and Gentlemen^ 
 
 All neceflary Bufinefs being now happily concluded, 
 it will be proper for us to put a fpeedy En ' to this Seflion. 
 We think fir, at prefent, in his Majefty's Name, to defire 
 you forthwith refpedtively to adjourn your felves until 
 U'ednefciay next. 
 
 Accordingly both Houfes immediately adjourn'd to the 
 i^th of Avguft^ when being met iigam, the Commons 
 orderVi, that their Speaker be delir'd to print the Speech 
 by him made on the 21ft. Then Mr, Secretary Bromley 
 acquainted the Houfe, that the Lords Juftices had received 
 his Majefty's Anfvver to the humble Addrefsof this Houfe 
 at the Beginning of this Seflion 9 which he prefented to 
 the Hviufe, as w. s related before. 
 
 After this, the Lords Jultices went to the Houfe of 
 Peers, and the Commons being fenc for up, and attending, 
 the Lord Chancellor, in the Name of their Excellencies, 
 made the following Speech to both Houfes. 
 
 My Lords and GentJemeny 
 
 HAving, fmce your late Adjournment, receiv'd hi$ 
 Majefty's molt gracious Anfwer, under his Sign 
 Majiualj to your fevcral AddrefTesj and by his Majefly's 
 
 Comroandj
 
 2^ The Hifiorical Regifter, 
 
 Commaiidj order'd them to be deliver'd to you refp'^flive- 
 ly ; we do now, in his Majefty's Naine, prorogue this 
 yrefenc Pirliatnenf till Thurfday tlie 23d Day of Sep- 
 tember next ; and this prefent Parliament is accor- 
 dingly proiogn'd to Thurfday the 23d Day of September 
 next. 
 
 Having concluded the Second and laft Sefiion of the 
 Fourth Parliament of Great Britain^ and the Lft of 
 Queen /5[««e's Reign, let's proceed to other Occurrences. 
 
 The f-tme D^y the Queen dy'd, Monfieur d'lBer-p'tUe^ 
 Envoy ExTaordmary from his moll Chriftian Majdiy, 
 being under fome Apprehenfions of his Houfe being 111- 
 fuUed by the rude Populace, in Cafe there happfu'd any 
 Difturbance, writ a Lecter to the Duke of OrmoiJ, defir- 
 iiig his Grace's Prote£lion, The Duke having tommuni- 
 cated the fame to the Lords Juftices, their tCxcellencics 
 oider*d a Guard of the Trained Hands to fecure the Houfe 
 of the Envoy j; but all was quietj and no Infult w<i$ 
 offered to any Bo^y. 
 
 On the 3d of Augiift the Lords of the Regency judged 
 it neceffary to have a Secretary of their own, and una- 
 nimoufly made Choice of JofepJj Add^fon^ E/q; At the 
 i*ame Time the Poft-Mafter-Gener^l was order'd to fr-nd all 
 the Letters and Packets, diredled to the Secretaries of 
 StatCj direflly to the Secretary of the Regency ; which 
 was a great Mortificarion ro the former, parttcularly to 
 the Lord BoJi, broke, w. a was now oblig'd to wait with a 
 Bag in his Hand at the Door of the Room where the Re- 
 gents iiT«mbIed. 
 
 ^■iteg. 4. The Lords Juflices fpent fome Time in perufing 
 \ great many Letters which the Poft brought the Night 
 before : And the fame D^y, the Lords of the Admiralty, 
 by I omnianci of the Regency, ififu'd out Orders for taking 
 off the Embargo l,iid on ail Shipping. 
 
 On tlie yth of Augufi the Lords Jullices in Council, pur- 
 fuant to the Adl 6 Anra^ cap. 7. hgn'd a Proclamation, 
 
 * Requiring all Perfonj, being in any Office of Autho- 
 
 < ri<y or Government, at the Demife of the late Queen, 
 
 < to proceed in the Execution of their refpedlive Offices, 
 
 < and to take the Oaths mentioned in that Adt, and to do 
 
 * all other A£ls requiiite by the Laws and Statutes of this 
 ' Realm, to qualify theiwieives to continue in their re- 
 
 < fpt^tiye Places, 
 
 Oa
 
 fromjuly lyi^^ r^ January 1716. 2:? 
 
 On rne 7rh of Jugufi^ Charles Mordattnt^ Eari ot Feier- 
 borough and Monmouth^ who had been travelling in Italy 
 and France^ arriv'd in England^ and the next Day acquaint- 
 ed the Lords of the Regency, that being in France, h few 
 Days before, the Mod Chriflian King had alTur'd him, 
 ' That he would inviolably maintain the Treaties of 
 
 * Peace concluded at Utrecht^ particularly with Rel^tioa 
 ^ to th? Settlement of the Eritijt} Crown in the Houfe of 
 ' Hanover,'* This exadliy agreed with the Declaration 
 which Monfieur d' Iberyille^ Minifter of France^ made to 
 the Regency, and to Baron Bothmar^ even before he 
 had received particular Orders tor ic from the Court of 
 Frarxe ; being (as he fa id to mofl of the Lords Regents, 
 to whom he made V^ifits) already impower'd to do it Uy 
 his general Inftrudlions : And, on the other Hand, Mr. Mat- 
 thew Frior^ who was then refiding at the Court ot France ia 
 Qui.lity of Envoy, having, by Orders of the Regency, 
 notify'd to the French King the Death of the late Queen, 
 and KLng George's Acceflion to the Throne, his Moll 
 Chriftian Majefty repeated to him the Declaration he had 
 made to the Earl of Peterborough, Some Days after, 
 Monfieur <^'iier->'i//e receiv'd a Letter from the Manjuefs ^e 
 7orry,approving what, he had done; and another from the 
 FrenchKing ro the £ritijh Regency, importing, in Subftance, 
 befides the Declaration before mnt ion 'd, *^ That havin*' 
 
 * been inform'd, that Reports h.id been fpread, as if be 
 
 * defign'd to make Alterations in the late Renunciations, 
 ' he thought fie to declare, as he had already done to the 
 
 * Earl of Peterborough^ thct the faid Reports were altoge- 
 
 * ther falfe and groundkfs : That the King of Spain hav- 
 
 * ing fent the Cardinal delGiudice as EmbaiTador to France^ 
 
 * which might create fome Sufpicions, his moft Chrifhan 
 
 * Majefty had defirM the King, his Grandfon, ro recall 
 ' him ; and that the Eledor of Brunfwuk having fome 
 
 * Time before the Death of the Queen, fignify'd to his 
 
 * Moft Chriftian Majefty, that whenever his Succeftion to 
 
 * the Crown of Great Britain {h^ll take Place, he would 
 
 * cultivate a Friendftiip with his Moft Chriftian Majefty; 
 
 * he (the King of trance) on his Parr, affur*d the Lords 
 ' Jultices, that he would do all that Ly in his Power, to 
 
 * maintain a good Intelligence and Amity between the 
 ' two Crowns. 
 
 The Anfwer which Mr. Prior received about another 
 Affair, was not altogether fo agreeal)Ie and fatisfadlory ui 
 Etigland: The Lords of the Regency had order*d liim ;o 
 reprcfcnt to the Court of Froj^ee^ * That his Moft Ci.riftian 
 
 ' Majefty
 
 24 T/:?^ Hijlorical Regiffer^ 
 
 * Majefty having promJsM to interpofe his good Offices 
 
 * with the King of Spain^ m Favour of the Catalans^ 
 *• they were furpriz'd ro find, that, inltead of that, his 
 
 * Moft Chriftian Majefty had fent his Troops roaflift thofe 
 
 * of his Grandfou in the Redudlioh of Barcelona ; and 
 
 * that their Excellenries hoped, his tnoft Chnilnn Ma- 
 ' jefty would make good his Promifes, and confider rhe 
 
 * ill Confequeiices of his fulfering his Forces to act again (I 
 
 * a People, who were under the Protediioii of the Crow rt 
 
 * of Great Britain.'* To this Mr. Frior received an An- 
 fwer, * That the Moft Chriftian King had already made 
 
 * good his Engagements in Behalf of the Catalans ; that 
 
 * their Obftinacy was the Caufe of all the Mi^tortunes 
 
 * that might befall them ; and that his Glory would 
 
 * not fuffer him to recall his Troops from before Bar- 
 
 * celona. 
 
 Some Days before this Anfwer was tranfmitted to Eng- 
 land^ zht Mdrqutis d' Almaza^ one of • the Deputies from 
 the Principality of Catalonia^ made Application to the 
 Lords Juftices of Great Britain', and communicated to 
 their Excellencies a Letter he had received from the Go- 
 vernor of M^jorca^ with an Account of the Condition of 
 the City of Barcelona, Upon which their Excellencies 
 ordered, that a Copy of the Letter they had written to 
 the Court of France^ (hould be communicared to rhe Mar- 
 quefs; and he was farther alTur'd, that Diredtions had 
 been fenc to Admiral Wtfloart^ not ro moleft the Inhabi- 
 tants of Barcelona^ or hinder any Relief to be brought to 
 them by Sea. 
 
 Norwithftanding the repeated AfTurances from the Court 
 of Trance., that they would give no Manner of Diftur- 
 bance to the Proteilant Succeilor, the Lords Regenrs coj\- 
 tinud taking all the neceflary Meafures for the Securiry of 
 the Kingdom, and in parricular of the Maritime Places; 
 and not judging the Reinforcement they had already fenc 
 down to Fortfmouth under the Command of Colonel Focock^ 
 fufficient for the Defence of that important Town, rheir 
 Excellencies order'd another Draught of 500 Out-Penfjonerj 
 -of Chelfea-Hofpttal^ to marcti thither, under the Command 
 of Colonel ^ones. At the fame Time, their E'.xcellencies 
 order'd the Juftices of Peace of London and We/imi,i/Ier., to 
 take exadt Lifts of the Popifli Recufants, and to take away 
 their Arms and Horfes. 
 
 Amongft the Uzt Qiieen's Papers was found a Draught of 
 a Will, but the fame was never fign'd, nor executed. Oil 
 Tucfday, the ^d of -^"^-'j'?, her Body Was openM ; bur, 
 
 according
 
 fr o?n ]u\y 1714, r<? January 1716. 25 
 
 acton uifi ro het Mujfty's Ort'ers, the Surgeons did not 
 XDcddle wuh bcr H'aJ. They found her Vitals very 
 found ; and only fome Water in the Abdomen. The nexc 
 Kight her Bowels were bury'd in Wejiminfler- Abbey \ and 
 on the 5chj the Lord Mnrihal ifTu'd out the following Or- 
 der for a general Mourning: 
 
 IN Turfuance of an Order of their Excellencies the Lerdi 
 Jujiices ill Com cil at St. J imes's, the <)th Day of Au^uft, 
 1714: Theje are to gire pnblick I^otice^ that it is expe6ied^ 
 that al IBerfons Ufon the prefer,t Occa/ton^ of the Death of her 
 late. Majefty^ of blejfed Memory., do ^nt themfehes into the 
 deepeji Mour^.i^.g^ (^ono; Cloaks excepted,) The faid Mourning 
 to begin upon Sutdiiy the i<)th Lflant ; and that as well all 
 Lords., as 'Vnyy Lou, fellors., and Officers of her Majefly's 
 Houjhold, do coyer their Coaches^ Chariots^ and Chairs,^ and 
 cJoath their Lirery Setrants with Black Cloth., by Sunday the 
 :iid Ihftant ; and that no Ferfon whatfoeyer^ for the fir fl fix 
 Months., put any Efcuicheo^s of Arms, or Arms painted^ on 
 their Coaches^ nor rife any Farmjh'd or Bullion Nails to be feen. 
 on their Coaches^ Chariots^ or Chairs. 
 
 SUFFOLK, M, 
 
 On the 19th of Jugtifty the Lords Juftices reeeiv'd Let- 
 ters from the King, wich Dire(£lions, that the late Queen's 
 Body ihould be interred with all the Decency and Pomp 
 confident with a private Kiiriai : Upon which, that Cere- 
 mony, which was to have been perform'd on the 22d, 
 was put off to the 24th, and the Lord Marfhal iffu d 
 this Order. 
 
 •V Ji jHereas the Solemnity ef the Interment of her late Ma- 
 V V J'^Jiy jQw^^n Anne, is appointed to be perform' d on 
 Tuefday the :L/^th of this Infant Auguft ; this is therefare to 
 giye Notice^ that all Verfons who ought to go in the troceedinr 
 on this Gccafion., are (for the. r greater Conyeniency) to enter at 
 Weftminlter Haii Door: And that the lords., the PeerefeSy 
 and Lords Sons^ the Priyy CounfeUors^ and the Judges^ are 
 defir'd to meet in the Houfe of JPeers at the Hour of Six in the 
 Eyenirg .' The Maids of Honour^ and the Bedchamber Women^ 
 are dejir'd to afemhle in the Robing Room^adjoining to the Lobby 
 next the Painted Chamber ; as ail others concern' d^ are to do in 
 the faid Painted Chamber -.^ where they will be marJJ^all'd^ and 
 pit in Order by the Officers of Ajfms appointed for that Pur- 
 
 % And
 
 26 The Hiftorical Regifler^ 
 
 Jnd all Terforti are required to take Notice, that none cart 
 have Admittance int9 the Prince's Chamber^ Weftminfterv 
 Ab'jpr^ or King Henry the Seventh's Chapel^ before the En- 
 trance of the folemn Frocejjion^ except fuch as by Reafon of 
 their particular Services muji attend there. 
 
 Kote, That all the Knights of the Mojl Noble Order of the 
 Garter^ and St. Andrew, are to wear their Collars of the 
 faid Orders at this Solemnity, 
 
 SUFFOLK, M. 
 
 Aug. 20, 171 4. 
 
 Accordingly on the 24th, was folemnizM, in the Colle- 
 giate Church of Wejiminjier^ the private Interment of her 
 late moft excellent Majefty Queen ANNE^ of blelTsd Me- 
 mory, The Lords, the PeerelTes, the Lords Sons, Privy 
 Counfellors, Judges, and others, who were to atcend this 
 Solemnity, met about Seven in the Evening in the Houfe 
 of Peers, the Painted Chamber, and other Rooms adjoin- 
 ing, where being call d out in Order by the Officers of 
 Arms, they proceeded about Ten of the Clock thro* the 
 Princess Chamber into the Palace'Tard^ and thence to the 
 South-Eaft Door of the Abbey, one of the great Gun? at 
 the Tower firing every Minute, until her M^jelfy was 
 interr'd. The Royal Corps was borne under a Canopy of 
 Purple Velvet, preceded by a great Number of her late 
 3VIaj-fty*s Serv<ints, the Judges, Privy Counfellors, the 
 Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the great Officers.' 
 The Pall was fupported by fix Dukes. Her Grace the 
 Dutchefs of Or»»o«fl[ (in the Abfence of the Dutchefs of 
 Somerfet^ who was indifpos'd) was chief Mourner, fup- 
 ported by the Dukes of Somerfet and Richmond in long 
 Cloaks, wearing their Collars of the Order, her Train 
 borne by two Dutcheffes, aflifted by the King's Vice- 
 Chamberlain, and followM by two other Dutcheffes, aC 
 the Head of fourteen CountelTes, as Aflift.mts, all in long 
 Veils of Black Crape ; and after them the Ladies of the 
 Bedchamber, and the Maids of Honour, in like Veils; 
 then the Bedchamber Women, and the Gentlemen I'enfio- 
 ners, clos'd the Proceeding. At the Entrance icvto the 
 Church, the Dean, I>rebends, and Choir receiv'd the Royal 
 Hody with an Anthem, and marching before Norroy King 
 of Arms, who Oftrry*d the Crown and Cufhion, they pro 
 ceeded finging into King Henry the Seventh's Chapel, 
 where being arriv'd, the Body was depofited on TrelTels, 
 While the Service of the Churgh was perforra'd by the 
 
 Bifliop
 
 from]u\Y 1714, fi? January 1716* 27 
 
 Bifliop of Rochejier^ Dean of Wejiminfier^ and afterwards 
 incerr'd in the fame Vault with their Jate M^jefties King 
 Charles the Second, King William and Queen Mary^ and 
 his Royal Highnefs Prince George of Denmark. 
 
 On Thurfday the i9ch of Augufl., fome Merchants trad- 
 ing to Spain^ laid before the Lords of the Regency, certain 
 Difficulties they laboured under ; An Account of which 
 was contained in. the two following Letters from their 
 Correlpondents. 
 
 Cadiz^ July 29. 
 
 THE King of Spain has demanded a Donative in this 
 Place, and in other Parts of Spciin^ and particularly 
 of the Eritijli Merchants and other Foreigners inhabiting 
 here ; and their Proportion of the Donative is fettled by a 
 Kote \th at each of their Houfes, regulating what each 
 Parfon is to pay, which the faid Merchants have refused 
 to comply with, as being contrary to Treaties in Force, 
 and have reprefented the lame to the King of Spain ; buc 
 ^nflead of finding Redrefs, they have had Soldiers quar- 
 tered upon them, and expeft the Number to be doubled 
 t'^txy Day, during the Time they fliall refufe to pay the 
 faid Donative ; however, they have refolvM to let their 
 EfFe6ls be fciz'd, rather than comply with a Demand i(y 
 iinjuft in itfelf^ and fo diflionourable to the Britx^ Nationj 
 «f which there is no Precedent. 
 
 C4^i2s, Jnlyi'i^, 
 
 OUR Faflory is infulted the moft that ever was yet 
 experienced from this Government; a Donative (or 
 free Gift) being endeavoured to be extorted by Violence 
 from us : To which Eifedl, our Governor has put Guards 
 of Soldiers in our Houfes, threatening to double them, at 
 8 Rs Val. per Viem, which amounts to half a Dollar, un- 
 til we pay the faid Donative, which amounts to 12^ 
 Pieces of Eight on fome, on others more or lefs. Thus the 
 Principal of our Articles and Privileges are trampled on: 
 This is the Refpedt fhewn to our Queen and Nation, and 
 the honourable Ufage given to her Sub)e£ts here : And 
 what can be expe£led for the future ? We hope a fuddeii 
 and determined Refolution will be taken at the Court of 
 England., to get Satisfadlion for this arbitrary Dragooning 
 the Britipj Subje6ls -, and that a Stop will be put to their 
 ever pretending here any more to fuch an Extortion and 
 Breach of Publick Faith, otherwife there will be no liv- 
 ing, nor qan we ever be fecure here. 
 
 D Thefe
 
 28 The tiiflorical Regifler, 
 
 Thefe two Letrers were mad? publicJc on the 2orh, and 
 occafionM a general Refenrmtnt agiiinft the laft Miniftry, 
 who had fettled the Sfa>iT(h Trade on fo precarious a Bot- 
 tom, and made it fubjedt to the Will and Pleafure of the 
 King of Spain: But upon the firft News of the Qiieen's 
 De-tth, the Spanijh Godrt recalTd the Orders they had 
 given for exading the Donative before-meneion'd. 
 
 Let us now take Notice of the Occurrences that hap- 
 pened in foreign Countries on Occaiion of the Queen's 
 Demife. 
 
 On the i^rh of Augufl^ N. S. the MefTenger difpatch'd 
 from Kenfington the Day before the Queen dy'd [which feer 
 in the htrodufliony Page xix.] wirh Letters for the Earl of 
 Strafford, arrived at the Hague^ and immediarely proceed- 
 ed to Utrecht^ whither his Excellency was gone to confer 
 with the Plenipotentiaries of Spain and Portugal^ upon 
 the Subjefl of the Peice ftill depending between thofe 
 two Crowns. The fame Night, Mr. Crdij^^y arriv'd at the 
 Haguey And having m^de a Ihorc Viht to the Great Pen- 
 fioiiaiy Heir/jusy purfu'd his Jonrney with all Speed to 
 Hanorer ; as tiid the next D^y, Monlieur Gedtke^ Secretary 
 to B-^ron de Eothmar^ who brought firft to the Hague the 
 melancholy N-ews of the Queen's Death, and the joyful 
 Account of King George*^ ^aifpicious Inauguration, in the 
 Cities of London and V^eftmirfter,, The fame Day the Earl 
 of Strafford arrived at the Hague from Utrechty and imme- 
 diately after his Return, he had a long Conference with 
 the Great Penhonary; and on the 15th of /^r/^w/? hjs Ex- 
 cellency had another with the Deputies of the State* Ge- 
 neral, to whom he made the following Speech. 
 
 Mejjieuriy 
 
 ALtho' upon my Arrival from Utrecht^ I hear that the 
 Queen is dead, and that the Privy Council have una- 
 nimoufly caus'd the Ele<£lor of Umnfwick to be proclaimed 
 King; and aitho* I have Reafon to credit that News, 
 neverthelefs, not being informed of it mylelf from Home, 
 I thought It my Duty, and even neceffary, to hold a Con- 
 ference with you, Mellieurs, the Deputies of their High- 
 IVIightinefTes, to communicate to you what 1 received from 
 my Court, even before the Death of her Majefty, -viz. 
 That the fecond Day of her Illnefs, the Lords, and others 
 of the Privy Council, fign'd, with unanimous Confent, 
 a Letter to the Eledlor of hrunfwichy to .ffTure him of 
 their inviolable Duty, in Cafe the Queen Ihould happen 
 3 t@
 
 from July lyi^^ ?^ January 1716. 29 
 
 to die ; andto defire his Eledioral HiMhnefs to repair to 
 England with all Speed, having order'd a Squadron to 
 come on your Co.ifts for his Tranfportation, and to attend 
 his Orders ; taking, at the fame Time^ all the necefTiry 
 Precautions for the Prefervation of the PublicJj Repofe 
 and Tranquillity, and to oppofe the Defigns of the Ene- 
 mies of our Conftitution. 
 
 The Lords of her Ma)efty*s Council think it proper I 
 {hould inform their High MightineiTes of all this ; and 
 that they rely on the Friendfhip and Affiflance of this 
 Republick in this Coujiinflure ; hoping, that their High 
 MightineiTes will take ftridl Care to prevent any Attempt 
 that might be made to oppofe or difturb the Proteftant 
 Succeilion in the moft Serene Houfe of hrunfwick, in Cafe 
 it pleas'd tl e Almighty to deprive us of the Queen. 
 
 Nothing will more alleviate fo confiderable a Lofs, or 
 more effedlually keep up the Spirits of my Countrymen, 
 than if I Can give them, on the Part of this Republickj 
 Aflurances of a firm, cdnflant Friendfhip, and their being 
 ever ready to aflift us in maintaining the Proteftant Suc- 
 ceflion, on which depend both the Interef! of our Holy Re» 
 Jigion, and the Security of our Laws and Conftitution. 
 Mejjteurs^ 
 Your Alliances and Interefls, and even the Intereft and 
 Tranquillity of all Europe, require, that you ihould at 
 prefent give a Demonftration of your Union with us ; 
 Nor do I in the leafl doubt, that the Anfwer I expe(n: 
 from their High Mightinefles, will very much contribute 
 to accomplifli the Settlement of that happy SucceiHon in 
 the Eledor's Perfon : By which Means, we fhall haVe 
 nothing to fear, either for our Religion, or for the Re- 
 pofe of Europe iii general, and of our Kations in Pat-* 
 ticular. 
 
 What I bad the Honotjf to tell you on the Part of the 
 Qiieen, in my two lafl Conferences, are but too convih-* 
 cing Proofs, that in the Perfon of her Majefly,'you lofe a 
 good and iincere Friend and Ally, and a true Defender of 
 the Faith ; England lofts in her the befl of Queens ; and 
 I, in particular, a Princefs who has heaped Favours upon 
 ine ; and whd vouchfufcd to Honour my Family with 
 her Affedlion. 
 
 The only Thing can repair fo cohfiderable z Lofjj is 
 the Union and Unanimity of Counfels of the two Na- 
 tions for the Support and Intefeft of a Prince j who, be- 
 sides his acquired Right, has, by fo many Proofs of his 
 Bravery I and other eminent perfonal Qjaalities,, fliewn 
 j0 3 himfelf
 
 30 The Hijlorical Regiffer, 
 
 himfelf the worthieft and ableft to fucceed £o greac and 
 fo good a Qiieen. 
 
 Permit m^ alfo, Mefiieurs, to inform you, that by the 
 A61 of Succeilion, we are to continue in Employment fix 
 Montlis afrer the D-mife of tl.'C Qiieen, nnlefs the King, 
 her SuccefTor, thinks fit to difj3ofe of it otherwife ; where- 
 fore, till then, you will be pieasM to look upon me as 
 EmbafTador of the Crown of Great hritatn. 
 
 The next Day the States General came to the following 
 Refolution ; 
 
 BxtraSl of the Begifier of the "RefAutions of their High Migh- 
 tinejfes the Lords the States General of the United Provin- 
 ces. Thurfday Aug. i6. N. S. 1714. 
 
 HAving heard the Report of the Sieur d'EJfen^ and the 
 other Deputies of their High Mightinefics for foreign 
 AiFairs, who, purfuant to, and in difcharge of their Com- 
 mifToriai Refolution of the 15th Inftanfj have examined 
 the Propofal made Yefterday, in a Conference, to the f^id 
 Deputies, by the E^rl of Strafford^ EmbaiTador Extraordi- 
 nary and Plenipotentiary of Great 'Britain^ in relation to 
 the .«icknefs and Death of her Majefly the Queen of Great 
 Britain^ and d-firing that their High Mightineiles will aflift 
 in maintaining :he Proteflant Succeflion in the moft Serene 
 Houfe of Brunfwick ; the whole being mentioned more 
 at large in the faid Propofal, and in the Adts of Yefter- 
 day. 
 
 Which having been taken into Confideration, it was 
 thougliJ fit, and refblv'd, that to the aforefaid Propofil of 
 the fa id Earl of Strafordy Anfwer fliall be returned, That 
 the N ws their High MightinefTes have received, firft of 
 the Sirknefs, and afterwards of the Death of her faid 
 M-iiefty, hav caft ihem into the utmoft Aftiiilion. 
 
 Tnat in this Conjunftuie, it is a great Comfort to them 
 to fee, by the Communication the Earl of Strafford has 
 given them, the prudent Meafures the Privy Council have 
 taken, even while her faid Majefty was flill alive, both 
 to defir- f'is Eledoral Highnefs of Erunfwick to repair t» 
 England with all Speed, and to preferve the Tranquillity 
 of iiie Kragdom. That their High MighlineiTes have 
 ever iook'd upon the good Intelligence, Fricnclhip, and 
 Ua.nu between the Crown of Great Britain^ and this State, 
 as Che moft folid Foundation cf the Safety and Profperitj 
 
 of
 
 fromJulyiyij\., r^ January 1716. 31 
 
 fc I I I 111! I 11. I I .. . ,. ■ 
 
 of both Nations, of the Prefervation of the Proteftaiic 
 Religion, and of the Liberty of Eiirope ^ that for that 
 Reafon, they have always cndeavonr'd to culrivare and 
 improve that good Intelligence and Union, and will ftill 
 endeavour to do it on this Occafion : That remembering 
 full- well the Engagements they ha.ve enter'd into by the 
 Treaty of mutu*! Guar-inty, for the Maintenance of the 
 SuccefiTion in the Proteftant Line of the moft Serene 
 Houfe of Brunfwick^ they :^,re alfo refolvM to perform the 
 fame ; and, in order thereto, to take all Meafures that 
 ihall be judg'd neceffary ; That he, the Earl of Strafordy 
 may be afTur'd, that rhefe are the true Sentiments of their 
 High MighfinefTes, and he may give thefe AfTurances to 
 the Regents of Great Britain^ during his Majefty's Ab- 
 fence ; their High Mighcineffes wifliing, as much as any 
 Men in England can do, that his Eledtoral HigHnefs of 
 Brunfwkk^ to whom the Succefllon to the Crown is de- 
 volved, and who is already proclaim'd King, may, with- 
 out Oppoiitionj quickly enjoy the Poffeflion of his King- 
 doms ; and that they will contribute thereto all th-ti. (hall 
 be in their Power ; hoping to find in the Friendihip and 
 Affeflion of his prefent Majelty, what they have loft by 
 the Dtath of the Queen of moft glorious Memory ; of 
 whofe Affedion and Friendihip for this Republick, they 
 have had Proofs on feveral Occafions. 
 
 Thar, moreover, their High Mightinefles will readily 
 continue to acknowledge the Earl of Strafford^ in Quality 
 of Embaifador of the Crown of Great Britain. 
 
 And an Extradl of this prefent Refoliu on fhall be put 
 into the Hands of the faid Earl of Strafard, 
 
 The Night before, after the Arrival of Baron de Both' 
 mar's Secretary with the News of the Death of the Queen 
 of Great Britain^ Monfieur Klingraef. Refident of Hanoyer^ 
 prefented to tlie States General a Memorial, with a Letter 
 from King George^ which was lodg'd in his Hands eyen- 
 tualiter, that is, to be in a readinefs if there fhould be 
 occafion j by which his Majefty required of the Scatesj 
 the Performance of their Guaranty of his Succ^flion to 
 the Crown of Great Britain ; and which was the Refult 
 of a prudent Forecaft, in order to b.^^e any finifter De- 
 fign to defeat the faid Succeflion, which the Modellers 
 of the New Barrier-Treaty might have had in View, vviieii 
 in the 14th Article of it they ftipulated, ' That the Stares 
 
 * General Ihoujd, at the Requeft of her Royal Majefty, or 
 
 * (afcer her Deceafe) of the next Heir, born of her Body^ 
 
 D 3 f Of
 
 52 Thfi Wfiorical Regifler^ 
 
 < or (on Failure thereof) of the next Proteftant Heir, 
 ' who ftioulJj at that Timej have a Title to, and polTef? 
 
 * the Crown, by Virtue of the A6ls and Statures of Great 
 ' Britain.^ and not otherwife, furnifh the Succours, to 
 
 * make good the Guaranty, concerning the Succellion tq 
 
 * the Crown of Great Britain," (A) The States General 
 aiTembled upon it that very Night- and the next Day 
 came to the following Refqlution : 
 
 '/In Extrafi frcm the Hegi/ier of the Refolutions of the High 
 and Mighty Lord$ the States General of the United Ne- 
 therlands. 
 
 Mcrcurii d'le^ 15 Augufli^ 1714- 
 
 IN the Aflembly to Day, a Memorial was read, pre- 
 fented by M. Klingraff^ Refidenr of his Eledtoral Hi.gh- 
 nefs of Brmfxvick Lmenhourg^ now King of Great ^ritain^ 
 who with it deiiver'd likewife to their High Mightineffcs 
 a Letter from his faid EU6loral Highnefs, by which they 
 are defir'd in the prefent Occurrence of the Deceafe of the 
 Qiieen of Great Britain^ to perform their Guaranty, pur- 
 fuanr to the Treaty concluded between her Majeily of 
 glorious Memory, and this State. 
 
 Which being taken into Deliberation, 'tis thought fit 
 and refoly'd, that Anfvver fhall be returned to his faid 
 Eledtoral Highnefs, now his Majsfty of Great Britain^ 
 i>'iz. That as foon as their High Mightineffes were informed 
 of the Sicknefs and Death of her faid Ma)efty of Great 
 hriia'tny of glorious Memory, they immediately bethought 
 themfelves of tbe Engagements they had enter'd into, 
 for the Guaranty of the $uccel]ion to the Crown of 
 Great Britain in the Proteftant Line, fo as it is fettled by 
 A6ls of Pirlianien' ; that at the fn me Time they confi- 
 der'd witti thtmfelves, not only how much it concerns 
 the Kingdoms of Gr^at Britain^ that the Settlement of 
 
 the 
 
 (A) Similiter que Drmini Ordwes Generales^requijitione faSla 
 •ar Parte Regia Su£ Majefiatis^ aut pofi Obttam if/ius^ 
 HiEREDIS PROXIMI EX ILL A NATI, ant tifdem defici- 
 entibus, Suecijforis Proximi Proteflantis^ qui Titulum 8t Co- 
 yonam tunc temporis habuerir, Virtute Afiorum Statuto- 
 rumPiie M-igUK Britanniae, & NON ALITER, auxilia 
 ~« Subminifirahunt ad pr£fiandam ipforum Fid^jujjionem^ 
 fire Guarantiam Jk^er Succejjionem ad Coronam Magnse Bj?i-' 
 tannijPj C^fo
 
 , from July 1 71^-, ro Janu ary 17 16. 3^ 
 
 the Succcflion in the Proteftant Line ihould have entire 
 Effort, but alfo bow deeply the Proceftant Religion, the 
 SufQiy of thi? State, and the Liberty of all Europe are 
 iJiterefted therein ; that tr\eiefore they unanin ouily re- 
 foivM to pffform their Engagements, and to execute all 
 that by the Treaty of mutual Guaranty they have pro- 
 mised ; whereto they are the more readily induc'd by che 
 firm Affurance which his Majefty in the faid Lett.r is 
 pleas'd to give them of his Good- will towards thu State: 
 That as they receivM the Acccount of the Death ot her 
 faid Majefty with Grief, fo it was vtiy acceptable News 
 to themj that his Eledoral Highnefs, as the nrxt Heir in 
 the Protcftant Line, was inflaiitly proclaimed King, by 
 the unanimous Advice of the Council, and with the 
 Acclamations of the People : That they mofl heartily 
 congratulate his Ma^efty thereupon, and wifh him all far- 
 ther happy ^uccelTes in a profperous Reign : That from 
 this good Beginning, they hope his Majefty will take 
 peaceable PolTeflion of his Dominion?, without any Oppo- 
 iifion ; That neverthelefs, their High Migiitinefies are 
 Willing and ready to perform their Engagements, and to 
 take all proper Meafures with his Majelty for that End ; 
 That it being likely his M.jefty will fpeedily go for £wj- 
 kr,dy their High MightinefL-s will be very glad if his 
 Majtlty will pleafe to :ake his Journey through they Do- 
 minions; that they will endeavour to facilitate his Ma- 
 jefty's Paflage wi^h all that is in their Power •, and that 
 they will at all Times ihew the high Efteem they have 
 for iiis M. jelly's Perfon and Friendfliip, and that they 
 have his Interefts as much at Heart as their own. 
 
 U'hich Anfwer, with a Copy thereof, (hall be put into 
 the H nds of the Refident M. Kiv^grajf^ that he may 
 iend the Original to his Majefty, and -^t the fame Time 
 have a Reply to his own Memorial : Likewife a Copy of 
 this Refolution of their High Mightinelfes, together with 
 the faid propos'd Anfwer, fliall be deliver'd to M. f^an 
 Borjfe.en^ the High Mightineffes Envoy Extraordinary to 
 the Court of Great Britain^ who is at prefent here, to 
 ferve for his Inftrudhon, and for his giving the like 
 Affurance to the Regency in Bnglani on his Arrival 
 there. 
 
 On the 16th of Aug»fij N, S. this Refolution, with a 
 
 Letter conformable to it, to King George^ was delivered 
 
 to the Refident of Hanoyer-, and, at the fame Time, their 
 
 Jiigh Mightineiles dilpatchM Letters to the ^ates of the 
 
 D 4 icveral
 
 54 The Hi fi or teal Regifter^ 
 
 leveral Provinces, defiring them, forthwith to provide 
 the iiecefTary Funds for firring out a ftrong Squ;idron of 
 Men of War; of which Twelve, which were faid to 
 be defign'd for the hahick^ were almoft ready to put to 
 Sea. 
 
 On the i8th, the Earl of Straford^ EmbafTador Extra- 
 ordinary and Plejiipotentiary of Great Britain^ notify 'd 
 to the Penfionary of Holia, d the Death of the hte Queen, 
 and the Al ceflion of his Majefty King George to the Crown 
 of Great hritain Two Days after, his Excellency made 
 the fame Noiification to the Prefident of the /\rfembly of 
 the States General ; upon which he received the ufual 
 Vifits and Complements of Condoletnce and Congratulation 
 from the Prehdent, and chief Members of that Repub- 
 lick. The fame Nigi'.t, the Earl of Strafford receivM two 
 ExprefT-rs by his Majedy's Mellengers ; one from Hanoyety 
 with a Letter from the King, directing him to continue 
 to tjke C^re of his Ma) fty's Affairs at the Hague -^ the 
 othei MefTtnger came trom London ; and his Excellency 
 immedi'fely fcnt hira forward, with fome Difpatches for 
 the Kii»g. 
 
 About the Miudlt of Jiugufi-, the Count de Taroxica^ 
 Embafi-^uor Plenipotentiary oi Portugaly in a Conference 
 with the States Deputies, notify'u to them, the favourable < 
 Declaration wiiich the Lords Regents of Great Britain had 
 caus'd to be m ide rc) Monfieur de Bruciado^ the Forutgueze 
 Envoy at London, vis. ' That Spain Ihould be oblig'd to 
 ^ conclude Peace immediitely with the Crown of Fonvgaly 
 ' or that in Cafe of Refufal, his Fortugncze Majefty migtit 
 ' depend upon being aflilled by the Crown of Great Bn- 
 
 * tai/i^ contormal)ly to the Treaty of defenfive Alliance 
 
 * beiueen ri;ore two Crowns. " This Declaration having 
 been reporced to the States General, their High Mighti- 
 nefll-s caus'd Afit.rances to be given to the Fonu^^uezeMi- 
 
 'niftcr, ' Tn: t chey would readily concur in ail Meafures, 
 
 * his britannick Majefiy miglu judge proper to be taken 
 
 * for obliging Sjiain to agree with Fortugal on fair and )uft 
 
 * Conditions of Peace,*' 
 
 On the 28th of j^vgnji^ in the Morning,, the E irl of 
 Straferd received a Letter from the King by a MeiTenger, 
 and two Days after, his Excellency made the following 
 Speech tojthe Sta-tes General. 
 
 Hi^h
 
 from ]uly 17 1 4^ to ]2Lnu^ry 1716. 35 
 
 High and Mighty Lords, 
 
 TH E unwritten E'.mbanador Extraordinary and Pleni- 
 potentiary of his Britanntch Majefty, and one of the 
 Lords Jiiftices of his Majelty'r. Kingdoms during his Ab- 
 fencc, reprefents to your High Mightineffes, that the 
 King his Mailer has received, with all poflible Marks of 
 Satisfadion, your High Mightineffes Anfvver to the 
 Speech, made by him the faid Embaffador to your Depu- 
 ties for foreign Afl^irs on the ifth Inftant \ and that his 
 Majefty has ordered him to return you his Thanks for the 
 Readinefs and Affe6lion with which your High Mighti- 
 nelTcs have declared your Refolution to fulfil your Guaranty 
 for fupporting the Proteftant SuccelBon : And tho* his 
 Majefty never doubted of the Friendfhip and Exadirude of 
 this Republick, in accomplifhing all their Engagements 
 relating to him ; yet the Difpatch and Affedlion with 
 which you have done it, has even furpafsM his Expedla- 
 tion. 
 
 Your High Mightineffes have thereby engaged the 
 Friendflijpof a King, which cannot but be very advan- 
 tageous to you, as well in regard to the Neighbourhood 
 and Powerfulnefs of his Kingdoms and States, as with 
 refpedl to his Majefty's perfonal Merit, who, for his ma- 
 ny excellent Qiialities, will be efteem'd and courted by 
 all EuropCy as well as lov'd and refpedled by his own 
 Subjeds : And as he is known to be a Prince, who is a 
 religious Obferver of his Word, your High Mightmefifes 
 may be afTur'd, that in gaining his Friendihip, you fecure 
 to yourfelves a folid and lafting Support. 
 
 Your High MightinefTes Anfwer, and quick Refolution 
 to fecond the Meafures taken in Great Britain, for main- 
 taining the Proteftant Succeffion, were no lefs agreeable 
 to the Lords Juftices, and the whole Kingdom, fmce by 
 this Union of our Counfels, that happy Peace and Tran- 
 quillity we now enjoy, will be preferv'd in Spite of all 
 thofe who would attempt to trouble it. 
 
 The Lords Juftices defire in particular, that I would 
 iignify to your High Mightineflcs, in this Memorial, their 
 great Satisfaction in obferving thofe Marks of Affedlion 
 and Regard to the King and the Proteftant Succeflion, 
 which you have fhewn in your Letter to his Majefty, 
 which was communicated to them by Baron Bothmar. 
 
 As to my own Particular, the Inclination and Zeal I 
 
 always had for the Proteftant Succeflion, oo Account of 
 
 the Gsod of my Countryj is now become perfonal for 
 
 ' - ' the
 
 36 The Hijiorical Regifter^ 
 
 ^— III t 
 
 the King, who, fmce the Qiieen's D-ath, Ims, in a very 
 gracious Manner, been pleas'd to honour me with feveral 
 Marks of his Royal Favour. 
 
 'Tis with the grea'.ell Satisfaction, that I fee the good 
 EfFedis which the Union between th- King, hs King- 
 donn?, and tnis Republick, will have throuf^h all Europe ; 
 and aS I have always done the urmoft in my Povvt;r to 
 preferve this Union, fince I have had the Honour to be 
 cmploy'd as ErobalTador to your High MightineiT s, fo I 
 ihdll continue to apply all my Endeavours to rbat End, 
 as long as I fliall rem^iin with you in that Quiility, and 
 even afterwards, (hall never forget the perfonal Marks 
 of Friendlhip and Efteem, which I have receiv'd from 
 the principal and moft valu'd Members of this Repub- 
 lick. 
 
 Uague^ Axig. lOy STRAFFORD, 
 
 /v. S. 171 4. 
 
 Some Days before, the Refident of Hanorer at the Hague^ 
 deliverM the following Letter from the King to the 
 States- General. 
 
 fltgh dnd Mighty Lords^ mofl dear Friends and AUies^ 
 •TT HE Letter of the i^th Inftant, which your High 
 X Mightineffes have written to us, as our good Friends 
 and NeighLourFj has been deliver'd to us by an Exprefs, 
 As nothing more agreeable could happ-n to us upon our 
 Acceflion to the Throne, than to receive from your High 
 Mightinefles fuch obliging Affnrances of your good In- 
 tentions for us, and the pu lick Good, fo nothing is 
 \v.jiiting in our Acknowledgment in that Refpedl, and 
 in the high Efteem we have for your High Mightineffes 
 and your Friendlhip, Your Hi^h Mighrinefles are to be 
 entirely perfwaded, that feeing it has pleas'd God to call 
 us 10 the Tiirone of Great Britain^ we in.ill make it one 
 of cur molt lenous Applications, ro em()racc all Oppor- 
 tuniti-s to oc knowledge, by all pofli il*- Me<tns, what you 
 have done for us on this Occalion ^ ro contribute to the 
 Strei grhening and Increftfe of your Profpriry and Secu- 
 rity, and tiut of your R pu licK ^ ro l.ve with you in 
 an ind.ffoluble Ui ion ; to t.oncu» with -^ Coinert of Zal 
 and Forces ro thr- Pref'TVation of the Proteitani Religion, 
 anu the Libvr y ol Europe '^ and to fupport and fecond 
 the I udable Inteiirior.s 01 your High MightiiuiTes. Upon 
 our AiTiVdl in HcUundy where, with the Al'hftance of 
 Godj we iutend to be m a few Days, we ihall have the 
 
 Saiisfadlion
 
 fromjuly iji^^ r^ January 1716. 37 
 
 Satisf^dtion in a more ample Manner to confirm all this 
 to your High MightinelTes by Word of Mouth. V/e thank 
 you in a particular Manner for your obliging Invitation, 
 and are much obligM to you for the fame. We re- 
 main, High and Mighty Lords, your afFedionate for 
 ever, &'c, 
 
 5ign*d, 
 Hanover J Aug. 21, George Louis, R. 
 
 N.S. 1714. 
 
 Before the Receipt of this Letter, the States General 
 had appointed Meflieurs Van Welderen^ Noordwycky Taats 
 yan Amerovgen^ and Burmania^ to receive his Britannick 
 Majefty on the Frontier of their Territories ; and fome 
 Days after, the States of Holland nam'd Deputies of their 
 own to receive his Majefty at his Entrance into that Pro- 
 vince, and to condu6l him to the Hague. On the other 
 Hand, their High Mightineffes caus*d tight Men of War 
 to be equipped with all poflible Expedition, in order to 
 join the Br/>//^ Squadron appointed to convoy the King over 
 to England, 
 
 The Court of Trance^ tho' ftunn'd by the unforefeen 
 Accident of the Queen of Great Britains fiidden Death, 
 yet, with great Prudence, followed the beft Counfel, whichj 
 in the prefcnt Condition of their Affairs, they could take j 
 and that was, readily to acknowledge King George. Ac- 
 cordingly, befides the Declarations mention'd above, Mon- 
 iieur de Chateauheuf^ their EmbaiTador at the Hrf^7<e,.made 
 the Earl of Strafford the ufual Complements of Condo- 
 lance upon the Death of the late Queen, and at the fame 
 Time thofe of Congratulation upon King George'^ Acceflioa 
 to the Throne.- 
 
 Meanwhile the Pretender, who having, upon the Peace 
 of Utrecht^ been forcM to depart the Dominions of France^ 
 was retired to Barle-duc in Lorrain^ received there, on the 
 4th of Angufiy the News that the Queen was either dead, 
 or paft Recovery; upon which he iiiftantly took Poft for 
 yerfaiRes'y but the King of France having Notice of his 
 Arrival, immediately fent the Marquefs de Tbrcy to him 
 with this unwelcome Meffage, y'tx,, ' That his Moft 
 
 * Chriftian Majefty was furprizM at his being returned 
 
 * into his Dominions, knowing the Engagements he was 
 
 * under, in Refpedt to the Succeflion of the Crown of 
 ^ Great Britain in the Houfe of Hanoyer; and therefore 
 
 > defir'd him to quit his Territories, ** Upon which the 
 
 Chevalief
 
 38 The Hiftorical Regifter, 
 
 Chevalier de St. Gecrge ((or that was the Title the Preten- 
 der had taken upon bis Departure from France^ having 
 made a Vifit to the Queen Dowager of England at the 
 iVIonaftery of Chaliot^ returnM to Barle-duCf and fooii 
 afterwards went to Luney'iRe^ where the Court of Lorrain 
 then refided, and after that to Phmbieres. 
 
 About this Time, Mr. Laws^ the Britijh Minifter at 
 Bntjfelsj having notify 'd to the Council of State, to whom 
 the Government of the Sjfanijh Netherlands was then com- 
 mitted, the Death of the Queen of Great Britain^ and the 
 Acceffion of King George to the Crown, the f.iid Council, 
 in a Body, went on the nth of Ajigufi to Mr. Laws's 
 Houfe, and made him a formal Complement of Congra- 
 tulation and Condoieance on this Occafion. The Council 
 of Finances went likewife to his Houfe in a Body on the 
 fame Account. 
 
 We return now to Evgland^ where, on the yth of /iu- 
 ^»y?, the Lords of the Regency took into Confideratioii 
 the Complaint of the Merchants, whofe Ships had been 
 made Prize by the Srvedes^ and gave fome Directions there- 
 upon. On the 6th their Excellencies conhdcr'd farther of 
 the Bufinefs that had a long Time been depending before 
 the Privy Council, relating to the Eledtion of a Lord 
 Mayor and Sheriffs for the City of Dublin^ and deter- 
 min'd it to be one of the ancient Privikgts of that City 
 |o chufe their own Magiitrates. This Determination be- 
 ing immediately difpatch'd away to the Lords Jufticcs of 
 Ireland^ their Excellencies, on the 17th of Augu/i, fnm- 
 mon'd the nominal Lord Mayor of Dnbli?!^- and the Al- 
 dermen in Town, and propos'd to them to proceed forth- 
 with to the EledHon of a Mayor and Sheriffs for the re- 
 maining Part of the Year till Michaelmai next : But the 
 Mayor declined proceeding to a Choice in Conjundlioa 
 with the Aldermen ; whereupon the Aldermen, after the 
 nominal Lord Mayor had refus'd either to proceed to an 
 immediate Choice, or to name a Time when he would go 
 upon the Eledtion, went into a Choice without him, 
 which by a Majority fell upon Alderman Page^ for Lord 
 Mayor for the remaining Teim, and on Mr. Sommervill^ 
 a Merchant of that City, for Sheriff, with Mr. Crowder^ 
 who was formerly elsdpsd by the Aldermen, and approved 
 by the Government. The nominal Mayor thereupon 
 withdrew himfelf, being privately countenanced in his 
 refra£lory Behaviour by Sir Conjlantine Phipj^Sj by whofe 
 Influence the Pnvy Council declin'd approving the 
 
 Choice
 
 from July ly I j\, f^ January I7i6, ^^ 
 
 Choice of Alderman Page, and ccntented themfelves with 
 fending an Account of what had pafs'd to the Lords 
 Jultices of Great Britain^ who thereupon taking intoCon- 
 Ijder^iion the late, and former Behaviour of the Lord 
 Chancdlor of Ireland., in relation to the Choice of the 
 Magiftrat^es of the City of Dublin.^ and other Matters, 
 which had raisM the general Odium of the well-afFedled 
 to the Hanoyerian Succefiion againft him ; their Excellen- 
 cies (notwithltanding wh.^t was alledg'd in his Favour by 
 two or three Lords) refolv'd to ftmove both him and the 
 Lord Arcnbilhop of /Irmagh^ Primate of IreJandy from 
 the Station of Lords Juftices there ; and appointed his 
 Grace the Lord Archbifliop of DuhJin^ and the Earl of 
 Kildare^ to be two of the Lords Juftices of Ireland in their 
 Room. But before the Refolution of the Lords Regents 
 of Great Britain reach'd iJuhUn^ the Lords Juftices and 
 Privy Council of Ireland^ had drawn up a Reprefentation, 
 containing Reafons why they could not comply with the 
 late Orders they had received from the Lords of the Regen- 
 cy, being in Subltance, 
 
 J. Becaufe the allowing the City of Dublin to chufe ' 
 their Magiftrates, was derogatory from the Prerogative of 
 the Crown. 
 
 2. Becaufe the fame might prove dangerous to the 
 Church as by Law eftablilh'd. 
 
 3. Becaufe they could not do it in Confcience. 
 
 Thefe Reafons being tranfmitted to England^ and laid 
 before the Lords of the Regency, their Excellencies, upon 
 mature Deliberation, refolv'd. That the fame were frivo- 
 lous, fcandalous, fSrc. againft which, however, two gk 
 three of the Lords Regents protefted: But the King had 
 before entirely approved, by Letter, their Excellencies 
 Condudl in that Affair, and returned them his Thanks 
 for it. 
 
 On the 28:h of Augufl Mr. Murray arriv'd Exprefs from 
 Hrf/ovcr, with fever ai Orders from the King to the Re- 
 gency i*nd Council, particularly for the preparing a Pa- 
 tent, for creating the Prince Royal Prince of Wales '^ and 
 for removing the Lord Vifcount BoVinghrohe from his 
 Office of Secretary of State, which was done on the laft 
 of /^vguft wnh particular Marks of Difpleafure ; three 
 of the Lords of the Regtncy, -via. the Dukes of Shrews- 
 bury <ind Somerfety and the Lord Covofer taking the Seals 
 from him, and locking and fealing up the Doors of his 
 Office in the Cockpit, 
 
 3 Let
 
 40 The Hiftorical Regi/ier, 
 
 Let us now attend whtt pafsM at the Court of the 
 King in Germany^ and firfl take Notice of fome remarka- 
 ble Pallages at Hanorer^ before the News of the Queen's 
 Death reached that Court. On jfuly the i6th, the Ear! 
 of Clarendon^ Envoy Extraordinary from her iate Majefty, 
 arriv'd at Hanorer ', but it was the 4rh of Augnft^ before 
 he was condu(£led in one of the King's Conches to Heren- 
 hauferiy where he had an Audience of the King, of their 
 Royal Highnefles the Prince and Princefj, and of Duke 
 Ernefi 'y and, in the Afternoon, complemented the young 
 Prince and Princefles. One of the appnrent Reafons of 
 his Audience being put off fo many Days, was the Arri- 
 val of the King of Truffia^ Who on the iprh of Ju/^ 
 came Incognito to Herenhaufen^ under Pretence of condoling 
 the Death of the late Princefs Sophia ; bur, in reality, to 
 concert Meafures for fecuring the Succeflion of the Crowni 
 of Great Britain^ to his prefent Majefty ; and who having 
 ilaid there three Nightsj returnM to Berlin on the 3d of 
 Augitft, 
 
 On the yth of the fame Month, at Seven a-Clock irf 
 the Morning, Mr. Craggs arriv'd at Hanover, and rode 
 diredlly to Hererhaufen, with the Letter the Privy Council 
 of Great Britain wrote the Day before the Queen dy'd to 
 his Majefty, The fame Night three other Expreffes ar- 
 riv'd at Hanoyery two to that Court, and one to the Earl 
 of Clarendon^ with the News of the Queen's Death, which 
 his Excellency communicated to the King at two a-Clock 
 in the Morning ; and which was confirm'd a ftw Hours 
 after, by the Arrival of the Baron de Bothmar*s Secretary, 
 with the farther Account of his M^tjefty's being pro- 
 claimed King of Great Britain in London and Wefiminfter^ 
 without the leafl Difturbance, or any (hew of Oppo- 
 iition. 
 
 On the 8th of Jugujl his Majefty caus'd Te Deum to be 
 fung in all the Churches of his Eledtorate, to return the 
 Almighty folemn Thanks, for having vouch fa fed to ad- 
 Vance him to the Britijh Throne 5 and Prayers to be made 
 for the Profperity of his Reign. 
 
 One of the King's firft Cares, upon the Receipt of the 
 Kews of Queen /inne'z Death, and of his being proclaimed, 
 Was to communicate the fame to the King of FruJJta ; 
 for which Purpofe the Baron de Rbede, firft Chamberlain 
 to his Majefty, was immediately difpatch'd away to B«r- 
 iin. He was withal to acquaint his Prufftan Majefty, that 
 the King of Great Britain was defirous to have an Inter- 
 View with him, before his Departure for Holland : But 
 
 befoicf
 
 from July 1714, r/? January 1716. 41 
 
 betort the Baron dc Rhede could reach Ber/in, his Vrufjian 
 M^j^fty had begun his Journey to Cnmngsherg in Pruffiay 
 tvnich prevented the inrended Interview ; however, as 
 foon vts the Kin^ of Prufjta receiv'd from the Hagrte^ the 
 Kews of the Death or tae Queen of Great Britain^ and 
 of the Pro. htmation of King George^ he immediately de- 
 cl*r'd his Refolunon to contribure his Afliftance to the 
 maintaining of that Succefli^n, in Cafe it fhould be 
 difpured . And accordingly his Prufjian Majefly fent Or- 
 ders to his Minifters abroad, p<riicular]y to Mr. Bonnet^ 
 his Reiidenc at London^ to notify, ' That as his faid Ma- 
 )t^y h.id before conftantly declared himfelf in Favour 
 of the Succeflion of the Houfc or" Hanoyer^ to the Crown 
 of Great Britain ; fo now he was affe£led with pecu- 
 liar Joy to hear, that the fiid Setilement of that 
 Crown had, in its due Time, adluilly taken Effedl, by 
 the proclaiming of K)n^ George-^ the rather, becaufe 
 it vifibly tended to the promoting the Proteftant Reli- 
 gion, and the true Intereft and Welfare of the Britijh 
 Nation ; and that, in Cafe of Need, he was ready to 
 employ all the Power which God had put into his 
 Hands, in aflifting to maintain that Succeflion againft 
 all who might oiFer to difpute it, 
 
 Ui^on the News of the late Qiieen*s Death, Brigadier 
 Breton^ her Majefty's Envoy Extraordinary to the Court 
 of Berlin^ having forae Time before got Leave to go for 
 England^uTpon his private Occaf]ons,repair'd immediately to 
 Hanover^ ro attend the King ; as did alfo the Earl of 
 Albemarle from HolLa):d\ and all the neighbouring Princes 
 and States eiiiier went in Pcrfon, or fent Envoys and 
 Dcpu ies to con j:.ra tula te his Britannick Majefty's happjr 
 Acceflion ro the Crown; which occafion'd a vaft Con- 
 courfe of People at Hanoyer, and retarded his Majefly 's 
 Departure, The Inhabitants of that City being in the 
 tle^prft Afflidion for the irrt parable Lofs they were like 
 to fultain, hy the Abfent e of their Sovereign, and his 
 Court, his Britannick Majrfty caus'd Intimation to be 
 given to the M^giftrates, that they might afk fome Fa- 
 vour of htm. Upon this Encouragement they defir'd, 
 that the Excife on Provi lions might be taken off j which 
 Wts granted ; l)efides whicii, his Majefty, before his De- 
 pan urf, CrtUs'd the Debts of infoivent Debtors to be dif- • 
 charg'd, ind their Pcrfons to be fet at Liberty. 
 
 The Earl of Jibemarle having paid his Duty to the 
 King, and obtaii/o the Favour he afk'd of his Majefty, 
 that he would pleafe to take his Houfe at f^oorfi in his 
 
 Way
 
 ■ , Lk 
 
 42 The Hiflorical Reglfle)\ 
 
 Way to Holland^ his Lordfliip went back ro prepare all 
 Things for his Majefty*s Reception. On the 50th of 
 yiugufiy the Earl of Clarerdon fet out from Hanoyer^ and 
 on the 5th of Sel>tetnberj N. S. arrivM at the Hagne ; as 
 did the next Day Brigadier Breton ; the 8th the Earl of 
 Dorfety and the loth and nth the Biron de Kilmanfeck^ 
 jMafter of the Horfe, the Baron Bcrnfdorf^ firft Miniiler of 
 State, the Baron de Gor'itz^ Prefident of the Finances, and 
 Minifter of State, and Monfieur Lobethnn^ Privy Coiin- 
 felior to the King, in order to wait for his Majefty's 
 Arrival. 
 
 The King having committed the Government of his 
 Dominions in Germany to a Council, at the Head of whom 
 he plac'd his Brother, Prince Erneji \ his Majefty's next 
 Care was to confider what Part of his Family he fliould 
 carry with him into Great Britain^ and what he ihould 
 leave behind him ; Upon mature DeJiberation, his Ma- 
 jefty refolv'd, that the Prince Eledloral and Royal ihould 
 go firft along with him ; that the Princefs, his Confort, 
 fhould follow a few Weeks after, with the two eldeft Prin- 
 cefTes her Daughters ; and that the young Prince Frederick- 
 George Ihould remain at Hanoyer, with his youngeft Sifter ; 
 In the laft Place, his Majeily nam'd thofe that fhould 
 accompany him and the Prince Royal into Evgland^which 
 he confinM to a very fmall Number ; for beiides the four 
 Gentlemen above-mentioned^ who went before the King 
 10 the Hague^ the other Perfons of Note that were to crofs 
 the Seas with hisMajefty, were only the following, Count 
 jP/ateny Great Chamberlain ; the Baron de Rhede^ firft 
 Chamberlain ; Mr. Bernfdorf^ and the Marquefs de la Voret^ 
 Chamberlains to the King j Baron SchutZy and his two 
 Brothers, one Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the King, 
 the other to the Prince ; Monfieur Reiche^ Privy Coun- 
 felior and Secretary to his Majefty ; the Baron de Hattorfj 
 Counfellor of War ; Monfieur Schraden^ Secretary of Era- 
 LaiTy *, Monfieur Hammerfieiny Gentleman of the King's 
 Bedchamber ; Monfieur Kempe^ Gentleman of the Bed- 
 chamber to the Prince ; two Phyficians, Dr. Steigerthaly 
 and Dr. Chaffuzeait j two Surgeons, and to Vaiets-de- 
 Chambre, who were Turks. 
 
 All Things being thus fettled, on the laft Day of Au' 
 gujiy in the Morning, the King fet out from Herenhaufen 
 without Ceremony, his Majefty refufing to receive Com- 
 plements from any Perfon ; but the Prince did not follow 
 till an Hour after. That Day his Majefty and the Prince 
 Royal went through Hagenlurg and Lefe to Doepenau^ 
 
 where
 
 fromjuiy 1714., r^ January 1716. 4? 
 
 where they lay that Night ; and proceec^ed the jiexc 
 Morning throus^h Bohme and Ofnaburg to ^feiibu^g. On 
 the 2d of September^ rhey vvenc through Rheeme ^nd Ben* 
 theym to Twickel^ a Seat belonging to the Count de Wajfenaer 
 d' Opdam^ who enterrainM and lodg'd his Majefly and the 
 Prii.ce Royal that Night; as didj the next, the Enrl of 
 uilbemarle, at his Seat at f^oorf}^ after his Majefly and 
 Royal Highnefs had traveled th-ongh Markel^ Larenje^ and 
 Capelle. On the 4i:h of September^ the Deputies of the 
 States Generil, receiv'd and complemented his Majefty on 
 their Frontier) and the fame Day, the King went ttimugh 
 Zutphen^ ^ppleboon^ Voorhuyfen^ and ^menfort to Utrecht, 
 Here his Majelty and the Prince Royal were complemented 
 by the Deputies of the States of that Province ; after 
 which, they went into a Yatcht of the Stafe?j and the 
 fame Night reached Woerden^ where they were receiv*d 
 by the Earl of Albemarle^ and the other Deputies of the 
 States of the Province of Holland^ under fiK Salvoes of 
 nine Pieces of Cannon, anfwering the Number of Years 
 of his Majefty. The Earl of Straford and the Earl of 
 Berkeley like wife attended the King at Woerdertj and had 
 the Honour to kifs his Majefty *s Hand, while he was yec 
 in the Yatcht ; after which, they went back to the Hague, 
 On the 5ch, in the Morning, the King, in the Earl of 
 Albemarle % Coach, follow'd by fix others, and attended 
 by a Detachment of Horfe Guards, proceeded to Leyden^ 
 where the fame Number of Guns were difcharg'd as ac 
 Woerden ; and about Five in the Afternoon, his Majefty 
 arriv'd at the Hague^ amidft the Acclamations of a valt 
 Number of People. The States had fent Orders to all 
 their Towns through which the King was to pafs, for the 
 Burghers to appear in Arras, and line the Stieets, as was 
 done when the prefsint Emperor went through Holland as 
 King of Spain : But his Britann'ick Majefty declined that 
 Ceremony 9 defiring to pafs throvigh the Country as mujh 
 Incognito as was poflible. The King fupp'd that Night in 
 private, but the next Day, and moft of the Time he was 
 in Holland^ he eat in publick, and admitted the Earls of 
 Straford^ Dorfet^ Berkeley^ and Albemarle^ ft^veral of the 
 States Deputies, and other Perfons of Diftindtion, to his 
 Table. On the 5th of September^ about Noon, the follow- 
 ing Deputies of the States General, yiz^ The B^ron de 
 Linteh on the Part of Gelderland ; Monfieur Fagel and Pen- 
 fionary Heirfius on the Part of Holla) d; the Sieurs f^eiters 
 on the Part of Zealand-^ Schonanvan on the Part of Utrecht ^ 
 hsrum on the Part of FriezeJand', Marie on tlie P-rr of 
 E Overyfel J
 
 44 The Hiftoricdl Regifter^ 
 
 Oreryffe! -^ and Gockir.ga on the Part of Gronin^en :; with 
 the Sieur F^^c/, Greffitr of the States, went to the Old 
 Court, and had an Audience of the King, whonr they 
 complen^cnted on his Acccflion to the Brittjh Throne, and 
 his happy Arrival at the Ha^ue. They had aftei'wards 
 Audience of the Prince, and then returnM to the AlTe^bJy 
 of the Stales to make their Report ; after which, moft of 
 them came back to Court, and had the Honour to dine with 
 his Majtfty. 
 
 The fame Morning, all the Britijh Nobility and Gen- 
 try either refiding at the Hague^ or who onthisOccafion, 
 had repaired thither from England^ and other Parts, as 
 alfo the Lrit'ifi) Officers of the Green Cloth, had the Ho- 
 nour to kifs his Majffty's Hand, being prefented by the 
 Earls of Strafford^ Dorfet^ and Berkeley -^ and among the 
 rellj Sir Jamei Abercrombie^ Commandant of Dunkirk^ and 
 Brigadier Fre/ion^ Governor of New^ort^ took that Oppor- 
 iuniiy to wait on the King. In the Afternoon, his Ma- 
 Telty, accompany'd by the Prince, took feveral Turns in 
 his Coach round the Voorhouh^ (^a Place at the Hague like 
 our Ring in Hyde-Park) where he was follow 'd by a nu- 
 merous Train of Coaches, and a great Concourfe of Peo- 
 ple. Some of the foreign Miniflers had that Day private 
 Audiences of the King, to complement him, on the Part 
 of their Maflers, on his happy Acccflion to the Britijh 
 Throne, and his fafe Arrival at the Hague. The Marquefs 
 de Chateanneuf^ Embaffador of France^ had his Audience 
 on the 7th of September in the Morning for the fame Pur- 
 pofe ; and 'twas given out, that that Minifter having, 
 among other civil Expreflions told the King, ' That there 
 ' were yet a few DifSculties to be removed, to put the 
 « finifhing Hand to tlie Treaties yet depending, but that 
 * his Majefty ihould be the Arbiter of the Peace«," His 
 MajaUy anAver'd, That he would be the Guarantee of it. 
 On the i2fh of September^ the Duke d'OJfuna and the 
 "M-jirqu&rs de Moiteleoney Plenipotentiaries of Spain^ came 
 to the Hague from Utrecht^ to wait upon the King, and 
 the next Ddy they had alfo a private Audience of hi? 
 Majefty; as had, the Day before, the Count deTarouca^ 
 and Don Levcis d'Achuna^ Flenipctentiaries of Portugal. 
 On the nth of September^ the Exrl of Strafford received 
 fome Inftrudtions froni [he King, upon which he held 
 frequent Conferences with the Emballadors of Francs^ 
 Spain^ and Fortuga!. The King having refolv'd to em- 
 bark for Ergland with the Hrlt fair Wind, his Majciiy's 
 Baggage was by this Time fenc to the ^atchts, which, 011 
 
 the
 
 from July lyi^^ to January iyi6. 45 
 
 the 14th of September^ fell down the Maefe irom -Rcf- 
 terdam ro the Briel. 
 
 The States General were not wanting to improve this 
 Opportunity to concert feveral important Aff.iirs with 
 the King : For which Purpofe, the Great Pejifionary Hein- 
 fiui had frequent private Conferences with his .Alaje/^y, 
 whofe Acceflion to the Brmfli Throne quicken*d the flow 
 Paces of the Courts of f^'er/ailles ^nd Madrid, in rrlatiou 
 to the Treaties yet depending. To this Purpofe we may- 
 take Notice, that the very Day the King arriv'd at the 
 Hague^ Monfieur de Chdteauneuf received Advice, by a 
 Courier of the Cabinet, that the Treaty of Peace be- 
 tween the Empire and France had been h-nM the 7th ac 
 Baden ; and that the King of Spain had ratify'd the 
 Treaties of Peace and Commerce between him and the 
 States General, without any Manner of Reftri^lion or 
 Refervation ; which was confirm'd by an Exprefs fenc to 
 the Spanifl} Plenipotentiaries. 
 
 We now return to Great Britain^ where, on the 15th of 
 September^ the Lords Juftices in Council fign'd the follow- 
 ing Proclamation, ordering the Payment of One Hundred 
 Thoufand Pounds to any Perfon who (lull feize and fecure 
 the Pretender, in Cafe he {hall land, or attempt to land 
 in any of his Majefty's Dominions. 
 
 7ho,Cantaur. Harcourt C. W. Ebor. Shrewsbury^ Bnching-. 
 ham P. Dartmouth C, P. S. Somerfet^ Bolton^ De-pon^ 
 flnre^ Argyle, Montrofe^ Roxburghe, Kent, Tembroke^ 
 Carlijle^ ^ng'lefey^ Nottingham, Abingdon, Scarborough^ 
 Orford^ Townjhendy Halifax, Cowper, T. 'Barker. 
 
 XJl THereas in and by an A£b of Parliament made iji 
 VV the laft Seflion of Parliimenr, entitled, An A{1 
 for the better Support of his Maje/Iy's H^ujhold, and of th^ 
 Honour and Dignity of the Croton of Great Britain, reciting. 
 That her late Majclly Queen An72e, of bltfT^d Memory j, 
 being fully convinced of the imminent D»n^ers which 
 threatened her Kingdom?, and the Proteflant Su-ceHion in 
 the Houfe of Hanoyer, as well as from a juft Refcntmenc 
 of the Indignities ofFer'd to her faid Majefty by the Pre- 
 tender's remaining in Lorrain, in defiance of her repeated 
 Inftances for his removal, and of the treafonable Practices 
 committed by inliftmg her faid late Majefty's Subjedls 
 in the Service of the Pretender, was pleas'd to iffue her 
 Royai Pfoclamatlonj thereby promifins a Reward of Five 
 E 5 Thoufand ,
 
 46 The Hijlorical Regifler^ 
 
 Thoufand Pounds to fuch Perfon who fliould apprehend 
 the Pretender; and that the Commons of Great Britain in 
 Parliament alTembled, did, by their humble Addrefs, 
 afTure her (liid late Majefty, that they would aflift her, 
 by granting out of the firft Aids to be given by Parlia- 
 ment, the Sum of One Hundred Thoufand Pounds, as a 
 farther Encouragement and Reward for apprehending the 
 Pretender, whenever he fhould land, or attempt to land 
 in any of her faid late Majefty 's Dominions : To the End 
 that the Encouragement and Reward for a Service fo im- 
 portant might be render'd fure and effeclnal, it is enafled. 
 That the Lord High Treafurer of Great Britain^ or Com- 
 miflioners of the Treafury for the Time being, fliouId, 
 and are thereby authorized and required, out of any Mo- 
 nies granted, or to be granted by Parliament for the Ufe 
 of the Publick, forthwith to ifTue and pay the Sum of 
 One Hundred Thoufand Pounds, to any Perfon or Perfons 
 who Ihall feize and fecure the Perfon of the Pretender, 
 whenever he fhould land, or attempt to land in any of 
 his Majefty*s Dominions: "We therefore, to the Intent 
 that all his Majefty *s Subjeds may have Notice of the En* 
 couragement given, as aforefaid, have thought fir, by the 
 Advice of his Majefty's moft Honourable Privy Council, 
 in his Majefty*s Name, to iffue this Proclamation, and do 
 hereby, in his Majefty's Name, command and require all 
 his Majefty's Officers, Civil and Military, and all other 
 his Majefty *s loving Subjedls, to ufe their utmoft Endea- 
 vours to feize and fecure the faid Pretender, whenever he 
 fliall land, or attempt to land in Great Britain or Ireland, 
 or any othe* his Majefty's Dominions, in order to his 
 being brought to Juftice for High Treafon, (whereof he 
 ftands attainted by A6t of Parliament) and to give No- 
 tice thereof immediately, when he (hall be fo feiz*d and 
 fecur'd, to one of his Majefty's Principal Secretaries of 
 State, And we do hereby farther, in his Majefty's Name, 
 order, That the Reward of One Hundred Thoufand Pounds, 
 directed by the faid Adl ot Parliament to be paid, as a- 
 forefaid, be punflually paid to the Perfon or Perfons 
 who (hall fo feize and fdcure the faid Pretender: And his 
 Majefty's High Treafurer, or Commiflioners of his Ma- 
 jefty's Trealury for the Time being, is, and are hereby 
 requir'd to mai^e Payment thereof accordingly. And if 
 any of the Perfons who have adhered to or afiifted, or 
 who Oiall adhere to or aflift tl)e faid Pretender, fliall feize 
 and fecure him^ as aforefaid, he or they who ijiali fo feize 
 
 and
 
 frofnjuly lyi^, to January 1716. 47 
 
 and fecure him, fliall have his Majefty's gracious general 
 Pardon, and fliall alfo recpive the faid Reward, to be paid 
 in Manner aforefaid. 
 
 Giyen at the Court at St, James*j the Fifteenth Day 
 
 0/ September, 1714, in the fir/i Tear of hit Ma* 
 
 j^fiy^ Reign, 
 
 On the 17th of September^ in Purfuanceof his Majefty's 
 Pleafure, fignify 'd by their Excellencies the Lords Juftices, 
 the Right Honourable the Lord Vifcount Tovonfhend was, in 
 Council, fworn one his Majsfty's Principal Secretaries of 
 State, and rook hit Place at the Board accordin^y, Ac 
 the fame Time it was declared, that General Cadogan was 
 to be appointed his Majefty's Plenipotentiary at the Con- 
 grefs of AntxBerf^ to regulate the Barrier of the States 
 General, and his Envoy Extraordinary in the Nether- 
 lands, 
 
 Meanwhile the King and Prince Royal having taken 
 their Leave of the States Deputies, who waited on them 
 to the Sea-Side^ embark'd at OraniepoJder on tke i6th of 
 September^ about One a-Clock in the Afternoon, his Ma- 
 jetty on Board the Teregrincy and his Royal Highnefs on 
 Board the William and Mary Yatchts; which having foon 
 after join'd the Squadron of Britifh and Dutch Men of War 
 that waited for them, under the Command of the Earl 
 of Berkeley^ they all f^iTd for England with a fair Wind, 
 The next Day,about Nine in the Evening,they arrived fafe 
 at the Hope near Grayefendy where the Admiral thought 
 fit to drop Anchor. There being a thick Fog tlie 17th in 
 the Morning, the Yatchts did not go up the River till 
 the Afternoon. Towards Noon the Yatchts weigh'd An- 
 chor, and faird up the River ; and fome Miles on this 
 Side Grarefend^ the King and Prince Royal went into a 
 Barge, and being favoured by the Tide, arriv'd at Green- 
 wich a little after Six a-Clock in the Evening. The Duke 
 of Northumberland^ Captain of the Life-Guard, then in 
 waiting, and the Lord Chancellor, at the Head of the 
 Lords of the Regency, received his Majefty at his land- 
 ing, and complemented him on his fafe Arrival. But 'tis 
 not our Defign to amufe our Readers with Ceremonies and 
 Things of Courfe, but {hall confine our Account to 
 Tranfadtions of greater Moment ; but muft not in this 
 Place forget, that before the King left his Ship, he ap- 
 pointed the Earls of Dorfet and Berkeley to be Gentlemen 
 of his Bedchamber, and conferr'd the Honour of Knight- 
 hood on William Saunderfon^ Efq; Captain of the Peregrine 
 E 3 Yatcht J
 
 Yarcht; an J the next Morning, the Lord Townjhend ac- 
 quainted the Duke of Ormond^ ii\ the King's Nam?, 
 ' That his Majefty had no longer Occafion for his Service 
 ' in the Qiiality of Captain-General, but that his Majefty 
 ' would be glad ro fee him at Court. 
 
 The fame Day the King declnt'd his Intention of raa- 
 Icing his pnblick Entry the D.iy following, of which 
 Notice was given by the Eajrl Marfhal in the following 
 Order. 
 
 "T Ti THereas the Solemnity of the King's Royal Entry 
 V V from Greenwich^ thro* the City of London^ to his 
 Foyal Palace of St. jfames*i^ is appointed to be on Mon- 
 day the 20th of this Infant Sept. this is therefore to give 
 Kotice to all the Nobility, and ethers, who are to attend 
 the King in their Coaches, that they repair to Greenwich 
 Park, fo as to be there by Ten of the Clock that Morning 
 at fartheft, where their Coaches will be put in Order by 
 the Officers of Arms appointed for that Purpofe. 
 
 Aiid that the Lord Mayor^ Aldermenj Recorder, and 
 Sheriffs of London^ with fuch as have fervid or fin'd for 
 Aldermen or Sherifls of the faid Citj^ ; the City Officers^ 
 and the Detachment of the Artillery Company ; as alfo 
 the Knight Marfhal's Men^ the King's Kettle-Drums and 
 Trumpets, the King's, Heralds, and Serjeant at Arms, the 
 Gentleman-Ufher of the Black Rod, and the Officers and 
 Yeomen of his Majefly's Guard, &'c. do meet in Sonthvcarh 
 about Twelve of the Clock, and extend themfelves in the 
 Order they are to march from the Foot of London-Bridge to 
 St. Margaret' sHiU^ and there wait his Majefty's Arrival ; 
 and fo foon as Notice is gi\'en that the Coaches are com- 
 ing into Kent-Street^ they are all to be marfhalTd in their 
 due Order by the Officers of Arms, . . 
 
 And for the better Reception of his Majefty in his 
 Royai PafTage, the Officers of the feveral Parishes between 
 Greenwich and London are hereby requir'd to take Care, that 
 the Highways be well mended and repaired : And that the 
 the Juflices of the Peace of Surrey, the Lord Mayor of 
 tondony and the Head Bailiff of iVeffminf^er, do caufe the 
 Streets to be well cJeans'd from Soil, Filth, and Dirt, 
 from Kent Streti End, to his Majefty's Royal Palace of St, 
 'James\: And that no- Cares nor Drays be fuff'er'd to go 
 m the Streets and Road v/hich the King palfes through 
 between Greenwich and St. James'sy on the Diy of his 
 Majefty's Entry ; alfo, that no Hackney Coaches be fuf- 
 fer'd to go in the faid Road or Streets after Twelve of the 
 
 ., - •.. • Clock
 
 r 
 
 /r^;;/ July 1714, iT^ January 17 16. 49 
 
 CJock the Time Day ; and that no Coach, Care, or Car- 
 riages whatever, be fiifrerM on that Day to Hand in. 
 the faiJ Road or Streets, until the Royal Procellion is 
 paA'd by. 
 
 SUFFOLK^ M. 
 
 September 19. 
 
 Accordingly on the 7.0th of September^ the King and 
 Prince Royal, made their Entry with great Pomp and 
 Magnificence. The Coaches of the Nobiliry, and others^ 
 either not coming fcon enough, or the Officers of Arms 
 being puzzled how 10 rank them in their due Order, it 
 was Twelve a-Clock before his Majefty, accompany*d by 
 bis Royal Highnefs the Prince, and the Duke of Northum- 
 berlarid^ Captain of rhe Life-Guards in waiting, fet our 
 from Greenwich^ his Majefty's Coach being preceded by 
 above Two Hundred of thofe of the Nobility and Gentry 
 alJ with fix Horfes, the Juniors being orderM to march 
 firft. When the King arriv'd at St. Margaret's Hill in 
 Soutlmarh^ he was met by the Lord* Mayor, Aldermen, 
 Recorder, Sheriffs, and Officers of the City of London^ in 
 whofe Nan.e Sir Fner Kwg^ Recorder, made the following 
 congratulatory Speech to his Majefty : 
 
 May it pleafe your Miijefty, 
 
 YOUR Majefly ts vow enterhg into the Liberties of the 
 City of London. 
 
 The Citizens hare^ vcith Impatience^ waited for your Royal 
 Trefence amovgfl them^ to fecnre thofe in-vaJitable ^''^jJT'/^s 
 which they prqmife themfelyes from a trince of the mofl illw 
 firious Merit. 
 
 EniiyenU by the difiant Irfinence of your Majefly s Go- 
 yernmenty they haye earneflJy de/ir'd its nearer /Approaches. ' 
 
 The long expe6}ed Day ii now come, ^ Day of wiiysrfal foy^ 
 to fee your Majefiy's folemn E71trar.ce with his Royal Highnefs 
 tJ?e Frince into the Capital of your Kingdoms. 
 
 The Citizens of London Tieyer met any of your Frede- 
 cejfors^ Kkg^-) or ^eem of this Rea'm^ with more Duty and 
 loyalty than they meet your Majefy 9 nor with a greater 
 Defire to tefiify their Joy in the mo(i becoming and afefiionate 
 Manner. 
 
 Hi/lory hath prefery'4 the Memory of feynal triumphant <ind 
 joyful Entries, 
 
 E 4 ^ut
 
 50 The Wftoricdl Regifter^ 
 
 But the Exuhatiors and Triumphs of thofe Entries^ eyen in 
 the moft joyful^ are not to he mention d. mth the Extafies and 
 Jlejoycings of this. 
 
 There was not the Itke IReafon and Occajion for them. 
 
 We nort behold a Vr'tnce fam'd for his Juftice^ Clemency^ 
 and Wifdom^ come to take Fojpijjfon f>f his Kingdoms ; ve fee 
 our Religion fecur*d^ cur Laves ard Liberties prefers d^ enr 
 fu'jUck Credit adranc'dy our utmofl Wif^es exceeded^ the Fro- 
 te/?ant Succejfau^ corxerrang Tvhich we had many anxious and 
 folicitous Thoughts^ takiig EffeCl in a ^uiet and peacea- 
 yie PoJf,jJion^ and a Trofpefl of a Jafting and continued Set- 
 thment under your Majefy^ and your Royal Toferity after 
 you. 
 
 iVe hare nothing now to do^ ^:«t, fecurely enjoying cur otrnj 
 to hefeech /ihnighty God to biffs y.ur Majefiy with a long^ 
 happy^ and glorious Reigii^ and to do every Thing in our re- 
 fpecli-re Statiors^ xehich way contribute to make your Majefiy i 
 (joyernment fafe^ profperous^ and eafy. 
 
 The Lord Mayor of Londo^t having receiv'd the Ciry 
 Sword from the King, his Majefty proceeded to St. Jamei's 
 in the following M-inner : A Dcrachment of Horfe-Grena- 
 diers to clear the Way ; a Dstachment of the Artillerj^ Com- 
 pany in Biifr Coats, ^c. che two Marfhals on Horfebadc, 
 with their Men on Foor, to make Way; two of the Ciry 
 Trumpets on Horfeback ; the Sheriffs Ol^icers on Foot, 
 with Javelins in their H^nds; two City Trumpets oji 
 Horfeback •, the Lord M,iyor*s OfHcers in black Gowns on 
 Foot, two and two; two more of the Ciry Trumpets cii 
 Horfeback ; the City Banner, borne by the Water-Bailift 
 on Korfcback, witJi a Servant on Foot in a coloured 
 Livery; then the City Oflicers on Horfeback, in their 
 proper Gown*, each attended by a Servant on Foot in 
 coloured Liveries ; the four Attornies, two and two : the 
 SoJicitor, and the Remeinbriincer ; the two Secondaries j 
 the Controller; the four Common Pleaders; the twp 
 Judges; the Town-Clerk; the Common Serjeant, and the 
 Chamberl:-iin ; two more of the Ciry Trumpets on Horfe- 
 back ; the King's Dinner, borne by the Common Hum on 
 Horfeback, vv'ith a Servant on Foot in a coloured Livery ; 
 The Common-Cryer in his Gown, and the City Sword- 
 bear r in his black Dam^-fk Gown, and Gold Chain, both 
 on Horfebackj e:3ch having a Servant on Foot in coloured 
 Liveiies; then thofe who have fin'd for Sheriffs or A^der- 
 jnrtj), or fcrv'd the QiTice of Shtnllor Aldeimen, in Scar-
 
 from ]uly 17 1 ^^ to ]^nu2ivy 17 16. 51 
 
 let Gowns on Horfeback, according to their Seniorities> 
 two and two, the Jiuiiors firft, each attended by two 
 Servants on Foot in colour'd Liveries ; the two Sheriffs in 
 Scarlet Gowns on Horfeback, with their Gold Chains, and 
 their white Staves in their Hands, each attended by two 
 Servants on Poor, in coloured Liveries ; the Aldermen be- 
 low the Chr.ir on Horfeback, in Scarlet Gowns, two and 
 two, each attended by his Kradie, and two Servants on 
 Foot in coloured Liveries ; then the Aldermen above the 
 Ch;ir in Scarlet Gowns, on Horfelack, wearing their 
 Gold Ch4ns, attended by their BeadJes, and two Servants 
 each in colourM Liveries ; Then the Coaches of the No- 
 biJiry, Great Officers, &c. to the Number of above 200, 
 *with fix Horfes each ; the Knight MarfhaTs Men on 
 Horfeback, two and two; the Knight Marflial on Horfe- 
 back; the King's Kettle Drums ; the Drum- Major 5 the 
 King's 'Trumpets, two and two; the Serjeant-Trumpet 
 with his Mace; Purfuivants of Arms uncovered, two and 
 two; Heralds of Arms; King's of Arms^ Serjeants at 
 Arms with their Maces, bare-headed ; the Recorder in a 
 Scarlet Gown on Horfeback, uncovered ; the Lord Mayor 
 of London in his Crimfon Velvet Gown, on Horfeback, 
 wearing his rich Collar and Jewel, uncovered, bearing 
 the City-Sword by his Majelly's PermilTion, with only- 
 four Servants on Foot, bare-headed, in colour'd Liveries; 
 Garter King of Arms, or his Deputj', on the Right Hand, 
 uncover'd ; Gentleman-Uflier of the Black Rod, on his 
 Left Hand, uncoverM ; the King and Prince in a Coach : 
 the Yeomen of the Guard ; the King's Footmen ; Captai'ii 
 of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Lieutenant of the Yeomen 
 of the Guard ; Equerry ; the King's Footmen in waiting; 
 Yeom.en of the Gu-ird ; his Majelly's Horfe-Guards closed 
 the Proceeding. Thus the King pafs'u from St. Alargaret^s- 
 Hill to his Royal Palace at St. James's^ where his Majefty 
 arrived between Seven and Flight of the Clock in the Even- 
 ing ; The Trained Hands of Southxcarh^hy Order of the Lord 
 Lieutenant of Surrey^ lin'd the Way, from Kentfireet End 
 to the Foot of London-Jlridge -^ three Regiments of the 
 City Trained Bands made a Guard from the Bridge ;o 
 Stocks- yiarjeet ; the feveral Companies of London^ with 
 their Enligns, lin'd the Streets on both Sides from Sfoc;^;- 
 filarket to St. Paul's Church-yard, at the Eaft-End v/hereof 
 the Children of Chnf^'s Hofpital flood, and one of the 
 King's Boys made a Speech to his Majtfly ; and the other 
 three Regiments cf the City Trained Bands guarded the 
 '^ay fiom St. |*4T^/'s Church-yard to Temfie har -^ froni
 
 52 The Hijhrical Regifler^ 
 
 Teynpie Bar^ the Scevvard, High-BailifF, and BurgelTrs of 
 Weftminffer^ in their Gowns, an ended by all the Conftabks 
 and Headles, with their refpeclive Staves ; and the High- 
 Bailiffs Oificers, with their Flnfigns of Ofnce, lin*d rhe 
 W^y; and next to them, the Militia of Weflmtiijier made 
 a Guard, Ijeaving a Space between tliera and his Majifty's 
 Foot Guards (who lin'd the Waj^ from 3f. Jamzs\ into the 
 Strand) for the Artillery Company of London to draw up 
 in, who proceeded Co far with the Confent of the Lord 
 Lieutenant of MiddJefex^ and there made a Srnnd. The 
 great Guns at the Tovoer were fir'd when his Majefty took 
 Coack, as alfo when he pifs'd over London Bridge ; at his 
 ^Majefty's Arrival at hisPaJace, the Cannon in the Park 
 \vere three Times difcharg'd ; and the Evening concluded 
 with Bonfires, Illuminations, and all other Marks of 
 }oy. 
 
 On the ^^d of September the Council met, at which 
 ■were prefenr the Lord Chancellor, the DuKes of Somerfet^ 
 Northumberland^ BoJton^ Veyonfiire. Marlborough^ Montrofs^ 
 Boxboroji^h^ and KeTit ^ the M^rqueffes of Lindj'ey, Dor- 
 cheflet^ itnd Anr.andale ; the tlarls of Verby^ iemhroke^ 
 Srifolk^ Northampton^ Alarshejier^ Stamford^ Sunderland^ 
 Carcndon^ Arglefcy^ Car'ufie^ Radnor^ kochejier^ Abingdon^ 
 Orford^ Wharton^ Cholmondley^ Mar^ Loitdon^ Bindlater^ Ork- 
 ticyj Ilayy Oxford^ Fortmore^ znd Orrery -^ the Lord Vifcount 
 Tovsrnfhend *, the Hifiiop of London • the Lords Fag^t^ Berkeley^ 
 'Cu.ffordj Sommers^ Guernfey^ Marfe!^ Trevor^ Landfdovone^ 
 ?yz;jV>', 'An l\ Ci,7:ings by J Mr. Secretary Eromey^ Mr. Boj/e^ 
 Mr. Vice-Chambtriain Coke^ Mr. Chancellor of tbe Ex- 
 chequer, the Lord Chief Juflice Farker, Sir JoJ)n Holla7i4, 
 Sir Richard Onfiorc^ Mr. Snnih^ Mr, Vernon, Mr. Erie, and 
 Mr. Hill, His Majeily at his firft coming this Day into 
 the Council, was pleas'd to declare, that iinderftanding 
 that the Law requires he fliould, at his Acce^ion to the 
 . Throne, rake and fubfcribe the Oath relating to the Secu- 
 rity of the Church of Scotland, he was now ready to dp 
 it this firft Opportunity ; which his Majefty was graci- 
 fiuily pleasM to do, according to the Forms ufed by the 
 Law of Scotland, itnd fubicrib'd two Inftruments thereof, 
 in the Pri'fence of the Lords of the Council, who wit- 
 r>efs*d the fame ; And his Majefty was pleas'd to order, 
 that one of the faid Inftrumjnrs he tranfmitted to the 
 Court of Sefiion, to he recorded in tl)e Rooks of Sederunt^ 
 ind afterv/ards zo be fortlnvith lodg'd in the Publick Re- 
 gifter of S'Qt'ar.d ; and chat :he other of them rem.aia
 
 from July 17 1 Ay J^^ January 1716. 55 
 
 among the-Records of the Council, and be cnter'd into 
 the Council Book. 
 
 After this, hisMajefty was pleas'd to make the follow- 
 ing Declaration, yiz» 
 
 HAving, in my ^nfwers to the AddrefTes of both 
 Houfes of Parliamerit, fully exprefsM my Refolution. 
 to defend the Religious and Civil Rights of all my Subjefls, 
 there remains very little for me to fay upon this Oc 
 cafion. 
 
 ' Yet being willing to omit no Opportunity of giving 
 all poflible Affurances to a People, who have already de- 
 ferv'd fo well of me, I take this Occafion alfb to exprefs 
 to you, my firm Purpofe to do all that is in my Power, 
 for the fupporting and maintaining the Churches of 
 England and Scotland^ as they are feverally by Law cfta- 
 blifh'd ; which, I am of Opinion, may be efFedlually 
 done, without the leaft impairing the Toleration alIow*d 
 by Law to Proteftant DiiTenters, fo agreeable to Chriftiaa 
 Charity, and fo neceflary to the Trade and Riches of 
 this Kingdom. 
 
 'The good Effeils of making Property fecure, are no 
 where fo clearly feen, and to fo great a Degree, as in this 
 happy Kingdom ; and I allure you, that there is not any 
 among youj Ihall more earneftly endeavour the Preferva- 
 tion of it than myitli. 
 
 Whereupon the Lords of the Council made it their 
 humble Requeft to his Majefty, that this his Majefty*s 
 moft gracious Declararion to their Lordfliips, might be 
 made Publick ; Which his Majefty was pleas 'd to order 
 according.ly. 
 
 On the 29th of September^ the King, in Council, was 
 plffasM to decJlare his- Royal Pleafure to difToIve the Privy 
 Council, and to diredl, that the Lords and others hereafter 
 nam'd Ihould be of the Privy Council^ and attend his 
 Majefty at St. jamcs's on the iftof OBober^ at Eleven in 
 the Morning, in order to be fworn of his Majefty moft 
 honourable Privy Council, yit>. 
 
 His Royal Highnefs George Prince of Wales, 
 
 T^o»»<i5 Lord Arch bifliop of Canterbury. ■ 
 
 WiUam Lord CoKper^ Lord Chancellor of Great IBritain, 
 
 WiUtam Lord Archbifliop of Tork, 
 
 ■:..'- Charlei
 
 54 The Wftortcal Regifter, 
 
 Charles Duke of Si}rewsbury^ Lord High Treafurer of 
 Great Britain^ and Lord Chitmberlain of his Ma jelly's 
 Hoiifhold, 
 
 Daniel Earl of Nottingham^ Lord Prefidcnt of the Privy 
 'Council, 
 
 Thomas Earl of Wharton^ Lord Keeper of the Privy 
 Seal. 
 
 William Du]<e of Deyovjlnre^ Lord Steward of his Ma- 
 )efty's Houfliold, 
 
 Charief.DukQ of Sonterfet, 
 Sharks Duke of Uolton, 
 
 John Duke of Marlborough^ Captain-General of his Ma- 
 jefty's Forcer. 
 
 John Duke of Argyle, 
 
 James Duke of Moi.trofsj one of his Majefty's Principal 
 Secretaries of State. 
 
 John Duke of Boxbtirgb. 
 Henry Duke of Kent. 
 
 'Robert Marquefs of Lindfey^ Lord Great Chamberlain, 
 Thomas Earl of Pembroke. 
 
 Henry Earl of Suffolky Deputy Earl-Marflul of &^- 
 }and, 
 
 Charles Earl of Swiderland^ Lord Lieutenant of Irs- 
 land. 
 
 Arthur Earl of AnfrJefey, 
 Charles Earl of Carlijle, 
 Montague Earl of ^biigdon. 
 Richard Earl of Scarborough, 
 Edward E^rl of Orford. 
 
 Charles Vifcount lovnjhend, one of his Majefly's Prin* 
 cipal Secretaries of State, 
 John Lord Bifliop of London, 
 John Lord Somers. 
 Charles Lor^ Halifax. 
 
 Thomas Cooke^ Vice-Chamberlaiii to his Majefty, 
 James Stanhope^ Efqj oiK of his Majefty's Principal Se- 
 crerariesof State. 
 
 Sir Thomas Parker^ Kt. Lord Chief Juflice of the Court 
 of Klg's-hench. 
 
 Thomas Erle.^ Efq; Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance. 
 Robert Waifole.^ Efq-, P«iymafter-Generai of his Majefty's 
 Forces. 
 
 The f^i-ne Day (Sept. 29.) it was declar*d, That his Ma- 
 ^efly had been pleased, by Letters Patents under the Great 
 Seal of Great Britain^ to create his Royal Kighnefs George 
 
 Auiuftm
 
 /r^w July 1714, f^ January 17 16. 55 
 
 ^uguftus (Prince of Great Britain, Eiedloral Prince of 
 Brunjwick hunenburgh^ Duke of Cornvoal and Rothfaye^ Duke 
 and Marqueis of Cambrid^j^e, Earl of Milford-Hare/i and of 
 C«rre^*, Vifcount Northallerton y Baron of lemkesbury and 
 of Renfrew^ Lord oi the Jjlesj and Steward oi Scotland^ 
 and Knighc of the moft Noble Order of the Garrer) i'rince 
 of Wales and Earl of Che/ier. The Preamble to the faid 
 Letters Patents is as follows : 
 
 QUUM Muneris noftri Jit, 'Regms^ quorum Dei Gratis 
 nujfer ad nos Jus ^ Imperiwn pefpenere, mn Joiii>m in 
 frajem cor.fukre^ fed etiam in fofierum frofpcere ; nihil frius 
 magis in Animo fuit, quam ut Georgium Augultum^ Fi/iunt 
 Tiofirum wiiaim, Populis no/iris, quibus regendis aliquarido 
 deftii.atur. gratnm reddamus & acceptijjimum ; ipfum proirtde 
 Tituiis Primogenito Magnas Britanniae Begis Fiiio propriis 
 augeri yolumus •, qu9 magis erga Haredem noflrum dileftijjt^ 
 mum Patris Benignitas, ^ erga Subditos fidelijjimos Prinapis 
 elucefcat Cura. Nobis interim & Britannis no/iris de ill» 
 gratulamutf quern ob egregiam in nos Pietatem /emper charum 
 habuimus, &' qui, oZ» rej Odenardi Pr^lio prsclare gefias, i'dif 
 dudum innotuit. Quod fupere/}, ut Virtutibus k Majoribus 
 derivatis in Vies inclarefcat, Honorefque a nobis acceptos per- 
 gat mereri, Deum Optimum Maximum frecamur, Sciacis 
 igitur, &c. 
 
 Which in EngUpj runs thus : 
 
 IT being incumbent on us, not only to procure the pre- 
 fent Good of tlie Kingdoms, to the Governmenc 
 whereof it has pleas'd God to call us, but alfo to provide 
 for their future Security 5 our firfl and principal Care was, 
 to recommendj as much as poflible, our only Son George 
 ^ugujius to the Affedlion of our People, whom he is one 
 Day to govern : Our Will is therefore, that he be honour'd 
 with the Titles peculiar to the eldeft Son of the King of 
 Great Britain, to evince both our paternal AfFcdion to our 
 moft dear Son, and the Care we rake of our mofl: faith- 
 ful Subjedls. Hereupon we congrarulate with cur Britains^ 
 on Account of a Prince, whofe eminent filial Piety has 
 always ejidear'd him to us, and who has not long ^%o made 
 himfelf known to them, by his galhnc Adlions in the 
 Battle of Oitdenarde. We befeech Almighty God, thac 
 the Virtues he derives from his Anoellors, may daily fliine 
 cut ill him with additional Splendor j and that he Tn»y
 
 56 37:^^ Hijlorical Regifter^ 
 
 go on to merit the Honours which we have conferr'd on 
 him. Be it known therefore^ &c. 
 
 On the ift of OSiober, tfee King prefentin Councilj the 
 following Order was made : 
 
 WHej-eas by an Order in Council of the firft of 
 Auguji laflj feveral Alterations were directed to 
 be made in the Prayers for the Royal Family, it is this 
 Day orderM by his Majefty in Council, That inftead of 
 His Royal Highnefi the Trince^ in the Prayers and Suffrages 
 for the Royal Family, there be inferted His Royal Highnefs 
 GEORGE 'Prince of Wales ; and that his Grace the Lord 
 Archbifhop of Canterbury do caule the ncccflary Directions 
 to be given accordingly. 
 
 fOUN FOVET^ 
 
 JJireilions fent hy the Archbijhop of Canterbury, Odlbber i, 
 
 IN the Order for Morning Prayer, in the Prayer for 
 the Royal Family, inftead of Hts Royal Wghnefs the 
 Trincey read,- His Royal Highnefs GEORGE Prince of 
 Wales. 
 
 In the Order tor Evening Prayer for the Royal Family, 
 inftead of His Royal Highnef: the Prince^ read His Ro^al 
 Highnefs GEORGE Prince of Wales. 
 
 In the Litany, inftead of Preferve His Royal Highnefs the 
 Prince^ and all the Royal Family^ read, Preferre His Royal 
 Highnefs GEORGE Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Fa- 
 mily. 
 
 OSh. 4. The King in Council fign'd the following Pro- 
 clamation, declaring his Ma)efty*s Pieafure touching his 
 Royal Coronation, and the Solemnity thereof, riz. 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 WHereas we have refolv*d,by the Favour and BlcHing 
 of Almighty God, to celebrate the Solemnity of 
 our Royal Coronation upon IVednejday the Twentieth Day 
 • of this Inftant O^ober^ at our Palace at Wejiminfier • and 
 forafmuch as by ancient Cuftoms and Ufages, as alfo in 
 Regard of divers Tenures of fundry Manors, Lands, and 
 other Hereditaments, many of our loving Sub)e<^s do 
 claim, and are bound to do and perform divers feveral 
 Services on the faid Day, and ac the Time of the Ccrona- 
 I cion.
 
 from]u\y 17x4, t^ January 17 16. 57 
 
 lion, as 111 Times precedent their Anceftors, and thofe 
 whom they claim, liave done and perform'd at the Coro- 
 nations of our famous Progenitors and PredecefTors : We 
 therefore, out of our princely Care for the Prefer vation 
 of the lawful Rights and Inheritances of our loving Sub- 
 je6ts, whom it may concern, have thought fit to give 
 Notice of, and publifli our Refolutions therein, and do 
 liereby give Notice of, and publifli the fame accordingly : 
 And vjt do hereby farther fignify, that by our Commiflioii 
 under out Great Seal of Great Britain^ we have appointed 
 and authorized the moft Reverend Father in Chriti, our 
 right trufty and right entirely beloved Counfellor, Thomas 
 Archbiiliop of Canterbury^ Primate of all England^ and 
 Metropolitan ; our right trufty and well-beloved Coun- 
 fellor, William Lord Cowper^ our Chancellor of Great Britain^ 
 the molt Reverend Father in Chrift, our right trufty and 
 right entirely beloved Coujifellor, William Archbifliop of 
 7'orky Primate of England^ and Metropolitan ; our righc 
 trufty and light entirely beloved Coufin and Counfellor, 
 Charles Duke of Shrewsbury^ our High Treafurer of Great 
 Britain, and Chamberlain of our Houfliold ; our righc 
 trufty and right well-beloved Coufms and Counfellors, 
 Daniel Earl of Nottingham^ Prefident of our Council, Tho- 
 mas Earl of Wharton^ Keeper of our Privy Seal ; our righc 
 trufty and right entirely beloved Coufins and tounfcllorrj 
 William Duke of DeronJInrej Steward of our Houiliold 9 
 Charles Duke of Somerfet^ Mafter of our Horfe *, Charles 
 Duke of Bolton ; ^ohn Duke of Marlborough^ Captain-Gene- 
 ral of our Forces ; John Duke of Argyle \ James Duke of 
 Montrofe^ one of cur Principal Secretaries of State ; John. 
 Duke of Roxburgh ; Henry Duke of Kent ; our right trufty 
 and entirely beloved Coufm and Counfellor, Robert Mar- 
 quefs of Lindfey^ Great Chamberlain of England ; our 
 right trufty and well-beloved Coufins and Counfellors, 
 Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery ; Henry Earl of 
 Suffolk and Bindon, Deputy loThomas Duke of N>,rfolk^ Earl- 
 Marlhal of England ; Charles Earl of Sunderland^ Lord 
 Lieutenant of our Kingdom o^ Ireland-, Anhur t.^il of 
 Anglefey • Charles Earl of Carlijle ; Montague Earl of Abing- 
 don J Richard Eirl of Scarborough ^ Edward E^rl of Orford', 
 our right trufty and well-beloved Coufin and Counfellor, 
 Charles Vifcount Tovor.fioend^ one of our Principal Secre- 
 taries of State; the Righc Reverend Father in God, our 
 right trufty and well-beloved Counfellor, John Lord Biftiop 
 of London-^ our right trufty and wsUbaicvid Counfellors, 
 
 Joha
 
 58 The Hiftorical Regifter^ 
 
 John Lord Somers \ Charles Lord Halifax ; Thomas Coke^ 
 Efq; Vice- Chamberlain of our Houfliold ; fames Stanhope^ 
 Efq; one of our Principal Secretaries of State ; Sir Thomas 
 Tarker^ Kc. Lord Chief Juftice of our Court of King's- 
 Bench \ Thomas Erle^ Efq; Lieutenant General of our Ord- 
 nance *, and Robert Walpole^ Elq; Paymafter-General of 
 our Forces, or any five or more of them, to receive, hear, 
 and determine the Petitions and Claims which fliall be 
 to them exhibited by any of our loving Subjedls in this 
 Behalf; and we (liall appoint our faid Commiflioners for 
 that PurpoCe to fit in the Painted Chamber of our Pilace 
 at Weftminjier^ upon Wednefday the 6th Day of this In flan C 
 O^ober^ at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon of the fame 
 Day, and from Time ro Time to adjourn, as to them (hall 
 feem meet, for the Execution of our faid Commiflion; 
 which wt do thus publilh, to the Intent that ail fuch 
 Perfons, whom it may any \V"ays concern, may know 
 when and where to give their Attendance, for the exhi- 
 biting of their Petitions and Claims concerning the Ser- 
 vices before-n;ention*d, to be done and performed unto us 
 at our faid Coronation. And we do tierel)y fignify unto 
 all and tvtty our Subjedls, whom it may concern, that 
 our Will and Pleafure is, and we do hereby itridlly charge 
 all Perfonr, of what Rank or Qiiality foever they be, 
 who either upon our Letters to them diredted, or by Rea- 
 fon of their Officesj or Tenures, or otherv/ife, are ro do 
 any Service at the faid D^y or Time of our Coronation, 
 that they do ckiely give their Attendance accordingly, in 
 all Refpedls furniih'd and appouued as to fo great a So- 
 lemnity appertaineth, and anfvvfrable ro the Dignities 
 and Places which every one of them refpe£lLvely holdeth 
 and enjoyeth ; and ot this they, or any of them, are 
 not to fail, as they will anfwer the contrary at their 
 Perils, unlefs upon fpecial Reaion? by our itii^ under our 
 Hand to be allow'd, we {hall difpenfc: with any of their 
 Services or Attendances. 
 
 Giyen at our Court at St. James's the 4//? Day of Odlo- 
 ber, 1714? in the Tirji Tear of our Reign. 
 
 The fame Day the King order'd another Proclamation 
 to be publifh'd, requiring all Ships and Veflels trading 
 from the Plantations in the Way of the AlgerineSj to fur=- 
 nifli themfclvcs with PaiTcs, 
 
 The
 
 from]u\Y 1714, r^; January 1716. 59 
 
 The 20th of Oiiober being appoinred for the Solemniry 
 of the Coronarion, rlie fame was pcrform'd at Weftminjier 
 ill the following; M.iiiner : 
 
 His Majeitj' beiiw come to U efiminfier about nine of the 
 Clock in ttie Morning, and having rerir'd inro the Court 
 of Wirdsj the Nobiliry, and riiofe who formed che firft 
 Part of the Proceeding, beijig put in Order by the He- 
 ralds, came down in folema Proctflion into Weftminfler- 
 Hall^ where His Majefty being feated under his Canopy of 
 Srat^, the Swords and Spurs were prefented to him, and 
 ]<-.id upon the T^bh at the upper End of rh<? Hall. 
 
 Then the DvAn and Prebt^ndaries of Weflmtnftev having 
 brought the Grown and other Regalia, with the Bible, 
 ChaUce, and P.ntten, they were prefented fsverally to His 
 Majc-fty, and lliOrtly after were, together with the Swords 
 and Spurs, del,\'-ered to ihe Lords appoinred to carry them, 
 
 Wiiercupon the Proceflion began in this Manner ; The 
 Dean's Beadle of Wefimhifier ; the High Conftable of Wefi. 
 m'tnfier^ with his Start j Drums and Trum,;ers ; Six ClerJCi 
 in Chancery^ two a breaft, (as all the former Part of the 
 Procttding weui) Chaplains having Dignities ; Aldermen 
 of Lordon ; M.^fters in Chancery 5 the King's younger Ser- 
 jeants ; the Solicitor and Attorney General j tlie King's 
 ancient Serjeants ; Gentlemen of the Privy Bedchamber ; 
 Judges ; Children of Wejiminjier^ and of the King's Chapel ; 
 Choir of W'ejimin/ier^ and Gentlemen of the Chapel, Pre- 
 bendaries of H'efimirifier ; Mafter of the Jewel-houfe ; and. 
 Privy Counfcliors noc Peers, all in their propsr Habits, as 
 ufual at Coronations. 
 
 Then two Purfuivants of Arras ; Barons in their Crim- 
 fon Velvet Robes, with their Coronets in their Hands, 
 (two a- breaft, as all the Peers went) Bilhops \ a Herald of 
 Arms ; Vifcounts ; two Heralds of Arms ; Earls ; two 
 Heralds of Arms; Marqueffes ; Two Heralds of Arms; 
 Dukes ; two Kings of Arms, with their Coronets ; the 
 Lord Privy-Seal ; l;ord Prefident of the Council 5 Lord 
 Archbifliop of Tork ; Lord Chancellor ; two Perfons re- 
 prefentmg the Dukes of Aquttain and Normandy. 
 
 Next the Lords who bore the Regalia, -viz. The Earl of 
 Salisbury^ St. Edward's Staff; the Lord Vifcount tongue- 
 "pille^ the Spurs ; the Earl of Vorfet and Middlefex, the 
 Scepter with the Crofs ; the Earls of SutJ)erlandy Fembrokcy 
 and Lincoln, the three Swords ; then Garter's Deputy, with 
 his Coronet, between the Ulher of the Black Rod and the 
 Lord Mayor of London ; then the Lord Great Chamberlain 
 of England fingle : then his Royal Highnefs the Prince of 
 F iVaks,
 
 6o The Hiflorical Regifter^ 
 
 Waks^ in his Robes of Eft-^te, of Crimfon Velvet, furrM 
 with Ermine, his Coronet fee with precious Scones, and 
 Cap borne by the Earl of Hertford-^ on a Crimfon Velvet 
 Cufllion, and wearing a like Cap of Crimfon Velvet turn'd 
 up with Ermine by his Majefty's Roynl Permiflion, hisTraiii 
 fupported by ^uguftus Scuiz^ and AdoIpJ?us Ou^hion^ Efqs. 
 the two eldell Grooms of His Royal Highnefs's Bed-cham- 
 ber, afiifted by Henry Killegretcy Efq-, Gentleman of "His 
 Royal Highnefb's Robes. The Earl of Derby with the 
 Sword of Srate, between the Duke of Mont^gue^ Lord 
 High Conflable for that Day, and the Earl of Sufolk And 
 Bindvn^ as Earl Marfhal of England ; the Dnke of Grafton^ 
 Lord High Steward on that Occafion, with the Crown, 
 between the Duke of yfr^^'/e, bearing the Scepter with the 
 Dove, and the Duke of Somerfet with the Orb ; the Bifliop 
 of Salisbi^ry with the Bible, between the Bilhop of Litch- 
 field and Coventry with the Patten, and the Biihop of Ban- 
 gor with the Chalice. 
 
 Then the King in his Royal Robes of Crimfon Velvet, 
 furr'd with Ermine, and borderM with a rich broad Gold 
 Lace, wearing the Collar of the Order of St. George^ (as 
 did all the Knights of the faid Order) and the Knights of 
 the Order of St. Andrew wore likewife the Collar of that 
 Order, and on his Head a Cap of State of Crimfon Vel- 
 vet, turned up with Ermine, adorn'd with a Circle of 
 Gold enrich'd with Diamonds, fupported by the Bifhops of 
 Durham^ and Bath and IVells^ under a Canopy borne by 
 the Barons of the Cinque Forts ; his Train borne by four 
 Koblemens eldeft Sons, yiz. The Lord Walden^ the Lord 
 Mandevilc^ the Lord Ktahon^ the Lord Desford^ aflifted by 
 the King's Vice-Chamberlain, in the Abfence of the Ma- 
 iler of the Robes; the Serjeants at Arms and Gentlemcn- 
 Penfioners going on each Side. 
 The Regalia and Canopy. 
 
 Next foUow'd the Captain of hisMajefty's Horfe Guard, 
 between the Captaiii of the Yeomen of the Guard, and 
 the Captain of the Band of Gentlemen-Penfioners, with 
 the Lieutenant and Standard-Bsarer of the Gentlemen-Pen- 
 fioners on either Hand of them ; and the Officers and Yeo- 
 men of the Guard clos'd the Proceflion. 
 
 Thus the whole Proceeding niarchM on Foot upon Blue 
 Cloth to Wefiminfter- Abbey ^ and being enter*d into the 
 Church, and all duly feated and placed, the Lord Arch- 
 biihop of Canterbury^ who performed this great Solemnity, 
 began with the Recognition. Then His Majefty made his 
 firft Oblation, and the Lords \rho bore the Regalia, pre- 
 
 fentei
 
 from July jyi^, ?^ January 17 16. 61 
 
 fenced chem ac the Altar ; The Lirany was fung on the 
 Eaft Side of the Theatre, by the B\i\^o\)s of Litchfield znd 
 Coventry^ and Norvoich •, and after the Epiftle, Gofp-1, and 
 Nicene Creed, the Lord Bifliop of Oxford preach^ on this 
 Text, 'Pfal. cxviii. v. 24. Ihis is the Day which the Lord hath 
 tnade^ vce will rejoyce and be glad in it. 
 
 After the Sermon, his Majefty repeated and fign'd the 
 Declaration or Teft, eftablifh'd by A61 of Parliament, and 
 took the Coronation Oath, which he likewife fubfcrib^'d ; 
 and in King Edwards Chair, pUced in the Middle of the 
 Area before the Altar, was anointed, and prefented with. 
 the Spurs, and girt with the Sword, and vefted with his 
 Purple Robes ; and having receiv'd the Ring, the Orb, 
 and Scepters, was folemnly crown*d abcut two of the 
 Clock, the Drums beating, Trumpets founding, and the 
 great Guns being difcharged ; whereupon His Roj'al 
 Highnefs the Prince of Wahs^ and the Peers, put on their* 
 Coronets, and the Bilhops their Caps, the Dukes of ^qui- 
 t<am and Normandy their Hats, and the Kings of Arms thtiv 
 Coronets, 
 
 Then the Holy Bible was prefented to his Majefty by 
 the Archbifliop ; and his Majefty having received the 
 Benediiflioii, fate down in his Chair, and then vouchfafed 
 to kifs the Archbifliops and Bifliops ; and being enthroned, 
 His Royal Highnefs the Prince of WaUs^ and the Lords 
 Spiritual and Temporal did their Homages, and feemingly 
 kiffed his Mrijefty's left Cheek, and afterwards touched the 
 Crown, wliile the Treafurer of the Houlhold threw about 
 the Coronation Medals. 
 
 Then his Majefty made his fecond Oblation, and re- 
 ceived the Holy Communion, and after the final Prayers, 
 retir'd into King Edward'^ Chapel, and being vefted in his 
 Robes of Purple Velvet, and the whole Proceeding being 
 again put in Order, his Majefty returned to Weftminfter^ 
 Hall^ wearing his Crown of State, and the Peers and 
 Kings of Arms their Coronets. 
 
 The King din'd ac a Table at the Upper End of the 
 Hall, with his Royal Highnefs the Prince of WaUs on his 
 left Hand ; and the Nobility and other Perfons of Quality 
 were feated at their refpeflive Tables, which were all rea- 
 dy furnifli'd before their coming in ; the hot Meat or 
 firft Courfe for his Majefty's Table, for which Space was 
 hh^ was ferved up with the proper Ceremony, being pre- 
 ceded by the Officers, &c. of the Board of Green-cloth, 
 and by the Lord High Steward, between the Lord High- 
 Coaftable, and the Lord Marlhal, on Horfcback, 
 
 " '^ F z An*
 
 62 The Hijloricdl Regifler^ 
 
 And jurt before the fecond Courfe, lewit Dymole, Efq; 
 Chanjpion of England^ in compleat Armour, rode into 
 rhe Hall, berweeii the Lord lii'^li CoiilUble and Lord Mar- 
 fhai before-i-nention'd, and pe;formed the Challenge: Af- 
 ter which, Garter's Deputy, attended by the other OfH^eis 
 of Arms, proclaimed • his Maj:fty's Style m Lutiny French^ 
 and Rnglifi). 
 
 Dinner being ended, and all Things performed with:- 
 great Splendor and Magnificence, about Seven a-Clock his 
 Majefty returned to St. James's ; and the Day concluded 
 with Boafirej, Illuminations, Ringing of B-Jls, and othfr 
 Demonftrations of a general Joy and Sdtisfadion. 
 
 As foon as the King had fettled the mofl important of 
 his Domcfiick Affair?, his M.jeity notify'd his Acceflioii 
 ro the Throne to fcveral Princes and States ; and in par- 
 ticular, to the States-General of the United Provijices, to 
 * whom he wrote the following Letter : 
 
 High and Mighty Lords ^ our good Friends^ Allies^ and 
 Confederates : 
 
 TH E Succellion to the Crowns of Great Britain^ France^ 
 and Ireland^ being devolv'd on us, by the Deceafe of 
 the late Qiieen Anne^ our moft dear Sifter and Coufin, we 
 took Care to fatisfy the ardent Dtfires of our faithful Sub- 
 jedls, by repairing as foon as pollible to our Kingdoms.' 
 We happily arrived on the I9ch Inftant, and do take the 
 firft Occilion to communicate the fame to you. We are 
 fuWy perfwaded you will be highly fatis'yM to be apprised 
 of the univerfal Joy, and unexpreftible Acclamations, 
 with which we were received by our People : And as you 
 have at all Times given us Proofs of your lincere Amity ; 
 and we having, in our PalTage through your Country, ob- 
 fervM your Inclinations to make, with all poflible Firm- 
 nefs, a Bond of perfedt Alliance between the two Nations ; 
 we once more renew to you our AlTurances of the Defire 
 we have to demonftrate to you by all imaginable Ways, 
 how fenfible we are of your Friendfliip ; and our Refoiu- 
 tion, ever to cultivate and confirm more and more, an 
 Alliance, which is fo neceffary and advantageous for the 
 reciprocal Good of our Dominions, and for the Benefit of 
 all Europe. We pray God he may have you, High and 
 Mighty Lords) our good Friends^ Allies^ and, Confederates y in 
 his holy and worthy Keeping. 
 
 Written at our Court at St. James'* the i-jth of Sept. 
 0. 5. Anno 1714, and the Virsi of our Reign, 
 
 Your very good Friend, GEORGE R. 
 3 Next
 
 frornjiily lyi^y r^ January 1716. 63 
 
 Nexc CO this Formalit)'-, his M^jefty's firft Care was to 
 look to the Intereft of his Dominions a!)ro<id ; Upon 
 which, purfuant to his Majefty's Orders, Mr. Prior, Pleni- 
 potenridty oF Great Britain in France^ prefented rhe follow- 
 ing MciTiorial to that Court, on the 23d of Ociober^ N.S. 
 
 THE nnderwritren Pleniporentiiryj MiniHier of the 
 King of Great Britain^ has Orders from rhe K.Jia; his 
 Mafter, to reprefent to your Majefty, that having heard 
 the Repirr of rhe ComnnlTaries and Ingineers fenr ro view 
 the Scare of the Forrifications and Port of Dunkirk^ his 
 M<ijefty is very much furpriz'd ro hear, that notwith- 
 ftanding rhe Inftances and Reprefentations made on the 
 Piirc of Great Britain to prefs the Execution of the 9th Ar- 
 ticle of the Treary of Peace concluded at Utrecht^ the fdid 
 Port is fo lirtle fiird up, that there can ftili, to this Diy, 
 as great Ships as formerly, pafs by the old Canal, up to 
 the Hornwork of the Town. So long as that Canal re- 
 mains, it cannot be deny'd that there is ftili at Dunkirk a 
 Porr of 1000 Rods long, and confequently able to receive 
 miny Hundred Ships. The Words of the Treaty are, Por^ 
 tui comf.eatnr^ (chat the Haven (hall be fiU'd up) Aggeres 
 aut Mules diruantnr^ (that the Dykes which form the Canal 
 and the Moles be deftroyM.) We appeal even to yonr Ma- 
 jcfty's own Engineers, if the Haven be fill'd up, and if 
 the Dykes be deftroy'd ? The King my Matter is very much 
 perfwaded, that your Majefty being fully informed of this 
 Faft, will give your ftrid Orders, that at laft that fliall be 
 accompIifnM, which, according to the Words of the Trea- 
 ty, ought to have been done above a Year ago. The fame 
 Minifter has Order to reprefent to your Majefty, that the 
 Surprize of the King his Mafter has been ftill greater, 
 when he was told, that norwithftanding the faid 9th Ar- 
 ticle, which fays expreily, ne diSla Munimenta^ PortttSj 
 Moles J aut Aggeres denuo unquttmreficiantur^ (that the faid 
 Fortifications, the Port, or the Dikes of Dmkirk {hall ne- 
 ver be rebuilt) that they are adliially at Work in making 
 a new Port much larger than the old Canal, which, as 
 well as the old Haven, goes up to the Town of Dunkirk i 
 and that the Foundation of a Sluice much greater than the 
 former, which ferv'd to clean the old Haven, is laid. 
 
 It cannot be imaginM that your Majefty will make Ufe 
 of the Word DiSia^ which is in that Article, to maintain, 
 that fmce the fame Canal is not reftor*d, the fame Mate- 
 rials are not made Ufe of, and the fame Baftions and 
 Courtains are noc rebuilt, that your Majefty is ac Ltibeity 
 ^3 «•
 
 64 The Hiftorical Re^^ipr, 
 
 to raife new Works, and make a new Port, better than 
 the former. The Bona Fide which ought to reign in aW 
 Treaties, and which will be relit^ioiifly obferv'd by the 
 King my Mnfter, will not admit of fuch a Supposition. 
 
 When Ship' can go into Vur.kirk hy the old Cnnal which 
 is on the North, or by the New, which is on the Weft, 
 Dunkirk will in the f^me M-nner be a Port, and be equal- 
 ly incommodious and dangerous to the Commerce of Great 
 Britain. 
 
 In either of thefe two Cafes, the Treaty will be equ iliy 
 violated. The King of Great Brit/tin is refoivM, oa his 
 Side religiciilly to obferve the Treaty of Utrecht^ and to 
 maintain with your Ma)?Oy an Amiry fo fincere, that he 
 defires above all Things to prevent all Incidents th^t may 
 difturb that good Intelligence, And as the Hoprrs of fee- 
 ing the entire Execution of that 9-h Article, has been to 
 Great 'Britain the principil Motive for accepring the Peace 
 of Utrecht^ he has ordered the underwritcen Minifter to 
 make the mofi prefliiig Inftances with your Majefty, that 
 you will pleafe to give Order for filling up the faid Canals, 
 
 To this Memorial the Court cf France retnrnU the following 
 Aiifaer ; 
 
 PUrfuant to the grh. Article of the Treaty of Peace con- 
 cluded at Utrecht^ the Harl;our of Dunkirk^ between 
 the Town and the Citadel, is entirely filTd up. Never- 
 thelefs, Men are ftill at work, carrying into it the E^rth 
 that is produced by the demolifliing of the Cavaliers of 
 the Citadel. 
 
 The Words Tortus com*)leatur^ can never be apply'd to 
 the Old Canal, which is very different from the Harbour ; 
 reither, to be fure, would the King ever have engaged 
 entirely to deftroy a Canal of 1000 Toifes in Length. 
 
 That would have be?n a Work immoderately great ; 
 for the only Time Men could have been employ'd therein, 
 would have been at low Warer. 
 
 On the other Hand, it would have been altogether need- 
 lefs : for the Sea will foon carry away what remains of 
 the Dykes that were made. 
 
 Thofe Dykes and Jettcs iink daily, and are wafli'd 
 away by the Sea : But it having been lately demanded on 
 the Part of the King of Great Britain^ that to the End 
 they might be carry'd off the fooner, the King would 
 caufe four Coupures, or Outlets, to be made therein, his 
 "Majefty gave Orders accordingly ; and by Means of this 
 
 new
 
 fro?n July I J i^, ?^ January T716. 65 
 
 new Work, the old Cannl will be fo choak'd up in a few 
 Diys, thar it will be level with the Strand, and no Ship- 
 ping will be iibJe to enter it. 
 
 Nay, they will not be able to go up thither, even at 
 High Water, bur as they do at all other Places along the 
 Coaft, quite from Newport to Calais, 
 
 The King has feveral Times compliin'd of Dllatorinefs 
 on the Part of En'^Iand^ in Point of executing the 9th 
 Article of the Peace of Utrecht. It ought not therefore to 
 be charged upon his Majefty. This is notorious. 
 
 It is well known too, that the Fortification? of Dunkirk 
 are demolifliM 5 and that the Harbour is fo fiU'd up, that 
 it would be impoffible for the King to make it good again, 
 did not his Majefty defign (as he fully does) puiiaually 
 to perform the Treaty. 
 
 He has already feveral Times anfwer*d the Complaints 
 which for fome Time paft he has received, about the Work 
 he was forced to make, to hinder a great Tradl of Land 
 from being laid under Water, which the ruining of the 
 Sluices of Dunkirk would have efFedled. However, he is 
 willing to repeat once more the Reafons he has given for 
 that Proceeding. 
 
 The Waters of the Canals of Fumes, la Moere, Wynox- 
 herg^ and Eourbourg^ were difcharg'd by the Sluices of 
 i>unkirk. This Outlet was neceffary to keep the Caftella- 
 nies of Bo7irhourg^ Wynoxberg^ and even fome Part of that 
 of Furnesy from being overflowed, which without it they 
 muft infallibly have been : But the King having proraisM 
 utterly to deftroy the Sluices of Dunkirk^ gave his Orders 
 for executing the Treaty, and in the mean while causM a 
 Reprefentation to be made to the Queen of Great Britainj 
 of the Inconveniencies that would enfue upon this rigo- 
 rous Performance 5 defiring at the fame Time, that (he 
 would fuffer one of the three Sluices which were to be 
 deftroy'd, to ftand as it did. 
 
 This was deny'd by that Princefs ; fo it became necef» 
 fary to find out fome other Method for difcharging the 
 Water of thofe four Canals, . 
 
 The Bnglifij CommiiTaries and Engineers were WitnefTes 
 
 of the feveral Projects that were form'd for that Purpofe, 
 
 They were full well acquainted with the Defign of the 
 
 Canal of Mardike ; and were of the Opinion, it was im- 
 
 poflible to be executed. It is true, it was a very expenfive 
 
 one ; and the King would gladly have fav'd that Money, 
 
 had it pieas'd the Qiieeii of Great Britain t^ leave one of 
 F 4 - - - ^^^
 
 66 The Hiftoricdl Regjfter, 
 
 the Sluces of Dunkirk Handing, only to Jifcharge the Wa- 
 ters from the Country. 
 
 But upon her Refufal, it ws Hlifolutely neceiTiry ro 
 open this Canal, to receive the W^rers of the four ochtr 
 Canals, 
 
 Thefe four ok' Canals are navigable, and are together 
 4^ Toifes broad ; and conftqnenr ly, the new Canal mufl 
 needs have a fuiTicient Bredth to receive all thofe Waters, 
 and d fcharge *«m into the S^^a. 
 
 The Siuice alfo mtill neceirarily be proportiona' le to the 
 Breadth of the Cans!, and to liie Quantity of W<iters it 
 retains ; for the Point is, to hinder the Tides getting inro 
 the Cour.try, and to keep m tl^e Waters of the four old 
 Canals at high Tider. 
 
 The Seafcn prefs'd the finifhing of tl at WorV ; and it 
 the fame had not been carry'd on with great Diiigence, 
 what would not Men have apprehended from the Difordcr 
 which the Aurumn R.iins might occahon, 
 
 Thefe are the Morives which o'ulig'd the King foc.iufe 
 the new Canal of Alardyke to be open'd, and to haften the 
 Accoinplifhmenr of t!\at\\ork : His iVl;ijefly h'-<s no Defign, 
 no Intention to make a new Harbour at Mardyke, to build 
 a Place there : He has already declared, and once more 
 repeats it, that he is only willing to fave a Country, whicb 
 would be laid under Water, if this was not difchar'd in.o 
 the Sea. 
 
 For the reft, the King has given gooJ Proofs of I is 
 Bona Fide in the Execution of the Treaties : His Majtfty 
 has given particular Marks thereof co the King of Great 
 Britain, He fees with Pleafure the Affurances which ii)at 
 Prince renews to him, that hs will religioufly obferve the 
 Treaty of Utrecht, and maintain a fincere Fricndilup with 
 him. 
 
 In Cafe of thofe happy Difpofitions, all Incidents ci- 
 pable of difturbing that good Underftanding, may be 
 eafily avoided. 
 
 The King does not doubt but it will be perfe(5l, when 
 all Sufpicions on both Sides (hall be fincerely cleared up, 
 and all Snppofitions banifh'd. 'Tis for this End, that his 
 Majefty is pleas'd to repeat the Reafons contained in tJiis 
 Memorial, and chat he again orders the Sienr ^'/^erritfe, 
 his Envoy Extraordinary, to give an Account thereof 
 to the King of Great Britain. The ad of Noyember^ 
 J714. 
 
 Mean-
 
 from July i7i^<^ to J^nu^ivy 1716. 67 
 
 Meanwhile, in order ro put a Stop to the riotous Af- 
 fembliesof the difcontented P^rty, who had already be- 
 gun to throw off the M-flc, the King thought fir. to fign 
 the following Proclamation for the fupprefling of Riots, 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 "T ^ THereas of late Years fevfral Rio's, Tumulrs, and 
 V V unlawful AiT mbJies, have been in many Parts of 
 this Re^lm, to the Difturbance of rhe publirk Peace, and 
 to the endangering of all Order and Government; and 
 there is gre^f Reafbn to appreheiiJ^ that the fame were 
 promote! and encouraged by thofe, whofe Duty it was to 
 have prevented and fupprefs'd the fame ; and the like 
 Diforc^ers are ytx continued, and feveral of our loving 
 Siil)je6ls, who have endeavour'd to fupprefs the fame, 
 have been barbaroufly murder'd, and others grievoufly 
 wouiided ; And whereas by an Ait of Parliament made 
 in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the 
 Fourth, it is ordain'd and eftabliHi'd, That if any Riot, 
 AiTeml)!) , or Rout of People, againft the Law, be made 
 in any Parts of the Realm, that the Juftices of the Peace 
 three, or two of them at the leaft, and the Sheriff or 
 Under Sheriff of the County, where fuch Riot, AfTembly, 
 or Rent fmll be made, (liall come with the Power of the 
 County, it Need be, to arreft ihem, and fhall arreft thera * 
 and the fame Juftices, Sheriff, or Under-Shenff, fhall 
 liave Power to record that which fliall be found fo done in 
 their Prefnce againft the Laws; and that by the Record 
 of the faid Juftices, Sheriff, or Under- Sheriff, fuch Tref- 
 pafTtrs and Offenders fliall be convidled. Now to the End 
 tliat the Offenders afortfaid may be brought to Juftice, and 
 for preventing the like traiterous and riotous Affemblies 
 for the future, we have thought fit, by the Advice of 
 our Privy Council, to iffue this our Royal Proclamation, 
 hereby ftridly commanding and requiring all our Juftices 
 of the Peace, and all other our Civil Ofticers, that they 
 ufe their utmoft Endeavours for difcovering and appre- 
 liending the faid Offenders, that they may be brought to 
 Juftice ; and that the faid Juilices of the Peace, Sheriffs, 
 and Under Sheriffs, do ufe the molt effedlual Means for 
 fupprefling all Riots and Tumults, and to that End do pat 
 the faid Statute, and all other Statutes made in Englaml 
 againft Riots, Routs, and unlawful Affemblies, in Execu- 
 tion ; and that the faid Juftices, and all other our Civil 
 Officers, to whom it doth appertain, do give the neceffary 
 Piredtions, th^t fuflicient Watch and Ward be duly kept, 
 
 ac
 
 68 The Hijiorical Regifter^ 
 
 at fuch Times as they fliall judge necelTdry, for the prt^ 
 venting and fuppreffing the like Diforders. And we do 
 hereby farther ftridly charge and command aJl our Offi- 
 cers, Civil and Military, and Al other our loving Sub- 
 je6ls, that they be aiding and afiifting in the Execution of 
 our Commands herein, and in the apprehending and tak- 
 ing all fuch Perfons, who have, or fhall hereafter offend 
 in Manner aforefaid. And we do hereby charge and 
 command, that the fdid Offenders he profecuted with the 
 utmoft Severity and Rigour of the Law, we being tt- 
 folv'd to fupprefs fuch Riots and Tumults, by a moft ftridl 
 and exemplary Punifliment of all fuch Offenders as have 
 been already, or fhall be difcover'd. And we do hereby 
 command the refpeclive Jultices of the Peace, and other 
 Magiftrates aforefiid, that they do, from Time to Time, 
 tranfmit an exa6l Account of what they fhall Ho^ purfu- 
 ant to this our Proclamation, to one of our Principal Se- 
 cretaries of State. 
 
 Giyen at out Court at St, James'5 the id Day of No- 
 vember, 1 71 4, in the Firfi Tear of our Rei^u. 
 
 On the i6th of Noyemher^ the King prefent in Council, 
 the following Order was ariade ; 
 
 X !t yHereas in the Adl of Uniformity, which effablifhes 
 V V the Liturgy of tlie Church of Englar.d^ Provifiou 
 is made for fuch Alterations in the Prayers for the Royal 
 Family, as from Time to Time fhall become neceffary, 
 and be direded by lawful Authority ; it is this Day or- 
 dered by his Majefty in Council, that in the feveral 
 Prayers and Suffrages for the Royal Family, the Words, 
 The Frincefi and their Jjfue^ be inferted after the Words, Hi^ 
 'Royal B'ighnefs GEORGE Trince of Wales, and before the 
 Words, and all the Royal Family ; and that his Grace the 
 Archbifhop of Canterbury do accordingly caufe the necefla- 
 ry Diredtions to be given therein, 
 
 Edward SouthveeU* 
 
 On the iSth the Archbifliop of Canterbury fent his Di- 
 redlions to Mr. John Basket^ the King's Printer, purfuant 
 to the foregoing Order. 
 
 On the 27th of Noyember, five of the Confpirators 
 againfl the Life of the l^te King WiUiam^ who had been* 
 committed to Nextgate for High Treafon in the Year 1695, 
 and fmcc continued in Prifou by two AAs of Parliamentj 
 
 xnov*a
 
 y>cw July I7I4) t^ January 17 16. 69 
 
 mov'd by their Councilj at the Courr of King''s Betichj that 
 they might be releas'd from their Confinement, upon 
 Bail, by Virtue of the Habeas Corpus A61, This being a 
 Caufe of great Nicety and Importance, the Court thought 
 fir to put off the Determination of it to the laft Day of 
 the Term, when the Prifoners being brought to Court, 
 their Council renevv'd the former Motion in their Behalf, 
 ulledging withall, that the Adl, by Virtue of which they 
 were conrinu'd under Confinement during the late^Qiieen's 
 Pleaftire, was expired at her Majefly's Death, After a 
 full Hearing, the Lord Chief Juftice Parker made a Speech 
 at lafted above Half an Hour; the main Subltance of 
 /"hich amounted to this: After having laid open the E- 
 ormity of the Crime v/ith which the Prifoners flood 
 harg'dj and for wljich they were committed, together 
 vith the Reafons that had prevented rheir being brought 
 o their Trials, his Lordfiiip faid, ' That the Legifiarure 
 had thought fit to interpofe in this important Affair, 
 and in a fpecial Manner to Ihew a tender Concern for 
 the ficred Lives of Kings : That the two particular 
 Afts of Parliament for continuing the Prifoners under 
 Confinement during the late King William's^ and the 
 late Queen's Pleafure, had not only fufpended, but, in 
 a Manner, extinguifk'd tha Habeas-Corpus Adl with re- 
 fpe£l to the Prifoners, fo that they could not expefl any 
 Benefit from it : That as to what had been alledg'd in 
 their Favour, that the laft Adl of Parliament for their 
 being kept in Prifon, was determined by the Death of 
 the late Quten, it was to be obferv'd, that tho' the 
 inferior Courts have a difcretional Power to admit Per- 
 fons in Cuftcdy to Bail, yet that Power is reftrain*d by 
 the very A6t of Habeas-Corpusy which excepts the Cafes 
 of Felony and High Treafon : That therefore that 
 Court could not determine, whether or no the Adl for 
 continuing the Prifoners in Cuftody was expir'd by the 
 late Queen's fudden Death ; That this nice Queftion was 
 only to 1)6 determined by the fame Power that made 
 that A6t •, and that the laft Seflion of Parliament hav- 
 ing been fo fhort, that the Legiflature couJd not take 
 that Matter into Confiderationj they muft wait till the 
 next Seffion; That, in the mean Time, there was a 
 good Reafon for keeping the Prifoners under Reftraint, 
 drawn from the Condudl of the late Queen towards 
 them : That that wife Princefs had, fome Years ago, 
 confented to the Enlargment of a fixth Confpirator, 
 (one Cmnter^ but had not thought fit to extend the 
 
 • fame
 
 70 The Hiftorical Regifter^ 
 
 * fame Favour to the fiV^ Prifoners ; Thar this Exairple 
 ^ ought, on this Oixafion, to be a Rule for the Court of 
 
 * King's-Bencb^ whofe Duty it is, in a p.rticular Manner, 
 ' to ihew their tender Concern for the Safety of ti e 
 
 * Royal Perfon of the Sovereign; and coiifider, thi-t 
 
 * fince the Prifoners could have fcrm'd the black De/i^^n 
 < of embruing their Parricide- H^ncls in the RIcod of the 
 
 * late King Uilliam^ it was ro be fear'd, that if they 
 ^ were 'enlarged, they might alfo cnnfpire againft ttiC 
 
 * facred and precious Life of his pr f^nr M..)cfty.'* Upon 
 the whole Matter, the Court ordeiM the Prifoners to be 
 remanded to the Prifon of Ntwgate. 
 
 On the i^rh of Noyember^ the Dukes of Marihorough^ 
 Shrewsbury^ and ArgyJe^ the Earls of Nottirgham and Sun- 
 derland^ the Lord Vifcouat Towvp^end -^ the Marquefs de 
 Montehone^ ErabaiTad^r of Sfam-^ Count de N^ftitz, the 
 Tolijli Envoy, and feveral other Perfons of Diftinclion, 
 received by the Mail from Vrance^ Copies of a Paper print- 
 ed in three ftvtral other Languages, >fa Erglijh^ French^ 
 and Latin^ fign'd at the Top James II. and dated at Plom- 
 lieres t\\Q 29th Day of Augufi, 1714; vv'hich being a 
 Kind of Manifelto, or Declaration of the Pretender, af- 
 ferting his Right to the Crown of Great Britain^ moft 
 of the Perfons who received the faid Paper, thought it 
 their Duty to deliver it into the Hands eitb.er of his Ma- 
 jefty, or of the Secretaries of State. Many of the Jaco- 
 bites were at firft of Opinion, that this Piece \vs fpur;- 
 ous, and a Contrivance of the well affeded to the prefent 
 Settlement, in order to afperfe the late Miniftry, and In- 
 fluence the furure Eleftions for Parliament-Men j but it was 
 foon generally acknowledged, that the faid Declaration 
 was genuine, and defign'd by the Pretender's Friends to 
 buoy up his finking Party in Great Britain and Ireland-^ 
 for which Renfon, the Governmen: thought fit toAippreis 
 the fame. Moreover, it being reafonably prefum'd, that 
 the faid Declaration was printed at PlombiereSy under the 
 Countenance, if not with the Approbation of the Duke 
 of Lorrahy the King gave Orders to the Lord Townfijendy 
 Secretary of State, to write to the Marquefs de Lamberti^ 
 that Prince's Minifter, to forbid him the Court, The 
 Lord TownpJend's Letter contain'd in Subftance, ' That it 
 ' was inconfiftent with his Majeity's Honour and Dignity, 
 
 * as well as Intereft, to admit to Audience the Minifter 
 
 * of a Prince, who, at that very Jundlure, gave Shelter 
 ^ and Protection to ^ Pretender, and an open Enemy to 
 
 * his
 
 /r^w July 1714, to ]nnu^ry 1716. 71 
 
 ' his Majefty'f Dominions." The Marqnels Ue Lamberti 
 tranfmittecl this Letter to the Duke of Lorraiuy left London 
 towards the Elnd of Nayemler, and took a Journey to 
 Oxford, expedling his Matter's Anfwer, which having re- 
 ceiv'd about the Beginning of December, he communicated 
 the fame to the Lord Vifcount Townfiiend, The faid An- 
 fwer was as follows: 
 
 The Duke of Lorrain'f Letter to his Minifer Monfimr Lam- 
 berti, dated at Nancy the 6th of December, 1714. 
 
 N. S. 
 
 I Believe, Sir, you no Ways doubt of my being extreme- 
 ly furpriz'd to hear by the Courier which came from 
 you, that when you apply'd to my Lord Townjhend to 
 obtain an Auuiejice, that Minifter made Anfwer, thac 
 fince the Chevalier de St. George remained ftill in ray Do- 
 minions, the King thought he to forbid you the Court. 
 In Cafe his Majefty Ihould continue in this difagreeable 
 Refolution with Refpedl to me, I muft fubmit to his 
 Pleafure, and you have nothing elfe to do but to return 
 hither as foon as you are able : However, you are firft to 
 apply to the Duke of Marlborough, and to the King's Mi- 
 nifters, defiring them to lay before his Majefly the unfor- 
 tunate Situation I am in, if after having been fo ready to 
 let the King know the Part I take in his Acceflion to the 
 Crown of Uiigland, and after having been one of the firft 
 to make my Coniplemenrs, and Ihew my Zeal on this 
 Occa/ion, all Europe (hould be acquainted that his Majefty 
 has fome Reafon to be difiatisfy'd with me ; That I can- 
 not conceive whence this .fliould proceed, fine* as to the 
 Chevalier de St. George, the World knows by what Means 
 he came into this Country : That every one is inform'd 
 of the Situation of my Territories, which are furrounded 
 and cut through on all Sides by Tranu : That *tis known 
 how I had no Share in his coming into ray Country ; 
 that I neither invited him to come thither, nor could I 
 force him to go away . That lately upon the Death of 
 Queen Anne, I knew nothing of his leaving Bar till 
 twelve Hours after he was gone from thence ; and that I 
 knew nothing of liis Return to l^ar till after he was come 
 back, as a Traveller that goes backwards and forwards i^^ 
 an open Country, and intermixt with other Territories, 
 as mine is : That as to the Manifefto or Declaration dated 
 at Flombieres, which the Chevalier de St. George had got 
 printed^ I knew nothing more of it, than that he gave 
 
 me
 
 72 The Hiftorkal Regifler^ 
 
 me one, after it had been publifli'd ; But that really I am 
 much concerned to hear from you, that it his been re- 
 ported, that the fame Man ifefloes have been fpread abro^id 
 by you, or by thofe of your Retinue. I own to you 
 that I am extremely concern'd at this ; and that in Ibme 
 Sort it feems to be a Defign to make me uneafy, to 
 give out, that either I or my Servants meddled in fuch 
 an Aftair. 
 
 Thefe are the Reafons which I h-ive to offer, and which 
 I would have you defire thofe Gentlemen to lay before the 
 King ; in Hopes they will convince his M.^)efty of my 
 moft refpedlful Adherence to him., and that his Ma jelly 
 will be pleas'd to admit you to an Audience, 
 
 But if, contrary to my Expectation, the King will not 
 grant you an Audience, you are to come aw-iy, having 
 defir'd the Minifters to let the King know the Concern I 
 am under, and that I hope his Majefty will pleafe to 
 accept of my good Intentions, and the early Care I tooJt 
 to fliew him the inviolable Z^^^I I have for him. 
 
 This is all yau will have from me. I am, ^c. 
 
 When the Marquefs de tambertl communicated this 
 Letter to the King's Minifters, he, at the fame Time, ex- 
 prefs'd his Matter's deep Concern at this unlucky Affair, 
 which obflru6led the Friendlliip and good Underltanding 
 he had fo early fought with his Britannick Majefty, for 
 whom he ever entercainM the higheft Efteem and Venera- 
 tion. And he likewife exprefs'd his own particular Con- 
 cern ; and the great Mortification it was to him, not to 
 be admitted to a Court, he had fo great a Defire to be made 
 Icnown to. He was anfwer'd, ' That it was not out of 
 
 * any Prejudice to his Perfon, nor even to the Perfon of 
 
 * his Mafter, for whom the King had a great Efteem ; 
 ' but that as AfEairsitood at prefent, tho* his Excsfes were 
 
 * in fome Meafure allowable, yet his Majefty was the beft 
 
 * Judge of what was confiftent with his own Honour and. 
 ' Dignity ; and as his Majefty was likewife feniible of 
 ' the Duke's Readinefs to feek and cultivate a Friendiliip 
 ' with his Majefty, fo the King wifh'd, that the Caufes 
 ' which obftrufled the fame, at prefent, might be fpee- 
 ' dily remov'd." The Marquefs de Lamberti finding by 
 this Anfwer, that his Majefty infifted on the Removal 
 of the Pretender from the Dominions of Lorrain^ before 
 he Vould admit him to Audience, took his Leave of the 
 Lord Tovonjbend^ and fbott after fet ouc from tQndon on his 
 Return Home, 
 
 About
 
 fromjuly 1714, f-? January 1716. 73 
 
 About the Beginning of December^ the King fign'd 
 three Proclamations : One for putting the Laws in. 
 Execution againft Papifts and Nonjurersj which was a$ 
 follows ; 
 
 GEORGER. 
 
 WHerer.s of late feveral Riots, Tumults, and un- 
 lawful AfTen^blies, have been in many Parts of 
 this Realm, to the Difturbance of the publick Peace, and 
 to the endangering of all Order and Government ; and 
 there is great Reafou to apprehend, that the fame are very 
 much promoted and encouraged by Papifts, Nonjurers, and 
 other Perfons difaffe6led to our Government, Favourers of 
 the Pretender : And whereas the fad Pretender has pub- 
 lifli'd a traiterous Paper, under the Title of his Declara- 
 tion, of the Date o* the Nine and Twentieth Day of 
 Aiiguft laft, N. S. which hath been difpers'd in many 
 Parts of our Dominions, and in feveral Parts of Europe^ 
 in manifeft Violation of our lawful and rightful Title to 
 the Crown of thefe Realms : And whereas by an A61 of 
 Parliament made in the firft Year of the Reign of the late 
 King William and Qiieen Mary^ entitled, An ASi for the 
 better fecuring the Goyernment^ by difarming Papifis and re- 
 puted £apifis^ it was enadled. That it (hculd and might be 
 lawful for any two, or more Jullices of the Peace^ v^ho 
 fhould know, or fufpedl any Perfon to be a Papift, or 
 fliould be informM that any Perfon was, or was £ufpe6ted 
 to be a Papift, to teeder, and they were thereby autho- 
 rized and required forthwith to tender to fuch Perfon, fo 
 known or fufpedted to be a Papift, the Declaration fee 
 down and exprefs'd in an Adl of Parliament made in the 
 Thirtieth Year of the Reign of the late King Charles the 
 Second, entitled, An A61 fur the more effcHual prefery'tng 
 the King*s Perfon and Goyernment^ by difMir.g 'Papijls from 
 fitting in either Houfe $f Parliament^ to be , by him made, 
 repeated, and fubfcrib'd ; and if fuch Perfon fo required, 
 fliould refufe to make, repeat, and fubfcribe the faid De- 
 claration, or refufe, or forbear to appear before the faid 
 Juftices, for the making, repeating, and fubfcribing 
 thereof, on Notice to him given, or left at his ufual Place 
 of Abode by any Perfon authorized in that Behalf, by 
 Warrant under the Hands and Seals of the faid two 
 Juftices, he was in and by that Adl prohibited to have or 
 keep in^his Houfe, or elfewhere, or iu the PofTefllon of 
 any other Perfon, to his Ufe, or at his Difpofition, any 
 Arms, WeapoaS| Gunpowder j or Ammunition, other than 
 § fuch
 
 74 ^^^ Hiftorical Rezjfter^ 
 
 fiich necefTary Weapons, as fhould be allotv'd ro birh by 
 Order of rhe Julhces of the Peace ac their General Quiir- 
 ter Seflions, for the Defence of his Houf- or Perfon ; and 
 that any two or more Juftices of the Peace, by Wairanc 
 under their Hands and 6eals, by Virtue of that Act, niiglic 
 authorize and impovver Any Perfon or Ptrrfons, in the 
 Day-time, with tne Afliftance of the Conltuble, or his 
 Deputy, or the Tythingman, or Heaaboront^h, where the 
 Search fhould be, to fearcli for all Arms, Weapons, Gun- 
 powder, or Ammunion, which fhould be in the Houf;', 
 Cuftody, or PolT>rilion of any fuch Papift, or reputed P<i- 
 pift, and feize the fame for our Ufe : And fartherj Th.t 
 no Papift, or rc-puted Papift, ^o refufia.g, or m.ikin^ D - 
 faultj (hould or mi^ht have, or keep in his own PolT iltoiij 
 or in the Pofftflion of any other Ptrfon to his Ufe, nr at 
 his Difpofition, any Horfe, or Horfes, whi-li fhould be 
 above the Value of five Pounds, to be fold \ and that any 
 two, or more Juftices of the Peace, by Warrant lui. er 
 their Hands and Seals, might, and Oiould aurhonze any 
 Perfon or Perfons, with fuch Aflii>ance as aforefaid, wh.-re 
 the Search fhould be, ro fearch for, and feizt for our Ufe, 
 all fuch Horfe and Horfe?, which fliould be above rhe 
 Value of five Pounds, to be fold : And whireas by ano- 
 ther A61 made in the faid firfl Year of rhe R-i^n of 
 their faid late Majrfties King William and Queen Mary^ 
 entitled. An AEi for the Ahroganv^ of ihe Oathj of Supre- 
 macy and Allegiance^ and apjjoijitiiig other (Jathsy all Per Jons 
 wlio fhould retufe to rake the Oatljs therein diredlsd to be 
 taken, after tli6 Tenders thereby diretted to be made, and 
 fliould refufe to make and fubfcribe the faid Declaration, 
 in the faid Ad of the Thirtieth Year of the faid late 
 King Charles the Second, fhould fuffer all Pains, Penalties, 
 Forfeitures, and Difabilities, as a Popifh Recufant Con- 
 vi6l, and be taken and deem'd Popifli Recufauts Convidl 
 to ajl Intents and Purpofes whatfoever ; And whereas in 
 and by one other A61 made in the Parliament of Great 
 Britain^ in the fixth Year of the Reign of the late Queen 
 Anne^ our dear Sifterj entitled, An A{1 for the better Seen- 
 rity of her Majefty's Perfon and Goyernment, it was enadled, 
 That it fhould and might be lawful for any two Juflices 
 of the Peace, whereof one of them to be of the Quorumj 
 within any of the Counties, Ridings, Divifions, Stewarties, 
 Cities, or Boroughs, within our Kingdom of Great Bri- 
 tain^ or any other Perfon or Perfons, who fhall be by us, 
 for tliat Purpofe, fpecially appointed by Order in our 
 Privy Council, or by Commifhon under our Great Seal, 
 '^ ^ ^ ^ "' ' at
 
 /r^w July 1714, ^d? January 1716. 75 
 
 '«iC any Timfi or Times, lo fummon nnd convene before 
 them all fuch Perfons within the Limits of their refpe- 
 (ftive Juiifdidlions, Powers and Authorities, as they fliould 
 or roiglu fufpedl ro be dangerous, or dif«ffe<£ied to us, or 
 our Governmcnr, and {hould and might render ro every 
 I'uch Perfon and Perfons, the Oath in that Adt menrion'dj 
 commonly calTd, The Abjuration Oath^ and fhould at tha 
 next Quiiter Seflions of the Peace, to be held for the 
 County or Place in which the f.iid Oath fhould be ten- 
 der*d, certify the Chriftian Name and Sirnames, and 
 Places of Abode, of all Perfons refufin^ to take the 
 faid Oath, to be there recorded, and (hall be from thence 
 certify'd by the Clerk of the Peace of fuch County, 
 Riding, Liberty, Borough, Town Corporate, or Place 
 within England, into the Court of Chancery, or KingV 
 Bench at he/fminfier, and by the Clerk of the Peace of 
 every Shire, Stewarry, Borough, or Place, in ScotJanJ^ 
 into the Court of S.fllon there, to be r:Corced in the Re- 
 gifler, or Rolls of the faid refpedive Courts ; and if 
 the Perfon fo refufing and certuy'd, fliall not within the 
 Jiext Term, or Ssflion, afcer fu^h Refuf^l, appear in the 
 Court of Chancery, King's Bench, o.r Seflion, where fuch 
 Certificate {hall be returned, and in open Court audibly 
 and folemnly take and fubfcribe the Oath aforefaid, and 
 cndorfe, or enter, his fo doing upon the Certificate Co 
 returned, fhall be from the Time of fuch his Neeledl or 
 Refufal, taken, efteem'd, and adjudg'd a Popilh Ricufant 
 Convidl, and as fuch, (hall forfeit and undergo fuch Pe- 
 nalties as a Popifli Recufant Convict ought to do, by the 
 Laws then in Force within Ei gland : And by an Adt made 
 in the Five and Thirtieth Year of the Reign of Queen 
 Elizabeth, every Popifli Recufant Convidl is to repair to 
 the Place of his ufual Dwelling, or Abode, and not at 
 any Time to remove above five Miles from thence, unlefs 
 thereunto Ircens'd according to the Diredlion of that Adt, 
 or of a fubfequent A61, made in the third Year of the 
 Reign of the late King ^ames the Firft : Now for the Pre- 
 fervation of the publick Peace, and for preventing the 
 like traiterous Pratlices for the future, we have thought 
 fir, by and v/ith the Advice of our Privy Council, to 
 ifTue this our Royal Proclamation, hereby commanding 
 and requiring all our jultices of the Peace, and all others 
 whom it may concern, that they do, with the utmoft 
 Diligence and Application, put the faid Laws ftridtly in 
 Execution againft Papifts and Nonjurors, and that they 
 tender to them the faid Oaths and Declaration, and take 
 
 G ^'om
 
 76 The Hiflorkal Regijter^ 
 
 from the Refufers thereof their Horfes and Arms, and ufe 
 their Endeavours to confine them to their ufual Habitati- 
 ons, in fuch Manner as by the faid Laws is direiled ; and 
 that they do alfo put ftridlly in Execution all ocher Laws 
 made againft Papifts, reputed Papifts, and Nonjurors. And 
 we do further ftriftly charge and command all Popilh Re- 
 cufants, Natives, and Denizens^ who fhiiU be above the 
 Age of fixteen Years, that they do, according to the Sta- 
 tute in that Behalf made, repair to their refpeftive Places 
 of Abode, and do not thence remove, or pafs above the 
 Diftance of five Miles, unlefs thereunto licensM according 
 to Law •, and the refpedlive Juftices of the Peace, and 
 others concern'd to execute our Commands herein, are 
 hereby required to certify an Account of what they 
 fliall do, purfuant to the fame, to us in our Privy 
 Council. 
 
 Giren at our Court at St. James'* the 6th Day of Dscetw 
 ber, 1714, in the Firft Tear of our Re'ign. 
 
 The other two Proclamations were for a publick Thanks- 
 giving, to be obferv'd in England and Stotiand ^ the Hiil 
 of which was as follows : 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 WHereas we have received an humble Application 
 from the Archbifliops and Kifhops of Englandj 
 that a Day may be appointed for a publick Thankfgiving 
 to Almighty God, for his great Goodnefs in bringing us 
 to a peaceable and quiet PclTeflion of the Throne of Great 
 Britain, and thereby difappointing the Defigns of the 
 Pretender, and the wicked Contrivances of his Adhe- 
 rents, to defeat us of our undoubted Right to tlie Impfe- 
 rial Crown of this Realm, and to fubvert the eftablifli*d 
 ConlUtution in Church and State : We being well pleas'd 
 with this Inftance of the good AfFedlioiis of our People, 
 and deeply fenfible of this fignal Providence of God, 
 which calls for the mofl thankful and foiemn Acknow- 
 ledgments both from us and our Subjedls, have thought fie, 
 by the Advice of our Privy Council, to ifTue this our 
 Royal Proclamation, hereby appointing and command- 
 ing, that a General Thankfgiving to Almighty God, for 
 thefe his Mercies, be obferv'd throughout England^ Wahsy 
 and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, on Thurfday the 
 Twentieth Day of JavMary next. And for the better 
 and more orderly folemniziiig the fame, we have given 
 Diredlions to the Molt Reverend the Archbiiliops, and 
 "' ^ " " Righc
 
 from July jy I /^, f^ January 17 16. 77 
 
 Right Reverend the Bifhops of England^ to compofe a Form 
 of Prayer fuitable to this Occafion, to be ufed ia all 
 Churches and Chapels, and other Places of }.ublick Wor- 
 fliip, and to take Care for the timely difperfing of the 
 fame throughout their refpedive Diocefes. And we do 
 ftridlly charge and command, that the faid Publick Day 
 of Thankfgiving be religioufly obferv'd by ali our lov- 
 ing Subjeds, as they tender the Favour of Almighty 
 God, and upon Pain of fufFering fuch Puaiflimenr, as we 
 can jtiflly inflidl upon all fuch who (hall contemn or neg- 
 ledl the fame, 
 
 Giyen at our Court at St, James's the 6th Day 0/ Decem- 
 ber, 1714, in the Firfi Tear of our Reign, 
 
 The Proclamation for a Thankfgiving in Scotland was 
 to the fame Eifedt, Mutatis Mutandis^ particularly the 
 mentioning the Commiffion of the General AfTembly of 
 the Church of Scotland^ inftead of the Archbifhops and 
 Bifhops of England^ &c. 
 
 On the nth of December the King fign'd the following 
 Diredtions to the Clergy, for the Unity of the Church, 
 and the Peace and Quiet of the State. 
 
 DireCiions to our Archbipjops and Bijhops^ for the frefery'tng 
 of Unity in the Churchy and the Furity of the Chrifiian 
 Faith ^ concerning the Holy Trinity j and alfo for frefery'ing 
 the Feace and ^liet of the State. 
 
 GEORGE R, 
 
 MOST Reverend and Right Reverend Fathers in 
 God, we greet you well ; Whereas we are given 
 to underftand, that there have of late been great Diffe- 
 rences among fome of the Clergy of this our Reyilm, 
 about their Ways of exprefling themfelves ia their Ser- 
 mons and Writings, concerning the Docftrine of the 
 BlefTed Trinity : And whereas alfo unufual Liberties have 
 been taktn by feveral of the ftid Clergy, in intermeddling 
 witli the Affairs of State and Government, and the 
 Conititution of the Realm, both v/hich may be of very 
 dangerous Confequence, if not timely prevented ; we 
 therefore, out of our princely Care and Zeal for the Pre- 
 fervation of the Peac:; and Unity of the Church, toge- 
 ther with the Purity of the Chriftian Faith, and alfo for 
 prefervipg the Peace and Quiet of the State, have tiioughc 
 fit to {fend you thefc following Direftions, which we 
 G a llraitly
 
 78 The Htjlorical Regifter^ 
 
 ftraitly charge and command ycu to publifh, and to fee 
 that they be obferv'd within your feveral Diocefes. 
 
 I. That no Preacher whatfoevefj in his Sermon, or 
 Ledlure, do prefume to deliver any other Doflrine con- 
 rerning rhe RIeffed Trinity, than what is conrainM in the 
 Holy Scriptures, and is agreeable to the Three Creeds, and 
 the Thirty Nine Articles of Religion. 
 
 II. Thar in the Explication of this Dodlrine they 
 carefully avoid all new Terms, and confine themfelves to 
 fuch Ways of Expreflion as have been commonly ufed in 
 the Church. 
 
 III.. That Care be taken in this Matter, efpecially to 
 obferve the Fifty Third Canon of this Church, which 
 forbids publick Oppofition between Preachers ; becauie (as 
 that Canon exprefTcs it) there groweth thereby much Of- 
 fence and Difquietnefs unto the People : And that above 
 all Things, they abflain from bitter Inve£lives, and fcur- 
 rilous Language againft all Perfons whatfoever. 
 
 IV. That none of the Clergy, in their Sermons or 
 Leflures, prefume to intermeddle in any Affairs of State 
 or Government, w the Conflitution of the Realm, fave 
 only on fuch fpeCtal Feafts and Fafts as are or fhall be 
 appointed by publick Authority ; and then no farther 
 than the Occafion of fuch Days ihall ftridly require ; 
 provided always, that nothing in this Dire6lion Ihall be 
 underflood to difcharge any Perfon from preaching in. De- 
 fence of our Regal Supremacy eftablilh'd by Law, us often, 
 and in fuch Manner, as the Firft Canon of this Church 
 doth require. 
 
 V. That the foregoing DirecHiions be alfo obferv'd 
 by thofe who write any Thing concerning the faid 
 Subjeds. 
 
 A'L Whereis alfo we are credibly informed, that it is 
 the Manner of fome in every Diocefe, before their Ser- 
 mon, either to ufe a colle£l and the Lord's Prayer, or the 
 Lord's Prayer only, (which the Fifty Fifth Canon pre- 
 fcribes as the Conclulion of the Prayer, and not the whole 
 PrayerJ or at leaft to leave out our Titles, by the faid 
 Canon required to be declar'd and rccogniz'd ; we do far- 
 ther diredt, that you require your Clergy, in their Prayer 
 before Sermon, that they do keep llridtly to the Form 
 in the faid Canon contained, or to the full Effedl 
 thereof, 
 
 Vn. And
 
 ' from July I ji^, to Januzry 1716. 79 
 
 VII. And whereas we alfo underftand, that divers Per- 
 fons, who are not of the Clergy, have of late prefumed, 
 not only to talk, an(J to difpute ag^inft the Chrlftian 
 Faith, concerning the Doflrine of the RlefTed Trinity, 
 but alfo to write and publifli Books and Pamphlets againft 
 the Taniej ajid induftrioufly fpread them thro' the King- 
 dom, cojurary to the known Laws iii that Behalf mada 
 and enadled ; and particularly to one A61 of Parliament 
 made in the ninth Year of King William theThird^ entitled. 
 An ASl for the mote effectual Supprefjtng of Blafphemy and 
 "Brophanenefs : We taking all the Matters above- mention'd 
 into cur Royal and Serious Conilderationj and being de/I- 
 jous to do what in us lies, to put a Stop to thefe Diforder?, 
 do ftridlly charge and command you, together with all 
 other Means fuitable to your holy Profcffion, to make Ufe 
 of your Authority according to Law, for the reprefling 
 and retraining of all fuch exorbitant Pra6lices. And for 
 your Afiiftance, we will give Charge to ou.r Judges, and 
 all other our Civil Officers, to do their Duty herein, ia 
 executing the laid A61, and all other Laws, againft all 
 fuch Perfons as fhall by thefe Means give Occafion of 
 Scandalj Difcord, and Difturbance, in our Church and 
 "Kingdom, 
 
 Ciyen at our Court at St. James^V, the i ith Day of De- 
 cemberj 171 4, in the Tlrfl Tear of our Rei^n, 
 
 By His Majejlfs Command^ Townihend. 
 
 Mean while the Earl ofStrafordy his Majefty's EmbaiT*- 
 dor Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary with the States-Ge- 
 neral, having received his Letters of Revocation, and noti- 
 fy 'd the fame to their High MightinedeFj the hft Day of Dc^ 
 cemher^ N, S. (the 20th O.S.) was appointed for his Excel- 
 lency's publick Audience of Leave. Accordingly, on thac 
 Dty, MefT. Benfwoude and du Tourj their High-MightineiTes 
 Deputies, went to his Excellency's Houfe, and from thence 
 conduiled him, with a prodigious Train of Coaches, . ith 
 S, 6, 4, or 2. Horfes each, thro* the Houtfiraet^ Voorl, it, 
 Vyytrberge^ the Square, Hoogftraet^ Veneftraet^ Spuyfirast^ 
 Bofftraet^ and fo to the Court where their High-Mighti- 
 nelTcs were alTembled ; and being feated in an Elbow-Chair, 
 oppolite to the Prelident Vehers, his* Excellency firft deli- 
 ver'd the King his Matter's Letter, which was immediate- 
 ly read ; and them he took his Leave of them, by the fol- 
 lowing Speech, which he made in French^ yiz,, 
 
 G 5 tli^U
 
 8o The Hifiorical Re^^ipr, 
 
 High and Mighty Lords, 
 
 Bhifides, what you have juft -heard, in the King my 
 Mafter's Letter, I have Orders from his Majefty, now 
 that I am taking my Leave of your High-MightinefTes, 
 to repeat the A'lTnrances of his firm and inviohble Friend- 
 fliip for this Repoblick, which he gave you himfelf as he 
 pafs'd thro* this Countryj and which I have had an Op- 
 portunity of repeating to you more than once, fince the 
 Death of that mod excellent, mod pious, and mod glori- 
 ous Princefs, the late Queen. 
 
 The King my Mafter is fo fen/ible of the Proofs your 
 High-Mightineffes have given him of your AfFedion and 
 Attachm.ent to hislnrereft, that hisMajefty will never be 
 wanting in Point of a juft Acknowledgment. 
 
 His Majefty's illuftrious and fhining Qualities joined to 
 his Power, will ferve you as a Security, that having once 
 that Prince's Good Will and Royal Word, your Republick 
 may rely upon if, as upon the mod foUd Support. 
 
 It is not of this Diy, but from the very fird of my 
 Embady to your High-MightiJiedes, that I have endea- 
 voured to confirm you in the Opinion, that a drifl Union 
 with the Crown of Great Britain, could not but be very 
 advanrageou?, and e\'en neced^ry to you. Your Republick 
 has too often reapM the good Effedls thereof, to have any 
 Room to Goubt of this Truth. 
 
 Your High-Mightinedes will eafily perceive, that after 
 about thirteen Years employ 'd in Embadies, which I began 
 in the Reign of the late King VAlHamoi glorious Memory^ 
 it mud be a great Pleadire to me (having always met 
 with the entire Approbation of my Sovereigns) that I can 
 now return home, and enjoy the prefent Happinefs of my 
 Country. Bat I return vv'ith i^o much the more Satisfadlion, 
 becaufe I have that of feeing the fuccefsful Idlie of my 
 Kegociation?, It is true, there yet remains the Signing of 
 the Peace between S^aln and Portugal, to make the Peace 
 altogether compleat ; which obliges me to inform your 
 High Mightinedes, that it is brought fo near, that in a 
 Conference lately held at my Houfe, between the Pleni- 
 potentiaries of both thofe Crownfj there was no other 
 Difference than of about 1300000 Crowns, without which 
 that Treaty had been men iignM ; which it certainly 
 will be, upon the Return of the Expredrs, which thofe 
 Miaiders then thought themfelves oblig'd to fend about it 
 to their refpe6live Courts ; for the Sura is too inconfide- 
 rable to give any condderable Delay to an Adair of fo 
 
 much
 
 from]u\Y 1714, ?(? January 1716. 81 
 
 much Importance J the rather, becaufe the moft Chriftian 
 King is pleased to interpofe. 
 
 It was my Duty alfo, as you very well know, purfuant 
 to my Inflru6lion3 from the late Queen, (in order to ren- 
 der this Peace lafting) to reconcile the Differences between 
 the Emperor and this Republick, touching the Barrier ; 
 and likewife to renew our Treaties of Alliance, and to 
 fettle mutual Guarantees between the Powers in terefled ia 
 the Balance and Tranquillity o^ Europe \ with which it has 
 iince pleas'd the King my Mailer, principally to entrufl 
 one of his Secretaries of State, who, among other Advan- 
 tages, enjoying that of a perfonai Acquaintance with the 
 Emperor, will not fail, I hope, of fettling them, very 
 fpeedily, to the Satisfadlion of all Parties. 
 
 Mean while, I fee with Pleafure^ that your State begins 
 already to feel the good Effedts of the Peace; And that it 
 is entirely fafe, and UtQ from the Apprehcnfions wherein 
 I found it, upon my Arrival here, of the Events of z 
 long, a bloody, and a burthenfome War. 
 
 As I have always very fincerely wifliM the Profperity 
 and Safety of this Republick, I cannot filently pafs over 
 the Satisfadlion I reap, from the many Opix)rtunities I 
 have had, during the Courfe of my Negociations, of gi- 
 ving very effential Proofs thereof, and of having done 
 this Republick very confiderable Services j which is more 
 particularly known to fome worthy Members of this State, 
 who have honoured me with their Friendfliip, and will not 
 be backward in doing me Juftice upon that Score. 
 
 I have nothing more to do, only to thank your High- 
 MightinelTes for the Favour you have {hewn me, during 
 my Stay here ; and to afTure you, that I fhall always re- 
 tain a very grateful Remembrance of it j and never fail, 
 when I am in my own Country, as I have ever done t\£t- 
 where, to do all that lies in my Power to cherifli the 
 good Harmony and Union between our two Nations, 
 which I look upon as the beft and firmeft Support of the 
 Balance and Liberty of Europe, as well as of the Protellant 
 Religion. 
 
 To this Speech the Prefident returned a very civil An- 
 fwer ; after which the Earl was condufled back to his own 
 Palace with the fame Ceremonies 5 and fome Days afrer- 
 wards, having receiv'd the ufual Prefent of a Gold Chain 
 and Medal, valu'd at 6000 Gilders, and bis Secretary ano- 
 ther worth 600, his Lordftiip embark'd at Rotterdam^ and 
 Sirriv'd in En^lnni on the laft Di^y of th€ Year, Soon 
 ©4 afce
 
 82 The Hifiorkal Regifier, 
 
 after his Arrival, the King thought fit to have his Papers 
 relating to his publick Negotiarions hid before the Coun- 
 cil, and therefore Ant the Lord Vifcount Townjhend with a 
 2V5eiTage to his Lorofnip's Houfe to demand the fame. The 
 Eiirl having made fome Difficulty to comply with that 
 Demand, unhCs he had an exprefs Order from the Council 
 in Writing, his Lordfhip was fummon'd before tlie Coun- 
 cilj and after he had been examined, his Majefty was 
 pleafed to make the following Order : 
 
 At the Court of St. JamesV, the nth Day of January, 1714. 
 
 ^ R E S E NT 
 
 The King's mo(l excellent Mnjejly in Council. 
 
 IT was this D^y thought fir, and accordingly ordered by 
 his Majelty in Council, that the Right Honourable the 
 . Lord Vifcount Tovonjhend^ and James Stanhope^ Efq; Prin- 
 cipal Secretaries of S:ate, do forthwith repair to the Right 
 Honourable the Earl of Straford, and receive from his 
 Lordfhip the Original Inftru6lions and Orders, and all 
 Letters which he has received from any Miniiter of the 
 Jate Queen, or any foreign Prince, or Minifter, and Co- 
 pies of all Inftrudtions of which he has not the Originals, 
 and alfoof ^ll Letters writ by him to any Perfon what- 
 foever, relating to his Negotiations, from tlie Time of 
 his firlt being at the Hague^ feaTd up with his Lordlhip's 
 Seal, and to tranfmit them the Council Office, to be there 
 fafejy kept, and fe^fd up by the Lord Prefidenc's Seal. 
 In Cafe the faid Papers (hould be too numerous to be now 
 brought away, then they are ro be feal'd up by the faid 
 Secretaries of State in a proper Hox, till they can be coa- 
 venienrJy deliver'd to the faid Secretaries in Manner 
 aforefaid. 
 
 Chriftopher Mufgraye, 
 
 And accordingly, the two Secretaries abovemention'd 
 xvent immediately to the Earl of Stra ford's Houfe, and 
 received from him two Trunks, faid by him to contain 
 xvhat was requir'd. At the fame Time^ Orders were fenc " 
 for fealing up his Lordihip's Papers that were ytc on Ship- 
 board, or at the Cuftom-houfe, coming from Holland ; 
 which being fomewhat unufual, occafion'd much Talk, 
 and \'arious Refledlions. 
 
 On the 5ch of January^ the King in Council, a Pro- 
 clamation for diffolving the prefent Parliament, and de- 
 claring t he fpeedy calling another, was fign'd, as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 GEORGE
 
 fro7n July 1714, to January 17 16. 83 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 "T 7IS ■; HEREAS we have thought fit by 'and with the 
 V V Advice of our Privy-Council, ro diiTolve this pre- 
 fent Piirliament which now ftands proro;:,u'd to Thurfday 
 the i^th Day of this Inftanc January ; we do for thac 
 End piibiiih this our Royal Proclamation, and do hereby 
 difTolve the faid Pirliament accordingly ; And the Lords 
 Spiritual and Temporalj and the Knights, Citizens, and 
 Eurgeffes, and Commiflioners for Shires and Burg?, of the 
 Houfe of Commons, are difcharg'd from their Meeting on 
 Thurfday the faid 13th Day of this Inftant January. And 
 we being refolved ro meet our People, and have their Ad- 
 vice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all our 
 loving Subjeds, thac we will fpeedily call a new Parlia- 
 ment. 
 
 Ciyen at our Court at St. James V, the Fifth Day of ' 
 January, 1714. In the Tirjl Tear of our Reign, 
 
 At the fame Timej the King order'd a Proclamation to 
 be publifh'd, for the Encouragement of Piety and Virtue, 
 and for the preventing and punifliing of Vice, Prophane- 
 nefs, and immorality, as foiiows : 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 "V X 7E moft ferioufly an(J religionfly confidering, that 
 \ V it is an indifptnfible Duty on us, to be careful, 
 above all other Things to preferve and advance the Ho- 
 nour and Service of Almighty God, and to difcourage 
 and fiipprefs all Vice, Prophanenefr, Debauchery, and 
 Immoraliryj which are fo highly difpleafing to God, fo 
 great a Reproach to our Religion and Government, and 
 (I y Means of the frequent ill Examples of the Pri.6tices 
 thereof) have fo fatal a Tendency to the Corruption of 
 many of our loving Subjedts, otherwife rehgioufly and 
 virtuoufly difpos'd, and which (if not timtJy remedy'c) 
 may juftly draw down the Divine Venje.tnce on us anti 
 our Kingdoms : We alfo humbly acknowledging, that we 
 cannot expedt the Blefling and Goodneis of Almighty God 
 (by whom Kings reign, and on which we cntirtly rely^ 
 to make our Reign happy and profpercus to cur felf and 
 cur People, without a religious ObieTVi,r;ce cf God's holy 
 Laws ; To the Intent therefore, that Rehgion, Piety, and 
 Good Manners may (according to cur n clt hearty Dtfire) 
 flourifli and increafe under our Ac'njinilttaticn and Go- 
 vernmentj we have ihcught fit, by the Atlvicc of cur Pri-
 
 84 The Hijiorkal Regifler^ 
 
 vy Council, to ifTue this our Royal Proclamation, and da 
 hereby declare our Royal Purpofe and Refolution, to dif- 
 countenance and punifh all Manner of Vice, Prophanenefs, 
 and Immorality, in all Perfons, of whatfoever Degree or 
 Quality, within this qur Realm, and particularly in fuch 
 as are employ'J near our Royal Perfon ; and that, for the 
 greater Encouragement of Religion and Morality, we will 
 upon all Occafions, diftinguifh Perfons of Piety and Vir- 
 tue by Marks of our Royal Favour. And we do expe^ 
 and require, that all Perfons of Honour, or in Place of 
 Authority, will give good Example by their own Virtue 
 and Piety, and to their utmoft contribute to the difcoun- 
 tenancing Perfons of diffolute and debauch'd Lives ; that 
 they being by that Means reduced to Shame and Contempt, 
 for their loofe and evil A6lions and Behaviour, may be 
 thereby alfo enforced the fooner to reform their ill Habits 
 and Pra£licei, and that the vifible Difpleafure of good 
 Men towards them, may ( as far as is poflible ) fupply 
 what the Laws (probably) cannot altogether prevent.- 
 And we do hereby ftriilly enjoin and prohibit all our lo- 
 ving Sub)e6lj, of what Degree or Quality foever, from 
 playing on the Lord's Y^i^y-^ at Dice, Cards, or any other 
 Game whatfoever, either in publick or private Houfes, or 
 other Place or Places whatfoever ; and do hereby reijuire 
 jtnd command them and every of them, decently and re- 
 verently to attend the Worlhip of God on tv^ry Lord's 
 Diy, on Pain of our higheft Difpleafure, and of being 
 proceeded agAinfi: with the utmoft Rigour that may be by 
 Law. And for the more efFcdual reforming of all fuch 
 Perfons, who by reafon of their diflblute Lives and Con- 
 verfations, are a Scandal to our Kingdom, our further 
 Pleafure ir, and we do hereby ftridlly charge and com- 
 juand all our Judges, Mayors, Sheriffs, Juftices of the 
 Peace, and all other our Officers and MinifterSj both Eccle- 
 fuftical and Civil, and all other our Sub;e(fts, whom it 
 may concern, to be very vigilant and ftri6l in the Difco- 
 very and the efi^ftual Profecution and Punifhment of all 
 Perfons who (hall be guilty of exceflive Drinking^ Blaf- 
 phemy, prophane Swearing and Curfmg, Lewdnefs, Pro- 
 phanation of the Lord's Day, or other dilToIute, immoral, 
 or diforderly Pra6lices ; and that they take Care alfo ef- 
 fedtually to fupprefs all publick Gaming- Houfes and Pla- 
 ces, and other leud and diforderly Houfes, and to put in 
 Execution the Statute made in the nine and twentieth 
 Year of the Reign of the late King Qha.xU% the Second^ en- 
 titled*
 
 from July iji^y f^ January 17 16. 85 
 
 titled, An ASl for the hetter Ohferyat'ion 0/ the Lord'? Dajy 
 commonly called Sunday ; and alfo an A61 of Parliament 
 made in the ninth Year of the Reign of the lare King 
 William the Third, entitled, An ACi for the more efeSlual 
 fitpprejjii.g of Blafphemy and Prophanenefs^ and all other Laws 
 now in Force for the punilhing and fupprefling any of the 
 Vices aforefaid ; and alfo to fupprefs and prevent all Ga- 
 ming whatfoever, in publick or private Houfes.on the 
 Lord^s Day, and likewife that they take effedlual Care 
 ro prevent all Perfons keeping Taverns, Chocolate-Hou- 
 fes, Coffee- Houfes, or other publick Houfes whatfoever, 
 from felling Wine, Chocolate, C ffee, Ale, Beer, or other 
 Liquors, or receiving or permitting Guefts to be and re- 
 main in fuch their Houfes in the Time of Divine Service 
 on the Lord's Day, as they will anfwer it to Almighty 
 God, and upon Pain of our higheft Difpleafure. And for 
 the more effeflual proceeding herein, we do hereby diredl 
 and command all our Judges of Aflize, and Juftices of the 
 Peace, to give ftridl Charges at their refpe6live Affizes and 
 Seilions, for the due Profecution and Punifhment of al! 
 Perfons that fhall prefume to offend in any the Kinds 
 aforefaid, and alfo of all Perfons that contrary to their 
 Duty, fhali be remifs or negligent in putting the faid 
 Laws in Execution, and that they do, at their refpe6live 
 Afiizes, and Quarter Sefiions of the Peace, caufe this our 
 Proclamation to be read in open Court, immediately he- 
 fore the Charge is given. And we do hereby further 
 charge and command every Minifter in his refpeftive Pa- 
 rifh Church, or Chappel, to read or caufe to be read this 
 our Proclamation, at leaft four Times in every V'ear, inj- 
 mediately after Divine Service, and to incite and ftir up 
 their refpedlive Auditories to the Praflice of Piety and 
 Virtue, and the avoiding of all Immorality and Prophane- 
 nefs. And to the End that all Vice and Debauchery may 
 be prevented, and Religion and Virtue pradlifed by ail 
 Officers, private Soldier?, Mariners, and others, who are 
 employ'd in our Service by Sea or Land, we do hereby 
 flridlly charge and command all our Commanders and Of- 
 ficers whatfoever, that they do take Care to avoid all Pro- 
 phanenefs, Debauchery, and other Immoralities ; and that 
 by their own good and virtuous Lives and Converfitions, 
 they do fet good Examples to all fuch as are under their 
 Care and Authority ; and likewife take Care of and in- 
 fpedl the Behavior of all fuch as are under them, and pu- 
 nilh all thofe who fliall be guilty of any the Offence? 
 
 aforefaid.
 
 86 The Hiftorical Regifler, 
 
 aforefdid, as they will be anfwarable for the ill Confe- 
 quences of their Negledt herein. 
 
 Giyen at our Court at St. JamesV, thf ph Day of Ja- 
 nuary, 1714, and in the Fir ft Tear of oi^jr ^tign. 
 
 Soon after thi?, another Proclamation was publifiiM, 
 For difcorerin^ the Author^ Frinter^ and PitbUJhersj of a ma" 
 Vicious and trait eroui tthel^ entitkd^ Englifh Advice to the 
 Freeholders of FJngland : And for preysnting Ritts and Tw 
 wults at the enfiiing Ehfiions of Members to ferv* in Farlitt* 
 ment, 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 WHEREAS we have receivM Information, that a 
 moft malicious and traicerons Libel, entitled, £n^» 
 lijh AdVice to the Freeholders of England has lately been 
 printed, and difpersM throughout our Kingdoms with the 
 titmoft induftry ; neverthelefs, by the Care and Vigilance 
 of our Magiflrate?, great Numbers thereof are intercepted 
 in our City of Exon^ fome being direiHied to Sir John Cori-. 
 ton^ Sir Nicholas Morice, Jonathan Elford^ Efq; Philip Rajh- 
 ley, Efq; Francis Scobell^ Efq; phn WtUiams^ Efq; Mr, Gran^ 
 -ville Viper ^ Mr. Weljhman^ Mr. William Cary^ Mr. Proujfe^ 
 Mr, Fhillips^ Mr. Tonkin^ "Nit. Cunnock Kendall^ refpedlively, 
 in our County of CornwaU^ others thereof to the Reverend 
 Mr. SLute^ the Reverend Mr. Hughes^ the Reverend Mr. 
 Collyer^ and the Reverend Mr. Bedford^ refpe£lively, in 
 our faid County, and others thereof to the Mayor of our 
 Borough of Jfejiloe ia the faid County, whereby, as well 
 as from the Contents of the faid Libel, w^ are con\*inc'd 
 that the fame is a wicked Contrivance, meant not only 
 to fpread Sedition, and to infl:ime the Minds of our loving 
 Subjedls, Lut alfo by alienating their AfFedlions from us 
 and our Government, to promote the Intereft of the Pre- 
 
 • render, and in order thereto, to raife Difturbances in. the 
 approaching Eletl'onsof Members to ftrve in Parliament : 
 
 • "VVe being refo v'd, as far as in us lies, to bring the Au- 
 thors, and Contrivers of fuch traiterous Defigns to con- 
 dign Punifhmenr, and to deter all others from the like 
 Attempts for the future, have thought fit, by the Advice 
 of our Privy-Ccuncil, to iffue this our Royal Proclamation, 
 hereby promifing a Reward of One Thoufand Pounds to 
 any Perfon or Perfons, who fhall difcover the Author or 
 Authors of the faid traiterous Libel to any one of our 
 Principal Secretaries of State, and the Sum of Five Hun- 
 dred
 
 /r^w July 1714, f^ January 1716. 87 
 
 clred Pounds to any Perfon or Perfons, wlio Ihall difcover 
 the Printer or Printers thereof, as aforefaid, to the End 
 that luch Author or Printer may be profccuced according 
 to Law ; which refpeilive Rewards our Commiflioners for 
 executing the Office of Treafurer of the Exchequer^ are 
 hereby diredled to pay accordingly. And we do hereby 
 Itridlly charge and command all our Magiftrates in and 
 throughout our Kingdom of Great Eritairiy that they do 
 inake diligent Search and Enquiry after the faid Author, 
 Printer, or Publiftiers ; and that they do apprehejid and 
 feite the faid Perfons, and all others whom they fliall find 
 difperfing the faid Libel, and give proper Information 
 thereof fo as the faid Offenders may be dealt with, as the 
 Utmoft Rigour of Juftice requires. 
 
 And whereas there is nothing which we fo earneftly 
 defire, as to fecure the Peace and Profp?rity of our King- 
 doms, and to prefer ve to all our, loving Subjedts the full 
 Enjoyment of their Rights and Liberties, as well reli- 
 gious as civil, and iix a moft particular Manner the Free- 
 dom of Elections of Members to ferve in Parliament, and 
 being fatisfyM that the fame hath lieen of late Years great- 
 ly invaded by the Encouragements which have been given 
 to Tumults, Riots, and other indiredl Pradices in the 
 Eledlions of Members to ferve in Parliament ; and it be- 
 ing moft apparent, that fuch evil-minded Perfons are now 
 fomenting and carrying on the fame dangerous Prafliccs, 
 we do hereby declare cur higheft Refentment and Difplea- 
 fure againft all fuch illegal Proceedings, ftridlly prohibit- 
 ing the fame, as being moft injurious to our Government, 
 and to the fundamental Rights of our Ptople. And we do 
 farther charge and Command all our SlterifFs, Juftices of 
 the Peace, chitf Magiftrates in our Cities, Bvoroughs, and 
 Corporations, and all other our Officers and Magiftrates 
 throughout our Kingdom of Great hritain,, that they do, in 
 their feveral and refpe£live Stations, tai<e the moft effedlual 
 Care to fupptefs and prevent all Riots, Tumults, and otlier 
 Diforders, which Ihall be raifed or made by any Perfon or 
 Perfons whatfoever, at or in the approacliing Eledbons of 
 Members to ferve iii Parliamenr, and that they do put the 
 Laws in Execution againft all Offenders in that Keha'f- 
 And we do further require and command all and ty^ry 
 our Magiftrates aforefaid, that they do from Titne to Time 
 tranfmit to one of our Principal Secretaries of Stare due 
 and full Informations of ail fuch Perfons who liiall be 
 f<3und oftcndingj as ;iforefaidj or in any Degree aiding or 
 
 abetting
 
 88 The Hijlorical Regiffer, 
 
 abetting therein ; it being our Royal Refolution to pimifli 
 the fame according to the urmoft Severity of Law. 
 
 Giyen at our Court at St. James's the EJevemh Day of 
 January, 171 4, in the fir fl Year of our Reign. 
 
 On the lyth of January^ the King in Council fjgn'd 
 the following Proclamation for calling a new Parlia- 
 ment. 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 IT having pleas'd Almighty God, by moft remarkable 
 Steps of iiis Providence, to bring us in Safety to the 
 Crown of this Kingdom, notwithftanding the Defigns 
 of evil Men, who ftiew'd themfelves difaffedled to our 
 Succeflion, and who have fince, with the utmoft Degree 
 of Malice, mifreprefenred our firm Refolution, and unir 
 form Endeavours, to preferve and defend our moft excel- 
 lent Conftitution both in Church and State, and attempted 
 by many falfe Suggeflions to render us fufpedted to our 
 people ; we cannon omit, on this Occafion of firft fum- 
 moning our Parliament of Great Britain (in Juflice to 
 ourfelves, and that the Mifcarriages of others may not be 
 imputed to us, at a Time when falfe Impreflians may do 
 the greateft and irrecoverable Hurt before they can be 
 cleared up) to fignify to our whole Kingdom, that we 
 were very much concern*d,on our Accellion to the Crown, 
 to find the publick Affairs of our Kingdoms under the 
 greateft Difficulties, as well in refpedl of our Trade, and 
 the Interruption of our N-^vigation, as of the great Debts 
 of the Nation, which we were furpriz'd to obferve, had 
 been very much increased fince the Conclufion of the laft 
 "War ; We do not therefore doubt, that i? the enfuing E- 
 ledlions (hall be made by our loving Subjects with that 
 Safety and Freedom which by Law they are entitled to, 
 -and we are firmly refolv'd to maintain to them, they 
 will fend up to Parliament the fitteft Perfons to redrefs 
 the prefent Diforders, and to provide for the Peace and 
 Happinefs of our Kingdoms, and the Eafe of our People 
 for the future,' ajid therein will have a particular I^^ard 
 to fuch as fhew'd a Firmnefs to the Proteftant Succfftion, 
 when it was moft in Danger : We have therefore found ic 
 necefTaryj as well for the Caufes aforefaid, as for other 
 weighty Conliderations concerning us and our Kingdom?, 
 to call a new Parliament, and we do accordingly declare, 
 that with the Advice of our Privy Council, we have this 
 Day given Order to our Chancellor of Great Britain^, to 
 
 2 iiTue
 
 from July 1714, ?^ January 1716. 89 
 
 ifTue out Writs in due Form for the calling a new Parlia- 
 ment, which Writs are to bear Tefte on Monday the Seven- 
 teenth Day of this Inftant January^ and to be returnable 
 on Thurfday the Seventeenth Day of March next follow- 
 ing. 
 
 Ciyen at the Court at St, James*^ the Fifteenth Day 
 of Jaiuiaryj 1714) in the firfi Tear of our Reign, 
 
 The fame Day the Xing fign'd the following Proclama- 
 tion, declaring his Majefly's Pleafure for continuing Offi^ 
 ceis in Great Britain and Ireland, 
 
 GEOBGE R. 
 
 WHereas by an A£l of Parliament made in the Sixth 
 Year of the late Queen ^nne^ our moft dear Sifter, 
 entitled, ^n M for the Security of her Majefy's Perfon and 
 Goy eminent , and of the Succejjton to the Crovcn of Great Bri- 
 tain in the Vrotejiant Line^ it was enadled, amongft other 
 Things, that no Office, Place, or Employment, Civil or 
 Military, within the Kingdoms of Great Britain or Ire- 
 land^ Dominion of Walesy Town of Berwick upon Tweedy 
 Ifles of Jerfey^ Giiernfey^ Alderney^ and Sark^ fhould be- 
 come void by Reafon of the Demife of her faid late Ma- 
 jefty, her Heirs, or SucceHbrs, Kings or Queens of this 
 Realm, but that every Perfon and Perfons, in any of the 
 Offices, Places, and Employments aforefaid, fliould con- 
 tinue in their refpedlive Offices, Places, and Employ- 
 ments for the Space of ^ik Months next after fuch Death 
 or Demife, unlefs fooner removed and difcharg'd by the 
 next SuccefTor, to whom the Imperial Crowji of this 
 Realm was limited and appointed to go, remain, and 
 defcend : And in Regard that th.it Time hath been found 
 not to be fufficient for refettling all the faid Offices, we, 
 for the preventing the Inconveniences that may happen 
 hy the fame becoming void, in our princely Wifdom and 
 Care of the State, (referving to our Judgment hereafter 
 the Reformation and Redrefs of any Abufes inMifgovern- 
 jnent, upon due Knowledge and Examination thereof) are 
 pleas'd, and do hereby order, fignify, grant, and declare, 
 that all Perfons that, at the Time of the Deceafe of her 
 faid lite Majefty were duly and lawfully polTefsM of, or 
 invefted in any Office, Place, or Employment, Civil or 
 Military, within the Kingdoms of Great Britain or /re- 
 iand^ Dominion of Waes^ Town of Berwick ripon Ttee^dy 
 liles of Jerfeyj Gnernfey^ /ilderneyy and Sark^ and which 
 / have
 
 ^O The Hi (lor teal Re/Jfter^ 
 
 have not fince been removed from fuch the Offices, Places, 
 or Employments, ihall be, and (hall hold thenifelves con- 
 tinu'd in, and fhall hold and execute the faid Offices, 
 Places, or Employments, as formerly they held, enjoyed, 
 and executed the fame, for the Space of three Months 
 from the Date hereof,"unlefs fooner remov'd and difjharg'd 
 by us : And in the mean Time, for the Prefervatioii of 
 the Peace, and neceflary Proceedings to Matters by Juftice, 
 and for the Safety and Service of rhe State, we do hereby 
 flrifVly command all the fiid Perfons, of whatfoever 
 Degree or Condition, that they do not fail every one' 
 feverally, according to his Place, Office, or Charge, to 
 proceed in the Performance and Execiuion of all Duties 
 ther^unro belonging, as formerly appert.^in'd unto tnem, 
 and every of them, while the faid late Qiieen was living : 
 And furtlier, we do herebj^ will and command all and 
 fingular our loving Subje6ls, of what Eftate or Degree 
 they or any of them be, to be aiding, helping, and 
 ailifting, at the Commandment of the fdid Officers in the 
 Performance and Execution of the faid Offices and Places, 
 as they tender our Difpleafure, and will anfwer the con- 
 trary at their urmnft Perils. 
 
 Giyen at our Court at St. J^mes'f, the Fifteenth Day of 
 January, 1714, in the frfi Tear of our Retgn, 
 
 At the fame Time alfo bis Majelly was pleas'd to figii 
 another Proclamation, for the difcovering and apprehend- 
 ing of the Perfons who barbaroufly wounded and maimed 
 John Mac-Allen^ an Officer of Excife in Scotland.^ for re- 
 fufing to drink feme Jacobite or Tory Healths ; which 
 was as follows ; . 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 THereas we have received Information, that upon thr 
 
 \\ 
 
 30th Day of Noyember laft, between the Hours of 
 12 and I in the Morning, at Crief in Ferthjhirej in that 
 Part of our Kingdorh of Great Lritain.^ call'd Scotland^ 
 feveral Perfons in Highland Habits, with their Faces diA 
 coloured, and arm'd with Sword, Durk, and Piftol, broke 
 into the Lodgings of John Mac-AUen^ one of our Officers 
 of Excife^ and barbaroufly and inhumanly beat, bruis'd, 
 and 'vounded the faid ^ohn Mac- Allen in feveral Parts of 
 his Body, and cut off great Part of his Right E^r, we, 
 out of our Royal Inclination to Juflice, and to the In- 
 tent that fucli Offences may be difcover'd and punilh'd, 
 whereby all others may be deterr'd from committing the 
 i like
 
 from July jyi^^ r^Jan. 1716. 91 
 
 Jike Crimes, have thought fir, by the Advice of our 
 
 Privy Council, to iffue this our Royal Proclamation ; and 
 
 we are hereby graciouily pleas'd to promife» that if any 
 
 Perfon (hall difcover any other Perfon or Perfons coii- 
 
 ceruM in the faid barbarous FadV, fo as he or they may be 
 
 apprehended and brought to Jultice, fach Difcoverer IhaU 
 
 have and receive as a Reward for fiich Difcovery, the 
 
 Sum of Two Hundred Pounds, whereof our Commiflioners 
 
 for executing the Office of Treafurer of our Exc}>€quer 
 
 are hereby requir*d to make Payment accordingly; And 
 
 if any Perfon concerned therein, Ihall difcover any one 
 
 or more of his Accomplices, fo as he or they may be 
 
 apprehended and brought to Juftice, fuch Difcoverer (haU 
 
 have and receive the faid Reward of Two Hundred 
 
 Pounds, and alfo our gracious Pardon for his faid OiFence. 
 
 And we do hereby ikri^ly charge and command all our 
 
 Juftices of the Peace, and all other our Officers, and all 
 
 other our loving Subjedls, that they do ufe their utmoft 
 
 Diligence in their feveral Places and Capacities, to find 
 
 out, difcover, and apprehend the faid Offenders, in order 
 
 to their being brought to Juftice : And we do hereby 
 
 command, that this our Proclamation be publifli'd in the 
 
 tifual Form, that none may pretend Ignorance ; and we 
 
 ordain thefe Prefents to be printed, and our Solicitors to 
 
 difpatch Copies in the ulual Manner. 
 
 Giren at our Court at St, James'5 the i^th Bay of Janu^ 
 ary, 1714, in the fir ji Tear of our Reign. 
 
 Two Days after, his Majefty fign'd the following Pro- 
 clamation, in order to eledling and fummoniug ilie 
 Sixteen Peers of Scotland, 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 nr X 7 Hereas we have in Council thought fit to declare 
 V V our Pleafure, for fummoning and holding a Par- 
 liament of Great Britain^ on ThurjUay the Seventeenth 
 Day of March next enfuing the Datfc hereof. In order 
 therefore to the ele6ling and fummoning the fixteen Peers 
 of Scotland^ who are to fit in the Houfe of Peers in the 
 faid Parliament, we do, by Advice of our Privy Council, 
 ilTue forth this our Royal Proclamation, ftridlly charging 
 and commanding all the Pt-ers of Scotland to alTemble and 
 meet ar rur Royal Palace of Holy-Rood Huufe in Edinburgh^ 
 on Ihurjday the Third Day of March next enfuing, be- 
 tween the Hours of Twelve and Two in the Afternoon, 
 to nominate and cbufe the Sixteen Peers to fie and vote in
 
 ^2 The Hiftorical Regijier, 
 
 the Houfe of Peers in the faid enfuing Parliament, by- 
 open Ele6lion and Plurality of Voices of the Peers that 
 fliall be then prefent, and of the Proxies for fuch as fliall 
 be abfent, fueh Proxies being Peers, and producing a 
 Mandate in Writing, duly fign'd before WicnelTes, and 
 both the Conftituent and Proxy being qualify *d according 
 to Law. And the Lord Clerk Regiiler, or fuch two of 
 the principal Clerks of the Seflion, as fhall be appointed 
 by him to officiate in his Name, are hereby refpedlively 
 required to attend fuch Meeting, and to adminifler the 
 Oaths required by Law to be taken there by the faid Peers, 
 and to take their Votes 5 and immediately after fuch 
 EledUon made, and duly ex^min'd, to certify the Names 
 of the Sixteen Peers fo eledled, and fign and atteft the 
 fame in the Prefence of the faid Peers the Eledlors, and 
 return fuch Certificate into our High Court of Chancery 
 of Great Britain : And we ftri6lly charge and command, 
 that this our Royal Proclamation be duly publilh'd at the 
 Market Crofs at Edinburgh^ and in all the County Towns 
 of Scotland, twenty five Days at leaft before the Time 
 hereby appointed for the Meeting of the faid Peers to pro- 
 ceed to fuch Eledlion. 
 
 Witnefs our felf at Weflminfter the i^th Day of January, 
 1 714, in the firfi Tear of our Reign. 
 
 We have already inferted above, Tage 63, Mr. Prior's 
 Memorial to the Trench Court relating to Mardyke^with that 
 Court's Anfwer thereto, which not proving fatisfa6lory,the 
 Earl of Statr^ whom his Majefty had fent into France^ 
 being about this Time arriv'd at Faris, prefenred the fol- 
 lowing Memorial to his Moft Chriftian Majsfty about the 
 Canal and intended Port at Mardyke -, but at the /ame 
 Time intimated to the Trench Miniitry, that he had Orders 
 not to take any Character, till he had receiv'd a clear and 
 pofitive Anfwer to the £iid Memorial, which is as 
 follows ; 
 
 THE underwritten Earl of Stairs^ Gentleman of the 
 Chamber, Privy Counfellor, and Counfellor of 
 State to the King of Great Britain^ has Orders ro reprefenc 
 to your Majeftj^ that the King his Mafter having caus*d 
 the laft Anfwer that was given in your Name to Mr. 
 Frior^ to be examined, and having heard the Report of the 
 experienced Perfons "of whom he mnkes ufe at prefent, 
 concernijig the Execution of the 9th Article of the Treaty 
 of Utrecht^ he believes himfclF to have Reafon to doubt, 
 
 wheti.icjf
 
 fro7 n July 1714, to Jan. 1716. 93 
 
 whetlier your Majefty has been inform'J to the Bottom of 
 the true State of that Difpute. 
 
 The King my Mafter having extremely at his Heart 
 the feeing that Article accomplifli'd, which is of fo great 
 Confequence, as well for the Security as for the Com- 
 JDerce of Great Britain^ and ardently wifliing ro eftablifli a 
 firm Friendflup and good Ccrrefpondence between the two 
 Nations; which, however, cannot take Root and flou- 
 rifh, while there remain Apprehenfions and Jealoufies 
 upon Points fo dt-llLace, as are the Deitrudlon of the 
 old- Port of Dunkirk, and the Building a new one; 
 has orderM me to deduce at length to your Majelly 
 the true State of that Affair, and to put tlie Fadls, which 
 feem to have been hid from your-Majeily into a clear 
 Light. 
 
 With refpecH: to what is reported in the f.id Anfwer, 
 concerning the filling up of the old Port and Haven of 
 Dunkirk^ I have orders to reprefent to your M ijefty, that 
 ivithouc taking Notice, that 22 Months are paft ilnce 
 tlie Treaty of Peace wus concluded, ^nd that the faid 
 Port was 10 have been filTd up in five Month? after it 
 was fign'd ; it is certain, that it is fo little fill'd up at 
 this Time, that there enter and go out daily a great Num- 
 ber of Ships, and divers of thofe Ships are adtually of 7 
 or 800 Tons Burthen. 
 
 The Dykes that ferv'd for Foundation of the Juttees, 
 which formM the Canal or Port of Vwtkirk.^ are (till fix 
 or feven Foot high above the Strand of the Sea-CoafJ, 
 and are fo well bound together by an infinite Number of 
 great Piles and Fafcinages, th^t it is moft probable the 
 Sea only, without the Afliftance of "Workmen, will 
 not ruin them in a long Time, nay, it maybe, not in 
 many Years ; befrdes a Number of large Piles, upoji which 
 were plac'd the CheUs of the Juttees, which y.'iil ferve 
 {till for the fame Ufe.. 
 
 The Bafon and HiU'en ftill fubfifl:, and are in a Condi- 
 tion to receive as large Ships as formerly, by only remov- 
 ing the Batterdeau or Dam in the Canul of Bergues, to let 
 it enter into the Town by the new Canal, which may be 
 done in kfs than twice 24 Hours. 
 
 The Flood-Gates of the Sluice of Bergues, is not a 
 quarter deftroy'd, and thofe of Gumdall^ upon the Canal 
 of Turnes^ have not been touch'd yet : There remains 
 befides that, many Pieces of the Fortifications, as the 
 old Ramparts along the Haven, the Gates of the Town 
 and the Cuadelj the Gates by which we enter the Ca- 
 H 2 naU
 
 94 T^^ Hiftorical Kegifier^ 
 
 rials of Afoerc and FurneSy with all the Redoubts at ^<«- 
 chiccuUsy ^c. 
 
 It does not at all appear, that the End of the Treaty 
 was ro leave the filling up the Haven of Dunkirk to Time 
 and the Sea. All the Works which have been made by 
 Art to maintain and preferve the Port, ought to have been 
 deftroy'd by the Work of Hands. The King therefore 
 perfwades himfelf rhac your Majefty, in order to execute 
 the Treaty Bona Fide nnd with Exadlnefs, will not delay 
 to give luoft exadl Orders for razing the Digues and the 
 Jurtees to the \t\<i\ of the Strand j for entirely filling up 
 theB-^fon and the Haven \ and, in fine, for finifliing the 
 Deflrudlion of all that remains of the Sluices and other 
 Works which ferv'd to maintain the old Port. 
 
 With Regard to the new Port which is carrying on by 
 the new C<.nal as far as the Town of Dunkirk^ the King 
 jny Mailer cannot but look upon it as an Undertaking con- 
 trary to the Treaty of Utrecht. 
 
 The Treaty fays exprefly, that the Port ought to be 
 fiird up, and the Dykes and Sluices which ferv'd to fill 
 it with Water, deftroy'd, without entering in any Man* 
 «er into the Confequences which may refult from it ; 
 and if with the greatcft Rigour the Country had been 
 overflowed by the total Deftrudlion of the Sluices of Dun- 
 kirk, Great Britain was not at all concern'd in that ; your 
 JVIajefty had Itipulated it, and for many Reafons we ought 
 to infill upon if. 
 
 But there is no Reafon to be in fear for the Country, 
 it will run no Rifque of fuffering ; and the Port of Dun- 
 kirk ni-y be ihut up, without leaving any of it open 
 for the PafTa^e of the Waters of the Country; for they 
 may be let iUii out to the Sea at a \try little Expence by 
 the Sluices of the River ^a at Grayelin^ or without any 
 Charge by the Shiices upon the River of Iperle near New^ 
 port^ as the Britijh Ingineers have demonflrabiy prov.'d fome 
 Months ago. 
 
 it is to be noted, that there is not fo great a Quan- 
 tify of Water to be fear'd in that Extent of Country 
 as has l)een infinuated ; and that there is no River of 
 ritiining Water between the River ^a and the River 
 Tperle. 
 
 An evident Proof whereof is, that the faid Extent 
 of Country furniflies not enough Water to render 
 any of the Canals navigable, without the Succour of 
 the Sea Water, or of the River Aa^ which they throw 
 ia from Tioie to Time, by the Sluices made cxprefsiy 
 
 fof
 
 fyom]uly 171^^ r«? Jan. 1716. 95 
 
 for that Piirpofe. For the Canals of Furnes^ of the 
 Moere^ Bergues^ and Bonrbourg^ &c. contain only Handing 
 Waters. 
 
 And to prove more evidently what we have now faid, 
 it is already feven Months hnce the Sluices of Dunkirk 
 have been (hut up, and that not a drop of Water has run 
 thro* them from the Country ; and yet the Country hath 
 fufFer'd no Manner of Damage by it: For tho' the fdid 
 Sluices have been fhur, the Water has not rifen an Inch in. 
 Height in any one Place. 
 
 From what is mentioned in the faid Memorial con- 
 cerning the four old navigable Canals of Dunkirk^ and 
 their Breadth of 48 Fathom ; a Ferfon who is unac- 
 quainted with the true Situation of the Country, would 
 believe that they were fo many Rivers of running Wa- 
 ters which furnilhM a great deal of Water, andj by Con- 
 fequence, that it was neceffary to make a new Canal 
 and a new Shiice, which fhould bear feme Proportion 
 with the faid four Canals j but by the Explanations 
 that have been already made, it will clearly appear 
 to your Majefty, that (the Country not furnilhing 
 Water) that Way of reafoning is deftroy'd ; and the 
 rather, becaufe it is certain the faid Canals have 
 h^en made of the Breadth and Depth they are, much 
 more for the Sake of receiving that Quantity of 
 Water from the Sea, for fupplying with Water and 
 jfnaking deep the Port, than for any other End or Pur- 
 pofe. 
 
 From all this it is very evident, that fo vaft a Work 
 as the new Canal had never been made, and £6 great 
 a Coft expended, only for letting a little Water run 
 out, which could have been carry*d off as well by Gra- 
 yelin for almoft nothing, or by Newport without any 
 Charge at all, if they had not had in View, at the fame 
 Time, the making of this new Porr, by the Means 
 whereof, all the Defeds of the old one of Dunkirk would 
 be correded. 
 
 All which appears at firft View, when we enter into 
 the Detail of this new Port. 
 
 The new Canal, from that of Bergues, where It en- 
 ters into the Tov/n of Dunkirk to the new Sluice, is 
 2.0 Foot deep, and 170 Foot broad; and from the new 
 Sluice to the Sea, it is 25 Foot deep, and enlarges itfelf 
 to the Breadth of 300 Foot, which is larger than tl^ 
 old Canal. 
 
 H 3 This
 
 9 -5 The Hiftorkal Regifter^ 
 
 This Canal is fo lar^q,e and fo deep, that it can receive 
 mofl: cornmoc'ioufly 400 great Ships, without reckoning 
 the Canal of Bergues, or the Town of Dnnkirky with, 
 which it has Communication. 
 
 This Canal is fo broad and fo deep, that a Third 
 Rate Man of War of 80 Guns can pafs in and ont, 
 with all its Rigging, Cannon, Ammunition, Provi- 
 fion, &€. 
 
 And to prove that the principal Defign in making 
 this Canal has been to receive fuch Ships, rattier than to 
 make a Paflage for the Water, we need but confider the 
 Grandeur of the new Sluice, and compare it with thofe 
 of Dunklrl^ by which will be feen, how much greater, 
 and more confiderable it is, than all thofe of that 
 Place join'd together, whether for watering the Port, 
 receiving Ships, or for drowning the Country, in Cafe of 
 Need. 
 
 This new Canal having near upon a Leaeue "in Length 
 below the Sluice, and of tha-t Depth and Breadth as it is^ 
 for receiving a mofl prodigious Quantity of Sea Water, 
 join'd to the Water it receives from the other Canals, which 
 ferv'd formerly for watering the old Port of Dunkirk^ 
 furniflies at ieafl twice as much W^ater to fuppiy the new 
 Port, as they had formerlj' for cleaning and watering the 
 old Port of that Place. 
 
 The new Sluice has two Flood-Gates, one of 44 
 (two Foot broader than that cf the Bifoii of Vwihrk) 
 and the other of 16 Foot Breadth, and ai Foot Depth. 
 
 The old Sliiicfs of Dunkirk were, the Sluice of Bergues^ 
 which was 2S Foot broad, and 18 Foot deep ; the Sluice 
 of Moere^ which was 14 Foot broad, and 16 Foot deep; 
 and the Sluice of F»y/2«, which was 11 Foot broad, and 
 19 Foot deep : The Breadth of all thefe Sluices join'd 
 together makes but 55 Foot, which is 17 Foot lefs than 
 the faid new Sluice ; that of Eergues is not fo deep by 5 
 Foot, that of Moere by y Foot, and that of Fumes by 7 
 Foot, as the new Sluice is. 
 
 All which clearly flievvs, that the Cavity of this 
 Jiew Siuice is exprefljr m/de larger than all the three 
 Sluices that fed Dunkirk, in order to fill the new Port 
 vvith Water, and reftder it capable of receiving great 
 Ships, much rather than for the Purpofe of carrying off 
 the Waters from the Country. 
 
 With Rtjgard to the Declaration, That ynur Majefly has 
 no Intention to fortify this new CaUal ; th-it contributes 
 \€Ty little to calm th^-Dif^uiets of Great Britain upon this 
 
 Subjedt.'
 
 from July 1714, to Jan. 171$. 97 
 
 Subjefl. For it is well enough known, that it cannot (>? 
 approach'd but by the Downs between Turnei and Dwikirk^ 
 and that the Extent of that Aperture is Co fmalJ, th-it ic 
 may eafily be fortify 'd in lefs than a Week's Time, by 
 Works alinoft impregnable ; and for the reft of the Coun- 
 try along the Canal, it can be laid under Water, by letting 
 in the Sea-Warer upon it. 
 
 As this new Canal is larger and deeper than the old 
 Port cf Dunkirk, and that it is capable of containing a 
 much greater Number of Ships than the other Canal could 
 liold, and that it goes up to the Town of Dunkirk ; the 
 King ray Mafter cannot be fatisfy'd with this Execution 
 of the Treaty of Utrecht. He fliould have lik'd as well, if 
 they had only changed the Name of Dunkirk^ as to fee 
 another Port, larger and more commodious, open itfelf a 
 League only more weftward, behind the fame Ranks of 
 Sand which formed the Road, and cover'd the old Port of 
 Ditnkirk, 
 
 The true Senfe and Meaning of the Treaty, and the 
 View which Great Britain had, was to have never any 
 more the Port of Dunkirk its Neighbour : But this here is 
 as much the Port of Dunkirk as the other, and at leift as 
 dangerous to the Commerce of theSubjedls of the King my 
 Mafter. 
 
 This is what the Earl of Stairs has exprefs Order to re- 
 prefent to your Majefty. He is perfuaded that your Ma- 
 jefty having given Attention to what is here faid, will 
 give your Orders for the entire Demolition of what ftill- 
 remains of the Port, the Juctees, and the Fortifications of 
 Dunkirk ; and particularly, will give Order to fill up the^ 
 Bafon and the Haven, according to the exprefs Terms of 
 the Treaty, which fays, Partus compleatur. 
 
 And feeiug your Majelty has declared, that your Inten- 
 tions in making the new Canal was only to have a Paf- 
 fage for the Waters, to hinder their overflowing of a great 
 Extent of Country, and that you had no manner of In- 
 tention to make a Port there ; and feeing that thofe who 
 had the Charge of making that PafTage for the Land-Floou?, 
 have, in the Execution of it, gone beyond the Intentions 
 of your Majefty, in fuch a Manner as to have adluall;'- 
 made a port capable of receiving a very great Fleet of 
 Men of Mar ; he is fo perfwaded of the Juftice and Equi- 
 ty of your M^)efty, that he cannot doubt that your Ma- 
 jefly will give fuch Orders, as raay cure the Apprshenfions 
 v/hich the Subjedts of the King my Mafter have, that they 
 are difappointed by this new Canal, of all the Benefit ot 
 H 4 th?
 
 98 The Wftorical Re^^ifter^ 
 
 rhe Demolition of Dunkirk ; and may be freed from the 
 Apprehenfion, that in this new Pore a Scourge is prepa- 
 ring, more terrible to the Commerce and Safety of the 
 Nntion, than th^t which they thought themfelves deli- 
 ver'd from by tl^>e Treaty. 
 
 And as it appears by repeated Declarations of yonr Ma- 
 jefty, that thofe Apprehenfions are extreamly different 
 from the true Defions of your Majefty, which are to live 
 in Peace with your Neighbours, and in good Underftand- 
 ing with the Kin,^ my Mafter, and to unite your Cares 
 with thofe of the King of Great Britain^ for the mutual 
 Good of the Subje£ls of both Nations, and for the Tran- 
 quility of all Europe ; the faid Earl of Stain hopes, that 
 the Anfwer which your Majefty {hall make to this Memo- 
 rial, will give entire Satisfaction to the King his Mafter, 
 ^jnd ferve to pacify rhe Minds of both Nations, which 
 have been fower'd and irritated by fuch long and bloody 
 "Wars ; in Place whereof, the King his Mafter earneftly 
 ^efires to fee fucceed. Unity, Harmony, good Underftand- 
 ing, and Repofe, with Happinefs and Wealth to both Na- 
 tions. 
 
 At yerfaWeSy 
 
 leb. 5, 1715. SlgTi'd^ 
 
 The Earl of Stairsi 
 
 H'u Mofi Chrifitan Majefifs Anfrver to my Lord Stairs'^ 
 Memorial. 
 
 THE bare Tnfpedion of the prefent State of Dnnktrky 
 would afford inconteftible Proofs of the King's Exa6l- 
 nefs in the Execution of the Treaty of Utrecht^ if any 
 one could really doubt of his Majefly's earneft Defire to be 
 as good as his Word. He has therefore ground to believe, 
 iince he has feen the Complaint* contained in the Memo- 
 rial which the Earl of Stairs has prefented to him, that 
 the King of Great Britain is not exadlly inform'd of the 
 Truth ; and fo vvill repeat once more the Explanations he 
 has already given, in Anfwer to the fame Complaints; 
 deiiring no Isfs than that Prince, to contribute with all 
 his Might, to the ftrengchening of the Friendlhip and 
 good Corref^xindence, which he has a fiiicere Inclination 
 CO maintain with him^ and to keep up between France and 
 Great Britain. 
 
 It i? with Reafon, that the Eirl o? Stairs lighty (kips 
 over the Delay ufed in the Demolition of Dunkirk ; for 
 he knows that it is to be attributed to Great Britain only^ 
 i«ad that there had not been a Moment's Time loft, either 
 
 in
 
 from]u\y 1714, toj^tn. 1716. 99 
 
 in demolilfeing the Fortific^rions, or in ruiniiij^ the Har« 
 bour of that Town, if the Englijh Officers and CommiflA- 
 ries had not themfelves hinJer'd the Work. 
 
 It would be a difficult Tafk to prove, that flnce it is 
 finifli'd, the going in and out of the Harbour of Dunkirk 
 is as eafy and common as the Eirl of Stars advances in 
 his Memorial : And if he would inform himfelf, by 
 means of fome JivgVtjhmen^ who, inall Likelihood, were 
 deceived as to the prefent Condition of the Canal, they 
 could afTure him, that their Ships were caft away upon 
 the Bulks of Sand which have been gathcr'd there fince 
 the Moles of Timber were opened. 
 
 If the Evidence of Frenchmen avails any thing, they 
 •will make it appear, that they are obliged to put into 
 Ofiendj becaufe the Harbour of Dunkirk is now of no 
 Vfe, 
 
 So that thoff Remains of Peers, much higher than the 
 Strand, thofe Moles fo well compacted together, that Heap 
 of St ikes, Stonesj Fafcincs, and Piles, the Enumeration 
 whereof ferves to adorn a Memoriaij do not in EfFedt 
 hinder the Sea, as it flows twice a D<iy^ over thofe Works 
 which are cut through in feveral Places, from lowering 
 them more or iefs every Day, and filling fuch Parts of 
 the Canal with Sand, as are not already fill'd. 
 
 In the Condition it is, all Communication with the 
 Rafon and Harbour would be ufelefs, tho* it (hould yet be 
 maintain'd ; but it is broke off by a Dam of no Toifes 
 in Length ; fo that the Waters retained in the old Harbour 
 without running off, may, by their Exhalations, occafion 
 Diftempers in the Town of Dunkirk ; but it is impoflible 
 that they fliould be of the leaft Ufe. 
 
 It is juft the fame, in Refpe(fl to the Communication 
 which the Earl of Stairs feems to apprehend between the 
 Canal of BergueSy and the Harbour of Dunkirk. The 
 Quantity of Water being raultiply'd, would increafe the 
 Evil ; and as it would have no Outlet, it would drown 
 the Town ; but this ufelefs and dangerous Communication 
 is not fo Cdfy neither, as the Memorial reprefents it; for 
 it would not fuffice to break thro* one Dam only, there 
 being three, one after another, made on Purpofe to cut 
 off that Communication entirely. 
 
 There is Room to believe, therefore, that the King of 
 Great Britain is as much at Eafe in regard to that Article 
 of the Memorial, as his Commiffaries feemed to be about 
 that of the Sluices ; notwithftandm^ it makes a Part of 
 Sh6 Complaints which the Earl of Stairs is commanded to 
 
 prcfei
 
 loo Th^ Hijlorkal Regijler^ 
 
 prefer to the King. Probably they will not talk a difFe- 
 xent Langiuge in England^ from what they did after ha- 
 ving vievvM lipth the Sluice of the Bafon, and thofe of 
 the Canals of Ber^T(M, La Moere^ Fumes, and their Tim- 
 ber-Work. They own'd that neither Labour nor Expence 
 had been fpared, absolutely to deftroy them. 
 
 As to the pretended Works of Fortification, mention'd 
 in the Memorial to be yet fubfifting, no body will call 
 hy that Name the Remains of an old Wall, ap,ainfl which 
 feveral Hcufes of the Town are built ; and was fo far 
 from being look'd upon as a Fortification, that the King 
 left it (landing when he built the Citadel, from which 
 this Wall was but 50 Toifes diflant. 
 
 Neither were the Gates of a Town or Citadel, ever 
 com priz'd under the Name of a Fortification : Nor the 
 Vaults which gave PaiTage to the Canals, and whofe only 
 UCe for the future will be, to ferve as Bridges of Commu- 
 nication between one Part of the Town and another. 
 
 If a few Redoubts at Machicoitlis do yet remain within 
 the Extent of the Fortifications of Dunkirk:^ the Kmg of 
 Great Briiain rmy allure himfcif. they Ihall be immediate- 
 ly razed. 
 
 He is not exaflly informed of the true State of the new 
 Canal, if he thinks it has a Communication with the 
 Town of Dunkirk. The Waiters of the three Canals of 
 iergiies, Fitrnes, and La Moere, which form-rly uied to 
 difcnarge thenifelves by the Way of Dunkirk, do now fall 
 into the Canal of Bourhourg, which is without that Town, 
 and from thence they are carry'd into the new Canal, to 
 run into the Sea. 
 
 This Work, which is one of the principal Siib)e£ls of 
 Complaint contained in the Earl of Stain Memorial, was 
 not altogether voluntary on the King's Part ; the Charge 
 thereof is exceeding great, and his Majefiy would not 
 have been at ir, had it been poflible for him to obtain 
 of the late Queen of Great Britain^ the leaving one of the 
 old Sluices, formerly made at the Expence of th« Country, 
 only to hinder its being overflowed, before Dunkirk be- 
 longed to the King, and confcquently before his Majefty 
 fet Men at Work upon the Harbour there. 
 
 That Princefs was inflexible, and only proposed, as the 
 Earl of Stairs repeats ic in his Memorial, the turning off 
 of the Waters of the Countryj either thro' Gravelhg, or 
 thro* Newport. 
 
 Now, the Tim')er-Work of the Sluices at Grayeling is 
 so Foot higher than that of the Sluices at Vnnhirk. To 
 
 propofe
 
 />^w July \ji^,to]in. 1716. loi 
 
 Prnpofe fiich an Expedient therefore, was to pnopofe a 
 Thing impoflible. 
 
 The Expedient of letting our the Waters thro' Nerrpirf^ 
 Tubmitted the Safety of the Country to the Good Wiil of 
 a Foreign Prince then at Wtr with the King ; and the* 
 it may be hop'd, that the Union and Intelli'^ence which 
 are happily reftored betvv en his Ma)-:fty and rhe Emperor, 
 will always fublilt ; he yet thought it prudent at that 
 Ti'mfj not to mnke the Governors of that Place Mafters of 
 his Subjedls Deftiny, 
 
 The States-General of the United Provinces were of the 
 fame Sentiments ; for th?y refus'd the Qu^en of Great 
 'Britain to be Guarantees of the Liberty which the Gover- 
 nors of Newport fliould give, for drawing off the Waters ; 
 being perfuaded that it did not fuit with rhe Wifdom of 
 the Republick, to be anfwerable for the Condu6l of the 
 Officers of a Powerful Prince, independent of Holland, 
 
 Never did Sovereign engage, by a Treaty of Peace, to 
 lea\^e his Country expofed to a certain Submerfion ; nei- 
 ther was fuch a Condition ever demanded. 
 
 The King, as Father of his People, was obliged there^ 
 fore to provide for their Security ; and it', in Spight of 
 the Peace, it were poflible for Great Britain ta contemplate 
 their Ruin with Indifference, fuch Sentiments, which 
 will never be look'd upon as thofe of a friendly Nation, 
 would not excufe his Ma;efty's employing all poflible 
 Methods to prevent the Defolationj which the Waters 
 (without an Outlet) would infallibly have caiis'd, in the 
 loweil Part of the Country, which is croffed by three 
 rnnaing Streams, ■J'iz, the y^tf, the Colome^ and the tyfer^ 
 and by a great many navigable Canals. The Example of 
 the Country drown'd by La Moere^ proves that the Dan- 
 ger is not imaginary ; and that it would favour too 
 llrongly of Imprudence, to judge and determine by a 
 Year of Drovvth, that Men need never fear Inundations. 
 
 Wherefore, the Knowledge of the Country, and the 
 Queen of Great Britain's Refufal, obliged the King to opea 
 this Canal, the Undertaking of which, appeared to the 
 ErgJijJ} Commiffaries as a Subjed of Berifion, rather than 
 a Ground of joll Complaint : For they faw the Neceflity 
 of drawing off the Waters from the Country, but could 
 not think the Work would fucceed. 
 
 Had it been his Majefty's Intention to repair the Lofs 
 of the Harbour of Dunhrk^ by opening the new Canal, 
 he might have fpared fo many Inftances made in vain, 
 for the Prefcrvacion of one of the old Sluices ; for, by 
 
 litterally
 
 102 The Hijlorical Regi/fer^ 
 
 litterally performing th? Articles of the Peace of Utrecht^ 
 he promoted the Execution of the fecret Defi«n which is 
 now laid to his Charge : But far from forming any fuch, 
 he faw, with deep Regret, the Neceflity of an Expence 
 which was abfolurely indifpenfable for the Prefervation 
 of the Country. He was obliged therefore to undergo it, 
 and to allow the new Works all the Dimenlions necefTary 
 to make them ufeful and fubftantial. 
 
 The Earl of Stairs is not exadlly inform*d of thofe he 
 mentions in his Memorial 5 but without entering into the 
 Detail, it is owned, that the new Sluice is deeper than 
 that at BergueSj becaufe it i? in a lower Ground, and near- 
 er to the Sea than the Sluices that are ruin'd : Alfo, that 
 it is bigger, becaufe it is proportionable to the new Canaly 
 made on Purpofe to receive, and carry into the Sea, the 
 Waters of four navigable Canals. 
 
 There is Room to hope, tbat the Peace between the 
 King and the King of Great Britain will be fo fubftantially 
 confirni'd, that there will be no Occafion to purfue the 
 Advice the Earl of Stairs gives, for fortifying e'er it be 
 long, the new Canal. Mean while his Majefty declares, 
 that he will not make any Work of Fortification there ; 
 and that, for the Puhlick Tranquility Sake, he impofes 
 upon himfelf a Law, which no Man can find in the Ar- 
 ticles of the Treaty of Utrecht. 
 
 They do not ptefcribe to the King the Neceflity of 
 fufFering the Submerfion of his Country. They do not 
 deprive his Majefty of the natural Right which all Sove- 
 areigns have, of making what Works they think proper 
 for the Prefervation of their Subjedls. 
 
 The King engages to caufe the Fortifications of Dunkirk 
 to be dcmolifli'd, to fill up the Harbour of that Town, 
 and to ruin its Sluices, with the exprefs Condition never 
 to make it good. If thefe Conditions are performed, will 
 any one prefume to fay, his Majefty has not fatisfy'd his 
 Engagements ? A Treaty, whofe Terms are clear, and 
 Senfe evident, needs no Interpretation, In vain does one 
 of the Parties declare, that he is not fatisfy'd with the 
 Execution ; He has no Reafon to complain, when that 
 Execution is perfedl ; for his Judgment is not to decide 
 xhe Signification of Terms not efjuivocal, but alike un- 
 ceritocd by all that read tfiem. 
 
 It is in Terms thus clear, that the King is pleafed to 
 i^epeat once more the Declaration his Majefty has already 
 Yciiintarily, and for the Good of the Peace, made, that 
 tit will jriife no Work or Fortification for the Security of 
 
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 from July i7T4> f^ Jan. 1716. 103 
 
 the Canal which he has been obliged to open, for hindering 
 the SubnierlioH of a cofifiderable Extent of Country, for 
 preventing the Ruin of his Subjects who inhabit ir, and 
 by no Means for keeping Fleets there, to terrify his Neigh- 
 bours. He defires nothing more than to Hiaintain with 
 them the Peace that has been happily re-eftablifli'd j t^ 
 contribute, according to his Defire, towards the flouriftiing 
 of their Commerce ; to unite France and Great Britain by 
 the Bands of Correfpondence, and the Itrifteft Friendlhip ; 
 laftly, to diflipate the Umbraee capable of difturbing this 
 perf'edt Inrelligence, he perfuddes himfelf, that the King 
 of Great Britain^ fhewing the fame Sentiments to him, 
 will employ all his Power and Authority to preferve ant 
 Union fo neceffary to the general Tranquility of Eu- 
 rope, 
 
 On the 9th of March, M. Fan Dulrenvorde and M. f^as 
 Borfekn, Embadadors extraordinary from their High Migh* 
 tineffrs the Srntes General of the United Provinces, made 
 their Publick Entry. They were receiv'd ,it Greenwich by 
 the E<irl of Tankerrille^ and Sir Clement Cotterel, Mailer of 
 the Ceremonies, accompuiyM by fix Gentl-rmen of his 
 M'jefty's Privy Chamber : From thence they were brought 
 by Water, togett\er with all their Train, in his Majefty'j 
 Birges to rhe Tower. At their Landing th?y were re- 
 ceiv'd by Pobert D*0yly^ Efqj Depury to the Lieuenant of 
 the Tower, in the Abfence of the Enrl of Northampton^ 
 Conftable of the faid Tower 5 and the Guard being drawn 
 out upon the Wharf, f<tluted their Excellencies as they 
 pafs'd by. The Royal Stand<ird was difplay'd upon this 
 OvCafion ; but their Excellencies difpens'd with the Firing 
 of the Gun?, left n)uch Mifchief might have enfu'd to 
 the Cuftom-Houfe, and many other Houfes near adjoining, 
 exrreamiy fhatter'd by the late dreadful Fire. From 
 thence they proceeded to SomtrfetHonfe in the following 
 Manner : The Earl of Tankeryille\ Coach, thirty two of 
 the Embaffador's Footmen, walking two and two ; eight 
 Pages, and the Gentleman of the Horfc mounted on Horfe- 
 back ; then came the King's Coach of State, in which 
 were the Embafladors, the Earl of TankertiUe, and the 
 Mafter of the Ceremonies ; this was follow d by anotlier 
 of the King's Coaches, as was that by one of his Royal 
 Highnefs the Prince of WaJes^ in thefe came the fix Gen- 
 tlemen of the Privy-chamber ; afterwards came five of 
 their Excellencies Coaches drawn by eight Horfes each, 
 which were follow'd by a numerous Train of Coaches of 
 a the
 
 1 04 The HJftorical Regifter^ 
 
 the Nobility and Gentry, of fix Hprfes each. When they 
 arrivM at Somerfet-Hojife^ the Place appoinred by his Majelly 
 for their Entertainment, the Earl of Tanheryille put them 
 into PofTcllion of the Hoiife, and took his Leave. Soon af- 
 ter came the Lord Harborough^ with his M.tjefty's Comple- 
 ment of welcome to the EmbolTador? ^ as did the Lord Finchj 
 Gentleman of the Bedchamber to his Royal Higbnefs in 
 ■waiting, and Mr. Tukeney, Vice-Cham!. erl^in to her Royal 
 Highnefs ; both fent by their Royal Kighnefles the Prince 
 and Princefs of Wales upon the fame Occafion. 
 
 Their Excellencies were, according to Cuftom, nobly 
 entertain'd at his Majefty's Cod *, and, on the i2th^ were 
 conduded to their publick Audience. The E«rl of Gran- 
 tham and Sir Clement Cotterel^ Maftcr of the Ceremoniesj 
 ■with .fix Gentlemen of his Majefty's Privy Chamber, 
 brought them from Somerfet Ucufe to St. James^ in his 
 Majefty's CoAch, follow'd by the EmbafTadors Coaches in 
 the fame Order as was obferv'd at their Entry. Their 
 Excellencies were received at the Palace Gate by Sir Vhil'if 
 Meadows^ Knight-Marfhal ; his Majefty's Foot-Guards 
 were drawn up in the Court, and the Officers faluted their 
 Excellencies with Pike and Colours, and afterwards with 
 their Hats as they pafs'd by, the Drums beating a March. 
 They were received at the Door of the Guard Chamber by 
 the Earl of Uxhridge^ Captain of the Ytomen of the 
 Guard, and condufled by him to the End of his Com- 
 xnand. They were receiv'd at the Door of the Room of 
 Audience by the Duke of St. Albans, Captain of the Band 
 of Gentlemen Penfioners, who were r..n£;'d on each Side 
 of the Room ; and conducted by the Duke of Shrewihurj/y 
 Lord Chamberlain of his Majefty's Houlhold. And being 
 come near the King, the Heer Van Durenyoirde made the 
 following Speech to his Majefly : 
 
 SIP, 
 
 THE Joy we feel, in beholding your Majefty feated 
 on this Auguft Throne, does fo entirely poflefs our 
 Minds, that we defpair of being able, with fuital-.le Dig- 
 nity, to difcharge the Commands our Lords and Mafters, 
 the States General, have laid upon us. 
 
 Never was Joy more juft or better grounded, than at a 
 Time when the Proteftanc Religion was threatened with 
 total Ruin ; when thefe Kingdoms were in Danger of 
 Leing invaded ; and cur Republick had Reafon to fear the 
 greateft Calamities ; At a Time when arbitrary Power 
 and Popery expe;l^ed to bring all Europe under iheir Yoke \ 
 1. whsii
 
 from July 17 14, ?(? Jan. 1716. 105 
 
 when Superftition and Perfecurion, their infeparable 
 Companions, arm'd with Fhe and Sword, feem'd ready to 
 deftroy al]. 
 
 In this Time of. Fear and Diftrefs, Heaven, by the 
 wonderful Interpofition of its Omnipotence, plac'd the 
 Scepter in the Hands of your Majefty, to calm their Ap- 
 prehenfions, to protedl his Church, to preftrve Nations, 
 and to affert their Liberties and Laws. 
 
 May everlafting Praifes be returned to the Almighty 
 for it. 
 
 S 7 i?, 
 
 Their High MightinefTes had the Honour of perfonally 
 exprefling to your Majefty, how deeply feniible they are 
 of this happy Event. 
 
 They have defir'd your Majefty's Friendfliip and' Affe£li- 
 on, as the firmell Support of their State. 
 
 They have affur'd you, that they will do their utmoft 
 to preferve this precious Friendfhip, and that they have 
 nothing more at Heart, than to live in perfedl Harmony 
 w^ith your Maj l>y ; and, on all Occa/ions, to demon- 
 Itrate an inviolable Attachment to your Majefty's la- 
 terefls. 
 
 They have teftify'd their Defire to renew the moft 
 ftridl Alliance?, and to contriburc, as far as in them lies, 
 to improve that hearty Union fo necelTary to the two 
 Kations ; being founded on Principles of Religion and 
 Liberty, 
 
 They ofFer'd up in the Prefence of your Majefty, and 
 Hill continue their Prayers, to the Almighty, that the 
 facrcd Ties of this Union, formed Time our of Mind, 
 and knit more rlofe during the Reigns of glorious Q.ueeii 
 Elizabeth^ <i n dXln^ Willi am ^ whofe Memory will be ever 
 bltlTfcu by ill goo a Men, may become indifToluble during 
 your Majlty's Reign. 
 
 Thefe, Sir, are the fincere and lefpedful Sentiments 
 which t; eir High MightineiTes repeat this Day by our 
 Mouths. 
 
 Happy iire the Miniflers, wl^o, like us, have Commands 
 from t' ir M-ftcrs fo Hgrt."able to their own Inclina- 
 tions . freed 'rom tte Trouble of lal'ouring for obfcure 
 and equivocal F^x^-f^flions, they only fpeak the Didtates of 
 their He-rr^. 
 
 Mort> luppy ftill in being aide to declare rhofe Cora** 
 mands to * King valnnr, prudent, wife, jult, equitiible, 
 gracious, aiicl n:^rciful. wLo places his Grandeur in the 
 Exercifc of ihofe Roy*i 'iJ Cnrxftian Virtues ! 
 
 May
 
 lo6 The H'lftorical Regifler^ 
 
 May Heaven flretch beyond the common LimitSj a Life 
 adomM with fuch admirable Qualities I 
 
 May Heaven pour down upon your Majefty's Reign «the 
 choiceft of his Blefiings, and perpetuate the fame in your 
 Royal Family, till Ti.rae ihall be no more. 
 
 Permit us, great Sir, to befeech your Majefty, graci- 
 oufly to accept our Endeavours, to attain the End pro- 
 posed by our Sovereigns, to render ourfelves worthy of 
 your Majefty's Protedion ; and to perfwade your Ma- 
 jefty of our molt humble Refpeds and profound Vene- 
 ration* 
 
 The Audience being over, their Excellencies were re- 
 condudled in the fame Manner to their own Houfe by the 
 Earl of Grantham^ the Matter of the Ceremonies, and thr 
 Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber, 
 
 On Monday t\\t 14th of March^ their Excellencies were 
 condu£led by the Mailer of the Ceremonies, ro an Audi- 
 ence of his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Hales. They 
 "Were received at the Door of his Guard Chamber by the 
 Earl of Hertford^ Gentleman of the Bedchamber ro his 
 Royal Highnefs in waiting , at the Door of the Room of 
 Audience, his Royal Higbnefs's Prefence Chamber, they 
 were met and condufled by the Duke of Argyhy Groom 
 of the Stole to his Royal Highnefs, to whom they ad- 
 drefs'd themfeives in. the following Speech* 
 
 S I R^ 
 
 THE ardent Zeal for the Defence of the Proteftaqt 
 Church, and of the Liberties of Europe^ vvhich 
 (bines fo bright in your Royal Highnefs upon all Occa- 
 sions; that Zeal which has made you fo often expofc 
 your precious Life, and r^afes you fo high above other 
 Princes, gains you fo great a Veneration amongll all 
 thofe who love their Religion and their Countrjr, that we 
 think it needlefs to mention the other extraordinary En- 
 dowments which your Royal Highnefs is pofTcfa'd of ia 
 ib eminent a Degree. 
 
 Our Lords and Matters the States General of the United 
 Trorinces^ have ordered us to teftify to your Royal High- 
 nefs, the high Efteem they have of a Zeal fo necef- 
 fary. 
 
 From hence they have conceiv'd the ftrongeft Hopes, 
 that your Royal Highnefs will not refufe to fupport them 
 ill their Endeavoursj co compleat the Security of Religion 
 
 and
 
 from]\3\Y 1714, to \'\x\. 1716. 107 
 
 and Liberty, by the ftridleft Alliance, and by confirm" 
 ing the Uaion between thefe Kingdoms and rheir Do- 
 minions. 
 . SI Rj 
 
 Their High MightinefTes l-em^mber \vith Pleafure, the 
 AfTurances of Friendfhlp which you were pleas'd to give 
 them, wliea rhey had the Satisfadion to exprefs to you 
 in Perfon the Refpefl and Efteem which they have for 
 your Royal Highntfs. 
 
 They earneftly prefs for the Continuance of that Friend- 
 fhlp, and afTure your Royal Highnefs, that nothing fhall 
 be waiting on their Part to inanifeft the Sincerity of 
 their Intention?, and theii: inviolable Attachment to your 
 Intertffts. 
 
 By the happy Advancement of his M^jefty to the 
 Crown, the black and terrible Clouds which hung over 
 thefe Kingdomfj over our Republick, and over the whole 
 Body of Pfoteltants, are entirely difpers'J ; and the De- 
 iigns of your Enemies, the Favourers of Popery and arbi- 
 trary Powerj quite overturned. 
 
 What a Source of Fears and Terrors muft it have been 
 for thofe who love Virtue, had the Duration of this 
 Happinefs depended upon one Life only, and did we 
 not fee in yciu Royal Highnefs a worthy SuccefTor, able 
 tb carry on the glorious Work begun by your Augult 
 Father, 
 
 But that which crowns our Joy, and confirms us in 
 the Podeflion of Co unexpedted a Felicity, is the happy 
 Offspring with which Heaven has been pleas'd to blefs 
 you j 'tis the Crown firmly eftablifh'd in your Royal Fa- 
 mily, from which J if our Prayers may be heard, it (hall 
 never depart while the World endures. 
 
 Heaven grant, Sir, that you may be always the Oljedl 
 of its Bleflings, and of the Peoples Love ; that admir- 
 ing your Royal Highnefs's confummate Valour, moft 
 happy Genius, great Wifdom, and exadl Juftice, they 
 niay every Day be more and more devoted to you. 
 
 May Heaven grant you a more long, and a more happy 
 Life than any Prince has hitherto enjoy 'd. 
 
 That a Life fo precious, fo ufeful, and fo necefTary for 
 the publick Welfare, may be crown'd with Profperity, 
 Satisfadion and Glory. 
 
 This, Sir, is what we wifti from the Bottom of our 
 Hearts : Happy if perfwaded of our Efteem and Venera- 
 tion, your Royal Highnefs vouchfafe to grant us an 
 
 I Interelt
 
 ic8 The H: ft or teal Regijler^ 
 
 Incereft in your Protedioiij and in the Honour of your 
 Favour. 
 
 The next Day, their Excellencies had an Audience of 
 her Royal Highnefs the Princefs of WaleSy to whom they 
 made the following Speech : 
 
 MA DA M^ 
 •T 7K 7 E have the Honour to approach your Royal High- 
 V V nefs with all the Refpedt due to your Rank ; 
 and at the fame Time, with an entire Confidence, that 
 you will be pleas'd to grant what we defire in the Name 
 of our Lords and Mailers the Sutes General of the United 
 Vroy'inces, 
 
 Their High Mightineflfes intreat your Royal Highnefs to 
 believe, that they have a high Efteem and perfeil Venera- 
 tion for your illuftrious Perfon and ihining Virtues. 
 
 They pray that your Royal Highnefs would pleafe to 
 fupport, with your powerful Influence, the Intereft of 
 their Republick ; and to continue thofe Marks of Favour, 
 of which they have already had fuch convincing Proofs^ 
 as they fhall ever keep in Remembrance. 
 MA VA /k/, 
 
 Our Confidence is founded upon that pious Zeal which 
 has Ihone fo bright in your Royal Highnefs for the Good 
 of the Proteftant Religion, and upon that earneft Defirft 
 which you have teftify'd to fee the Union confirmed 
 betwixt thefe happy Kingdoms and our Republick. An 
 Union I which we dare venture to lay, is the firmed 
 Support of the Church, and of the Happinefs of both 
 Nations. 
 
 'Tis with Order?, to fet about a Work fo neceffary, to 
 renew Alliances, and make the Ties of them indiflolu- 
 ble, that their High Mightinsffes have fent us to this 
 Court ; and 'tis for the Accomplifliment of this great De- 
 iign, that we implore the Protedtion of your Royal 
 Highnefs. 
 
 In your mod tender Years, your Royal Highnefs gave 
 fuch illufirious Proofs of an Heart entirely devoted to 
 God , you defpis'd, with fo much Courage and Firmnefsj 
 thofe dazling Grandeurs which combated the Duties you 
 ow'd to Confcience, that there's nothing too great for 
 the Proteftant Religion to expedt. from fo noble a 
 Soul I 
 
 Befides, your Royal Highnefs has given fuch Proofs of 
 a generous Friendfhip to our Republick, that we flatter 
 
 ourfelves
 
 from July ijn, tojdu. 1716. 109 
 
 ourfelves, you will not deny our Mailers che Favour 
 which they expedl from you. 
 
 We fhall take the Liberty, Madam, to have Recourfe 
 to your Friendfliip, and, at the fame Time, farther to 
 ac^mire thofe wonderful Qualities, which, though your 
 Birth and Rank be high, do ftill raife you higher ! 
 
 That Sublimity of Mind, that Prudence, that Spirit 
 oF Difcernment, that Charity, that Sweetnefs, that Affa- 
 bility, and that unweary'd Diligence you make Ufe of iii 
 the Education of your Royal Offspring, with fuch a 
 happy Succefs, as already makes all who fee them, ad- 
 mire rhem, and gives us a joyful Profued;, that one 
 Day they will polTefs the Virtues of their illulirious An- 
 ceftors .' 
 
 May your Royal Highnefs be an Eye-witnefs of it. 
 May fo accomplilh'd a Princefs be long the Darling of 
 j^fankind ! 
 
 And as God, who gave your Royal Highnefs Strengrfi" 
 to refufe the Temptations of the World, feems to have 
 deftin'd you to be the Prote6lrefs of the Proteftant Church ; 
 may he enable you to fupport it, both l)y your Royal 
 Influence, and by your Example. 
 
 May your Royal Highnefs be Co happy as to fall upon 
 Methods for a perfedl Union betwixt all its Members, and 
 by the Execution of that Defign which hitherto has been 
 too hard for the greateft Genius, draw down upon you 
 more and more the Bleflings of Heaven. 
 
 Accept, Madam, with that Grace and Goodnefs which 
 are fo natural to you, our ardent and iincere Vows, and 
 vouchfafe to grant us the Liberty to allure your Royal 
 Highnefs, that we are entirely at your Devotion, 
 
 The fame Day, their Excelle^icies had an Audience of 
 the two young PrincefTes, Daughters to the Prince and 
 Princefs of Wales. 
 
 We are led now, in Point of Time, to relate the Pro- 
 ceedings of the firft Parliament of King George, from the 
 Day of their Meeting on March 17, TVrf 7 ^° January 9, 
 I7f|-, where our Hiflorical Repfter^ N^ ll, Page 139, be- 
 gins that Account. 
 
 Proceedings of the Parliament of Great Britain. 
 
 On the I7ih of March^ the Parliament of Great BtU 
 
 f^ain met at Wefiminfer according to the Writ^ of Sammons. 
 
 I ^ ' " His
 
 I lo The Hiftoncal Regifxer^ 
 
 His Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales^ in his Robes, 
 was inrroduc'd into the Houfe of Peers by the Right Ho- 
 nourable the Lord Prefident of the Councilj the Lord 
 Steward, and the Lx>Fd Chamberlain of his Majefty*s 
 Houlhold, all in their Robes ; being preceded by Sir Willi- 
 am Oldes^ Gentleman Uflier of the Bkck Rod, Clarenceux^ 
 Xing at Arms, (in the Abfence of Garter King at Arms) 
 the Lord Great Chamberlain, and the Duke of Argyle^ 
 carrying on a Cufliion his Royal Highnefs's Crown. His 
 Royal Highnefs's Patent being prefenred to the Lord 
 Chancellcr, was read, as was alfo his Writ of Summons, 
 and then his Royal Highnefs was placM in the Chair on 
 the Right Hand of the Chair of State on the Throne : 
 Her Royal Highnefs the Princefs of WdUs^ having the 
 two young PrincefTes her Daughters with her, was placed 
 on the Right Hand of the Prince, in a Seat raisM on 
 Steps equal with the Throne. His Majefty entering ia 
 his Royal Robes, and being feated on the Throne with the 
 ufual Solemnity, the Qentl'^man UiTier of the Black Rod 
 was fent with a Meff.ge to the Houfe of Commons, com- 
 manding their Attendance in the Houfe of Peers : The 
 Commons being come thither, his Majefty *s Pleafure was 
 fignify'd to them by the Lord Chancellor, that they fhould 
 return to their Houfe and chufe their Speaker, and prefent 
 him to his Majefty on the 2.1ft. After his Majefty had 
 retir'd out of the Houfe of Peers, his Royal Highnefs the 
 Prince of Vt'tiJes took the Oath of Allegiance and Supre- 
 macy, and made and fubfcrib'd the Declaration, and alfb 
 took and fubfcribM the Oath of Abjuration. 
 
 As foon as the Commons were returned to their Houfe, 
 the Earl of Hertford^ Son and Heir apparent to his Grac« 
 the Duke of Stmerfet-^ uood up, and faid, ' That accord- 
 
 * ing to his Majelty's Pleafure, they were immediately 
 ' to proceed to the Choice of a Speaker ; that, in order 
 ' thereto, they ought, in the fiift Place, to confider, thac 
 ' fcarce any Parliament ever met in a more critical 
 
 * Jundure than this, when Matters of the higheft Im- 
 ' portance were like to be laid beime the Houfe; Thac 
 
 * therefore they ought to fix their Choice upon a Perfoa 
 'of known Parts and Abilities; and that, in his Opini- 
 ' on, none was every Way better qualify'd for fo great 
 
 * an Office, than Mr. Spencer Compton/' His Lordlhip 
 was feconded by the Lord finch^ eldelt Son to the Earl of 
 Nottin^ham^ wiio enlarged upon Mr, Compt on' s Abilities: 
 Upon which Mr. Compton ftood up, and modeftly excus'd 
 liimfeif, fnyiug, * That the very Arguments urg'd by the 
 
 2 ^ noble
 
 from July lyiJ^^ to ]cin. 17^6. iii 
 
 * noble Member who did him the Honour ro mention him 
 
 * firft, yiz. The Criticalnefs of the prefent Jundlure, and 
 
 * the important Matters that were like to be laid before 
 ' the Ho-jfe, were ftrong Reafons for him to decline a 
 
 * Truft, to which he was fo unequal ; adding, there were 
 ^ now in the Houfe feveral Members, vvho had already 
 ^ difcharg'd it with general Satisfaflion." But thefe Ex- 
 cufes were not admitted j and upon a general Cry for the 
 Chair, Mr. Compton was carry'd to it by the two Lords 
 before-mention'd, and chofen Speaker, Nemine Contradi- 
 cente. 
 
 On the iiftof March, the King came to the Houfe of 
 Peers with the ufual State and Solemnity ; and che Com- 
 mons being ftnt for up, and attending, prefented the 
 Konourable Spencer Cow/>to;7, Ef^; for their Speaker; whom 
 his Majefty approved ; After this, his Majefty was gra- 
 cioufly pleas'd to declare from the Throne, ' That he had 
 
 * orderM the Lord Chancellor to declare the Caufes of 
 ' calling this Parliament, in his Majcfly's Name and 
 
 * Words : " And accordingly the Lord Chancellor read to 
 both Houfes the following; Speech, deliver'd into his Hands 
 by his Majefty : 
 
 My Lords and Gentlemen^ 
 
 THIS being the firft Opportunity that I have had of 
 meeting my People in Parliament, fince it pleas'd 
 Almighty (3od, of his good Providence, to call me to 
 the Throne of my Anceftors, I moft gladly make ufe of 
 it to thank my faithful and loving Subjects, for that Zeal 
 and Firmnefs that hath been fhewn in Defence of the 
 Proteftant Succeflion, againft all the open and fecrec 
 P/adices that have been ufed to defeat it : And I 
 fhall never forget the Obligations I have to thofe 
 vvho have diftinguifli'd themfelves upon this Occa- 
 iion. 
 
 It were to be wifh'd, that the unparallel'd SuccefTes of 
 a War, which was fo wifely and chearfully fupported by 
 this Nation, in order to procure a good Peace, had beeii 
 attended with a fuitable Conclufion : But it is with Con- 
 cern I muft tell you, that fome Conditions even of this 
 Peace, eirrntial to the Security and Trade of Great Britainy 
 are not yet duly executed ; and the Performance of the 
 whole may be look'd upon as precarious, until we fhall 
 have form'd defenfive Alliances to guaranty the prrfenc 
 Treaties. 
 
 J 3 The
 
 1 1 2 The WftoYical Reg^ifter^ 
 
 The Pretender, who ftill refides in 
 to difturb us, and boafts of the AiTiftance which he 
 ftill expedls h:re ro repair his former DifappoinrmentF. 
 
 A greit parr of our Trade is render'd impradlicable ; 
 this, if nor rjcriev'd, muft dcftroy our Manufadlures, and 
 ruin our Navigation. 
 
 The publick Debts are very great, and furprizingly 
 increased, even fince the fatal CelTation of Arms. My 
 firft Care was to prevent a farther Increafe of thefe Debts, 
 by paying ofF forthwith a great Number of Ships which 
 had been kept in Pay, when there was no Occafion for 
 continuing fuch an Expence. 
 
 Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons^ 
 
 I rejy upon you for fuch Supplies as the prefent Cir- 
 cumftances of our Affairs require for this Year's Service, 
 and for the Support of the publick Faith. The Eftimates 
 (liall be laid before you, that you may confider of them ; 
 and what you fnali judge neceffary for your Safety, I (hall 
 think fufficient for mine. 
 
 I doubt not but you will concur with me in Opinion^ 
 that nothing can contribute more to the Support of the 
 Credit of the Nation, than a llrift Obfsrvance of all 
 Parliamentary Engagements. 
 
 The Branches of the Revenue, formerly granted for 
 the Support of the Civil Government, are fo far incum- 
 bex'd and alienated, that the Produce of the Funds which 
 yemain, and liave been granted to me, will fall much 
 ihorr of what was at firft defign'd, for maintaining the 
 Honour and Dignity of the Crown : And fince it is my 
 Happinefs (as I am confident you think it yours) to fee a 
 Prince of Wales^ v^ho may, in due Time, fucceed me on 
 the Throne, and to fee him bleffed with many Ghildren, 
 the befl and moft valuable Pledges of our Care and Con- 
 cern for your Profperity ; this muft occafion an Expence 
 to which the Nation has not of many Years l)een accu- 
 . Hom'd ; but fuch as finely no Man will grudge 5 and 
 therefore I do not doubt but you will think of it 
 ■with that Affedlion which I have Reafon to hope frorp 
 you. 
 
 My lords aid Gentlemen^ 
 
 The Eyes of all Europe are upon you, waiting the IfiTue 
 of this firft Sefiioii. Let no unhappy Divifions of Parties 
 here ar Home, divert you from purfuing the common In- 
 tereft of your Counrry : Let no wicked lnfinu-«rions dif- 
 quiet the Minds of my Subjedls. The eftablilh'd Confti- 
 lution in Church and State ihall be the Rule of my Go- 
 
 veinment *
 
 from]M\Y 1714, rd? Jan. 171 6. iig 
 
 vernmenc; the HappinefsjEafeyand Profperity of my People, 
 fliall be the chief Care of my Life, Thofe who aflift me in 
 carrying on thefe Meafuree, I fhall always efteem my 
 tell Friends ; and I doubt not but that I Ihall be able, 
 with your Afliftance, to difappoint the Defigns of thofe 
 who would deprive me of that Blefling, which I mod 
 value, the AfFedtion of xny People. 
 
 Her Royal Highnefs the Princefs of Wales^ the two 
 young Princefles, and a great many Ladies, were admitted 
 into the Houfe of Peers on this folemn Occafion j and as 
 foon as the King was retir'dj feveral Peers newly created, 
 or advancM to higher Titles, were introduc'd into th« 
 Houfe of Lords: After which, that Houfe refolv'd to 
 prefent an Addrefs of Thanks to his Majefty. The next 
 Day the Commitree appointed to draw it up, reported the 
 fame to the Houfe as follows : 
 
 Moft gracious SoyereigUj 
 X J\ 7 E your Majefty 's moft dutiful and loyal Subje6ls, 
 VV the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament 
 affembled, beg Leave to prefent ro your Majefty our moft 
 humble and hearty Thanks for your Majefty's moft gra- 
 cious Speech to your Hcufes of Parliament, and to alTure 
 your Majefty, that altho* we met together with Hearts 
 deeply fenfibie of the Goodnefs of divine Providence to 
 as, in bringing your Majefty with Safety, and at fo cri- 
 tical a Jundlure, to the Throne of your Anceftors ; yet 
 we could not but become ftill more affeiSted with that in- 
 eftimable Klefting, when we heard fo very aff'edtionate 
 Expreflions from your Majefty towards your People ; fo 
 cJtar and full Afturances from a Prince of fuch known 
 Honour and Juftice, that the eftabliflVd Conftitution in 
 Church and State fhall be the Rule of your Government ; 
 and fo jiift and tender a Concern for our not having ob- 
 tained thofe Advantages by the Peace, which would have 
 been but a fuitable Conclulion to fo glorious and fuccefsfu! 
 a War ; nor as yet a due Execution of fome Conditions 
 even of that Peace, eilential to the Security and Trade of 
 this Kingdom. 
 
 "We are affefted with Wonder, as well as with a joft 
 Refentment, that a Pretender to your Majefty's Cfowu 
 fliould yet be permitted to refide fo near your Dominions, 
 efpecially after his publick boafting of an Alliftance he 
 expedls here, and his avowing a Defign to invade thisyour 
 Majefty's Kingdom. 
 
 1 4 We
 
 1 14 The Hifloricdl Regifter, 
 
 We are but too fenfihle, tlrar c^ur Trade is rendered im- 
 pra<fticable in the moft valuable Branches of ir, and of 
 the ill EfFtds that muil hav^e upon our Manuf^idlurea and 
 Kavigation i^ but your M^ijefty maj' be -r.fTL'.r'd, rothing 
 (hall be wanting on our Parr, that rcay any Way conduce 
 to the retrieving ir. 
 
 Thefe, ?.nd other Difficulties, your Majc^fty hath met 
 with on ycur Accefiion to th- Crown, (xnd which we mufl 
 obftrvf, in Jmlice to your W^if^Jom and Forefighr, would 
 have been prevented, had your Ojinion been follow 'd) 
 ve muft confefs are very great and difconraging ; how- 
 ever, we do not doubt, but that your Majefty^ aflifted by 
 this Parliament, zealous for your Governnient, and the 
 Safety and Honour of their Country, may 'be able to talce 
 fuch farther Meafure?, as will fecure what is due to us by 
 Treaties, eafe pur Debts, preferve the pu' lick Cret'ifj re- 
 ftore our Tr.^de, tx'.in.g,uifii the \tty Hopes of the Preten- 
 der, and recover the R putation of this Kingdom in Fo- 
 reign P<irts 5 the Lofs of which, we hope to convince the 
 World by our Aflions, is by no Means to be imputed to 
 the Nation in geneml. 
 
 And thefe good Ends cannot fail of being obtained, f y 
 your M^jtfly's purfuing wirh Steadinefs, as j^on have 
 begun, the true Interert of this your obedient and affedlio- 
 nate People i And ycur Majtlty m.iy, by God's Blefling^ 
 depend, that in Coniun£lion with fo luy4 a Parliament, 
 you will be able to \iy Foundations that can never be 
 inov'd, not only of the Security and Glory, but even of 
 the Eafe and Tranf^uiJlity of your Government, and that 
 of your Majcfty's Poftc-rity ; for which we olFer up our 
 moft ardent Prayer?, that it "may for ever continue to 
 reign after your Majcliy on the Throne of ihcfe Kingdoms^ 
 and in the Hearts of a People truly happy, and fully fen* 
 jible of their being fo. 
 
 After the Reading of this Addrefs, there arofe a great 
 Debate in the Houfe, chiefly about thefe Expreflions, And 
 recorir the Reputation of this Kirgdvm in Foreign Parts ; the 
 Zofs of vhich^ we hope to cenyince the World by our Ati'ions^ 
 is by ri» Means to.be imputed to the Nation in general. The 
 Lord TreTor, the Lord Vifcounr Bolingbrohe., the Earl of 
 Strafford^ the Dukes of Biuhhgham and Shrewsbury^ the 
 E^ri of Arglefty^ the Archbilliop of 7br^, the Rlhops of 
 London and Hriflol^ and fome other Peers, excepted againft 
 that Claufe, ajledging, among other Things, ' That it 
 ^ vjas iujnricus to the Ute Qiieeu's Memory, and even 
 
 ' clafhing
 
 from July ly 14^ to J^LU. ly 1 6. 115 
 
 ' clafhing with that Part of his Majefly's Speech, which 
 
 * recommended to both Houfes the avoiding the unhappy 
 
 * Divifions Of Parties." The Lord Bolinbroke in particular 
 m^de a long Speechj wherein he exprefs'd the heartieft and 
 ileepeft ConcerJi for the Memory of the late Queen his 
 inoft excellent Miftreff, * Which, he faid, he would do 
 ' all in his Power to vindicate : That he had the Honour 
 ' to be one of her Servants, and if he had done any 
 
 * Thing amifs, he would be contented to be punifh'd for 
 
 * it ; but that he thought it very hard to be cenfur'd and 
 
 * condemM without being heard. HisLordfliip took this 
 Occafion to fay a great deal in Praife of the King; ' That 
 < his Majefty had feveral Times exprefs'd a great Refpedl 
 
 * and Tendernefs for the late Qiieen's Memory ^ and was 
 
 * a Prince of fo great Wifdom, Equity, and Juftice, thac 
 
 * he was fure his Majefty would not condemn any Man, 
 ^ without heariiig what he had to fay for himfeJf • that fo 
 
 * Auguft an AfTembly ought to imitate fo ^eat a Pattern," 
 And upon thefe, and other Reafons, his Lordfliip mov'd, 
 that the Words reco-ver^ &c, might be foften'd into thofe 
 of maintain the Reputation ef this Kirgdom ; and that the 
 reft of the Paragraph might be left out. The Earl of 
 Straford alfo excepted againft that Claufe, amonglt other 
 Arguments, ' Eecaufe it would expofe the Honour of fh«; 
 ' Nation abroad^ which, he was fure, had fuffer'd no Di- 
 
 * minutiou during his Negociations.'* Tlie Duke of 
 ' Shrewsbury faid, in particular, * That the Houfe of Peers 
 ' ought, on all Occafions, to be moft tender of the Ho- 
 ' nour «nd Dignity of the Crown, from which they de- 
 
 * rive their ovvn Honour and Luftre : That therefore, whea 
 ' the like Claufe was inferted in an Addrefs of the Hnufe 
 ' of Commons to the late Qiieen, upon the Death of King 
 ' William^ he had exprefs'd to feveral Members of that 
 ' KoLifc his Diflike of it, becaufe it refl°6led on the Me- 
 
 * mory of that Prince ; and, for the faid Reafon, he was 
 ^ againlt the faid Claufe.'* Thefe, and other Arguments 
 urg'd on that Side, were anfwer'd by the Marquefs of 
 Wharton^ the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of l^ottivgham^ and 
 the Earl of AiJesford^ the Dnke of Veyonpoire^ and fome 
 other Peers, who exprefs'd all the Refped and Reverence 
 for the late Qjaeeu's Memory, rightly diftinguilh'd be- 
 tween her and her Miniftry ; and maintained the Cl.ufe 
 in Qiieftion, by Arguments drawn from the Mifmanage- 
 irents of the latter, hinted at in his Majefty's Speech. 
 The Lord Chancellorj in particular, taking Notice of the 
 Obje£lions rais'd by the Lord Bolingbroke \ among other 
 
 Things,
 
 i 1 6 The Hiflorical Regifter^ 
 
 'Jhin^s, faid, ' They did not condemn any particular 
 
 * Perfon, but only the Peace in general, becaufe rhey felc 
 
 * the ill Confequences of ir : That they who advis'd and 
 
 * made fuch a Peace, deferv'd indeed to be cenfnrM ; but 
 
 * that the Words in the Addrefs being" general, no private 
 
 * Perfon was -afF^fted by them ; and that the Alteration 
 
 * of the Word recoyer into that of maintain.^ would lignify 
 
 * no more towards the Jufiification of the Guilty^ than the 
 ^ Word recoyer towards the Condemnation of the Innocent," 
 Upon the whole Matter, the Qiieftion being pur, whether 
 the Addrefs fhould be recommitted or no, the Negative 
 carry 'd it by a Majority of 66 Voices againft 33. Th^ 
 next Day the Houfe of Lords in a Body prefented their 
 Addrefs to the King, who return'd the following moft 
 gracious Anfwer ; 
 
 My Lords J 
 
 I Thank y^u heartily for this Addrefs : Tour Duty and 
 Loyalty to me can neyer be better exprefs'd^ than by jhero- 
 ing a juft Concern for the Refutation and Interejl of the Na- 
 tion^ fince I hare no other Thought or View^ but to promote the 
 Srofferity and Happinefs of my People, 
 
 Before the Lords waited on the King with their Ad- 
 drefs, they adjour.'i'd themfelves to the Monday following; 
 then again to Uednefday the 30th of March j and then 
 again to the ill of April 
 
 Let's now attend t^ie Proceedings of the Commons, 
 On the 2 1 ft of March^ Mr. Speaker alone, and then 
 the other Members, took the Oaths, and made and fub- 
 fcrib'd the Declaration, and took and fubfcrib'd the Oath 
 of Adjuration, according to the Laws made for thofe Pur- 
 pofes; as did other Members the 22d, 23d, and following 
 Days. On the 231!, a hill for the more efeclual preventing 
 and puniffiing the (iealing and unlawful killing of Cattle^ was 
 read the firft Time, and order'd a fecond Reading : After 
 which, Mr, Speaker having reported to the Houfe his 
 Majefty's Speech, Bobert Waipole^ Efq; made a Speech^ Ml 
 which he fct forth the great Happinefs of thefe Nations 
 by his Majefty's feafonable AcceAion to the Crown ; raa 
 through the Mifmanagements of the four laft preceding 
 Years ; and concluded with a Motion for an Addrefs of 
 Thanks to the King, conformable to the feveral Heads of 
 . bis Majefty's Speech. He was feconded by the Lord Hin- 
 chinbroke 9 and none but Sir William Wbitlocke having 
 
 rais*d
 
 from July 1714, to]^n. 1716. 117 
 
 i-ais'd any Objection againil Mr. Wa'po.e's Motion, it was 
 jrefolv'd, 
 
 That an humble Addrefs be prcfenced to his Mtjefty, 
 to exprefs our juft Senfe of rhe Divine Providence, in pla- 
 cing his Majefty on t'ne Throne of his Anceftors : To re- 
 turn his Majelly the Thanks of this Houfe for his nioft 
 gracious Speech from the Throne; for his AfTurnnces that 
 the eftablifh'd Conftitution in Church and State fliall be 
 the Rule of his Government ; and for his Goodnefs ex- 
 prefs'd to thofe who diftinguifh'd themftlves by their 
 ^eal and Firmnefs for the Proteftant Succeflion : To ex- 
 prefs our Concern, that any Conditions of the late Peace 
 e/Tential to the Security and Trade of Great Britain^ are 
 not yet duly executed : That fuch Alliances have not 
 been form'd as are neceffary to render the Peace durable ; 
 That our Manufactures and Navigation are in fuch Hazard, 
 hy the Difficulties brought upon our Commerce : And 
 that the publick Debts are greatly encreas'd even fince the 
 CefTation of Arms : To declare our highefl Refentment a- 
 gainft the prefumptuous Declaration of the l^retender, and 
 the Encouragement he boafts to have r-ceiv'd from hence ^ 
 and to affure his Majefty, th«ft we will demonftrate our 
 juft Senfe of the great Bleflin^s derived to rhirfe Nations in 
 the Perfon of the Prince of Wales, and his IlTue, by en- 
 abling his Majefty to fupport the Dignity of the Crown, 
 and to make an honourable Provifion for the Royal Fami- 
 ly ; And that we will likewife grant fuch Supphes as fliali 
 be neceffary for the Service of the Year, and for mairi- 
 Taining Parliamentary Credit ; and will fupporc hi« Ma- 
 jefty in fuch Alliances as he fhali judge neceilary to make 
 for preferving the Peace of Europe. 
 
 This Vote being pafs'd, a Committee was appointed to 
 draw up the faid Addrefs, of which Mr. Walfoh was cho- 
 ftn Chairman : And then, according to Cuftom, the 
 Houfe appointed the ¥iye Grand Committees, for Religion^ 
 Grierances^ Courts of Jufiice, Trade^ Privileges and EhCiior,* ; 
 pafs'd feveral Refolucions about hlleclions ; and made tiie 
 ufual Regulations relating to the fitting of the Houfe. 
 
 March 24, Some Commifjioners of the Cuftoms attended, 
 and prefented to the Houfe, according to former Handing 
 Orders, a Report of the Commifiioners of the Cuftoms. 
 with feveral Accounts of prohibited Eaji-lndia Goods. 
 Then the Houfe taking Notice, by the Book of Returns, 
 that the Sheriff pf the County of Leicejier had not recurn'd 
 any Knights of the Sbire to ferve in this Parliament lor 
 the faid Countyj and that he kad made a fpeciai Return 
 
 v/hy
 
 I i8 The Hiftorical Regifter^ 
 
 . r ~ ■ • 
 
 why he had not returned fuch Knights ; the faid fpecial 
 Return tvas read, by which he ceitify'd, That be was af^ 
 faulted in the Execution of the Writ^ and that the EleClion was 
 prevented by Riots. And the Houfe being inform'd, that 
 there had been two Petitions left with the Clerk of the 
 Houfe, (purfiiant to a {landing Order of the Houfe) rela- 
 kting to the Proceedings in the Execution of the Writ di- 
 redled for the Eledion of Knights of the Shire for the faid 
 County, yiz. A Petition of George Aflay., Efqj and Thomas 
 Bjrd^ Ef-]; and alfo a Petition of S.r George Eeauntmt^ Bart. 
 ^ames Wtnfianley^ William Inge^ and Samuel Bracebridgey 
 E.fqs. on R:;half of themfelves, and fr veral other Freehol- 
 ders of the County of leice/Jer * Thefe Petitions being read, 
 it was ordrr'd, that Mr. Speaker do iiTue his Warrani to 
 the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ, for the 
 ele£ting Knights of the Shire for the faid County of Lei- 
 cefier : i. That the Matter of the faid Special Rf^turn be 
 taken into cbniidtrition upon Monday Fortnight ; and 
 ^dly, th.vt Mr. William Brfr«^)f, Under- Sheriff of the Coun- 
 ty of Leicefler^ do attend this Houfe upon that D^y. After 
 this, the Houfe taking alfo Notice by the 8ook of Returns, 
 that there was no Return made for the County of Cumber- 
 land^ ordered, that the Sheriff of that County d« forth- 
 with attend this Houfe, to give an Account why there 
 w«s no Return of Members for the faid County, Then 
 Mr. Walpole reported from the Committee beforemention'd, 
 the Addrefs Of Thanks to be prefented to his Zvlajefty, as 
 follows : 
 
 Mo/i Gracious Soyereign^ 
 
 YOUR Majcity's molt dutiful and loyal Subje-fls, the 
 Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affembled, 
 return your Majelly their unfeigned Thanks for your moil 
 gracious Speech frorri the Throne. 
 
 Tis with inexpreflible Joy that we approach your Ma- 
 }^^y> peaceably feated upon the Throne of your Royal An- 
 ceflors ; and being throughly fenlible o^" the many open 
 •and fecret Pra6lices that have of late Years been ufed to 
 defeat the Proteftant Succellion, we cannot fufficiently 
 adore the Divine Providence, that fo feafonably inter- 
 pofec^, and faved this Nation by yourMajefty's happy Ac- 
 cef]ion to the Crown. 
 
 Ycur- faithful Commons receive with the higheft Gra- 
 titude, your moft gracious AfTurances, that the eftablilhed 
 Confticution in Church and State, fhall be the Rule of 
 70 ir ooveriimenc \ and the Safety'j Eafe, and Pjrofperity
 
 /rf?w July 1714, r^ Jan. 1716. i f ^ 
 
 of your People, the chief Care of your Life. We are feii- 
 iible of your Goodnefs expre/Ted to thofe who have diftin- 
 guifh'd themfelves by their Zeal and Firmnefs for rhe Pro- 
 teftant Sacceflion ; And as we doubt nor, but the Wifdora 
 and Steadinefs of your Government will unite the Hearts 
 of all your faithful Subjedls in Duty and AfFedlion to your 
 Sacred Perfoii, fo we moil: humbly beg Leave to afifure your 
 Majefty, that we not only highly refent the wicked In- 
 iinuations ufed po difquiet the Minds of your vSubjedls, buc 
 are refolved, to the utmoft of our Power, to fupprefs and 
 extinguifh that evil Difpofition that is Itill at work to de- 
 prive your Ma)efty of the Affe£tions of your People. 
 
 We are fenlibly touched, not only with the Difappoint* 
 ment, but with the Reproach brought upon the Nation by 
 the unfuitable Conclufion of a War, which was carry'd on 
 at fo vaft an Ex pence, and was attended with fuch unpa- 
 ralleird Succeffes ; But as that Diflionour cannot in Juflic« 
 be imputed to the whole Nation, fo we firmly hope and 
 believe, that thro* your Majefty's great Wifdom, and the 
 faithful Endeavours of your Commons, the Reputation of 
 thefe your Kingdoms will in due Time be vindicated and 
 reftor'd. 
 
 We are under Aftonifhment to find, that any Conditionj 
 of the late Peace, effential to the Security and Trade of 
 Great Britain^ fhould not be duly executed ; and thac Care 
 was not taken to form fuch Alliances, as might have ren- 
 derM that Peace not precarious. And as no Care fhall be 
 wanting in your loyal Commons to enquire into tnefe 
 fatal Mifcarriages, fo we entirely rely on your Majefty's 
 Wifdom, to enter into fuch Alliances as you Ihall judge 
 neceflfary to preferve the Peace of Europe ; and we faith- 
 fully promife to enable your Majelty to make good all 
 fuch Engagements. 
 
 It is with juft Refentment we obferve, that the Preten- 
 der ftill refides in Lorraine and that he has the Prefumption, 
 by Declarations from thence, to ftir up your Majefty's 
 Subjects to Rebellion : But that which raifes the utmoft 
 Indignation of your Commons is, that it appears therein, 
 that his Hopes were built upon the Meafures that had been 
 taken for fome Time pall in Great Britain, It (hall be our 
 Rufinefs to trace out thofe Meafures whereon he placed his 
 Hopes, and to bring the Authors of them to condign Pu- 
 iiilhment. 
 
 Your Commons are under the deepeft Concern, that a 
 great Part of our Trade is rendered impradlicable, which, 
 if not retriev'd, mult dellroy our Manufadkurcs, and xuin 
 
 out
 
 120 
 
 The Hiftorkal Regifter, 
 
 our Navigation : But tho' we are too fenfible of thofe fa- 
 tal Confequences, we are itot yet without Hopes, that 
 your Mnjefty's great Wifdom, by the Afliflance of your 
 Commons, may find Means to extricate your People from 
 their prefent Difficulties. 
 
 The Bleflings derived to thefe Nations from your Maje- 
 fty's aufpicious Reign, are not confined to the prefenc 
 Times; we have a Prcfpeft of future and lafling Happi- 
 Jiefs entaird upon your People by a long Succeflion of 
 your Royal Progeny. And as this is a Blefiing which 
 thefe Kuigdoms have a long Time wanted, fo they could 
 3iever hope to haVe Cttn it fo well fupply'd, as in tne Per- 
 son of his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wakiy and his 
 Ifiue. Your faithful Commons (hall therefore chink it 
 their Duty to enable your Majefty to fupport the Dignity 
 cf the Crown, and to make an honourable Provifioa for 
 the Royal Family. 
 
 The furprizing tncreafe of the publtck DebtSj even fmce 
 iall Thoughts of carrying on the War were laid afide, fhall 
 not difcourage us from granting fuch Supplies as fhall be 
 neceffary for the Service of this Year, and the Support of 
 Pnblick Faith : And we do entirely concur with your Ma- 
 jefty in Opinion that nothing can contribute more to- 
 wards preferving the Credit of the Nation, than a ftridi 
 Obfervance of all Parliamentary Engagements, which 
 we are firmly refolv'd upon all Occafions inviolably to 
 maintain. 
 
 Upon the Reading of this Addrefsj there arofe a warm 
 Debate in the Houfe : Mr. Shippen^ Mr. Brumky^ Sir IVil- 
 liam Wyniham^ General Eo/}, Mr. Cafur^ Mr. Ward^ Sir 
 Roljert Raymond, Sir William Whitlocke^ Mr. Hungerford^ and 
 fome others, raifed feveral Ob)e6lions againft divers Ex- 
 preflions in the Addrefs ; but were aiifwer*d by Mr, Rohen 
 Wa^pole^ General Stanhope^ Sir Gilbert Heathcote^ and Mr. 
 Tulteney. General Rofs^ among the reft, infifted much, 
 
 * That the condemning the Peace, and cenfuring the late 
 
 * Miniftry, was a Refledlion on the late Queen, whofe 
 ' Adt and Deed the Peace was ; and that he^ was fure the 
 
 * refle<5ling on the late Queen, could not be agreeable to 
 
 * his prefent Majefty,** He was anfwer'd by Mr. Walpole^ 
 and Mr. Stanhope^ *• That nothing was farther from their 
 
 * Intenrion?^ than to afperfe the late Queen ; that they 
 
 * rather dehgned to vindicate her Memory, by expofing 
 
 * and punifliing thofe evil Counfellors, who deluded her 
 
 * iry:o pernicious Meafures; whereas, the oppofice Party 
 
 * endeavoured
 
 /r^m July 1714, r^ Jan. 1716. 121 
 
 ' endeavoured to fireen and juftify thofe Counfellors, by 
 
 * throwing on that good, pious, and well-meaning Prin- 
 
 * cefs, all the Blame and Odium of their evil Counfels," 
 As to what was alledgM, that the cenfuring the late Mini- 
 ilers, without hearing them, and condemning the Pe^ce, 
 without examining into Particulars, was unjuft and un- 
 precedented, it was anfwer'd, ' That they muft diftinguifli 
 
 * between cenfuring Minifters, and condemning the Peace 
 
 * in general, and condemning particular Perfons. Thac 
 
 * they miyiu, in Equity and Juftice do the firft, becaufa 
 
 * the whole Natien is already fenfible tliat their Honour 
 
 * and true Intereft were given up by the late Peace ; that 
 
 * in due Time they would call them to an Account, who 
 
 * made and advifed fuch a Peace ; but God forbid they 
 
 * fhould ever condemn any Perfon unheard." On this 
 Occafion, Mr. Stanhope took Notice of a Report induftri- 
 oufly fpread abroad, * That the prefent Minifters never 
 
 * defigned to call the late Managers to an Account, but 
 
 * only to cenfure them in general Terms : But he affur'd 
 ^ the Houfe, that notwithftanding all the Endeavours had 
 
 * been ufed to prevent a Difcovery of the late Mifma- 
 
 * nagementSj by conveying away feveral Papers from the 
 
 * Secretaries Offices, yet the Government had fufficient 
 
 * Evidence left, to prove the late Miniflry the moft cor- 
 
 * rupt that ever fate at the Helm : That thofe Matters 
 
 * would foon be laid before the Houfe ; and that it would 
 ^ appear, that a certain EngJip General had adled in Con- 
 
 * cert with, if not received Orders from, Marfhal Villars* 
 
 Sir William Wyndham endeavoured to prove, that the 
 Peace had been very beneficial to this Kingdom 5 and of- 
 fered to produce a Lift of Goods, by which it appeared, 
 that the Cuftoms had increased near 100,000/. per Annum. 
 But he w^s immediately taken up by Sir Gilbert Heathcote^ 
 •who readily own'd, Sir Williant might, indeed, produce 
 a Lift of vaft Imports from France^ but defy'd him to fliew 
 that our Exports thither^ particularly of our Woollen Ma- 
 nufadlures, had encreas'd fince the Peace. He added, 
 That Imports being only our Confumption, rather prove 
 our Lofs than our Gain ; and that the Nation gets only 
 by Exports, which keep up our Manufadures, employ our 
 Poor, and bring in Returns in Money ; to which Sir William 
 Wyndham made no Reply. Nor far'd it better with Sir 
 William Whithcke^ who having fuggefted, that the Whigs 
 deiign'd to involve the Nation in a new War, and lay Six 
 Shillings in the Pound, was aftur'd by Mr. Walpole^ than 
 none in the prefent Miniftry, were for a War^ if the 
 2. firaii
 
 12 2 The Hiftorical Reg^ifler^ 
 
 fame could any Ways be avoided ; and that he doubted 
 nor, but Two Shillings in the Pound would be fufficient 
 towards this Year's Service. 
 
 After thefe, and fome other Speeches, a Tvlotion being 
 made, and the Queftion putj That the Addtefs of Thanks 
 be recommitted, it pafs'd in the Negative, by a M.ljority 
 of 244 Voices againft 138 ; and then it was refolv'd. 
 That the Houfe do agree with the Committee in the faid 
 Addrefs ; and order'd, that the Members of the Houfe, 
 who are of his Majrfty's Moft Honourable Privy Council, 
 ihould know his Ma)e(iy*s Pleafure, when he would be at- 
 tended by the Houfe. The King having appointed the 
 iiexc Day, the Commons, with their Speaker, attended 
 his Majeity accordingly at St. Jameis^ with their Ad- 
 drefs, to v/hich his Majefty returned this moft gracious 
 Anfwer : 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 I Thank yon for the many kind AJfuraneei you have giren 
 me in jour du'iful and loyal Addrefs. 
 
 No endedvojin JhaU be vcantirg on my Vart^ to promote your 
 true Intercfi^ ar,d er.dear my fef to all my People : And I 
 will depend on your Zeal and AffeCllon^ to defeat all evU De- 
 jignSy that may tend to dif quiet the M^nds of my Feop/cy and 
 difiurb the Tranquility of my Governments 
 
 The Speaker having, on the iSth. of March^ reported 
 his Majetty's Anfwer, it was refolv'd, to prefent an hum- 
 ble addrels to his Majefty, to return the moft humble 
 Thanks of this Houfe, for his moft gracious Anfwer to 
 their Addref?. 
 
 March 29, the Order of the Day being read, for taking 
 into Confideration his Majtfty's Speech to both Houfes, 
 the fame was read again by Mr. Speaker, and a Motion 
 being made for a Supply to be granted to his Majefty, ic 
 vVas refolv^d, that the Houfe would on the 23th, refolve 
 it felf into a Grand Committee, to coufider of that Mo- 
 tion. 
 
 Upon Information fome Members of the Houfe of Com- 
 mons had receiv'd, that vaft Quantities of french Gold had 
 of late been imported, and brought into the Tower to be 
 coin*d ; and in order to find out the Perfons to whom the 
 fame had been remitted, which might give a Handle for 
 further Difcoveries : A Motion was made, and it was 
 thereupon refolv*d, ' That an Addrefs be prefented to his 
 ^ Majefty^ chat he would be pleas'd to diiedt the proper 
 
 ' Officers
 
 fromjuly iji^, to j m. 171^' "^^j 
 
 * Officers to lay before this Houfa an Account of whaC 
 
 * Gold and Silver had been coined at his M.jefty's Mint in 
 
 * the Tower of London from Lady-Day 1715 to Lady^Day 
 < 17*15' ; and alfo an Account of wh^t Geld and Silver 
 
 * remain'd in the lower in order for Coinige .^t Lady -Day 
 
 * 1715 ; And alfo an Account of the fcveral Denomina- 
 ' tions and Species, in which the faid Gold and Silver 
 
 * were brought into the Tower." After thi?, the Hnufe 
 proceeded to the Reading the Petitions left with the Clerk 
 of the Houfe, relating to controverted ElefVidns, to the 
 !Numberof about 112; of which 2.5 were read that D'ly, 
 and the other the following Days ; and moft of them re- 
 ferr'd to.the Confideration of the Committee of Privilege* 
 and Eleaions ; and a few orderM to be heard at the Bar of 
 the Houfe. 
 
 On the 28th of March^ the Commons being inform'd, 
 that John Richmond Wehb^ Efq; defir'd the Opinion of the 
 Houfe, in relation to his taking his Place in the Houfe, in 
 refpedl to his being conftituted Governour of the IJle of 
 Wight, by Lettets Patents which pafsM the Great Seal fince 
 his Eledlioji, but iffu'd purfuant to a Warrant granted be- 
 fore the Eleaion ; the faid Warrant and Letters Patents 
 were ordered to be laid before the Houfe. Then the Houfe 
 refolvM itfelf into a Committee of the wbole Houfe upon 
 the Supply, of which Committee Mr. Ferrer was chofen 
 Chairman ; and having confiderM of the Motion made 
 the Friday before, h was refolv'd, That a Supply he granted, 
 to his Majefiy. This Refoludon WdS the next Day reported, 
 and agreed to by the Houfe ; after which, it was refolved 
 to addrefs his Majefty for feveral States, Accounts, and 
 Eftimates, viz, 
 
 1. An Account of the Deficiency of the Money granted 
 in the Year T714, 
 
 2. An Eftimate of the Ordinary of the NaVy, for the 
 Year 1715, with.the Half-pay of the Officers of the Navy 
 and Marines, aod what may be further neceffary for ex- 
 traordinary Repairs of the Fleet. 
 
 3. An Account of the Extraordinaries for Guards, Gat- 
 tifon?, and Land-Forces for the Year 1714; and alfo of 
 the growing Charges for the fame, for the Year i7iT» 
 
 4. An Eftim.ate of the Charge of the Office of Ordnanctt 
 for Land-Service, for the Year 1715. 
 
 5. A State of the Debt of the Navy to Chriftmat laft, 
 
 6. An Account of all the Ships in Sea-pay, employed 
 in i7i^» 
 
 3C 7, ALift
 
 1 24 The Hiflorical Regifte}\ 
 
 7. A Lift of the Regimental and Warrant Officers, that 
 are to be in HaK-Pay, for the Ye^ir lyijr. 
 
 8. An Account of the feveral Officers in Half-Pay, for 
 t'he laft Year, that have been pi-ovi'isd for, or are /ince 
 dead. 
 
 9. An Account of the Capital and Annual Fund of the 
 S'owf/>-5£'rf Company, for the Ye^r 1715. And, 
 
 10. An Account of what Ships have been paid off fince 
 the Ceffiition of Arms, by what Orders, when d-iteJ, and 
 at what Times paid off. All which Papers the Xing or- 
 dered to be laid before the Houfe by the proper OWictts. 
 
 The fame Day, the Warrant and Patents conftituting 
 John Richmond Webb^ Efq; Governor of the Ijle of Wight^ 
 being laid before the Houfe, the fame, and alfo feveral 
 Sedlions.of the A£l of the Sixth Year of Q. Anne^ Chap.7. 
 entitled, An ACt for the Security of her Majefiys Perfon and 
 Goyernment^ and the Succefjim to the Crown of Great Britain 
 in the Frote/iant Line^ were read : After whichj General 
 Webh took his Place in the Houfe, the faid Atl being juJg'd 
 not to affe(fl: his Cafe. That P^vening, the Grand Com- 
 mittee of Privileges and Elections fat the firft Time, and 
 chpfe for their Chairman Richard Hamhden^ Efq; 
 
 March ^o, The Commons read moft of the remaining 
 Petitions about controverted Eledions, proceeded to the 
 reading of the reft, on the laft Day of this Month ; and 
 amongft others, read two Petitions of Edward HarJey^ Efq; 
 commonly called Lord HarJey^ complaining of undue E- 
 ledlions and Returns for the Borough of New Radnor^ and 
 for the Borough of BiJJwps Cafle in the County of 'Salop. 
 
 March ^i. The Commons refolv'd, that feven feveral 
 humble Addrefles (hould be prefented to his Majefty, by 
 ■fiich Members of the Houfe as were of the Privy-Council, 
 That his Majefty would dire6> that the feveral following 
 Papers to be laid before the Houfe, yiz. 
 
 1. All Powers, Inftrudions, Memorials, Letters, and 
 Papers, relating to the late Negotiations of Peace and Com- 
 merce, and to the Ceffation of Arms. 
 
 2. The Proceedings relating to the Demolition of Dun- 
 kirk. 
 
 3. The Reprefentation from the Ru/Jta Company, and 
 'the Merchants trading to the Eajl-Country, 
 
 4. The Reprefentations and Memorials from the Mer- 
 cliants trading to Spain and the Wejl-lndies. 
 
 y. An Account of the Proceedings at the Courts of the 
 South-Sea Company, relating to the /^^ento and SouthSea 
 Trade. * 
 
 3 . 6. The
 
 /r<9w July 1714^ to J'dh. iyi6. 125 
 
 6. The ll'veidl Memorials of the Clothiers to the Com- 
 millioners of Tr<ide, and Vv'hat Dirc6tions the Tdi^ Com- 
 tniflioi^.ers received relating to fqch Memoriuls. 
 
 7. The , Reprefenratjons and Memorials of the Tur^y 
 Company, and of the Italian Merchants. 
 
 /^pril I. The Houfe of Lords met according to their laft 
 Adjournment, and adjouru'd farther Co the nth. 
 
 The lame Day the Conimons.order'd, that Dr. Awbrey 
 be deiirM ro preach before this Konfe upon the 29rh of 
 /day. Then in a grand Committee on the Supply, came' 
 to the following Refoknions : 
 
 1. That Ten Thoufand Men be allow'd for the Sea- 
 Service for the Year i7i.5f, beginning from the ift Day of 
 Jahuary 17 14. 
 
 2. That a Snm not exceeding 4/. per Man per Month, 
 be allowed for maintaining the faid Teil Thoufand Men 
 for 13 Months, including the Ordnance for Sea-Service. 
 
 3. That a Sum not exceeding 538678/, i ^. be granted 
 to his Maiefty, to make good, for the Services of the 
 Nvvy, the like Sum, which in the Year commencing 
 from Chrifimas 171 4, is to be paid by the Treafurer of the 
 Navy, by quarterly Payments to the South-Sea Company 
 purfuant to the A£l of Parliament in tlaar Behalf: Which 
 Refolutions were the next Day reported, and agreed to by 
 the Houfe. 
 
 The Day before feveral Eftimates relating to the Office 
 of Ordnance, and the Navy, were laid before the Com- 
 mons purfuant to former Addreffes; and it was refolved, 
 to preient other Addrefles to his Majefty, th°at he would 
 be pleas'd to dire£t the proper Officers to* lay before the 
 Houfe, 
 
 1. An Efliraate of the Half-Pay Of the Officers and 
 Chaplains who had fervM well in the Trains of Artillery 
 in Flanders and Spain^ and on feveral Expeditions ; with 
 what Allowances they have on the Eftablifhment in the 
 Office of Ordnance, and what would be required to com- 
 pleat their Half-Pay, 
 
 2. That the refpedlive Commiflioners of his Majefty's 
 Cuftoms for England and Scotland, do lay before this Houfe 
 an Account of all Woollen Maniifadlures, and of all Lead, 
 Tin, and Fifli that have been exported from Great Britain^ 
 in the feveral Years hom Chrifimas 1708 to CImJimas i-ji/^ 
 refpedtively ; and to what Places, and in what Ships ex- 
 ported 9 and alfo an Account of the grofs and real Pro- 
 duce of the Cuftoms for the fame Time j and alfo ati 
 Account of the Produce of the Cuftoms for Wine and 
 
 K 2 Brandy
 
 176 The Hiflorical Re^^ifter^ 
 
 Brandy for the fame Time ; and alfo an Account of all 
 Woollen Manufiidlures exported fiova England^ from Chriji' 
 was 1697 X.O Chr'iflmas 1699. 
 
 3. That the Propofitions of France^ to exclude them- 
 felves from all Trade of their Subjedls and Ships to the- 
 Sfamfli Wefi-Indies with a Refcrvatioa of the JJJtento Con- 
 traft and licensed Ships granted to Greai Britain^ be laid 
 before this Houfe. 
 
 4. That an Account of the Fifhing Ships and Saicks 
 empIoyM at Netefoundland from Chr'iflmas 1708 to Chriftmaf 
 171 4, and alfo a State of the Trade there for the fame 
 Time, with all Memorials and Reprefentarions relating 
 thereto, and to the Ceilion of Cape Ereton to France ; and 
 alfo a Reprefentation of the Fiihery and Trade of the 
 Ifland of St. FeterSf yielded on tiie Peace from France to 
 Great Britain^ be laid before this Houfe. 
 
 y. All Reprefentations and Memorials prefented in th€ 
 four laft years by the S\9ediflo Minifter refiding here, relat- 
 ing to the Navigation and Trade of the Bahick ; and alfo 
 all Reprefentations and Memoririls presented by him, re- 
 lating to fitting out Ships of War here for the Service of 
 the Czar of Mufcoyy. 
 
 6. An Account of what Logwood, Fuftick, Indigo, and 
 other Materials or Drags for dying, h^ve been fenc to 
 Trance fince the late Peace concluded at Uirecht. 
 
 7. An Account of the grofs and neat Produce of the 
 Excife and Cuftoms in that Pare of Great Britain calTd 
 Scotland^ fince the Union of the Kingdoms, and to whaC 
 Ufes the faid Revenues have been apply'd, 
 
 April 2. Mr. Secretary StanJyjbe reported to the Houfe, 
 that their feveral AddrelTes of the 51ft of March, and of 
 yefterday, having been prefented to the King, his Majeity 
 had been pleas'd ro give Dire6lions for the laying before 
 this Houfe the Accounts and Matters therein mention*dw 
 
 On the 4th of April the Commons in a grand Com- 
 mittee on Ways and Means to raife the Supply, came to a 
 Refolution, which was order'd to be reported the next 
 Diy. Then upon a Complaint n»ade to the Houf?, that 
 Mr. Charles Chambers^ Mayor of the Town of Cambridge^ 
 being ferv'd with an Order of the Com.mirtee of Privi- 
 leges and Eleilions, for permitting Mr. Shepheard and Mr. 
 Jenyns, or their Agenrsj to infpecfl the Records, Char- 
 ters, and publick Books and Writings of the faid 
 .Town, and having refns'd to obey the faid Order it was 
 rsfolv^d, that the faid Mr. Charles Chambers be^ for the 
 fcid Coflteropt, takeu into the Cuftody of the Ser^eans
 
 from July 17 1^., to Jan. 1716. 127 
 
 at Anns attending this Houfe. It was alfo re/blv'd, upon 
 another Complaint, thitThomas Crosby^ Under-SherifF of 
 the County of CumberUud^ having net;le(5led to return tlie 
 Writ for elecling the Members of the f^id County by the 
 17th of March laft, beiwg the Day appointed for the Re- 
 turn thereof, was guilty of a Rreach of the Privilege of 
 -this Houfe, and order'd, that he be^ for the faid Breach 
 of Privilege, taJten into Cuftody of the Serjeant at 
 Arms, 
 
 Afril y. The Commons j-efolv'd to addrefs his Majeftyj 
 that ail Powers, Inftrudions, Memorials, Letters, and 
 Papers relating to the Negociations of Peace at the Hague 
 in 1709, and the Preliminaries neeociated at Gertruyden- 
 herg^ together with the faid Preliminaries, and the Ratifi- 
 cation of them, be laid before this Houfe : After which, 
 Mr. Farrer^ Chairman of the grand Committee of the Sup- 
 ply, reported the Refolution which they came to th« Day 
 before, and which the Houfe agreed to, being as follows, 
 •ptz. That towards raifing the Supply granted to his Ma- 
 j^dyf the Sum of 2f. in the Pound, a) d no more, be 
 raisM in the Year 1715', upon all Lands, Tenements, and 
 Hereditaments, Penfions, Offices, and perfonal Eftates, in 
 that Part of Great Britain^ calPd England^ U'aleSy and 
 Town of Berwick upon Tvneed ; and that a proportionable 
 Cefs, accordiiig to the ninth Article of the Treaty of 
 ^Union, be laid upon that Part of Great Britain caird Scot' 
 laKd. And a Eill was order'd to be brought in upon the 
 iaid RefoUuicn. 
 
 This done, upon a Motion made, that the Houfe would 
 appoint a Day to take into Confideration his Majefty*s 
 Proclamation of the jyth of Jaru^iry laft for calling a 
 new Parliament, the fame was read accordingly. Sir 
 William Whithck^ Member of Parliament for the Univer- 
 /] ty of Oxford^ having mac\e fome Exceptions to the faid 
 Proclamation as unprecedented and unwarrantable, he was 
 caird upon by fome Members of the Court Party to ex- 
 plain himfelf ; upon which he made a Kind of Excufe 
 for what he h^d faid. The Thing would have been drop'd, 
 had not Sir William Wyniham took ,yp the Cudgels, and 
 even carryM the Matter further, by advancing, that the 
 faid Proclamation was not only unprecedented and un- 
 warrantable, but even of dangerous Confequence to the 
 very Being of Parliaments. The Courtiers could not buc 
 take Notice of fo home a Reflexion, and thereupon call'd 
 upon Sir Witiam Wjndham to juftify his Charge ; but Sir 
 Ifitfi^m, Who yij^hply judg'd he could nof ilcfcend to Par- 
 3C 3 -^^ licuUri
 
 128 The Hiftorjcal Regifter, 
 
 ticuliirs wichour. giving further Offence, decliiiM explain^ 
 ing himOlf; tho' ?.c the f.iine Time, he refolurely main- 
 tain'd his firil AfTertion, Hiying, * Thac as he thought 
 
 * fome Exprefiions in the faid Proclamation of dant;erous 
 
 * Coiifequence, fo he believ'd every Member was free to 
 ' fpeak his Thoughts." He w.as anfvver'd, ' No doubt but 
 « every Member h-ts that liberty, Freedom of Speech 
 
 * being one of the eilenti^l Privileges of chat Houfe ; but 
 
 * that the Houfe has, at the fame Time^ loth the Liberty 
 
 * and Power to ceufure and piuiifli fuch Members as tranf- 
 
 * grefs the Rules oC Decency, trefptTs upon the Refpetl 
 *■ due to the Crown, and fo abufe the Privilege of the 
 
 * Houfe within Doorj, as to render ir contemptible wi.rh- 
 
 * out." Sir William b^ing ag<>in call'd upon to explain 
 himfelf, and Itill perlifting in his Rernf.'-.l, fome Members 
 cryM the Torvey^ the Tower ; but Boljert lia'poie^ Efij; 
 warded off the Blow by Words to the following Purpofc .• 
 
 * Mr. Speaker, I am not for gratifying the Dsfire which 
 
 * the Member, who occa/ions this great D^bite, Ihews of 
 ' being fent to the Tower ; 'twould make him too confide-* 
 ' rable : Hut as he is a young Man of good P^.ris, who 
 ' fets up for a warm Champion of the late Miniltry, and 
 
 * one who was in all their Secrets, I would have him be 
 
 * in the Houfe when we come to enquire into the Condudl 
 ' of his Friend?, both that he may have an Opportunity 
 
 * to defend them, and be a Witnefs of the Fairnefs with 
 ' which we flull proceed againfi: thofe Gentlemen ; ajid 
 ' that it may not be faid, that we take any Advantage 
 
 * againft them." After feveral other Speeclics, which 
 prolongM this Debate from One till half an Hour paft 
 Five in the Afternoon, a Motion was made, and the 
 Queftion put, that the Houfe do now adjourn, which be- 
 ing carry 'd in the Negative by a Majority of 212 Voices 
 againft 154^ a Motion was made, and the Qiieftion pro- 
 posed, Thar Sir Vnlliam 'Wyidham havuig refledted upon his 
 Ma)efty*s Proclamation of the ijth of January bft for 
 calling a new Pariiamenr, and having refus'd to juftify 
 liis Charge, although often call'd upon fo to do, is guilty 
 of a great Indignity to his Majcfty, and of a Breach af 
 the Privilege of this Houfe." This Motion oixaiion'd a 
 frefh Debate, chat lalted till feven of the Clock ; the 
 Courtiers flili infifting, that Sir UiHiam Wyndham (hould 
 |uftify liis Charge, and Sir iV'tlliam as obftinately declin- 
 ing to do it, faying, He veas ready to undergo whatever a 
 Majority might infiiB xt^nn him. Ac lall the Qiieftion being 
 
 puc
 
 /r6?w July 1714, r^ Jan. 17 16. 129 
 
 I »- I .. .11 1.1 II -I. . — II I 
 
 put that Sir William Wyndham ihouLd vvichdraw, the fame 
 was carry'd in the Affirmative by 208 Voices againft 129, 
 whereupon Sir Hitliam withdrew accordingly ; and with 
 him, to ^ Man, all the 129 Members who had been for 
 the Nega ire. Their Anragonills being thus entire Ma- 
 tters of the Field, the Queftion wis put, and uninimonfly 
 refolv'd, That Sir Wdliam Wyndham^ having refledled upon 
 his Mujefly's Proclamation of the i<;x.\\' ot January hift 
 for calling a new Purliamenr, and having refused to 
 juftify his Charge, although often callM upon fo to do, is 
 guilty of a great Indignity to his Majtfty, and of a 
 Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe : ' After which, it 
 was ordered, That Sir William Wyndham be (for the faid 
 Offence) reprimanded in his Place by Mr. Speiker : And 
 that Sir William Wyndham do attend this Hocfe in his Plate 
 to Morrovv Morning. {[The Proclamatioa is inferted above, 
 tage 8>^3 
 
 Sir William Wyndham attending the next Day in his 
 Place, Mr. Speaker addrefs'd himfeif to him in this 
 Manner, 
 
 Sir William Wyndham, 
 
 IyJm to acquaint you that the Houfe has come to this Refo' 
 lution^ that you be reprimanded in your Place by me. 
 Toic haye frefum'd to refleB on his Majefty's Troclamation^ 
 and made an unwarrantable UJe of the Freedom of Speech 
 granted by hU Majefiy. 
 
 This Houfe has made their Moderation appear^ and (hewn 
 their Lenity^ by laying the milde/i Cenfure your Offence vcas 
 capable of ; / am ordered to reprimand you^ and do reprimand 
 ysu accordingly. 
 
 To which Sir William Wyndham reply*d ; 
 S I R, 
 
 I Return you my Thanks for what you haye done by the 
 Duty of your Office^ in fo candid and fo gentleman-like 
 a Manner : As I am a Member of this Houfe^ I rery well 
 know I mud acquiefce in the Determination of this Houfe. 
 
 But I am not confcious of any Indignity to his Maje/iy^ or 
 any Breach of the Friyilege of this Houfe ; and therefore / 
 haye no Thanks to giye thofe Gentlemen^ w/?o, under Fretence 
 of Lenity^ haye brought this Cenfure upon me. 
 
 On the 6th of Afr\l^ Mr. Varrer prefented to the Houfe 
 
 a Bill for granting an Aid to his Majejly^ to be raised by a 
 
 tand-Tax in Great Britainj which was received, read the 
 
 ' K 4 ^ firft
 
 1 50 The Hrflorkal Regifler^ 
 
 firft Time, and ordcr'd to be read a fecond Time. It was 
 alfo ordered, That the Agent for Taxes do lay before the 
 Hfiufe, an Account of what Money has been paid in for 
 the firft half Year of the Land Tax and Window Tax for 
 the Year 171 4^ and what remains in Arrear of former 
 years, difUn,:uifli'd under proper Heads, ^c. Then the 
 Houfe having refolvM itfelf into a Committee of the 
 whole Houfe on the Supply, and confider'd of feveral Efti- 
 inates, ma.de fome Progrefs in that Matter, and after- 
 wards adjourn'd the further Conlideration of the Supply to 
 the 8th. 
 
 ^priJ -J. After the fecond Reading of the Land-Tax 
 Bill, and committing the fame to a Commirtee of the 
 whole Houfe, the Commons refolv'd to addrefs his Majefty, 
 for an Account of the Deficiency 2ii Michaelmas 1714, of 
 the yearly Fund of 186670/. of the Claflis Lottery of 
 Two Millions in the Year 171 1 ; as alfo for an Account 
 of the Deficiency at Mtchaelmas 1714, of the yearly Fund 
 of 168003/. for the Claflls Lottery of 1800000/. in the 
 Year 1712. Then the Clerk of the Crown attending, 
 according to Order, with tlie Return for the Burghs of 
 Elgine^ Bamf^ CuUen^ Kintore, and Inyerurie^ the fame was 
 read ; and the Minutes of the Sederunt^ taken at Kintore 
 the 16th Day of February laft, at the eledling a Burgefs to 
 ferve in this prefenr Parliament for the faid Burghs, hav- 
 ing been left with the Clerk, and afterwards read, the 
 Qiieftion was pur^ whether the Honourable ^ames Murray^ 
 Efq*, was duly returned a Burgefs for the f^id Burghs, 
 which l)eing carry'd in the Negative, it was refolv'd, 
 that John CampbeU of Mamore^ Efq; ought to have been 
 teturn'd a Burgefs for the faid Dillriit of Burghs. Then it 
 was ordered, th<it the Clerk of the Crown fhould amend with 
 the faid Return, which he did immediately ; and that the 
 Honourable James Murray^ Efqj have Liberty to petition 
 the Houfe within fourteen Days next, if he thought 
 fit, in Relation to the Eleflion for the faid Diftridt of 
 Burghs. 
 
 On the 8th of /^priJ, the Commons, in a grand Coni- 
 jnittee on the Supply, refolv'd, 
 
 ipt That there be allow'd 995:6 Men (Commiflion and 
 Non-Commiffion Officers included) for Guards and Garri- 
 sons in Great Briiatn^ ^'^fijfy and Gxternfey, and for his 
 jW/)efly's plantations in America^ for the Year 17155 over 
 and above the twelve Companies of Invalids, and three 
 independent Companies in Narih Britain.
 
 from July 1714, t^ Jan. 1716. 131 
 
 irf/jr, That there be granted to his Majefty, the Sum of 
 425:900/. 14*. 6d. for maintaining Guards and Garrifons 
 in Great Britain^ ?^^fOy ^^^ Guemfey, the Forces in ^w»e- 
 rica<f and the twelve Companies of Invalids, and three 
 independent Companies in North Britain^ for the Year 
 1715. 
 
 3<//y, The Sum of 5775*9 /• I'jf' 7^. for maintaining 
 his Majefty's Forces and Garrifons in Minorca for the Vear 
 1717. 
 
 4f/?/y, 37192/. 14^. ^d. for maintaining his Maje- 
 ^y's Forces and Garrifons in Gibraltar^ for the Year 
 
 And s'^/'/jy, 35*912/. 19J. 2</. for maintaining the three 
 Eegimentj in Panders for the Year 1715'. 
 
 Which Refolutions were the next Day (April g.^ report- 
 ed, and agreed to by the Houfe. The fame Diy, upon a 
 Motion made by Mr. Fulteney^ Secretary at War, a Bill 
 "Was order'd to be brought in^ for puni/hin^ Mutiny and De- 
 fsrfion and faJfe MuflerSy and for the better Payment of the 
 \Army and Quarters. After this, Mr. Secretary Stanhope 
 preiented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Addrefs to his 
 Majefty for that Purpofe, all the Powers, Inftruilions, 
 Memorials, Letters, and Papers relating to the late Nego- 
 ciation of Peace and Commerce, and to the Ceflation of 
 Arms, which he delivered in at the Table in twelve Vo- 
 lumes, bound up and number'd, and three other fmall 
 Books. He took this Occaiion to teli the Houfe, ' That 
 ' nothing had been omitted, that might either anfwer 
 
 * the Defire they had exprefs'd of being throughly in- 
 ' form'd of what had pafs'd in thofe important Negocia- 
 
 * tionsjor to fatisfy the whole Worldjthat the prefent Mi- 
 ' niflry a£led with the utmoft Fairnefs and Candour, and 
 ^ defign'd to take no Manner of Advantage over the late 
 
 * Managers in the intended Enquiries: Thar, indeed, the 
 
 * Papers now laid before the Houfe were only Copies, but: 
 
 * that the Originals would be producM if Occafion re- 
 
 * quir'd ; Concluding, That thofe Papers being too many, 
 ^ and too Voluminous to be perus'd and examinM by all 
 
 * the Members of the Houfe, he thought it more conve- 
 
 * nienr, and therefore mov'd, that the faid Books and 
 ' Papers be referr'd to a feledl Committee of twenty Per- 
 s fons, who (hoiild digcft the Subftance of them under 
 *> proper Heads, and report the fame, with their Obferva- 
 
 * tions thereupon to the Houfe, Mr. Wardy a Lawyer, 
 faid, ' Nothing could be fairer. That for his own Parr, 
 
 * tho* iiis Principle was that Kin^s can do na Wron^^ yet he 
 ^ • ' ' waf
 
 152 The Wftorical Regifter^ 
 
 \va.s of Opinjon, that Miiiifters are accountable for tlieir 
 ^ Male- '.dminiftrarion. 
 
 The Earl of Oxford n'ho had been out of Town for fome 
 Days, being come to Town the Ni,?ht before, his Brother, 
 Mr. Auditor (^Edward) HarUy^ •«i Member of the fdoufe of 
 Commons, took that Opportunity to fay, ' That 'twas eafy 
 ' to fee chat one of his neareft ReUtions was principally 
 ^ aim'd atj in the intended Inquiries ; but he might airiire 
 ' the Houfe, that the faid Perfon, notwichltanding cJie 
 
 * various Reports had been fpread concernin,£? him, would 
 *• neither fly his Country, nor conceal himfeif, but be 
 
 * forth-coming whenever he fliould be calTd upon to ja- 
 
 * fiify his Condu6t, That he hnpM he would be able^ up- 
 ' on the fev^refl: Trial, to make his Innocence. appear to 
 
 * all the World ; bur if he Ihculd be fo unhappy as to 
 
 * have been guilty of the Crimes that were laid to his 
 
 * Charge, he would think all his Blood too fmall a Sacri- 
 
 * fice to attone for them." No body oppos'd Mr. Secretary 
 Stanhope's Motion : Mr. Hungerford only excepted agaipft 
 the Number of Twenty, and moved that One more might 
 be added ; which being readily agreed to, it was refolv'd, 
 
 1 . That the Books and Papers before-mention'd be re- 
 ferred to a Committee. 
 
 2. That tlie faid Committee be a Committee of Secrecy. 
 
 3. That the Number of the faid Committee be One and 
 Twenty. 
 
 4. That the faid Committee be chofen by Way of Bal- 
 lotting. , 
 
 5. That the Members of the Houfe, fhould on the Mon- 
 day followingj at Twelve of the Clock, prepare Lifts to 
 he put into GiafTes of One and Twenty Perlbns Names 
 to be the faid Committee ; and ordered, that the faid Books 
 do remain with the Clerk of this Houfe, feal'd as they 
 were then, until the faid Committee were chofen. 
 
 On the iiih of April^ the Members in Wefimir.Jier-HaU, 
 and Court of Requejfsy having been fummon'd by the Ser- 
 jeant at Arms to attend the Service of the Houfe, the 
 Clerii and Clerk AfEftant went on each Side the Houfe 
 ^ith GlafTes, to receive from the Members the Lifts of 
 Perfons Names to be the Committee of Secrecy j and the 
 lame being received, and brought up to the Table, a Com- 
 luittee was appointed, and order'd to withdraw imme- 
 diately into the Speaker's Chamber ; and that they fhould 
 report to the Houfe, upon which One and Twenty Per- 
 fons the Majority fdl. Two Days after, April 13, Mr. 
 Bkden reported from thai Committee, that the Majority 
 ' "■ had
 
 /r^;;/ July I7H» ^^ J^n. 1716. 133 
 
 bad f.illen upon the One and Twenty Perfons following^ 
 
 Sir Bichard Onjl'W^ Bart. /il^err,o')n EaiI of Hertford. 
 
 Bobert Walpole^ Efq; Edward Wortley Montagm. 
 
 Spencer Cowper^ EAj; Sir Edward Dalrimple^ Bart. 
 
 Jiiwes Stanhope^ Efq; Georrre Bailie^ Efq; 
 
 Hugh Bofcawen, Efq; Sir j^ofep}? Jehyll^ Kc, 
 
 lit, Ham Fuhrey^ Efq; Thomas Earl, Efq; 
 
 Nicholas Lechmere^ Efq; Bich.ird Hampden^ Efq; 
 
 7:>^;2ie/ Lord F??/<:/?. Sir Bobert Marjham^ Barto 
 
 76/;n y^^Jtaby^ Efq; " Alexander Denton^ Efq; 
 
 Thomas Vernon^ Efq; of Thomas Pitt, Sen. Efq; 
 
 Worcefierflnre, Thomas Lord Coningsby: 
 
 An 0!)jeclion being made by fome Members, to Sir /<?- 
 feph fekyJVs being one of the faid Committee, behaving 
 not taken the Oaths at the Table ; it was readily anfwer'd, 
 that the fame was^ not owing to any voluntary negledt. 
 Sir jfofeph J^hyll being employ'd in the Circuits, as Judge 
 of the County Palatine of Chefier. Whereupon it was re- 
 folv'd, That Sir j^ofeph Jehyll being a Member of this Houfe, 
 was capable of being chofen of the Committee of Secrecy, 
 altho* he had not been fworn at the Table, and ordered, 
 
 < That the Rooks and Papers which were ordered to re- 
 
 < main in the Cuftody of the Clerk, 'till this Committee 
 
 * was chofen, be deliver'd to the faid Committee ; and 
 
 * that they d.o examine the fame, and report to the Houfe 
 ' what they found material in them; and that they, or 
 
 < any five of them, do meet this Afternoon, and fit de die 
 ^ in diem ; a. That the f^id Committee have Power to fend 
 ^ for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 
 
 Accordingly, the Committee of Secrecy met that Eve- 
 ning, and chofe Robert Walpokj Efq; for their Chairman | 
 but that Gentleman being the very next Day taken ill, 
 the Committee chofe Mr. Secretary Stanhope to fupply his 
 Place of Chairman, and for Difpatch Sake, fubdivided 
 themfelves into three Committees, to each of which s 
 certain Number cf Books and Papers were allotted. 
 
 April II,' The Mayor qf Cambridge was, upon his Peti» 
 tion brought to the Bar of the Houfe of Commons, where, 
 on his Knees, he receiv'd a Reprimand from Mr. Speakerj 
 and was difcharg*d out of Cuflody, paying his Fees, The 
 fame Day, Mr. Baresby, the Under-Sheriff of the County 
 of Leicefier^ attending (according to the Order of the 24th 
 Day of March lall) he was brought in to the Bar, and the 
 Return made by him for the faid County being read, he 
 
 was
 
 134 '^^^^ Hiftorical Regifhr^ 
 
 was heard, and aftenvards produced feveral Witncllejj 
 who were examined on his Behalf, and alfn feverdl Wit- 
 iiefifes were examined againft him. The faid IVulium Baref- 
 by and the WitneiTes beiu'^. withdrawn, it was refoiv'dj 
 
 * That William Baresby^ ^LTuderSheriff for the. County ot' 
 
 * Leicejier) having negledted to return two Kniglits of 
 
 * the Shire to ferve in Parliament for the faid County by 
 
 * the Seventeenth Day of March^ (being the Day of the 
 
 * meeting this prefenc Parliament) is guilty of a great 
 
 * Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe : *' And order'd, 
 that the faid William Baresby be, for the faid Offence, com- 
 mitted to the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
 the Houfe, The next Diy, the Report touching the E- 
 ledlion for the Borough of New Windfor^ was put off 'till 
 the i4rh, when Mr. lltmpden reported accordingly the 
 Refolucions of the Committee of Privileges and Ele6lions, 
 "Which were agreed to as follows, yiz. ' That Chri/iophe'r 
 
 * Wren^ Efq; and Robert Gayer^ Efq; were not duly 
 
 * elc6ted Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
 
 * the Borough of New Windfor in the County of Berks: 
 
 * That Sir Henry Afmtr/i, B.rt. zml Sarmtel Travers, Efqj 
 
 * were duly eledted Burgefles to ferve in this prefent Par- 
 
 * liamenc for the faid Borough/* And order'd, that thft 
 Clerk of the Crown fliould amend the Return for the Bo- 
 rough of New Windfor, The fame Diy, Mr. Secretary Sran- 
 hope prefented to the Houfe Memorials and Ppers of rhe 
 Proceedings relating to the Demolition of Dunkirk -^ and 
 an Account of the Proceedings at the Courts of the South 
 Sea Company, relating to the -^/jFento . and South Sea 
 Trade ; vv'hich were referred to the Committee of Secrecy. 
 Then it was ordc-r'u, ift. That the faid Committee of Se- 
 crecy have le:'.'/e to fit during the Adjournment of the 
 Houfe. 2.dly, That all Committees be revived, gdly/fhac 
 the Houfe be cali'd over that Day Fortnight. And 4thly, 
 That fuch Members as fhould not then attend, be fent for 
 in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms. After which, the 
 Koufe adjourn'd till Monday the 27th, by reafon of the 
 Eajier Holidays. 
 
 On the a^rth of April^ the Commons being met again, 
 it w^i refolv'd to addrefs his Majefty, That an Account of 
 the Moneys ifTu'd for the Service of the Navy, out of the 
 Fvmds granted by Parliament for the Service of the Year 
 1714, and to what Ufes apply'd, diftinguilh'd . under the 
 •feveral Heads thereof ; as alfo, an Account what South-Sea 
 Stock had at any Time between Cbrifiy/ias 1713, and Chri/i- 
 mas 1754, been in the Hands of the Treafiirgr of the 
 
 ' Nivy,
 
 from July 17 1 ^, i^^Jan,i^i6. 135 
 
 4^- — — 
 
 Navy, and how that Stock had been difpos'd of, might 
 be laid before the Houfe, Then Mr. Tuheneyy Secretary 
 at War, prefented to the Houfe a Lift of the Regimental 
 Officers in HUf-Pay, for the Year 1715 ; add alfo a Lift 
 of the Half-Pny Officers, dead, or provided for withia 
 the Year 1714. After which it was ordered, That the 
 Grand Committee on the Land-Tax Bill, have Power to 
 receive two Claufes, riz. One of Credit, the other for 
 transferring to the faid Bill the Deficiency of the Loans 
 and Intereft upon the A6t of the laft Parliament for grant- 
 ing an Aid to her Majefty to be raifed by a Land-Tax in 
 Great Britain for the Service of the Year 1714. And 
 then, in a Committee of the whole Houfe, a farther Pro- 
 grefs was made in that Bill. 
 
 ^pril 16^ Mr, Lowndes prefented to the Houfe Accounts 
 of the Deficiencies of the refpedlive Funds of the ClafTes 
 Lotteries, in the Years 171 15 and 1712, at Michaelmas 1714, 
 And then the Order of the Day being read, for hearing 
 the Merits of the Eledlion for the Borough of Shaftesbury 
 in the County of Dorfet, the Counfel were call'd iuy And 
 the Petition complaining of the faid Eledtion, was read. 
 The Petitioners Council having infifted upon Partialities, 
 and indiredl Pradlices, of the Mayor, examin'd feyeral Wit- 
 nefles relating thereunto, and afterwards examined feveral 
 "WitnefTeSj in order to difqualify feveral of the Voters for 
 the fitting Members ; and then the Council being diredled 
 to withdraw, the farther Hearing of the Merus of the 
 faid Eledlion was put off till the 28th. 
 
 ^pril 2.7, Upon a Petition of Thomas Croshy^ Under- 
 Sheriff of the County of Cumberland^ in Cuftody of the 
 Serjeant at Arms, for negledling to return the Writ for 
 ckdling the Meipbers of the faid County, exprefling his 
 Sorrow for the Cenfure fo juftly incurr'd ; begging Pardon 
 for his Fault, and praying to be releas'd from his Con- 
 finement : It was ordered that the faid Thomas Crosby be 
 brought to the Bar of the Houfe, on the 29th, in order to 
 his being difcharg'd out of Cuftody : Which was done ac- 
 cordingly, after he had received a Reprimand from Mr, 
 Speaker, and paid his Fees. 
 
 ^pril 28, The Commons proceeded to the further hearing 
 the Merits of the Eledlion for the Borough of Shaftesbury ; 
 and then adjourn'd the fame to the laft Day of this Monch, 
 when it was further adjourn'd. On the 28th alfo the Call 
 of the Houfe was put off to that Day fortnight ; and the 
 next Ddy<) in a grand Committee^ the Commons went 
 through the Land-Tj<# Bill, and.macJe feveral Amendments 
 
 thereuntQj
 
 1^6 The Hiftorkal Re^ifter^ 
 
 th^reuntOj the Report of wliich, was puc off lo tiie 2d of 
 
 May, 
 
 On the laft Day of y^^nV, the Commons refolv'd to pre- 
 fenc three AddrefTes to his Majefty, that he' would be 
 pleafed to direft, ift. The C^immifiioners of the Navy to 
 Jay before the Houfe, ' An Account of the Num!)er of 
 
 * Men borne for the Years 1711, 171^5 ^l^^t *^d 1714, 
 
 * and what the Wages of chnfe Men, after the kate of One 
 
 * Pound Ten Shillings per Man per Mehfem^ for thofe Years, 
 ' amount to ; alfo, the Charge of Wear and Tear for the 
 
 * aforefaid Number of Mepj according to the Proportion 
 
 * of One Pound Sev^en Shillings per Man per Me.iftm ; and, 
 
 * Uikewife an Account of the Charge of the Ordinary of 
 
 * the Navy upon the feveral Heads thereof for the faid 
 
 * four Years, and how much has .been fupply'd ro the 
 
 * Navy in Money or Credit upon the aforefaid Heads of 
 
 * Wear and Tear, and Ordinary. 
 
 * idly. To dire£l the proper Officers ro lay before the 
 ' Hcufe an Account of the Charge of the Victu.illing for 
 ' the faid Number of Men, and the Charge of Ordnance 
 ' for Sea-Service, for the Years 1711, 1712, 171 3, and 
 
 ' 1714- 
 
 ' And 5dly, An Account of the annual Charge of the 
 ^ four Men of War appointed for the Service of the South- 
 ' Sea Company/* 
 
 The fame Day, the Serjeant at Arms being calTd upon, 
 to give an Account what Perfous were ordered to be taken 
 into his Cuflody the laft P^irliament, and had abfconded, 
 fo as they could not be taken, or having furrenderM 
 themfelves, or been in Cuftody, had not paid their juft 
 Fees; he acquainted the Houfe, That Mr, Ili//irfw Waller^ 
 who wa?, the firft Seflion of the lalt Parliament, ordered 
 to be taken into Cuftody for a Breach of Privilege by him 
 committed againft Edward Vau^han^ Efq*, a Member of 
 this Houfe, did then abfcond, and could not be taken ;- 
 and that the faid V/iU'iam Waller vvar, the laft Seffion of 
 Parliament, again order'd to be taken into Cuftody, but 
 then alfo abfconded, and could not be taken. The ftand- 
 ing Order of the Houfe of the forth of ApriJ^ in the fixch 
 Year of her late Majtfty's Reign, was thereupon read, and 
 ordered, that the faid Mr. Jf^Hiiam Waller be taken into the 
 Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 
 
 Ttie Houfe proceeded in the farther hr'Armg the Merits 
 of the Eleilion for the Borough of Shaftesbury in the 
 County of Dorfet^ and the Counfel were calJtu m : And 
 the Counfel for the fitting Members examiuM ftveral 
 
 Witneilesy
 
 /r^'w July 1714, r^Jan. 1716. 1:57 
 
 • ~~ — ' — — — — — ^ 
 
 WinefTes, in order to jufti fy feveral of the Voters for the 
 fitting Members, which the Petitioners Counfel had pro- 
 ductd Evidence a<^ainft ; and alfo to juftify the Refufd/ 
 (hy the Maj'or) of fiich Perfons as the fitting Members 
 Counfei had infifted upon were refufed, altho' qualify *d 
 to vote. And the fitting Members Counfel alfo examin'd 
 feveral WitneiTes, in relation to Bribery by the Petitio- 
 ners or their Agents. Then the Counfel for the fitting 
 Members infilled, that the Petitioners were not qualify'd 
 to be elefled according to the A61 entitled, An Ah for fe- 
 cunng the Freedopt of Farliaments^ by the further qualifying 
 the Memhzrs to Jit in the Houfe of Commons. And they firft 
 infilled, that Mr. Andrevcesy one of the Petitioners, was 
 not qualify'd according to the faid A6t. And the Counfel 
 for the Petitioners admitted, thatj according to the Parti- 
 culars in the Qualification, deliver'd in to the Clerk orf 
 the Houfe by the faid Mr. Andrewes^ (confidering an In- 
 cumbrance thereupon) he is not fo qualifyM, altho* he has 
 a m.uch greater Eftate elfewhere. After which, the fitting 
 Members Counfel infifted alfo, That Mr. Benfon^ the other 
 Petitioner, was not quaJifyM according to the faid A6t 9 
 and they produced a Copy of the Certificate of the Oath 
 he had made at the Time of the Ele(5lion, as it was re- 
 Turn'd by the Mayor into the Court of Chancery. After 
 which, the Particular of the faid Mr. Ber,fons Qiialifica- 
 tion, deliver'd in to the Clerk of the Houfe, purfuant to 
 the Order of the Houfe of the 23d of March laft, was 
 read. And then the f^id Certificate of the Mayorj as 
 filed in the Court of Chancery was read ; and the A61 of 
 the Ninth Year of her late Majefty's Reign, entitled, An 
 AB for fecuYin^ the Freedom of Parliaments^ by the further 
 qualifying the Members to fit in the Houfe of Commons j was 
 read ; Alfo, the fitting Members Demand, left with the 
 Clerk of the Houfe, for the Petitioners to give in their 
 Qualifications (purfuant to the Refolution of the Houfe 
 upon the faid Ad) was read. And afterwards the Coun- 
 fei on both Sides were heard, whether the fitting Members 
 Counfel Ihould proceed on the faid Particular deliver'd in 
 to the Clerkj or on the faid Certificate of the Mayor ; 
 And then the Counfel being withdrawn, it was refolv'd, 
 ' That William Benfon, Efq; one of the Petitioners, 
 
 * complaining of an undue Eledlion for the Borough of 
 
 < Shaftesbury in the County of 'Derfct, having, at the De- 
 
 * mand of the fitting Members, deliver'd in a Particular 
 
 < of Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in Order to 
 [ make out his Qualification to be eledted for the faid 
 
 ! Borough,
 
 1 38 The Hijiorical Regtfter^ 
 
 * Borough, purfuant to tfie Order of rhe Houfe the 23d 
 « of March laft ; the Counfel for the fitting Members (if 
 
 * they have any Objeflions to the faid Willidm Benfon't 
 
 < Qualification) be directed to tnake their Objedions to 
 
 < the faid Particular, delivered in purfuance to the faid 
 
 < Order of the Houfe, fo far only as the fame relates to 
 
 * the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments in the Parifli 
 
 * of Bromley in the County of Middlefex ; being the only 
 
 * Qualification the faid William Benfon gave in upon Oath 
 
 * at thi faid Eleftion, as appears by the Certificate of the 
 
 * Mayor of the faid Borough/* Then the Counfel were 
 caird in again, and Mr. Speaker acquainted them with 
 the faid Refolution. After which, the Counfel were di- 
 rected to withdraw ; and it was order'd, That the further 
 Hearing the Merits of the Eleftion for the Borough of 
 Shaftesbury be adjourn'd to Tuefday the 3d of May, 
 
 On the nth of Afril^ the Houfe of Lords being mer, 
 according to their laft Adjournment, the Earl of Oxford^ 
 went to the Parliament, qualify'd himfelf, and took his 
 Seat in the Houfe ; as did alfo rhe Lord Delawar^ and the 
 Lord Willou^hby of Parham ; and then the H^iufe was fur- 
 th'ir adjourned (by reafon of the Ea/ier Holidays) 'till the 
 •26th of /3priL Being then met again, there came before 
 their Lordfliips a very remarkable Caie, between Sir Geo, 
 Vovnhg^ Bart, and Mrs. Mary Forefter^ Maid of Honour to 
 the late Queen, and to her Royal Highnefs the Princefs of 
 Wales^ who, it feems, were marry'd in their Nonage, abouc 
 13 Years fmce, when that Gentleman was about ly, and the 
 L-ady about 12 : Upon his Return from Travel, Sir George 
 fliew'd no Inclination to his Bride,who was at laft prevaii'd 
 upon by her Relations to put up a Petition to the Lords, 
 fetting forth a Perfonal ' Diflike between her and Sir Geo^ 
 
 * Vovcning,^ (which had prevented Cohabitation) and their 
 
 * Defire of being feparated, and at Liberty to marry again*' 
 Several of the Peers, particularly the Bifliops, gave their 
 Judgment againft a Divorce ; but nothing more was done 
 in that Matter, than appointing it another Hearing on 
 the 3d of M4y. 
 
 On the 2d of Mny^ Mr. Secretary Stanhope prefented to 
 the Houfe of Commons feveral Papers ; as did alfo Mr, 
 Aijlahie^ feveral Accounts that had been call'd for by Ad- 
 dreffes to his Majefty. 
 
 May 3. Upon a Morion made by Mr. Hampden, the Sta- 
 tute of the 7th and 8th Years of the Reign of K. William 
 and Q, Mary^ entitledj Jn AB that the folemn /Affirmation 
 
 and
 
 from July 1714, r^Jan. 1716. 1^9 
 
 and Declaration of the People caWd Quakr rs, floaH be accepted 
 inflead of an Oath in the ufual Form^ and alfo the Stature of 
 tt\e 13th and i4th of King William and Qiiten Mary^ for 
 continuing the fame j thofe two Statutes were read accor- 
 dingly ; after which, a 6ill was orderM to be brought in, 
 to continue the faid A€t of the 7th and Sth Years of King 
 William and Queen Mary. Then upon another Motion 
 made by Sir Vafid Dah"^mple^ for reading the A£l of the 
 loth Year of her late Majefty's Reign, entitled, y^n A^ 
 for repealing Part of an A61 pafs'd in the Parliament of Scot- 
 land, entitled^ An Ail for difcharging the Yule Vacance^ 
 the fame was read accordingly ; and or-.er'd, that a Bill 
 be brought in for fhorfening the Time of the Yule Vacance^ in 
 that Tart of Great Britain calVd Scorland. After this, it 
 was ordered, Nemine Contradicente^ That leave be given to 
 bring in a Bill for the more efeiiual preventing the Ahufes 
 of Sheriffs and ethir returning Officers^ in not returning the 
 Writs of Summons in due Time^ and for prerenting Bribery 
 and Corruptions in the Eleflions of Memhers to ferre in Par- 
 liament. Then the Houfe proceeded to the further Hearing 
 the Merits of the Eleaion for the Borough of Shaftesbury ; 
 and having heard Gounfel, and examin d WitnefTes, upon 
 the feveral Queftions that were put, it was refolv'd, ' That 
 « Edward Nicholas, Efq; and Samuel Uujh, Efq^ fitting 
 
 * Members, and Her.ry Andrewes^ Efq-, one of the two Pe- 
 ' titioners, were not duly eledled, and that William Eenfon^ 
 *> Efq-, the other Petitioner, was duly elefted a Biirgefs to 
 
 * ferve in this prefent Parliament for the faid Borough of 
 < Shaftesbury in the County of Dorfet. 
 
 May 4, Upon the Report made by Mr. Heyf^^m, from 
 the Committee to whom the Petition of the -Buyers and 
 Dealers in mixed or medley Broadcloths, was referr'd, a 
 Bill wasorder'd to be brought in for making the Acl of the 
 joth Tear of her late Majeflys Keign^ entitled, An AEi for 
 regulating, improving, and encouraging of the Woollen ManU' 
 failure of mixed or medley Broad-Cloth^ &c. more e^eilnal 
 for the Benefit of Trade in general. 
 
 May 5-, Upon the Reading of a Petition of the Officers 
 of Lieutenant-General George Hamilton t late Regiment of 
 Foot (Subjedls of Great Britain') broke in the Service of 
 the States-General of the United Provinces ; praying. 
 That ( in Regard of the Petitioners long and faithful Ser- 
 vices) their Cafe may be confiderM, and that Provifion 
 may be made for their Relief: Mr. Puhcney (Secretary at 
 War) acquainted the Houfe, That Application had' been 
 made to his Mapftyj and that his M^jefty had com- 
 Lt xiianded
 
 140 The Hiftorical Regifter, 
 
 manded him to fignify Lis Confent to the Petitioners Re* 
 lief in fuch Manner as the Houfe fhould think fit : It was 
 refolv'd, That an Addrefs be prefenced to his Majefly, 
 That he would be pleafed to dire£l, that a Lift of the Of- 
 ficers of Lieutenant-Geiieral George Hamilton^ late Regi- 
 ment of Foot be laid before this Hoiife. Alter this, upon 
 another Petition of the Proteftant Officers of the Baron 
 de Borle*s (Son to the Baron de Walcf) late Regiment of 
 Dragoons, praying, That (in Regard of their long and 
 faithful Services) a Provifion be made for Half- Pay for 
 them : Mr. Tuheney acquainted the Houfe, That his Maje- 
 fty had been likevvife apply'd to on Behalf of thofe Offi- 
 cers ; and had commanded him to acquaint this Houfe, 
 that his Majefty confented that the faid Officers might be 
 added to the Lift of Officers in Half-Pay, if the Houfe 
 thought fit : Whereupon it was refolv'd, that an humble 
 Addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, that he would be 
 pleafed to direct, that a Lift of the Proteftant Officers of 
 the Baron de Borle's lafe Regiment of Dragoons be laid be- 
 fore this Houfe. Then it was order'd^ that leave be given 
 to bring in a Bill for continuing the Imprifonment of 
 Hoben Blackbitrne^ and othersj for their horrid Confpiracy 
 to affaflinate the Perfon of his late Sacred Majefty K. IVH- 
 ham the Third ', and that Mr. Attorney-General, and Mr. 
 Sollicitor-General do prepare and bring in the fame. The 
 Houfe taking into Confideration, that Brafs Money was 
 of late grown very fcarce, which was a great Hindrance 
 to the fmall Retail Trade, it was refolv'd to addrefs his 
 Majefty, ' That he would be pleafed to direil the Lords of 
 ' the Treaftiry to lay before this Houfe, an Account of 
 
 * what.Propofals had been made to them, in Relation to 
 
 * the Coinage of Farthings and Half-Pence, and what had 
 
 * been done thereupon." Then the Houfe proceeded to 
 the Hearing of the Merits of the Eledlion for the Borougli 
 of Brid^ort in the County of Vorfet^ and adjourn'd it to 
 the 5th J when, after a further Hearing, the fame was 
 adjourned to the loth of this Month. 
 
 May 6, The engrolTed Bill for granting an Aid to hk 
 Majefty^ to he raifed by a Land-Tax in Great Britain for the 
 Service of the Tear 171 5", was read the third Time, pafs'd, 
 and fent up to the Lords. The Houfe having, upon the 
 hearing the Merits of the Eleftion for the Borough of 
 Shafton^ alias Shaftesbury in the County of Dorfet^ adjudg'd 
 only one Burgefs to be duly eledled, Mr. Speaker was ordered 
 to iffue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out 
 a new Writ for eledling another Burgefs for the f<iid Borough. 
 
 May
 
 y>^w July 1714, ^^ Jan. 1716. J41 
 
 Alay 7, The Commons refolv'd to prefenn ^qvhx feveral 
 Addre/Tps to his Majefty, That he would be pleafed to di- 
 redi the proper Officers to lay before them, ill, An Ac- 
 count of the clear Produce of the Branches of the Revenue 
 which were fettled for the Service of the Houlhold and 
 Family, and other" Expences of his late Majefty King Wil- 
 Uarn^ and of her late Majefty Qiieen ^ntie^ and of his pre- 
 fejit Majefty, refpedlively, from Chriftmas 1699, to Lady-^ 
 Pay laft, and how any of the faid Blanches have been 
 abridged, altered, taken away, or encnmber^'dj by any 
 A61 or Adts of Parliament fince that Time. aJiy, An 
 Account of all the Civil Lift Eifpences for one Year, be- 
 fore her late Majefty's Death. 3dly, The feveral Efta- 
 blifliments of the Houfhold and Family, made during the 
 Reigns of King Charles the Second^ King James the Sicondy 
 King William^ and Qiieen Anne. 4thly, An Account of 
 what Penfions have been granted, and alfo what Warrants 
 for beneficial Grants have been directed to the Lords of 
 the Treafury, fince his Majefty's Accefiion to the Throne. 
 5Chly, An Account of what Penfions were granted either 
 in Great Britain or Ireland^ during the Reign of her late 
 Majefty. 6thly, A State of her late Majefty's Revenue ac 
 the Time of her Death, diftinguifiiing the Money that 
 \vas at that Time in the Exchequer^ applicable to the Ufes 
 of the Civil Government, what paid into the Exchequer 
 fince, on that Account, and how it has been apply'd ; 
 what remains in Money or orher EfFeils, to difcharge the 
 Debts of her Majefty's Civil Government, and what thofe 
 Debts are. And 7thly, An Account of the Diftribution 
 of the Five Hundred Thoufand Pounds granted by Parlia- 
 ment for the Payment of her late Majefty's Debrs. 
 
 After this, upon a Motion that the firft Sedlion of the 
 A£t of the Tenth and Eleventh Years of the Reign of the 
 late King William^ entitled, An AH: for preventing irregular 
 Troceedings of Sherifs and other Officers^ in ni-^king Returns of 
 Members chofen to ftrye in Parliament^ msghc be read 5 the 
 fime was read accordingly ; and ordtrd, That it be an 
 Inftrudtion to the Gentlemen who were to prepare and 
 bring in a Bill for the more efefhtal preyenting the Abufes of 
 Sheriff's and other returning Ojflcersy in not returning the Writs 
 of Summons in due Time ; and for presenting Bribery and 
 Corruption in the Eleflions of Members to ferye in Farliament^ 
 That they do bring in a Claufe or Cluifes to repeal fo 
 much of the faid A<fl: as relates to the Sheriffs and other 
 Returning Officers, not making Returns of the Writs of 
 Summons to Parliament in due Tims. 
 
 Li On
 
 14^ Tloe H/ftoricd Regifter^ 
 
 Oil the oth of May^ the Commons, in a Committee of 
 the whole Houfe, upon the Sup pi/, having confider'd fe- 
 veral Accounts that were orde/d to be hid before them, 
 refolved to grant the feveral Sums, yiz. 
 
 F:rfij 37,574/. ^s. 6d. for Half-Pay to the Sea-Officers, 
 for the Year 1715". 
 
 Secondy^ 197,895/. 175. 5^. for the Ordinary of the 
 Navy, for the Year 1715. 
 
 TlnrdJyy 257,2.77/. for the extraordinary Repairs of the 
 Navy, rebuilding of Ships, -and other extraordinaay 
 Works ; as alfo com pleating the Furniture and Stores of 
 the Ships in Repair, and to be repaired in the Year 1715*. 
 
 And Fcurthiy, 9^)797 ^» ^^^' 3^- ^°^ ^^^ Charge of the 
 Office of Ordnance for Land-Service, for the Year 1715. 
 
 Whidi Refoluiions were the next Day reported, and 
 agreed to by the Houfe. 
 
 The fame Day, Mr. Lowndes laid before the Commons 
 an Account of the clear Produce of the Branches of the 
 Re\eiiue fettled for the Service of the Houfhould and Fa- 
 rr.ily, and other Expences of the late King William^ Queeri 
 Anne^ Awdi his prefent Majefty, from Chriftmas 1699, ^^ 
 to Lady-Day i"]!^ ; a Paper fhewing how the Civil Lift 
 Branches have been abridged ; Lift of Salaries, Annuities, 
 and Penfions in Ergland^ Scotland^ and Ireland^ and other 
 Papers ; which w.re order'd to lie upon the Table. Then 
 the Houfe proceeded to the further Hearing the Merits of 
 the Eleftion for the BorotJgh of Bridport in the County of 
 Dorfet ; and refolv'd, That ychn Strangways^ Efq; fitting 
 Member was not, and on the contrary, That Feter Wahety 
 Efq; Wds duly eledled a Burgefs to ferve in this Parliament 
 for tne fa id Borough. 
 
 Oi'^lfie nth of May^ feveral Papers from the Treafurer 
 of the-tihamber, were laid before rhe Commons : And the 
 King being come to the Houfe of Peers, with the ufual 
 State and Solemnity, and the Commons fent for up, and 
 attending, his Majefty gave the Royal Afisnt to anAcl 
 for grantir.g an Aid to his Majppy^ to be raifed by a Land-Tax 
 in Great Britain*, /or the Serrice of the Tear 1715', and to 
 two Private A6ls, to empower the Barons of the Court of Ex- 
 chequer in Ireland, to grant a Comm'tjjion to fome of the Bar- 
 tons of the Court of Exchequer in Engi-iud, to adminifier the 
 ufual Oaths tc fame'Berfons therein mentioned. The Commons 
 being returned to their Houfe, confider'd further, in a 
 • Grand Committee, of Ways and Means to raife the Sup- 
 ply, and refolv'd, ' That the Duties on Malt, Mum Cider, 
 »• &c. be further continu'd, from the 23th of /»«« 1715-, 
 
 ' CO
 
 /r^w July 1714^ r^ Jan. 17 16. 145 
 
 ro the 24ch of June 1716." Afcer which, they aUb 
 
 * confider'd further of the Supply, in a Grand Coijimit- 
 
 * tee. 
 
 May la, The Refolution for the Malt-Tax, was reported, 
 and agreed, and a Bill was ordered to be brought in there- 
 upon. 
 
 The fame Day, the Commons, in a Committee of the 
 whole Houfe, went through rhe hi]l for contitiuir^ the Int' 
 frifonment of Robert Blackburne, and others^ for the horrid 
 Confpiracy to ajfafjinate the Perfon of his late Sacred Majefiy 
 King William tht Third -^ and fome Members having fpoke 
 in their Favour, a Petition was afterwards offered to the 
 Houfe, with a Paper entitled, 
 
 The mop fad and deforable CASE of Robert Blackburne, 
 John Bernardi, Robert CnfliUs, Robert Meldrum, and 
 James Chambers- 
 
 Humbly frefented to the Tarliament of Great Britain. 
 
 IN March and April 1696, we were committed to New- 
 gate. The Crime mention'd in the Warrants was for 
 High-Treafon, in confpiring the Murder and AfT.fliaatioii 
 cf his late Majefty King William ; but without any Proof, 
 not fo much as the Oath of one fingle Witnefs againft any 
 of us : Nor is it otherwife fpecify'd in the Warrants. 
 
 Upon our Commitment, no Perfon but our Gao],er and 
 his Servants were permitted to fpeak with us : We were 
 deny'd the Ufe of Pen, Ink, and Paper, debarred of all 
 Comforts and Conveniencies, and under great Hardfhips 
 as to the very Neceflaries of Life ; our Coniinem.ent being 
 £0 ftrid, that even our Food and Linnen were fearch'd, 
 to prevent the leaft Communication, 
 
 This rigorous Treatment we fufferM for the Space of- 
 two Years, without the leaft Intermiflion or Relaxation, 
 fave that in September 1696, Blackburne was baiTd at the 
 Old BaiJy ; and in Michaelmas Term following, Chambers 
 was brought up by Habeas Corpus to the Court of King's- 
 heiich at Wefiminfiery but remanded, becaufe one of his Bail 
 could not fwear to the Value the Court requir'd. And 
 Bernardi, Cajjilsj Meldrum^ and Chambers^ were on;e car- 
 ry 'd to the Seflions- Houfe in the Old-Baily^ ( their Prayers 
 being enter'd there by fome Friends) but immediately feiic 
 back to their former clofe Confinement. And in January 
 next following, Blackburne was by a Warrant from the Se- 
 cretary of State recommitted to Newgate. 
 
 In the 7th and 8th of King William^ '<u\d fince, feveral 
 
 iuSks of Parliament have been made for continuing our 
 
 L 3 Imprifonmenc
 
 144 ^^^^ H'lfiorical Regifier^ 
 
 Imprifonment from Time to Time, but all of them ex- 
 pired ac the Dtmife of her late Majefty Queen Anne -^ and 
 in the lad of thefe Ails, tzz. 'Brimo Anr}(t Regin£^ it is 
 exprefled, Th-at we fhould be tl^en fee at large, ualefsfome 
 farther Provifian were made for the Continuance of our 
 Imprifonmenr. 
 
 In hft Michaelmas Term, we (having enterM our Prayer 
 to be try'd purf unt to the Direclions of the Habeas Corpus 
 ACt) were brought up the lall Diy of the Term by Habeas 
 Cerpusy and had our Bail in Re:idinefs, according to the 
 Direcftions of the Court, but were remanded to Prifoii, 
 V/hen we were brought up, the Court declared to us, That 
 they had a difcretionary Power to b<?il or difcharge us, 
 Lui would not do ic till after another Seflion of Pariia- 
 menr, although there then had been one Seflion fince the 
 Demife of her late Majefty, in which no Provifion was 
 thought fie to be made for continuing us in Prifon ; but 
 feveral other Laws were continu*d, there being Provifioa 
 then made for all Laws that were expiring or lately expi- 
 red. 
 
 When we entred cur Prayers at the OJdBaiJy^ it was ob- 
 )5(fted to us, that we could have no Benefit of the Habeas 
 CDTpus Adl, becaufe we had not claimM it the firlt Sefiioa 
 after our Commirment : But how was it pofiible for Per- 
 fons under fuch unhappy Circumftances, and fo ftridi 
 Confinement ? If the reiiraining us from Pen^ Ink, and 
 Paper, and all our Friends, was illegal ; furely no Advan* 
 t'^ge of that ou^ht to have been taken againll us. If legal, 
 then it is a Juftification for our not entering our Prayer ia 
 Time : I'or, Lex non cogit ad imprlJibiJia. And H fuch Con- 
 finement be good in Law, there is an End of the Habeas 
 Corpus Aft ; For in Cafe the Committing Power does buc 
 diredt the Prifoner to be kept without Pen, Ink, and 
 Paper, and Accefs of Friends -, he mufl be under an utter 
 Incapacity of entering his Prayer ii\ Time ; and confe- 
 fjuentiy, the whole Force of that Law, which is the great 
 Barrier of the Liberties of Evgliflj Sw\y)t^s^ may be entirely 
 eluded. 
 
 We had no Opportunity of being lieard againft the feve- 
 ral Acts that have been made againft ns ; being without 
 Liberty, Friends, Money, or Counfel. We fcarcely knew 
 thdt fuch a Bill was brought in, before it wras pafs'd ; and 
 now we are informed, thar there ii a new Bill againft us 
 in Parliament, entitled, An A[h for continuing the Impri- 
 fonment of Robert BlicJiLurne, and others^ for tJ>e horrid Con- 
 
 fpira<y
 
 /r^w July 17149 to]'dn.i7i6. 145 
 
 fpiracy to afajjinate the Terfun of his late Sacred Majefty. Kwr 
 mUhm the Third, 
 
 Of this Charge, we, and each of us, do folemnly de- 
 clare our felves to be Not Guilty, and only de/ire a fair 
 and legal Opportunity to make our Innocence appear. We 
 have already undergone a Confinement worfe than Death • 
 and the not clearing our Innocence, is worfe than our 
 Confinement ; and all this, without any legal Evidence 
 given, or fo much as offer'd to be produced againft us, ei- 
 ther in Parliament, or elfevvhere ; nothing more than a 
 bare groundlefs Prefumption of Guilt ; This furely is 
 without all Precedent ; God Grant it may never hereafter 
 be made one ! Tho' now 'tis our Cafe alone, yet the Liber- 
 ties of all Englijl^msn are highly concerned in it. 
 
 The former Adls that were made againll us, were tem- 
 porary, and of a (hort Duration, made upon a Suppo/itioa 
 that fome Proof would appear, that could have convidted 
 us. But fmce none hath hitherto been found, fince thofe 
 A£i:s were limited to a determined Time, the Intention 
 of them could not be, to make our Imprifonment perpe- 
 tual. Even thofe very Adts do now feem to give us a 
 Right of being reftor'd to Liberty. And in this Bill, 
 which is now depending againft us, there is, as we are 
 informM, a Claufe which fays. That we Jhou'ld novo be dif-^ 
 charged^ unkfs farther Frovijion be made for our Coi.fine- 
 ment, 
 
 Prefumptions of Law are always in Favour of Inno- 
 cence. The Maxim of the Common Law is, Quifque ejfe 
 innocens pr£fnmitur<, donee in contrarium probetur. We, as 
 Subjects of England^ do humbly pr^y the Benefit of Englijly 
 Laws. We pray the Benefit of Magna Charta^ wherein it 
 is enadlsd, Nullus liber homo capiat ur^ yel imprifonetur^ nee 
 juper eiim ibimus^ nee fuper eum mittcmus^ mji per legale jw 
 dictum parium fuorum^ yel per legem terra. NuIIi vendemus, 
 mdli negabimus-f ant differemus jufiitiam yel rcclum. We 
 humbly pray the Benefit of the Habeas Corpus Act, the 
 Common Law of England^ the Law of God, and the Law 
 of Nature, and the late moll gracious Declaration of his 
 prefent Majefty, whereby he promifes inviolably to de- 
 fend and maintain the Rights, Liberties, and Propertier 
 of all his Subjedti, 
 
 'Robert B'aclbnrne^ 
 Robert CalJills^ 
 John Bernard-^ 
 Robert Mfldrian^ 
 J. ChambsTS. 
 I- 4 Deut;
 
 1 4^ The Hiflorical Regifier^ 
 
 Deut- i. 17. Te Jhall not refpeSl Ferfom in Judgment^ bitt 
 you Jhall hear the Small^ as vcell as the Great. 
 
 John vii. yo, 51. NiccJemus /4z>/> unto thentj — — Doth 
 our Laxo judge any Man^ before it hear him ? 
 
 A Motion being made that the fiid Petition be brought 
 up) fevejal Members fpoke in Behalf of the Petitioners; 
 but the Majority of the Houfe were againfl: them, and the 
 Qiiellipn being put, was carry *d in the Negative. The 
 fame Day, the Commons refolved to addrtfs the King, thac 
 >,e would pleafe to dire<fl the proper Officers to Uy before 
 the Houfe, ifl, The Eftahlifhment of the Houfhold and 
 Family for his Royal Highnefs Prince Henry^ eldefl Son of 
 King James the Tirfl^ or any fubfequtnt Eftablifhmenc of 
 the Houlhold and Family for any Prince of Wales : adiy, 
 An Account of the Incomes and Revenues of the late King 
 James when Duhe of llrk. Then the Gall of th« Houie 
 was adjourn'd to thac Day Fortnight. 
 
 After this, the Bill in Favour of the People call'd jQ«t- 
 icrs was read the fecond Time, and committed : Which 
 done, there was prefented to the Houfe the following Pe- 
 tition, and Cafe of the Quahers^ with Relpedl to many 
 tit their Friends in South-Bntain^ and their Friends in ge- 
 neral in North Britain^ who confpiencioufly fcrople the 
 taking of the prefeat Affirmation. 
 
 OUR late gracious Sovereign King William^ and the 
 Par/iarnenr, being generoufly difpos'd in Favour of 
 Liberty of Confoience, were pieas'd, in the Year 1696, to 
 grant us a Solemn Affirmation inflead of an Oath, for 
 which we were very thnnkful to God and the Govern- 
 jj.ent ; whereby many of us have been not only deliver'd 
 and defended from Imprifonments, vexatious Suits, Lofs 
 ot Goods and Eftates 5 but alfo have been enabled to ferve 
 pur Couatry, and promote the Trade and Intereft thereof 5 
 although, in the Courfc of our Solliciration for Relief, it 
 h^ppen'cij that in the fnd Parliament, the Affirmation 
 was forni'd in Words different from what we delir'd ; and 
 many of our Friends fcrupling to atteil the facred Name 
 of God therein, (notwirhctanding they fincer^ly acknow- 
 ledge his Omniprefence, and all other his Divine Attri- 
 butes) have, by Means thereof been deprived of its in- 
 tended Benefit, and have been^ and ftill will be (if not 
 jreliev'd) liable to great SuiFenngs and Difcouragements in 
 their lawful Callings, and advantageous Manufa6tures of 
 tfeisKuigdom, 
 
 Whersfoie
 
 from July 1714, 3^^ Jan. 1716^ 147 
 
 Wherefore we, the People call'd Qunhrs^ being very 
 fenfible of the good Difpofitioii of our prefent gracious 
 King and the Parliament, towards Liberty of Confc'ience ; 
 and we having a tender Regard to our faid Friends, and 
 being defirous that they may be rendered ufeful (when 
 wanted) to their Neighbours, as WitnelTes ; as alfo, that 
 they may be the better qualify *d to contribute towards the 
 Support of the prefent happy Ettablifliment, as well as the 
 Trade of their Country 5 do humbly intreat the honoura- 
 ble Houfe of Commons, to make fuch an Alteration in the 
 prefent Bill before the Houfe, as that our Affirmation 
 may be in tlie following Terms, y'i%. I A. B. do Jincerely 
 Declare and Affirm ; which, on Enquiry, we find will be 
 generally eafy to our Friendsj and, with Submiflion, con- 
 ceive will very well anfwer the Intent of Law and Ju- 
 fiice^ fince the Penalcies here, in Cafe of Falfliood, will 
 carry the fame legal Security as they do in Perjury, An 
 Indulgence of the Nature of what we here defire, harh 
 been granted to the Menifls by the States of Holland^ which 
 they have enjoy'd more than a Hundred Years, 
 
 A Motion being made, and the Queftion put. That this 
 Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee 
 to whom the Bill beforeraention'd was committed, it pafs'd 
 in the Negative. . 
 
 On the i3rh of May^ Mr. Lowndes prefented to the 
 Houfe an Abftradl of the Produce of the Revenue of his 
 Royal Highnefs ^ames Duke of York, for the Year 1678 z 
 But Mr. Secretary Stanhope reported, that upon their Ad- 
 drefs of the Day before, his Majefty had given Diredlions 
 to the feveral Officers to enquire after the Eftablifhment 
 for his Royal Highnefs Prince Henry ^ eldeft Son of King 
 Jamei the Firji^ or any fubfequent Eftablilhment for any 
 Prince of Wales ; but that none other could be found but 
 an old Book, entitled, Anno Neno Regis Jacobi, A Book of 
 Diet^ V/ages^ &c. of the prince's Houfe : Which was order'd 
 to lie on the Table. Then the Houfe refolv'd itfelf into 
 a Grand Committee, to confider further of the Supply ; 
 and after fome Time fpent therein, Mr. Speaker refum'd 
 the Chair, and Mr. Farrer reported from the fiid Commit- 
 tee, that they found it neceffary, that the feveral Accounts, 
 and other Papers, relating to the Matter of the Civil Lift, 
 which had been prefented to the Houfe, fhould be referr'd 
 to the faid Committee ; which was ordered accordingly 5 
 and then the Houfe refolv'd itfelf again into the faid 
 Committeeo After the Reading of fome of the Papers 
 . . that
 
 148 The Hiftorical Regifter^ 
 
 that lay before them, the Courtiers olTerM the following 
 Quellion, -viz. That it appears to this Commictee, that 
 the Sum of 700,000/. per Annum was fettled upon his late 
 IVIajefty King William^ during his Life, for the Support of 
 his Majefty's Houfhold, and other his necefiary Occafions 5 
 and at the Time of his Majelly's Demife, (after the De- 
 dudion of 3700/. a Week, that was apply'd to publick 
 Ufes) was the Produce of the Civil Lift Revenues that 
 ■were continuM and fettled upon her late Majefty Queen 
 Anne^ during her Life. Which Queftion occafioa'd a warm 
 and long Debate. They who proposed it had two Things 
 principally in their View ; firft, to vindicate the prefenc 
 Miniftry from the Afpeifions caft upon them, and in- 
 duflrioufly fpread about, by the Emiffaries of the late 
 Managers, that the Whigs defign'd to give the King a 
 larger Revenue than his Majefty's PredecefTors had enjoy 'd ; 
 and, in the fecond Place, to make good the Branches of 
 the Revenue aftignM for the Support of the Civil Lift, 
 which had been alienated, or abridged, fo that the whole 
 Heat Produce might amount to the Sum of 700,000/. fer 
 Annum. 
 
 The leading Men among the Tories, being feniible of 
 the firft, and pretending, at leaft, to be ignorant of the 
 Confequence of this preliminary Queftion, infifted a long 
 while, ' That it was enfnaring : That what had been 
 
 * done by former Parliaments ought not to be a ftanding 
 ^ Rule for the fubfeqnent: That fuppofing the Parliament 
 
 * had given King William a Revenue of 700,000/. per 
 
 * Anhum for the Civil Lift, they ought to coniider, that 
 
 * he was to pay out of it 50,000/. per Annum to the late 
 
 * Qj.ieen, theji Princefs of Denmark \ 15 or 20000/. per 
 
 * Annum for the late Duke of Gloucefter ; and 40,000/. for 
 ^ the Dowry of the late King James's Queen ; Tiiat after 
 
 * the late Queen's Acceflion to the Throne, the Parlia- 
 ^ ment taking Notice that the Produce of the Civil Lift 
 
 < Revenues, exceeded what they had been given for, the 
 « Sum of ^"^QoJ. per Week, (that is 192400/. per Annum) 
 
 * was taken out of them, and apply'd to other Ufes ; not- 
 
 * withftanding which Dedudlion, the late Qiieen had ho- 
 
 < nourably maintain'd her Family, and fupported the 
 « Dignity of the Crown ; However, if the prefent Reve- 
 
 < nues of the Civil Lift were not fufficient, they were 
 
 * ready to confent to an Addition.*' The Courtiers an- 
 fwer'd, ' That the Queftion before them was founded upon 
 ' Fadls, which, if deny'd, they were ready to prove by 
 ^ the Rscords of the hoiife," But Sir William Wyndham 
 
 ' Hill
 
 from July ly 14-, to J^n. 17 16. 149 
 
 itill urging that the Qiieftion was enfnaring, Mr. Secre- 
 tary StanhofJe anfwer'd, ' That he would be very plain 
 ' with them, and own, that as 'twas notorious, that 
 
 * great Endeavours had been ufed to alienate the Affedlioii 
 
 * of the People from the King and his Government by 
 ' falfe Suggeftions, that they de/ignM to plunge the Na- 
 ' tion into extraordinary Expences, they thoiit^ht it high- 
 
 * ly necefTary to clear his Majefty and his Minifters from 
 
 * that malicious Afperfion." To this the Lord Guemfey 
 reply 'd, ' That the DifafFe(n:ion of the People, if any, 
 « did not proceed from his Majefty, but from the Kard- 
 ^ (hips his Minifters put on the Tory Piirty." To which 
 it was fmartly returned, ' That as foon as 'twould be 
 
 * made known to the World, how the late MiniOry had 
 
 < ufed not only the Whigs, but the whole Nation, nothing 
 
 < that couid be done againft them, would then be thought 
 
 * a Hardlliip 5 but, however, that neither that iioble 
 
 * Member, nor any of his Family, had Reafon to com- 
 
 * plain of Hardfliips/* After fome other Speeches, whicli 
 prolonged the Debate from Two till about Five in the Af- 
 ternoon, the Tories endeavoured to drop the Queftion, by 
 moving that the Speaker refume the Chair ; but the 
 Queftion being put upon this Queftion, the fame was car- 
 ry 'd in the Negative by a Majority of 244 Voices againft 
 148 : After which,the firfl Qiieflion was put,and carry'd in 
 the AfHrmative by about the fame Majority. Then the 
 vidlorious Party mov*d. That to enable fiis Majefty to fup- 
 porc the Dignity of the Crown, and to make an honoura- 
 ble Provifion for the Royal Family, there be granted to 
 his Majefly, during his Life, (which God long preferve) 
 an additional Revenue, whichj together with the neac 
 Produce of the Civil Lift Branches, may make up the 
 clear yearly Sum of Seven Hundred Thoufmd Pounds for 
 the Service of his Majefty's Houfliold and Family, and 
 for other his necefftry Expences and Occafions." The 
 Queftion being put upon this Motion, the fame occafion'd 
 another great Debate, Sir Thomas Hanmer^ Mr. Bromley^ 
 Sir William Wyndham^ Mr, Cefar^ Mr. Hun^erfordj and 
 fonae other leading Members among the Tories, who, on 
 this Occafion, were ftrengthen'd and back'd by fome emi- 
 nent Whigs, did not at firft diredlly oppofe the Qiieftion, 
 but inlinuated, < Tliat before they came to that Refolu- 
 ' tion, it (hould be proper that a Particular of the King's 
 
 * Expences fliould be laid before the Houfe." Mr. Waipole^ 
 Mr, StanJjope^ Mr. L(chmere^ and fome other Courtier?, 
 who, on this OwCdfion, were join'd by fome of the oppo- 
 
 fice
 
 I «;o The Hiflorkal Regifler^ 
 
 fnt Party, having exploded that Propofal as altogether in- 
 confiflent with the King's Honour, to have all the private 
 Expences of his Family and Houfhold look'd into, as if 
 be had need of a Guardian. The Tories then mov'd, that 
 the Sum of 600,000/. fer Annum be given to his Majefty, 
 and 1 005O00/, /'er ^w?j7«w fettled on the Prince of Wales, 
 The Courtiers perceiving that the Propofal of giving the 
 Prince of Wahi a feparate Revenue, was only a Defign to 
 divide the Royal Family, by leffening the Dependence of 
 the next Heir Apparent on his Majefty, opposM it with 
 Sreat Warmth ; and the Queftion being put upon that 
 Motion, the fame was carryM in the Negative by a great 
 Majority. The Tories having loft thefe two Points, fome 
 of that Party more openly oppos'd the main Queftion, 
 among the reft, Si? WtUiam Wyndham faid, ' He had the 
 
 * Honour to ferve her Majefty, and had the Opportunity 
 
 * to look both into her Revenue and Expences ; and he 
 
 * could allure the Houfe, that about 500,000/. per Annum^ 
 
 * were fufticient for the Support of her Family and Civil 
 *• Lift ; tho' file rcf rvM about 50,000?- a Year for the Jate 
 
 * 3Cing/<2»7«'sConfort '* The Courtie«-s were glad of this 
 laft Confeftion ; and Mr. Secretary Stanhope defir'd the 
 Committee to take Notice of whr^ that Gentleman had 
 advanc'd, becaufe it v^ould ferve to coiinvm fome Matters, 
 which the Committee of Secrecy had found in the Papers 
 that were laid before them. A Whig Member, who^ ac 
 this Time, fpoke on the Tory Side, made fome Reflexions 
 on the prefent unthrifty Adminiftration of his Majefty's 
 Revenue 5 znCt^ in particuiH.-, took Notice of the Salaries 
 of the Judg'/s being advanc'd ; Not^ faid he, for Seryices 
 done^ but expefud Upon the whole Matter, the Qu-^ftioft 
 being put upon the Motion before mentioned, (^about Seven 
 a-Clock in the Evening) the fame was carry*d in the Affir- 
 mative without dividing. What's moft remarkable in this 
 Day's Debate, is the Divifion that appeared among the 
 Whigs, which was by many afcrib'd to the Counfels of 
 the late Earl of HaUifax. Be that as it will, Mr. Speaker 
 having refum'd the Chair, the Report of the two Refolu- 
 tions before- mentioned was put off till the i6th of Mwj, 
 when the firae were read, and agreed to by the Houfe. 
 
 On the 14th, the Commons proceeded to the hearing 
 the Merits of the Election for the Borough of Hertford^ 
 in che County of that Name ; which, after fome Time 
 fpeftt: therein, was adjourn'd to the Tuefday, and then 
 a?';ain to the Thurfuay follo%ving. On Monday the en- 
 groiVd Hill fer tin better regulating the Ftrces, &Q. was read 
 
 the
 
 from July iji^^ toj2in. 17 16. 151 
 
 the third Time, pafs'd, and fent up to the Lords : And 
 then Sir Dayid DaJrimple prefented to the Houfe, a Bill for 
 Jhortening the Time of the Yule Vacance in Scotlandj which 
 was receiv'd. 
 
 May 17. A Bill was orderM to be brought in, for making 
 IncJoJures of fome Part of the common Grounds in that Tare 
 cf Great Britain caWd England, /^r endowing poor ReSloriesj 
 yicar'tdges^ Curacies^ and Chapelries, for the better Supjnrt of 
 their Minifters. After this, a Petition of William Bareskyy 
 Gent, was read, fetting forth, That he having incurr'd 
 the Difpleafure of this Houfe, for having neglected to 
 3-eturn two Knights of the Shire to ferve in Parliament 
 for the County of Leicefter^ was committed to the Cuflody 
 of the Serjeant at Arms for fuch Offence the nth of 
 April laft ; and that he was heartily forry for fuch his 
 great Offence, and begg'd Pardon for the fajne ; Upoa 
 which it was ord-er'd, that the faid William Bareshy be 
 brought to the Bar of this Houfe the next Morning^ ia 
 order to his being difchargM out of Cuftody ; but the 
 fame was put off till the 1 9th, when having receivM a 
 Reprimand from Mr. Speaker, he was difcharg'd but of 
 Cuftody, paying his Fees. 
 
 May 18. The Commons refolv'd themfelves into a 
 Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the feveral 
 Lifts and Accounts 6f Annuities, Penfions, and Bounties 
 granted by her late Majefty, or his prefent Majefty ; upon 
 w^hich there arofe a warm Debate. The leading Men 
 among the Tories, fupported again by a great many Whigs, 
 cxclaimM againfl the Penfions given by the Crown to 
 feveral Perfons of Quality, (fome of whom they nam'd) 
 who had noOccafion for them ; and a Motion was made, 
 that an Addrefs be prefented to his Majefly, that he would 
 be pleased to retrench all unnecelTary Penfionsj and grant 
 no more any fuch for the future. Hereupon Mr. Robert 
 Waipole fhew'd, ' That they ought not to ftint the King's 
 ' Beneficence, nor debar his Majefly from the Exercife o£ 
 
 * the mofl glorious Branch of his Royal Preroi^ative, 
 
 * which IS to beftow his Favours on fuch as diftinguifli 
 
 * themfelves in his Service." He was fecondtd by Mr. 
 Hampden^ who, on the other Hand, obferv'd, that all the 
 Penfions about which fo much Noife was made, did not 
 amount to above 25000/. a-year ; and to wave the Motion 
 made by the Tories^ he mov'd, that the Chairman fhould 
 leave the Chair; which, being put to the Vote, pafs'd in 
 the Affirmative, by 191 Voices againft jS8 ; fo that the 
 Cotitc Parry carry'd u by three Voices only. The fame
 
 152 The Hiftorical Regifter^ 
 
 Day, the Commons refolv'd to addrefs his Majefty, that 
 he would be pleas'd to diredt the proper Officers to lay 
 before the Houfe, an Account of the grofs and neat Pro- 
 duce of the Duty upon Malt in that Part of Great Britain 
 ealTd Scotland'^ and on the 19th, they alfo refolv'd la 
 addrefs his Majefty, ift, for an Account of all Ships that 
 have pafs'd into any P^rrs beyond the Seas from any Ports 
 of England^ from Chrijfmas 1709 to Chrijimas 171 4, di- 
 ftinguilhing the Number of Ships departed each Year re- 
 lpe<£lively. 2dly, for an Account of the Number of Sea- 
 men employ'd in any Englijh Merchant Ships from Chrifi- 
 mas 1709 toChri/imas 1714, diftinguifhing each Year re- 
 fpe6lively. 
 
 On the 20th of May^ the third Reading of the en- 
 grofs'd Bill, for continuing the Imprifonment of the 
 Confpirators againft the Life of the late King William III, 
 was put off till the 24th ; and, in the mean Time, the 
 Commons refolv'd, that an humble Addrefs be prefented 
 to hi? Majefty, that he would be pleas'd to direct the pro- 
 per Offictrr to lay before this Houfe, an Account at whac 
 Time, and by what Warrant — Counter was released, 
 ■who was continu'd in Prifon during her late Majefty's 
 Pleiifure, by an A61 of the firft Year of her faid Majefty's 
 Reign, entitled, ^n ASl for the continuing the ImprifonT 
 
 ment of Counter, and others^ for the horrid Confpi- 
 
 racy to ajfafjlnate the Perfon of his late Sacred Majefiy King 
 William the Third. The fame Day, Mr. Hampden rt^orud 
 from the Committee of Eledlions, the Refolutions of the 
 faid Committee^ touching the Eledlion for the Borough of 
 Maiden in the County of EJfeXy which were read as fol- 
 lows, fiz. 
 
 1. Refolv'd, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
 that the Right of Election of Members to ferve in Parli- 
 ament for the Borough of Maiden in the County of EJfrx^ 
 is in fuch Freemen only as do not receive Alms, and 
 are entitled to Freedom by Birth, Marriage, or Servi> 
 tude. 
 
 2. Tiiat fuch Perfoas who derive their Riglit to Free- 
 dom from Boniirary Freemen of the Borough of Maiden 
 in the Cjunty of Ejfex^ have not a Rit;ht to vote in the 
 Election of Members to ferve in Parliament for the faid 
 Borcugii 
 
 3. Th It Perfons claiming their Freedom by Purchafe, 
 and ex -icifing Tr ides within the Borough of Maiden in 
 the County of EJfex^ have not a Right to vote in the 
 
 Eledtioa
 
 /r^;« July 1714, r^Jan. 1716. 15:^ 
 
 Eledtion of Members to ferve in Parliamenc for the faid 
 Borough. 
 
 4. That John Comyns^ Serjeant at Law, having, at the 
 late Eledlion of Members to ferve in Parliament for the 
 Borough of Maiden in the County of Efex, wilfully re- 
 fijsM to take the Oath of Qualification, as is diredted by an 
 A6i of Parli.<tment of the ninth Year of the Uie Queen 
 (entitled, An ^61 for fecuring the Freedom 0/ 'Parliaments 
 by the farther qualifying the Members to fit in the Houfe of 
 Commons) though duly requirM fo to do ; and not having 
 at any Time before the meeting of this Parliament takea 
 the faid Oath, his Eledlion is thereby void. 
 
 5. That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that 
 Thomas Bramfton^ Efq; is duly elefled a Burgefs to ferve 
 in this prefent Parliament for the Borough of Maiden in 
 the County of Ejfex. 
 
 6. That Samuel Tttfnel^ Efq; is duly elefled a Bargefs 
 to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the faid Borough 
 of Maiden, 
 
 The faid Refolutions being feverally read a fecond 
 Time, and the Queftion being feverally put upon the 
 three firft, that the Houfe do a^^ree with the Committee in 
 the faid Refolutions, it pafs'd in the Negative ; but the 
 reft of the Refolutions being feverally read a fecond Time, 
 were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
 imto by the Houfe. 
 
 On the 2ift of May, the Commons refoIv*d to prefent 
 four AddrefTes to his Majefty, 
 
 i/?, For an Account how the 3000/. given by the laft 
 Parliament to the Chaplains of the Fleet, unprovided for- 
 had been diftributed. 
 
 :idJy, For an Account of what Quantities of Wool had 
 been imported into this Kingdom from Spain^ from Clmfi- 
 vncu 1708 to Qhrifimoi 171 4* 
 
 grfj, For an Account of what Quantities of Cochineal 
 had been imported from Qhriflmas 1708 to Ornjlmas 1714, 
 and from thence to the ift of May 171 5, diftinguiftiing 
 the Places from whence the faid Cochineal came, &c. 
 
 And ^thly. An Account of what Quantities of Wines 
 have been imported from Vrance or Sfain, from Chrifimag 
 J708 [oChrifimas 1714, together with the Account of the 
 Duties of fuch French and Spamjh Wines. 
 
 The fame Day, after fome Time fpent in the farther 
 Hearing the Merits of the Eledion for the Borough of 
 Hertford, the fame was again adjourn*d to the 24tb of 
 May» 
 
 a The
 
 154^ ^-^^^ Hijiorical Regifler^ 
 
 The Honour of doing Juftice to a Gentleman, who, on 
 feveral Occafions, had done iignal Service to the Eiighjh 
 Nation, and who for many Years had fufFer'd, chiefly by 
 the Envy of fome of his own Countrymen, the ScotSy 
 feemM referv'd to this Parliament. For on Monday, the 
 ^^•^^i of Ma'jy Mr. Eroderick reported from the Committee tn 
 whom the Petition of William Faterfon^ Efq; was referr'd, 
 the Matter as it appeared to them, and the Refoliuions of 
 the Committee thereupon *, which he read in his Place, 
 and afterwards deliver'd in at the Table, where the fame 
 were read ; and after reading of this Report, a Bill was 
 ordered to be brought in, Tot reliey'ing William Paterfon, 
 Efq\ out of the Equiyaknt Money^ for what is due to hint. 
 The fame Day, the Commons, in a grand Committee on 
 the Supply, came to this Refolution, yiz. That to enable 
 his Mijefty to fupport the Dignity of the Crov/n, and to 
 make an honourable Provifion for the Royal Family, there 
 be granted to his Majefty, during his Life, (which God 
 long preferve) an additional Revenue of One hundred and 
 twenty thoufand Pounds per Annum ; which, together 
 with the neat Produce of the Civil Lift Branches, may 
 make up the clear yearly Sum of Seven Hundred Thou- 
 fand Pounds for the Service of his Majefty*s Houfhold 
 and Family, and other his necefTary Expences and Occa- 
 iions. This Refolution was the next Day reported, and 
 agreed to by the Houfe : After which, a Bill was ordered 
 to be brought in. For jhortening the Time for future fublick 
 Mournings ; and the BiE for continuing the Imprifonment of 
 Robert Blackbume, and others^ for the horrid Conffiracy^ to 
 ajfafjiiiate the Ferfon of his late Sacred Alajefy King William 
 the Third, was read the third Time, pafsM, and fenc up 
 to the Lords. Then the Houfe proceeded to the farther 
 Hearing the Merits of the Eledlion for the Borough of 
 Hertford \ and after a long Examination and Dsbace, that 
 lafted till nine in the Evening, it was refolv'd, that 
 Charles Cafar, Efq; and Bichard Goufton, Efq; fitting 
 Members, were not duly ele6led, and, on the contrary, 
 that Sir Thomas Clerk, Kt. and ^ohn Boteler^ Efq; Petitio- 
 ners, were duly ele6led for the faid Borough j as alfo re- 
 folvM, That ^ofeph Calton^ Mayor of the Borough of 
 Hertford, is guilty of acting in an illegal and arbitrary- 
 Manner in the late Election of Burgeffes to ferve in Par- 
 liament for the Borough of Hertford, in Contempt of the 
 y5(fj to present falfe and double Returns of Members to fervs 
 in Parliaments and in Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe, 
 and ordered J that the faid Jofeft Cahan be, for the faid 
 
 Breach
 
 from July I y I ^^ gg Jan. 171 6. i 5 5 
 
 Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody of the Serje- 
 ant at Arms. Mr. Cafar bore fo impatiently his being 
 thrown out, that he could not forbear refleding on the 
 Proceedings of this Houfe of Common?, comparing them 
 to thofe of the Parliament of 1641 j but the Houfe took 
 no Notice 9f his Afperfion. 
 
 May 25. Several Papers that had been callM for were 
 laid before the Commons, who, upon the Reading of fe* 
 veral Petitions, complaining of the exporting of Wooll 
 and Yarn from Ireland to France^ appointed a Committee 
 to confider of the Laws in being for preventing the export- 
 ing of WooII from Great Britain and Ireland , but rejeited 
 the Petition of the Shoemakers, Curriers, &€. of Colche- 
 (ler^ praying that the Drawback of one Penny in the 
 Pound, upon Leather exported, might be taken oif. 
 
 Otx the 26th of May^ the Quakers Bill was orderM to 
 be engrofs'd ; and after fom.e other Ruiinefs of lefs Impor- 
 tance, the Houfe proceeded to the Hearing the Merits of 
 the Eledion for the City of J<lexo Sarum, which was ad- 
 journed to the laft Day of this Month -, and order'd, that 
 the Call cf the Houfe be farther adjourn'd to that Day 
 Fortnight, being the 9th of ^une. 
 
 On the 27th, the Commons, in a grand Committee on 
 Ways and Means, came to a RefoUuion, y'lz.. Thar towards 
 the Supply granted to his Majefty, the Duties laid by an 
 A61 of the ninth Year of her faid Majefty, entitled, An 
 ^fi for laying a Vxity upon Hops^ be conrinu d from the ift 
 Day of jfune to Michaelmas next, which was reported, and 
 agreed to the Monday following. The fame Day, the 
 Commons being informed, that both the Petitioners and 
 fitting Members for the City of New Sarum^ were vv^illing, 
 that the farther Hearing tiie Merits of the Eledlion for 
 the faid City at the Bar of the Houfe be difcharg'd, the 
 fame was orderM to bedifcharg*d accordingly. Then Mr. 
 Hampden^ from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, 
 reported their Refolutions touching the Eledlion for the 
 Town of Cambridge^ yiz, 
 
 i/?, That the M-.yor, BaiUffs, and Rurgeffes of the 
 Town of Cambridge^ may hold a fummonM comnion 
 Day-Court, and admit Freemen without fix Aldermen of 
 the faid Town uein^ then prf fent. 
 
 idly^ That Sir John HjrJe Cotton^ Bart, is duly eledled a 
 Burgefs for the fwid I'own. 
 
 ^d!y^ That Thomas Scater^ Efq-, alfo is duly eleifted for the 
 faid Tovvrt. 
 
 M Upon
 
 156 The WJlorical Regifter^ 
 
 Upon a fecond Reading of thefe three Refolutions, the 
 firfl- and third were difagreed to, the fecond agreed to 5 
 and farther refolv'd, that SafAneJ Shepheard^ Jun. Efq; was 
 duly elected for the faid Town of Cambridge. After this, 
 the Houfe adjourn'd till the Monday following, by Rea- 
 fon of the King's Birth-Day, vvhich fell on the 28th, 
 
 On the 30th of May^ after the Report of the Refolution 
 before mentioned, for continuing the Tax upon Hops, <t 
 Claufe was order'd to be inferted in the Ma It- Bill for that 
 Purpofe, which was done accordingly the fame Day, after 
 Mr. Farref had reported from the Coinmirtee of the whole 
 Houfe, the Amendments made to that Bill, which, with 
 an Amendment to one of them, were agreed to, and for 
 the Bill was order'd to be engrofs'd. 
 
 After this, Mr. Chomly and Sir Richard Steele were or- 
 der'd to give the Thanks of the Houfe to the Reverend 
 Dr. Axobrey^ for the Sermon by him preach'd before the 
 Houfe at St. Marg^ret'sj Wefiminfier^ the Day before. Then, 
 in a Committee of the whole Houfe on the .lupply, it 
 was refolv'd to grant his Majefty the following feveral 
 Sums. 
 
 jfi, 2832/. 8*. 6d. for the Military Officers and Chap- 
 lains who have ferv'd in the Train of Artillery in Flan- 
 ders and Spa'in^ and in feveral Expeditions, to compleat 
 their Half P^y for the Ye.^r 1715. 
 
 ^dly^ 355'25'/. I i. Sd. for the Pay of feven Battalions^ 
 confifting of the Royxl Re£,iment of Foot, and the Regi- 
 ments of Webb^ Forfar^ Riil^ Orrery^ and Sutton^ brought 
 lately from Flanders^ trom the 29th of September 17 14, 
 (to which Time they were provided for by Parliament) 
 until the 25*1 h of Mnrch 171?, at which Time they were 
 transferr'd to the EUrtl-Iithrnent of Ireland, 
 
 B^-y* ^4^1^- 1 3 J. 8^'- for the Piy of the three Batta- 
 lions of Harrifon^ North and Grey^ (now Groye) and Sterne^ 
 now in Flanders^ from the 29th of September 171 4, to the 
 25th of December following. 
 
 4f/;/>, 8183/. 9f, /^d. for the Charge of Officers Ser- 
 vants of the Regiments in Minorca and Gibrahar^ from 
 the 25ch of June 171 5, to the 24Ch of "December 17153 
 being one Year and an iialf. 
 
 ^thJy, 468 /. for Bounty- Money to diibanded Men of 
 feveral Regiments, vvhich were reduc'd, in Order to be 
 transferr'd to die EilaMiihment of Ireland. 
 
 6th^.y^ 20000/. fir Suppori of the Royal Hofpital at 
 Cheifea^ and Pay of the Ouc-Penfioaers for the Year 1715^ 
 
 over
 
 from July 171^^ to Jan. 17^6. 157 
 
 over and above the feveral Poundages and Day's Pay, ap- 
 plicable chereunto. 
 
 'jthJj/^ 73322/. for fupplying the Deficiency of the 
 Fund of the ClafTss Lottery in the Year 171 1, for the 
 Year ending at Michaelmas, I7i4« 
 
 And 8J7/7, 5-2938/. 9*. Sd. for fupplying the Defici- 
 ency of the Fund for the Cliifres Lottery, in the Year 17x2, 
 for the Year ending at Michaelmas 17 14. 
 
 Thele Reibhitions were, the next Day, {Afay 31) re- 
 ported, and agreed to by the Houfe ; who afterwards pro- 
 ceeded to the Hearing the Merits of the Ele£lion for the 
 Borough of NewcaffJe under Liae^ in the County of Staf- 
 ford, which was adjourn'd to the fecond Day of /"«* 
 next. 
 
 Having done with the Proceedings of the Commons, 
 ht us now attend thofe of the Lore's during this Month : 
 On Tuefday the 3d of May, their Lordlhips, according to 
 Order, confider'd of the Petition of Mrs, Mary Forefter^ 
 and after fome Debates it was refolv'd, by a Majority 
 only of two Voices, {ytz.. yo againft 48) that the faid 
 Petition be rejedted. It was obferv*d, that all the Bifhops 
 were againft granting a Divorce ; left thereby they ihould 
 weaken the facred Boiid of Mnirimony. 
 
 Not many Days after, another Bufinefs of a very nice 
 Nature cam* before the Houfe of Peers. The eldeft Son 
 of the Lord Vigby (an Irifh Baron) being a Lunatick, and 
 having, as Wis fuggeftedj made feveral Attempts on his 
 Father's Life, his Lordftiip petitioned the Houfe of Peers 
 for Leave to bring in a Bill to difinherit him. Their 
 Lordfliips finding, upon ftri6l Examination, that he was 
 extreme weak in his Underftanding, order'd a Bill to be 
 brought in, For appointing Perfor.s to take Care of the Ferfon 
 and Eftate of John Digby, E/^; eldefi Son and Heir apparent 
 of William Lord Digby, in the Kingdom of Ireland j which 
 was read the firft Time on the i6th of May • but WaS noc 
 fiiiiihM till the Beginning of Jfune. 
 
 On the 30ih of May.^ the Houfe of Peers, in a grand 
 Committee, confider'd of the Bill for regulating the Land 
 Forces-^ and there arofe a great Debate abcuc a Claufe for 
 confining the feveral Regiments to thofe P^rts of his 
 Majelty's Dominions for which they are allotred : As for 
 Inftancej the 12000 Men that are on the /ri)^ tftablifn- 
 menr, to Ireland % and fo forth. The Duke of Bmking. 
 ham, the Lord Trefor, the Lord North and Grey^ the Bilhop 
 of Rcchefter^ and fome others, fpoke for the faid Chofe; 
 but the Duke of Marlborough^ and fiame qthtt Lo- '', 
 Ma ih:w d
 
 158 The Eiftoricnl Ree^ipr, 
 
 ll^evv'cl the fatal Confequences it might be attended with, 
 in Cafe of an Inv?.fion from abroad, or of an InfurredlL- 
 on at home, by a Number of Enemies, Foreign or Do- 
 meftickj fuperior to the Number of Forces adlually on 
 the Spot, vvhera either of them fhould happen. Tae 
 Whi-o.ilh Lords urg'd, ' That his Majefty having trnftcd 
 ' his Roy-il Perfon and Family entirely in the Hands of 
 ' the NAtion, and, at the Opening of this S flion, told 
 ' the Parliament, That xchat they Jhould judge necefary for 
 ' their Safety , he fi)m.i think f^tjficient for h s own ; tue leafl 
 ' they couhl do for His M .j^^tty^ was to leave to his great 
 ' Wifdom and D fcretion, the DfpofAl of the few 
 'Troops thit w.-re kept on Fov>t." Som" Tory Lords 
 movV, on the other Hmd, that the foreign Officers might 
 be excluded trom rh-it Nnm">^r ; 'nit the Duke of Marlbo- 
 rough fpoke in their Favour, and reprefented, ' That to 
 ' exclude Offi.ers, who, like r'^e French Refugees, hadj 
 ' fni Hhov- five and tweiity Years, ferv'd England with 
 *" ('iftin^n ih'd Z-al, and untainted FiJeliry, would be a 
 ' Piece '-f Lijufticej imprec^denred in the moft barbarous 
 ' NanoDf. Atter fame other Speeches, pro and con^ the 
 Qn (hon w.s pu., whether the Claufes before mentioned 
 fhouiJ lie inft-rt-d, and "'twas carry'd in the Negative, by 
 ai M.jor ty of 81 Voices to g^. The next Day, the 
 Lonls re/d the Bill the 3d Tune, which, with forad A- 
 nienuments, was approved, and orderM to le fent down 
 back to the Commons. The fame Day alfo their Lord- 
 ftiip?, in a grand Committee, went through the Bill, 
 rou.'^ung thfc Lord T)ighy% eldeft Son. 
 
 fnne i. Tlse Lords fent dow:. to the Common?, the Bill 
 for the better regu atir,g the Fo'rces to be continued in his Ma- 
 j^'/ty's S>-ryice^ Cic. and the Amendments made to the Bill 
 by tneir Lordlhips being read, a Motion was made, and 
 the Qjieftion puc, rhat the farther Confideration of the 
 faid Amendment' be adjourn'd, which was carrj^'d in the 
 Negative; and then thofe Amendments were feverally 
 read a fecond Time, and agreed to by the Houfe, Mr. 
 Shippen^ formerly one cf the Commiflioners of Publick 
 Accomp.s, Having, on this Occaiion, refiedled on the pre- 
 fent Adminiftration, as if they defign'd to fet up a Stand- 
 ing Army, and irfinuited, as it^j after all the great Cla- 
 m>.'ur that had been rais'd, their Secret Committee would 
 end in Smoke ; he was fm.irtly taken up by Mr. Bofcavceny 
 Controller of his Majefty's Kcuihold, who faid, *• He 
 <■ could nor forbear taking Notice of the Infolence of a 
 ^ certiiin Set of Men, who having committed the blackeft 
 ^ - - - J Crimes
 
 from July lyi^^ r^J^n. 1716. 159 
 
 ^ Crimes, had yet the AiTurance to dare tiie Jiiftice of the 
 
 * Nation ; but that he hoped thofe Crimes would not lojig 
 
 * remain unpunifh'd : That the Committee of Secrecy 
 
 * were ready to make their Report ; and had diredtfd 
 
 * their Chairman to move the Houie the very next Day, 
 
 * that a Day might be appointed for receiving the faid" 
 ' Report ; and that, in the mean Time, he might ven- 
 
 * ture to allure the Houfe, that they had found fufficient 
 
 * Matter to impeach of High Treafon feveral Lords and 
 ' fome Commoners/' Mr. Robert Walpole f.dd to the fame 
 Purpofe, ' That he wanted Words to expiefs the VilJany 
 
 * of the laft FrenchifyM Miniftrj^;'* and General 5'm;2- 
 hope added, ' He wonder'd, that Men who v/er- guilty of 
 
 * fuch enormous Crimes, had ftill the Audacicufiiefs to 
 
 * appear in the publick Streets." The fame Day, the 
 Commons agreed to the Refolutions of the Committee of 
 Privileges and Eledtions, touching the Ehtlion for the 
 Borough of Wefibiiry in the County of Wiks^ being iu 
 Subftance, That the Honourable Willoughby Bertie^ Efq; 
 and Francis Annejley^ Efq; fitting Members, wtre not duly 
 eledled ; andj on the contrary, that George Lord Carbery^ 
 of the Kingdom of Ireland^ and Charles Ailanfon^ Efq; Pe- 
 titioners, were duly eledled for the faid Borough of Wcji- 
 hury. After this, the Houfe alfo agreed with the Com- 
 mittee of Ele6lions, in their Refolutions touching the 
 Election of the Borough of Bramber in the County of 
 Sujfexj yiz. That Sir Thomas Styles, Bart, ficting Member, 
 "Was not, and that EJward MinfmU.^ Efq; Petitioner, was 
 duly ele6led for the faid Borough of Bramber. 
 
 The fame Day, there was a Debate in the Lords Houfe, 
 about the Bill for continuing the Imprifonment of the Confpi- 
 trators agavifl the Life of the late King William. A Petition 
 having been oiferM to the Lords in their Bshalfj the Lord 
 North and Grey mov*d, that a D^-y might* be appointed to 
 confider of it, and was feconded by the Lord Trevor, 
 They were opposed by the Lord Vifcount Townffoend, who 
 faid, ' He wonder'd any Member of that Au^uit Aflem-" 
 ' bly would fpeak in Favour of fuch execrable Wretches, 
 ' who deiignM to have embru'd their Hands in the Blood 
 
 * of their Sovereign ; and movM, on the contrar}^, thac 
 
 * their Petition be rejedted." After this, the Lord Dela- 
 wrfr.reprefented, ' That after the Death of King William^ 
 ' the Parliament had left to the Difcretion of the V^zq 
 ' Queen, eitlier the continuing in Prifon, or enlarging of 
 
 * thefe Criminals : That no Body doubted, her late Ma- 
 ^ jelly's being a Princefs of great Clemency *, but that, at 
 
 M 3 ' the
 
 l6o The Hiflorkal Regifler^ 
 
 * the fame Time, (he had fuch a Refpefl for the Memory 
 
 < of King William^ fuch a Regard to the Safety of crovvn'cjl 
 
 * He^ds, and fuch an Abhorrence for the Crimes with 
 
 * which thefe Prifoners flood charg'd, that {he did not 
 
 < think fit to releafe them from their Confinement : That 
 
 < ali thefe Reafong and Confiderations were now enforced, 
 ' by the open Difaffeflion which fbme People ihew'd to 
 
 < his M.ijefl-y*s Psrfon and Government •, and that they 
 ' ought to be fo tender of the Prefervation of fo precious 
 
 * a Life as his Ma)efiy*s, that, in bis OpmioHj it were 
 ^ necefTAry to make the Acl in Q.Uifl:ion abfolute, and not 
 
 * leave the Confinement of the Criminals to his Majeffy's 
 ^ Difcretion, left l\is narural Clemency fhould make him 
 ^ overlook his own Safety." He concluded, with fecond- 
 ing the Lord Vifcount ToT»?,;/7;^?ji*s Motion for rejeciing tbi 
 Petition, which was carry'd without dividing, 
 
 June 2. Several Accounts and Papers that had been 
 callM (or, were laid before the Houfe ; After which, the 
 Malt-BiH was read the third Time, pafs'd, and fcuc up to 
 the Lords ; as was alfo the Qia^kers Bill. Then Hoberi 
 Ua^fiole^ Efo; acquainted the Koufe from the Committee of 
 Secrecy, ' That they had examm^'d the Books and Papers 
 
 * referred to them, and had Matters of the greatefl Impor- 
 ' tance to lay before the Houfe ; and that the Committee 
 
 * h*id directed him to move the Houfe, that a Day might 
 ' be appointed for receiving their Report.*' Upon whichj 
 after a rm-li Debate, it was order'd, that the faid Report 
 be receiv*d upon thatDy Sev'nuight *, and that all the 
 Members do attend the Service of this Houfe upon that 
 Day Sev'nnighr, upon i'ain of incurring the higheft Dif- 
 ple^fure of this Houfe. Then the Houfe proceeded to the 
 iarthcr Hearing rht Merits of the Eicdion for the Borough 
 of Nevocafth uiJeT Li)ie \ and after having heard Counfe]^ 
 and exaiTiin'd Witnrffts, on both Sides, refolv'd, That 
 Korolahd Cotton^ Efcj; and Heiny Vernon of Sudbury^ Efq; 
 /irting Member?, were not duly elected ; and, on the con- 
 trary, that Crevp Of ley Efq; and Sir Brjllctn Broughton.. Bart. 
 were duly eltflied burgefits to ferve in this pr-elenc Parlia- 
 ment for the faid Borough. 
 
 On the 3d of June^ after the Reading of fe^^ral Peti- 
 tions of feveral Merciants, and other Sufierers hy the iate 
 dreadful Fire in Thames- [Ireet^ which were referr'd to a 
 Committee, the Commons read the third Time, pafs'd, 
 • a«d fent to xi\Q Lords, i>n ingrofVd Bill fcr portening the 
 Time of the Yule Vacftr.ce in thai fart cf Great Britain 
 callM Scotland, The fiirje Day, the King came to the 
 
 Houfg
 
 from July lyi^y r^Jan. 1716. 161 
 
 Houfe of Peers with the ufual State and Solemnity, and 
 the Commons being fent for up, and attending, his Ma- 
 jefty was pleasM to give the Royal Afient to, 
 
 ^n A61 for charging and continuir,g the Duties on Malt^ 
 Mum^ Cyder, and Perry ^ for the Service of the Te^r 1715', 
 atid for making forth Duplicates of Exchequsr-Bills and tot- 
 tery Tickets h)fty buriit^ or de/iroy'd ; and for enlarging the 
 Time for adjufth^g Claims in fereral Lotteries^ and for making 
 forth nexv Orders in lieu 0' certain Lottery Orders obliterated or 
 defediye • ard for contihuing certain Duties on HopSj until 
 fhe iji Day of Autuft, iViT- 
 
 An AB for the better regi^Jating the Forces to be continu*d 
 in his Majefly's Service, and for the payment of the faid 
 ForceSj and of their Quarters, 
 
 Afrer the King was gone, the Lords ad)ourn*d to Thiirf- 
 day the 9th of June -, and the Commons being returned to 
 their Houfe, order'd, that the Committee of Secrecy have 
 Leave to fit during the Adjournment of the Houfe, who 
 then adjournM till Wednefday the 8th of y««e, by Reafoa 
 of the Whitfuhtide Hohdiy?, 
 
 June 8. The Commons met again, read a fecond Time, 
 and committed ilie Biii for appointing ferfons to take Care 
 of the Ferfon and Eft ate of the Lord D'gby'* eldeft Son 5 ini, 
 in a Committee of the whole Houfe, went through ttie 
 Bill in Favour of Mr. Paterfon. After this, upon the 
 Reading the Ordrr of the D^y, for the Houfe to rffoive 
 itfelf into a grand Committee on the Supply, it was 
 order'd, !_/?, That the Lift of the Proteftant Officers of 
 Paron de EorJe's late Regiment of Dragoons, '^.dly, The 
 Lift of the Officers of Lieutenant General Hamilton's late 
 Regiment of Foot ; and, ^dJy^ The Abftradt of what is 
 due to feveral Foreign Troops for Pay and Excraordinaries 
 to the Day of Separationj and alfo what is due to Foreign 
 Princes for Subfidies to the fame Time, be referred to the 
 Confideration of the faid Committee, into which the 
 Houfe re folv'd irfelf immediately. But notwithftanding 
 what was ajledg'd in Favour of the Officers of Baron de 
 Borle's late Regiment, the Committee did not think fit to 
 admit them to Hilf-Pay. 
 
 June 9. A Bill for the Relief of Infohent Debtors, was 
 read the fecond Time, and committed cp ^ Committee of 
 the whole Houfe. After this, Mr. Walpole^ from the Com- 
 mittee of Secrecy, acquainted the Houfe, ' That he had 
 ' a Report to prefent j (according to their Order) but rhac 
 M ^ ' ' f he
 
 1 62 The triflorual Regiffer^ 
 
 ' he had the Commands of the Committee to make a 
 
 * Motion to the Houfe before he read the Report ; that 
 ' there are in the Report Matters of the higheft Impor- 
 ' taiice ; That although the Committee had Power to fend 
 ' for Perfonr, Papers, and Records, they did not think fit 
 'to make Ufe thereof, believing it to be necelTary, in 
 ' order to bring Offenders to Juftice, that fome Perfons 
 ' fhould be fecur'd, before *tis poflible they fliould know 
 
 * what they are to be examinM to, and lell they ihould 
 <■ have Notice from what fliould be read in the Reporr, to 
 
 * make their Efcape : He was commanded by theCommit- 
 ' tee (according to former Precedents) to move, that a 
 ^ Warrant may be ilTi^'d by Mr. Speaker, to apprehend 
 ' certaifi Perfons who (hall be nam'd to him by the Chair- 
 < man of the faid Committee 5 and that no Members may 
 ' be permitted to go cut of the Houfe. 
 
 Hereupon it wasorder'd, ifi, That the Lobby be clear'd 
 of all Strangers, and the Back-Doors of the Speaker's 
 Chamber be iock'd up, and the Key brought and laid upon 
 the Table; and that the Serjeant do ftand at the Door of 
 the Houfe, and fuffer no Member to go forth. 
 
 idJy^ Th.'.t Mr. Speaker (\o iffue his Warrant to the Ser- 
 jeant at Arms attending this Houfe, to take into hisCuito- 
 dy ftich Perfons as fliall be nani'd to Mr. Speaker by the 
 Chairman of the Committee of Secrecj'-, in order to their 
 b^ing examined before the faid Committee. 
 
 Hereupon Mr. Speaker iflu'd out his Warrants to the Ser- 
 jeant Arrr,s, to take into his Cuftody feveral Perfons that 
 were nam'd so him by Mr. V/alpoJe^ particularly Mr. Mat- 
 thew Fn r, and 'Mr. Thomas Harley^ the firft of whom 
 was immediately apprehended, and the other fome Hours 
 after. 
 
 This done, Mr. Wdpole acquainted the Houfe, ' That 
 
 * tlie Committee of Secrecy had perus'd the Books and 
 
 * Papers referr'd to them, and had agreed upon a Report, 
 ' which they had commanded him to make ; That it was 
 < contained m two Books, one of which was the Report, 
 ' by Way of Appendix to it, and containM at large 
 ' thofe Letters and Papers which were referr'd to in the 
 ' Report. And he read the Report in his Place, and 
 afterwards deliver'd the fame in at the Table, together 
 with the Appendix, and the Books which were referr'd 
 to the ii^.id Committee. The Reading of the faid Report 
 having lafted -ribout five Hours, yiz>. from One till about 
 Six I a the Afjernocn, a Morion was made by the Friends 
 of the kte Miniftry, and the Queftion pur^ That the 
 
 * - ■ farther
 
 from July 1714, ?<? Jan. 1716. 165 
 
 farther Confideration of the Report be adjournal rill the 
 next Morning, but the fame beiiig carry'd in the Nega- 
 tive, by a Majority of 2.82 Votes to 171, it was order'd, 
 that the Report be now read : And the Clerk of the Houfe 
 having rend Part of it, till half an Hour paft Eight, the 
 farther Confideration of it was adjourn'd till the next 
 Morning , as was the Call of the Houfe to the 20th of 
 jfitne. 
 
 Before we proceed, it is neceflary to give our Readers, 
 iy9, A general Idea of this important Report ; and 2rf/3'j 
 As exa6t and comprehenfive an Abftradl of it as the Mat- 
 ter will bear. 
 
 In the firfl Place^ we mnft obferve, that the feveral 
 Books and Papers referred to the Committee chiefly related 
 to the late Negociations of Peace and Commerce. 2,. To 
 the intended Demolition of Dunkirk. 5. To the obtain- 
 ing and difpofing of the /Ifjiento Contrail. 4. To fome 
 Negociations concerning the Catalans'. And y. To fecrec 
 Tranfadtions relating to the Pretender. The Committee 
 in this Report only went through the Books and Papers 
 that relate to the ift, 4th, and yth Heads ; and referv'd 
 for another Report, the Affairs of Dunkirk and the ^jfji- 
 ento. 
 
 The firft Part of this Report may be fubdivided into 
 ten Points, yiz. i/?. The clandeftine Negociations with 
 Monfieur Mefnager^ which produced two Sets of prelimi- 
 nary Articles ; the one private and fpecial for Great Bri- 
 tain only, the other General for all the Allies. '2.dly^ The 
 extraordinary Meafnres purfu'd to form the Congrefs ac 
 Utrecht, ^dly^ The Trifling, and Amufemenrs of the 
 French Plenipotentiaries at Utrecht^ by the Connivance of 
 the Britiflj Minifters. ^thlyy The Negociation about the 
 Renunciation of the Spamjli Monarchy, "fthly^ The fatal 
 Sufpenfion of Arms. 6t/?jf, The Seizure of Gi)ent and 
 Brtigesy in order to diftrels the Allies, and Favour the 
 Trench. 'Jthly, The Duke of Ormond's afling in Concert 
 with the French General. Sthly^ The Lord Bolir.gbroke's 
 Journey to France to negociate a feparate Peace. $«%, 
 Mr. Frior's and the Duke of Shrewsbury's Negociations ia 
 France. And, lothly^ The precipitate Conclufion of the 
 Peace at Utrecht, 
 
 After this, the Committee offer to the Houfe what they 
 have found material in the Papers referred to them, con- 
 cerning the Catalans^ and the Pretender ; infert at large a 
 Letter from the Earl of Oxford to the Queen, dated Jme 
 
 the
 
 The Hiftorical Regifter^ 
 
 the 9ch, i7i<v ; together with an Account of publicJc 
 Affairs from Auguft the Sch, 1710, tc? June the 8th 1714 5 
 and conclude with taking Notice of feveral glaring In- 
 coafiftencies, that are obvious to fvtry jBody, by cocnpar- 
 ing the late Qiieen's Declarations, with the Meafures her 
 Minifters prefum'd to take in carrying oa thefe importaac 
 Kegociations. 
 
 AhfiraCl of the Retort of the Committee of Secrecy. 
 
 THE Committee was in Hopes, in fo voluminous arj 
 Enquiry, to have been able to trace out the whole 
 Progrefs of rhefe Negociations ; but, to their Surprize, 
 they find a Want of feveral Papers referred to in thofs 
 that have been delivcr'd to them, and frequeiit and loi.g 
 Interruptions of fome very material Correfpondences that 
 were carry 'd on : But, however, the Commiftce proceeded 
 to draw up the following Report, warranted and founded 
 upon fuch Authorities, as the Pcrfons concern'd vouchfafcd 
 not to fupprefs. 
 
 The firll material Paper is entitled, The fr[l Fropo/Itions 
 ©/France, fign'd by Monfieur de Torcy^ ^pril 2.2, 171 1, 
 N. S. To whom thefe Propofitions were direded, what 
 previous Steps had been made on the Part of Frar.ce^ or 
 Tvhat Encouragement had been given on the Part of 
 England^ does not appear ; but it is evident, that they are 
 conceiv'd in very loofe and general Terms ; that from 
 the Beginning, the Defign of Prance was to fecure Spain 
 and the V/efi-Indies to King PhiJipj to create Jealoufies a* 
 mong the Allies ; and that France ofter'd to tre^t with 
 England and HJland^ either by themfelves, or jointly 
 with tiis reft of the Allies^ which was left to the Choice 
 of Er.gUni. 
 
 On the 27th of April^ 1 711, a 5". Mr. Secretary St. John^ 
 tranfmifs thefe Propofitions to Lord Raby^ the Queen^s 
 EmbafTador at the tfague^ with Orders 10 communicate 
 them to the Penfionary, To affure that Minifter, the 
 Queen was refelv'd in mahing Peace, as in making War, 
 to a£l in perfect Concert with the States, and deiires the 
 Secret may be kept among as few as pofiible ; he confeffes 
 that the Terras of the feveral Propofitions are very ge- 
 2ieral ; that there is an Air of Complaifance fhov/n to 
 England^ and the contrary to HoUand^ which might be of 
 ill Confequeiice, but can be of none, as long as the Queea 
 and States take Care to underftand each other, and to a(fi: 
 wichasiiitle Rsferve as becomes two Powers fo nearly 
 
 aily'd
 
 fro?n July 17 1 ^^ to ydn* 17 \ 6. 165 
 
 ally'd in larereft ; and defires the Penfionary to be afiur'dj 
 that this Rule Ihall, on our P»rr, be inviolably obferv'd. 
 
 Lord Ral^y^ hy his Lerters of May the 25 th and 26th, 
 171 1, N. S. ro Mr. St. Johity in anfwer to thefe Orders and 
 AlTurAnces, acquaints him, That the Penfionary had, with 
 thofe of chat State, who liad been formerly employM in 
 the Ne^ociatioiis of Pe^ce, confii'er'd Moniieur de Torcfi 
 Propoficions, and the obliging Manner in which her Ma- 
 jelty Wis pleas'd to couinninicate them ; that they chank'd 
 her Maj.fty for her Ccnfidence in them, and affure lier, 
 that theirs is reciprocal ; and that, as her Ma)ef!y had pro- 
 av.is'd, ihe will make no St-^p cowards a Peace but in Con- 
 cert with them, they defire ihe may be aflur'd of the fame 
 on their Part-, and they urge the Neceflicy of an entire 
 Confidence in one another, at this criticil Juncture; 
 chey declare themfelves weary of the War, which they 
 endeavour to conceal from the Enemy, left he fliould 
 make his Advantage by if ; and that they are ready to 
 join in any Meafures, which her Majcfty fli^ll think pro- 
 per, to obtain a good Peace. But they look upon thefe 
 Propoiitions as yet, in tfie fame M<.nner as the Secretary 
 does, to be very dark and general, and defigned to create 
 Jeaionfies between her Mtjetly, that Republick, an-d the 
 Allies ; but they depend upon her Majefty's Juftice and 
 Prudence, to prevent any fuch ill Effecft, and hope fhe 
 will make the French explain more particularly, the feveral 
 Points conrain'd in them. 
 
 After thefe mutual Aflfurances betwixt England and Hoi' 
 iandj the Committee is furpriz'd to find not the leaft Cora- 
 jnunication to the States, of the Negotiations that were 
 carrying on for above five Months together, betwixt £«^- 
 Jand and France^ till after the fpecial Preliminaries were 
 fign'd, and the feven general Preliminaries were conclu- 
 ded, and fent to them. 
 
 In the mean Time, Lord Rabyy not being as yet ht 
 into the Secret, freely declares. He thought it advifeable 
 ^nd neceffary to att openly with the States in this Matter of 
 the Propofiiions ; acquaints the Secretary, that all the 
 Lerters from France agreed, that all the Hopes the French 
 had, was to fow Jealoufies among the Allies ; and repeats 
 his Advice, That we muft a6l cautiouily v^ith them (the 
 States) that they may have no Beafon to accufe us, for 
 taking the leaft Meafures without them. 
 
 Eur it was not long before Mr. Secretary St; John^ prepa- 
 red his Excellency 10 have other Sentiments of the Man- 
 'jiki of carrying on this Negotiation, and in his Letter of 
 
 Clis
 
 1 66 The Hiftorical Regifler^ 
 
 the 29ch of May^ acquaints him with the agreeable News, 
 That it was Her Majefty's Pleafure, that his Excellency 
 ihould make all poflible Hafte to come over, fince her Ser- 
 ''^ice may better difpence with his Abfence at this Point 
 of Time, than it will perhaps do at another ; and fince 
 "^ve muft now expe6l to have very foon upon the Tapisy 
 many Intrigues, concerning which, the Queen thinks it 
 expedient that he fhould confer with the Minifters here ; 
 acquaints him, that her Majefty defign'd, upon his Arrival, 
 to give him the Promotion in the Peerage, which he had 
 <iefir'd. And then, that his Excellency might begin to 
 have fome Notions agreeable to the Senfe of our Minifters, 
 Mr. St. fobn.f in Anfwer to fome very long Letters of his 
 Lord{hip's, full of his own Reafonings, and the repeated 
 Aflurances of the Minifters of the States to adt in perfe6l 
 Concert, and with an entire Confidence in her Majefty, 
 tells him in thefe Words, That Britain had gone fo much 
 too far, in weaving her Intereft into that of the Continent, 
 that it would prove no eafy Tafk to difentangle our Af- 
 fairs without tearing or rending. 
 
 But this Work of Tearing and Rending did not at all 
 difcourage his Excellency, who waiting then for feveral 
 Pofts from Eng'and^ ftopp'd by contrary Winds, and be- 
 ginning to fulptdl that the Courfe of the Negociation 
 was turn'd into another Channel ; that the Miniftry here 
 might be fatisfyM that his Lordfhip could, without much 
 Difficulty, depart from his own Opinion, he declares in 
 his Letrer of ^une the r6rh, 1711, A^ 5". to Mr. St. John ; 
 
 * You m^y be afTur'd, I vv'ili venture any thing, and under- 
 
 * take any thing 10 ferve the Queen ; you may venture 
 ^ boldly to truft me with the real Intentions, and be afliir'd, 
 ' I will not inake further Ufa of them than according to 
 
 * my Ii.ftruflions." He tells him^ If the Thing is adually 
 
 * gone no further than it appears, and France has not yet 
 ' explained, and he has a Mmd that he ihould come over 
 ' for the Queen's Service, he is ready to come in a Yatchc, 
 ' Frigate, Pacquet-Boat, or any way ; and conchtdes tn 
 ^ piort^ Difpofe of me how you pleafe, for all my defire is 
 ' to ferve her Majefty to her Satisfadlion, and I fliall never 
 ' gruJge any Danger and Pains.' This voluntary and frank 
 Declaration, his Excellency t'efir'd in a particular Manner, 
 might, with his humble Compliments, be communicated 
 to the Duke df Shrewsbury.^ and Mr. Harley, 
 
 The Committee obferve. That if the Dutch had made 
 any Attempt to wreft the Negociation out of the Hands of 
 tht Queen, if they had entered into any feparate Meafures, 
 
 or
 
 from July 1714, to Jan. 1716. 167 
 
 Or t^ken any Steps thar might give juft Occafion of Offence 
 or Sufpicion to England^ 'ris very probable the Accounts 
 of any fuch Proceedings would have been Uh by the Mi- 
 niftry tor their own Juftification ; buc the Committee do 
 not find the leaft Intimation of this Kind, and are at a 
 Lofs to know upon what Pretence fuch folemn AiTurances" 
 were difpens^'d with as foon as made, and the Honour and 
 Kame of the Queen facrificed to the private Views of hec 
 Minifters. 
 
 All Tranfadions betwixt Ergland and Trance during this 
 Time, except two or three P.ipers, are entirely fupprefs'd, 
 which, in tue Lord Strafford's Inftru6lions of oliober the ift, 
 171 1, are faid to have been carry 'd on by Papers fenc 
 backward and forward, and much Time fpent therein; 
 the firft Paper that is found, is called, Friyate Fropofitiom fent 
 by Mr. Prior from England, dated July i. The next is a 
 Paper cali*d, Mr, Prior'y Authority ; this is fign'd Anne R. 
 at the Top, and A. B. at the Bottom ; not counterfign'd, 
 and is without a Date ; and the Contents are, Mr. Pnor is 
 fully inftrudled and authorized to communicate to France 
 our Preliminary Demands, and to bring us back the An- 
 fwer. Which two Papers muft be underftood to be Mr. 
 Prior's Powers and Inftrudlions ; but by an Entry in the 
 Lord Straff'ord's Book, firbjom'd to thefe private Propofi- 
 tions carry'd over by Mr. Prior^ it appears, that Mr. Prior 
 had Orders to fee if France had full Powers from Spain, 
 
 Thefe Propofitions which were form'd here, leave no 
 Room to doubt of the little Concern the Miniitry hadj to 
 make good the repeated Affurances that had been given to 
 the Allies, in the Queen's Name, to make the French more 
 plain andv particular, fince, in all Things that concern 
 the Allies, the Englijh Propofals are as d-irk and general as 
 thofe that came tiom France ; and if this ftill could be 
 any Qucftion, it is fufficiently cleared up in a third Paper, 
 entitled, Draught of Avfocers upon the Conference roith Mon- 
 Jleur Mefnager, wherein the Britijh Miiuitry is much fur- 
 priz'd to find that Monfieur Mefnager had Orders to inlill, 
 that the Queen fliould enter mco particular EngHgeinents 
 upon divers Articles which depend not upon her, and 
 which regard the Intcrcftof the Allies; they appeal to all 
 the Papers which had been fent backward and forward 
 during tins Negociation, and to that which was carry'd 
 by Mr. Prior^ th^t the Principle upon which they had 
 treated all along was, That France ftould ccnfent to adjuft 
 the Interefts of Great Britain in che firft Place. This is^ a 
 Principle from which the Quteu can nevsr depart -, and 
 
 that
 
 1 68 The Hiftorical Re^ifler, 
 
 that it was abfolutely necelT-.r}' to remit the Difcuflion 
 of the particular Ineereft of the Allies to general Con- 
 ferences. By which it appeiirs, that the Minifter of 
 France was inftrudled to treat of the Interells of the Al- 
 lies, which the Enghjlj Miniftry would by no Means con- 
 fen t to. 
 
 By Monfipur Tercf^ Propofals, France offered to treat 
 with England And Holland^ either by themfelves, or jointly 
 with the reft of the Allies, not conceiving that Holland 
 could poflibly be excluded from the Negociation 5 but ic 
 is determined by the Engliflj Miniftry to carry on a fepa- 
 rate Negociation with France^ exclufive of all the Allies ; 
 and in their private Propofitiojis, an exprefs Article is 
 inferffd, That the Secret froi/ld be itiyio'abiy lept^ till alloxv'd 
 to be diTulg'd by the Co^fert of both Parties ; and thereby 
 England put the Negociation into a Method more advan- 
 tageous for France^ than France had proposed or could hope 
 for. 
 
 The Committee infert here the firft Part of the eighth 
 Article of the Grand Alliance, wherein it is ftipulated, 
 Netitri Pariium Fus Jit^ Eellofemel fitfcepto^ de Pace cum Hofle 
 traHare^ lufi cmjuuEi m. & communtcatis Confiliis cum altera 
 "Parte. What will be thought of fo manifeft a Violation, 
 as this whole Proceeding appe.rs to be, of the Grand 
 Alliance, the ronimittee will not take upon them to de- 
 termine ; lut this Step beniii once tiktm, ^nd fecret Pre- 
 liminaries fign'd upon this Foot berween Eig^and and 
 France^ before anj' Thing h .d been finally treated and 
 concluded for the Security of Great hritaiuy what fatal 
 Confcquences did happen to her Majefty's K'ngdoms, and 
 what Advantages accrued to the common Eneniy, feenis 
 to deferve the moft mature ConfiderAtion. They likewife 
 obferve, that here, m the very infancy of the N-^gocia- 
 tion, the Trade of the World, and the entire Spani(h 
 Monarchy, which had coft fo many Millions, and the 
 Effufion of fo much Blood, wirhout being once infifted 
 upon, contrary to the repeated Addreflcs of fcveral Par- 
 liaments, and the dechr'd Senfe of the Queen, are given 
 up by the Englijl) Miniftiy to the Houfe of Bourbon^ for 
 verbal Affurauoes, that ttie Crowns of France and Spain 
 {lull never be united. 
 
 There is no Actount given of any Correfpoiidence with 
 Mr. Prior during this his Stay in France^ nor does the cer- 
 tain Time o' f;is Continuance there appear. Upon his 
 Arrival if f-rahce^ Monfieur de Torcy^ in his Letter of the 
 3d of ^^^g^fi) '7^1? ^' ^' tells Mr. St, john^ He faw, 
 I with
 
 fromjuly ijj^^ r^Jan. 1716. 169 
 
 with great Pleafure, Mr. Prior return, after an Interval of 
 ik) many Years ; that he could have wilh'd, he had had 
 greater Liberty to employ thofe Talents, which he was 
 perfwaded he would have made a good Ufe of; but he 
 hopes Monfieur Mefnager will fupply what he could noc 
 do. Upon liis Return, he was attended by Moniieur 
 Mefnager^ a Minifter of France^ veiled with full Powers 
 in due Form, and (\2iXtd, Au^uji 5, 17115 to treat, nego- 
 ciate, conclude, and fign with fuch Minifters, as fhould 
 be authoriz'd in due Form, not by Britain only, but any 
 of the Princes or States then in adlual War with France. 
 That Monfieur Mefiiager^ upon his Arrival here, frequent- 
 ly conferred with the Queen's Minifters, appears by many 
 Inftances; but the fuljedl Matter of thefe Conferences, 
 the Times, Places, and particular Perfons with whom he 
 treated, or by what Authority, the Committee find no 
 Account of) till the 20th of September^ 1711. That by 
 a Letter of Mr. Secretary St. jfohrtj then at London, of 
 that Due to the Queen at Windfor^ it appears, That the 
 Lord Treafurer, Lord Chamberlain, Lord Dartmouth^ and 
 Mr, 5"^. jfohn^ met Monfieur Mefnager that Evening at Zvlr. 
 Prior's Houfe ; which Meeting, as Mr. 5"^. John fays, was, 
 by Order of the Lords of the Committee of Council 5 
 but feeros unknown to the Queen, until the Secretary ac- 
 quainted her with it by this Letter. That at this Meet- 
 ing, Monfieur Mefnager deliver*d to the Britijh Minifters 
 the Anfwer, lign'd by the King of France, to the Demands 
 lafi- fent over by 'Eriglandj which Demands and AnAvers 
 were made the fecret Preliminary Articles betwixt Great 
 Britain and France, and were fign'd as fuch September in^ 
 171 1 J by Monfieur Mefnager on the Part of France, and 
 the Acceptation of them by Lord Dartmouth and Mr. S^* 
 fohn on the Part of Great Britain. That Mr. St. John, in 
 this Letter, reprefents it to the Queen, as the unanimous 
 Opinion of her Servants, then prefenr, that a Warrant 
 and full Powers fliould be prepared that Night, and tranA 
 mitted to her Majefty to be fign'd, in Order to pafs the 
 Great Seal the next Day, whereby the Earl of Oxford^ 
 the Duke of BncIiiTighamfme^ the Bilhop of Brifiol^ the 
 Duke of Shrewibnry^ Earl Foulett^ Earl of Dartmouth^ Henry 
 St. John.) and Matthew Prior^ Efqrs. were to be conftituted 
 Plenipotentiaries, to meet and treat with Monfieur Mefna* 
 ger ; which Warrant, and a Tranflation of the fulj 
 Powers; were fent to the Queen. That this Warrant under 
 the Signet, appears fgn'd by the Queen, diredling ilie 
 Lord Keeper to affix the Great Seal to an Inftrument 
 
 ihereuiito
 
 1 70 The Hiflorkal Regifle}\ 
 
 thereunto annexed, containing her Cbmraiflion to himf^Jf, 
 and others therein namM, to meet and treat with the 
 Sieur Mefnaget • but it does non appear, that any fuch 
 Inftrument did pafs the Great Seal, the Warrant remains 
 not counterfign'd, and endors'd Not ufed. That this War- 
 rant is dated the lych of September ; although 'tis mani- 
 feft by Mr. St, Johns Letter, it was not prepared, nor 
 thought of, till the 20th : Whicli antedating feems de- 
 ligu'd to juftify the Mmifters in their meeting and con- 
 ferring with the Queen's Enemies, previous to the War- 
 T<int ; which never paffing into a legal Authority, it ap- 
 pears that thefe fecret Negociations bstwixt Trance and the 
 Queen's Minifters here, were begun and carry'd on from 
 theiithof Afr'il^ to the 2yth of September^ 1711, when 
 the Warrant to Lord Dartmouth^ and Mr. St, John was 
 fign'd, without any Powers or written Authority from 
 the Queen j and it is very obfervable, that the Queen was 
 brought into thefe Meafures, by its being reprefented to 
 her by the Secretary of State, as the unanimous Opinion 
 of all her Minifters^ to which alone the AfTmt of the 
 QiKen is to be afcrib'd: But what is more ftrange, is, 
 that after Mr. St. John had reprefented it to the Queen as 
 the unanimous Opinion of her Minifters, that full Powers 
 muil immediately pafs the Great Seal to authorize them 
 to meet and treat with the faid 'b^'^anh^rn'Mefnager^ thefe 
 Powers fliould be laid afide 9 and the Acceptation of the 
 Preliminaries fign'd by Lord Dartmouth and Mr. St. John^ 
 by Virtue of a Warrant diredled to them two oniy, fign'd 
 by the Queen at Top and Bottom j and counterfign'd by 
 no Body. 
 
 Where the Obflruflion arofe to the pa-iling tb.efe Poivers, 
 does not appear to the Committee; but tliofe Minifters 
 feem confcious to themfelves of what was doinfj who fo 
 readily concurr'd in privately meeting, conferring, and 
 treating with the Minifters of Trance^ till this feparate 
 Negociation was brought to Maturity ; but avoided to 
 become Parties when the Treaty was to be iign'd and 
 executed. That this great Care and Caution for their own 
 Perfons, and little Regard for the Honour and Intereft of 
 th^ir Queen and Country, appears through this whole 
 feparate Negociation It being very remarkable, thac 
 there is not one Paper of Powers or Inftructions through- 
 out the whole Affair counterfign'd by any one Mimfter, 
 but the Queen's Name expos'd to cover all 5 which looks 
 as if they flatter'd themfelvesj that this Omiflion of 
 
 their 
 2.
 
 /r^w July 1714, f^ Jan. 1716. 171 
 
 their Duty would be fiifficient to fkreen them from the 
 Juftice of the Naiioiij if thefe Matters fhould ever come 
 to be enquir'd into. 
 
 The Committee obferves, That after fbch a Sacrifice 
 inade of the general tntereft of Europe^ fuch a diredl Vio- 
 lation of the Grand Alliance, and fuch unwarrantable and 
 illegal Steps taken in tranfadling and concluding thefe 
 fpecial Preliminaries between Englard and France^ it had 
 been but reafonable to expeil in them fome very particular 
 Advantages and Conceflions made to Great Britain^ to at- 
 tone for fuch unprecedented Tranfadtions ; but it is afto- 
 nifhing to find how infignificant all the Demands are^ 
 that were made on the Part of Great Britain ; and, incon- 
 fiderable as they were, how inefFe6lual they have fince 
 been rendred. That nothing poflibly could be faid lefs 
 with Regard to the Succeflion, than what is here demand- 
 ed in the firlt Article. The Queen not yet acknowledg'd 
 by Trance^ nor defign'd to be fo, 'till the Conclufion of the 
 Peace, as France afterwards explained this Article at the 
 General Congrefs; not a Word of removing the Pretender^ 
 nor any Engagement not to fupport him in any Attempt 
 he might make upon the Nation* That the Second Arti- 
 cle offers a Treaty of Commerce, in fuch doubtful Words^ 
 as France only could take Advantage of. That in the 
 Article of Dunkirk^ the Equivalent is exprefs'd in fo flrong 
 a Manner, and the Demolition fo very loofely 5 as could 
 not but bring certain and great Prejudice to our Allies, 
 with very little Profpe6l of Advantage to our felves ; and 
 fatal Experience has convinc'd Us, what Security is pro- 
 cured for our Navigation by the Third Article. That the 
 Fifth and Seventh Articles chiefly regard the Afjiento Con- 
 trad: ; what a National Advantage that is like to be, is 
 now too well underflood to want much Explanation : Buc 
 with what Views the Minifters were fo fond of this, as to 
 naake it tl*eir chief Care and Concern, will no longer be 
 a Doubt when it (hall appear, that this Part of the Treaty 
 was calculated only for private Advantage. That what 
 the Miniftry themfelves thought moft valuable in thefe 
 Articles, was that Part of the Seventh which grants us an 
 Advantage of 15 per Cent, upon our Manufaftures fent to 
 Spain : But this great Advantage foon vanifh'd into no- 
 thing ; and was given up by our Miniftry here. The Bi- 
 Ihopof Bri/iolfAys indeed of it, in his Letter of the 17th 
 of Angufl 171 2., That it was granted by the French with a 
 Defign either to enflame Thingi between us and the Dutch, or 
 to giyi the French a fretenct t6 ftipuUH for tbemfehes fuch
 
 172 The Htjlorkal Regifler^ 
 
 fartlculAr Adyantages in the Spanifh Trade as may be the 
 Muin of ours. Bat what is moft remarkable in the Seventh 
 Article is the Introdudtion to it, in which the Miniftry 
 confefs themfelves to have been impos'd upon by Trance ; 
 for they declare, * That from thefirft Propofals of MonfieGr 
 *■ de Torcy to that Time, they always underftood that by 
 
 * the real Securities promi^'d in thofe Propofals, were 
 ' meant Places ; which now was abfolutely refused ; and 
 ' they confent to take for real Securities what they con- 
 
 * fefs is none, but what a Love of Peace may induce them 
 
 * to accept as an Equivalent/ That what was really of 
 moil Importance to England was the Eighth Article,which 
 relates to Hudjon's Bay and Newfoundland ', but the Miniftry 
 fuifer'd themfelves to be fo grofly imposed upon in this 
 Article, that they diredly give to Trance all they wanted, 
 which was a Liberty of taking and drying their Fifh ; 
 whilii Trance gives nothing at all to u?, bur refers our moft 
 valuable Interefts to the general Conferences : Which was 
 but another Manner of denying them, as the Event has 
 fufnciently (hewn. That we demand in the Sixth Article, 
 that we {hall have all the Privileges that have been or Ihall 
 be granted by Spain to the Subjects of Trance, or any other 
 Kation. Whereas the Minifters ought to have infilled that 
 Trance (hould not upon any Pretence whatfoever be per- 
 isntted to trade to the Span[jh Wefi- Indie s^which they would 
 not have omitted, if they had had the leaft Regard to the 
 Trade of Great Britain^ or had not entirely forgot the 
 Eighth Article of the Grand Alliance ; wherein it is ex- 
 prefiy ftipnlated, as a Condition without which no Peace 
 Ihall be made^ ne^ue ipJIs ibidem (that is the French in the 
 Spanijl) Weft-Indies) Nayigatio Mercaturs, exercenda caufa fib 
 qmcunque pr£textu, direCle rel indire&e, fertnittatur. One 
 Thing further is to be obferv'd of thefe Articles^ that fuch 
 of them as any way relate to Spain^ are exprefly granted in 
 the Name and by Virtue of Powers given by King Philip ', 
 and yet after this, all Intentions of leaving any Part of 
 the SpaniJJ} Monarchy to King Fhilip is publickly difa- 
 vovyM - That this fliort View of thefe Special "Breliminaria 
 fufficiently demonftrates that the Interefl of Britain was 
 not the Inducement to our Miniflers to proceed in this 
 extraordinary Manner. Yet trivial as thefe Advantages 
 are, Trance is prefs*d that they may be firft adjufted ; to 
 what Ufe and Purpofe is fully explained in the JDraught of 
 Anfwers upon the Conferences with Monfieur Mefnager, Thai 
 our Minifters may he enabled to engage the Queen to maks th& 
 ConchifiQn f>f the general FeaQS ea/if t^ Fianc©, 
 
 ■ ' M
 
 /r^w July 1714, f'? Jan. 1716. 175 
 
 It is declared, That ro fettle the Incereft of" Great Bri^ 
 tain ia the firft Place is the Principle from which the 
 Qlieen can never depart; which Plea was madfufe of, to 
 defer the Interefts of all the Allies to be difcufs'd at gene- 
 ral Conferences ; but the Tarn given to it here was to 
 amnfe the People, by perfvvading them thac the En^Iip 
 Miniftry was contending for great and particular Ad- 
 vantages and Coriceflions to be made to Great Britain^ that, 
 might make us fome Amendi for thac great and unequal 
 burthen which we had Iain under through the whole Courfe 
 of the War. But the En^lifo Miniftry having thought fic 
 every v/here to extol and magniiie the vaft Advantages 
 that were granted to Great Britain^ France refolved to make 
 a proper Ufe of it, and declar'd thefe ArUcles were aii 
 eventual or conditional Treaty only ; and that theTCing 
 of France would not be oblig'd to make them good, but ill 
 Cafe of the Signing of a general Peace j in this Senfe 
 Monfieur Mejnager fign'd them, and with this Condition: 
 they were accepted on our Part. Hard Terms I That fuch 
 Conceflions as thefe were not to b? purchased at a lefs Price 
 than forcing upon our Allies fuch Conditions of Peace as 
 Trance fhould be pleas'd to impofe upon them 5 and this the 
 Miniftry were fully appriz'd of fome time before they 
 were accepted, for in preffing to fettle and adjuft fingly* 
 and feparately the Intereft: of Great Britain, they enforce 
 it by faying, France can run no Risk in fuch Engagements y 
 fince the Special Preliminaries xcill hdye no EfeSh till a general 
 Peace (hall be fgn'd. By thefe Means the Committee ob- 
 itrvQ to how fatal 'a Dilemma the Q.aeen was brought hy 
 lier Miniftry; (lie miift either now go on, through all 
 Adventures, in the Meafures of Trance^ or they had it ia 
 their Power, by divulging the Secret and expoling fuch a 
 notorious Breach of National Faith, to make what Advan- 
 tage they thought fit of it among the Allies, who muft 
 from this Time think themfelves difengaged from the 
 Queen, if they could find their own Account by looking 
 after themfelves. 
 
 And that the Trench were neither fo ignorant, nor want- 
 ingto themfelves as to mifs fuch an Opportunity, appears 
 above Three Months>^ before their Articles were fign'd, 
 "When Lord Rahy in hi* Letter of the 20th of Ji^ne^ 1711, 
 N. S. to Mr, St. John^ acquaints him. That both the Pen- 
 ■/idnary and Mbnfieur Vantler Duften hdd fcen a Letter frorti 
 Monfieur de Torcy, ^i^i"^ an Ac (fount that they had begun- a 
 iVe^o«4^io« z^ England.' By \vhfch Management the £;7^- 
 /^ Miniftry hadi under Colour of che Qj^een's Authority,
 
 174 '^^^^ Hiflorical Re^^iflei\ 
 
 and the Pretence of Treating of a Peace, put it in the 
 power of France to divert the Queen of all her Allies, and 
 given them greater Advantages than they could any other 
 ^<^Vays have hoped for. 
 
 On the fame Day that the Special TreUminaries betwixc 
 Great Britain and France were fign'dj another Set of Gene- 
 ral Preliminaries on the Part of France^ was fign'd by 
 v^-lonfieur Mefnager on) y •, which Mr. 5t. /o/^n, in his Let- • 
 ter ro the Queen, fays, were to be fent into Holland^ as 
 the Foundation of a General Peace, in which my Lord 
 Treafurer had made fome Alterations to make the whole 
 more palatable abroad: And, on the fame Day, a feparate 
 Article was fign*d in Favour of the Duke of Savoy. Frora 
 this Time a p.rfedl Confidence was eftablifhed between the 
 two Miniftries of England and France ; Lord Strafford's 
 Inftrudlions in order to his immediate Return into Holland 
 were now preparing, and dated Ofi. i. 0. S» I'jii. And 
 as an early Proof of the Confidence which Mr. St. John 
 repos'd in the French Minifter, he acquaints Monfieur de 
 Torcy by his Letter of O^oher 2. 0. S. that the Earl of 
 Straford was going for Holland \ and fays, Tour M'ln'ifter^ 
 (meaning Monfieur Mefnager^ who was then going back to 
 France and carried this Letter^) is fu.Jy inform d in what the 
 Earl 0/ Strafford is to propofe to the States. Such Intelligence 
 of the Queen's Counfels, which Mr. 5"^ John confefTes he 
 had given to the Minifters of the Queen's Enemies, feems 
 very extraordinary ; efpecially if it be confider'd, that 
 Lord Straford was fent over to prefs the opening the Ge- 
 neral Conferences, with A^urances of the greateft Friend- 
 fhip and Concern for the Interefts of the Stater^ on the 
 Part of the Queen, and by her Authority to procure from 
 France juft Satisfadlion for all her Allies ; and in his In- 
 ftrudions is likewife directed to propofe to the States a new 
 Scheme for carrying on the War. Almoft every Article 
 in Lord Strajford's Inllru£lions is a Specimen of the Since- 
 rity with which our Minifters intended to treat the Allies. 
 He is inftru6led that it muft be the moft careful Endeavour 
 and fix'd Principle of all the Confederates to hold faft to- 
 gether ; and this immediately after a feparate Treaty had 
 beenfign'd by Us; and if the Minifters of Holland fhould 
 exprefs any Uneafinefs at their Apprehenfions of any fuch 
 private Agreement, he is ordered by era/ive Anfwers to 
 avoid giving them Satisfadtion concerning it. But his 
 cbief Bufinefs was to deliver to the States the Propofitions 
 lign'd by Monfieur Mefnager^ as the Foundation of a gene- 
 ral Peace, and as the whole of what had been tranfaded 5
 
 from July 1714, to Jan. 1716. 175 
 
 II , . ■ , 
 
 and to acquaint them, that France had proposM Utrecht^ 
 Nime^herty Aix Ja ChapeUcy cr Lie^e^ to be the Phce for 
 opening the Conferences ; to prefs the States to fix upon 
 one of thefe Places, and immediately to grant Paffporcs 
 to the French Plenipoter^.tiaries to come thither and open 
 the General Conferences. 
 
 Thefe Propofitions, fo very general and uncertain, did 
 extrearaly alarm the States, as not being a fufficient Foun- 
 dation upon which a Negotiation might be hazarded ; 
 which made them for forae Time decline granting the 
 PaffpoTts ; and in order to prevail with the Queen to have 
 fome Regard to her faithful Allies, and particularly in the 
 two great Articles of their Barrier and Commerce, they 
 fen t over M.Bjiys, to intercede with her Majeiiy to alter 
 her Refolutions ; they make the fame Reprefentations tq 
 the Earl of Siraford^ but all to no Parpofe. For as Mr, 
 St, John declar'd in his Letter to my Lord Strafford of 
 Odober the 9thj Certain it is, that her Majefly has fo far de- 
 termined on her Meafuresy that thofe will deceiye themfehesy 
 Vvho may imagine by Delay or other Artifices to break them* 
 And again, November the ad, to the Lord Straff'ordy The 
 Queen will not finally concert a Plan for the Frofecution of the 
 War with the States^ untill they join with her in agreeing to 
 open the Conferences of Veace. And the Lord Strafford ac- 
 quaints Mr, St. fohny November the 15th, That he had novff 
 told them, her Majefiy's Order to him was to declare^ That Jhe 
 fhould look upon any Delays as a Refufal to comply with her Bro- 
 portions. In thefe Circumftaiites the Dutch^ at laft, com- 
 ply to grant the Paffports, and agree to open the general 
 Gonferences at the Time fix'd by the Queen, January the 
 ift, 1711-12. 
 
 The Refolm^n of the States-General upon this Occa- 
 iion myft have moy'd any Set of Men, not already deter- 
 xnin'd to hjear no Reafon but what came from France ; for 
 altho* the Reprefentations made by the States an both Sides 
 the Water, had made fome Impreflions, as is Evident by a 
 JMemorial delivered by Mr. St. John to the Abbot Gualtiery 
 Ofiober the 29th, 171 1, and by Mr. St. Johns Letter to 
 Monfieur De Torcy of the fame Date, that accompany'd it ; 
 yet 'tis in the Memorial declar'd, That the Queen remains 
 firm in her firft Refolwion of caujing the Conferences to be 
 upend upon the Articles ftgnd by Monfieur Mefnager. The 
 fame Memorial declares, It was abfohttely neceffary that the 
 Tnoji Chriflian King fhould giye to her Majefiy the Queen^ fuel? 
 Explications of his Intentions in reffeCi to the particular Inte- 
 rtjis of the Allies'^ which he jhaU think proper^ to engage thsm 
 N 3 /a
 
 \'jS The Hiflorkal Regijler^ 
 
 to come more eafuy into the general Negotiation. So that hi- 
 therto ■'tis plniii, our Minifters were entirely ignorant 
 even of the King of Fraiice's Intentions with Regard to 
 the Allies. And again 'cis faid, // her Maje/iy xcijhes the 
 fnoft Chrifiian King would give an Explication to the aforefaid 
 Vemandf^ STc. his mofi Chri^ian Majefiy may ajfure himfelfy 
 the Qiieen will make no other Ufe of the Truji the King JJjall 
 repofe in her^ but to advance the Negotiation^ in feeking the 
 JJjorteJ} Means^ and the mofi effecluaU to obtain a Feace fo 
 much co-veted. Ic is therein again acknowlcdgM, that the 
 I>utch have nothing in View hut their Barrier and Com- 
 merce ; and provided the Q.neen can, without Fear of 
 being difavow'd, fpecify fomewhat near the Barrier that 
 France will confenr to yield to them, and fo afTure them 
 of the Tarriffof 1664, there's no Room left to cloubt that 
 the States-General would come without any farther Hefita- 
 tion into the Negotiation, in the fame Manner as it had 
 been concerted. But left all i\it£ti Arguments fliould have 
 no EfF-=£l, Mr. St. John^ in his Letter to Monfieur de Torcy^ 
 ^ays, Thefe Explication xciR d-fftpate all Clouds^ and you may 
 helieye we will make life thereof with great Referve^ when I 
 ^jfure you^ that if the fdng would offer a Tlan of Specifick 
 Preliminaries ., the Queen will never communicate it to her AU 
 lies ; he concludes^ If the Sieur Gualtier returns with thefe 
 Marks of Confidence^ you will fee our F^rliament as much in- 
 clinable t» Peace as ever it was te War, 
 
 Here the Comiriittee obferve the Englifi Miniftry beg- 
 ging of France, after they had been feven Months treating 
 with them, that they may have fome Intimations, at leaft, 
 of what was defign'd for the Allits ; exprefiing their 
 Fear of being difavow'd by france^ afcser they had gone 
 thefe Lengths with them; declaring, the Dutch would 
 come into the Qijeen's Meafures, if they could but know 
 any Thing near the Barrier that was defign'd them, and 
 have Security about the Commerce ; perfifting ftill, with- 
 out any fuch Satisfa6lion, in the Meafures prefcrib'd by 
 France, refolv'd to force the Allies into general Conferen- 
 ce<j upon loofe and uncertain Articles, and proniifing, if 
 they could but have fo much Credit with France as to be 
 truited at all, they would ufe it with the greateft Referve, 
 and never communicate it to any of the Allies, for whofe 
 Satisfaction only, *tis pretended, all this Submiffion was 
 inade. The Return made by France^ is feen in a Paper 
 calPd, ^nfwer to the Memorial brov.ght by Monfieur Gualtier^ 
 Kovensber the l^th, 171 1. This Memorial is accompa- 
 rjy'd wuh a Letter from Monfieur dc Torcy to Mr. St, Jol^^
 
 /r^;;i July 1714, zr^Jan. 1716. 177 
 
 of the fame Date, wherein he tells him, His Majefiy whol- 
 ly depends upon the Secrecy and good Ufe you voiH make of the 
 entire Confidence he tejiifies to the Queen of Great Britain, 
 and the King of France extols the Ftrmnefs of the Queen, and 
 fees with great Pleafure the new Marks of Refohitlon fje Jhews, 
 Hereupon the Committee obferve in general, that notliing 
 had at this Time been demanded of France concerning the 
 Difpofal of the Netherlands ; and that the King of France^ 
 Mot fatisfy'd with having fecurM Spain and the Weft-Indies 
 to his Grandfon, propofes to ftrip the Emperor of all his 
 Dominions in Italy^ and to impofe upon him much worfe 
 Terms than he afterwards procur'd for himfelf, when left 
 to carry on the War alone. The Dutch may have the 
 Tariff of 1664, with fome Exceptions, if they confent to 
 this Scheme ; if not, they are to be reduced to the Tariff 
 of 1699. But, as extravagant as this Scheme was, it is 
 received by the Englijh Minifter, without any Surprize or 
 Refentment ; and Mr. St. John^ in his Letter of the 25'th 
 of Noy ember ^ I7ti) thanks Monfieur de Torcy for the Comi« 
 piunication of it • promifes to make a difcreet Ufe of it ; 
 and that the utmoft Efforts fliould be ufed to fix the Pre- 
 tenfions of the Allies, he reprefents it as necefidry, thaC 
 all thofe who wifli for Peace, may mutually help one ano- 
 ther, and endeavour to finifh the Treaty fo foon as not to 
 be expofed to another Campaign. The Committee adds, 
 that it is no Wonder that this Plan was never communi- 
 cated to the Allies, which muft at once have broke off all 
 the Conferences 9 and determined them rather to run all 
 Hazards, than treat upon fo ruinous a Foundation ; but 
 'tis a Wonder that the BngVijh Miniflry were not flartled, 
 when they faw fuch a* Scene open'd. hxidi this fliews 
 with what Juftice the Miniftry complained, that the 
 Allies would not enter into the Queen's Meafures, when 
 they never weye informed what the Queen's Meafures 
 were, - 
 
 Purfuant to the Refolution of the States-General upon 
 the prefling Infiances of the Queen, Paffports for the 
 French Plenipotentiaries are fent to Monfieur Bnys^ and de- 
 liver'd to Mr. St, John, Utrecht is agreed upon here to be 
 Place for the general Conferences. The Bifhop of Brifiol^ 
 then Lord Privy-Seal, and the Earl of Strafordj are ap- 
 pointed her Majefty's Plenipotentiaries. December 23, 
 1711, her Majefly's Inftrudlions to her Plenipotentiaries 
 are fettled and fign'd, upon which the Committee make 
 one Obfervation, riz. That the Plenipotentiaries are or- 
 dcr'd to infift, that the Security and reafonable Satisfadiou 
 * ' ' ' N 4 which
 
 1^8 The Eiftorkal Reg^tfter^ 
 
 which the Allies expeft. and which his ir.oft Chriftian 
 Majelty has promised, cannot be obtained, if S^a'in and the 
 We/i- Indies be ajlotred to any Branch of the Houfe of Boitr- 
 hon ; fo that liirherto the Qiieen thought fit to declare in all 
 pubiick A6ls, that Spain and the Weft-Indies ought by no 
 means to be left in the PofTellion of the Houfe of Eourb.en 5 
 altho' in the Special preliminaries^ fign'd by the E^rl of Dart- 
 mouth and Mr. St. ^ohn, on Sept. 27. preceding, the King 
 of France did exprefly promife to make good the 6th Arti- 
 cle, for hinifelf and for the King of Spain., purfuant to the 
 Powers which were then in hisMajefty's Hands. 
 
 On the i5:thof January 1711-12, the Britijh Miniflers 
 arrive at Utrecht ; who, by their general Inftrudlions, 
 being order'd to concert Meafures with the Minifters of 
 the Alliefj and at the Beginning purfuing thefe Dire6lions, 
 Monfieur deTorcy^ on the 31ft of Jamiary,^ writes to Mr. 
 St. John^ and tells him, he perceives there was not fo 
 perfe6l a Confidence ellablilh'^ between the Plenipoten- 
 tiaries of Trance and Great Britain as was to be defir'd : He 
 believes therefore he will think it proper to fend to the 
 Biniop of Briftol and the Earl of Straford more precife In- 
 itru6lions, concerning the Manner in which they were to 
 concert their Proceedings with the King's Plenipotentia- 
 ries. And in the Anfwer to the Memorial fent by Mon- 
 fieur Guahier^ March the 28th, 171 2, it is declar'd, The 
 princip<il Order that the King had given to his Plenipo- 
 tentiaries, when they fet out for Utrecht^ was to eftablilh 
 a ftri6l Intimacy between them and the Minifters of the 
 Queen of Great Britain, 
 
 On the 29th of January .y at the firft general Conference, 
 Lord Strafford declared, that the Queen had receiv'd the 
 generall Propoficions as a Foundiition for a Negotiation of 
 Peace ; but that they were binding to France only, and 
 not to the Allies ; to which the French Minifters readily 
 alTcnred. But this was meant of the Propofitions lign*d by 
 iMonfieur Mefnager only, the Congrefs not having the leaft 
 I^Iocice or Cognizance of what was fign'd, both on the 
 Part of France and England too ; which had been hitherto 
 conceal'd, and on all Occafions publickly difown'd. 
 
 On the nth of February^ 1711-12, the French deliver*d 
 SL fpecifick Explanation of the general Preliminaries, fign*d 
 by Monfieur Mefnager : Upon which it is obfervM, that 
 the King of France here makes, as well as in the SpB' 
 cialPreliminares, his firft Oft>rs in the Name, and by Vir- 
 tue of Powers from his Grandfon as King of Spain : How 
 the Britijh Plenipocentiaries could reconcile this to their 
 
 Inftruiflions,
 
 from July 1714, to]zn. 1716. 179 
 
 Inftru6lions, and how their Behaviour upon it is to be 
 juftify'd, is not very clear. This Explication was receiv'd 
 by all the Allies with the greateft Indignation, and deepeft 
 Concern ; which had fuch an EfFedl, that Lord Straforjy 
 in his Letter of the i6ch of Fehruary, 1711-12, fays, The 
 French Mimjiers are mortify d at the general Bifcontent thefe 
 Offers gave ; and feem to rvijh they had fut in Tournay for the 
 Dutch, and St. Venant to be demoUfh'dy to hays foftend the 
 Matter at its fir/i coming out. Nor were the Eritijh Plenipo- 
 tentiaries without their UneafinelTes : They had done all they 
 could (Lord Strafford f^ys) to perfuade the French to be as am- 
 ple in the Explication as they could, being that is what will 
 have a great Effefij and firihe the Minds of unthinking Peofe^ 
 and make fome Work for Reflefiion for the Faftion. The Ple- 
 nipotentiaries complain they are under great Difficulties 
 on all Hands, for both Monfieur Buys and Mefnager think 
 they come fliort of what had been told them in England. 
 But Mr. St. John foon fends them Words of Comfort, thac 
 Mr. Harky will fet out in a few Days, who is fully in- 
 ftrudled in all the Queen's Views and Defires ; that It were 
 to be wijh*d this Gentleman could hare been fooner fent^ but 
 the Hurry which we hare b&en for fome Time t«, « inexprefff' 
 hie ; and he was too ufeful to he fpar'd^ 'till the Houfe of' 
 Commons was perfefi y fecur'd to the ^teen's Intereji^ and to 
 the Meafures of Feace. I think I may fay^ they are abfoluteJy 
 fo now. Hereupon the Committee take Notice of the Re- 
 iledtion call here upon that Houfe of Commons ; as if 
 they were fecur'd to the Queen's Intereft, and the Mea- 
 fures of Peace, by the Management of a Secretary to the 
 Treafury, a near Relation and a trully Agent of the Lord 
 High Treafurer : They add, thac 'tis plain for whofe Ufe 
 and Service Mr. Harley had been employ'd at Homej and 
 was fent abroad, fince Mr. St. John gave Monfieur de Jorcy 
 an immediate Account of his fuccefsful Endeavours here, 
 and the Bufinefs he was fent abroad to manage. Adding, 
 The Queen hofd his mofi Chrifiian Majefy would co-operate 
 VDith her. Mr. Harleyh Inftrudlions do not appear, but it 
 feems the Subjedl of them was not proper to be committed 
 to Writing ; for which Reafon, as in almoft all Matters 
 relating to the Pretender, it was referr'd to Monfieur GauU 
 tier to explain them ; but what is meant by the necelTary 
 Difpofitions made among our People here at Home, is ex- 
 plained by Monfieur de Torcy^ in a Memorial dated the iSrh 
 of March 17 12, in Anfwer to What was brought by Mon- 
 fieur Gauhier \ wherein he commends the prudent Conduct 
 of the Court of Great Britain^ in managing the Houfe of 
 
 Commons^
 
 l8o The Hiftorical Regr/fer, 
 
 Comnaons, and in particular, tbeir wife Condu6l in ma- 
 king J^nown to the Hotife of Commons, that the Nation 
 was abns'd by its Allies ; and fays, The King of France a/- 
 fures himfeJfj that thofe who now manage with fo much Capa- 
 city the ^jfairs of the jQ^teen of Great Britain, know how t9 
 curl? the Pajjion of the turbulent Party in the otJ)er Uoufe. 
 
 The Allies at Utrecht met together on the 4th of Marchy 
 N,S. to communicate their refpedlive Demands, and a- 
 greed that a Clanfe (hoiild be inferted therein, for a juft 
 and rcafonable Satisfailion for all the reft. Count Zinzen^ 
 dorf further infilled, that the Reftitution of the whole 
 Spanijh Monarchy Ihould be expreily mentioned. The 
 iutch declare they were refolvM to make good all their 
 Treaties, made on Occafion of this War. But our Plenipo- 
 tentiaries were the only Minifters that did not make any 
 iMention at all of S^ain and the India ; they were fenfible 
 of the dil^advantageous Confequences of their Silence, 
 they were defirous to take off this Odium, by feeming to 
 fay fonsething, and in reality to fay nothing ; which 
 they did by a general Declaration concerning the juft and 
 xeafonable Satisfadlioii for the Qiieen's Allies, in Confor- 
 mity to her Alliances ; and humbly hop'd what was faid 
 would not be found contrary to what had hitherto been 
 ileclar'd. 
 
 On Mar. T, the fpecifickDemands of the Allies were deli- 
 vered to ih^French Plenipotentiaries inWriring ; they pro- 
 naife to explain themfelves further upon them at the next 
 Conference, which was to be the 9th ; and then de/ir'd a 
 furtherTime to the 30th. On the 30th, the French Plenipo- 
 tentiaries declare they were yeady to proceed in the Negotia- 
 tion, by debating with the feveral Allies ; but would give 
 noAnfwer in Writing : Which was a great Surprize to all 
 tut the Britiflo Minifters, whom the Trench had beforehand 
 advis'd with. The Allies ftill refolvM to prefs the Trench to 
 anfwer in Writing, and folicite the Britijh Minifters Xo 
 join with them in it ; who, that no Mark of Difagree- 
 snent might appear (as their Lordfhips exprefs themfelves 
 in their Difpatch of Afril i, 171 2) did finally confent to 
 an Inftance that was to be made the next Day to require 
 an Anfwer in Writing. 
 
 But Lord Straford had before given Mr. St. John an Ac- 
 count of his Opinion, in his Letter of • AfdrcA ly, where- 
 in he fays, He Leliered the French had taken the wifejl Party 
 not to avfcoer in H'riting., tho' mofl of the Mini/ie-rs of the 
 ^Uie4 will be furpriz.'dy exfe^kng they fnould. And fays fur- 
 ther, Jbeheyeit is hsji they fiall firfi begin in the opn Con-
 
 fro?n ]u\y 17 1^^ to Jcin. i7i6. i8i 
 
 grep to reafon upon fome of the Allies Demands^ which mil 
 occafion fo much Difficulty^ that the Ministers of the Allies will 
 fropofe debating feparately '^ which had better come from them 
 than any one elfe. The French Minifters ftill perfifl: in their 
 Refufal, upon which the States came to a Refolution at 
 the Hagiicy not to treat unlefs an Anfwer was given in 
 Writing. 
 
 However the French continue obftinate. Lord Straford 
 fends an Account that a Refolution was taken at the Hague 
 to carry Things to an Extremity ; upon which Occaiioix 
 Mr. St. John exprefifes himfelf in this Manner, April j-, 
 1712, That he hopes the Refolution taken at the Hague, 
 Was the laft convulfive Pang of an expiring Fadlion. And 
 yet this Refolution was no more than to infift on a De- 
 mand, in which all the Allies were unanimous, and in 
 which the Britijlj Plenipotentiaries had concurred. But this 
 Proceeding is accounted for in Lord Strafford's Letter of 
 ^pril i-j^ 171^) wherein he fays the Penfionary was ex- 
 tremely defirous the French would anfwer in Writing,which 
 (^'tis his Lordfliip's Opinion) they will evade till they fee 
 What Succefs Gualtier has had at London ; and in his Letter 
 of the 30th, The French will aroid giving their Anfwer in 
 Writings till they fee all agreed betwixt their Court and ours. 
 
 And to fhew that the French were very well fatisfy'd 
 with the Method their Bufinefs was in, the Plenipoten- 
 tiaries in their Letter of April 15', 1712, fay, They da not 
 find the French are much conyinc'd of the Necefjity of "Dif, 
 patchj and when any Thing is let fall of breaking off the Con- 
 ferences^ they feem to take it with a great Air of Indifference^ 
 well knowing their Bufinefs was not to be done at Utrechr, 
 hut by a Negociation carry' 4 on direflly betwixt London and 
 Verfailles. 
 
 The Beginning of April Mr. Harley and Monf. Gualtier 
 arrive at Utrecht ; and a few Days after, the French Pleni- 
 potentiaries communicate to the Britifh Minifters a Plan 
 for a General Peace ; but under the higheft Obligation of 
 Secrecy, to difcover nothing to the reft of the Allies. 
 
 Our Plenipotentiaries accept this Plan as a Mark of the 
 great Confidence Franct had in them ; readily engage that 
 the Allies fhould not knovv a Word of it ; and under the 
 fame Caution fent it to the Secretary : Tho* there is no 
 Room to doubt, but this Plan that was tranfmitted to 
 England as a great Difcovery, was concerted here, and fent 
 by Mr. Harley to Utrecht^ and by Abbot Gualtier to France, 
 
 To {hew how candidly we dealt with the Queen's good 
 friends and Allies, as licr Majefty was pleased to ftyle 
 *' ■ ' ' " them,
 
 1 82 The Hiftortcal Regifter^ 
 
 them, the 15 pet Cent, upon all the Goods and Manu- 
 failures of Great Britain^ which was offered ac firft as one 
 pf the chief Bribes to England, to come into this deftru^lye 
 "^eace^ Monf. Mefnager had now explained away, and 
 confin'd to fuch Goods as were carryM not to Spain^ but to 
 the Spanifl)-Wtfl Indies only ; and our Minifters finding that 
 France would not make this effedlual, Mr. Harley is ordered 
 to let it drop. But fee the Ufe thac is to be made of this 
 Infincerity of the French-^ at the fame Time that Mr^ 
 5"f. y(//;« acquaints our Plenipotentiaries with her Majefly's 
 Confent to give this up, he tells them, * But you will 
 
 * rake Care to do this in fuch a Manner, as not only to 
 ^ get fomething for it another "Way, but alfo to render 
 ^ this Concefiion of the Qiieen a Means of bringing the 
 
 * Dutch to Reafon, and to a Compliance with her Majefty^s 
 
 * Meafures." Lord Privy Seal, A^ril i<^^ '712., acquaints 
 Mr. Secretary, ' Our Negociation is ar a Stand, till the 
 
 * Fre;/f/;Miniflers are ready ro return one Anfweror other/* 
 And May 10, 1712, the Plenipotentiaries Liy^ * The ¥rencb 
 
 * tell us they can't think of giving in their Anfwer to 
 
 * the Allies, till they hear from England the Succefs of 
 
 * Monf. Guahier -J and you may believe Vv'e wait for it 
 
 * with no lefs Impatience than they do."' Mr. St. John^ 
 May 3, 1712, acquaints their Excellenciesj ' I hope in a 
 *■ hw Days my Difpatches will become more maceriaL 
 
 * and that we fliall be able either to fatisfy our Friends at 
 ' Uirecht., or not have Reafon to be much concerned at 
 ^ their Uneafinefs." This ends in Lord Strafford's being 
 fent for into England^ and the following Orders are fent to 
 Lord Privy Seal for his further Conduct, ' You are to flop 
 
 * ail Inftnnces for procuring the Tariff of 1664 to the 
 
 * Dutch ; you are to decline abfohitely to confer any far- 
 *^ ther wiih them upon any Matter, till you receive the 
 '^ Queen's Plan from hence ; and her Majefty finds fo ill 
 
 * a Return made by the States to her Condefcenfion to- 
 
 * wards them, that ftie orders your Lordfliip to take the 
 
 * firft folemn Opportunity of dtclaring to the Dutch Mi- 
 
 * niliers, that all her Offers for adjufting our DiffereHces, 
 ^ were founded upon this exprefs Condition, thac they 
 ^ came immediately into the Queen's Meafures, and «6ted 
 ^ openly and iincerely with her ; and that ihe looks 
 
 * upon herfelf, from their Conduift, now to be under no 
 ^ Obligation whatfoever to them." The Summary then 
 of this whole Proceeding at Utrecht^ in one {hort View, 
 appears to be this. A Congr^fs for General Conferences 
 was jieceirary to be opsn'd^ thac the Allies might, in 
 
 3 Anpearance^
 
 fro?n July 17^^, to J2in. 17 16. 185 
 
 Appearance, agreeable to the Grand Alliance, have the 
 Opportunity of treating and adjulting their feveral Pre- 
 tenfions. Our Minifters were by their InftrUfflions to adl 
 in Concert with the Allies, but they really ailed in Con- 
 cert with the French Plenipotentiaries. The Allies giving 
 in their fpecifick Demands was not to be avoided ; but the 
 Trench were to gain as much Time as thej^ pofi'ibly could 
 by unnecefTary Delays ; and at laft infiftad upon iuch a 
 Method of anfwering thefe Demands, as they j<nevv the 
 Allies could not comply with. In the mean Time the 
 Kegociations were carrying on diredliy between England 
 and France^ or rather, all the Conditions didlated and pre- 
 fcrib'd by France, whilfl the Allies were amus'd with a 
 Difpute about the Method of anfwering, from which 
 France wou'd not, and they could not poffibly .depart ; in 
 which England agreed with the reft of the Allies, All 
 Particulars that concerned even the Intereft of the Allies, 
 were tran faded betwixt the Minifters of England and 
 France under the higheft Obligations of Secrecy. The 
 Duuh are prefs'd to come into the Queen's Meafures, with- 
 out being acquainted what the Queen's Meafures were i 
 And becaufe they wou'd not confent to they knew noc 
 wJiat, as foon as 'twas refolv'd to fend Orders to the Duke 
 of Ormond^ not to engage in either Siege or Battle, and 
 the great Projeils were ready to be executed on the other 
 Side of the Water, the Queen declares /he loohs upon herfeJf 
 MOtp, from their Conduct^ to be under no Obligation tehatfoerer 
 to the States General. And thus the Alliance betwixt 
 Great Britain and her principal Ally, is declar'd to be 
 dilTolvM and cancelled, before any Thing was finally agreed 
 and concluded betwixt us and France, or we had the ieaft 
 Security for our own Trade and Commerce, or any other 
 Advantages that were to accrue to Great Britain. 
 
 During thefe Negociations at Utrecht, the two great 
 Points of the Renunciation of the Sfanipi Monarchy, and 
 of the Ceflation of Arms, had been upon the Anvil. The 
 firft Mention of the Renunciation is in a Memorial dated 
 March 28, 1712., entitled. The Anfvoer to the Memorial 
 brought by Monf. Gnaltier, the 25^ of March ivfv) whichi 
 is fupprefs'd : But from the Anlwer that was given to it, 
 it appears, that as the general Propofal that the Crowns of 
 France and Spain ihould never be united, arofe firft from 
 England^ and was made an Article in the private Propo- 
 iitions fent over by Mr. Vrior ; fo from that Time to this, 
 the Method of preventing that Union does not appear ta 
 have been ouce menuon'd. The S^rS^ of France and
 
 184 Th^ Hi ft or teal Regifter^ 
 
 Spain upon that important Article was not known, nor To 
 much as afkM, altho* in every Step Frame had given plain 
 Indications, that the Crown of Sfain was to remain to 
 Xing Philip 'j and the Committee is furpriz'd to find the 
 Miniftry had gone fuch Lengths in prorfioting the Mea- 
 fures of France^ without taking the leaft Precaution, or 
 having any Satisfadlion concerning the Monarchy of 
 Spain; wherein the Intereft of Great Britain^ was, by 
 their own Confeflion, more immediately concern'd, thafi 
 in all their other Articles of Peace put together. But 
 that it is plain, that in this Memorial fent from Englan^^ 
 the Scheme for preventing this Union was firft propos'd 
 by England^ and that the Expedient was a Renunciation : 
 And as this is a Matter of fuch Importance as deferves the 
 greateft Attention, the Committee obferve, that Monf. 
 </e Tbrry declares in the ftrongeft Terms, ' That the Renun- 
 
 * ciation defir'd would be null and invalid by the funda- 
 
 * mental Laws of France^ by which the moft near Prince 
 
 * to the Crown is of Neceffity the Heir thereto ; "tis an 
 ' Inheritance that he receives neither from the King his 
 
 * Predeceffor, nor from the People^ but from the Benefit 
 
 * of the Law, He fucceeds not as Heir, but as the Mailer 
 
 * of the Kingdom, the Seignory whereof belongs unto 
 
 * him, not by Choice, but by Right of Birth only. That 
 
 * this Law is look'd upon as the Work of him who hath 
 
 * eftablilh'd all Monarchies, and they are perfwaded i.l 
 
 * France, that God only can abolifli it : No Renunciation 
 
 * therefore can deftroy it ; and if the King of Spain fliould 
 
 * renounce, for the Sake of Peace, and in Obedience to 
 the King his Grandfather, they would deceive them- 
 
 * felves that received it as a fufficient Expedient to pre* 
 
 * vent the Mifchief v/e propofe to avoid." Then he 
 gives an Account of the Difpofition made of the Succefi.i- 
 on to the Crown of Spain by KingPhilip^ and regiiler'd in 
 the Councils of Spain ; which he propofes may be cori- 
 firm'd by the prefent Treaty of Peace, and ratify'd by 
 the Cortes or States of the Kingdom of Spain, Mr. 5>. 
 John in his Anfwer, March 23, lyH, 0. 5. rejedls this 
 Propofalj and not at all convinced by v/hat Monf. de Torcy 
 had fo ftrongly urg'd concerning the KuUity- of the Re- 
 nunciation, infills ftill upon it. ' We are ready, fays he^ 
 
 * to believe you are perfwaded in Trance^ that God aloiie 
 
 * can abolilh that Law, upon which your Right of Su*;- 
 
 * ceflion is founded ; but you will give us Leave to be 
 
 * perfwaded in Great Britain^thcLt a Prince may depart from 
 f his Right by a voluntary Ceflion j and that he^ in Ft- 
 
 ^ vatii
 
 from July J J i/^, r^Jan. 1716. 185 
 
 * vour of whom that Renunciation is made, may be juftly 
 
 * fupported in his Prerenfions, by the Powers that become 
 
 * Guarantees of the Treaty. In fhort, Sir, the Qiieea 
 
 * commands m.e to tell you, that this -Article is of Co 
 
 * great Confequence, as well for herfelf, as for the reft of 
 
 * Europe^ for this prefent Age as for Pofteriry, chat (he 
 
 * will never agree to continue the Negociations of Peace, 
 ^ tinlefs the Expedient flie has proposed be accepted, or 
 
 * fome other equally folid. 
 
 Monf. de Torcy^ in anfwer to this Letter, ^prilSj M.S'. 
 begins to think it cannot be irapoflible to find an Expedi- 
 ent to fettle this great Affair \ and he propofes, that whea 
 the King of Spain fliall become either immediate Succeffor, 
 or prefumptive Heir to the Crown of France^ he fhall 
 then declare the Choice he intends to make, either to 
 maintain his Right to the Crown of France, or keep that 
 of Spain'-y that King Fhilip {hall become Party to the 
 Treaty, wherein the Succeflion to the Two Crowns fliall 
 *be likewife fettled, and that all the Powers of Europe (hdl 
 enter into an Engagement with France to maintain it. 
 Mr. St, John^ /ifril 6, 0. S. reafons againft this laft Pro- 
 pofal, and the feveral Pro)eds contained in Monf. deTorcf^ 
 laft Letter ; infifts that no Expedient can effeitually fecure 
 Europe from the Dangers wherewith it is threatened by 
 the Union of the two Monarchies, unlefs the Prince, who 
 is at prefent in PolTeftion of Spain^ makes his Choice ac 
 this very Inftant ; and upon a Suppofition that the Crown 
 of Spain would be his Choice, that this Declaration fhould 
 be made during the Congrefs at Utrecht. Apil 16, N. 5. 
 'MonC, de Torcy agrees, that the Catholick King muft calm 
 the Uneafinefs of Europe, in declaring from the prefent 
 Time what Part he will take, if ever the Succeftion of 
 France is open in his Favour. That the Inconveniencies 
 arifing from hence, muft fubmit to the pubiick Good. 
 That the King difpatches a Courier to Spain^ and writes to 
 the King his Grandfon, to let him know the Neceftity of 
 refolving on the Choice he fhall make, and to declare it, 
 to the End it may be inferted in the Treaty of the Gene- 
 ral Peace, and be made a Condition of it, whereof al! 
 Europe (hall be Guarantee. And promifes^ to ufe all poftl- 
 ble Means, even Force, if it were neceffary, to make the 
 King of Spain agree to it» He hopes this Propofition will 
 remove ail Difficulties; and as they muft expedl new 
 Obftruflions from thofe who would willingly break 
 the Conferences, he believes the beft V/ay would be 
 - ' - for
 
 1 86 The Hi ft or teal Regifter, 
 
 for tbe Qiieen of Great Britain to propofe immediately a 
 Sufpenfioii of Arms, 
 
 ^pril 29, 0. S. Mr. St. ^ohn anfwers this Letter, and 
 treats this Propofal as liable to all the Objediions of the 
 former. ' This, fays he, would be to lofe the Fruit of all 
 the Blood which the Allies had fpilc in the Courfe of 
 this War ; this would be to betray the common Caufe of 
 Europe^ and to expofe both the prefent Age and Pofteriry 
 to greater Dangers than 'tis poftible to imagine. In fhort, 
 he infifts that they miift take Care that the Time (hall 
 never be, when the fame Prince ihall have the Crown 
 of Spain upon his Head, and the Succeffion to the Crown 
 of France open to him. He at lafl propofes, If the King 
 of Spain prefers the Expe6tation of the Crown of 
 France to the prefent PolTeflion of Spain ; in fuch Cafe 
 he (halt withdraw forthwith his Family out of Spain^ 
 the Pofl'eflion of which, and the Indies^ (hould be given 
 to the Duke of Savoy, that King Fhilip ihould have the 
 Kingdom of Sicily, and the Hereditary Dominions df 
 the Duke of Saroy, together with the Montferrat and 
 Mantua ; all which Dominions he fliould remain pof- 
 efs'd of, tho* he became King of Prance ; excepting 
 Sicily, which, in that Cafe, (hould return to the Houfe 
 of Aufiria, 
 
 May 18, N. S. Monf de Torcy ftill yielding and com^ 
 plying with the Meafures of England, fliews the greac 
 Hardfliip the King of Spain muft undergo, in facrificing 
 his own and the Intereft of his Family; however, the 
 King of France would fend to him to know his Mind up- 
 on the two Alternatives: And in the mean Time pro- 
 inifes, that the Treaty of Peace fhall be made, upon the 
 Foundation of one of thefe two Propofitions ; either that 
 the King of Spain {hall renounce his Right to the Crown 
 of France^ and keep Spain and the Indies ; or if he prefers 
 his Expedlation upon France, he ihall quit Spain and the 
 Indies to the Duke of Saroy^ in f:xchange for the prefent 
 Dominions of the Duke of Saroy^ &c. as proposed by- 
 Mr, St. fohn. 
 
 And here the'Committee obferve, that this Correfpon- 
 dence between the two Secretaries for preventing the 
 Union of the two Kingdoms, carry'd on from about the 
 Middle of March to the i8th of May .1712, ended, at laft, 
 juft as it began ; and King Wilip chofe to make the Re- 
 nunciation. The Trench Minifter giving us fuch early 
 Notice, and telling us fo very plainly, that what we 
 afk'd was utterly infufRcient, ajid would be for ever 
 
 deem'd
 
 fro?n July 1714, r^ Jan. 1716. 187 
 
 (leem'd, by the unalterable Laws of France, null and 
 void, IS very remarkable. His Dexreriry in managing 
 thacP»rrof the N"gociationj in feeming <lways ro com- 
 ply, and dtflroiis to come as near. as pcfllble to the Propo- 
 fals made from hence, and fu' -mirting at laft, fince wa 
 would hdve it fo, to the Renunciation fo peremptorily 
 infifted on, is no lefs obfervable. But it is unaccountable 
 how the Englifi) Miniftry, when they were expr:-f]y told 
 thofe would deceive rhenifelves, \\'\\o fhould accept of a 
 Renunciation as a fnfficient Expedient to prevent the 
 Reunion of the two Monarchies, when they hid it down 
 themO'Ives as a Principle never to be departed from, that 
 the Union of the two Monnrchies would be the greateft 
 Mifchief that could poflibly happen to all Europe, and ta 
 Gre<it Br?/di« in particular, fhould ftill perfevere in rely- 
 ing upon this Expedient of a Renunc iation. And it can- 
 not be forgot, that no Care was taken to render fffe6lual 
 the two only Expedients^ that were ever propos'd for add- 
 ing any Degree of real Security to the Renunci. tion ; 
 which were, to have it folemnly accepted by the States 
 of France, and to have ic confirmed by a General Gua- 
 rantee of all the Powers of Europe engag'd in the pre- 
 fent War. The firft was afk'd indeed ; but upon the 
 Rsfufal of France, was entirely given up by our Miniflry : 
 The fecond, by our Method of negociating, and our 
 Treatment of the Allies, was from that very Time ren- 
 der'd impracticable ; as the French could not but forefee. 
 It muft be remembered , that a few Days after this Anfwer 
 of Monf. de Torcy was teceiv'd, Mr. St. John fent Orders 
 to the Britijh Plenipotentiaries to declare to the States Ge- 
 neral, the Queen was now under no farther Obligations 
 whatfoever to them, whoj with the reft of the Allies, 
 were to be the Guarrantees of this Treaty. 
 
 The Committee mention here a PalTage in a Letter 
 from the Lords Plenipotentiaries to Mr. St. John^ February 
 the 26th, 17TT1 ^' ^« who acquaint him, that in fome 
 Difcourfe with the Marflial d'Uxelles, upon occafion of 
 the Death of the Dauphin, they defir'd to know of him, 
 what thofe Meafures are which France ofFer*d to take, in 
 Order to privent the Union of the two Kingdoms, and 
 whether they were to confift in real or verbal Securities ; 
 the French Minifter pretended to know no other but of 
 the latter Sort. And then they fuggeft to Mr. St. Johrty 
 that an Obligation upon King Philip, to renounce the Re- 
 gency, as well as the Crown i.f France, for himfelf and 
 his Pofterity, would amount to fome Degree of real Secu- 
 
 O rity.
 
 1 88 The Htftorical Regifter, 
 
 thy. But no Endeavours were ufed to obtain this, nor 
 any mention made of it, as far as appears. 
 
 Mr. St. jfohn^ as Secretary of State, tranfa^led this 
 AfF^ir with Monf. deTorcy ; but as it can't eafily be fup- 
 pos'd, that he did this without the A-lvice and Approba- 
 tion of the Lord Treafurer, as firft Minifler ; fo it appears, 
 that at the fame Time, a Correfpnndence was held betwixc 
 the Lord Treafiirer and Monf. de Torcy. 
 
 Monf. de Torcy's Letrer of the iSrh of May^ N. S. was 
 received by Mr. St. John the 9th of May^O. S. and the 
 Promife of the King of France^ to oblige his. Grandfoii 
 to accept the Alternative of the two Kingdoms, had fo 
 good and fudden an EfT-dl, that the Day foilovvin?, with- 
 out waiting the Return of the Courier fiom Madrid^ to 
 Icnow whether King J^hilip did confcnt or not to the Pro- 
 pofal, Orders are fent to the Duke of Ormond by Mr. St, 
 Jnhn.^ to avoid engaging in any Siege, or hazarding a 
 Battle, till father Order. And he is diredled to difguife 
 the Receipt of this Order. Her Majefty thinks he cannot 
 want Pretences for condudiing himfelr fo as to anfwer 
 her Ends, without owning that, which at prefenc 
 might have an ill EfFedV if it were publickly known, 
 Chi the fame Day that thefe Orders are fent to the Qjieen's 
 General, with DiredVions to difguife them, which was to 
 conceal them from the Confederates, they are communi- 
 cated to the Queen's Enemies. ^ Abbot G«^/fier will give 
 
 * you an Account, fays Mr. St, John to Mon f. <^? Torcjf, of 
 ^ the Orders I have juft now difpatch'd to the Duke of 
 ' Ormond" What Mr. 5f. John himfelf thought of the 
 Importance of this Order, is to be learned from his Let- 
 ter to Mr. Prior, September the 19th, 1712. ' The Mo- 
 
 * ment I read the Qii^m a Letter from Monf. de Torcy^ by 
 ' which it appeared, that the King of France would oblige 
 ^ his Grandfon to accept of the Alternative of quitting 
 
 * one of the two Monarchier, her Orders were difpatchM 
 
 * to the Duke to engage in neither Siege or Battle ; and 
 ^ flie prevented the French from even making the De- 
 ^ mand. I will not f^y that this Order fav'd theiy 
 
 * Army from being beat, but I think in my Confciencd 
 
 * that it did. 
 
 On the 24th of May 171 2, Mr. St. John writes again to 
 Monf deTorcy^ altho' they h«d yet receivM no Anfwer 
 from Madrid concerning the Renunciation ; but being 
 prefs d in Time, and finding it neceil^try for the Queen 
 to make the Communication to theParJiament that fl^e bad 
 pioaiis'd, of the Terms on which a Peacg might be 
 
 made ;
 
 from July 17 14, f/? Jan. 1716. 189 
 
 made; he acquaints him with the Steps the Qiieen was 
 refolv'd to take, provided the Moft Chriftian King would 
 render them prailicable for her. And in a Memorial of 
 the fame Date, fpecifies the Condicions upon which her 
 Majefty confenrs to make fuch important Steps, and de- 
 cifive Declarations to her Parliament, as thefe which fol- 
 low, ' I. That fli'? liad fettled with France the Interefls 
 
 * of Great Britain. i. That flie looks upon the Interefts 
 
 * of the other Powers engaged with her in the War, as 
 
 * eafy to be adjufted ; fince the King offers to the greateft 
 
 * Part of them, very near what they .have demancled, 
 
 * and to all a Juft and reafonable Satisfadlion. 3. Than 
 
 * fhe will fet about accommodating the Affairs of her 
 
 * AHies ; and that to prevent all the Obflru6lions which 
 
 * the Events of the Campaign might occafion to the Ne- 
 
 * gociations of Peace, fhe had agreed with the King to a 
 
 * Sufpenfion of Arms.** The Conditions fpecify'd in the 
 Memorial, are Demands relating to North Ammca^ to 
 Commerce, and the Sufpenfion of Arms. 
 
 In the Article concerning Commerce, it is faid, * That 
 feveral Points relating to Trade requiring a longer Dif- 
 cuflion than the prefent Crifis v/ould admit, and the 
 Queen being much more intent upon fecuring the Gene- 
 ral Peace, than any particular Advantages ; demands 
 only, ly?, That CommifTaries fhoulc. be nam'd on borh 
 Sides to meet at London^ there to examine and fettle the 
 Duties and Impofitions to be paid refpedlively in each 
 Kingdom, idly^ That no Privileges or Advantages re- 
 lating to Commerce with France^ fhall at ^^ny Time be 
 yielded to any foreign Nation, which Ihill net at the 
 fame Time be granted to the Subjedts of her Britanmck 
 Majefly ; as like wife, no Privilege or Advantage in Re- 
 lation to the Trade of Great Britain^ fhall be yielded to 
 any foreign Nation, which fhall not at the fame Time 
 be granted to the Subje6ls of Frame, As to the Sufpen- 
 fion of Arms, Her Majefty will confent it ihall be made 
 for two Months: Provided i)?, That within the faid 
 Term the King of Spain fliall either make the Renun- 
 ciation demanded, or fhall yield Spain to the Duke of 
 Sa-pQj^ upon the Conditions mention'd in Mr. St. John\ 
 Letter of the 29th of April.^ 0. S. i-dly-, That the French 
 Garrifon fliall evacuate Vimkirkj and the Queen's Troops 
 be admitted the fame Day that the Sufpenfion of Arms 
 fliall commence. 5^/y, That in Cafe the States-General 
 fhall at any Time confent to the Sufpenfion of Arms, ie 
 O % ' feem4
 
 190 The H'iftorical Reg^iftey\ 
 
 ' feems reafonable they fhould have the Liberty of putting 
 ' a Garrifon into Cambray. 
 
 Upon thefe Condirions, the Committee obferve, Thae 
 altho* ic was daily inftiird inro the Minds of the People, 
 that the great Advantages in Trade and Commerce fecur'd 
 to Great Britain^ were the chief Inducements to the Mi- 
 ll iflry to engage in thefe Meafures with France^ it is here 
 decldr'd, tt}ey were more intent upon the General Peace, 
 than -dny parricular Advantages. And whereas it was 
 laid down as a Principle from which the Queen would ne- 
 ver depart, that the Interefls of Great Britain fliouid in the 
 nrlt Place be adjuiied ; and the great Advantages ftipulated 
 for thefe Nationsj before the Conclufion of the Peace, 
 were to juftify the Peace, and all the Steps that were taken 
 to procure it ; it is now evident, that no Mention was 
 made of our Trade in Spain ; and for cur Commerce in 
 general, the fettling of that was pnftpon'd, and all Points 
 in Difpute betwixt Great Britain and France^ were to be 
 referred to CommiiTaries ; which Propoficion Wiis not de- 
 manded by France^ but voluntarily oftcr'd by Mr. St, JoJ?n, 
 On the 8c h of jfune^ 171 2, N. S. Monfieur de Torcy fends 
 an Account, That the King of Spain bad chofen to keep 
 SjJ.tin and the Indies^ and renounce for himfelf and his 
 Defcendantj, the Right to the Crown of Trance : Which 
 principal Obftacie to the Peace being remov'd, the King 
 of France expects that the Queen will now clear the reft of 
 the Difficukies, which may obftrudt this great Work ; by 
 making fuch Declarations as had been promis'd upon the 
 Return of the Courier from Madrid, Adding, the King 
 thinks the firft and moft urgent is, to fettle a Sufpenfioii 
 cf Arms, either general, or at leait between the two Ar- 
 mies in the lowCo-antries^ which may continue till the 
 Conclufion of the Peace. 
 
 On the 10th of J^une^ N, S. Monfieur de Torcy acknow- 
 ledges the Receipt of Mr. St. fohni Letter of the 24th of 
 May^ O.S. together Vv^ith the Memorial, and fends another 
 ^«morial in Anfwer to the laft Demands of the Queen. 
 He takes I^otice, That the Letters from the Army mention 
 »he De/ign to invert Ql^^fnoy-y in order to beiiege it ; but 
 the King cannot thinx that the Queen approves of fucii 
 an Undertaking, much lefs that her Troops fhiU be em- 
 ploy 'd to render it fuccefsful : He concludes, that if a 
 Sufpenfion is not immediately made, we may rind our 
 feives indifpenfably drawn into feme great Event, v^hicli 
 he hopes the Secretary's Prudence and Care will prevent. 
 And aUho' in the Anfwer to the Queen's Demands, no- 
 thing
 
 from July J'j^^'i to Jan. 1716. 191 
 
 thing material that was aik'd for our Trade in North Ame- 
 rica is granted, the Evacuating of Bunkirh^ and admit- 
 ting an Engliflj Garrifon is not agreed to, and the receiv- 
 ing a Dutch Garrifon into Cambray is abfohicely refus'd, 
 which were proposed as Conditions of the Siifpenfioa of 
 Arms : Monfieur de Torcy hopes, That this Recurn to the 
 Queen's Demands will occafion no new Trouble, bur as 
 the Beginning and whole Courfe of the Negotiation was 
 carry'd on upon the Bona Tide^ and a mutual Confidence of 
 which they had feen the good Effe6ls 5 it is neceffary to 
 banifii all Diflrudl, and the Qiieen to repofe an entire Con- 
 fidence in his Majefty, without infiftiiig on Demands 
 which may ferve only to create Jealoufies. 
 
 On the 6ch of Jnne^ 0. S. Mr. St. John owns the Receipt 
 of Monfieur de Torcy\ two Letters, and fays, Altho* the 
 King of France had not anfwer'd the Qiieen*s D-'mands ac- 
 cording to Expe6lation, yet (he would not defer going 
 that Day to Parliament, and making all the Declarations 
 that were necelTary to render the Nation unanimoufly in- 
 clin'd to the Peace ; that (he had not, indeed, mencion'd to 
 the Parliament the Sufpenfion of Arnis^ but had command- 
 ed him to acquaint Monlieur de Torcy with the Refolurions 
 ilie had taken in Relation to it, and infifting upon the 
 Renunciation as the Capital Point of the Negotiatioji ; 
 and for which, her Majefty would rather depart from al- 
 xr.oft all the Points that had been agreed upon, than leave' 
 that to any uncertainty. Upon this Foundation, the 
 Queen hopes that the moil Chnftian King Will not find 
 any thing ofFennve in the Demand?, which (he found her 
 felf oblig'd to renew, being Conditions for a Sufpenfion 
 of Arms between the two Armies in tht Netherlands ^ 
 which, if the King confenrs to, fays Mr. St. John to Mon- 
 fieur de Torcy ^ you have only to iign, and fend- to the 
 Duke of Ormoni^ who, at the Ame Time that he takes 
 PofTeflion of Vunhrh^ will declare to the Allies, that he 
 has Orders to a6t no farther againft France. .,He acquaints 
 him that the Lord StVij/^r^^ was going -.back to. Z/ifrec/;t ; 
 that the Inftrudtions he was to carry, will, according to 
 your Defire, put the Qtaeen's Plenipocenturi^es n. a Condi- 
 tion to keep no longer thofe Meafur-s to w.Uicn they have 
 been hitherto oljliged to fubmir, but from henceforth they 
 may openly join with thofe of France^ and give Law to 
 thofe who will not fubmic to )ult and reafonable Condi- 
 tions. 
 
 The Committee infert here an Extradt of a Notable 
 Letter from the Earl of Straford to Mr. St, John^ of the 
 
 O 3 30tli
 
 192 The Hiflorical RegiJIe}\ 
 
 oth of ^/ri/, 1712. 'Thus you ftill fee the Temper 
 here, and the Time it will naturally take to get the 
 Dutch (if they will at laft fettle a Plan) before it can be 
 done. You fee the Events we are expofed to by the OpC" 
 rations in the Field in the Mean Time, and you have it 
 by this Time in your Power to terminate all, and even to 
 ftop the Operations of the Army for a Month, till the 
 Negotiation is ended one Way or other : There is na 
 Pretence now it can be a Prejudice to us, fliould a Cef- 
 fation be made ; for the former Pretences are out of 
 Doors, of its being impoflible for the French to make 
 Magazines for their Army to take the Field as foon as 
 ours ; and having burnt thefe Magazines, at firft affirmed 
 impoflible to be made, for us by that Means to be Mailers 
 of befieging either Cambray or Arrofy and our Army's 
 marching to Taris is ftopp'd, at leaft for this Summer, in 
 all Appearance. The French are now better pofted than 
 we are ■ their Army is much ftronger. We cannot march 
 to furprize them in other Parts of their Lines, 'till we 
 have Green Forage, which won't be up at three Weeks at 
 fooneft. They have all their Troops up, and we want a 
 great Part- of oiirs, efpecially the ImperiaJifiS) who, *iis 
 faid, cannot join the Army in a Month yet ; fo that 
 now the Advantage of a CeiTation of Arms is on our 
 Side, if they will, for the Sake of a Peace, confent to ito 
 If, upon thefe and other Confiderationfj a CefTation is 
 thought in EvgJand neceffary, the Queen muft not pro- 
 pofe it, but ac the fame Time be refolv'd to put it in 
 Execution on her Side, if agreed to by the French ; be- 
 caufe fuch a Propolition will be fure to meet with Op- 
 pofition, unlefs back'd with Refolution, and may have 
 the Effedt of making //;o/e voho delight in lf<tr undertake 
 with fo much the greater Precipitation fome defperate 
 Atrempt/' Upon what groundlefs Allegations the Earl 
 of Strafford did here advife a Sufpenfion of Arms, i^ fub- 
 mitted to the Confideration of the Houfe. 
 
 The Articles for a Sufpenfion were fign'd by Mr. St.-fohny 
 June 6^ 0. S. and the Anfvver was iign'd by Monfieur de 
 Torcy, June 12, 1712, N. S, The next Day, June 7, 0. S, 
 Mr. St. John writes a private Letter to Monfieur de Torcy, 
 exprefiing the utmoft Confidence in the good Faith of the 
 mofl Chri^ian King ; thinks it neceffary to haften the 
 Peace ; tells him, it will frighten the Dutchy to be told 
 the Queen will adl no longer againfl France ; and that if 
 they wjU not haften to make their Agreement, they will 
 have the Burthen upon their Backs which they are not 
 
 abl€^
 
 from July I jiA^ r^ Jan. 1716. 193 
 
 abJe to hear. Oa the fime D^iy^ Mr. St. John r^nds to the 
 Duke of Ormond Copies of thefe two Uft Letters, and of 
 the Memorial f^nt to the Marqu-rfs fl^e T'^^O^ * You will 
 
 * perceive by them, my F^ord, (f<iys he) that the Queen 
 
 * infifts on the t^xecution of the Arricle relating to SpaWy 
 
 * and oa the Delivery of Dunkirk:) as Poinrs without 
 ' which fhe will nor declare for a CefTation of Arms in 
 
 * the Netherlands : Rut if thefe Conditions are accepted, 
 
 * and feat li^n'd by the Marquefs de Torcy to your Grace, 
 ^ and Dunkirk put into your Poffeflion, you are publickly 
 
 * to own that you can act no longer againft the I-rench^ 
 
 * If they are not confented to, you are entirely free from 
 ' Reftraijit, and at Liberry ro t^ke all reafonable Meafares 
 
 * that are in your Power for annoying the Enemy. Ic 
 .* is probable that Marfhal Millars may receive the Orders 
 
 * which will be fent him from FerfailUi within a DAy 
 
 * after this Letter will come to your Hands. Your Grace 
 
 * will therefore lofe no Time in acquainting him, that 
 
 * you are in Expedtation of liearing from his Court that 
 
 * which mul^ determine your Proceedings ; and that, ac- 
 
 * cording to the King's Rtfolution, you are either co look 
 
 * upon your fclves on both Sides as freed from any re- 
 
 * ftriclive Orders, and in full Liberty of a6ling againft 
 
 * each otherj or that yoa are openly to declare for a Cef- 
 ' fation. 
 
 And here the Committee think it neceffary to go a lit- 
 tle back, and obferve wh.it Orders and Inftruflions had 
 been given to the Duke of Ormond^ and what Accounts 
 he had fent of his Proceedings during the Ti^me the Cor- 
 jrefpondence, relating to the Renunciation, was carrying 
 tn. On the 12th of April 171 2., N. S, his Inftrudtionsf 
 are fign'd by the Queen, he is order'd to repair firft to the 
 tiague^ and to fee the Penfionary, before he puts liimfelf 
 at the Head of the Troops ; ro exprefs to him the Queen's 
 Refolution of prefling the War with all poflible Vigour 5 
 to allure him he is prepared to live in a perfeit good Cor- 
 jefpondence with all the Generals, and particularly with 
 thofe of rhe States ; to inform himfelf what Plan l)as been 
 agreed for the Operation of the Campaign : And as Coon 
 as he arrives at the Frontier, to meet with Prince Eugene^ 
 and fuch c'f the Generals as fli^tl be in the Secretj and 
 with rhem to concert the proper Meafures for enrring; 
 Opon Adlion. The Committee conceive thefe Inftruilions 
 iign'd by her Majefty muft be 'the Rule of his Grace's 
 Ad!ions till countermanded or revok'd by equal Authority; 
 thwe being no general Dure6tion in them m follow fuch 
 
 04 ftt'r thcr
 
 1 94 The Htflorical Reg}ftet\ 
 
 further Orders as be fliould receive from a Secretary of 
 State, The 24tb of April^ N. S. the Duke of Ormond gives 
 the Secretary an Account, that, according to his In- 
 Urudlions, he had given the Penfionary all the Aflnrances 
 of carrying or the War with Vigour, and a6ling in Con- 
 fidence with the Alliesj and more efpecially the Dutch ; 
 which were received with the greateft Piofefiions of Duty 
 and Refpedt to her Majefty. 
 
 On the ^och, his Grace was in Conference with the 
 Council of State, where there were great Expreilions of 
 Duty to her Majefty. They told him there was no parti- 
 cular Refolution taken as to the Operation of the Cam- 
 paign, but left it to their Generals, who,with their De- 
 puties, are to adl in Concert with the Generals of the Al- 
 lies ; and that they had given Orders to their Generals, tQ 
 live in a good Correfuondence with his Grace. And yet, 
 on the 25 rh of April^ 0. S, which was before it was 
 3fnown France had agreed fo much as to propofe to the 
 King ot Spain the Alternative of the two Monarchies, 
 which was not till the i8th of May^ N. S. Mr. St. John 
 begins to give the Duke of Ormond fome diftauc H nt of 
 the Scene that was afterwards to be open'd, and tells him, 
 the Qiieen inclines to be of Opinion^ that all the Troops, 
 whether Subje6ts or ForeignerSj belonging to her, ihould 
 be immediately under his Grace's Command. There may 
 have been formerly Reafons for ufing a different Method^ 
 but there feems at prefent to be fome of a every ftrong 
 Nature for taking this, and perhaps thefe may every Day 
 grow flill ftrojiger, Inflnuates there may be Reafons to 
 be jealous of Prince Eugene ; and on this Occafion his 
 Grace is dire£led to be more cautious for fome Time, of 
 engaging in an Adlion, unlefs in the Cafe of a very ap- 
 parent and confiderable Advantage, upon Pretence of 
 waiting 'till the German Troops were all arriv'd, that tlwy 
 may have their Share, if there is to be any Adlion. 
 
 On the loth of May^ N. S. the Duke of Ormond acknow- 
 ledgers the Receipt of two Letters from Mr, St. fohn of the 
 x6ch and 2xd of Apr'tl^ neither of which appear. Buc 
 his Grace fays, in Anfwer to the Secretary, lam of your 
 Opinion^ that a Battle won or loft vcould at this Time make 
 yery great Alterations in the Treaties now on Foot : But yoit 
 remember., that in my InfiriuTions^ I am order d to aCt in Con- 
 junftion with the Allies in profecuting the War with Vigour ; 
 fo that^ Jhould there happen a fair Opportunity to attack the 
 Enemy, / cannot refufi if^ if pr»pos'd by the Frince and States, 
 
 But:
 
 from]u\Y 1 714, to]m. 1716. ic;5 
 
 £«t2 hope to hare the Mejfenger before the Armies are form' d^ 
 xshjch will be in three or four Days. 
 
 On rhe 12th of May^ N. S. the Duke of Ormond exprefTcs 
 ftill the fime Une-dfiiKfs, wiflies to hear from England 
 that the Peace is near conchided ; but hopes, if ic be de- 
 layed, we fhall have the good Fortune to force the French 
 to comply with the Queen's l>emands. But his Grace was 
 now foon put out of his Pain, by the Order mention'd 
 before, of May the loth, 0, S, not to engage in any Siege, 
 or hazard a Battle. 
 
 On the 25th of May^ N. S. the Duke of Ormond writes 
 two Letters to Mr. St. John^ a private and a publick Letter. 
 In the firft, vvUich Wcis his private Letter^ and all wrote 
 with his own Hand, his Grace acknowledges the Receipt 
 of his Orders, not to engage in Siege or Battle 5 to which 
 he promifes an exadl Obedience, and to keep fecret his 
 having receiv'd any fuch Command, and will endeavouc 
 to hinder its being fufpeded. But Prince Eugene and the 
 States having proposed to attack the Enemy, or, if thar 
 be found too hazardous, to befiege Quefnoy \ his Grace 
 fears it will be vcrj' difficult for him to difguife the true 
 Reafon of his oppo/ing all Propofals that ihall be made for 
 undertaking any thing, having no E'.xcufe for Dehys, all 
 the Troops they expected, and the heavy Cannon, being 
 to be here on Saturday : And he fays, if he could have 
 found Forage there, he would have made fome Pretence to 
 delay the March, tho' the Difpofitions of it were made 
 before he receiv'd this Letter. But on the fame Day, his 
 Grace writes another publick Letter to Mr. St,John^ after 
 he had receiv'd the Letter of the loth, as is exprefly faid ; 
 wherein he takes no Notice of his Orders not to engage vx 
 . Siege or Battle, but fpeaks of his having review'd the 
 Englifo Troopsj and found them m fo good a Condition, 
 that muft convince -the Allies, how groundlefs the Com- 
 plaints are that have been made of our Backwardnefs, of 
 "which, he fays, I believe you will hear now no more. 
 He goes on. If we find Opportunity to bring the Enemy 
 to a Battle, we fhall not decline it. 
 
 On the 2.8th of May^ the Duke of Ormond^ in his Letter 
 to Mr. St. John^ ^^V^-) Tejierday 'Prince Eugene and the States 
 Deputies defir'd that I would confetit to fend the garter ma' 
 fitrs to yievf the French Camf^ which I could not refufe^ with- 
 out giyi"g then: fome Sufpicion of what I am ordered to dif- 
 guife *, but I was fure that nothing of /iilton could happen^ 
 the Enemy bein^ behind the Schelde. The Detachment that 
 . went with them wexi forty S^uetdr^nsj and all the Grenadiers
 
 195 The Hiftorical Regifter^ 
 
 cf my Army to fitfport them, and make good their Retreat^ 
 fioouid the Enemy have endeavour d to attack them. They went 
 as far (I mean the Harfe) as Cateler, vahere the Right of the 
 Enemy^s Army lies, and are come back without feeing any of 
 the French on our Side the Schelde. T/?c Dijiance between the 
 iiead of the Somme and that of the Schelde is not abore a 
 teague and a Half winch is a Tlain, and the Enemy havejiot 
 yet offered to throw vp any Retre'ichment :' May be to-morrorv 
 they will begin to work, Jtnce they have feen our Troops lecon^ 
 iioitrirg that Way. Prince Eugene and the Deputies being 
 to dine with his Grace the next Dj^y-i be was under Ap- 
 prehenfions they would prefs him to undertake fomethiiig 
 immediately, which it would be very hard to conceal the 
 true Reafon of his Refufing, having no reafonable Excufe 
 for if. In this Letter his Gr^ce gives an Account of a 
 Letter that he had received frorn Marlhal ViHars, and the 
 Anfwer that his Grace wrote to the Marlhal. This Cor- 
 refpondence, v^^hich on both Sides is infifted upon to be 
 iept as the moft abfolute Secret, is founded upon a Poft- 
 fcript in Mr. St. ^ohn'*$ Letter of May the loth to the Duke 
 of Ormond ; wherein he tells his Grace, Communication is 
 giyen of this Order to the Court of France ; fo that if Mat" 
 Jhal Villars takes ary private Way to giye Notice of it to yoitj 
 your Grace wiU anfwer accordingly. 
 
 May the 25th, N. S. Marflial P'iRars acquaints his Grace, 
 that he had the King's Orders, and the Queen of England's 
 Confent, to write to him as foon as he received the Cou- 
 rier 9 and whatever Glory is to be acquir'd againft a Ge- 
 neral whofe Valour is fo well known among them, he 
 defires him to be afifur'd that he never received more agree- 
 able News than that they were to be no longer Enemies. 
 The Duke of Ormond in Anfwer acquaints him,That he had 
 jreceivM Orders from the Queen upon the fame Subjedl, to 
 which he would not fail to conform himfelf in the mcfl 
 exa6l Manner. But his Grace proceeds further than the 
 Diredtion given him by Mr. St. John, and fay ?y The Motion 
 which we are going to make is principally for the Subjifiance of 
 our Troops, fo that you need not be under any Apprehenfion at 
 this March j at leafi, 1 can anfwer for the Qiieens Army^ 
 tchich I hare the Honour to Command, The Committee is at 
 a Lofs to account for this Tranftftion, unlefs his Grace 
 had Orders not only not to afV againft France, but to give ' 
 the French General Intelligence of all that was defign*d iii 
 the Confederate Army. 
 
 The Report being made by the Quarter-Mafters Genera?,' 
 who went with the Detaehmenc to view the Frencb dm'pi
 
 /r^w July 1714, toj^x). 1716. T97 
 
 and the Overture between the Sources of the Somme and the 
 Schelde, and they all agreeing that the Ground was as ad- 
 vantageous as could be, to fall upon their Flank and Rear, 
 it was propofed to the Duke of Ormoni^ to march withouc 
 the leaft Delay to the Enemy, and attack them. Ton wrff 
 tafily imagine (fays his Grace, in his Letter to Mr. St. John 
 of Ma<j the agrh) the Vijflculty that I was under to excufe the 
 delayir.g a Matter.^ which ^ according to the Informations I had 
 from the Quarter- Ma ft ers General.^ and federal other General' 
 Officers that went out with the Detachment^ feem'd to be f9 
 fra^licahle : The heft Jixaife I could make was Lord Strafford'* 
 fudden /^ojy^^e to England, whici) gave me Reafon to beheva 
 there muft be fomethi^g of Confequence tranfaB;ing^ which 
 a Delay of four or fix Days would bring to Light \ and there-' 
 fore I defird they would defer this Undertakirg^ or any other^ 
 until J jJjouJd receive freftj Letters from England. The Com- 
 mittee cannot better reprefent the favourable Opportunit/ 
 that was here loft to the Common Caufe, and the Advan- 
 tage, or rather Deliverance, that was fecured to the Com- 
 mon Enemy, than in a Letter from the Deputies of the 
 States to the Duke of Ormondy June the 4th, N. S. which is 
 inferted at Length in the Appendix ; But thefe Reprefea- 
 tations, and the preffing Inftances made by Prince Eugene^ 
 were e^itertain'd by Mr. St, John as afFe<5led Alarms and 
 Clamours, raisM wich much Induftry, yet fuch as gave her 
 Majefiy no Uneafinefs. But they made fome Imprefhons on 
 the Duke of Ormond •, he grew fenfible of the ill Blood and 
 DifLitisfadtion caus'd among the Allies, who did not flick 
 to fay we were betraying them. He fends an Account^ 
 that Prince Eugene and the States Deputies had refolved to 
 befiege Qnefnoy • which Place was that Day, Jnne 8, N. S» 
 1712, inverted ; and tho' he had nothing to do in the 
 Operation, he could not refufe furnifhing fome Troops in 
 the States Pay, but had avoided giving any in the Queen's 
 whole Pay. 
 
 On the 7th of June, 0. S. Mr. St. John fent to the Duke 
 of Ormond his Letters of the 6th and 7th to Monfieur d$ 
 Torcy^ and the laft Articles propofed by Great Britain for a 
 Sufpenfion of Arms ; and it is obferv'd, that hitherto ic 
 Was an entire Secret between the Englifa and French Courts^ 
 and their two Generals, that neither Siege or Battle wat 
 to be engaged in by the Duke of Ormond, Prince Eugene 
 and the whole Confederacy were as yetanius'd with Hopes 
 that the Duke of Ormond might be permitted in fome De- 
 gree to comply with his Inftrudlionsj and the folemn and 
 Repeated AlTurances that had been given^ to adl in Con- 
 
 jundlioit
 
 198 The Hiftoricat Regifter, 
 
 junflion with the reft of the Allies: Rur the Time was 
 310W come, when the Secretary's Care and Prudence was 
 to deliver the frenc/^ King from the Apprehenfions under 
 which Monf. de Torcy had fo ofcen declar'd him to be for 
 the Events of this Campaign : And altho* the Sufpenfion 
 of Arms was prefs'd and infilled upon by France^ and was 
 to be granted purely for the Sake and Prefervation of the 
 French Army, which, in all Reafon, fhould have brought 
 them to a Compliance with the Demands fent from Eng- 
 land-^ yet fo very tradtable did our Miniftry prove, thac 
 Frarxe^s refufing the Conditions at firft proposed for grant- 
 ing a Sufpenfion of Arms, had no other Effetl but to 
 make us lower the Terms upon which they were to accept 
 what could be no Advantage to Evglandy but was of the 
 higheft Importance to France. 
 
 When thefe lafl Conditions were fent to the Duke of 
 Ormond^ with the Orders that attended them, it is to be 
 obferv'd, that Mr. St. John declar'd the Q.ueen infilled 011 
 the Execution of the Article relating to S^iain^ and on 
 the Delivery of Dunkirk^ as Points without which fhe 
 would not declare for a CelTation of Arms ; fo that if 
 thefe Conditions were not abfolurely confented to, if the 
 Anfwer from France^ which was to determine the. Duke 
 of Ormond's Meafures, was not fign d by Monf. de Torcy^ 
 and DunhrJ: was not put into the PolTellion of the Duke 
 of Ormondj his Grace was at entire Liberty to adl againft 
 France ; but upon thefe Conditions the Duke of Ormond 
 was ordered immediately to declare a CelTation of Arms, 
 The Committee think this Order in itfelf of a very extra- 
 ordinary Nature, altho' conditional ; and the Miniftry 
 feem in very great Hafte to give all up into the Hands of 
 France^ when the Queen's General, at the Head of a Con- 
 federate Army in the Field, at that Time covering a Siege, 
 which the Allies v/ere engaged in, fliould be ordered to 
 govern himfelf according to fuch Significations as (liould 
 come from the Court of Trance^ and thofe tranfmitted to 
 him by the General commanding the Enemy's Army, 
 whofe Duty it was by Force or Stratagem to raife the 
 Siegfj or gain any Advantage he could over the Allier, 
 On the 22d of Jitne^ N. S, an Anfwer to the Propofals laft 
 fent over, was tranfmitted to Mr. St. Johh^ figri'd by 
 Monf. de "torcy^ with two Alterations, one no lefs mate- 
 rial, than whereas it was demanded, that the Renuncia- 
 tion fhould be ratify'd by the States of France^ which had 
 "been mention'd ■ bfcfore as one of the chief Securities to 
 make it effe(ilu^l3-it is here fubftitutedj that it Ih-ili be 
 
 regifter'd
 
 fro7n July 1714, to Jan. 1716. 199 
 
 regifler'd in the feveral Parliaments : And to the Article 
 of Dunkirk is added, That all the King's Officers, both 
 Land and Sea Officers^ {hall have Liberty to ftay at Bun- 
 kirk, and to execute their feveral Offices. On the fame 
 Day, Monf de Torcy writes two Letters to Mr. St, John^ 
 the one a publick Letter, explaining at large the Altera- 
 tions ; the other a private Letter^ to prevail with him 
 to confent to thefe Alterations. And it is obferv'd, that 
 there are feveral Inftances of fuch a private Correfpon- 
 dence between the two Secretaries. At the Hme Time, 
 a Copy of the Memorial, and the Anfwer was fent to the 
 Marilial Fillarsj who, with his Letter of the 24th of 
 June, AT. 5. fends the Copies to the Duke of Ormondy and 
 tells him the Originals were fent to England, and doubts 
 not but the Sufpenfion of Arms would immediately take 
 Effe£l. But it appears by the Duke of Ormond's Letter to 
 MarQial ViViars of the 25th of June, that thefe were 
 only Copies, and not fign'd, for his Grace wifhes that the 
 Marquefs de Torcy had fign'd them, as being more agree- 
 able to his Grace's Inftrudlions, but that he may not^ftop 
 fo good a Work by Difficulties and Scruples, he will not 
 infift upon Formality : He promifes to go immediately to 
 Prince Eugene, and the States Deputies, to perfwade them 
 to abandon their Enterprize upon Quefnoy, and to declare, 
 that in Cafe of a Refufal, he Ihall be obligM to withdraw 
 the Queen's Army ; and as foon as the Troops which he 
 fhould detach for that Purpofe had taken PolTeffion of 
 Dunkirk, the Sufpenfion of Arms ihall take Place. 
 
 On the 27th of June, the Duke acquaints Mr. Si. John^ 
 that he had been with Prince Eugene, and the States De- 
 puties, and had acquainted them, that the French King 
 having agreed to feveral Articles demanded by the Queen, 
 as the Foundation of a Ceffation of Arms, he could no 
 longer cover the Siege of Quefnoy ; but was obliged by his 
 Inftru£tions to march with the Qiieen's Troops, and thofe 
 in her Majefty's Pay, and to declare a Ceffation of Arms 
 as foon as the Town of Dunkirk was deliver'd up. After 
 this Conference with Prince Eugene, and the States Depu- 
 ties, his Grace, according to his Promife, fends a fecond 
 Letter to Marlhal VilJars of the fame Date, and tells 
 him, He apprehends that the Generals ff the Auxiliaries paid 
 hy the Q^ueen, will not leaye Prince Eugene'f ^rwj without 
 particular Orders from their refpeClive Mafiers, An Account 
 of this being fent to the Court of France, Monf. de Torcy 
 difpatches an Exprefs June the 27th, N. S. and declares if 
 the Foreign Troops in Englijh Pay did not abandon Prmce 
 
 Eugene*i
 
 SCO The' Hiftorical Regifter^ 
 
 Mugene^s Army, the Condition upon which Dunkirk was 
 to be deliver'd being not perform^'d,. it would be unreafo- 
 ivibh for Epgia lid zo infill that Dunkirk {hould be given 
 into their Hands ; and appeals to the Title of the Memo- 
 rial, that imported a Ceffation of Arms between the two 
 u^rmies in the Netherlands : He inffts, that pofitive Orders 
 be fcnt to the Duke of Ormond to withdraw all the 
 Troops in Enghjh Pay ; and when thefe Orders fhall have 
 Leen punctually comply'd with, the King will perform 
 liis Promife of delivering Dunkirk. The Duke of Ormond 
 having already declared abfolutely to the Allies, that 
 he could no longer cover the Siege of Quefnoy^ re- 
 mains in a State of Inadlicn, tho'-'tis plain by his Or- 
 dersj he was now free from all Reftraint, the Anfwer not 
 being fign'd by Monf. de Torcy^ as was exprefly required ; 
 ibme material Alterations being made in the Conditions 
 relating to Spain^ which his Grace had then no Notice 
 that the Queen bad confented to ; and Marfhal ydlars 
 refufing to give him the Pofftllion of Dunkirk^ which 
 were declared Points without which the Queen would not 
 confent to a Ceffation of Arms. That the Duke of Or- 
 m&nd was himfelf of this Opinion, is evident from his 
 own Letter to Mr. St, John of June 29, wherein he ex- 
 euTes his deferring feparating the Troops, and marching 
 towards Dunkirk^ until he had fufficient Affurance that 
 Place would be furrender'd to him ; and then his Grace 
 iaj-s, * The contrary appears now fo evidently, that I 
 
 * fliould look upon myfelf immediately at Liberty to adt 
 < in Conjundlion with the Allies ; but I do not take upori 
 
 * ine to make a Step of fuch Confequence without the 
 
 * Queen's particular Orders, which I Ihall expeil with the 
 
 * greateft Imp-itience. 
 
 Thefe unex peded Refolutions of the Foreigners in the 
 Qijeen's Pay, not to abandon their Allies, and leave them 
 at the Mercy of the Trench Army, very much difcon- 
 certed cur Meafures here for a Oiort Time ; but on June 
 ^o, 0. S. Mr. St. John writes to Monf. de Torcy^ that the 
 Accounts fiom the Duke of Ormond were conformable to 
 what he had fenr, which gave the Qiieen a fenfible Dif- 
 ' pleafure ; but :is her M.ijelly had taken a firm and unal- 
 
 * terable Refolurion not to yield to any Dillic'^lties, he 
 
 * doubts not to fucceed, and believes Monf. de Torcy will 
 
 * be convijicM of this Truth when he has read over this 
 
 * Letter : Thar he had juft then told the Minifters of 
 
 * thofe Princes who have Troops in the Queen's Pay, 
 
 * chat uniefs they obey the Duke of Ormend^'i Orders, her 
 
 [ Majefly
 
 /r^w July 1714^ fd? Jan. 17^6. 201 
 
 Majifty will take it as a Declaration againft her, and 
 from that Time they fliall not be paid : That if the 
 French King will deliver Dunkirkj the Duke of Ormonet 
 fhall retire with the EngVifh Troops, and all thofe Fo- 
 reigners that will ol)ey him, and declare the Queen will 
 adl no longer againft Trance^ nor pay thofe that wi/I 5 
 and will make no Difficulty to conclude a fep^rate 
 Peace with France^ leaving the Allies a Time wherein 
 they may have Liberty to fubmit to fuch Conditions, 
 as ihall be agreed upon betwixt the Queen and the Moft 
 Chriftian King. See, Sir, the Peace in the King's 
 Hands; if the Duke of Ormond's whole Army ronfents 
 to the Sufpen/ion of Arms, our firft Proif^fl proceeds; 
 if they will not confent, rhe Englijh Troops will with- 
 draw, and leive the Foreigners to feek for tlieir Sub- 
 fiflence from the States, who, very far from being able 
 to furnifli new Ex^ences, are not capable to fupporc 
 what they have already upon their Hands. In fhort, 
 Britain retiring from the Theatre of W^r, and leaving 
 it to thofe that are in no Condition to make Head againfi 
 France f the Peace may be concluded betw?en the two 
 Crowns in a few Weeks. Thefe, Sir, are the Propor- 
 tions which the Queen commands me to make, and be- 
 lieves the King of France will find his Account, ^t leaft, 
 as rnnch rhe laft Way as the firft. He once more dehres 
 him to fend an Exprefs to the Duke of Ormondy thac 
 he m^y know how to regulate his Conduit ; ^nd i' he 
 fignifies to him th^t the King has given Orders to the 
 Governor of Dunkirk to admit the Er.glif^, his Grace 
 will immediately do all thac he ha^ faid. He acquaints 
 him further, That the Queen was refolv'd to fi'wi rhe- 
 EjtI of Strafford immediately to the Army." On rhe 
 fame D ty Mr. St. John fends a Copy of this Letter ro the 
 Duke of Ormond^ and to (hew his own Opinion o? this 
 extraordinary Piece, in a Poftfcripr he fays, I need not 
 caution your Grace^ that the inchs'd for M. rle Tor y, is fit- 
 to fall under the Eye of no Perfon whatfoerer but your 
 Grace : As for his Inftrudions at this cntic-.l Jundlurej 
 they are fuch as her Majclty thought deferv'd fern ing the 
 Earl of Strafford on purpofe to the Army ; and his Grace 
 his order'd to give Marftial ViUars an Account of the 
 Endeavours the Queen had ufed to fubdue the Obftinac/ 
 of thofe who refused to obey, and of his Expedtations to 
 hear from him on an Exprefs fent to France. And a fe- 
 cond Time, according to what was faid to M. de Torcy^ 
 his Grace his order'd, if he receives an Account from 
 
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 202 The Hiftorkal Regijle}\ 
 
 the Court of France, that her Majeity's hft Propofals are 
 agreed to, and Orders difpatchM for the Surrender of 
 Dunkirk^ without any inore to do, to declare the Sufpen- 
 fion between Great Britain and France, and to keep the 
 whole Body that fliall obey his Orders entire, and to 
 wididraw in the beft Manner his Circumftances will al- 
 low. This Offer was no fooner receiv'd in France, but, 
 without the Lofs of one Moment's Time, accepted and 
 con rented to, as Monf. de Torcy acquaints Mr. 5"^. JoJjny 
 July 5", K S. He mentions very pirricularly all the Rea- 
 ibns and Engagements which had been £o plainly and 
 ejcplicitely propos*d ; and upon Condition that the Queen. 
 does immediately make a fep^rate Peace, keep, no Meafures 
 vi'irh her Allies, but only leave them a Time to fubmit 
 to the Conditions that (hall be agreed upon for them be- 
 tween France and England ; the King of France hath de- 
 termined to fend his Orders to permit the Erghfi Troops 
 to enter punkirk ', and at the fame Time a Courier was 
 difpatchM to Marflial ViUan to carry him thefe Orders. 
 And as a general CefHnon from all Hoftilicies both by 
 Land and Sea, between the two Nations, had been pro- 
 pcs'd by England till their Treaties could be finifli'd, the 
 King of France with the fame Readinefs confents to 
 that. Hereupon freih Orders are fent to the Duke of 
 Ormondj that as foon as he iliall hear that the Governor had 
 receiv'u Orders to evacuate Dunkirk, and to admit the 
 Queen's Troops into the Place'; without loling a Moment, 
 if he had not already done it, to declare a Sufpenfion of 
 Arms, and to withdraw all the EngiiP't Troops, and fuch 
 others as would obey his Orders : And left any Accident 
 jTiight Hill obfi.ru6t this Projedt, his Grace, by Mr. St. John^ 
 is" told, he mult obferve that the Order is pofitive, and 
 that no Csfe can poflibly happen, in which her Majefty 
 will allow that any other Meafure (hould be taken ; and 
 Mr. St. Jahn is much concerned that the Earl of Strafford. 
 win arrive at tiie Army later than was to be wiflf-d, from 
 Tbhom his Grace was to receive thofe Lights and Informa- 
 tions for his Guidance in this nice Conjunifture, that he 
 'i% amply inftrufled ro give him. 
 
 Ju:y 12, N. S. Lord Straford arrives in the Camp ; the 
 J4t:h Prince £7<^e,^e fends the Duke of Ormond y^oid by 
 an Aid de Camp, that he intended to march the next 
 Morning with a Defign, as was fuppos'd, to attack Lan- 
 drecy. The Duke of Ormond is much furpriz'd ac the Mef- 
 fagCj refnfes to march with him, or give him any A€- 
 llHance froja^i the Queen's Troops; buc lets the Prince 
 
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 /r<?w July 1714, r^ Jan. 1716. 203 
 
 know, that when he march'd, his Grace fliould be oblig'd 
 to cake the beft Care he could for [he Security of the 
 Queen's Troops, and to change his Camp in Order to it. 
 The fame Day Marfhal FiUars giving the Duke of 
 Ormoni an Account, that he had fenc by Colonel Lloyd. 
 Orders for the Delivery of Dunkirk^ fays, ' Permit me, 
 ' Sir, to have the Honour to tell you, tho* it be very 
 
 * advantageous not to be obligM to engage the braved 
 
 ' and boldeft of our Enemies, yet 'tis very important to • 
 
 * kiiow thofe that remain fo ; and I take the Liberty to 
 *■ defire you will do me the Honour to fend me Word, 
 ' what Troops and what Generals will obey your Orders ; 
 ' becaufe the firft Attempt the Enemy makes, I will noc 
 ' Jofe one Moment to meet them ; the King gives me a 
 
 * Liberty to fight, which nothing but the Negociations 
 ' has hitherto prevented, and which the Army under my 
 
 * Command has a great Defire to make ufe of. I think 
 ' the Work is finifli'd, if the Army which is under your 
 
 * Orders obeys them. This then. Sir, is no indifcreec 
 ' Curiofiry, that I prefume to defire' you to give me fome 
 
 * Lights upon the Doubts which I am in. I fliall be very 
 ' much oblig'd to you. Sir, if, by the Return of this 
 ' Trumpet, you'll honour me with one Word of Anfwer, 
 
 * upon the Lights which I have dehr'd of you. You'll 
 
 * give me Leave to join to this Packet a Leaer for my 
 
 * Lord Strafford. 
 
 July 15, the Duke of Ormond^ in Anfwer to this Letter, 
 fays, ' I fhould be glad I were at prefent in a Capacity 
 ' to give you all the Infight you def:re, but it is yet im- 
 
 * pofiible for me. Notwithflanding I was unwilling to 
 ' delay fending back the Trumpet, to let you know I am 
 ' well alfur'd I Ihall be capable of telling you to Morrow 
 ' particularly, what Troops will remain under my Com- 
 ' mand. As to the Sufpenfion of Arms, you already 
 *• know. Sir, that, according to my Orders, I cannot de- 
 ^ clare it in Form, till I am affur'd the Governor of 
 
 * Dunkirk iliall have executed all the King's Orders for 
 ' the Evacuation of the Place. His Grace adds, In the 
 ' mean Time you will agree with me, Sir, that the faid 
 ' Sufpenfion has already its EfFedl on my Side, fince I have 
 ^ jufl now inform'd Prince Eugene and the States Depu- 
 ' ties, that in Cafe they fliould undertake any new Ope- 
 
 * ration, I could not give them any Afliftance with the 
 
 * Queen's Army, 
 
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 204 The Hifiorical Regifler^ 
 
 On the i6th^ the Duke of Ormond writes again to 
 Marefchal J^iUars^ and fays, ' Your Trumpet juft now piic 
 into my Hands the Honour of your Letter of the 15th, 
 and I am now to acquit myfelf of the Promife I made 
 yon Yefterday. Prince Engere is march'd this Morning, 
 and all the Foreign Troops have quitted us, except one 
 Battalion and four Squadrons of Holjiein^ and two Squa- 
 drons of Walef. He addsy Things having pafs'd as I 
 have the Honour to tell you, I thought myfelf obliged 
 to acquaint you of it as foon as poflible ; and as I ob- 
 ferv'd to you Yefterday, the Sufpenfion of Arms has 
 already its EfFedl on my Part, by the Separation I have 
 made of the Queen's Troops, and all her Artillery^ 
 from thofe of Prince Eugene^ and by my declaring to 
 him, I could give him no Afllftance, and that the Pay- 
 ment of the Foreign Troops is ftopp'd, and that by 
 Confequence there is fallen upon the Emperor and Hol- 
 land a Burthen they will not be long able to fupport. 
 I truft, Sir, to your good Faith, and f]>ali to Morrow 
 make a Movement to put myfelf into another Situation, 
 ajid I hope I fhall have News from Vunhirk^ that will 
 authorize me to declare a Sufpenfion of Arms." The 
 fame Day Marfhal Villars acquaints the Duke of Or- 
 mond^ that the Governor of Biinhirk was making the 
 leceiTary Preparations to evacuate that Place: He tells his 
 Grace, ' For my Part, Sir, as I already reckon you for 
 " our Ally, I am not at all in hafte to have you farther 
 ofFj you are at your own Liberty to come near us, and 
 encamp on the King's Territories v/herever you fhall 
 think proper." Upon this the Duke of Ormond the Day- 
 after order'd a CelTation of Arms to be proclaim'd by 
 Sound of Trumpet. 
 
 The Committee in this Place obferve, that had the 
 firil Defign taken EflFeit, which was depended upon by 
 France^ and fo far prefum'd by England as to be under- 
 taken for, that all Foreigners in the Queen's Pay, that 
 composM the Duke of Ormond's Army, • {hould feparate 
 and withdraw from the reft of the Allies, it is notorious, 
 that from that Inftant Prince Eugene's whole Army, un- 
 lefs they fubmitted to the fame Meafures, had been left 
 at the Mercy of the French Army, to be cut in Pieces, or 
 made Prifoners, at the Will of Marflial Millars ; which 
 had left the Queen's Troops in no better a Condition than 
 to have the Privilege of being laft deftroy'd ; yec all the 
 Aliie?, whofe Honour and Confcience would not permit 
 them to abandon their Confederal esj and leave them as 
 
 a Sacrifice
 
 from July i7r4, r^Jan. 1716. 205 
 
 a Sacrifice to France^ were punilhM by Englar.d with the 
 Lofs of their Pay and Stibfidie?, which was all chat was 
 in the Power of the Miniftry to do, to (hew their Re- 
 fentment at this great Difappointment to the Meafures of 
 France. However, this March of Prince Eugene^ Lord 
 Straff'ord thought mipht be turn'd upon them, and he 
 prevaiTd vVith the Duke of Ormond^ ill a MeiLge to 
 Prince Eti^ene, to fay, ' His marching without Concert 
 
 * with us, and all the Queen's Auxiliaries marching from 
 
 * us, expos'd us To, that we have been oblig'd to fend ro 
 
 * the French to declare with us a CefTationof Arms." No- 
 thing lefs could put the Qiieen's Troop's in Safety ; for 
 tho* Matters fell out fo pat, without this we mult: have 
 declared for the Ceflation, yet wh}^ fliould we riot turn all 
 this Matter upon them ? The Committee had not thought 
 it tvorth their while to take Notice of fuch an idle At- 
 tempt to irapofe upon the Senfes of Mankind, if they- 
 had not been induced by another Paffage in the fame 
 Letter to think it deferv'd fome Obfervation ; where 
 Lord Strafford giving an Account of what pafs'd upon the 
 Separation, fays, ' All the Englifh feem refoic'd to march 
 
 * off, being weary of tlie Situation they were in, and 
 
 * the Reproaches they met with in the great Army 5 
 
 * there are two or three Faces very four, they figh and 
 
 * wifh the Hanoyerians had not feparated from us; but E 
 f Ihall tell them, perhaps, it may be better. He imy fee. 
 
 * by this Time the wrong Advice he has follcw'd, fmce 
 
 * all muft lay the Plame of the Separation upon him. '" 
 But this is not the only Inftance of the Scorn and Con- 
 tempt which his Lordihip was ready to exprefs upon the 
 like Occafions ; for July the i6ch, 1712, giving an Ac- 
 count of a Converfation with Mr. Bu'ait^ the Eledlor of 
 H^no-vfr's General, wherein his Lordiliip declared, Tha^ 
 the ^leen had yet neither made Peace nor Truce^ which De- 
 claration was made near a Month after the Articles for x 
 Sufpenfion of Arms were fign'd, and his Lordfhip repre- 
 fenting the great Dangers the Queen's Troops were expos'd 
 to, by being left alone in their Camp when Prince Eugene 
 march'd, and Mr, EuUu replying, in Cafe of any Attack 
 they had been fure of their Afliftance and Protection ; his 
 Lordihip fays, ' My Anfwerwas in a difdainful Way ; Ic 
 
 * would be a very odd Thing, when an Eledlor of the 
 
 * Empire fhould be a fufficient Protedlion to Great Britain;? 
 And December the i^th, 1712, Lord Strafford in hi* 
 Letter to Mr St, John^ ^^Yh ' Count Zin%e,ndorf own'd, 
 J it Was inapoflible to carry on the War alone, efpeciall^
 
 706 The H'lftorkal Regijle)\ 
 
 /ince the Elector of HanoreVy who was the greateft Hero 
 
 * for the War, has threarenM the States to recal his Troops, 
 
 * if they did not pay him the Queen's Share of the Subii- 
 
 * dies/ — In fhort. Count Zinzendorf himfelf could not 
 
 * but laugh at the ridiculous Way of proceeding of that 
 f Court, 
 
 The Armies being now feparated, and theSufpenfion of 
 Arms declar d, the Committee recapitulate in what Man- 
 ner, and by what Steps, this fatal Ceffation was procured. 
 They obferve in the firft Place, that it is evidenr, it was 
 of infinite Advantage and abfolutely necelTary to the Af- 
 fairs of Franccy and therefore infifted on by France ; and 
 that it is as certain, that the Englifh Miniftry gave early 
 into it, if they were not the firft Advifers of it ; for 
 which no other Account need be required, but that, as 
 all their Meafures tended to advance the Intereft of the 
 Queen's Enemies, they could not fail to be zealous in a 
 Point which contributed more to thofe Views than any- 
 one Occurrence during the whole Negotiation 5 but as they 
 all along wanted Appearances, and confulted them more 
 than any real Advantages to the Kingdom, they thought 
 it neceflary to annex fome Conditions to this important 
 Article, that might pafs upon the deluded People as a Ju- 
 flification of this unprecedented Treachery. The Demo- 
 lition of Dunkirk was always fo popular a Point, that no- 
 thing could ftrike the Imaginations of the People more, 
 than to be told, that this important Place was delivered 
 into the Queen's PofTeflion ; This Step, they thought, well 
 improv'd, would recommend the Peace itfelf, at leaft, 
 juftify the CeiTation. And as the Nation had nothing 
 more at Heart than the Difpofition of the Spanijh Monar- 
 chy, after the Renunciarion had been induftrioufly cry'd 
 up, and the Queen had declar'd from the Throne, that 
 france and Spain were thereby more effeftually divided 
 than ever : Thefe two Articles were made the efifential 
 Conditions of granting a CeiTation of Arms. For the 
 latter, France eafily confented to iz^ having declar'd it to 
 be null and void by the fundamental Laws of France ; 
 For the firft, 'tis evident how unwillingly Trance was 
 brought to furrender Dunkirk ; but this the Miniftry were 
 refolv'd to purchafe at any Rate, as what would moft eafi- 
 ly amufe, and fenfibly affedl the Nation ; and therefore to 
 obtain this, they engage not only to grant a Cedation of 
 Arms, but to conclude a feparate Peace. The Profpedl of 
 concluding a. feparate Peace, and the obtaining an imme- 
 diate CefTiuiQa of Arms, which anfwer'd all the Purpofes 
 2 - of
 
 from July 17 14, to Jan. 171 6. Q07 
 
 of trance almoft as well as a feparate Peace, by leaving 
 the whole Confederacy at their Mercy, were fo great 
 Temptations to Trance^ that the Surrender of Vunhirk is 
 agreed to ; but if we confider what England gain'd by 
 granting this fatal CefTation, we fhall find the Demolition 
 of Dtinhrk fupply'd by a new Canal, more beneficial to 
 to France^ and formidable to the Navigation of Great Bri- 
 taitiy than Dunkirk ever was ; and for the Renunciation, 
 we were told by France^ we fhould deceive our felves if 
 we accepted it as an Expedient to prevent the Union of 
 the two Monarchies. 
 
 The Committee clofe their Obfervations upon this me- 
 morable Campaign of 17I2, with inferting another Let- 
 ter that was wrote by the Duke of Ormond to my Lord 
 Bolingbroke. The Dutch, it feems, encouraged by the Suc- 
 cefs of their Enterprize upon Fort Knocque, had form'd 2 
 Defign for furprizing Newport or Fumes, which his Grace 
 having Intelligence of, thought proper to write the fol- 
 lowing Letter, 06lober the 21ft, 1712, to my Lord Bo'wg» 
 broke. I take this Opportunity to acquaint your Lord/hip with 
 an /if air which has been communicated to me by a Perfon yery 
 well incHnd to her Majejiy's Seryice ; Tour Lordfiip will befi 
 judge of the Importance of it, and the Ufe that is to be madt 
 of it, when I tell you, that the Succefs of the Enter prife upon 
 Knocque has encouraged the forming a ProjeSi for furpriz,inT 
 Newport or Fumes, and that the fortifying Dixmude is 
 made ufe of as a Pretence for drawing together a Body of 
 Troops fufficient to put the De/Ign in Execution, If it be 
 thought more for her Majefty's Serrice to prevent it, I am 
 humbly of Opinion fome Means Jhould be found to give Ad- 
 yice of it to Marjhal Villars, who may pofjibly think we owe 
 him that good Office, in Hequital of fome Informations your 
 Lordflnp knows he has giyen me, with a Deftgn to ferye her 
 Majejiy and the Nation. I am not yet at Liberty to acquaint 
 your Lordjhip with the Name of my Author^ who defires the 
 whole Matter may be managed with the greatefi Secrecy. 
 
 The CefTation was no fooner declared, and Dunkirk de- 
 livered up, but Monfieur de Torcy calls upon Mr. St. fehn 
 to perform his Promife of concluding a Peace between 
 France and Great Britain in a few Weeks, which he thinks 
 can meet with no Difficulties, all the Conditions of Peace 
 with England being regulated, and the Intentions of the 
 King touching the General Peace known to, and approved 
 by her Britannick Majefty, Monfieur de Torcy then propo- 
 fes the Method of regulating the Sufpenfion by Sea ; and 
 infifts, that during the Sufpenfion, either general or parti- 
 
 P 3 cular.
 
 2c8 The Hfftorkal Regifler^ 
 
 Cular, the Tranfportatioii of neither Troops, Ammunicion, 
 nor Provi/ions, fhalJ he allowed into Portugal^ Cataloniaj^ 
 or any otiier Place where the War continues. Pacquet- 
 Bous between Doyer and CaJais are to be immediately fet- 
 tled for the general Ea(e of Correfpondence, and the Suf- 
 penfion o^' Arms to be publifh'd in Fortugal and Catalonia^ 
 without waiting *rili it fliall be fettled at Utrecht. All 
 thefe Propor.4ls from Trance are very readily afTented to, 
 and Mr. St. John thinks the Q.ae!?n in a Condition not to 
 lofe a Momejit's Time in concluding with the Minifters of 
 prance the Convention for a general Sufpenfion of Arms^ 
 both by Sea ynd Land, and even the Treaty of Peace be- 
 tween Great Britain and France. Mr. St. John then opens to 
 h\m the Me.ifures that had been here concerted for the Duke 
 cf Sa-^^oy : Of all the Allie^^ fays he, there is none whofe In- 
 tereji the j^ieen has fo much at Heart as the Duke of Savoy*? .* 
 He hopes the moft Chriftian Kinii, will a6l in Concert 
 with her Majefty, and omit nothing that may engage his 
 Royal Highnefs to come into all our Meafures, and that 
 may proce6l him from the Infultsof the Imperialifts for 
 fo doing ; and among other Advantages propos'd for him, 
 he Iiys it down as a Principle, that it is neither for thq 
 Intereft of Great Britain nor France., that the Kingdpm of 
 Sicily fliould be given to the Houfe of A;tjiria^ and there- 
 fore demands it for the Duke of Sayoy.^ and declares the 
 Queen will not defift from this Demand. This Concern of 
 the Erujf} Minifters for the Duke of Sayoy.^ the Committee 
 is at a Lofs to account for. The French^ as appears by a 
 Letter of theBiaiopof Brijiol to Mr. St. John., of the %6th 
 of Jpril 171 2, had ailn ally offered Sicily to the Emperor. 
 Tjie Duke of Savoy him felf did not relilh this Propofition, 
 as appears by the Lord Tetsrhorough's, Letter to Mr. St. John.^ 
 of the 24th of September 1712^ in which his Lordfliip re- 
 prefents the Duke of Sayoy exprefling, That he was not Tq 
 Vainly impatient of the Title of King, as to lofe or ha- 
 zard any real Intereft for an empty Name ; but that he 
 thought it much more extraordinary, that a Prince beaten 
 ten Years together by his Enemies, fliould remain at laft 
 with the Prize contended for, and which fo often by 
 |<arliament had been declar'd the juft and unavoidable Mo- 
 tive of the War. Again, in Lord Peterborough's Letter of 
 Noyember the i6rh, 1712, to Mr. St. John.^ he affirmed, 
 Thar nothing can reprei'ent the Unealinefs of Mind of 
 the Duke of Sayoy.^ after thefe Offers had been made him : 
 To calm this Uneafinefs, and to fix his Royal Highnefs irj 
 the Meafures of the Miniftry, ic was ncceilary the Lord 
 ^ ' Peterborough.
 
 fro7n July 17 14, to Jan. 17 16. 209 
 
 Peterborough fliould, in a Memorial given to him, repre- 
 fenr, That his Royal Highnefs, in refufmg thefe Offers, 
 mijft fall out with the Qiieen, and the Engli/Jj Minifters, 
 whom his Lordlhip endeavours to excufe from the Re- 
 proaches caft diredlly upon them, as if they were Perfons 
 devoted to France : That for the Support of what w>is pro- 
 pos'd, a fufficient Fleet fliould be furnifh'd either by Eng- 
 land or France^ or by both Powers jointly ; and that his 
 Royal Highnefs (hould be guaranteed and protedled, againft 
 aRy Power that (hould oppofe this Proje6t, or fliould infulc 
 him for having accepted thefe Offers. The Arguments of 
 the Englijh A^inifters did at length prevail with his Royal 
 Highnefs ; and if the View of the faid Minifters was ef- 
 fCillually to difabJe the Emperor from fupporting himfelf 
 againft France after our Separation, by forcing into the 
 Inrereft of France an Ally fo confiderable as the Duke of 
 Saroy^ it muft be confefsM thefe Meafures were extreamly 
 well calculated for fuch an End ; but it does not appear 
 to the Committee, how England came to be fo far con- 
 cernM in this Matter, as to offer its Guarantee tor Sicily^ 
 which naturally muft have engaged us in a War againft 
 the Emperor. This Forwardnefs of the Miniftry in offer- 
 ing to make England Guarantee for Conditions advanta- 
 geous only to France, feems the more extraordinary, when 
 they obferve, that during the whole Courfe of this Nego- 
 ciation, they find no Endeavours ufed to procure a Gua- 
 rantee of our Confederates to fecure the Proteftant Succef- 
 fion, which had been addrefs'd for by both Houfes of Par-, 
 liaraent ; nor do they obferve, that the King of Sicily, for 
 whom fo much was done, was ever requefted to be Gua- 
 rantee for the faid Succeflion. 
 
 The dreadful Confequences of the Separation of the 
 Armies were now fenfibly felt in the unfortunate Adlion 
 ac Denain, where Marfhal pillars on the 24th of /^(y? ^. ^» 
 attacked Lord Albemarle's Camp which he forc'd, took 
 him Prifoner, and entirely defeated all the Troops under 
 his Command. Monfieur de Torcy immediately fends am 
 Account to Mr. St. John, of this agreeable News, and fay?. 
 The King of France is perfitaded, that the Advantage which 
 his Troops hare obtain d, will giye the Queen fo much the more 
 T/eafure, as it may be a new Motive to oyercome the Objiinacy 
 of the Enemies to Feace, The Committee could not with 
 patience read a Letter from a Minifter of France, decla- 
 ring to the Secretary of State of England, That a Vidlory 
 obtain'd by the Qiieen's Enemies over her good Allies, mull 
 be a Pleafure or Satiifadtion to her Majefty. But at this 
 
 V ^ Time^
 
 2 1 o The Hiftorical Regifle)\ 
 
 Time, th^French thought themfelves fo fure oF the Britifly 
 Miniftry, that they depended upon their Afliitance co 
 puOi this Advantage againft the Confederites ftill further ; 
 and Monlieur de Tony fays, He hopes the Queen will efcclu- 
 ally bring them to Reafo?:,^ in agrteijig immediately tcith the 
 Kijg^ the laft Meafures that are to be taken for finijhing this 
 Work. She has the Means in her own Hands^ if fie will make 
 w/e 0/ Ghent ^n^/ Bruges, which her Ir oops pojfej's^ and efpe- 
 dally of Ghent ; for it depends upon whof&eyer is Majier of 
 that Place^ to make all the Dcfigns of the Enemies Generals 
 tntfcarry^ and to gire Law to the Dutch. 
 
 Neirher was Monfieur de Torcy fmguhr in his Opinion 
 about the Adlion at Denain ', Marflial yiJlars' would not 
 lofe a Moment in giving the Duke of Ormond an Account 
 of this News ; He afcribes the Vidory to the Separation 
 of the brave Eng^iif)^ and infults the Allies as common 
 Enemies, that niuft now be fenfible what wrong Meafures 
 they had taken. In this Manner, and to this Effect, Mar- 
 {hil VtUars thinks proper to write to the Duke of Ormond ; 
 and. at the fame T;me defires his Grace to tranfmit tbis 
 Account £0 the French Plenipotentiaries at Utrecht^ and to 
 make a thcufand Complements from him to Lord Strafford. 
 And that there mi^ht be no P^rt of the World where ic 
 was in the Power of the Enghfj Miniftry to aflift their 
 new Friends the French^ at the h^xpenceof their old Allie?, 
 Monfieur dc Torcy furrher prop'ifcs, That the Queen {hould 
 j)ut a Scop to Coinit Staremhergh's, Projedls in Catalonia^ by 
 fending Orders ro her Maiefty's Troops in Terragona not to 
 Jet the Germans into that Place ; and not content with be- 
 ing aided and aflifted all that was poflible by Land, he 
 further defires that exprefs Orders might be fent ( and 
 through France as the fliorteft Way) to the EngUfj Men of 
 War that were then cruifiug in the Mediterranean^ to fuf- 
 ter the Trench Ships that were then returning from the Le- 
 'panty ro pafs un molefted ; which was no fooner afk'd than 
 eomply'd with. 
 
 But the taking PoiTeflion of Ghent and Bruges was not 
 only the Defire of Moniieur de Torcy^ but was fupported by 
 the Advice of the Earl of Strafford ; who in his Letter to 
 Mr. St. John oT the 17th of July 1712, fays, / am for ha- 
 '^hg the Vuks of Ormond fend fame Party on Purpofe to march 
 through fome of their Towns^ to fee whether or no they would 
 refufe them Pajfage ; if they did^ that might authorize us the 
 mtre to do a Thing -very agreeable to the Queen*s Troops^ and 
 fvhat I helieye 'vou wjuld approve of. His Lordfhip adds, He 
 ^meaning the Duke of Ormond) ii yery hearty in every Things 
 
 but
 
 from July 17 1/^^ r^ Jan. 1716. 211 
 
 ^nt really is under Difficulties with' thofe about him ; thofe that 
 are able^ are not yet entirely to be reJyd upony and thofe that 
 might be trufied^ are not capable of giving Advice. And 
 that there might be no (Joubt of his Lordlhip's Meaning 
 in what he had before advis'd July the 21ft, he tells Mr. 
 St. ^ohn^ The Meafures I mention d would not be difagree- 
 able to yoH^ was that of marching to Ghenfj which we 
 hare now jo well executed^ that we are within two Days 
 March of it, and the Englilh are entire Mafiers of the 
 Citadel^ as likewife of all the Gates of the Town^ and 
 hare Orders to he upon their Guard \ not to Jet themfehes be 
 furpriz.'d by two Battalions^ one of Dutch and one 0/ Walloons 
 in the Town,^ nor any Troops fent from any other Place. This 
 is <«Coup de Parti for the States who did not expeSl if, eJfe 
 they would not hare behay'd themfehes with the Hauteur they 
 lately did ; the Thing was fo well and fecretjy manag'd^ that 
 all Preparations were made to march about to Warneton be^ 
 tween Lifle and Ipres, to haye liVd upon the French Country^ 
 and till we had march'd a Day*s March on this Side the 
 Scarp, the Dutch and their Friends did not perceive our De- 
 fign^ which as foon as they did^ their Surprize and Uneajtnefs 
 were equally great. The Duke of Ormond having given an 
 Account of his marching his Army towards Ghent and 
 Bruges^ Lord Bolingbr ok e commtn^^ his Condu6l, and tells 
 him, The Methods he had purfud were fo well adapted t» 
 the pre fent Conjuncture of Affairs y that they anfwer in every 
 Point what they would have wifj'd .' That the News of Dunkirk 
 could not have been followed by any more agreeable^ than that 
 of his Grace's having direlled his March towards Ghent. 
 Moreovefj on the aid of Ju^y^ 0. S. his Lordlhip tells 
 his GriCe, That taking Pojjeffion of Ghent and Bruges, had 
 improved her Majefty's Fiews^ which he is order''d to fecure in 
 the befl Manner he was able., and doubts not but it will have 
 a good Efeci upon the ConduCh of the Allies. 
 
 On the 17th of /wj, 0. S. in a Letter to Monf. de Tor- 
 cy^ Lord Bolinbroke recapitulates what he faid before, con- 
 cerning the Duke of Savoy j and as a farther Motive to 
 induce France to comply with his Demands, he reprefents, 
 That it will be yery important to have his Concurrence both in 
 the Sufpen/ion of Arms^ and the Treaty of Peace^ which .^ in 
 all Probabi ity^ will be made between Britain, France, and 
 Spain, without the Intervention of the other Allies ; and that 
 Savoy's declaring for us will he a deci/ive Stroke^ and ths 
 more necejfary.^ becaufe the King of Pruflii'j ConduCh has not 
 anfwer d the Queen s Expeflations. Before this Letter was 
 difpatch'd, the Lord Bolinbroke receives Monf. de Torek's of 
 the 25thj N. S. la anfwer to which, /«/jf the iSth, 0. S. 
 
 lie
 
 2 12 The H{ftortcal Regiffer, 
 
 I " 
 
 lie infills further in Behalf of the Duke of Sayoy^ tel/$ 
 liira with ^reat Satisfaction, That the Duke of Ormond 
 was fojfefs'd of Ghent and Rruges ; and as the Queen em- 
 hrac'd with a great deal of Satisfa6lion e\>ery OpportJinity that 
 cjer^d to do the King a Pleafurey po/itive Orders are fent to 
 Admiral Jennings to fuffer the French Ships coming from 
 the Levant, to pafs freely. It is almoft incredible that 
 the En^liflo Miniftry, however determin'd they were to 
 ^ve up the Honour of the Queen, and Intereft of their 
 Country, in following the Didlates of Francey Ihould ven- 
 ture to do it in this open Manner. All that h^d been 
 hitherto declar'dj was a Sufpenfion of Arms in Flanders^ 
 and that our Troops were to adi no longer againft France : 
 Rut here, by the Advice of the Earl of Straford^ at the 
 Deiire of Monf. de Torcy^ they are to keep PolT--flion of 
 Ghent and Bruges, in order to difappoinc the Dsfigns of 
 the Enemies of France, and the Allies of the Queen ; and 
 altho* the Sufpenfion of Arms extended as yet no further 
 than to the two Armies in Flaiiders, and the general Suf- 
 penfion by Sea and Land was not iign'd till the 19th of 
 •jiugnft, N. S. the, Lord BoUnbroke, on the i8th of ^uly^ 
 O^ S declares, he had then fent \cry pofitive Orders to 
 the Queen's Admiral, not to intercept the French Fleet 
 qpming from the Lerant, 
 
 Thefe conftai?t Compliajices lathe Englijh Miniftry, en- 
 couragM Monf. de Torcy, to prefs again the concluding 
 the feparate Peace between England and France^ as what 
 they both agreed in to be the moft effedlual Way to make 
 the reft of the Allies comply. He defires, T/>dt the Troops 
 in Flanders, under the Command of the Duke of Ormond, 
 may be left there to make a good Ufe of the Towns which he 
 vas in Tojfcfjion Df\ but as the King of France cou'd not con- 
 fent to the Duke of Savoy's having Sicily, except the Ele^or 
 of Bavaria has alfo the Netherlands bejides his Eleftoratey 
 he thinks the Queen s having a good Army in Flanders under 
 the Command of the Duke of Ormond, may render this very 
 ftaCiicable ; and as the Queen has done a great deal for her 
 own ungrateful Allies, it will be fur her Glory now to contri- 
 bute to the Good of a Prince cf fo much Merit as the Eleflor 
 of Bavaria, whofe Acknowledgments will be egti>al to the Be- 
 nefits he fhall receive. But this would not pafs even upo^ 
 the Miniftry of Great Britain ; The giving Flanders to the 
 Eledlor of Bavaria, was what would abfolutely engage us 
 in a new War, to oblige the Imperialijis and Dutch to agree 
 to it ; and they could not think it for the Honour or 
 Inteiell of the Queen to make War upon her Allies, as 
 
 ungraceful
 
 from July 1714, r^Jan. 1716. 215 
 
 ungrateful as they had been, in Favour of the Eledlor of 
 B^raria ; and efpecially confidering, that altho* we could 
 fecure Ghent and hjugei for hiroj the Allies had yet an 
 Army in Flanders io ponfiderable, both for the Number 
 and Goodnefs of their Troops, that they were able to de- 
 fend the Conquefts they had made. And to give him 
 Sicily, which was likewife demanded, Lord Bolingbrokc 
 hopes it rcill not be inftfted on, becaufe it might be the Occafion 
 of Continual Jealonfies ; it mighty in particular^ be the Source. 
 ' cf Difpmes and parrels betwixt England and France, 
 Tohofe flrift Union and indiJfoJuble Friendjhip were the Points in 
 View, to which all our Meafnres had been direSied for fo Jong 
 a Time. The j^een's Minifiers think^ when the King of 
 France has made all reafonabk Efforts for his Allies, he mu/i 
 do fomething for the Loye of Peace, and that a particular In- 
 terefi Jhotild yield to the general You cannot, fays Lord 
 Bplingbroke, but feel the Torce of this Argument, becaufe 
 you are not at all ignorant, that thii Negociation was begun 
 and carry^d on upon a Sufpojltion^ that the Queen mufl dejiji 
 from many Conditions^ -ahich in Rigour Jhe was obliged to pro- 
 (ifre for her Allies. He very ftrongly urges the NecefTity 
 of concluding immediately the Peace between England^ 
 France, and Spain ; but abfolutely infills upon Sicily for the 
 Duke of Sayoy. But altho* this Negociation was carry'd 
 on upon a Suppofition, that the Queen was to depart from 
 feveral Things, which, in Juftice, ought to have been 
 procured for her Allies, the King of France thought him- 
 felf under no fuch Obligation ; his Honour to an Ally, 
 whofe Fidelity was without Reproach, was not to be dif- 
 pens'd with ; and therefore to fatisfy his Engagements to 
 ib good an Ally, was a Point from which the King of 
 France would never depart. But to (liew the King's good 
 Difpofitions to the Peace, he at laft confents to the Duke 
 of Sayoy's having Sicily upon certain Conditions, wherein 
 very ample Provifion is made for Satisfadlion to the 
 Eledtor of Eayaria ; and one exprefs Condition is. That a 
 Peace be concluded between England, France, Spain, and 
 Savoy. In anfwer to this Letter, Lord Bolingbroke ac- 
 quaints Monf. de Jorcy, That he had received the Queen's 
 Orders to go immediately to France, and he hoped under 
 the Aufpices of the Abbot Gualtiefy in 9, Week's Time to 
 falute him at Fontainbleau. 
 
 Whilft thefe great Points were tranfadling diredlly be- 
 twixt France and England, nothing material pafs'd at 
 Utrecht ; however, fome few PaiTages concerning fuch 
 Communications as were thought ncseiHiry to be made 
 3 " tg
 
 214 T'/?^ Hijlorical Regi(lei\ 
 
 to keep up the Form of a Negociation, are here taken 
 
 Kotice of. 
 
 The Advice of the Duke of Ormondes Orders to engage 
 in neither Siege or Battle, gave great Alarm ; the States 
 defire the Britijh Minifters to give them fome Satisfadlion, 
 concerning a Matter wherein they thought Religion, Li' 
 berty, and all that is valuable, was fo nearly concerned ; 
 to which they could obtain nothing but very general An- 
 fwers. Upon which,they expreffing their Difcontent to be 
 kept entirely in the Dark, without the leaft Knowledge of 
 what was done, or intended to be done, the Bifhop took 
 that Opportunity to put an End to their Curiofity, by 
 executing the Orders before mentioned, That the ^leen 
 thought herfelf novo under no Obligation whatfoerer to the 
 States. This Declaration is grounded upon the Behaviour 
 of the States ; but it muft be remembered, that this Order 
 is dated very few Days after the Orders to the Duke of 
 Crmond not to engage in Siege or Battle. And in the 
 fame Letter the Bifhop of Briftol^ giving an Account of a 
 Confcirence between his Lordfhip and Mr. Consbruck., the 
 Emperor's Mlniflerj the Bifliop fays, He teas rery deferous 
 to know^ and I vca^ as unable to inform him^ of the Particulars 
 tvherein the Care of the Emperor's Interefl did conffi. The 
 JDutcfj did likewife fend an Exprefs to their Minifter at 
 London^ vvicli a long and molt moving Letter to the 
 Q'leen, to remonltrate again ft this Proceeding, but he 
 eiuld obtain no Anfwer at all ; Mr. St. John thought the 
 Queen intending that Week to lay before the Parliament 
 the Plan of Peace, the Proceedings of the two Houfes on 
 that Occafion, would be a more feafonable, as well as a 
 more decifive Anfwer to the States than any he could 
 return. The Qiieen having communicated to the Parlia- 
 ment how far the French are alre^;dy come, in their Pro- 
 polais for fettling a General Peace, the Bifhop of Briftol 
 is diredled to difcourfe with the Minifters of the feveral 
 Allies as foon as poflible, agreeable to the Plan contained 
 in her Majefty's Speech ; but before his Lordfhip makes 
 this Step, Mr. St. John tells him, It will be proper that he 
 fyeahi frfi voith the Fr.-nch Ficnipotentiaries upon this Subjefty 
 and enquire of them whether they will be willing, and in what 
 Manner they xcill be willing to give this Communication to the 
 Allies. But the Biftiop of Brtjhl gives an Account on the 
 2.8th of Junc^ N. S. Thai the French Fknipotentiaries de- 
 clared they had no fuch Orders, and without them they could 
 not do it. And the Biihop finding it might be of fome 
 Service, and that in was looked upon at the Hague as a 
 
 Step
 
 t 
 
 /r^w July 1714, f{? Jan, 17 16. 215 
 
 Seep that might facilitate the Sufpenfion of Hoftilities, his 
 Lordlhip did again prefs the French Minifters to know, 
 ■whether they were willing to declare in a folemn Confe- 
 rence, that the Particulars declared in the Qtieen's Speech, 
 are the King their Mailer's Offers to the Allies, and that he 
 will make them good in the Negociation. The Vrtnch 
 again refused to make any fuch Declaration ; and in this 
 Opinion they perlifted even after the Tiutch Minifters con- 
 fenred to accept the Contents of her Majefty's Speecli 
 fro materia traSlandi^ if the French would at the fame 
 Time acknowledge them to be their Mafter*s Offers, and 
 negociate upon them in order to make them good. But 
 the French Plenipotentiaries were fo far from agreeing to 
 this, that they demanded of our Minillers to know the 
 Queen's Mind upon the feveral Parts of the bft general 
 Plan brought over by M. Guahier^ and which are not 
 explained in her Majefly's Speech ; fiying, Their King 
 expedled it, and they do not know how to proceed till 
 thofe Points be ftated ; and the ucmoft they were to be 
 brought to, w°as, that it was not to be underl^ood to ex- 
 clude their Mafter from making feme Demands for the 
 Eledtor of Barana^ and that L>Jle was to be reftor*d, over 
 and above the two or three Places excepted in the Queen's 
 Speech. 
 
 Ar the fame Time that Mr. St. John communicated the 
 Queen's Speech to the Rilhop of Brifiol, he orders him to 
 let the Tfutch Minifters know, that the Queen thinks a Suf- 
 penfion of Arms, at leaft in the Nether I arid s^ to be abfolutely 
 iiecefTary. And here the Committee obferve, that thefe Orders 
 to propofe to the States a Sufpenfion, are dated June ii, 
 0, S. which was the very Day the Articles for a Suf- 
 penfion was fign'd by Monf. de Torcy^ and had been iign'd 
 by Lord Bolinbrohe five Days before. In feveral Letters 
 that followed from the Bifliop of Brifto]^ he gives an Ac- 
 count of the general DifTatisfadlion of all the Allies, and 
 the inexpreflible Confternation they v/ere all in ; that 
 they reprefented our Proceedings as the unavoidable Ruin 
 of Europe ; Religion, Liberty, the Faith of Treaties, are 
 urg'd to fhew the Enormity of our Ufage. His Lordfliip 
 does not know what he may expedl from the unmeafura- 
 ble Rage of the People, nor where it will end ; That the 
 Dutch feem to be uneafy on no Account fo much, as that 
 they cannot come to the Knowledge of what is to be 
 their Lot : Their Concern is chiefly, that they cannot 
 know the Particulars of what is defign'd for them, efpe- 
 cially what Species are to be excepted out of the T'trif of
 
 2 1 6 The Hiftorical Regijler, 
 
 1664, and what Towns out of the Barrier. On which 
 Occafion the Bifhop of Briftol did, as with the greateft 
 Truth, affure them, that he knew nothing either of the 
 one, or the other. But the Reception thefe Reprefentati- 
 ons met, feems to the Committee as iin<iccountal)le as any 
 Thing that happened. Mr. St. John^ June 20, 0. S. fays, 
 l7;ejr are not furpriz^d at the Clamours and Rage of the 
 Dutch, which they forefaw^ and veere prepared for : It is cer- 
 tain rve run great Hazards^ but it is as certain their unac- 
 countable Telly is the Occafion of it ; He cannot imagine the 
 Bijhop jhonld be in any Danger^ hi^ Character is facred in a. 
 double Manner ; and befides, I have Reafon to thinky that th^ 
 they kick and flounce like wild Beafls caught in a Toil, yet the 
 Cords are too firong for them to break \ they will foon tire 
 with flriiggling, and when they are tir'd grow tame. This is 
 the Treatment and Language which the Queen's Secretary 
 thinks fit to beftow upon her Allies : Their defiring to 
 have fomeSatisfadtion in what moft nearly concerned them, 
 is caird unaccountable Folly that had drawn all thefe Mif- 
 chiefs upon them ; and if any Refentment is (hewn, they 
 are wild Beajis ; biU the Cords of the Toils which England 
 and France had caught them i«, were too firong for them tot 
 break. But Lord Straford is not content with hard Words 
 only, he is glad that Orders were given to ftop the Pay 
 of the Foreigners, of which they complain horribly, but 
 it will make them humble and fliarp 5 handling does bet- 
 ter with thefe People than the be ft Words. 
 
 y«net2.4, 0. S, Mr. St. John wxitts z long Letter to the 
 Lord Privy Seal, and inftruds him to lay the entire Blame 
 of all that has happened upon the Dutch^ and that the 
 Want of Concert is only to be imputed to thofe who are 
 at the Head of Affairs in Holland • however, that her 
 Majefty is ftill ready for their Sakes, and for the Sake of 
 the common Intereft of Europe, to forget all that is paft, 
 and to join with them in the ftrifleft Terms of Amity and 
 Confidence. This Farce was ftill to be carry'd on in 
 Holland, and thefe Profeflions made in the Name of the 
 Queen, when it is notorious, that four Days before, June 
 20, 0. S, Mr. St, /o/?n had, in the ftrongeft Terms, pro- 
 mis'd, in the Queen's Name to Monf. de Torcy^ ro conclude 
 a feparate Peace with trance, on Condition Dunkirk wa^ 
 deliver'd to the Englifij ; and that this Offer of a feparate 
 Peace made by England^ arofe from the Frenches refufmg to' 
 deliver Dunkirk, upon the Conditions firft agreed upon^^ 
 altho* at the fame Time the Queen's Plenipotentiaries are /^ 
 diredled in a moft publick Manner to lay the Blame of 'f
 
 /r^w July 1714, f^ Jan. 1716. 217 
 
 all our Meafures at the Door of the States General. But 
 altho' in all the Letters that pafs'd between Lord BoUn^- 
 hrohe and Monf. de Torcy^ the concluding a feparate Peace 
 is treated as a Thing lectled on Lorh Sider, the Plenipo- 
 tentiaries at Utrecht are order'd to proceed upon another 
 Foot; and in a. Letter from Lord BoJingbroke oi Jwy i(5, 
 0, S. to the Plenipotentiaries jointly, upon a Suppofition 
 that Lord Straford was then got back again to Utrecht^ 
 they are ordered to lofe no Time in fettling the Conven- 
 tions for a Sufpenfion of Arms between Great Britain and 
 France^ both by Sea and Land ; and when that is brought 
 toPerfe6lion,to call upon the Allies to enter again upon the 
 Negociations on the Foundation of the Plan laid down ia 
 the Queen's Speech; and it is delir'd their Lordfhips will ap- 
 pear follicitous in this Matter, and affedl to be the AggreC- 
 fors, and to prefs the Allies to give in categorical Anfvvers.- 
 By this Means the Negociations were feemingly fet on Foot 
 again, and whether the Allies did, or did not comply. 
 Our MinKtry were ready to make their Ufe of it either 
 Way ; if they did comply, the Scandal of a feparate 
 Peace would be avoided ; if they did not, the Blame was 
 to be imputed to their Obftinacy. 
 
 The Treaty being left upon this Foot at Utrecht, with 
 a Poflibility of being carry*d on or dropt, as ihould be 
 found convenient, and the King of France having con- 
 fented to the Demands made by England on Behalf of the 
 Duke of Saroy, but among others, upon thefe two ex- 
 prefs Conditions, That a Sufpenfion of Arms both by 
 Sea and Land be immediately granted, and that a feparate 
 Peace between England, France, Spain, and Sayoy, be forth- 
 with concluded, it Was thought proper and neceflary, 
 that Lord Bolingbroke fhould go himfelf to France, finally 
 to adjuft and fettle the great Points in Difpute. The Sub- 
 ftance of his Inftrudtions was, To remove all Difficulties* 
 that might obftrudt the general Sufpen^on of Arms be- 
 tween England and France from taking Place, or fettling 
 the Treaty of Peace in fuch a Courfe, as may bring it to 
 a happy and fpeedy Conclufion. But to declare, that he 
 does not imagine there will be any Poflibility to prevail 
 with the Queen to fign the Peace with France and S^ain^ 
 unlefs full Satisfaction be given to the Duke of Savoy, He 
 is therefore to take particular Care to fettle his Barrier, 
 and to procure Sicily for him ; to fettle the Renunciation 
 in fuch a Manner, that there may be as little Room lefc 
 as poflible for Difpute or Delays that the Eledlor of 
 
 Bavariii
 
 2 1 8 The Hi/for teal Regijie}\ 
 
 hayaria may have Sardinia^ and be reftor'd to his Domi- 
 nions in the Empire, except the Upper Palatinate^ and the 
 Firft Eleflorate ; and then he is to proceed ro fpeak to 
 fuch Articles as relate to the Intereft of Great Britain^ and 
 endeavour to have fuch of them, as there may appear to 
 be any Doubt concerning, explained in the moft advan- 
 tageous Manner. And then he is to do his beft to difco- 
 Ver, upon the feveral Parts of the general Plan of Peace, 
 ■what the real Ultimatum of France may be ; and when the 
 Peace between England and Trance fliall be fign'd ; that it 
 may be expedient to fix the Allies a Time to come in, 
 wherein the Queen will ufe her good Offices, but will 
 not be under any Obligation to impofe upon the Allies 
 the Scheme ofFer'd by France^ or to debar them from ob- 
 taining better Terms for themfelves. By thefe luftrudli- 
 ons it appears, that Lord Bolingbroke w^s impower'd to 
 conclude a feparate Peace with England^ France, Spain^ 
 and Sayoy. That at this Time there was feme Doubt 
 concerning fever^l Articles relating to the particular In- 
 terefts of Great Britain^ which he was to endeavour to 
 get explained ; but no Inftru£lion, if his Endeavours 
 prove inefFeftual in Benalf of Great Britain^ not to con- 
 clude the Treaty, which in thefe very Inftrudions is 
 exprefly provided for in Favour of Sayoy: And his Lord- 
 fhip is order'd to do his beft to difcover the Ultimatum of 
 France^ which hitherto, it feems, the Miniftry were ig- 
 norant of; But whether France condefcended fo far or not, 
 as to let his Lordlhip into this Secret, our Treaty was to 
 Le coHcluded; and the Miniftry feem to think, they had 
 fufficiently difcharg'd their Duty in declining to be en- 
 gag'd to impofe what Terms France fhould think proper 
 upon the Allies *, thofe Allies to whom the Queen was 
 bound by the Faith of Treaties, and all the moft folemn 
 Engagements and publick Declarations, to procure all juft- 
 and reafonable Satisfaftion, according to their feveral 
 Alliances. But now it feems fufficient, that we did not 
 debar them from the Liberty of endeavouring to obtain 
 Hill better Terms for themfelves. With thefe Inftrudlions 
 Lord Bolingbroke goes to France^ and without entering 
 into any further Particulars, the Convention for a general 
 Sufpenfion of Arms between Great Britain and France for 
 four Months, was fign'd at Tarn by Lord Bolingbroke and 
 Monf. de Torcy, Auguft 22, A^. S". 171 2, as his Lordlhip 
 fays J but dated Anguft 19, N. S»
 
 from']\Ji\y 1714, f^ Jan. 17x6. 21^ 
 
 Trance was now become entire Mafter of all future Ne- 
 gociations, and did not fail to make ufcf of the Povve» 
 that was put into their Hands ; an e-.rly Inllance of 
 which was feen in the Affair of Ti^utnay : But being now 
 come back tn Utrecht^ the Committee mention ;ni Incident 
 that happened there; the Difpute between Count Bechteren 
 and Mr, Mefnager^ which was made ufe of by tiie French 
 to keep the Negociations in Sufpence as long as it ferv'd 
 their Purpofe, and in which England concurred. 
 
 Augufl 3O5 Th,e Britljh Pknipotenciaries acquaint Lord 
 Bolirgbroke^ that in fome Difcourfe with the Miniflers of 
 the Allies, they had carryM Matters fo far as to tell them, 
 Tliat tho' her Majefiy vcill endeavour to promete t])eir Interefi 
 in a Peace^ and obtain for them the bejl Terms that P^all be 
 pf^JJibky yet if thofe Endeayours f,)ou.d not procure more than 
 the Contents of her Majeflys Speech^ or eren in fome Degree 
 fall fiiort of that Pian^ ihe Fault will be entirely theirs^ who 
 haye rendered Thirgs dijfcuh and uncertain^ which othernife 
 would haye been eafy and practicable. And h^tving thus far 
 compIy*d with their late Orders to lay all the Blame upon 
 the Allies, they farther inform his Lordfliip, That they 
 hadj howeyer^ obtain d the Confent of the Mimjiers of the 
 Allies to come to a Conference with thofe of Frnncej in order 
 to renew the Negociations^ the Time lo be fix'd between the 
 BritiQi and French Plenipotentiaries., veho meeting to haye 
 fome Difcourfe previous to the genera' Corfcrences^ parted 
 vcithoitt coming to any Conclujion. The Occahon of their 
 Difference, that prevented renewing the Conferences, arofe 
 upon Propofals made by the Britijh Miniffers in reiatioa 
 to Tournay. Their Lordlliips, in their Letter of the 2d 
 of September^ N. S. to Loid Lo.irgbroley ftate -lie Cafe in 
 this Manner : In her Majelly's Speech it is expreis'dj Thac 
 the Dutch are to have the entire Harrier ;as tiemanGed in 
 1709, except two or three Places at moft. The French 
 IMinifiers infiffj that they muff have Life as an Equivalent 
 for Dunkirk J and that the fame is not to be underftood as 
 one of the three Places mention'd in the Speech, and confe- 
 quently that they muff, in all, hdve four of the Places 
 jr.ention'd in the Demands of 1709. This to us appears 
 to be altogether jnconfiitent with what her Majefty has 
 declared, and we accordingly think it contrary to our 
 Duty to bring on a Conference, in which fuch an Expli- 
 cation is to be made. The French Miniflers, on the other 
 Hand, have fhew'd us iheir Orders, which roiuively re- 
 quire them to infift upon the Reftitution of Toimmy as 
 wdl as Life J and that they can by no Means coafent to 
 Q. the
 
 220 The Hijlorkal Regifler^ 
 
 the Ceflion of Maxiheuge or Conde. The Bnt'tfh Minifters 
 then prefs'd the Vrench to fpeak ac firft in Terms as gene- 
 tal, as their Propofal was conceived in ; but the Vrench 
 thought it neceflary to be particular and exprefs in that 
 Point above all others, becaufe they fliould otherwife have 
 ty'd. themfclves up, and given the Dutch an Advantage. 
 The Refult of this Debate was not to proceed to a Confe- 
 rence till this Point be derermin'd, the French infifting 
 that their Orders were £o plain, as neither to need or ad- 
 mit any Explication ; and the BritiJ}} Minifters thinking 
 the Matter as plain on their Side. They hope their Z3al 
 for her Majefty's Honour will be gracioufly approv'd, and 
 defire to be direded what further they are to do in this 
 Matter, whinh they apprehend to be of a decifive Confe- 
 fjuence, becaufe they find even thofe among the Butch^ 
 who appear to be moft cordially difpos'd to fuch a Peace, 
 as may re-eft-tblifa a good Harmony between her Majefty 
 and the States, as abfolutely neceffary for their mutual 
 Prefervation, fully refolv'd, either to retain Tournay and 
 have Conde yielded to them, or to take one of thefe two 
 Courfes, either to come into any Terms that France offers, 
 or to continue the War at all Hazards. In the fame Let- 
 ter our Plenipotentiaries give an Account, that the French 
 Minifters did infift, that the Stares General fhould, in a 
 publick Manner difavow Count Rechteren for the Aft^ronC 
 done to Mr, Me/na^er^ and then remove him from the 
 Congrefs : And this S,itisfa6tion to precede any further 
 Negociation. 
 
 The Language which our Plenipotentiaries had ufed to 
 
 the Allies, is very much approv'd by Lord Bolingbrekej 
 
 who fays, ' They had fpoke the Sentiments of the Queen*s 
 
 Heart in what they declar'd, Auguft^ 30, N. S. and that 
 
 if the Allies did fall fhort of the Plan laid down in the 
 
 Queen's Speech, the Fault was entirely their own. His 
 
 Lordfliip fays, ' Sure it is, that this Plan was nothing 
 
 more than the Ultimatum of what France would offer, 
 
 but he vvifh'd that the I^nperial and Dutch Policy had 
 
 not rendered it the Ultimatum of what France will 
 
 grant. The fame general Reflexion may be apply*d to 
 
 the particular Cafe mention'd in your Lordlhip^s laft 
 
 Letter. France would have yielded lournay^ tho* much 
 
 againft the Grain. If France has now any Advantage, 
 
 and refufes fiacly to yield what fhe only begg*d to have 
 
 rc-ftor'd, the Fault is entirely theirs,*' But the Difpatch 
 
 of the Plenipotentiaries of the 2d of September^ relating 
 
 £0 Tournay^ having not yet been eonfider'd by the Lords 
 
 of
 
 from July i7f4, r^^Jan. 1716. 221 
 
 of the Couilcil, his Lordfliip could not give any pofitive 
 Inftrndions about it rill the next Opportunity ; but ia 
 the mean Time recommends ro them two Confideration?, 
 that the keeping of the Butch in hopes of her Majefty*s 
 good Office?, will prevent them from taking any defpe- 
 rate Refolurion ; and the French infifling to have Count 
 Kethteren difavow'd before any further Treaty, will put 
 ofF for fome Time the Decifion of thar great Point. 
 
 Lord Strafordj in the mean Time, by his Letters of the 
 13th and i6ch of Sept. N. S. ^ Reftrefented the Statei as 
 mightily funk with their Misfortunes^ and not knorviwr well 
 tvhat Meafnres to take ; but that they inf.fted upon Tonrnay 
 a^ fo ejfential to their Barrier^ that they aElually had none 
 ivithout it ; and his Lordfmp is fo much of that Opinion^ that 
 he wijljei they might hare Tournay, tho' they reere forced to 
 truck Ipres for it ; that if he could po/itiyely ajfure them they 
 floQuld ha-ve Tournay, he heVuy'd they would fubmit to the 
 l^lan of the Queens Speech. This Opinion of his Lordfliip 
 is not very eafily to be reconcird to what he afterwards 
 xvrote to Mr. Frior upon this Subjedl, OCloher the 4thj 
 1712. If voe had a Mind to hare Nick Frog /ign with usj 
 ne might J for he is ready to do it for Tournay ; which, if 
 tve fign together .^ we cant well refufe him ; but I expe^ 
 you will cut that Matter fjort^ and I long to hear from 
 you. 
 
 The Tranfadlion in Relation to Tournay, is, by the 
 Committee fet forth in one fhort View : The Difpute con- 
 cerning it arofe from the French Minifters infilling to be 
 very particular and exprefs in demanding the Reflitutibu 
 of^ this Place ; which the Briti/h Plenipotentiaries con- 
 ceiving to be inconfiftent with what the Queen had de- 
 clared, refufe to open tl>e Conference?, until they had 
 further Orders. When this came to be confider'd in Eng^ 
 land. Lord Bolinghroke fiyg, Jt occa{ion*d Warmth in the 
 Cabinet Council. ; but his Lordfliip, inftead of taking Mea- 
 fures for preferving the Town as Part of the Barrier of 
 the States-General, which, as he eonfeffes, was fo in- 
 tended in the Queen's Speech, propofes Expedients where- 
 by the Town might be reftor'd to France without the 
 Queen's becoming a Party to a Thing which was conrra- 
 didlory to what Ihe had once advanc'd : And gives his 
 Advice to Monf.(/e r/jyc^j'^fey what Management Tournay 
 might be fecur'd to the KlVig of France, contrary to the 
 avow'd Senfe of what the Qijeen had declared in Parlia- 
 ment j and altho' Tranbe had confented in a Memorial 
 deliver'd by Abbot Gitahier fo early as the i8ch of No- 
 Q, 2 yember^
 
 2 22 The Hiftorical Regijler^ 
 
 remker^ 171 1 5 "ot to inhft upon, Teurndy 'jZnd this he 
 does in his private Capacity, and not as a Secretary of 
 State. But that his Lordfhip was not fingFe in his Ejidea- 
 vours to aflift France upon this Occafion, appears by the 
 great Trouble that he fays this Matter had given both 
 him and my Lord Treafurer in the Cabinet ; and if any 
 Regard is to be given to Mr. Prior's Piper, my Lord 
 Treafurer muft certainly have written to Mr. Trior upon 
 this Subjedl, \vho could otherwife have had no Ground 
 to fay, My Lord Treafurer does not at all doubt but the Court 
 of France wiil find a Remedy ; which is agreeable to what 
 Lord Bolingbrokc faid in other Word?, when this Advice 
 was fent ; Jhs Solution of this Difficulty mujl (ome from 
 France. What happened afterwards in Relation to Tour' 
 nay\ upon what great Concefliors made to France^ toge- 
 ther with the advantageous Terms procured for the E- 
 ledlor of Bavaria^ the Meafures and Councils relating to 
 this Affair were afterwards alter'd, is not material enough 
 to require a long Detail ; but nothing lefs than an abfo- 
 Iwte Concurrence, without any new Objs6lion or further 
 Demands, was to fatisfy for the Ceflion of Tournay^ and 
 that it was at laft obtained, is owing folely to the Firm- 
 nefs and Refolution of the States. 
 
 The Difpute between Count Rechtereh and Mr. Mefna- 
 ger was ftill kept on Foot ; tho' it was at laft left to her 
 Majefty to decide upon this Difference. There being 
 fome Points relating to Commerce, and North America^ 
 which are of very great Confequence to the Interefl 
 •f the Queen*s Subjedts, and the Honour of this Treaty 
 ftill to fettle ; Lord Bolingbroke thinks it neceflary, tho* 
 the Dutch may be uneafy that that Affair of the four 
 Species to be excepted out of the Tarif of 1664, (hould 
 ffill be kept in Uncertainty; and the Britiffj Plenipo- 
 tentiaries accordingly, to gain Time till they could 
 know her Majefty's PJeafure, reviv'd the Difference 
 between Count Rechteren and Mr. Mefnager ^ and hope 
 *tis for her Majefty's Service in this Manner to Itave off 
 the Conferences, 
 
 The Differences that arofe concerning the Treaty of 
 Peace, and in particular about our CommercCj being final- 
 ly to be determined at Tarii by the Duke of Shrewsbury and 
 Mr. Trior^ the Committee thjjik it needlefs to enter inro 
 all the Orders and Inftru6lionsj Objedlions and Anfwers, 
 that went and came to and from Utrecht^ where there was, 
 ^ indeed, but little more than ths Form of a Negociation ; 
 
 and
 
 p^" 
 
 froni]M\Y 1714, tofdn. 1716. 235 
 
 and conceive that an Account of what pafs'd between 
 London and France^ will fee this whole Matter in a clear 
 Light. In the firft Place they take Notice here of a re- 
 markable Pafiage or two, found in Lord BoJingbroke*s Let- 
 ters to Mr. PWor. On the i^ih o^ September^ 0. S. Lord 
 Bolingbroke fends Mr,?rior an Account of fome Advices 
 they had received of the Invafion of the Leeward- IJlands by 
 the Frer.ch. This^ Vear Mate, (fays his Lordfhip) proves a 
 Tery untoward Contreremps ; it gives a Theme for theWbigs^ 
 and feryes to awaken the PaJJions that were almofl luU'd ajleep. 
 V/e expefled that CafTart'j Squadron might be gone to the 
 Co aft of Brazil, or to Surinam, but vce never imagined our 
 Colonies would have been attached by him^ at the Time when 
 rse were knitting the Bands of Friendjhip between the two Na- 
 tions with all fojfihU Induftry. Could this tU Opinion of eur 
 new Friends have enter' d into our Heads, I do ajfure you, he 
 pouU have been accompany d by a Fleet of the ^teen's, which 
 muld have kept him in RefpeO- : Compare this Condu^ with 
 that of the Queen's, &c. And here follows the Paffage 
 vvluch^ has been already mentioned, wherein his Lordfhip 
 (^eclar'd concerning the Order fent to the Duke of Ormond, 
 I niU not fay this Order favd their Army from being beat^ 2 
 think in my Confcience that it did. His Lordfhip goes on : '/a 
 a iVord^ we depended fo much upon the good Under ft anding 
 which we thought eftablifyj'd^ and were fo tame ft to prevent 
 any thing which might break in upon it, that we not only ayoid-. 
 e^ to fortify our Squadron, as we might have done^ but we 
 alfo neglected to put in Execution fome Defigns^ whch would, 
 have annoy' d both French and ^^^m^rdis,- perhaps more than 
 any that have been efeBed in the Courfe of this War, 
 
 Another Inftance of his LordHiip's good Difpofition to 
 the French Nation, is to be found in his Letter to Mr. l^rior 
 of the 29ch of S^pt. wherein he fays, I have got at lafi 
 the A^air of the Griilfin compojmded, not without very great 
 Difficulty -, and tho the Sum paid to the Captors was fo large as 
 3T000/. the Ship was plainly Prize, and the Pafs fent over 
 hither might have been prov'd to have been numerically one of 
 thofe I ddiver'd at FountainbleaUj four Days after the Griffin 
 was in Sir Thomas Hardy'* Power ; tho' Guakier was ready 
 tofwear that he receiv'd it fome Months before ; which Part of 
 the Abbot has, 1 confefs to you, done him no Good in my Opi* 
 mon. from whence it appears, tho* this Pafs was none of 
 them, that PafTes had been granted fome Months before 
 (he Sufpenfion was concluded. 
 
 Whilft the Englifj Minif^ry are doing thefe good OfTIces 
 
 p Che Subjedls of franc e^ and taking all Opportunities both 
 
 Q. 3 publicly
 
 2 24 The Hiflorical Regifler^ 
 
 publick and private, to efpoufe their Interefts ; rhe Com- 
 initree is fiirpriz'd at the ill Treatment which Eyigland re- 
 ceived from Trunce at this Time, and at their Backward- 
 nefs in making sood tfce Promifes and Engagements they 
 were under in fome Points that moft nearly concerned the 
 Interefts of Gr^^t Britain. At the latter End o^ Oflober^ 
 Mr. Prior was fent into England^ and, by what appears, 
 left his Refidence -in France witnout the Leave, or any 
 Order from the Qiieen his Miftrefs ; but was fenc over by 
 the King of Trance^ as a proper Perfon, whom he thought 
 fit to entruft with the great Secret of prevailing with the 
 Qjieen, by her Credit to obtain what the King demanded 
 for the Elc6lor of Eayaria. He brings a Credential Letter 
 from the King of France to the Qiieen, which Teeming 
 fomething new of the Kind, is annexed in the Af^endix, 
 About the Middle of Noyember^ Mr. IBrior goes back inta^ 
 France with new Inftrudlions, v.'herein the Propofal of a 
 Keutralify in Italy is onz of the chiefeft Articles ; and that 
 lie might have a perfedl Knowledge of the Qiieen's pre- 
 fent Rtfolutions and Councils, in Relation to the prefent 
 Treaty of Peace, a Copy of the laft Inftnidions to the 
 Plenipotentiaries at Utrecht is given him, that, as Occafion 
 fliculd require, he might a6l in all Things conformable to 
 the Queen's Intentions therein exprefs'd. He carries like- 
 wife a Letter from the Q_'ieen to the King of France^ where- 
 in, among other Things, it is faid, That Mr. Frior conti- 
 Jming to behave himfelf fo as that his Condudt may he 
 entirely agreeable to the King of francs^ he does but litte- 
 rally execute the Orders the Qiieen had given him, and is 
 a Proof of his Duty and Zeal for her Service. After this 
 it appear?, that when the Treaty of Peace was ready to 
 be concluded, the Advantages Great Britain was to expedl 
 and reap from the Endeavours of rhe Briiifo Miniftry, to 
 afiilt and fupport the CmW of France^ were in a great 
 Meafure inilettled and undetermin'd. France began to 
 cavil, ami, as Lord holivghroke faid, go back from what 
 the King h-id promifed the Queen. His Lordfhip cannon 
 be pt'rfuaded, as he tells Mr Frior^ chat the Trench aft either 
 i^ifly or wif-ly : They prels us to cojiclude, that they 
 rr:ay have orheri at their Mercy ; and at the fame Time, 
 they chicarie with us concerning the moft elTentiil Article 
 oi all our Treaty, and endeavour to elude an Agreement 
 made, repeated, confirm'd. 
 
 The tvvQ great Points of Moment in difpute, were cou' 
 
 . erning the f lO^sry at Newfoundland^ and in what M.<nner 
 
 .:2 CeJlioii of Cjj>£ Breion Wis £o Le made ; the other was 
 
 about
 
 fro?n July 17 1^^ to Jan. 1716. 225 
 
 about the Treaty of Commerce. As to the firft, it is ob- 
 ferv'd, that in the Queen's Inftruaions to the Duke of 
 Shrewsbury^ he is diredted to propofe, as the Queen's lafl 
 Refolution, that Oie will confent to give and yield up to 
 his mod Chriftlan Majefty the entire PofTtflion and Pro- 
 priety of the Ifland of Cape Breton^ but with this exprefs 
 Condition, that his faid Majefty Ihall on his Part, in 
 Confideration of the fame, relinquilh to her Majefty all 
 Manner of Right to Fi(hing, and drying Fifli on the 
 Coaft of Newfoundland^ or any Part, referv'd to his Sub- 
 
 jedls, by the Articles fign'd at London the ^^ J^| 171 1. 
 
 Several Reprefentations were fent backward and for- 
 ward, fliewing the fatal Confequences of what was de- 
 manded by Trance ; and altho' Lord BuUngbroke^ in his 
 Letter to Mr. Prior of the 19th of Jan. 171 2- 13, infifted, 
 that the Queen had never yielded what fr<«;;fe pretended to, 
 which then remained an unfurmountable Difficulty ; yet 
 in his Letter to the Duke of Shrewibury of the fame Date,* 
 he tells his Grace, If the French clofe with the Overture 
 he then made them, with regard to the Difputes concern- 
 ing Commerce, her Majefty is willing to accept the laft 
 Expedient proposed by Monfieur de Torcy^ for adjufting our 
 Differences about North America^ and to confent that the 
 King in the Ceflion of Newfoundland^ do referve to his 
 S-ubjedls a Right of Fifliing and Drying on the Coaft of 
 Newfoundland^ from Point Richt North about, to Cape bo- 
 nayifta. And here no Diredion is given concerning Cape 
 Breton^ of which the Trench got the entire PofTeflion and 
 Propriety ; altho* in the Duke of Shrembury\ Inftruaionsj 
 it is declar'd, that the Queen look'd upon Cape Breton to 
 belong to her ; and reckon'd that Ifland a Part of the an- 
 cient Territory of Noya Scotia^ which is by this Treaty 
 reftored to her. But if his Grace could not prevail upon 
 them to agree with him in the Article of Commerce, he 
 was to declare, That neither will the Queen agree with 
 them in their Propoficion concerning Newfoundland. Here 
 the Committee confiders upon what Confideration this 
 valuable Privilege of taking and drying Fifh upon the 
 Coaft of Newfoundland was yielded up to Frasce. In Mon- 
 fieur de Torcy's Anfwer to Lord Bolingbroke*s Memorial of 
 May the 24th, 1712, it was agreed, That Britain and France 
 Should grant to the Subjeds of each Crown reciprocally, 
 the fame Privileges and Advantages which they Ihall 
 either of them grant to the Subje6is of any other Nation 
 v/hatfosver : Upon this Foundation v/as eftablifh'd the 
 Q A Principle
 
 226 The Hifiorkal Regifler^ 
 
 Principle of treating, and being treated, as Gens amtcijjt- 
 ma; and purfuant ro this Principle the Tariff of 1664, 
 which was granted to Holland, excepting the four Species^ 
 was like wife to he s^ranred to us ; and by the 8 th and 
 loth Arriclesof the Project of the Treaty of Commerce it 
 w^s fo fettled. But France pretending now, that this Ta- 
 riff would be too benefici.il to us, refufed to grant it to us, 
 until another Tariff (hould be made in Britain, exiflly 
 conformable to that of 1664. whereby our Duties fliould 
 be reduced as low here, as theirs are in France by that Ta- 
 riff. This^ Lord Bolinj^^broke fay?, is an open Violation of 
 Faith ; and by this they are removing a Corner- Stone, vchich 
 teas laid early in the Foundation of a building brought aJrrofi 
 to Perfeclio-' • the Fall vchercof mnfi prove at lafi of as fatal 
 Confequeice to them as to us. He adds, He was ftrangely fur- 
 friz' d vchen he favo the Trecede:^ cf the Ryfwicic Treaty 
 ejuoted^ to pnjuade us to refer our Commerce, as the Dutch 
 then did theirs, to Comm'ifji oners, to be treated of after figning 
 the Peace ; that the Behaviour of the French upon that Occa- 
 Jion has given us Warning ; and it is from thence we have 
 learn d, that rchatever is referred, is given up ; and they 
 mufi have a mean Opinion of thofs whom they would perfwade 
 to purfne the fame Method^ to get the Tariff^ of 16645 by 
 which the Dutch lo/^ it. But his Lordlhip had either not 
 learnt this Leffon, or had entirely forgot it, when on the 
 i4th of A'f'Ty, he himfelf propo.M, that feveral Points re- 
 lating to Commerce, requiring a longer Difcuflion than 
 that Crijts would adnjir, Commiffaries fliould be appointed 
 to fettle and adjuft the Differences. Ri^t then, it leems, 
 they were more intent upon the General Peace, than an/ 
 particular Advantages. 
 
 After this, his Lordfliip propofes to ftrike cut of the 
 Projedl of the Tre-ity of Commerce the 9th andioth Ar- 
 ticles, and inftead thereof, ro infert one to the Eftedl of 
 that which he had drawn : And as the Acceptance of 
 this Amendment w;ts to put an End to all the Differences, 
 and gave fuch ample Advantages to France, the French rea- 
 dily agreed to if, and inferted it verbatim as it was fent, 
 •which mikes the 9rh Article of the Treaty of Commerce 
 as ir now ftands, and is the fame that was rejefted by the 
 laft Parli^imenr \ and this Article which h^s been hncs fo 
 univerfally and juft y coudsmned, appears to be the Work 
 of the EigiiJ}} Miniltrj J and the Price for which they 
 fold to France me Filhery of Newfoundland. 
 
 This rreAtmeiif of Fr^^ice could not I ut give the Minl- 
 ^ry tii(; gre.ucft Uneafmefs j tho' their Apprehenfions left 
 
 the
 
 /r^w July 1714^ to]^n. 1716. 227 
 
 the Circumftaiices they were in fhould be knovvn, far ex- 
 ceeded their Concern at the Difappointment Great Britain 
 was like to meet with. They had iignM a fepArate Trea- 
 ty with France in September 171 1, upon this lingle Prin- 
 ciple, that the Interefts of Great Britain were in the firft 
 Place to be adjufled ; and as long as they had this to fay, 
 they were unconcern'd at all other Events. They lud 
 gone on for 15 Months together, and a6led in every Thing 
 as the Inftruments of France^ and are ar iaft in Danger of 
 being difavow*d by France^ in the mofl: elTential Part of 
 all their Treity. One of the chief Inducements and prin- 
 cipal Conditions upon which the fatal CefTation of Arms 
 was granted, was, That no Privileges or Advantages re- 
 lating to Commerce with France^ fhall be yielded to any 
 Foreign Nation, which lliall not at the fame Time bq 
 granted to the Subjeds of her Britanrdch Majely ; buc 
 France had now reaped the full Benefit of the Snfpenfion, 
 and were at Liberty to difpute the Principle of Gens ami- 
 cifjlma. In thefe Circumftances were the Evglij}} Miniitry 
 in January 1712-13, and to extricate themfelves, they 
 give up ail Points \w Difpute in North America^ and the 
 Yiihtry o'i Neve foundl and \ upon the fingle ConfideratioA 
 of the 9th Article of the Treaty of Commerce, which 
 the Parliament rejected with a juft Indignation. How- 
 ever, to bring France to a Compliance, even upon theife 
 Conditions, the Duke of Shrewsbury is inftrudled to prevail 
 with France to come to this Refolution without the Lofs 
 of one Moment's Time. Tlie Parliament was fuddenly fo 
 meet, and it would be neceffary for the Queen to commu- 
 nicate to both Houfes the prefent State of the Negociation. 
 His Grace is then to reprefenr to Monfieur de Torcy^ how 
 fmoothly every Thing would glide along, if the Queen 
 was able to fpeak of her own Interefts as abfolutely deter- 
 mined with France ; and on the other Hand, what Travels 
 we (hdU be expofed to, and what Confufion may arife, if 
 our Negociation appears to be ftill open, and if the Secret 
 comes to be divulged, that France refufes to make good in 
 the Treaty, the full EfFe6l of former Promifes to the Queen. 
 That as the French Minifters defire that the Queen would 
 precipitate the Conclufion of her Peace, and leave all the 
 Confederacy at their Mercy, they muft be told, that when, 
 the mutual Interefts of France and England are fettled, the 
 Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain flitll publickly declare 
 in the Congrefs that they are ready to fign with thofb of 
 France^ and (hall call upon the Allies to quicken their 
 Negociations, and conclude without Lofs of Time : But if 
 t ihey
 
 228 The Hjflorical Regiffer^ 
 
 they feek unneccfiary Delays, or make unreafonable De- 
 mands, her Majelty, who has induced them to treat, will 
 by rhe fame Meafures engage them to conclude, or at leift 
 fht will fign without them : And that the Q_ueen having 
 once declared her Intereft to be fettled, and her Treaty 
 yeady to be fign'd, the General Peace becomes from that 
 >Ioraent fure, and the Remainder of the Negociariou 
 cafy ; it is therefore wife for the French to comply with 
 her Majefty, 
 
 The great Di fir ..(ft ion the Mini dry was in, appears fuf- 
 ficient]y,from this long Letter of Lord Bolingbroke's to the 
 Duke of Sbrevcihury .- fcut to be more fully fatisfy'd what 
 their own Ap'prehenfions were, and what they themfeives 
 thought would be the Confequence of fuch Proceedings ; 
 the Committee takes Notice of two Letters, written upon 
 this Subjefl by Lord Bohrgbroke to Mr. Vrior \ one of /«- 
 Tnicry I9th5 the other of the iid^ O. S. In the firft his 
 Lordfliip fays. We ftand indeed upon a 'Precipice^ but the 
 French fland there too : Fray tell Monfuur de Torcy frctn 
 me^ that he may get Robin and Harry hang'd ; but Affairs 
 niil fcon run back into fo much Cor.fvjlon^ that he mill wijh 
 us aliye again. To fpeak ferioujly^ unlefs the Queen can talk 
 cf her Interc/is as determind with France ; and iinJefs your 
 Court will keep ov.r Mies in the Wrongs as they are fufficient/y 
 ^t this Time ^ I fore fee inextricable DiffcuUies. My Scheme is 
 thi* : Let France Jatisfy the Queen, and let the Qiieen imme- 
 diately declare to her ParJiamer.t^ and in the Congrefs^ that Jhe 
 is ready to fign ; at the fame Time^ let the French Plenipoten- 
 tiaries fioev} a Difpoftion to conclude with all the Allies. And 
 then his Lordfliip enumerates the feveral Offers which he 
 ■would have France make to the feveral Allies ; which, 
 tho* very ge^ieral and infufficient, his Lordfhip fays, // 
 fuch Or enures as thefe (made to the Allies) were not inftantly 
 accepted.^ our Separate Peace wouJd^ fi^^^^^g '^'* Parliament^ 
 be addrefs'd for^ madc^ and approyd \ and the Caxife of France 
 for once become popu at in Britain. // they were accepted^ let 
 Morfieur de Torcy ft down and confider what a Bargain would 
 he made for France ; let him remember his journey to the 
 Hague, and compare the Plans of 1709 and 17 12.. Monjieur 
 de Torcy has a Confidence in yon j make ufe of it once for all 
 upon this Occafton^ and conyince him thoroughly^ that we mufi 
 give a different Turn to our Parliament and our People.^ accor^ 
 dirg to their Refolation at this Crifis. 
 
 The ntxc Letter is of the fame Strain : V/e are nor0^ {a.ys 
 his Lordfliip, at the true Crifis 0/ our Difeafe -^ we die at 
 Bjiccj or riroycr at once. Lei France depart from that Jkame- 
 
 s . M
 
 from]uly 1714, toJ^LU, 1716. 229 
 
 fiti Expedient^ by which they thought to bubble its out of the 
 ui.d'vantagei which they had folemnly yielded^ and ail is well ; 
 otherwife^ by G — , both they and we are undone. Pray fend 
 HATion back as fajl as pofJJble ; the J^teen can neither delay 
 the meeting of the Parliament longer than the ^d^ nor fpeak to 
 the Hnufes till we hear from you. My Compliments to M-n./Iiur 
 de Torcy : Let him hnow^ that if they do not agree o-^u'? the 
 Qusen^ I may perhaps be a Refugee ^ if I am^ i prrm'f- be- 
 forehand^ to behave myfelf better in France, than the Fr.-iich 
 Refugees do here. Make the French ajham'd of their f.eak- 
 ing Chicane • by Heaven^ they treat like Pedlers ; or^ which is 
 VDorfe^ like Attorneys. 
 
 Though all thefe publick Tranfa^lions pafsM through the 
 Hands of Lord Bolingbroke^ it appears that he was not the 
 only Perfon in the Secret ; but that a greater Influence 
 chiefly directed and governed all thefe Councils ; and thac 
 the Lord Treafurer^ as in the great Affair of Tournay^ was 
 in this Tranfadlion the chief Condudlor, as mav very 
 reafonably be concluded by feveral Letters that Mr. Prior 
 wrote about this Time to the Lord Treafurer, altho* Mr. 
 Prior has not thought fit to produce one Letter from his 
 Lordftiip to him. Mr. Prior'% Difpatch to the Secretary's 
 Office giving a full Account of the prefent State of the 
 Treaty, with feveral Papers concerning Commerce and 
 North America^ is dated December the 28th, 1712, N. S. 
 The D^y after, {December the 29rh, N. S.) Mr. Prior writes 
 to my Lord Treafurer, and tells him, / haye wrote a Book 
 inftead of a Letter., to my Lord Bolingbrokej which I defire 
 your Lordjhip would be pleased to run over ; that Inowirg what 
 I hare done here^ you may honour me with your Commands as 
 to what I am to do. He hopes his Propofal about Newfound- 
 landj which he finds his Lordfiiip enclosed, is fuch as may 
 terminate that Aifair to our Advantage. If your Lordjhip is 
 of the fame Opinion.^ I /hall have entire Satisfaction. Jan. 8. 
 1-712-13, N,S, Mr. Prior writes again to the Lord Treafurer, 
 that he had been in Conference with the ¥remh Miniflers, 
 ro adjufl: the Points undecided ; that he had fent the Lord 
 Bolingbroke the Refult of thofe Conferences, and fays, / hope 
 the whole Affar of Newfoundland is adjufted to your De/Ire • 
 there were fame Points in/Ified upon by our Plenipotentiaries^ 
 which the Minifters here thought very unreafonahle ; and to fay 
 a Truth to my Lord Treafurer plainly^ which I a little mitigate 
 to my Lord Bolingbroke, / think not very Reafonable. He 
 then gives an Account, that Monfieur de Torcy was fur- 
 priz'd that the Dutch had but in Part comply'd with what 
 Lord Straford declared to :hem to be her Majefty's Refolu- 
 
 tions,
 
 230 The Hijlorical Regifler^ 
 
 rions, JO which he hopes the Qiieen will fend fuch an An- 
 fvver as may cut off all Delays ; and upon this Occafion, 
 Mr. Trior fays to the Lord Treafurer, This I only write to 
 ymr Lordj7^ij>y it being a Thifig that Jhoiild not be cany as' d in 
 Council ; and I haye fromisd the King Jhould have her Maje- 
 fty's Anfwer upon if, as he de/ires. January 19th, 1712-13, 
 JST. S. Mr. Pri&r writes agam to the Lord Treafurer, and 
 acquaints him, That the Duke of Shrewfbury now fends to 
 Lord Rolingbroke the Subflance of their lafl Conferences with 
 Monfieur de Torcy, upon the SnbjeCt of Newfoundland ; to 
 tchich I take Leaye to add, That your Friend Torcy is in the 
 laft Concern to find the Duke's In/iruflions fo ftrici, in a Point 
 rchich. cannot be giyen zip by France, at a Time when we well 
 ff-.ped that Difference was adjufied. Vray^ my Lord, let us 
 heye yotir didinCi and pofifiye Orders hereupon by the fir/f. 
 Duke of Shrevvfoury dejires that we may have your Orders to, 
 fifiiif}. I beiieye Torcy writes himfelf to you- January the 
 xgd, 1712-13, N. S. Mr. Trior writes once more to the 
 Lord Treafurer, and tells him, / haye already wrote fo am- 
 p'y to your LordJJjip, on the two great Points of NewfoundUnd 
 and the Tariff of 1664, and expeSl fo daiy your laji Orders 
 fipon thofs two PointSy that J wiE not trouble you at prcfent 
 further than to fay^ if thefe two are fettled^ the Peace may be 
 detern^irM here To morrw, and fent the next Day to Ucrechr 
 trj be jJgn'd. And on the 2d of February^ 1712-13, Mr, 
 Prior f.ys to the Treafurer, If 1 defire you to write to we, 
 it is becanfe I ready think it for the Queen's Seryice ■ that in 
 this gT^ eat Pali where yon haye put /we, / may fay-^ I haye the 
 immediate Commands of my Lord Treafurer ; and in Regard to 
 that Friendfhip with which you haye fo puhVickly honojir'd me^ 
 ^nd which-, by the By^ does all the Bnfnefs here. And on Fe- 
 ^r^ary tl.e 4th, / fhall dire&t myfeif as you Jhall be pieafed to 
 t}iflruci we priyately. If the Committee had found among 
 rhe Papers deiivtr'd by Mr. Prior^ the Lord Treafurer's 
 Anfwers to thefi Letters ; it would have appear'd, how 
 far the giving up the Filhery of Ne\xfoundland^ and the 
 accepring of the 9rh Article, of the Tr<-aty of Commerce, 
 was owing to his Lordihip's im medicate Orders. It feems 
 however, to be a ver}' excraordinary Proceeding, that the 
 Queen's Minifters in Fr<infe, adiing by Authority, and un- 
 der her Inftrudtions, (hould apply to the Lord Treafurer, 
 for his diftmd: and poficive Orders to releafe them from 
 the Qiieen's Inftrufcioiif, beca-ife they are thought by the 
 Frei.ch Miniilers co be too ftridt ; and if it be a Doubt, by 
 whofe Order or Advice it was procured, fo much is cer- 
 mn. that thefe Applications had their defii'd Etfcdl \ and 
 
 the
 
 from July 17^4, to ]2in. 1716. 231 
 
 the Neve foundl and Fifhery w;-is given up ; and th.e Advan- 
 tages we were ro receive, from having treated upon the 
 Foot of Gens amicijjima^ were all bury'd in that ddhudlive 
 Article, of the"9th Article of the Treaty of Commerce. 
 
 The Difpute raifed at Utrecht had been fo order'd, that 
 the Mmifters of the Allies could not obtain any Confe- 
 rences with thofe of France^ till the Points in Difference 
 "Were adjufled between England and France ; by which 
 Means it was February^ 1712-15, before the Dinch and 
 French were fuflFer'd to meet : And it being now the Bufi- 
 nefs of France to conclude with England feparateJy, the 
 Temper the French Plenipotentiaries appeared in, made all 
 Ifeufinefs fo impradlicable, that the Dritijh Plenipotentia- 
 ries were under a Neceflity of complaining of it ro Lord 
 BoIingbroke^2ind to acquaint him -^ February the 3d, 1712-13, 
 ' The French appear fo very uncomplying in every Point 
 ^ debated, and fo very forward and pofitive in their Re- 
 ' fufal of a great many Things, which the Dutch took to 
 ' be granted and fettled, as' well by her Majelty's Speech, 
 ' as the Declarations lately made by the Lord Straffordy 
 
 * that the Difappointment tlusy met with, put them int» 
 
 * the greatett Confternation : Reafon was alfo given us to 
 
 * participate in thefe Difcontents, and to regard feveral 
 
 * Things, which appear contrary to what her Majefty 
 ' has declared, as very unfair ; yQZ all that could bs faid 
 
 * prevailed nor. 
 
 The Committee is not furpriz'd, that the Inftances of 
 their Excellencies had fo little Effedt with the French Ple- 
 nipotentiaries, who then expeiled that Orders fhould be 
 fenr to the Britijh Plenipotentiaries immediately to fign a 
 feparate Peace ; which, according to their Expedtation?, 
 were fent February the 2ofh, i^ix-ij, by Mr. St. John , 
 Frother to the Lord EoHngbroke^ to conclude and figii with 
 France as foon as the Duke of Shrervsbury Ihould fend them 
 Advice that the Propofitions he was ro make at the French 
 Court were accepted ; and on the 28th, Lord Eolingbroke 
 with the utmofl Joy acquaints their Excellencies, That he 
 had received from the Duke of Shrewsbury the expedled Re- 
 turns ; he had therefore difpatch'd a Courier to them, 
 to renew thofe Inftrudlions which he hop'd were clear 
 enough fignify'd in thofe- Papers which his Brother car- 
 ry d. He acquaints them, that the Duke of Shrewsburyi 
 had declared that their Lordfliips liad Orders^ in Cafe 
 the French comply'd, as they now adtually h<ive done, 
 to iign iier Majefty's Peace with France without further 
 Delay •, .and that her Mijsfty would open the Parliament, 
 
 by
 
 :2 52 The Hiftor'ical Regifter^ 
 
 by telling them (he had made a Peace with frame. 
 The latter f!ie will herfelf perform on Tuefday ; and the 
 former, it is her politive Command that your Lordfhips 
 make good as faft as the neceffary Forms of preparing and 
 executing the Inftruments will allow. And his Lordfliip 
 gives their Excellencies pofirive Orders, without «ny De- 
 lay, to execute the Treaties of Peace and Commerce be- 
 tween Great Britain and France, 
 
 On the 7th, and 20th of March, 0. S. Lord Bdlirigbrohe 
 repeats thefe pofitive Orders, and inlifts, that the Peace 
 fhould be concluded with that Precipitation which her 
 Majeffy would have ufed. And it is obfervable, that 
 among all the Demands that were made, upon Account of 
 any Prince or Potentate, none, at thir Time, met with 
 the leafl Regard ; when, at the fame Time, the Intereft 
 of the Prince fs tfrftni was efpous'd in the ftrongeft Terms : 
 And in the Ame Letter, March g, 0. S. where his Lord- 
 fhip fpeaking of the Confequence of the Reftoration of 
 the Eleflor of Bavaria to his Eleftorate, fays, Her Majefty 
 does not much enter into the Notion of the Degradation nf Ha- 
 nover, as a Matter of any Importance, His Lordihip de- 
 clares, Ihat the Triiicipality in fome Part of the Spanifh Ne- 
 therlands, Tcith a Rerenue of 50000 Crowns demanded for the 
 Trincefs Urfini, mufi be made to the Emperor^ and all Parties 
 KoncerTid<f a Condition line qua non, of the General Peace. 
 
 But the Britip Plenipotentiaries, who were to fign, had 
 fome Difficulties- and acquaint hotd Bolingbroke^ We could 
 fay a g^eat deal to jufitfy our cautious Proceedings with the 
 French, and are fatisfyd that 'jour Lordfmp would be of the 
 fame Opinion^ if you were to fee their Way of negociating with 
 all the Allies^ and how hard it is for us to obtain here what to 
 your Lordjhip feems impofjible the French fl)ou]d make any Diffi- 
 culty to grant. 
 
 The repeated Orders to the Plenipotentiaries prevail'd at 
 laft fo far upon them, as to acquaint the Allies, The ^ueen 
 found it neceffary to conclude her own Peace without Delay ; and 
 that Time flionld be allow'd thoje that were rot ready : But 
 they ftiil avoided the a6lual ligning, till the reft of the 
 Allies, whofe Treaties were in a Forwardnefs, were ready 
 to lign with them ; and, to juflify themfelves, they ac-- 
 quaint the Duke of Shrewsbury^ Thaty hefides other Confide" 
 rations, their chief ObjeClion was, that tho* they had Orders 
 to fign a particular Peace^ yet their full Powers under the 
 Great Seal only author iz'd them to negociate, agree^ and con' 
 elude the Conditions of a good and General Peace, agreeable 
 tQ the Interefis of all^ and each of the AUies, And whac 
 
 made
 
 /r (5 w July 1714^ f^Jan. 1716. 2?? 
 
 made them more aver fe, was the great Iniportunity with 
 which the French pufhM them ro iifi^n feparately,, We are^ 
 fay they, fur^riz d at the Eagernefs of the French Miniftert 
 to haye us conclude alone^ when fo many of the AUies are, it 
 a Manner, ready to join with us ; nor can roe enough apprc 
 hendthe Confequences at Home of doing it alone. 
 
 Hereupon Lord Bolingbroke who Tays he has nor Sagacity 
 enough to find the Oi^jedlions that the Plenipotentiaries 
 had made to their lirft full Powers, for their Satisfa<flio«, 
 fends rhera a new Commiflion, and repeats to them posi- 
 tive Orders to fia,n and conclude with France^ for which 
 Purpofe they were to appoint a Day to defire them to be 
 ready, and at the fame Time to prefs fuch as could not be 
 ready by that Day, to fix fome other on which they will 
 iign. By this new Commiillon his Lordfliip tells them, 
 they have a Power, as before, traBandi Conyeniendique the 
 Conditions of a Good and Getieral Peace, which is no 
 more than you are to do, when you are to offer, jointly 
 with the Minifters of Trance a general Plan to the Alli«s- 
 Thefe Difficulties of the Plenipotentiaries made the Lord 
 Treafurer, who never fail'd to exert himfelf when he 
 found it abfolutely necefTary, think it high Time to inter- 
 pofe his Authority; and accordingly, March 51, N. S. he 
 wrote to my Lord Straford in this Manner : / mufi felici' 
 tate your Excellency upon the Succefs of aU ymr Zeal^ and tJie 
 true Lore you hare JJoewn to your Queen, "^our Country and the 
 Repofe of all Europe. The remaining Danger is, left we fjould 
 fujfer Shiprvrack in the Sight of the Port. The Nation here 
 are yoo to one for Teace. The V/atriors are driven from their 
 Outworks ; the laft Retrenchment they have ii Belay ; and I 
 mnfi fay^ this operates much here. The Ferment begins tm 
 veork, and it will be impofjible to arfwer for the Turn tite 
 Houfe of Commons will take, if thefe Delays proroke them fur* 
 ther. They all feel how many 1 00000 1. this needlefs Frth- 
 traciinn cojis them. We now maintain 49000 effetlive Men by 
 Land, and 30000, within a Trifle, by Sea. In the mean 
 Time, the /Merchants lie ojf, and will not come into Port ; tlte 
 Amufement of Stories invented by the faflion, and the Cor^ 
 refpondence and Encouragement that Party gives to their 
 Friends to hold o«t, and to wait for fome unhappy Accident 
 that may unravel all which is done : Add to this, the ill Hw 
 mour which will grow in Members, by being kept fo lonjr in. 
 Town idle ; and^ in one Word, all that has been unfettled for 
 Many Days, is not worth one Day's Charge England is at cx- 
 traordinartly, by this Delay, I find this feems to be the pre- 
 y ailing imiyerfal Opinion here^ and that France has acquitted 
 
 herfilfi
 
 2 54 ^-^^^ Hifiorical Regifler^ 
 
 herfelf-j the only Stop is noxo at Uzrechz. Rut this S(op did 
 roc remain long ; and as his Lordfliip never yet appear'^ 
 in vain, all further Obftrudions at Utrecht^ were alter this 
 foon removed. April i-\i^ ^T^S- the Treaties of Peace and 
 Commerce between Great Britain and France were fign'd 
 between two and Three in the Afcernoon. This Example 
 was foUow'd by feveral of the Allies; and hft of all, 
 when it was in vain to hold out any longer, the Dutch, 
 about Midnight, fign'd their Treaties of Peace and Com- 
 merce ; and the Emperor and Empire alone, chofe rather 
 to bear the Weight of the W.ir, ttian fubmit to fuch dif- 
 advanrageous and diflionourable Terms as had been carv'd 
 out for them by England and France. 
 
 The Committee obferve, that the Queen's Plenipoten- 
 tiaries fuffer'd a Claufe to be inferted at the End of the 
 i^th Article of the Peace with Spain^ whereby they gave 
 a Pretence to the Spaniards to claim a Right to iifh at 
 Nevcfoiindlandj contrary to the 7th and 8th Article of the 
 Treaty made with _ that Crown by ^ir William Godolphin^ 
 fuy S-iS, 1670, whereby it is agreed, That the King of 
 Great Britain^ his Heirs and Succeffors, ihall enjoy for ever, 
 with plenary Right of Sovereignty, drc. all thofe Lands 
 and Places whatfoever, being or iicuaced in the Ueji 
 Indies, or in any Part of America which the f<tid King of 
 Great Britain^ and his 5nbje£ls, do at prefenc hold and 
 pofTefs. And that the Subjedls and Inhabitants, Merchants 
 of the Kingdoms, &c. and Dominions of each Confede- 
 rate refpedlively, fnall forbear to fail and trade in the 
 Ports iwd. Havens Vv'hich have Fortifications, Magazines, 
 or Ware-houfes, and in all other Places whatfoever, pof- 
 fefsM by the other Party in the Weji-lndits^ &c. The Board 
 of Trade being confulced on the Spaniards claiming 
 a Right to fiOi at NevsfoundJandj rc-rurn'd the follow- 
 ing Anfwer to Lord Dartmouth, dated fune 13, 171 3« 
 
 * We have confider'd the Extra-ft of a Memori-l from the 
 
 * Marquefs de Monteh'on^ relating to a Claim of the Inha- 
 
 * bitants of Guipufcoa, to fifn on the Coaft of Newfound- 
 
 * /and ; and riieieupon take Leave to inform your Lord- 
 ' lliip, that we have difcours'd with fuch Perfons as are 
 
 * able to give us Iniormation in that Matter -, and we 
 
 * find that fame Sp:iniards are come hither with Peiffes 
 
 * from her hWjQily, and others may have fifli'd there pri- 
 
 * vateiy ; but never any, th.:t we can Ie:\r:;, did dj it as 
 
 * of Right belonging to them. By the A<51 zn encourage 
 
 * the Trade to Nevrfoundlarid^ pafs'd in the xoth and nth 
 
 * Yeais of his kte Majeflyj when we were in Amity and 
 •" ■ ' Alliance
 
 from July ij J /^, to Jsn. 1716. 235 
 
 * Alliance with Spain^ it is declar'd and en^£led, That no 
 
 * Alien or Stranger vvhatfoever, nor re/jding within the 
 ' Kingdom of England^ Dominion of Wales^ or Town c/f 
 
 * Berwick upon Tweedy fliall at any Time hereifrer rake 
 
 * bait, or ufe any Sort' of Trade, or Fifhing wharfoever 
 
 * in Newfoundland^ or in any of the Iflands adjacent, 
 
 * Pnrfuanc to which A6r, Inftrudlions have been given 
 ^ every Year to the Commodores of the Convoys, to pre- 
 
 * vent Foreigners coming chirher.'* The Committee are 
 at a Lofs to account for the Reafons that prevailed with, 
 the Mmiftry to admit the Infertion of this Article ; and 
 upon this Occafion acquaint the Houfe, that they find 
 very few Footfteps remaining of the whole Tranfaflion 
 relating to Commerce with Spain. That the Management 
 of it was intruded with Mr. Gill'wgham^ an Irifrj Papift, 
 who was fent thither for that Purpole ; for which Reafon 
 Lord Lexington^ in his Letters to Lord Dartmcuth^ frequent- 
 ly excufes himfelf for not writing upon that Subjedlj Mr. 
 Gillingbam giving fuch full Accounts of the Matter; not- 
 withltanding which ^ no one Letter from Mr. Gillingham 
 to the Secretaries Office can be found ; and the Committee 
 are induced to believe, that this whole Tranfddtion was * 
 carry'd on by another Way, 
 
 From this PafTige it appears evident to the Committee, 
 that a Correfpondence was carry'd on between the Earl of 
 Oxford and Mr, Gillingham^ in Relation to our Treaty of 
 Commerce with Spain ; but for want of the Papers which 
 pafs'd between them upon this Subjed, the Committee is 
 likewife at a Lofs to find, what Motives could induce the 
 Britifh Miniftry to admit fo effential an Alteration of the 
 Treaty of Commerce fign'd by the Queen's Plenipoten- 
 tiaries, as is made by the Three Explanatory Articles^ as 
 they are calTd, which are added to the faid Treaty, and 
 are, in an unprecedented Manner, inferted in the Ratifi- 
 cation of it; notwithilanding it doth not appear, they 
 had ever been confented to, much lefs fign'd by any of 
 the Queen's Plenipotentiaries. Amongft other very mate- 
 ri-al Difadvantages to which thefe Articles fubjedT: our 
 Merchants, the Committee is inform'd, that, by Virtue 
 of themj Spain does adinally at this Time demand of onr 
 Merchants 14 per Cent, on Account of Cientcs^ MiUones^ 
 and Akayalas^ over and above 15 per Cent. Which they 
 exa£V for OLher Dtuies, which added to them, amount to 
 ^29 per Cent, whereas 'tis notorious, that, during the Reign 
 of King Charles IL of Spain.^ the whole Duties exadted, 
 and paid by our Merchants for all Goods iniporceU to the 
 R f?X^^4
 
 25 5 The Htftorkal Regifter^ 
 
 feveral Ports of Spain^ computed by an Average, did 
 never exceed lo fer Cent, but racher fell fhorc of it. By 
 what Management thefe Articles were ratify'd, and how 
 legal and warrantable it was to affix the Great Seal to 
 Articles fo pernicious in their Contents, and fo irregular- 
 ly ofFer'd, the Coramittee fubmit to the Confideration of 
 the Houfe. 
 
 The Committee having thus gone through the chief 
 Tranfadtions relating to the Negdciations of Peace and 
 Commerce, proceed to offer to the Houfe vtrhat they have 
 found material in the Papers referred to them concerning 
 the Catalans. In the firll: Place, they obferve, that after 
 feveral unfuccefsful Attempts by the Way of 'Portngal-f 
 and the Defign upon Cadiz^ to fettle King Charles on the 
 Throne of Spain ; and that the Confederate Fleet had ap- 
 peared before Barcelona in 1704, without the defir'd Sue- 
 cefs; her Majefty in the Beginning of the Year 1707, 
 fent Mr. Crowe as her Minifter to Genoa, with private In- 
 flrudtions to treat with the Catalans, or any other People 
 of Spain.^ about their coming into the Intereft of Charles 
 III. of 5p4i«, and joining with her Majefty and her Allier, 
 For that Purpofe he is to inform himfelf what Number 
 of Forces they will raife, and what they expedl fh^ll be 
 fent to aflift them ; If any of the Nobility infjft upon a 
 Sum of Money to.be advanc'd to them, he muft afliire 
 them, he does not doubt but he (hall be impower'd to 
 remit to them whatfoever is neceffary and reafonable for 
 their Support, as foon as they are actually in the Field : 
 That he Ihall give rhe Catalans, or other Spaniardsy Afiu- 
 ranees of her Majefty's utmoft Endeavours to procure the 
 Eftablifhment of all fnch Rights and Immunities as they 
 have formerly enjoy'd under the Houfe of Aujirja : That 
 ihe has, for their further Satisfadlion, fent to King Charles 
 III. for Powers for confirming the fame to them ; and 
 that file is willing, if they infill upon it, to give her 
 Guarantee that it fiiall be done. Mr. Crowe had alfo a 
 Commiilion of the fame Date with his Inllrudlions, to 
 treat with the Catalans upon the Terms before mentioned, 
 npon this exprefs Condition on their Side, Ihat they Jhould 
 acknowledge.^ and receiye King Charles as lawful King 0/ Spain, 
 and utterly renounce the Houfe of Bourbon. He had with 
 this credential Letters, fign'd by rhe Queen, directed to 
 the Nobility, Magiltrates, and ail Officer? Civil and Mi- 
 litary of Catalonia, defiring them to depend upon the 
 Promifes he Ihould make them in her Name. The Earl 
 of Peterborough and Sir Cloudefly Shor^l^ by their Inftrndlions, 
 2 datecJ
 
 from July 1714, to]^n. 1716. 237 
 
 dated May i, 170?, were likewife order*d to ufe their 
 Endeavours to induce the Catalans to join with them in 
 their UndertakingSj and to animate that People to profe- 
 cure their Liberty with more Vigour; to alTure them of 
 the Qiieen's Support, and to promife them in her Name, 
 that Ihe will fecure to them a Confirmation of their Rights 
 and Privileges from the King of S[>ain^ that they may be 
 fettled on a lilting Foundation to them and their Pofteri- 
 ries. But they are order'd, in Cafe the Catalans make no 
 fuitable Return to thefe kind Offers, to annoy the Towns 
 on the Coart of S^ain^ and to reduce them by Force. 
 Moreover, a Declaration was drawn here, and delivered 
 by Mr. Secretary Har/ey to the Earl of PeterborougJy^ full of 
 AfTurinces in the Qiieen's Name of Support, and of their 
 Liberties on rue one Handj and Threats on the other; 
 which Declaration his Lordfhip did accordingly publilh.- 
 The Succefs of that Expedition needs not be here particu- 
 larly mentioned. King Charles^ in his Letter to the Queen 
 of OHober 22, 1705, gives an Account of them, and 
 what they were owing to, y'lz. The AfTunnces of your 
 Majefty's generous Prote(£lion, upon which my Subjeds 
 in Catalonia expofe their Lives and Fortunes. No Want 
 of Fidelity or Zeal for the Common Caufe, during a long 
 War, that abounded with extraordinary Turns of For- 
 tune, was ever objedled to thefe People •, on the contrary, 
 they receivM to the laft the Applaufes of the Allies, and 
 AfTurances repeated to them by every General and Mi- 
 nifter that was fent from Great Britain into that Country, 
 that they fhonld never be abandon 'd. When the Qiieeii 
 enter'd into feparate Meafures of Peace, Lord Lexington 
 was fent EmbaiTador to Sf>ain^ at which Time, confider- 
 ing the Circumftances of King Philip's Affairs, and the 
 Obligations he had receivM from the Qiieen, the Cata- 
 Un Privileges, if plainly demanded and infifted upon, 
 could not have been refused, and without it, could never 
 be expedled to be granted to a People {"a remarkably zea- 
 lous for the common Caufe. But his Lordfhip's Inftrudli* 
 ons, inftead of diredling him to infift upon this as a Con- 
 dition of the Queen's coming into the Peace, order him 
 only to reprefent to the Court of Spain^ That it is no 
 lefsfor the King's Intereft, than for the Queen's Honour, 
 that a General Amnefty, without Exception, be granted 
 to all Spaniards who have adher'd to the Houfe of Aujiria, 
 and in a particular Manner to the Catalans^ with Re- 
 gard to their Perfons, Eftates, Dignities, and Privileges,' 
 Thefe Inftrudions, tho' very defe^ive, were not com- 
 ~ R a ply'<i
 
 238 The Hiftorkal ReglfieVy 
 
 ply'd with; for Lord Lexington^ in the iich Article 
 of his Demands delivered to the Court of Spain^ upon 
 his Arrival there, exprefTes himfelf thus, That the Queen 
 •prays hii Catholick Majejiy, that a General Amnefty^ witb- 
 cut Exceptinn<f be granted ; but leaves out the Words in his 
 Inftru6lions with Regard to their Ferjons^ Eftates, DignitieTj^ 
 and PriyiJeges. 
 
 The King's Anfwer was, that the General Jmnefly re- 
 lating to the General Peace^ was not proper for the prefent 
 Treaty-^ and therefore he left it to he then treated of', that 
 he wou^d make ufe of his great Clemency^ proyided the Queen 
 would contribute tn the Safety^ Repofe, and Jnterefis offo 
 many faithful Subjefis, who had followed his righteous Caufe 
 in Flanders and Italy ; and that an exfrefs Article be in- 
 ferted in the Peace^ wherein it Jhall be declar'd^ That aH 
 Subjefls who haye done their Dnty^ by adhering to his Catho- 
 lick Majefyy jhall be eftablijh'd in their E/iates and Honours^ 
 of what Nature foeyer they be^ which they enjoy'd when they 
 roere under hts Obedience. Lord Lexington tranfmits this 
 Anfwer to England^ which, tho* containing a dired" Re- 
 fufal of what was defir'd, and only general AiTurances 
 of Clemency from the King, on Conditions that could 
 not poflibly be expedled to be comply'd with ; yet his 
 Xordfliip writes to Lord Dartmouth^ That the Article 
 about the Catalans was agreed to ; and thinks what they 
 defire is but Juftice : And then goes on, Thus^ my Lordy 
 I haye finifh^d my Negociation in the befl Manner I could^ and 
 hope it rrill he to her Majefty's SatisfaClion. No DiiTatis- 
 fadtion was Ihewn by the Mmiftry in England^ either 
 with this Manner of negociating, or the Fruitlefnefs 
 of it ; but he is order'd to proceed in the Bufinefs, both 
 as it was an Av5l of Humanity, which every one to the 
 utmoft of their Power ought to promote ; and that the 
 Intereft of the King 01 Spain was moft nearly concerned 
 Ly that Mean? 'o get the Germans out of the Country. 
 Hereupon another IvL.iiorial for an Amnefty is prefent- 
 cd, the Motive ufed to induce the King to grant it, is 
 his own Interefl, and to remove the Germans^ without any 
 Notice taken of the Queen's Honour being concern'd in 
 the Affair. 
 
 The King anfwer'd, « That the Catalans had deferv'd 
 ^ lirtle from him ; that they were now reduced to a 
 
 * fmall Extent of Ground, by the withdrawing of the 
 
 * Troops of Britain and Portugal ; that his Troops, and 
 J thofe of the King his Grandfachefj were entering into 
 
 *' their
 
 from July 1714, to Jan. 1716. 259 
 
 * their Country by three feveral Ways; therefore more 
 
 * in Compliance to the Qiieen, than for the Arguments 
 
 * that had been offered, he was wiHing to grant his 
 
 * Pardon to thofe Catalans^ who, acknowledging his 
 -* Clemency, and repenting them of their Error, fhould 
 ' fubmic to his Dominion and VafTalage, within a Time 
 
 * to be prefixed." Count Zinzendorf^ in the Projedl for 
 evacuating Catalonia, infifted upon the preferving to that 
 People their Privileges ; but the King of Spain refus'd 
 it, and would only grant them an Amnefty. Lord Dart- 
 mouth, in his Letter to the Marquefs de Montekone and 
 Lord Lexington, fays, ' He cannot exprefs the Queen's Sur- 
 ^ prize, to hear, that the Privileges of the Catalans 
 
 * were not intended to be preferv'd to them by the 
 
 * Court of Spain ; that thofe Privileges were neceflfi- 
 
 * rily included in the Meaning of a General Amnefty, 
 
 * already granted ; and this was an. Affair wherein the 
 
 * Queen's Honour was extremely concern'd, and that (lie 
 ' was oblig'd by Motives of Confcience not to depart 
 ' from it." Lord Lexington is hereupon order'd to in- 
 fift again upon it in the ftrongeft Manner, that when 
 the King of Spam is convinced of her Majefty's Stea- 
 dinefs, and the Firmnefs of her Refolution to adhere 
 to this Demand, no doubt he will yield to what has 
 been fo folemnly promised, and is in itfelf fo reafona- 
 ble. That the Marquefs de Montekone being reftrain'd 
 by his Inftruflions from treating upon this Point, the 
 negociating of it muft entirely lie upon Lord Lexinfr. 
 ton. Accordingly his Lordfhip prefents another Memo- 
 rial for a General Amnefty, with the Confirmation of 
 all their Privileges. ' The Amnefty, he fays^ was grant- 
 ' ed ; but the Privileges entirely refused, and in fuch 
 ' a pofitive Style, as he never met with, but in de- 
 ' manding a Trail of Ground about Gibraltar, In ano- 
 ^ ther Letter, fpeaking of the many Denials he met with 
 
 < in Spain, he hy^^ ' Things are not here upon the fame 
 ' Foot as they were before the Sufpenfion, for the King 
 
 < told me thefe Words, We know that the Peace is as ne- 
 <- cejfary for you as for Jis, and that you wiU not break it off 
 ' for a Trifle. 
 
 It may feem unaccountable how the Queen's Endeavour* 
 could fail of Succefs, when {he declared her Confcience 
 was concernM in this Matter, and that, tho* flie defir'd a 
 Peace, (he would not adl inconfiftently with Honour 
 and Juftice to obtain it. But the Committee hereupon 
 R 3 obfervej
 
 240 The H'lftorical Regiffer^ 
 
 obferve, That the firft fatal Step to the Ruin of the Cata- 
 lans^ was the Orders fent Lord Lexington^ (contrary to his 
 iirft Inftrudions) upon his Arrival at Madrid^ to acknow- 
 ledge FhiU^ as King of Spam in a private Audience, before 
 any one Article of Peace or Commerce was fettled with 
 him, which put him in a Condition of refufing this, and 
 whatever elfe he fliould think fir. The Manner how 
 Spain gain*d this important Point appears to be as follows : 
 Lord DartmoTith had acquiinred Mr- Priorj that Lord Lex- 
 ington was not to acknowledge Thiltp as King of Spain, 
 rill he had agreed to the Demands his Lordfliip wa^ to 
 make in the Queen's Name. However, Lord Dartmouth 
 thijiks it convenient the Sentiments of the french Court 
 fliouId be known upon this Matter as foon as pof^ible. This 
 Method of Proceeding with Spain was very much diflik'd 
 in prance^ and Mr. Trior writes Lord Dartmouth a very 
 elaborate Letter, full of Monfieur Tircy's Reafons to in- 
 duce our Miniihy to recede from that Point, and con- 
 ciudes with this remarkable one, ' That the whole Treaty 
 ' l>eing eventual, this Acknowltdgment of Flntip as King 
 
 * of Spain, would fall as the other Points, unlefs the 
 
 * Conditions were made good, and the Peace agreed to, 
 '•-and ratify 'd. 
 
 Hereupon Lord BoUnghroke determines this Matter in 
 Favour of Spain, by imputing the former Dire6lions to 
 Lord Dartmouth's miflaking the Qiieen's Meaning ; and 
 writes Mr. Prior Word, that he was equally furpriz'd and 
 vexed, to find by the uncouth Way of explaining the 
 Queen's Sen fe, that Mr. Pr;or had been led to imagine it 
 was intended Lord Lexington fliould make any Difficulty 
 of acknowledging the King of Spain as fuch. ' The pro- 
 
 * ceeding this Way, by acknowledging the King in the 
 
 * firft Place, (fays his Lordfliip) feems natural, civil, 
 ' and unexceptionable ; bur any other Scheme is abfurd, 
 
 * and inoonfiftent with all the reft of our Proceedings. 
 And then concludes, * For God's Sake, dear Matt, hide 
 ' the Nakednefs of thy Country, and give the beft Turn 
 
 * thy fertile Brain will furniili thee with, to the Blunders 
 ' of thy Countrymen, who are not much better Politi- 
 
 * cians, than the French are Poets." Lord Dartmouth ac- 
 <]iiiefc'd, and difpatch'd Orders to Lord Lexington, to ac- 
 knowledge King Vhilip, notwithftanding his former In- 
 Urudlions to the contrary. 
 
 Nor did the Miniflers fliew that Zeal for the Queen's 
 Honour as might be expedled, with refpedl to the Catalans^ 
 but plainly gave this Matter up. Lord EoUngbroke in his 
 
 Letter
 
 /r^w July i7i4o toj^n.ijt^. 241 
 
 Letter to the Qiieen's Plenipotentiaries at UttecJ/t^ tells 
 rhem, It is not for the Intereft of England, to preferve the 
 Catalans Liberties *, and obferves, tiiat tht Catalans '^t'wi- 
 Je'ges are the Power of the Purfe and Sword ; biit that the 
 Cafi'tlian Privileges, which the King of Spain will give 
 thenrij in Exchange for their Catalan^ are, the Liberty of 
 trading to the Wejl-India^ and a Capacity of holding 
 thofe beneficial Employments the King has to beftow in 
 America^ which, fays his Lordfliip, are of infinitely great- 
 er Value to thofe who intend to live in a due fubjedtion to 
 Authority. Lord Lexington alfo, inftead of fupporring the 
 Catalans Privileges, treated the People as Rebels ; and to 
 induce S9ain to make Peace with Portugal^ puts Monfieur 
 Orry in Mind of the Necefliry Sf^ain is in of withdrawing 
 rheir Troops from Andahifia^ m order to end the Rebellion 
 of the Catalans- When the Convention was forc'd up- 
 on the Empei'or for the evacuating Catalonia^ the Imperial 
 Miniflers at Utrecht infifted upon the prefer\'ing by that 
 Treaty the Privileges of Catalonia^ Majorca^ and /viV^ ; 
 but France and her Confederates infixing that that Matter 
 fhould be referred to the Peace, the Imperial Minifters ac 
 laft acquiefced, upon the Qiieen of Great Britain*s declaring 
 again, that flie would inter pofe her good Offices in the 
 moft effe6ttul Manner, to obtain the Privileges of Catalo- 
 nia^ Majorca^ and tvica / And the Trench King engaged at 
 the fame Time, to join his Endeavours for that Purpofe. 
 Hereupon, the Negotiation in Sfain was kept up till our 
 Treaty of Peace with that Crown was ripe, by tvhich the 
 Catalan Liberties were to be abandon'd. This, Lord Lex- 
 ington fign'd, contenting bimfelf with protefting againft 
 that Article at the fame Time he fign'd it ; as he had 
 writ Word before he intended to do, and that therefore 
 the Queen was entirely at Liberty to reject it. 
 
 Notwithitanding the King of Sfain^ former Refufal, 
 Lord Lexington is directed to infift upon the Catalan Privi- 
 leges, and is again told, that the Qiieen thought herfelf 
 obliged by the ftrongelt Ties, yi-jc. thofe of Honour and 
 Confciencej to infift upon ir, for a People, whom the Ne- 
 ceflity of the War had obliged her to draw into her Intereft; 
 His LordQiip liad fign'd the Treaty with Spain before thefe 
 Orders to prefent another Memorial arriv'd. He thereupon 
 acquaints the Marquefs of Bc^m^r, that he was forry he 
 was oblig'd to do any thing which he knew was againft 
 the King's Sentiments, but having rtceiv'd exprefs Orders, 
 he muft follow his Duty, and prefents a Memorial, fetting 
 forth, ' That the Queen had nothing more at Heart, than 
 R 4 * to
 
 S42 The Hiftorical Regifier, 
 
 * to obtain for the Catalam the fame Privileges they for- 
 ' merly enjoy 'd, which {he thought herfelf oblig'd to do, 
 
 * by the two ftrongeft Motives, riz. Honour and Con- 
 ^ fcience ; that (he might not leave a Ndtion, which the 
 ^ Misfortune of War obliged her to draw into her Intereftj 
 
 * in a worfe Condiuon than flie found them. That after 
 
 * all the Pains (lie had taken for procuring a folid and 
 ' lading Peace to Europe.^ {he hop'd his Majefty would noc 
 
 * leave her v^ith the Grief of having been the Occafion 
 
 * of the Lofs of the Privileges of that People j but rather 
 
 * that in Regard to the {lri6l Friendfhip which was fo 
 ' near being eftablifli'd between both their Ma)e{lies, as 
 
 * well as the Union fo neceffiry to the Interefts of both 
 
 * Nations, he would not make any Difficulty to grant 
 
 * this Favour to her Majefty, which {he had fo much at 
 5 Heart. 
 
 The Mar(juefs de Bedmaf\ Anfvver to this Memorial 
 wasj * That this Point about the Catalans.^ haying been 
 ' debated ia the Treaty lately concluded, and fign'd iu 
 ^ this Court by his Excellency and himfelf ; the King does 
 
 * not fee that any thing further is to be done in the Mat- 
 
 * ter." Tiiis Treaty was fenc to England^ and ratify'd by 
 the Queen. Lord Dartmouth fays, chat Lord BoJiagbroke 
 had the principal Share in the Negociation ; and that the 
 Article of the Catalans was put in as foft Terms as Vv'as 
 confident with the Queen's Honour to allow. The Terms 
 of the Treaty are, ' That the Catalans {ball have the fame 
 
 * Privileges as the King's bed l>elov'd Subjedls (the Cafiilians) 
 
 * enjoy," When the King of Spain had received this con- 
 vincing Proof of our Miniftry's Attachment to his In- 
 terefls, and that the Ties of the Queen's Honour and Con- 
 fcUnce were of no Force with them, when oppofed to 
 his Defires, he takes a further Step, and diredtly propofes 
 to Lord Lexingtop^ that the Q_ueen would ailift bim with 
 Ships to block up Barcelona, 
 
 His-Lorpfhip's Anfwer was^ ^ That he v/as afraid this 
 
 * Propofal would meet iviih this Difficulty, That her Ma- 
 
 * jefty would be very unwilling to lend her Sliipjto exter- 
 
 * minate a People that had taken up Arms, in a great 
 
 * Meafure at the Infllgation of her Minifters j and that 
 
 * {he would think {hs had done enough to gratify the 
 
 * King, in not in/jfhng^upon the preferving for them their 
 ^ aneient Liberties, without helping to deftroy them. 
 But the Regard the Miniflry had to this Reque{t of the 
 King, will afterwards appear. The ¥^n(h Araballador
 
 from ]u\y ly I j!^, r^]an. 1716. 24? 
 
 and the Princefs des Urjins propofed to Lord Lexington^ and 
 the Night before he lefc Madrid^ the King fent for him, 
 and engaged him, to write a Letter, concerted with, and 
 approved by the King to the Regency of Barcelona^ ad- 
 vifing them to fubmit therafelves to their King. Hi? 
 Lordflii|>'aff-ires them of his conftant Endeavours to do 
 the beft he could do for them ; that God had not permit- 
 ted him to do more than he had done : That i'fthc7 
 ^vould rake rheir Refolution foon, before he was out of 
 Spain^ he would write for them in the Manner they 
 Ihould de/ire ; and concludes his Letter with new AfTu- 
 rances of his Concern for their Interefts. To make this 
 appear the more friendly to them, he tells th?m, * h€ 
 ' had entrufted the Conful at Alicant to get his Letter 
 
 * conveyed to them, upon fonie Pretence or other j ** 
 iho* a Duplicate of it wxs alio fent to the Count of t«- 
 cheraine^ one of the King ofS/^^i/z's Generals before the 
 Town, with Dire<£tion ro have it fent in as by a Defer- 
 ter, without his Knowledge. Mr. Eurch his Lordlhip's Se- 
 cretary, amongft other Reafons, gives this for the wri- 
 ting thisLetter; ' That if the Catalans had a mind to 
 
 * accommodate, the Queen would have the Mediation ; 
 
 * and if they had nor, that then the Court of Spain would 
 ' fee, that her Majefty would be alv/ays ready to ferve 
 ' them." But this Artifice to induce the Catalans to a- 
 bandon their Defencej in Hopes of his LordOiip's good 
 Offices, had no EfFe£t upon Men determined to die for 
 the Liberty of their Country. Nothing but Force could 
 extort that from them ; and therefore Sir Patrick Laroksy in 
 September I713, prefents a Memorial, to the fame Effedl 
 with what was propofed the Month before by Lord Lex^ 
 ington in Spain-^ fetting forth that the Catalans and Ma- 
 jorcaui had not fubmitted themfelves to the King's Obedi- 
 ence, but had interrupted all Commerce andCorrefpondence 
 in the Mediterranean ; and fubmits it to the Coniideration 
 of the Queen, not only as Guarantee of the Treaty of 
 Evacuation, but as it concerned the Interefts of Greas 
 Britain ; and therefore his Catholick Majefty hopes the 
 Queen will order a Squadron of her Ships to reducehis Sub- 
 jedls to their Obedience, and thereby compleat the Tran- 
 quillity of Spain , and of the Mediterranean Commerce,' 
 As foon as the Seafon of the Year would permit, a Fleet 
 is accordingly fitted out for the ^^tflf/terr4ne4;r, under the 
 Command of Sir James HijJiart, whofe firft Inftru£lions 
 bear Date February a8, and the Additional March 18, 
 
 ^ 1713-14 J by which he is ordered to infer ce a ftridi Ob- 
 
 fervance
 
 244 T^^ Hiflorical Regijier^ 
 
 fervance of the Treaty of Evacuation in ali its Parts ; 
 and upon any Complaints of the Queen's Subje£ls, of In- 
 terruptions of Commerce, or Depredations by the vefTeis 
 of Catalonia^ Majorca^ Sardinia^ Naples, and other Placesj 
 to demand Reftitution ; and in Cafe of Refufal, to make 
 Reprifals. To repair with the Fleet before Barcelona^ then 
 befieged by the Enemy, and demand immediate Payment 
 of the Value of the Queen's Stores in the Town,orafufficienc 
 Security for Payment in fome reafonable Time. To take 
 care to time his Arrival before the Town, according to the 
 Advices from Lord Bin^/ejy, then defign'd to be fent to Spain ; 
 by the ftrongeft Reprefentations to induce the Regency of 
 Barcelona to accept of the Terms that (hall be obtainM 
 for them. To take all the neceflary Meafures purfuant to 
 the Queen's Intentions to put an End to the Confufions 
 that now rdgn in thofe Parts : And all proper Methods 
 of Perfuafion to induce the Inhabitants of Majorca to fub- 
 mitto the Terms that {hall be offcr*d them 9 and in Cafe 
 of Refufa], to employ his Squadron in countenancing and 
 ailifting all Attempts which may be made for reducing 
 them to a due Obedience. Here the Committee take no- 
 tice, I. That altho' the Queen had engag'd herfelf by the 
 Treaty of Evacuation, to interpofe her good Offices in the 
 TOoft effedual Manner, to obtain for the Crf/4/tf«5 their Liber- 
 ties; yet inftead thereof, the moft effe£lual Methods were 
 ufed to the contrary, and Mr. Prior acquainted Monf. 
 Torcyj that the Queen was afTur'd the Catalans would fub- 
 init upon the Terms before ofter'd by the King of Spain, 
 without fo much as mentioning their a ncient Privileges 
 any more. 2, That the French King who had put himfelf 
 under the fame Obligation as the Queen, by the faid Trea- 
 ty, after this Account from Mr. Prior, of the Queen's Sen- 
 timents, thought .fit alfo not fo afk for their Privileges ; 
 Monf Torcy alfo alledging,that the King had little Intereft 
 with the Court of Spain, 3. That Britain was under the 
 fame Engagements by that Treaty, to fupport the Privi- 
 leges of Majorca, as thofe of Catalonia, at the Time Sir 
 fames Wijhart had dire6l Orders to attack them. 4. That 
 whjn thefe rigorous Meafures were forming againft the 
 Catalans, Lord Bolinghroke writes Word to Mr. Prior^ That 
 hy what we obferye in the Catalan /igent here, of whom we 
 hare nerer taken the leaft Notice as a publick Man, it is 
 pretty plain that a reafonable Accommodation might be made^ 
 as he exprejfes it, with that turbulent People, What was cal- 
 led Turbulency in the Catalans, may appear by their An- 
 fwer to the Duke of Popoli j the King of Spain\ Gene-
 
 frofn July 1714, to Jan. 1716. 245 
 
 ral, who fummonM them to furrender. They told hiin, 
 Ihey would rather die than he Slares ; hut if their ancient Li- 
 herties were confirmed to them^ they would open their Gates and 
 receive him with ail Gladnefs, The Houfe of Lords exprefs'd 
 their Concern in a publick Manner for the Miferies of 
 the Catalans^ and by their Addrefs to the Queen, /ipril 
 3, I714) made it their moft humble and earne-ft Requeft 
 to her Majefty, ' That fhe would be graciouily pleas'd to 
 
 * continue her Interpofition in the moft prefling Manner, 
 ' that tX^t Catalans may have the full Enjoyment of their 
 ' juft and ancient Privileges continued to them. ** Her 
 Majefty's Anfwer was, ' That at the Time fne concluded 
 
 * her Peace with Spain^ {he refolvM to ufe her Interpofiti- 
 ' on upon every Occafion for obtaining rhofe Liberties, 
 ' and to prevent, if poflible, the Misfortunes to which 
 
 * that People are exposM by theCondufl of thofe more 
 ' nearly concern'd to help them. '* Hereupon, for Form- 
 fake, and to allay the Indignation ct|iiceiv'd againft the 
 Miniftry by the People in general, who compaflionated 
 the Calamities of thofe who fought for Liberty, the De* 
 mand of the Catalan Priviledges is again put down in 
 Lord Bingley's InftrUvfions, who was before order'd to go 
 to Spain, but was never fenr. So that the only Favour 
 obrain'd from the Miniftry by this earneft Addrefs of the 
 Houfe of Lords, in Behalf of the Catalans^ was an inti- 
 mation fent by Lord Bolinghrohe to the Admiral not to 
 appear before Barcelona, nor to attack the Majorcans^ till he 
 ftio.ild hear from Lord bingleyj and receive Dire6lioxis fron* 
 England. And alfo a Letter from his Lordftiip to Mr. Gri- 
 maldo, above two Months after the Addrefs, tho' the 
 Town was invefted at the Time of making it, wherein 
 lie makes a kind and friendly Complaint, as he terms it, 
 that the Catalan Privileges had not been yet granted 
 them, nor any reafonable'Terms offered, which they muft 
 either have accepted, or forfeited the Queen's Compaf- 
 fion, and that of the whole World. The Admiral had 
 alfo his Scruples, whether his Orders would juftifie him in 
 attacking Barcelona. He therefore writes to the Lord Bo- 
 lingbroke and Lord Bingley upon itj and fubmits it to Lord 
 Bii'gley's Confideration, whether the Catalans might not re- 
 t'uie Conditions that may be moft advantageous, if they 
 find he is not to a6t by Force j and defires that his Orders 
 to a6l before Barcelona^ either by Force, or otherwife^ 
 may bt very plain and clear, affuring him that he will 
 moft pudlually obey thofe already given him, and fuch 
 as he fiiali hereafter receive. Whea Sir Jamss Wip^arf ar- 
 rived
 
 7^6 The Hijiorical Regifter^ 
 
 riv'd ar Cadiz,^ he gave the Governour a Lift of the Ships 
 luider his Command for the Mediterranean S^-rvice, who 
 fent it immediately to Madrid'^ but the' fcveral MeiTiges 
 came from Court to the Governour during 'the Admirars- 
 Say there, no one Compliment was made him, to fig- 
 nify his Arrival was welcome, or any Queftion aflced, 
 about what Services he was to perform, which a little 
 furprized him ; that as Toon as they hid an Account ^t, 
 Madrid, of his Arrival at Cadiz^ Mr. Orry was^ifpatch'd 
 to Catalonia with full Power to treat with the Catalans ; 
 
 * fo th^t, fays he, it would appear, that tho* tlie King of 
 ' Spain has all the Advantage of the Queen's Ships as much 
 
 * as if they were aflually btf ore Barcelona^ by reprefenting 
 
 * to thofe People, which they very well know, our Arri- 
 
 * val in thefe Parts ; and how far we are on our Way 
 ' to the Mediterranean^ yet the King would not feem to 
 
 * owe the Succefs of fuch Agreement to the Queen and her 
 
 * Ships, but to France only." Rut this Negotiation of 
 Mr, Orry failing orSuccefs, by the Catalans refufing to 
 tfubmit without having their Liberties granted them, o- 
 blig*d the Court of Spain to take more Notice than other- 
 wife they were inclined to do of the Admiral, who from 
 u^Iuant writes to Lord hwgley^ then expedled at Madrid^ 
 ihat he had received a very civil Letter from Mr. Grimal- 
 doy who fent him the King's Order, for exempting the 
 Provifions for the Fleet from paying any Duty. He tells 
 him, that this Exemption was ufually granted to the Ad- 
 miral himfelf that comraanded, but being a Trifle, he fub- 
 jmits it to his Lordlhip's better Judgment, whether the 
 granting him this, might not be a Means to prevent 
 any Thing that might be intended by the Court at Madrid^ 
 more to his Advantage, and leaves it to his Lordfliip's 
 Confideration, what may be moft for his Intereft at that 
 Place; and hopes by his Friendlhip to find fome Marks 
 of Favour from thence, in Regard to his Expence in 
 this Epedition, fo much intended for their Service, and 
 for which he has no Allowance from Home but his Pay, 
 which will not defray half his Charges. In another 
 Letter of Sir Jamts Wifljart to Lord Bingky^ he acquaints 
 his Lordftiip, that tho' he had formerly defir'd him to 
 inove the King of Spain^ that the Grant of Exemption 
 of Duties for Provifions for the Fleet might be made 
 to himfelf, yet upon farther Confideration of the Mat- 
 ter, which is buc of froall Moment, and may appear 
 greater ac the Courts of Spain and England than realJy ic
 
 from July 1714, f^ Jan. 1716. 247 
 
 is, he defi/f his Excellency, not to take any Notice of 
 it, butler u ftai\d as it does; and defires his Excellen- 
 cy's Countenance and Afliflanc e upon any other Occafion 
 that the Court of Madrid might take to expre/s their 
 good Will to him. Nor was it long before the Admiral 
 gave the Court of Spain mnre particular Proofs that he 
 was not unworthy ot their expe6led Favours. After Ectr- 
 cchna had heen inverted a confiderable Time by the Spani- 
 ards^ and reduc'vj to great DifHculries for Want of Pro- 
 vifions, the French Kui^, tho' engag'd vAth the Qiieen by 
 the Treaty of Evacuation, to employ his good Offijes in 
 the moft efFedlual Manner, in F»vour of the Catalan Li- 
 berties, thought fit to fend his Troops againft them, com- 
 manded by Marflial Berwick^ who open'd the Trenches 
 before Barcelona the firft of /«/)', O. S. 1714 : And on the 
 Eighth of the fame Month, Sir fames Wipoart^ in the 
 Queen's Name, writ them a threatening Letter, directed to 
 the Deputies, and others who poffefs'd the Government 
 there, telling them, ' that Complaints had been made of 
 
 * their difturbing the Commerce of the Queen's Subjeds, 
 ' and that they had infolently prefumM to take, carry up, 
 
 * and plunder their Ships, and ufed the Men in a barbiir- 
 
 * ous Manner ; he had therefore thought fit to fend C^p- 
 
 * tain Gordon with two Men of War, to reprefent to them 
 ' thefe unwarrantable and prefumptuous Proceedings, and 
 
 * by the Queen's Command demands immediate Satisfadlion 
 ' for the fame, and the Punifliment of the Officers of the 
 
 * Ships with the utmoft Severity. If this be not pundu- 
 
 * ally complied with, he leaves it to themfelves to 
 ' judge what the Confequences may be." 
 
 The Deputies returned Anfwer, ' Thar only one of tliofe 
 
 * VefTvls mentioned in Captain Gordon % Memorial, was ta- 
 
 * ken by them into Barcelona^ being laden with Salt, for 
 
 * which they paid the Price immediately to the Captain 
 ' of it ; that being befieg'd, they tliought they might do 
 ' fo with Juftice, and by the Law of Nations ; that they 
 < were far from living like Pirates, as their Enemies fug- 
 ' gefted in order to dlftrefs them, by preventing any one's 
 ' coming with Provifions for their Relief; that what 
 ^ Englijh Velfels had enterM their Port with Provifions,. 
 
 * had been well treated, and had freely fold their Mev- 
 
 * chandize, and at a higher Price than they could have 
 
 * got any where elfe; and that they had that Day pub- 
 ' lifh'd an Order, forbidding upon Pain of Death any of 
 ' their Ships to moleft any Enpiflj^ even tho' they were 
 J going with Provifions to the Ensmy» They hope his 
 
 *l Excellency
 
 248 The Hiflorical Regifier^ 
 
 <- Excellency will be farisfied with their Condudl, which 
 
 < is conformable to the Rights of People that are beiieg'd 5 
 <- afTuring him, that when they fliall know of any of 
 
 < their Ships that Ihall have caus'd the leafl Dinvage to 
 <■ any Englijh^ they will noc only immediately inflidt a 
 <■ rigorous Puniflimenr, but repair all the Damage ; defi- 
 
 < ring to live in the good Correfpondence they have had 
 
 * with his noble and generous Nation, with utmoft De- 
 
 * ference for rhe Queen, and ready to obey his Excellen- 
 
 * cy*s Orders with all Affedlion and Refpe6l, '* 
 
 The Government o^ Barcelona^ in their Extremity-writ 
 another Letter to the Admiral, dated July 23, fetting forth, 
 ^ That the Engagement CrfM/o;3M enter'd into, to receive 
 ' Charhslll. for their King, was founded on the Protedion 
 ' of the High Allies, but mod particularly of England', 
 
 * that they had for feven Years endeavour'd ro ferve the 
 
 * Engliflj Nation in every Thing it was poflible for them 
 ' to do, by contributing Troops, and confiderable Sums of 
 
 * Money without Interefl. And tho* they had pleased 
 
 * themfelves with the Thoughts of the Happinefs to be 
 
 * always Subjects of Charles III. yet by the ordinary 
 
 * Change to which Human Affairs are liable, they now 
 
 * fee the Tioops of the Duke of Avjou^ aided by the 
 
 * French^ Matters of all the Principality except Barcelona 
 ^ and Cardona^ committing through the whole the moft 
 *• execrable Hoflilities, Burnings andPlunderings, without 
 
 * fparing the EfFufion of innocent Blood, and without, Di- 
 
 * ftindtion of Age or Sex. That for a Year together the 
 ' Enemy's Army had opprefs'd Barcelona by Sea and Land, 
 
 * making them continually fufler the Calamity of fo long 
 
 * a Blockade ; during which Time, the Enemies have 
 ' thrown fourteen thoufand Bombs into the Town, which 
 
 * have ruin'd the greateft Part of the Houfes : That now 
 ^ they expeft to be attack'd in Form, they cannot ex* 
 
 * prefs their Affiiiflion, to fee the Danger of the Inhabi- 
 
 * tants exposed to be the Vidlims of that Cruelty with 
 
 * which the Enemy threatens to treat them. Having no 
 « Comfort Ith^ they fly to the Queen of Great Britain^ 
 
 * befeeching her Protedtion by the inclos'd Letter to Don 
 *• Dalmafesy their Envoy at London ; and in the mean 
 •^ Time, till an Anfwer can come, they befeech his Ex- 
 
 * cellency from their Souls to mediate with the Frencf? 
 ' Troops who opprefs them, for a Sufpenfion of Arms, 
 
 * fmce the Congrefs at Baden now fitting to conclude of a 
 ' ge*ieral Peace, may (till determine this Affair ; they 
 
 * doubc not that his Mediation will be able to procure 
 
 * them
 
 from July ly I ^, r^Jan. 1716. 249 
 
 ' them this Relief, fince his Squadron is fuperior to that 
 ' of the Enemy. They fee no other Remedy in Nature 
 ' for their Misfortunes, and therefore hope hisExcellen- 
 ' cy will not refufe them ; that if Catalonia has merited 
 
 * any Thing by its Services, and by its Conjundlion with 
 
 * the Englijh Nation, this is the Time to receive the Fruits 
 ' of it 9 that it is worthy of his Excellency to comfort 
 
 * the Afflifled, and not to deny them this Favour in their 
 > great Neceflity. 
 
 How the Admiral was affedled with this Letter may 
 appear by one of his to Lord Bingley^ dated, Auguft the 7th, 
 wherein he acquaints him, That Mr, Grimaldo ha'd/igni' 
 fied to him from the Y^ing of Spain, that all the King's Ships 
 of War being employ' d before Barcelona, His Majefiy could not 
 fend any of them to meet his Flota then coming home ; and there" 
 fore de/ir'd the Admiral to fend three of his upon that Ser- 
 yice, which uuf accordingly comply d with. Of this he had ac- 
 quainted Lord Bolingbroke, and hop*d to meet with Her Maje- 
 fy's Approbation. The Catalans thus abandoned, and given up 
 to their Enemies, contrary to Faith and Honour, were 
 not however wanting in their own Defence, but appeal- 
 ing to Heaven, and hanging up at the High Altar the 
 Queen's folemn Declaration to protedl them, underwent the 
 utmolt Miferiesof a Siege ; during which, what Multitudes 
 periflVd by Famine and the fword ? How many have fince 
 been executed ? And how many Perfons of Figure are 
 Itill difpersM about the Spanifj Dominions in Dungeons, 
 is too well known. However, the Calamities of the Ca- 
 talans cannot be imputed to Great Britaifi in general, a- 
 bus'd by the Miniftry, with repeated AfTurances, that eve- 
 ry Thing was doing for the Prefcrvation of that unfor- 
 tunate People. 
 
 The Committee find frequent Mention made of the Ab- 
 bot Gualtier^who-i altho* he does not appear to have had any 
 publick Charadler, refided in England during the greateft 
 Part of this Negotiation, and upon extraordinary Occafi- 
 ons, was very often fent backward and forward. But 
 the Share he had in the more publick Tranfaflions, wa« 
 not his only Bufinefs. It is evident, that fome Negotia- 
 tions which required more than ordinary Privacy, were 
 verbally tranfadted, and upon all fuch Occafions, Abbot 
 Cualtier was the Perfon to whom the French and Englijh 
 Minifters mutually referr'd each other. And as nothing 
 could be a greater Secret than all Matters relating to the 
 Pretender, this Province was particularly allotted to Ab- 
 ' r ^^ bot
 
 250 The Hi/torical Regijier^ 
 
 bot Gualt'ter^ that thro' his Hands, and under his Convey* 
 ance, by French Couriers going continually betwixt France 
 and Er.glctnd^ fuch Pradlices might be carried on vvith 
 great Safety, which in any other Manner had been too 
 dangerous an Undertaking. The firlt Time that any fe- 
 cret Negotiation is exyreily referred to Abbot Giiahhr^ is 
 found in a Letter, wherein Mr. St. John^ March j\. 1711, 
 tells Monf. Torcy^ He had deferred writing to him ef late^ till 
 the necejfary Difpojinons xoere made among our People at Home^ and 
 till the Queen had taken the only Refolution which could bring 
 us in a fliort Time to a good and fohd Peace. I haye now the 
 Sat'isfaflion to tell you^ that this Refolution is talen^ and thai 
 Mr. Ha r ley will carry with him this Nighty or to Morrow Mor- 
 nings the final Injlruclious of the Queen to her Plenipotenti- 
 aries. I refer myfelf to Mr. Gualtier, to explain to you more 
 at large the Suhjeft of this Gentleman's Commifjion^ and what 
 the Queen hopes his Mofl Chrijiian Majefty will do to co-operate 
 with her. Is not to be expecfted, that thofe who have been 
 fo careful to fupprefs Matters of lefs Importance, would 
 leave behind them any Tranfadlions that might tend di- 
 i-edlly to favour the Caufe of the Pretender. But as the 
 Committee has obferv'd feveral Paffiges which are a plain 
 Indication of the Regard with which the Caufe and Perfon 
 of the Pretender were treated, as often as meution'd, they 
 thought fit to bring them together, and lay them before 
 the Houfe in one View. There is a Paper that was left in 
 Lord BoUngbroke's Clofer^ dated at Ver failles^ Sept. 24, 1711, 
 endorsed, as other Office-Papers ufually are. It gives an Ac- 
 count that the Pope's Nuncio had in his laft Audience of 
 tie King, made the following Declaration : The Court of 
 Rome being fu.ly informed, that France was endeavouring to . 
 procure a Psace upon the moji advantageous Terms that was 
 fojjihle ; and being pcrfuaded. ti)at if the Peace Jhoiild be made^ 
 England would not fujfer that the King of Ftb-uc^ Jhould per- 
 mit the Prince of Wales to continue in his Realms ^ the Court 
 of Rome off'ers to the King of France to give this Prince an 
 Azykim at Rome, or any other Part of the Ecclefiafiick Domi- 
 nions, To vvhich rae King of France returned in Anfwer, 
 That an Azyiun. for the Prince of Wiles would be no Obfiacle 
 to the Peace That if the Allies did truly defi n to make aPeace, 
 he would accept of any reafonable Propo/Ittons they Jhould make ; 
 and tn th.s Cafe an Article for the Prince of Wales wortld be 
 inferted i;; the Treaty. June 7, 171 2, the Bifhop o\ Brijiol gi- 
 ving -n Accoua-i to Lord Bolingbroke of Tome Difcourfe he 
 had with fome of tne Minifters of the Allies, fays, Mon- 
 fieuT Consbruvji, one of the E.mperor*s Plenipotentiaries^ kept 
 
 alfa
 
 /r^w July 1714, toj^n. 1716. 251 
 
 alfu within the Terms of Decency^ fare only tJfat he tooJi it for 
 granted^ that one great End of all this Management on our Parf^ 
 rvas to brtn<i^ in the Pretender ; rphich /itiprehenjion one of the 
 Alinlfters of the States lateJey orond in prirate Difcourfe^ to 
 haye been the Fundamental Pea fon of all their ConduCl of late, 
 
 Ic cannot be forgot what gre.tt Strefs and Weight wis 
 laid upon the Removal of rhe PretenJer out of the Do- 
 minions of France. This w,as vvhat 3 II the Narioii with 
 great Jultice exj.edled, and whxt the Q^ieen declared was 
 taken Care of, as an additional Security to the Protefl^inc 
 Succefiion. But his removing out of France^ and bein^ 
 permitted to refide in Lorrain^ was nor only a great Sur- 
 prize to a\1 rhe Nation, but was receiv'd with fuch juft In- 
 dignation, that the Parliament addrefs'd rhe Qiieen upon this 
 Occa/lon, That /he would in/iji upon his Removal from Lorrain, 
 that Re/idence being equally^ or more dangerous to Great Bri- 
 tain, than his Abode in France. Her MAJefty's Anfwer, 
 That foe would repeat her Infances^ occafion'd in the Houfe 
 of Lords a becoming Refentment, th^t the Duke of Lorrain 
 fhould prefume to receive and eiiterrain the Pretender to 
 her Crown, in Defiance to her Majefty's Application to 
 the conrrary. But it wiJl now appear in wh^t T\Ianner 
 the Removal of the Pretender out of Trance^ w^.s ftrttled, 
 and that his refiding at Lorrain was nor only with the 
 Approbation, hut even by the Direilion and Appointment 
 of the Evg]ijhlsl.m\{iry, 
 
 Mr. St. John^ in his Letter to Monf. de Torcy^ May 24, 
 1712, 0, S. concludes with frying, He hopes^ that with the 
 general Repofe we fo all fee reriy'd in a few Weeks^ a good Under' 
 fianding between two Nations^ which may become to each other 
 the mofl ufeful friends, for the fame Reafons they hare been 
 the mofl formidable Enemies. The Qjeen commands me to 
 tell ym^ that jhe h^tpes^ when you fend an Anfwer to this Let- 
 ter^ we /hall have an Account that the Cher alter had begun 
 his Journey. In Anfwer to this, Monf. de Torcy fays ro my 
 Lord Bolingbroke^ Tou may ajfure the Queen.^ that the Chera- 
 Her is ready to depart at a Moment's \\ aming., if he did but 
 know where he was togo., and in what p.'ace he might be in 
 Safety. I own to you^ that I know no Prince who Is willirg 
 to receive him., for Fear of difpleaflrg the Q^een., or other 
 Powers ; it will be abfoJutely necejjary that there fiould be 
 fome E.xplanation upon thisSnbjeB^ which I defire yon to mt^lce 
 tome by the 466ot Guahier, if you do not judge it proper 
 to do it your felf 
 
 Mr. 5t. /o/w, June 6, 1712, 0. S. writes a publlck Let- 
 ter in Anfwer ;o the feveral Points cci>uin|.d in Mon" 
 
 S iieur
 
 2 52 The Hifiorkal Repfte)\ 
 
 fienr de Torcy's laft Letter ^ but in that Letter takes no No- 
 tice at all of the CheyaUer. But the Day after, ^wie 7, 
 1712, be writes a private Letter, as lie calls it hinifelf, 
 to Monf. ^eTorry, and conclntles, 7/?e -/4^W Gualtier will 
 write to yoU' on the SitbjcSi of the Cheyalier. 
 
 The Committee obferve, there are two Copies of this pri- 
 vate Letter, one dfliverM by Lord Bolingbrohe^ the other 
 ciirer'd in Lord St r a for d* s Eook : And m the Copy of 
 this Letter given in by Lord Bo^ivghrohe^ this PalTage, 
 That Abbot Giuh'iQr JJj all write about the Cheyalier^ is omit- 
 ted by hisLordQiip. June 22, 1712, N. 5. Monf. de Tony 
 writes two Letters to my Lord Bolingbtohe : In the pub- 
 lick Letter nothing is faid of the Pretender; the private 
 Letter concludes with faying, I have the Honour to fend 
 you a Letter under the King's Hand^ for her Eritamiick Majejiy^ 
 and Irefer you to what the Albot Gualtier foall faf to youy 
 about the Vtparture of the Cheyalier, 
 
 Aug. 21, 1712, Lord Bolingbroke being then in France^ 
 in his Difparch to the Earl of Dartmouth^ fays, The Cheya- 
 ^ler has fix*d his Departure for the frji of next Month^ 
 ^- S. they propofe that he fjall retire to Bar ; and they intend 
 to rcrite to the Vuhe of Lorrain, to ask of the Emperor^ 
 and other Trinces^ a Security for his 2erfon^ during his Re/i- 
 dence in that Place, But on the 28th of December^ 1712, 
 N, S. it appears, that the Chevalier was ftill in France^ up- 
 on which Account Mr. Prior writes thus to my Lord £0- 
 Ungbrohe : Another Point upon which this Court is yery folici- 
 tousj Uj that the Cheyalier remainirg in any Town of France 
 obfhnSls the Signing the Peace ; yet he cannot go to Lorrain 
 till the Emperor's Pajfports wtll fcure h'lm there. Tour Lord- 
 jhip by the Peru fal of the Fa^'ers^ will fee the State of that 
 Cafe -J and I haye only to add upon this SuhjeSi^ that the Court 
 of France exprejfes an hnpofpbiJity on their Side^ to do wore 
 than they haye donc^ and hopes we fhould haye Intereft enough 
 with the Emperor^ to obtain fuch Pajfports frum him^ as may 
 fcciire as well the Per [on ^ who is to go into Lorrain, as the 
 Duke of Lorrain, wJ)o is to receiye him. 
 
 Mr, Prior on the :19th, writes to the fame Effedl to my 
 LordTreafurer, and i,!ys. The Monarch is a good deal trou- 
 bled ttpon this Head ^ hji the young Man fmtld fall into the 
 Hands of the HuiTHrJ or Barbarians. And Monf. d' Aumont 
 hasy Iprefumey Orders to fpeak to our Miniflry upon it. As to 
 the Dowry^ I /hall not only be dunned to heathy but hang'd 5 
 for the Dowager fends Mfjfengers to we, vthich yot4 in Enz^^nd 
 do not think it extremely lawful to receiye : But if it is to 
 be paidj pray let it be done in a handfome Manner^ that ma^ 
 
 fljevn
 
 fromjuly 171^, f^Jan. 1716* 255 
 
 fhew the Charity of the ^een^ and the Generojity of her Lord 
 Treafurer. 
 
 The Papers referred to in Mr. Poor's Letter, contain an 
 Account of what the Duke of Lorrain had done at the 
 Defire of the King of France^ to obtain from the Allies 
 the necefftry Safeguards for the Chevalier. He fays, That 
 underjianding that the Queen of Great Brirain had already 
 granted her Safeguard or Prote^ion to the CheyaUer de Sr, 
 George, he heltey'd they had no more to do^ but to ajjply to 
 the Emt)eror^ and to the States General. 8y this Account it is 
 evident, that Abbot Gnahier manag'd the Affairs of the 
 Pretender, with whom fuch Pra<flices were verbally to be 
 tranfadled, as our Miniflry did not thmk proper to com- 
 mit to writing. That the Place to which he was to go, 
 becaufe no Body would receive him at the Hazard of the 
 Qiieen's Difpleaiure, and where he might remain in Safe- 
 ty, was to be prefcrib'd from England. That this was not 
 fix'd and determin'd till Lord BoUngbroke went into France: 
 And if his Lordfliip's Inftrudions are confider'd, it will 
 be hard to find in them any Thing of that Importance 
 and Secrecy, as to require his going in Perfon to fettle it. 
 His Lordfhip gives an Account from thence, that the Pre- 
 tender was to go to Bar^ and this is actiuiefc'd in here, 
 without the leaft Objedlion made. 
 
 The Miniftry are rold by Mr. Frior^ That the Court of 
 prance hopes, by our Intereft, fuch Paffports would be 
 procured as might fecure his Perfon : And in the Paper 
 fent to France from the Duke of Lorrain^ it is afferted, Thac 
 the Queen of Great Britain had already granted her Pro* 
 tedVion to the Pretender. But N'orew^er the 6rh, 171 3, 
 Lord Bolingbrohe writes to Mr. Prior^ Her Majefty haying 
 repeated to the Duhe of Lorrain the Lflances which you knov 
 haye been fo often made to the Mofi Chnjtian King^ for re- 
 ntoying the Pretender to her Crown »nt of Im Dominions^ 1 am 
 4irefled to acquaint you therewith^ that you may ffeak to 
 the Minifter of Lorrain, and to any other Minifier whom you 
 Jhall think proper, and let them know it U abfolutely incon- 
 fiflent with the Amity and good Correfpondence that U between 
 the Qiieen and their Mafters^ to receiye into their Dominions^ 
 or to proteU a Perfon^ who difputes her Majefiy's Tit/e, and en^ 
 deayours to didurb the Peace of her Kingdoms. That you may 
 be able to Jhew them that this is the coUefliye Senfe of the 
 whole Nation^ as well as the Queen's Command to yoxi^ I here" 
 with fend yon ihe Addrejfes of both Hoxifes of Parliament. 
 This can be underftood as no more than a bare Compli- 
 ance with the AddrelTes of Parliament, And to (hew 
 S 2, how
 
 2 54 The Hijlorical Regifler^ 
 
 how lirtle R^fentrnent and Indignation was conceiv'd 
 againlt the Duke of Lsrrain for this Indignity ofFer'd to 
 her Ml jell)', the Comminee infert here a Letter wrote by 
 Lord Bolingbroki ro Mr. Prior^ within four Days after his 
 laft mentioii'd Letter. upon the Su! ji6l of the Pretender, 
 T/;« Letter^ fays Lord Bolingbrgke to Mr. "Prior^ vo'ill be de- 
 lirer'd to you by the BAron de Forflner, who hag been twice at 
 cur Court vcith the Chara^er of Envoy from the Duke of 
 Lorrain, and who is extremely v<;U with yoiit Friends on thit 
 Side of the Water ^ that I maie no doubt but that he will, be 
 a welcome y^cquaintar.ce to you : I muft at the fame Time 
 recommend the Intereft of the Duke of Lorrain hU Mafier t» 
 your Care. Ton know^ Sir^ how little that Prince has yet felt 
 the good -Rfefls of what was fiipnlated for him at Ryfwick : 
 Tou knoWf 5"?>, how jujrly he pretends to an Eguiyalent from 
 thif Emperor for the Mont fcrr-it^ which was gifen away from 
 him to the King of Sicily. In a Word, yon are enough ap- 
 frizd of his H'a^ns^ of hn Expeflations^f and of her Majefiy*s 
 earneft Defire^ if by any Means foe can^ to contribute to the 
 Eafe<y and to the AdraiUage of a Prince^ who deferres much 
 better Ufage than he hat on many Occajions met with. 
 
 There are feveral other Letters that were wrote after 
 the Addrefs of Parliament to prefs the removing of the 
 Pretender from Lorrain ; but 'ris needlefs to obferve what 
 lurle Effe£b was to be expcdled from fuch Reprefentations 
 made in the fevcral Courts of Europe^ which were known 
 to be contrary to the Senfe and Intention of the Court of 
 Great Britain, And if any fnrrl.er Demonftration was 
 wanting to fhew their true Spirit and Inclinationj it may 
 be obferv'd, thvit the Addrefles in Parliament were made 
 in yuly 1715; and the rirft Letter that Lord boJingbroke 
 wroce m Purftia nee of thofe Addrefles, was on the 6rh of 
 November^ which was four Months after the AddrelTes 
 were prefeiited to the Qiieen. 
 
 The Committee inf;rrc here an Extra£l of a Memorial 
 touching the Demolition of the Sluices of Dunkirk^ deli- 
 ver'd by Monf de Torcy to Lord BoJingbroke at PariSy in 
 ^ugufi I'-jii. It is not our Bujinefs now to examine whether 
 the ^een of England, and the En^hfli Nation^ were in the 
 Right to demand the Demolition of the Fortifications^ and the 
 filling up the Harbour of Dunkirk, that is a Thing refoh'd 
 and agreed upon. It may perhaps come to pafs in the Cotirfe 
 of this Affair^ for Reafor.s eajily to ba forefeen^ that England 
 Jhall repent haying demarMd the Demolition of a Place, and 
 the Defiru£iion of an Harbour^ which might he of great Ufc 
 »'« Covimtf^ei which perhaps are not ytry remote^ 
 
 2. ' ' ' The
 
 from July 17 i^f r^Jan. 1716. 255 
 
 The Committee do not take upon there to explain what 
 Conjundlure France bad in View, and which they thought 
 not very remote, when Bunhirk migi'.c be of particular 
 Service ; but think it proper to conchide this Part of the 
 Report with obferving, that the Pretender did, immedi- 
 ately upon the Demife of the late Queen, publifh a De- 
 claration, which the Duke of Lorrain has acknowledg'd 
 in his Letter of the 6th of December^ i7'4> t^^'^f he re- 
 ceived from the Prerender himfelf, wherein is this re* 
 markable PafTige. Tet contrary to our Expcilatioiis upon the 
 Death of the Princefs our Sifter^ (of vohofe <^ooi Litentiojis tO' 
 wards us n-e could not for feme Time paji vccll doubt ; and this 
 roas tht Reafon we then fit ftjll^ expiBin^ the good E^'eCls 
 thereof which were wfortunately prevented by her deplorable 
 Death") we found that our People^ trfiead of taking this fa^ 
 yourahle Opportunity of retrieving the Honour and true Inte- 
 reji of their Country^ by doing us and themfehes Juflice^ had 
 immediately proc'lairnd for their King a foreign Prince^ to our 
 Prejudice^ contrary to the Fundamental and Inconte/iable Laws 
 of Hereditary Right^ which their pretended ACis of Settlement 
 can neyer Abrogate. 
 
 After this, the Committee infert at l.irge a Letter from 
 the Earl of Oxford and Mortimer to the Qiieen, dated June 
 the 9th, 1714-, with an Account of Publick Affairs from 
 Augu/i the 8tb, 1710, to June the 8th, 1714, all written 
 with his own Hand. The Letter is as follows; 
 
 May it pleafe your Majefly, 
 
 IPrefume^ in Obedience to your Royal Commands^ to lay 
 before your Majefly a State of your Affairs^ Tho' 1 
 bare yery much contracted it from the Draught I made^ and 
 the Vouchers from whence it is taken, yet / find it fcvell under 
 my Pen in tranfcribing^ being willing to put every Thing before 
 your Majefly in the clearefi Light my poor Underjlanding can 
 attain to. It was jiecejfary to lay it before your Majefly in 
 the Series of Time^ from the Beginning to this prefent Time ; 
 and when that is compJeatly laid before you, it remains only 
 for me to beg God to direct your Majefly, 
 ■ And as to rnyfelf^ do with me what you pleafe-f place me 
 either as a Figure^ or a Cypher.^ difplace we, or replace me, as 
 that befl ferres your Majefly s Occajions^ yottfljall ever fndme^ 
 with the utmofl Deration^ and without any Referrgf 
 MADAM, 
 your moft dutiful, moft faithful, nioft humble, 
 moft obedient Subjedl, and unworthy Servant, 
 
 OXFO RQ. 
 
 S3
 
 256 The Hijlorical Regrfter^ 
 
 A Brief Account of Tublick Affairs Jince Angnft the ^thy 
 1710, to this prefent 9th of June, 17 14. To vrhich is 
 addedy The State of Affairs Abroad^ as they relate to 
 this Kingdom i ^ith fonie humble Propofals for Jecuriv^ the 
 future Tranquillity of her Majcf/y's Reign^ and the Safety of 
 her Kingdoms. 
 
 HER Majefty on the 8th of Avguft^ 1710, was pleas'd 
 to alter her Treafurj^j .md rvvo Days after, in a 
 new CommiiTion, Robert Harley^ by her Majefly's gre^jt 
 Favour, was made Chancellor or the Exchequer. The 
 State of Affairs at Home and Abroad are frefli in every 
 ones Memory. 
 
 The Condition of the Treafury ?.x that Time was laid 
 before her M^jefty in a large Repreftntation. I beg leave 
 to touch fonie few Eieads. The Army was in the Field ; 
 no Money in the Treafury; none of the Remitters vvoiild 
 Contra(fc again ; the Bank had refused to lend a Hundred 
 Thoufand Pounds to Lord GodoJphin on very good Secu- 
 rity ; the Navy, and other Branches of Service, Eleven 
 Millions in Debt, which enhancM the Price of every 
 Thing proportionably ; the Civil Lift in Debt about Six 
 Hundred Thoufand Pounds, and the yearly Income too 
 little for the currant certain Expence, by the loweft 
 Computation, One Hundred Twenty Four Thoufand, Four 
 Hundred Ninety Five Pounds, Two Shillings and Four 
 Pence. 
 
 In a few Days this new Commiflicn made Provifion 
 for paying the Army by the greateft Remittance that had 
 ever been known -, tho' the Oppofition from every Office, 
 which was full of Perfons who were Enemies to the 
 Change made by the Queen, was very ftrong, and very 
 troublefome and vexatious ; and fuch was the Situation 
 of Affairs, that nothing but great Patience could ever 
 have overcome thefe Difficulties ; it being impoffible, 
 as well as unavoidable, to make Removes, but by De- 
 grees. 
 
 As foon as it was poffible, (and notwithftanding the 
 Clamours then raised, it was the only proper Time) a new 
 Parliament is calTd. Its firft Meeting was November the 
 27th, 1710, Robert Harley had preparM the Funds ready, 
 (before the Parliament met, as he has done every Seffioii 
 to this Day) not only for the Current Service of the Year, 
 both by Sea and Land, but alfo for eafing the Nation of 
 above Nine Millions of Debt. This was thought io Chi- 
 merical
 
 fromjuly iyi/[, r^Jan. 1716. 257 
 
 rncrical when Robert Hariey did begin to open ir, that ic 
 was treated with Ridicule, until he {lievv'd how pradlica- 
 ble ic was. Ic is true, this gave ^reat Reputation Abroad, 
 and enabled to treat advantageoufly of a Peace j it raised 
 iinking Credit at Home ; but at the fame Time as it drew 
 Envy upon HarJey from fome, and the Rage of others, fo 
 it gave Offence to fome of his Fellow Servants, who rold 
 him plainly, that he ought to have told his Secret, and 
 if he would not get Money himfdf, he ought to have 
 let his Friends fhare a Hundred Thoufand Pounds, which 
 would not have been fdc or found cue in fo vaft a Sum as 
 Nine or Ten Millions. 
 
 To this Principle was owing the fetting on Foot at this 
 Time the unhappy Voyage to Canada : To all which 
 Meetings Hariey avoided coming, and gave Lord Rochs(ler 
 his ReafonS) and after he defir'd his Lordfliip to be a 
 Means to the Queen to hinder that Expedition ; but it 
 happen'd to be too late. Rut Lady Majfam knows how 
 much Hariey was concernM at it, cho* he did not know 
 the true Spring of that Voyage, which will appear after 
 in this Paper. 
 
 The Beginning of February^ 1710-11, there began to 
 be a Divifion amongft thofe cali'd Tones in the Houfe, 
 and Mr. Secretary St. John thought it convenient to be 
 Jifting a feparate Party for himfelf. To prevent this. 
 Lord Roche/ier and Harky defir'd to have a Meeting, and 
 to cool fuch ralh Attempts ; and it was contriv'd Mr.' 
 Secretary St. John fliould invite us to Dinner, (which was 
 the laft Time he ever invited Robert Hariey, being now 
 above three Years) where was Duke of Shrewsbury, Earl 
 Poulet, Lord Roche/ier, and others ; and Lord Rocheflet 
 took the Pains to calm the Spirit of Divifion and Am- 
 bition. 
 
 Hariey was at this Time feiz'd by a violent Fever, and 
 on his firil coming Abroad, March 8, met with a Misfor- 
 tune which confinM him many Weeks. The Tranfadli- 
 ons during that Time are too publick, as well as too black, 
 for Hariey to remember or to mention. 
 
 In the End of May 171 1, the Queen, out of her a- 
 bounded Goodnefs, was pleas'd to confer undeferv*d Ho- 
 nours on Robert Hariey ; and on the 29th of the fame 
 Month, was pleas'd to put the Treafurer's Staff into his 
 Hands ; A Poll fo much above Harky*s Abilities to ftrug- 
 gle with, that he had nothing buc Integrity and Duty to 
 recommend him to her Majefty's Choice ; fo he muft have 
 Recourfe to her Majefty*s tranfcendent Goodnefs and Mercy 
 ~ S 4 to
 
 258 The Hiflorical Regifter, 
 
 to pardon all his~^«ulrs and Failings, both of Omiflion 
 and Coaimiflion, during the whole Courfe of his Ser- 
 vice. 
 
 But to return and refurne the Thread of tliis Difcourfe : 
 The 4i:h of June 1711, three Days after the Treafurer WiS 
 fvvorn, he w.'s furpriz'd with a Demand of Twenty 
 Eigiu Thouf-md Thirty Six Pounds aiid Five Shillings, 
 for Arms and Merchandize, faid to be fent to Canada. 
 When the Treafurer fcrupled this, Mr. Secretary St. John 
 and Mr. M'joy came to him with much PuHion upon this 
 AfEiir; ■di\(\ about a Fortnight after, the Secretary of 
 State /ignify'd the Queen's pofitive Pieifure to have thac 
 Money paid ; and accordingly her Majcfty fign'd .i \X'ar- 
 rant Jxine 21, and the Treafurer not being able ihei)) with 
 all his Precaution, to difcover further Light, the Money 
 was p'nid Ju'y the 4th, 171 1. Since the Return from thac 
 Expedition, the Secret is difcover'd, and the Treafurer'j 
 Sufpicion juftity'd; for the Publick was cheated of above 
 Twenty Thouf^nd Pounds. Tnere is Reafon to be more 
 particular upon this Head, becaufe it is one of the Thiugs 
 never to be forgiven the Treafurer ; and Lord Chancellor 
 told him more to that Purpofe j tliac they told him no 
 Government was vvortii fcrving, that would not let them 
 xnaJce thofe Advantages, and get fiu.h Jobbs. 
 
 One Thing more is crav'd Leave to be added, That the 
 Treafurer was forc'd to ufe all his Skill and Credit to 
 keep the Hoiife of Commons from examining this Affair 
 laft Parliament. 
 
 jfune the 12th, 171 2, the firft Seflion of laft Parliament 
 ended. From this Time^ to the Beginning of the next 
 Seflion, the Treafurer's Hands were full of negociatmg 
 the Peace in all Courts AL-voad ; and befides the ordinary 
 and necelTary Duty of his Office at Home, he had fre- 
 quent Occafion of calming the Quarrels and Grudges Mr. 
 Secretary had fome times againft Lord Dartmouth., fome 
 times againft Lady Mafam^ and foraetimes againft the 
 Treafurer himfelf. 
 
 The fecond Seflion of the laft Parliament began Vecem- 
 ler xht "jth^ 171 1. This was attended with great Diffi- 
 culties and Dangers, as well from the Practices of the 
 Difcontented here, as the Defigns carryM on by Mr. Buys., 
 Prince Euge?ief and Bothmar ; in which Denfigs concnrr'd 
 the Emperor, and. other Stares and Princes who gain'd b^ 
 the War. This put her Majefty under a Sore of Neceflity 
 to prcferve the whole, and to take a Method which bad 
 
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 fro7n July 1714, to Jan. 1716. 259 
 
 been ufed before to create fome new Peers. So many 
 having been brought formerly out of the Houfe of Com- 
 mons of thofe who ufed to manage Publick Affairs, it 
 was propos'd to Mr. Secretary, That if he would be con- 
 tented to fl<iy in the Houfe of Commons that Seflions, her 
 Majelly would have the Goodnefs tp create him a Peer, 
 and that he (hould not lofe his Rank. The fecond Seflion 
 ended the 21ft of Jnne^ 1712 ; and notwithftanding Both- 
 mars Memorial, and all other Attacks both from Abroad 
 and at Home, Supplies were provided, and every Thing 
 reletting to the Publick put upon a good Foot, and the 
 Malcontents began to defpair, as appeared by the Duke 
 of Mar] borough retiring Abroad, an:3 other Particulars. 
 
 After the Seflion was ended, the Queen, as flie had pro- 
 mised, order'd a Warrant for Mr. Secretary St. John to be 
 a VifcGunr; this happen'd to put him in the urmoft Rage 
 againft rhe Treafurer, Lady Majfam^ and without fparing 
 the grearcfh . It did avail very little, to tell him how- 
 much he had got in Place; for had he been created with 
 the other Lords, it would have fallen to his Share to have 
 come next afcer Lord Tret>or-^ but the Treafurer with great 
 Patjence bore all the Storm, of which Lord Majfam was 
 often a Witnefs of the outrageous Speeches ; and Mr, 
 Moor vtry lately told the Treafurer, that Lord Bolingbroke 
 faid very lately to him, that he ow'd him a Revenge upon 
 that Head. This Difcontent continu'd, until there hap- 
 pened an Opportunity of fending him to France ; of 
 which there was not much Occalion ; but it was hoped, 
 that this would have put him in good Humour 9 which 
 Jt did, until in OBober 1712, there were Knights of the 
 Garter made. This created a new Difturbance, which is 
 too well remember'd, and breaks out now very often 
 in outrageous Expreilions publickly againft all then 
 made. 
 
 In Noyember^ on the Death of Duke Hamilton^ he was 
 much againft Duke Shrewsbury's going, for Reafons very 
 plain, which then were in Negociation ; for before 
 the la ft Seflion of that Parliament began, a new Mo* 
 del was framed, or a Scheme of Miniftry ; which how 
 they afterwards came to fall out, will appear in its due 
 Place. 
 
 The third and laft Seflion began y^pril the 9th, 1713, 
 which was as foon as the Peace was concluded, and could 
 be proclaimed. It is not decent to take Notice, That dur- 
 ing this whole Negociation, the Treafurer was obliged by 
 his own Hand, and his own Charge, to correfpond in all 
 
 Che
 
 ':^6o The Hiftorical Regijler^ 
 
 the Courts concern'd in the Negociation ; and very ofcen 
 he had the good Luck to fee right feveral Miftakes, and lo 
 obtain fome Things very little expedled ; but the only 
 Merit of this belongs to her Majefty, the Credit of whofe 
 Favour brought it about, and gave Power to the Treafurer 
 to adl with Succefs. 
 
 During this Seflion, the Lords of the Cabinet, and 
 others, met every Saturday at the Treafurer's, in order to 
 carry on the Queen's Bufinefs, as they had done the Year 
 before on Thurfdays. Many Offers were made, and re- 
 peated by the Treafurer, in order to attack former Offen- 
 ders, and quiet the Minds of the Gentlenlen, and of the 
 Church Party 5 and the only Reafoii for this failing, was, 
 becaufe of the Projedt Lid for their new Scheme, and 
 putting themfelves at the Head, as they call'd it, of the 
 Church Party, 
 
 This being the laft Seflion of Parliament, and fome 
 Gentlemen fearing their Eledlions, and fome for other 
 Reafons, dropt the Bill of Commerce. The Treafurer 
 faw this Opportunity, and immediately took it, and pre- 
 vailed with Sir T/?o/w4i Hanmer^ and others, to come into 
 the Payment of the Civil Lift Debts, incurred before the 
 Change of the Treafury, tho' the prefent Treafurer was 
 raird at and maligned ; which he chofe to bear patiently, 
 rather than own the true Reafon, that there was no Mo- 
 ney to do it with, which would have ruinM all at once. 
 This Step of paying the Debts, put the Malecontented 
 into the utmoft Rage, which they did very publickly ex- 
 prefs in both Houfes. This laft Selhon of that Parliament, 
 and the third fince the Change of the Miniftry, ended 
 ^uJy the i6th, 1713- 
 
 The Peace with France being over, and it growing ne- 
 ceffary to put her Majefty's Aft'airs into a further and 
 more fettled Regulation, and to eafe the Treafurer of the 
 Burthen, as well as Envy, of fuch a Bulk of Bufinefs ; 
 her Majefty was pleas'd to approve of the Scheme of the 
 Duke of Ormondes flaying here to attend the Army Affairs, 
 which was neceftary at the Time of Diftjanding ; Duke 
 Shrewsbury to go to Ireland, upon his Return from France ; 
 Lord Fmdlater to be Chancellor of Scotland', Lord Mar 
 third Secretary ; Lord Vartmerah Privy Seal 5 Mr. 
 Bromley Secretary of State, and Sir William \\yndham Chan- 
 cellor of the Exchequer, I am fure the Queen very well 
 remembers the Rage this caus'd, as perfc£lly defeating 
 their Scheme, and {hewing that her Majefty would put 
 her Affairs upon a folid Foot j the Lord Chancellor faid ir 
 
 was
 
 from July 1714, to Jan, 1716. 261 
 
 Was Hgainft Law ; and to this Day will not treat Lord 
 findhner with Decency ; and Lord Mar has met with ma- 
 ny ill Treatniencs, as well as Mr. Secretary Bromley. But 
 tliat the Treafurer might leave them without Excufe, and 
 make Jier Majefty's Affairs, if poflible, e.ify with and to 
 thofe in her Service, as foon as he was recovered enough 
 to write, he wrore a large Letter to Lord Boingbrokey 
 containing his Scheme of the Qiieen's Affairs, and whan 
 was necelTary for Lord Bolingbroke to do, as belonging only 
 to his Province. 
 
 Tnis Letter wns dated J^ily the 25th, 1713, and was 
 anfvver'd July the 27fh by Lord Bolingbroke ; the Copy 
 was Ihovvn to Lady Majfam^ who came to vific the Trea- 
 furer, then (.onfin'd to his Chamber ; ajid {lie then thoughc 
 it was a very good one, and what was proper for the 
 Occafion. 1 believe the whole would be of Ufe to give 
 Light to her Majefty into the Ground and Foundation of 
 the Follies and Madnefs which have fince appeared ; the 
 whole is ready for her Majefty's Perufal when fhe 
 pleafes. 
 
 In tliis Letter the Treafurer gives an Account to Lord 
 BoUigbroke of the Occa/ions, or rather the Pretences for 
 giving Dilbirbance to the Qiieen's Servants. He propofes 
 the Remedy, and what was requifite to be done by him 
 as Secretary in his own Province, and alfo AlTurance of 
 the Treafurer's Afliftance to theutmoft, and of his Deiire 
 to confult with him (Lord Bolingbrolie) how to unite the 
 reft of cur Friends. Keing then fick, the Treafurer took 
 the Liberty to put Lord Bolingbroke in Mind of the feve- 
 ral Particulars which then requir'd Difpatch, and were 
 folely belonging to his Province, without any other In- 
 r-erpolition, than that of taking your Majefty's Diredion. 
 Amongft others, that of a Circular Letter upon the Ad- 
 drelTes of both Houfes relating to the Pretender. This was 
 not done in three Months. His Lordfliip wrote Word it 
 was done July the 27th, 
 
 In the fame Letter the Treafurer proposed, that (ac- 
 cording to the Treaty of Peace) Care fhould be taken of 
 the following Particulars, yi%, Newfoundland^ Hudfon's 
 Bayy AcadiUy St. Chrifiofbersj the Ajjiento, and other Things 
 contain'd in the Treaties of Commerce. Thefe Particu- 
 lars the Treafurer thought to have been executed, until 
 within a few Weeks he heard the contrary by Accident, 
 and that the Time in the feveral Treaties was elaps*d. 
 Upon this, the Treafurer, on Wednefday June 2, told 
 
 Mr.
 
 262 The Hiftorical Regi/fer^ 
 
 Mr. Moor of this, and that every body would be liable to 
 i3lame who are in the Queen's Service. 
 
 Thurfday, June 3, 171 4, Lord BoHnghroke writes to the 
 Treafurer a Letter, which begins thu? : Mr. Moor has been 
 this Morning xohh me^ and has pit into my Hands a*Faper^ 
 which he calls, (I think not improperly) a Charge ufon me^ 
 This Paper contains the Negleft abovemention*d in the 
 Treafurer's Letter of July 25r, 171 5, eleven Months before ; 
 and yet thefe Faults are now charged upon the Treafurer. 
 
 Hereupon the Committee obferve, that his Lordfliip has 
 here taken to himfelf the Credit of correfponding by his 
 own'Hand, and at his own Charge, in all the Courts con- 
 cerned in the prefent Negociations, and that very often 
 he has had the good Luck to fer right feveral Miftakes, and 
 to obtain fome Things very little expedled. That he boaft- 
 cdof his laying hold of a feafonalJe Opportunity inParlia- 
 ment, upon rejedling the Bill of Commerce, to prevail 
 with the Members of the Houfe of Commons to come into 
 the Payment of the Civil Lift Debts ; and has alfo charg*d 
 feveral Perfons, then in high Stations in her Majefty's Ser- 
 vice, with Corruption and Imbezilment of the Publick 
 Money ; and prefumed to recommend himfelf to her Ma- 
 jefty, by having us'd all his Skill and Credit to keep the 
 Houfe of Commons from examining into the fame. And 
 the Committee having received Information, that large 
 Sums of Money had been diredled for fpecial Services re- 
 lating to the War, by Signs Manual, and Warrants upon 
 the fame, counterfigu'd by his Lordfliip j which Sums 
 were afterwards paid to his Lordihip's Order : The Com- 
 mittee thought fit to lay before the Houfe, Copies of the 
 faid Signs Manual, and Warrants, and Orders thereupon. 
 
 The Committee having likevvife obfervM feveral Tranf- 
 ,i£\ions. Orders, and Direftions, given by the Minifters 
 in the Queen's Name, in no Manner agreeable to her 
 Majefty's Sentiments and Intentions, as exprefs'd in feve- 
 ral Meftiges to Parliament, and Speeches from the Throne, 
 concerning the Terms of Peace which Ihe was pleafed to 
 communicate to both Houfes; thought it their Duty to 
 enter into a particular Examination of this Matter, and 
 to compare her Majefty's Declarations, with the Meafures 
 that her Minifters prefum'd to take in carrying on thefe 
 important Negociations. The firft Time the Queen made 
 Mention of the Peace to the Parliament, was December 11, 
 57x1, when nothing had been concluded between England 
 and France^ but the Special Preliminaiies iign*d by the 
 
 Earl
 
 from July J yij^, r^Jan. 1716. 263 
 
 Earl of Dartmouth and Mr. St. John on the Part of England^ 
 and Monfieur Mefnager on the Part of France^ September 
 the ayth, 171 1, and the General Preliminaries fign'd by 
 Monfieur Mefnager only, which weie fent over by the 
 Earl of Strafford^ as the Foundation of a General Peace. 
 
 After thefe Preliminaries v/ere fign'd, Mr. St. John 
 prefs'd Monfieur de Torcy, that the King of France would 
 explain himfelf with Regard to the Allies ; and fuch Ex- 
 plications as the King of France thought fit to make, are 
 •contained in the Anfwer to the Memorial brought by M. 
 Guahier^ Noyemher 18, 171 1. Upon which, her Majefty 
 at the opening c^ that Seflion, in laying before the Par- 
 liament the State of the Treaty then on Foot, faid, < That 
 ' notwithftanding the Arts of thofe who delight in War, 
 
 * both Pl?ce and Time are appointed for opening the Trea- 
 
 * ty of a General Peace. Our Allies, efpecially the States 
 
 * General, whofe Intereft I look upon as infeparable from 
 
 * my own, have, by their ready Concurrence, exprefs'd 
 
 * their Confidence in me." The Queen thought the States 
 had readily concurred with her ; but it mull be remem- 
 ber'd, that the States had in the ftrongeft Manner repre- 
 fented againft the Propofitions fign'd by Monf. Mefnager j 
 as too general and uncertain, not being a fufficient Foun- 
 dation, upon which a Negociation might be hazarded ; 
 they dreaded the fatal Confequences of opening the gene- 
 ral Conferences, before the Articles ofFer'd by France were 
 made fperifickj and before they knew what they were to 
 truft to, for their own Barrier, and their Commerce, But 
 inftead of acquainting the Queen with thefe Reprefenta- 
 tions, or a(£ling according to her Majefty*s Sentiments, 
 Mr. St. John, OSlober 9, declares, ' Certain it is, that her 
 
 * Majefty is fo far determined in her Meafures, that thofe 
 
 * will deceive themfelves, who may imagine by Delay to 
 ^ break them." And October 29, ' The Qiieen remains 
 
 * firm in her firft Refolution, of caufing the Conferences 
 
 * to be opened upon the Articles fign'd by MonC. Mefnager.'* 
 And Noyember 2, ' The Queen will not finally concert a 
 
 * Plan for the Profecution of the War with the States, 
 
 * until they join with her in agreeing to open the Con- 
 
 * ferences of Peace.*' And Noyember 15*, Lord Stafford. 
 fays, ' He had now told them her Majefty's Order to him 
 
 * was to declare, that ihe ihould look upon any Delay as 
 
 * a Refufal to comply with her Propofitions." By thefe 
 Threats, and extraordinary Meafures, the States are com- 
 pell'd by the Queen's Minifters, to confent to open the 
 Conferences 5 when at the iame Time her Majefty was 
 
 fcrfuaded
 
 264 The Hiftorical Reg^ijler^ 
 
 perfuaded, th;it rliey readily coiicurrM in what had been 
 proposed to them. Her M<tj fty declares, fhe looks upon 
 the Intereft of the States General to be inlep,tr^l>le from 
 her own. Mr. St.J&hn declares, That Britain had ^one Co 
 much too far in weaving her Intereft into chat of the 
 Continent, that it would prove no eafy Tafk to difen- 
 tangle them, without tearing and rending. 
 
 The Qiieen Ays further, ' The Princes and States which 
 * have been engag'd with us in this War, being Uy Trea- 
 ' ties entitled to have their fcveral Interefts fecur*d at a, 
 ' Peace, I will not only do my utmolt to procure every 
 ^ one of them all reafonable Sitisfaction, Luc I ihall alfo 
 ' unite with them in the ftridl.^U Engagements for con- 
 ' tinuing the Alliance, in order to render the General 
 ' Peace fecure and lailing. ' And in her Mcfftge of the 
 17th of January following, her Majelty again exprelTes 
 the Cajre (he intended to take of all her Allies, and the 
 ftri6l Union in which flie propofcd to join witli them. 
 By thefe Declarations it appears, her Majfty's own Refo- 
 lution WHS to unite with the Allies in the ftri6left Engage- 
 ments, But her Minifters had tiken upon them, in the 
 private Propofirions fent over by Mr. Prinr^ to mCert an 
 Article, That the Secret Jhould be inyioUbly kept between 
 England and France, till allow d to be diyulg'd by the Con- 
 fent of both Parties. And altho* Frafice had ofter'd to treat 
 with England and HoUand-f either Separately or jointly, 
 with the reft of the Allies, at the Choice of England ; 
 the Qiieen's Minifters excluded the Allies, and in the Con- 
 ference held with Monfieur Mefnager^ they are much fur- 
 priz'd to find that he had Orders to infift that the Qjieen 
 ihould eater into particular Engagements, upon divers 
 Articles, vviuch depend not upon her, and which regard 
 the Intereft of the Allie? ; and they infifted, that ir was 
 abfolutely necelTary to remit the DifculTion of the parti- 
 cular Incerefts of the Allies to General Conferenc<^s. And 
 when Mr. St. John was prefiing Monfieur de Torcy.^ to 
 give them fome Explications of what was dejfign'd for 
 the Allies, he afTures him, If the King would offer a Plan of 
 Specifick Preliminaries^ the Queen rviU never communicate it to 
 her Allies. And upon another Occafion he declare?, This 
 Negociation was begun and carry*d on upon a Suffofition^ that 
 the Queen mufi defifi from many Conditions^ which in Rigour 
 (he was obliged to procure for her Allies, 
 
 III the MefTage of January 17, the Queen declares, Her 
 Plenipotentiaries had begun^ in purfuance of their In- 
 llrudtionsj to concert the molt proper Ways of procuring a 
 
 juft
 
 from July 17 14, to Jan. 1716. 265 
 
 juft Sarisfa6lion to all in Alliance with her, according to 
 their Treaties, and particularly with Relation to Spain. 
 and the Indies, And her Majefty had faid before, in An- 
 fwer to an Addrefs from the Houfe of Lords, prefented 
 December ii, 171 1, I pjould be forry any one could think I 
 trould not do my utmofi to recover Spain and the Indies from 
 the Houfe of Bourbon. The Committee cannot doubt but 
 her Majeity was determin'J to recover Spain from the 
 Houfe of Bourbon : But that her Minlfters had no fuch 
 Thoughts, and did not in the leaft endeavour it, appears 
 in every Part of the Negotiation. In the firft Propofi- 
 tions fent over by Mr. Prior^ Demands are made of the 
 King of France.^ to be performed by the King of Spain^ 
 which the King of France was to engage for. And as ap- 
 pears by an Entry in Lord Straford's Book, Mr. Prior had 
 Orders to fee if they had full Powers from Spain. In the 
 fpecial Preliminaries, fign'd by the Earl of Dartmouth and 
 Mr. St. /o^«, it is faid exprefly, The Kin^ fromifes in the 
 Name of the King of Spain his Grandfon^ and according to the 
 Powers which his Majefty has receiy*d from that Prince^ that 
 Port Mahon, and Gibraltar jl:aR remain to the Englifh. 
 Thefe Steps had been taken by the Queen's Minifters, even 
 before her Majefty had made thefe Declarations ; which 
 the Committee cannot therefore but conclude, that her 
 Majefty was not informed of. And altho* the Qiieen's Ple- 
 nipotentiaries were o!)liged by their Inftru6lions to infift, 
 thcit Spain and the U'e/l- Indies fliould not be allorted to any 
 Branch of the Houfe of Bourbon ; when the Plenipoten- 
 tiaries of France, February 11, 171 1- 12, gave in their 
 Specifick Explanation of the General Preliminaries, fign'd 
 by Monf. Mefnager, the King of France made his iirft Of- 
 fers in the N^me, and by Virtue of Powers from his 
 Grandfone King Philip.^ as King of Spain, Mar, 4, 1711-12. 
 At a Meeting of the Minifters of the Allies at Utrecht^ 
 Count Zinxendorjf infifted, that the Reftitution of the 
 whole Spanifn Monarchy ftiould be exprefly mention^'d. 
 Upon which Occafion, it appears, by a Letter from the 
 Englijh Minifters, March 6, That they were the only Mi- 
 nifters that did not make any Mention at all of Spain^ 
 and that they were fenfible of the difadvantageous Confe- 
 quences of doing fo. All the Attempt that the Queen's 
 Minifters ever made towards obtaining this great Point, 
 which her Majefty declares Ihe fhould be forry any one 
 could think fhe did not do her utmoft to procure, was to 
 demand Affurances that the Crowns of France and Spain 
 ihould never be united. The Method of preventing this 
 2 - - Union
 
 266 The Wftorical Regifter^ 
 
 Union was never mention'd by the Qi)een*s Mi miters in 
 order to be treated of, nor the Senfe oF france and Spain 
 ever ask'd upon ir, tiJI rhe latter End of March^ 171 2. 
 In this MeffAge her Majefty further adds, ' The World 
 
 * will now fee how groundlefs thofe Reports are, which 
 
 * have been fpread abroad by Men of evil Intentions, to 
 
 * ferve the worft Defigns ; as if a Separate Pe.ice had Neen 
 ' treated, for which there has not been the leaft Colour 
 
 * given. 
 
 In this Declaration, her M.^jedy is advis'd by her Mi- 
 nifters, in Order to clear them from the jufi: Sufpicions 
 which all the World had conceived of the fcparare Mea- 
 fures they were engaged in^ nor only to declare there had 
 not been the leaft Colour tiiven for fuch Jealoufies, but to 
 brand all that entertain thofe Apprehenlions, with the 
 Character of Men of Evil Inclinations, that had the 
 worft Defigns to ferve. But that moft juft Caufe hatJi been 
 given for thefe Reports, is fufficiently evic3enr, from what 
 was juft now obfetv'd. The Minill:ry had infifted, That 
 the Secret (hould be inviolably kept between England and 
 France^ exclufive of all the Allies, A feparate Ne^otiafion 
 between England and France had been carry 'd on hy Pa- 
 pers fent backward and forward, and much Time fpenc 
 therein, as is faid in Lord Straford's Inftru6lions. Mr. 
 Frior had been fent into Francey and Monf. Mefnager had 
 been in England^ and not the leaft Communication was 
 given for rive Months together, to any of the Allies, of 
 thefe Tranfa(£lio ns, which were depending from Af>rii lyi i, 
 to September following. When the general Preliminaries 
 were fignM, which were fent over as a Foundation to 
 open the general Conferences, a Set of Special Prelimina- 
 ries between England and Trance was fignM on both Parrs, 
 which were conceaPd, publickly difovvn'd, and never ap- 
 peared till this Enquiry ; and all thefe Tranfadlions had 
 pafs'd, however difguis'd to her Ma jefty, before the Time 
 that her Minifters advis'd the Queen to impofe fo grofty 
 upon the Nation, as to declare in Parliament, there had 
 not been the leaft Colour given for thefe Surmifes. Her 
 Majefty is advifed to declare. That to report that a Sepa- 
 rate Peace had been treated, proceeds from Evil Inten- 
 tions, and to ferve the worft Defigns. But the Committee 
 obferve, that after this Declaration of the Queen, her 
 Minifters propofed to France^ agreed with France^ and fenc 
 pofitive and repeated Orders to the Queen's Plenipoten- 
 tiaries, not only to treat, bu: to conclude a Separate Peace 
 with France^ 
 
 Junt
 
 from July 1714, ri? Jan. 1716. 267 
 
 June 20, 17125 Mr. S^ ^ohn acquaints Monf. de Torcy^ 
 The ^leen wiU make no Diffiathy to conclude immediately a 
 feparate Peace with France, leaving the /lilies a Tirtie wherein 
 they may haye Liberty to fuhmit to fuch Conditions as fliall be 
 agreed upon between tlye Queen and the Mofi Chrifiian King, 
 In Anfwer to this, Monf. de Torcy tells Mr. St. fohn, Upon 
 Condition the Queen does immediately make a feparate Peace y 
 and keep no Meafures with her AUies^ the King has determin'd 
 *o fend his Orders to permit the Englilh Troops to enter inti 
 ^Dunkirk. 
 
 /«'jyi2, 171^5 Mr. Sf, John thinks the Queen in % 
 Condition not to lofe a Moment's Time in concluding 
 ■with the Miniftets of France the Convention for a Gene- 
 Tal Sufpenfion of Arms both by Sea and Land, and even 
 the Treaty of Peace between Britain and France, And 
 y^ftjM/? 4, 171 2, Monf) f/e Torry acquaints Mr. St, John^ 
 That the King conferred to the Buke of Savoy'; haying Sicily 
 upon certain Conditions ; wherein one exprefs Condition «, Thati 
 a Peace be concluded between England and France^ Spain and 
 Savoy. And at lafl, when the Tre!aty drew near to z 
 Conciufion, and almoft all the Allies were ready to iign, 
 February 20, 1712 13, pofitive Orders are fent to the 
 Britijh Plenipotentiaries to conclude and fign with France ; 
 and on the 28th, Lord Bolingbroke repeats thofe Orders. 
 
 The Committee clofe this Head with repeating a PaA 
 fage from one of Lord BoUngbroke^s Letters to Mr. Prjor^ 
 wherein he fays, If fuch Ovettures as thefe wefe not inflant* 
 Jy accepted^ our feparate Peace wouJd^ fi^^^^g ^^^'^ Parliarnent^ 
 he addrefs d for^ made^ approv'dy and the Caiife of France 
 for once become popular in Great Britain. 
 
 On the ^th of Jitne^ 1712, the Queen fays, lam nov> 
 come to let you know upon what Terms a General Peace may 
 be made. On the fame Day Lord Bolingbroke acquaints 
 Monf. de Torcy, That tho' the King of France had not an- 
 fwer*d the Queens Demands, according to Expe^lation^ the 
 Queen would not defer going that Day to the Parliament y and 
 making all the Declarations that were necejfary to tender the 
 Nation Unanimoufy inclined to the Peace. 
 
 The Queen fays, The Difficulties hdd been increased hy 
 ether Ohflru^ionSy artfully contriy'd to hinder this great and 
 good Work, Whereas it is notorious, that the Minifters 
 liad receiv'd but the Day before^, the Account that King 
 Philip had confented to make the Renunciation, upon 
 which Account only the Queen's fpeakinjg to the Parlia« 
 tiieat had been defeii-'d* 
 
 T tht
 
 268 The Hiftorical Regifter^ 
 
 The Qiieen fays, I haye not omitted any Thing rvh ch might 
 procure to all our Allies what is due to them by Treaties^ and 
 what if 7iecejfary for their Security. Lord BoJingbrohe^ on 
 the fame Day, in his Letter to Monf. de Torcy^ f^ys, Loy</ 
 Strafford u goirg back to Utrecht, and in the Infiruhions he 
 is to carry^ will put the Queen*s Plenipotentiaries in a Condi- 
 tion to keep no longer thofe Meafures to which they haye hither- 
 to been ob'ig'd to fuhmit ; but from henceforth they may open- 
 ly join with thofe of France, and gire Law to them who will 
 not fubmit to jnft and reafonable Conditions, 
 
 The Queen fays, Nothing has moVdme from fteadily pur-> 
 fuing in the firfi P.ace the true Intereft, of my own Kingdoms, 
 Lord Bolingbroke juft before, on rhe 24th of May^ had pro- 
 posed to Monf de Torey., That the Queen being much more 
 intent upon the General Peace^ than any particular AdyantageSy 
 Commijfaries JJjouJd be appointed to fettle after the Peace fuch 
 Points relating to Trade^ as required a longer Difcujjton than 
 the prefent Crifis would admit. 
 
 The Qiieen fays, That to prevent the Union of the two 
 Crownsj Jhe would not be content with what was fpeculatiycy 
 hut injifted upon fomething folid : Altho' Monf de Torcy 
 had before declarM to the Qiieen's Minifter?, That to accept 
 of this Expedient which they propoid^ would be to build upon 
 a fandy Foundation. 
 
 The Queen fays. The Nature of the Propofal for a Renun- 
 ciation is fuchf that it executes itfelfj and that France and 
 Spain are thereby more ejfeclually diyided than eyer. But 
 Monf. de Torcy had before affuT'd the Queen's Minifters, 
 That this Renunciation would be null and yoid by the funda- 
 mental Laws of France ; and they would deceive themfehes 
 who accepted of if, as an Expedient to prevent the Union of the 
 two Crowns. 
 
 The Queen fays, Provi/ion is made^ that the fame Privi- 
 leges and Advantages as Jhall be granted to any other Nation 
 by France, JhaR be granted in like Manner to us. But it ap- 
 pear?, by a Letter of hordi. Bolingbroke' s in January fol- 
 lowing to the Duke of Shrewsbury^ that France refus'd to 
 let our Trade fland upon the Foot of Gens amicfjima ; de- 
 clared the Tariff of 1664, which was granted to the 
 Vutchj except the four Species, was too beneficial for ns, 
 and refus'd to grant it, until another Tariff fliould be 
 made in Great Britain^ exactly confornoable to that of 
 1664, whereby our Duties would be reduced as theirs are 
 in France by tliat Tariff. 
 
 As
 
 from July jy I /^^ to Jan. 1716. 269 
 
 As to our Commerce with France^ the Queen fays here, 
 June the 6th, 1712., It was in a Method of bcirg fettled. 
 And Mr, Prior fays of it in May following, near a Twelve- 
 month after, We had like to hare made an Athnnafun Uvfl- 
 Tiefs of it at Utrecht, by that Explanation of our oxen Way cf 
 under jianding our own Commerce. Their Letters to yon are full of 
 Surmifes and Doubts.^ that all was unhinged:^ and their Letters 
 to us again.^ that Explanations^ however made^ were only to 
 fa-ve Appearances^ and fgnxfyd nothing : This Melange, / 
 fay,' and my endear miring to under/iand it, had like to makt 
 vie run mad, if the Duke 0/ ShrevvlTjury'j extreme good Senfe^ 
 and Monf. de Torcy'^ not only honefl, hut right Underjianding^ 
 had not redrefs'd us. 
 
 The Queen fays, The French confented to deliver up New- 
 foundland and Placentia. But it nnift be remembered, that 
 in the Preliminaries fign*d in September preceding, the 
 Trench had referv'd to themfeives a Liberty of taking and 
 drying Fi£h in Newfoundland, 
 
 The Queen fays, An ahfolute Cejjion was to be made of 
 Nova Scotia, or Acadia. Buz Cape Breton, which was al- 
 ways underftood to be, and is declared by the Queen's 
 Inftrudlions to the Duke of Shrewsbury, to be Part of Nora 
 Scotia, is exprefly given up to France. 
 
 The Queen fays, The Trade to Spain and the vVeft-Indies 
 fnay in general be fettled, as it was in the Time of the late 
 King of Spain, Charles the Second. But when the Pro)e6t 
 of the Treaty of Commerce came from Madrid, Lord 
 Bolingbroke fays of it. They had fent a blind, lame^ ms-Jha- 
 petty indigefied Monfler, injiead of that fair Offspring which we 
 bad Reafon to expeil from our Candour, 
 
 The Committee obferve, That if all the other Parts of 
 the Speech be ftridtly examined, it will be found, that the 
 Miniftry did fo grofly deceive the Queen 5 in order to 
 impofe upon the Parliament by her Authority, that there 
 is fcarce a Paragraph that dots not contain fome unfair, 
 or at leaft equivocal Reprefentation of the State of the 
 Kegociations. And when the Queen was advis'd by her 
 Minifters to make this Communication to the Parliaraenr, 
 as the Terms Upon which a General Peace might be made,ic 
 is very evident, they had no Aflurance^ that France would 
 make good what they prevailed upon the Queen to declare 
 in fo folemn and publick a Manner, For on June the 
 nth, the Bifhop of Briftol is direfted by Mr. St. fohn to 
 difcouife with the MiniHers of the Allies, agreeably to 
 the Plan contained in her Majefty*s Speech ; But before 
 T .1 hU
 
 270 The Hijlorical Regifier^ 
 
 his Lordfhip makes this Step, Mr. St. John tells him, /t 
 will be proper that he fpeaks firfi with the French Fknipsten- 
 tiaries upon this Sui>je^ ; tchether they voill be wifli/zg', and in 
 what Manner they wttl be xoilltng^ to giye this Communication 
 to the allies. In anfwer to which, the Bilhop of Bri^ol 
 writes Word, June the aSth, That the French Tlenipoten- 
 tiaries dsclar'd they had no fuch Orders^ and xvithertt them 
 they could not do it : And in this Refnfal of owning the 
 Queen*s Speech, as containing the Mafters Offers, and in 
 abfolutely denying to treat upon ir, the French Plenipoten- 
 tiaries perfever'd, even after the Dutch had confented to 
 treat upon that Plan, and to accept the Queen's Speech pro 
 Materia tra^landi. 
 
 The Committee having proceeded thus far in the Perufal and 
 Examination of the Books and Papers referred to them^ 
 thought it n9t proper to defer this Report until they had per- 
 felled rshat remains^ efpeciaVy upon the Affairs of Dunkirk 
 and the Afliento. 
 
 June 9. After Reading of feveral Petitions, Mr. Hamp- 
 den reported the Refolutions of the Committee of Privileges 
 and Eledions, touching the Eledioii for the Borough of 
 Horjham in Suffex^ which were agreed to, yiz. That Sir 
 Henry Goring^ Bart, and Charles Eversfield, Efq; were nor, 
 and that the Honourable /irthm Ingram^ Efq; and Arthur 
 Ingram^ Efq; were duly ele£led Burgeflfes for that Borough. 
 Then the Refolutions of the faid Committee touching the 
 Eleflion for the Borough of /ildborough in the County of 
 Suffolk being reported, were moft of them difagreed unto 
 by the Houfe. 
 
 June 10. The Commons refum'd the adjourned Confide- 
 ration of the Report from the Committee of Secrecy, and 
 the reft of the Report being read, (which lafted till about 
 four a-Clock in the Afternoon) Sir Thomas Hanmer mov'd. 
 That the Confideration of the faid Report be adjoiirn'd till 
 the 2ift of the fame Month, and was feconded by the 
 leading Men among the Tories, who mov'd alfo, that the 
 faid Report be printtd, to be perus'd by all the Members 
 of the Houfe. Hereupon Mr. Robert H'alfoJe faid, ' He 
 ' could not but wonder, that thofe Gentlemen who had 
 
 * fhew'd fo great Impatience to have the Report laid be- 
 
 * fore the Houfe, ihould now prefs for adjourning the 
 
 * Confideration of ir. That as for the Committee of Se- 
 
 * crecy, as they had not yet gone through all the Branches 
 
 * of their Enquiry, they could have wifh'd forfte longer 
 
 * Time had been allow'd them to perufe and digeft feveral 
 
 * impor-
 
 from July 1714, f^ Jan. 1716. 271 
 
 < important Papers. That in order to that, they would 
 ' have deferred three Weeks or a Month, the laying their 
 
 * Report before the Houfe ; but that feme Gentlemen hav- 
 
 * ing refleded on the pretended Slownefs of the Com- 
 
 * mittee, fince the faid Report was now before them, they 
 
 * mufc e'en go through with it." General Stanhope added, 
 
 * That for his own Part, he would readily agree to give 
 
 < thofe Gentlemen all the Time they could defire to con- 
 
 * fider of the Report ; but that fince they thcrafeives had 
 
 * precipitated this Affair, he was of Opinion, they ougJit 
 ' to profecute it with Vigour, left, by flopping on a fud- 
 
 * den, they Ihould fortify the Notion, which the Friends 
 
 * of the late Miniftry had, with great Induftry, propa* 
 ^ gated among the People, That the Report of the Com' 
 
 < mttee of Secrecy wou>U ranijh into Smoke ; the rather, be- 
 
 * caufe thefe malicious Infinuations had raised the Spirits 
 
 * and Infolence of the Difaffefled, and were the prin- 
 
 * cipal Caufe of the prefent Ferment among the giddy 
 
 * Multitude. That he agreed with the Member who had 
 
 * mov'd for the printing of the Report, that not only the 
 
 * Houfej but the whole World, might be convinced of 
 ^ the Fairnefs and Impartiality of their Proceedings ; 
 ' but that the Crimes of fome Perfons nam'd in the Re- 
 ' port were fo obvious to every Body, that they ought, 
 
 * in his Opinion, immediately proceed to the impeach- 
 
 * ing of them.'* Some prOposM the adjourning the Debate 
 till that Day Sev'nnight ; and others would have been 
 contented to deferr it for three Days oniy ; but the Court 
 Party were ftaunch and refolute againft all Delays ; and 
 the Qucftion being put about feven a-Clock in the Even- 
 ing, on the Motion made, by Sir Thomas Hanmer, was 
 carry'd in the Negative by 280 Voices againft i^o. This 
 Point being gained, Mr. WaJpole faid, ' He made no 
 Queftion, that, after the Report had been twice read, the 
 
 * whole Houfe was fully convinc'd, that Henry Lord Vif- 
 
 * count Bolingbroke was guilty of High Treafon, and other 
 
 * High Crimes and Mifdemeanours ; That therefore he 
 
 * impeached him of thofe Crimes; but if any Member 
 
 * had any Thing to fay in his Behalf, he doubted not but 
 
 * the Houfe was ready ta hear him." Hereupon there 
 was, for fome Minutes, a deep Silence in the Houfe. Mr. 
 Hungerford broke it with faying, ' That, in his Opinion, 
 ' nothing was mentioned in the Report, in Relation to 
 
 * the Lord BoUngbroke^ that amounted to High Treafon s *' 
 And Gen?rai Rofs faid, ' He wonderM no Body fpoke in 
 
 < Favour of n\y Lord BoUngbroke i Tiiatj for his own 
 
 T 3 * Partj
 
 272 The Hiftorical Regtjier^ 
 
 * Part, he had nothing to fay at prefent ; but refervM to 
 
 * himfelf to fpeak in a properer TimeJ! The Refolution 
 for impeaching Htnry Lord Vifcount Bolingbroke of High 
 Treafon, and other High Crimes and Mifdemeanours, be- 
 ing pafs'd, and Candles brought in according to Order, 
 the Lord Coningshy flood up, and faid, ' The worthy 
 
 * Chairman of the Committee has impeached the Hand, 
 
 * but I do impeach the Head 9 he has impeached the Clerk, 
 
 * and I the JulUce ; he has impeached the Scholar, and I 
 
 * the Mafter : And fo impeach'd Robert Earl of Oxford^ 
 and Earl Mortimer of High Treafon, and other High 
 Crimes and Mifdemeanours. Hereupon Mr. Auditor Haf' 
 ley made a long pathetick Speech ; wherein he endea- 
 voured to jnftify his Brother, as having done nothing but 
 by the immediate Commands of the late Queen ; urging, 
 that the Peace was a good one^ and approv'd as fuch by 
 two Parliaments : Concluding, that the Fadls mention*d 
 in the Report, and which were charged on the Earl, could 
 not be conflru'd to amount to High Treafon, but only, in 
 ftrift .Rigour, to Mifdemeanours. He was back'd by Mr. 
 Auditor Fo/e^, the Earl's Rrother-in-Law, who complain'd 
 of the Hardfhip put upon that Nobleman, in charging 
 him with H\gh Treafon, before they had examined the 
 Report : But what was yet more favourable for the Earl, 
 was fpoke !)y Sir fofefhJehyUy one of the Committee of 
 Secrecj'-, who faid, ' That as to the Lord Bolhgbrokey 
 ' they had more than fufEcient Evidence to convidt him 
 
 * of High Treafon, upon the Statute 25: Edw. III. but that 
 
 * as to the Earl of Oxford^ he doubted whether they had 
 ' either fufficient Matter, or Evidence to impeach him 
 
 * of Treafon." But another honourable Member of the 
 Committee of Secrecy having afTur'd the Houfe, That be- 
 fides what bad appeared before them, and was mentioned 
 in the Report, they had other Evidence, Fira yoce : It 
 was likewife refolv\1, without dividing. That this Houfe 
 will impeach Robert Eari of Oxford^ and Earl Mortimer of 
 High Treafon, and other High Crimes and Mifde- 
 meanours : And order'd, That it be referr'd to the Com- 
 mittee of Secrecy, to draw up Articles of Impeachment, 
 *nd prepare Evidence againft Henry Vifcount Bolingbroke^ 
 ;4nQ Robert Earl of Oxford^ and Earl Mortimer. After this, 
 it was order'd likewife, that the further Confideration of 
 the fdid Report be adjcuru'd to that Day Sev'nnight ; and 
 tiiAC the faid Report, with the Appendix, be printed. 
 
 The
 
 from July 1714, r^ Jan. 1716. 275 
 
 The next Morning the Earl of Oxford went to the Houfe 
 of Peers, and appsarM ferene and unconcern'd ; but find- 
 ing rhat fome Lords avoided him ; he retir'd out of the 
 Houfe. 
 
 June 11. The Commons order'd, That Mr. Speaker do 
 fend a printed Copy of the Report from the Committee 
 of Secrecy to the Sheriff of every County, and to the 
 returning Officer of tvtry Ciry and Borough fending 
 Members to Parliament. 
 
 June 13- Sir John Cope prefented to the Houfe, a Bill 
 for fecurwg the Vreedom of Parliamer.ts^ by limiting the Num- 
 ber of Officers to fit in the Houfe of Commons^ which was 
 read the firft Time^ and order'd a fecond Reading. 
 
 June 14. The farther Hearing of the Merits of the E- 
 Icftion and" Return for the Borough of Monmouth^ was 
 order'd to be difcharg'd : And the Clerk of the Crown 
 attending with the Return for that Borough, the fame 
 was read ; and it appearing to be made by the Mayor of 
 Newport^ and feveral BurgefTes of Monmouth^ Newport^ and 
 Usk^ without the Precept of the Sheriff of the County 
 of Monmouth being annexed thereto, it was order'd, That 
 the Clerk of the Crown do take the faid Return off the 
 File, which he did accordingly. Then the Houfe being 
 inform'dj That the Mayor of Monmouth was in Town 
 with the Return for the faid Borough, annex'd to the Pre- 
 cept to him diredled, it was order'd, That the Mayor of 
 the Borough of Monmouth do forthwith deliver to the 
 Clerk of the Crown the Return (with the Precept anntx'd) 
 of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the 
 faid Borough ; and that the Clerk of the Crown do annex 
 the fame to the Writ returned by the Sheriff of the Coun- 
 ty of Monmouth, 
 
 June 15. The Commons read the third Time, pafs'd, 
 and fent up to the Lords, the Bill for relieving William 
 Paterfon, Efq\ &c. And in a Committee of the whole 
 Houfe on the Supply, refolv'd to grant to his Majefty, 
 
 iff, 123698/. I Of. for Half-Pay for the year 1715". 
 upon Accoulft, to the Officers -of the Land-Forces and 
 Marines dilhinded, being his Majefty's natural born Sub- 
 jects, or naturaliz'd. 
 
 2dly, 2691/. 10 J. for Half-Pay for the Year 1715:, to 
 the' Officers of Lieutenant General Hamilton's Regiment 
 of Foot, being his Majefty's natural born Subjects, or na- 
 turaliz'd. 
 
 And 3dly, :l5o,ooo/. towards fatisfying the Debr due 
 
 for Subfidies and Arrears upon Account of the Land Forces j 
 
 T 4 whicU
 
 274 ^'^^ Htftorical Regijler^ 
 
 which Refolutions were on Saturday the i8th of Jxine re- 
 ported and agreed to by the Houfe. 
 
 Then Mr. Walpole^ from the Committee of Secrecy, 
 acquainted the Houfe, That he was diredled by the Com- 
 iTiittee to move the Houfe, that the Perfons taken into 
 Cuftody, (piirfuant to the Order of the Houfe of the 9th 
 Inftant) might be examined in the moft folemn Manner, 
 according to former Precedents. Upon which it was 
 orcler*d, That fuch Members of the Committee of Secre-- 
 cy who are Juftices of the Peace for the County of Mid- 
 dlefex^ fhould examine Matthew Prior^ Efq; and Thomas 
 Harleyj Efq; at the faid Committee, touching Matters 
 contain'd in the feveral Books and Papers referred to 
 them. 
 
 yune 17. The Commons refolv'd to addrefs his Majefty, 
 that he would be pleas'd to direfl, when his Majefly 
 fhould think it necefTary, that more Farthings and Half- 
 Pence fhould be coin'd, that they be made of the fineft 
 iritiJJ} Copper, and as near the intrinfick Value as is poffi- 
 ble; and that if any Advantage was to be made thereby, it 
 might be apply 'd to the Service of the Publick. Then 
 Mr. Walpole acquainted the Houfe, That (purfuant to their 
 Ordtr) MatthevD Prior^ Efq; had been, the Day before, ex- 
 ainin'd before the Committee of Secrecy, and during a 
 long Examination, there appear'd Matters of fuch Impor- 
 tance, that tlie Gommittee had diredled him to move the 
 Houfe, that he might be confined in clofe Cudody, and no 
 Perfon permitted to come to him : Upon which it was 
 order'd, That Matthew Prior, Bfq; (now in Cuftody of the 
 Serjeant at Arms) be confin'd in clofe Cuftody, and no 
 Perfon prirmitted 10 come to him without Leave from 
 Mr. Speaker. 
 
 The fame Day that Order was made^ printed Copies of 
 the Report from the Committee of Secrecy were deliver'd 
 TO the Members of both Houfes : Upon which Mr. BtoM' 
 ley mov'd, that the farther Confideration of the faid Re- 
 port be adjourn'd till the 21ft of /wflff, that the Members 
 jnight have Time to perufe the faid Report, which was 
 order 'd accordingly. 
 
 fune 18. The Commons proceeded to hear the Merits of 
 the Eledlion for the Borough of Weshly in the County of 
 Hereford, and having heard the Counfel, and examined 
 WitnelTes on both Sides, it was refolv'd, That Paitl Foley ^ 
 Kfq-, the ficting Member, was not duly eleded, and that 
 Jthn Birch, Serjeant at Law, the Petitioner, was. After 
 this| upon a Motion made by Mr. Walpole^ a Bill was 
 
 G.-aer*d
 
 from July 1714, to Jan. 17 16. 275 
 
 orderM to be brcmghr in, To examine y ftate^ and determne 
 the Debts due to the Army, 
 
 On the 2ift of fune, the Houfe having, according to 
 Order, confider'd further of the Report from the Com- 
 inittee of Secrecy, Mr. Secretary Stanhope flood up and 
 iaid, ' He vvifli'd he were not oblig*d to break Silence oa 
 
 * that Occafion ; but that as a Member of the Secret Com- 
 
 * mittee, and of that great AfTembly, which ought to 
 
 * do the Nation Juftice, he thought it his Duty to im- 
 
 * peach James Duke of Ormond of High Treafon, and 
 
 * other High Crimes and Mifdemeanours; " and was fe- 
 conded by Mr. Bofcawen^ Controller of his Ma)efty*s Hou- 
 ^lold. Hereupon Archibald Hutchefon^ Efq; one of the 
 Commifiioners of Trade, made a long Speech in Behalf of 
 the Duke of Ormond^ wherein he fet forth, * his noble 
 ' Birth and Qualifications ; and the great Services which 
 
 * both he and his illuflrious Anceftors had performM to 
 
 * the Crown and Nation ; urg'd, That in the whol« 
 
 * Courfe of his late Condu6l, he had but obey*d the late 
 
 * Queen's Commands j and concluded, That if all that was 
 
 * alledg'd againft his Grace in the Report could be made 
 *" out, it would, in the Rigour of the Law, amount to 
 
 * no more than High Mifdemeanours." This Speech 
 made a great Impreflion on the AfTembly 5 and Mr. Hut" 
 chefon was feconded by General Lumley^ who faid, among 
 other Things, ' That the Duke of Ormond had, on all 
 
 * Occafions, given fignal Proofs both of his AfFe£lion and 
 
 * Love for his Country, and of his perfonal Bravery and 
 ' Courage, particularly at the Battle of Landen^ where he 
 
 * was wounded and taken Prifonerj and that the late King 
 
 * William was extremely fatisfy'd with his Grace's gallanc 
 
 < Behaviour. That his Grace had generoufly expended 
 
 < the beft Part of his Eftate in the Wars, living in a 
 
 * mod noble and fplendid Manner, for the Honour of 
 ' his Country : That therefore, in Confideration both of 
 
 * his great Services, and his illuftrious Relations, if he 
 
 * had of late been fo unfortunate as to fail in any Part 
 
 * of his Condudl, they ought not to proceed againft him 
 
 * with the utmoft Rigour of the Law ; the rather, be- 
 
 * caufe he ever meant well, and was drawn into ill Mea- 
 ' Aires by crafty Minifters." Sir Jofeph JehyR fpoke like- 
 wife in Favour of the Duke of Ormond: He faid, * That 
 
 * if there was Room for Mercy, lie hoped it would be 
 
 * fhewn to that noble, generous, and courageous Peer, 
 
 * who, for many Years, had exerted thofe great Accom- 
 plifhments for ihe Good and Honour of his Country. 
 
 That
 
 276 The Hiftorical Regifler, 
 
 *■ Thar if of late he had the Misfortune to deviate from 
 
 < his former Condudl, the Blame ought not, in Juftice 
 
 < and Equity, be laid to him, but to them principally, 
 '" who abufing his Affe£lion, Loyalty, and Zeal for the 
 ' Service of his Royal Miftrefs, had drawn him into per- 
 
 < nicious Counfels : That therefore, as the Statute of the 
 
 * 25'th Edw.llhon which the Charge of High Treafon 
 
 * againfl his Grace was to be grounded, had been miti- 
 
 * gated by fubfequent Laws, the Houfe ought not, in his 
 ' Opinion, to take Advantage of that A61 againft the 
 ' Duke, but only impeach him of High Crimes and Mif- 
 ^ demeanours/' Sir ^efeph added, in the Courfe of this 
 Dabate * That fome Perfons endeavoured to aggravate the 
 
 * Duke of Ormondes Faults, by charging upon him the 
 ' Riots and Tumults which the Populace committed daily 
 
 * in many Places-, but that he durft averr, that his Grace 
 
 * did no Ways countenance thofe diforders; and if the 
 
 * Dif.fFe6ted made ufe of his Name, unknown to him, his 
 
 * Grace ought not to fuffer for it." General Rofs laid 
 great ftrefs upon Sir ^ofeph Jehyll'% Opinion, and faid all 
 he could in his Commendation, and the Duke's Defence. 
 Sir mUiam Wyndham^ Thomas Orjlow^ Efq', Mr. Ward^ Mr. 
 Hungerford, and fome other Members of both Parties, 
 fpoke alfo on the fame Side : But Mr. Lyddal^ Mr. Hamp- 
 den^ and Mr. Thompfon^ Recorder of the City of London^ 
 did flrongly fupport General Stanhope^i Motion, anfwer'd 
 all that had been alledg'd in the Duke's Favour ; and a- 
 raong other Things reprefented, ' That he ever affedled 
 ^ Popularity *, that he could not ht ignorant of the Tu- 
 
 * mults and Riots of which his Name was the Signal ; 
 ' and that fmce he did not pnblicklj^ difown them who 
 
 * made Ufe of his Name, his Silence was a tacit Appro- 
 ^ bation of their Proceedings, and feem'd to fummon the 
 ' People to a general Infuiredlion. 
 
 Sir Edvrard Northey^ Attorney General, did not difown, 
 bur that in the Report of the Committee of Secrecy, 
 rhere were fome Matters, on which an Impeachment of 
 High Treafon might be grounded againft the Duke of 
 Ormotid ; but did not think it proper to explain himfelf 
 further on that Occafion. Mr. Lechmere^ Solicitor Gene- 
 ral, fpoke plainer, and mention'd a Cafe parallel to the 
 Duke's, which had been adjudg'd Treafon. By this Time, 
 the Debate had lafted from about One till near Nine in the 
 Evening; and a Motion that was made for adjourning 
 being wav'd, Candles were order'd to be brought in,which 
 being done accordingly, the Debate was prolonged till 
 
 about
 
 from July 1714, to Jan. 1716. 277 
 
 about Half an Hour paft Ten, when the Queftion was pur, 
 and refolv'd by a Majority of 234 Voices againft 187, 
 that this Houfe will impeach James Duke of Ormond of 
 High Treafon, and other High Crimes and Mifdemeanours, 
 After which it was order'd, That it be referr'd to the 
 Committee of Secrecy to draw up Articles of Impeach- 
 ment, and prepare Evidence againft James Dnke of Or- 
 mond-^ and that the further Confideration of the faid Re- 
 port be adjournM to the next Morning. It was obferv'd, 
 that fcarce any Debate was managed in that Houfe with 
 more Calmnefs and Decency, than this about the Duke of 
 Ormondy not an angry or paflionate Word having dropt 
 from any that fpoke for or againft his Grace. It was 
 likewife obferv'd, that ixany Whigs and Courtiers went 
 out of the Houfe, to avoid giving their Votes ; which 
 they could not do without either wronging their Confci- 
 ences, or doing Violence to the Tendernefs and Affedtioii 
 they bore to that unfortunate Nobleman. 
 
 June 22. A Rill wasorder'd to be brought in, For raijtn'r 
 the Militia for the Tear 1715", tho* the Month's Pay formerly 
 adyanc'd be not repaid. Then the Commons refum'd the 
 Confideration of the Report from the Comm.ittee of Se- 
 crecy, and M.r. Atflaby^ Treafurer,of the Navy, who 
 fpoke firft, ' Took Notice of the general Concern that 
 
 * had appeared the Day before in the Houfe, for the noble 
 
 * Perfon that was impeach'd ; becaufe they were perfuad- 
 
 * ed, *twas rather through AVeaknefs than Malice that he 
 
 * had followed pernicious Counfels; but that, in his Opi- 
 
 * nion, few, if any, would fpeak in Favour of another 
 
 * Lord, whom he was to injpeach. That the Perfon he 
 *' meant, was Thorns Earl of Strajford^ one of the Pleni- 
 
 * porentiaries of Great Britain at the Congrefs at Utrecht ; 
 
 * whofe Condufl had been vaftly different from that of 
 ' his Colleague, the prcfent Bifliop of London. Tliat this 
 ' good and pious Prelate feem'd to have been pur at the 
 ' Head of that Negociation, only to palliate the Iniquity 
 
 * of it, under the Sacrednefs of his Charadler ; but was 
 < little more than a Cypher in the Abfence of the Earl 
 ^ of Strafford. That the Bifliop not being in the Secret, 
 ' had afted with Referve and Caution, and would do 
 
 * nothing without the Queen's fpecial Commands ; vvhere- 
 
 * as the Earl of Strafford not only was forward to ven- 
 
 * ture and undertake any Thing, (as he expreftes himfelf 
 
 * in one of his l.etters) to be the Tool of a Frenchify'd 
 
 * Miniftry ; but in many Inftances had gone beyond his 
 ' Inftruftions, and advis'd the moft pernicious Meafures. 
 
 ' That
 
 278 The Hiflorkal Regifler^ 
 
 * That having impartially weighed the different Condufl 
 
 * of thefe two Minifters, he was glad that nothing could 
 ^ be charged upon the Bifhop, which gave them an Op* 
 
 * portunity to convince the World, that the Church is 
 
 * not in Danger ; but mov'd that Thomas Earl of Straford 
 
 * be impeached of High Crimes and Mifdemeanours/* Mr. 
 yiijlahy afterwards enlarged upon this Charge, which he 
 reduc'd to three principal Heads, yiz^. 
 
 ift, ' The Earl of S*r4#W's advifing the fatal Sufpenfion 
 
 * of Arms, which was foon after attended with feveral 
 
 * Misfortunes that befel the Allies ; and at laft reduc'd 
 
 * them to the Neceflity of fubmitting to the Terms of an 
 
 * unfafe, diflionourable Peace. 
 
 idly, ^ Advifing the feizing of Ghent and Bruges^ in 
 
 * order to diftrefs the Allies, and favour the Enemy. 
 
 And 3clly, ' The Infolence and Contempt with which 
 
 * he had treated the moft ferene Houfe of Hanorefy and 
 ' their Generals and Minifters, 
 
 Mr. Bailiey a Scotch Member, having feconded Mr. 
 y^iJJaby, Sir William Wyndham endeavour'd to juftify 'the 
 Eirl of Strafford^ as to the firft Head, by faying, ' That 
 
 * the Peace, which was but the Sequel and neceffary Con- 
 ' fequence of the Sufpenfion of Arms, had been approved 
 
 * as fuch by two fucceflive Parliaments, and declar*d ad- 
 ' vantageous, fafe, and honourable.'* Mr, Shippen^ Mr. 
 IVardj (the Lawyer) and Mr. Snell^ fpoke alfo in Favour 
 of the Earl of Straford j as did alfo Mr. Hmgerford, who, 
 among other Things, faid, * That tho* the Bifliop of Lon- 
 ' don had an equal Share with the Earl of Strafford in the 
 ' Negociition of Peace, he wasj it feems, to have the 
 ' Benefit of his Clergy.'* General Rofs having likewife 
 faid fomething toexcufe the Sufpenfion of Arms, General 
 Cadogan anfwer*d, ' That confidering the Situation of 
 ' both Armies, the Confederates loft the faireft Opportu- 
 
 * nity they ever had in Flanders to deftroy the Enemy's 
 ' Army, and to penetrate into the very Heart of Franct ^ 
 but added, ' That nothing lefs could be expected from a 
 ' Princefs and a Miniftry, who had entirely delivered 
 < themfelves into the Hands of France," Sir j^an^es Cdmp^ 
 ^ bel fpoke alfo againit the Earl of Straford : But the 
 Member who diltinguifli'd himfelf moft in this Debate, 
 was Sir James Dalrymple^ who fumm*d up what had been 
 faid on both Sides ; and having illuftrated the prefenc 
 Cafe by parallel Inftances and proper Obfervations, urg'd, 
 that both by the Civil and Statute Laws, the Earl of 
 
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 from July 1714, to Jan. 1716. 279 
 
 Strafford was, at leaft, guilty of High Crimes and Mif- 
 deameanours. Hereupon, about Seven a-Clock in the 
 Evening, the Queftion was pur^ and (by a Majority of 
 268 Voices againft igo) tefolv'd, That this Houfe will 
 irtipeach Thomas Earl of Strafford of High Crimes and 
 Mifdemeanours ; and ordered, ift, That it be referr'd to 
 the Committee of Secrecy to draw up Articles of Im- 
 peachment, and prepare Evidence againft the faid Earl. 
 And idly, That the further Confideration of the faid Re- 
 port be adjourn'd to that Day Sev'nnight; when it was 
 further adjourned for a Week longer. 
 
 June 23. Mr. Farrer pre fen red the Bill for raijing the 
 MUitia, &c. which was read the firft Time, and order'd 
 a fecond Reading. Then the Houfe proceeded to the Hear* 
 ing the Merits of the Eledlion for the County of Bedford^ 
 which was adjourn'd to another Day, and afterwards took 
 up feveral other Sittings. 
 
 On the 24th of /««?, after the Reading of the Reports 
 upon the feveral Petitions of the Merchants, who had 
 fufferM in the late dreadful Fire in Thames-fireet^ a BiU 
 Was order *d to be brought in. For Relief of Merchants <^ Im- 
 porters of Tobacco and Wine^ concerned in Bonds giren in Part 
 of the Duties on the fame. Then the Commons read the 
 firft Time an ingrofs'd Bill from the Lords, entitled, An 
 A6h to explain the A£l made in the twelfth Tear of King 
 William the Third, entitled, An A^ for the further Limi- 
 tation of the Crown^ and better fecuting the Rights and Liber- 
 ties of the Subjeil ; which was order'd to be read a fecond 
 Time the 29th of that Month. After this, Mr. Carter^ a 
 Member of the Houfe, communicated to the Commons the 
 Informations he had received from feveral Hands of a great 
 Riot at Manchefter^ in which the Pretender had been pro- 
 claim'd ; and then mov*d the Houfe, That the A£l of the 
 13th and 14th Years of his late Majefty King William the 
 Third^ entitled. An Ail for the further Security of his Ma- 
 jefiy's Perfony and the Succejjion of the Crown in the Frotefiant 
 Line^ and for extinguijking the Hopes of the pretended Prince 
 of Wales, and all ether Pretenders^ and their open and fecret 
 Abettors, might be read ; which being done accordingly, 
 it was ordered, Nemine Contradicente, That a Bill be brought 
 in, For the further Security of his Majejiy's Perfon and Go- 
 yernment, and the Succejjion of the Crown in the Heirs of the 
 late Princefs Sophia, being Proteftants ; and for exti/guify- 
 ing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open 
 and fecret Abettors : And that Mr. Carter^ Mr. Bofcawen^ 
 
 Lori
 
 28o The Hiflorkal Regifler, 
 
 Lord Coningsby^ and Mr. Heyjhant^ do prepare and bring in 
 the fame. 
 
 y««e-27. The Call of the Houfe of Commons was fup- 
 tlfer adjournM to that Day Sev'nnighr. 
 
 On the 2.8th of ^une Mr. Secretary Stanhope acquainted 
 the Houfe, that he had a MefTage from his Mrtjefty, fign'd 
 by his Majefty •, and he prefented the fame to the Houfe, 
 which Mr. Speaker read as foUoweth : 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 HIS Majefiy haying rtceiVd an Addrefs from the Corh- 
 mJ/Jionen appointed for building fifty new Churches in 
 and about the Citiej 0/ London <z?7^ Weltm in fter, and Su- 
 burbs thereef reprefenting^ how d-fficu't they find it to pro. 
 ceed in perfecting the Eflablifhment of fiich Churches, for 
 want of a due Maintenance for the Minifiers who are to at- 
 tend the Seryice of the fame j and playing him to recommend 
 to the Care and Wifdom of the tarliafnent to proyide fuch 
 Maintenance : That this good Work may not be rendered in- 
 ejfeClual for want of fuch a Troyijion, his Vlajejiy does moji 
 heartily recommend it to this Houfe^ to confider of the befi 
 Means of fettling fuch a Maintenance, as may bring this 
 pious Vefign to VerftBion, for the Uonoxir of the Church 
 of England, and the Adyancement of our Holy Religion. 
 
 Hereupon the Commons refolv'd to take his Majefty's 
 gracious MefLige into Confideriticn, on Monday the 4th 
 of July, 
 
 June 29. The ingrofs*d Bill from the Lords, to explain 
 a Claufe in the Acl of Succefjion, relating to the Naturaiiz,'d 
 Foreigners, Was read a fecond Timf, and committed 
 to a Comrcittee of the whole Houfe on Monday the 4th 
 of July ; and order'd, Th<it the proper Officers of the 
 Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exche- 
 guev, and the Cleks of the Peace for the County of Mid' 
 dlefex, and the Cities of London and Wefiminfter, do lay 
 before the Houfe Lifts of what Px-rfoas took the Oaths, in 
 order to their Naturalization, purfuant to the Aci for Na- 
 turalizing foreign Vrotejiants, in the faid Ccurts, and ac 
 the General Quarter-Seflions of the faid County and Cities 
 refpedtively. 
 
 June 30, The Commons read the firft Time an ingrofs'd 
 Bill from the Lords, entitled, An ASl for fettling the Vre- 
 cedency of Robert Marquefs cf Linfey, Great Chamberlain of 
 England, when created a Duke of Great Britain ; and of 
 fuch as fmll fucceed to the faid Honout ; which was order'd
 
 from July 17 ^^■> toJ^LU, 1716. 281 
 
 to be read a Second Time. Then the Houfe read the firfl 
 Time Two other Bills: One for Relief of Merchants^ Im- 
 porters of Tobacco and mne^ &c. And another, for ere6lin^ 
 a Court of fjtdicature to determine Differences touching Houfes 
 and Buildings burnt dovon^ demohJJjed^ or defaced^ in and near 
 Thames-Street in the City of London. After this Mr. Far^ 
 rer from the Committee appointed to infpedl the Laws ex- 
 pired or near expiring, reported which of them were 
 fit to be revived or continued ; and the Houfe having a- 
 greed to the Refolutions of the faid Committee, order'd 
 that a Bill or Bills be brought in upon the fame. 
 
 7»b i» ^ J5i/Z was order'd to be brought in to retrain 
 Waggoners^ Carriers, and all others^ from drawing any Car^ 
 riage with more than Five Horfes in Length. 
 
 It was alfo order'd, Nemine contradicente, that a Bill 
 be brought in, for preyenting Tumults and Riotous Af- 
 femblies, and for the more fpeedy and efeClual punijJnng the 
 Rioters: After which a Complaint being made to the 
 Houfe, by the Right Hon, Robert IValpoJe, Efq; of a printed 
 Panaphlet, intitled, The Eyening P:y?, from Tuefday, June 
 28, to Thurfday, June 30, lyiy, xvlierein is printed a' 
 Copy of a Letter fubfcribed R. W. to the Lord 5— ■ . . at 
 the Bath (which printed Letter had been cried about the 
 StreetSj as if wrote by the faid Mr. Walpo'e to the Lord 
 Sunderland.^ and had alfo been malicioufly and induftriouf- 
 \y fenc all over the Kingdom) the faid Evening 'Bjji^ and 
 another printed Copy of the faid Letter, were delivered 
 in at the Table, and the printed Copy in the f^id Erening 
 Po/i was read, as follows : 
 
 My LORD, 
 
 I Have received Tour Lordjhip's Letter.^ the Contents of which 
 are rather a Concern to me than a Surprize ; in the General 
 Corruption, I had little Reafon to believe the Neighbourhood 
 where your Lordjhip is, jhouJd efcape untainted. 
 
 By this Pofi yon will have an Account from Lord T of 
 
 what has been done in thefe Parts, with fame Particulars of 
 the Oxford Riot ; the Inclosed (My Lord) is a Copy of a Letter 
 fent to Dr. Charlette; but it is not Writing that will eyer be 
 able to reduce that Uniyerfity to a State of DifcipJine or Order ; 
 other Means are necejfary, 
 
 I am now to tell Tour Lordjhip, the Committee has fnifu'd 
 their Report, and will lay it before the Houfe in a few Days ; 
 what the RefuJt will be I am doubtful, but we have now no- 
 thing for it but a bold Fi*Jh^ and accordingly bays determin'd 
 1 t»
 
 282 The H'tftorical Rej^iJ}e}\ - 
 
 to aUovo no Time to the Enemy to examine of conftier the 
 Report. 
 
 The impeachment will be for High Treafon, and other Crimes y 
 and I wijh we hare not in this Refolution (irain'd the Matter 
 too far. Not that I believe we are in any Danger of not fee" 
 ing Tour L^rdjhip corfirni whateyer Accufation we Jhall brin^ 
 before you •, -the ^eople^ who think they hare a Right to look 
 into our A^iions^ know their Strength^ know how far they 
 hare gone^ and that they can fecitre themfeJres only by goings 
 further. 
 
 If on any drunken Holiday the Goyernment is orer-rjin with 
 Rioters and Seditious AJfemblieSj what Oppofition may we not 
 reafonably expe^y when we are leading the Favourites of the 
 Fa^ion to the Sea fold ? 
 
 If we fail in our Attempt^ we mufl be content to hear the 
 Toke we hare been preparing for our Enemies : If we Jhould 
 fncceedy we Jhall never more be troubled with that Spirit that 
 has been fo Jong grievous to us. 
 
 The Guards are fent for to be in a Readinefs^ but I am very 
 doubtful how far they will come into what is necejfary^ JJjould 
 there be Occafion for them \ and mufi therefore go along with 
 thofe who hold a Necefjity ofraifing AlJijiancefrom Foreign Troops* 
 My Lordy I (hall fay no more^ Jacta eft Alea ; and Fortune 
 in a few Weeks will difpofe of us one Way or other. 
 
 Lord 5— at the Bath. I am &e. R, Wi 
 
 Upon the Reading of this Letter it was refohed, Nemlne 
 contradicente^ That the fetid Letter inferted in the faid 
 Evening Fofi^ is a falfe, fcandalous, and trairerous Libel, 
 highly refle£ling on His Majefty and both Houfes of Par- 
 liament. And ordered^ That a Committee be appointed to 
 enquire into the Author, Printer, and Publifher of the 
 faid falfe, fcandalous, and traiterous Libel. And a Conl- 
 tnittee was accordingly appointed. Then a Complaint 
 being alfo made to the Houfe of a Paragraph in the faid 
 Pamphlet call'd The Evening Pofi^ relating to John Bournoisj 
 a French Schcolmafter, who was whippM for fpeaking fe- 
 ditious Words againft His Majefty 5 the faid Paragraph 
 was readj as follows: 
 
 John Bournois, the French Schoolmafler^ who was whipped 
 from Stocks-market to Aldgate, /or fpeaking feditious Words 
 againft His Majefty^ was laft Week^ upon giving Sureties for 
 his good Behaviour^ difcharged out of Newgate, but died tiK 
 next Day of the King's Evil. 
 
 After which it was ordcr'd^ ^'^^flt That it be an Inftru- 
 iftioii CO the raid Comraicise, That they do eiKiUire into 
 
 thg
 
 from July 1714, fo Jan, 1716. 283 
 
 the Autbor of the faid Pamphlet called The ErerAn^ Vofh ' 
 Secondly^ That £. Berrinpon^ Printer of the faid P/.mphlec 
 called The Evenirg Poji^ be taken into the Cuttody ot ihe 
 Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. And Thirdty^ That 
 y. Morphew, Publilher of the faid Pamphlet b. taken into 
 Cuitody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this rioufe. 
 
 July 4, The Commons agreed to the Refoiutions of the 
 Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, in Relation to 
 the Elev^ion for the Town of Hayerford-Wefr^ viz. That 
 Sir George Bar'loto^ Bart. Jitting Member w^s not, and, on 
 the contrary, that John Barlow of Lavorenr.y^ Efq; was du- 
 ly elected a Burgefs to ferve in this prtfent Parliament 
 for the faid Town. And That the Proceedn.gs of tl e 
 Mayor and Comnjon Council of the Town of Hayerford^ 
 IVe/iy in making Burgejfes without the Confent of the Commo' 
 naAty^ wa. illegal^ and contrary to ihe Rights of the faidToxvni 
 and that the Burgrjfes fo pretended to be made^ hare not there- 
 hy acquired any Right of footing in any future Eleflions. Af- 
 ter tliis, the Call of the houfe was adjourn'd to that Day 
 Sevennight ; and then the Houfe proceeded to take into 
 Confideration his Majefty's gracious Mefifage of the Taefday 
 before, and the fame b:;ing again read by Mr. Speaker^ ic 
 Was refolv'd Nemine Contradicente^ ' That an Addrels be 
 
 * prefented to his Majcfty, to return the humble Thanks 
 
 * of this Houfe for his Majefiy's moft gracious MelTage ; in 
 ' which he is pleafed, out of his great and tender Concern 
 
 * for the Honour of the Church of England^ and for the 
 
 * Advancement of our moft Holy Religion, heartily to 
 
 * recommend to this Houfe to confider of the belt Means 
 
 * of Settling a Maintenance for the Minifters who are to 
 
 * attend the Service of Fifty New Churches in and about 
 ' the Cities of London and Weflminfter •, and to affure his 
 ' Majefty, that this Houfe will effedually enable him to 
 
 * purfue and perfedl fo pious and fa glorious a Work.* A 
 Committee was appointed to draw up an Addr;fs, upon 
 the faid Refolution, to be prefented to his Majelty and or- 
 der'd^ That his Majefty*s moft gracious Medage be referred 
 to the faid Committee ; After which the H,oufe refolv'd 
 itfelf into a. Gr^nd Committee, upon tue uigrofTed Bill 
 from the Lords, inritled, An Aft to explain the Acl made 
 in the I2th Year of King William the Third^ intitled, An 
 yift for the further Limitation of the Crow/J, and better Secu- 
 ring the Rights and Liberties of the Subjucl. This Bill was, 
 ill Effedt, to explain the Ciaufe, inferced in the Adt of Suc- 
 ceflion, to exclude foreigners from Places of Truft Civil 
 and Military, in Favour of fuch Fropejiant Foreigners, as 
 
 U " were
 
 284 The Hijlorical Regifter^ 
 
 were naturalized before the fAdiASlfor the further Limi- 
 tation of the Crovon^ took Place; But a Claufe having been 
 inferred in the faid Bill, whereby a Door feemM to be left 
 open for the Admiflion of Foreigners into Places, many 
 6f the Whig Members, headed by Mr. Hampden^ looked up- 
 on that Bill as dangerous to our happy Conftitution ; 
 And the Tories who refolv'd to oppofe it, thinking this 
 a proper Opportunity to ma](e it drop, mov'd that the 
 Confideration of it be put off to another Day : Bur the 
 Queftion being put thereupon was carried in the Nega- 
 tive by two Votes only, yiz,. 141, to 139. Then the 
 Committee went through the Bill, and made an Amend- 
 ment to the Claufe before-mention'd, tiie Report of which 
 was put off till the 6th of JxtJy. 
 
 On the s-th the Commons refolv^'d to addrefs His Ma- 
 jeflj^, ' That he would be pleafed to confer fome Dig- 
 
 * mty in the Church on Dr. Barker Chaplain to thi$ 
 
 * Houfe :' Which Addrefs being, the fame Day, prefen- 
 ted to the Kjng by Mr. Bofcawen, he the next Day, ac- 
 quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty was pleafed to 
 anfwer, That he would confer fome Dignity in the Church 
 upon the faid DoSlor^ as was dejired. Then Mr. Lowther 
 reported from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
 whom the engroffed Bill from the Lords, intitled jfn 
 ^^ to explain the A6i made the iith Tear of the Reign of 
 King William III. intitled^ an A61 for the further Limita' 
 tion of the Crown^ Sfc. was committed, the Amendment 
 they had diredltd him to report to the Houfe ; which he 
 *ead in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the 
 Table, where the fame was twice read . And a Motion 
 being made, that the Bill be recommitted, there arofe a 
 Debate that lafted near Three Hours : Mr. Shippen, with 
 fome others raifed feveral Objedlions againft the Bill, but 
 were anfwerM by Mr. Walpole, Mr. Bofcawen^ and fome 
 other Court-Members *, and the Qiieftion being put up- 
 on the faid Morion, was carried in the Negatiye by 190 
 Votes againft 140. And then the Amendment (with an 
 Amendment made thereunto) was agreed to by the Houfe. 
 
 On the 7th of /rz/jy, the Commons l)eing acquainted^ 
 That George Carpenter Efq; fmce his Eleilion for the Bo- 
 rough of Whitchurch^ was appointed his Majefty's Envoy 
 to the Court of Vienna^ and that he defired to know 
 the Senfe of the Houfe, Whether he was incladed in the 
 Vifability of the A£i of the 6th Tear of her late Majefly 5 
 The Claufe in the faid Adt relating thereto was read ; 
 
 arsd
 
 from July 1714^ tojan. 1716. 285 
 
 and the Qiieftion being pur, That George Carpenter, Ef(]; 
 being appointed his Majefty's Envoy at the Court of 
 Vienna fince his Eleflion for the Birough of Whitchurch 
 in the County of Southampton^ his Eledhou for the faid 
 Borough was thereby become void ? It palled in the 
 Negative. 
 
 Then Mr. Walpole^ from the Committee of Sicrecy^ ac- 
 quainted the Houfe, ' That the Committee had, in O- 
 ' bedience to the Commands of the Houfe, prepared Ar- 
 
 < tides of Impeachment for High Treafon and other High 
 
 * Crimes and MifdemeanoWs, againft Robert Earl of Oxford 
 ^ and Earl Mortimer j and that the Commirree had com- 
 
 * manded him, at the fame time, to acquaint the Houfe, 
 *• that they fliouid, in a fliort Time, have further Articles 
 
 * to lay before the Houfe againft the faid Ear] ; and that 
 
 < the Committee had dire^ed him to report the Articles 
 ' (already prepared) to the Houfe:' And he re.id them in 
 his Placej and afterwards delivered the fame in at the 
 Table, where they were once read. 
 
 After this it was moved that the further Consideration 
 of the faid Articles be adjourn'd to that Day Sevennight ; 
 but it was carry'd without dividing, and orJer'd, That 
 the faid Report be read a fecond time the next D.4y. 
 
 Accordingly, on the 8th of July, the Firft Ten of the 
 Articles of the Impeachment againft Robert Earl of Oxford 
 and Earl Mortimer, were read a 2d Time 5 and upon the 
 Queftion feverally put thereupon (with Amendments to 
 fome of them) there was a long Debate from Two till 
 Eight in the Evening, when they were agreed to, by a 
 Majority of 280 Voices, againft 12 y. Then a Morion 
 being made and the Queftion put. That the further Con- 
 fideration of the faid Report be adjourn'd till the next 
 Morning, the fame Was carry'd in the Negative, by 24-7 
 Votes againft 139. Hereupon the Eleventh Arcicle was 
 read a fecond time, and amended by the Houfe ; and, 
 a/fter Candles had been brought in, there afofe a great 
 Debate, upon the Qiieftion, Whether the faid Article was 
 Eigh Treafon ? Sir Robert Raymond, formerly Sollicitor- 
 General, William bromley, Efq; Sir William Wyndhartij the 
 Auditors Harley and Foley^ Mr^ JVard, and Mr. Hungerford 
 (who had already fpoke in Favour of the Earl of Oxford) 
 inaintain'd the Negative ; And were ftrongly fupported 
 by Sir Jofeph fehyll, one of the Committee of Stct^cy, 
 The latter faid, among other Things, ' That it was ever 
 
 * his Principle to do Juftice to every Body, from the 
 
 * Higheft to the Loweft j being perluadedj That ir was 
 
 U 2 <• th-
 
 286 The Htftorical Regift er^ 
 
 the Duty of an honeft Man never to adl by a Spirit 
 of Parry. That he hoped he might pretend to have 
 fome Knowledge of the La^Vs of the Kingdom \ and asj 
 in the Commiitee of Secrecy^ he had taken the Liberty 
 to differ from the Colleagues, he would not fcruple to 
 declare now to the whole Houfe, that, in his Judg- 
 mentj the Charge in Queftion did not amount to High 
 Treafon* Moft of the other Members of the Committee 
 of Secrecy were offended at this Speech, which both re- 
 yealed and cenfurei their Proceedings : And thereupon 
 Mr. Waipole anfvver'd, with fome Warmth, * That there 
 were both in and out of the Committee of Sscrecy^ feveral 
 Perfons, who did not, in the leaft, yield to the Mem"* 
 ber that fpoke laffj iik Point of Honefiy, and who, with- 
 pttt derogating from, his Merit, were fuperior to him 
 in the Knowledge of the Lawsj but who, at the fame 
 Time, were fatisfied that the Charge fpecified in the 
 Eleventh Article amounted to Treafon.' Mr, Walpole 
 was back'd by General Stanhope^ the Lord Coningshy^ Ge- 
 neral Cadogan^ Mr. Bo/cawen and Mr. Aiflahy^ and the 
 Eleventh Article being amended, the fame was agreed 
 to by the Houfe, by a Majority of 247 Votes againft 127. 
 Mr. Auditor Harky endeavoured to juftify his Brother ; 
 firji^ By urging that he ever a6led by the late Queen*$ 
 pofitive Commands ; to prove which, he offer'd to pro- 
 duce two Letters trom Her Majefty ; and 2^/31, The Ne- 
 cefliry of making a Peace. Having upon this Occafion, 
 advanced, that the Dutch prolonged the War, and that 
 their Deputies in the Army had often prevented the gi- 
 ving the Enemy a Decifive Blow. General Cadogan an- 
 Aver'd that the Dutch weie more concerned than any 
 Prince or State in the Grand Alliance to put an End 
 to the War 5 and undertook to prove, that there had not 
 hien any Campaign in Flandersy except that in which 
 the Duke of Ormond commanded, that was not mark'd, 
 and famous to all Poflerity, for Ibnie fignal and glorious 
 •Event, to the Advantage of the common Caufe. Then 
 tha reff of the Sixteen Articles were feverally read a fe- 
 cond Time, and with Amendments to fome of them, a- 
 greed unto by the Houfe, who ordered^ Firft, That the 
 faid Articles he engrojfed; Secondly, That a Claufe he f re- 
 fared faying liberty to the Commons to exhibit any further 
 Articles azainfi the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Eari 
 Morrimeri and that he may he fequefier'd from Parliament, 
 and committed to fafe Cuftody. This Claufe was, according 
 to Order, offer'd the next D^y^ Jul^ the jth^ to the Houfe ;
 
 from July 1714, f^ Jan. 1716. 287 
 
 and being twice read, and agreed to, was orderM to be 
 ciigfioned with the Articles of Impeachment. Whilft this 
 was doing, the Corarmons ordeir'd Mr. Bofcawen to go 
 to the Lords with a Meflage, to defire that their Lord- 
 fliips would continue fit ring feme time; with which De- 
 iire their Lordftiips readily comply'd. 
 
 The fame Day, /«() 9, a Petition of the Mayor, Bay- 
 liffs and BurgefTes of the Borough of Lererpoole in the 
 County Palatine of Lancajler^ was prefeiued to the Houfe, 
 and read, praying, ' That Leave may be given to bring 
 ^ in a Bill for Building and Endowing a Church upon 
 
 * the Scite of the late Caitle of Lererpoole^ held by Leafe 
 
 * from the Dutchy of Lamafier :' And Mr. Secretary Stan- 
 hope Jiaving acquainted the Houfe, That he had Dire(aions 
 from his Majefty to fignify his Majefty's Confent thac 
 fivph a Bill may be brought in, a Bill was order'd to be 
 brought in, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition, 
 
 Then the IngrolTed Articles of Impeachment againft Ro- 
 bert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ were read ; after 
 which it was order'd, Firft, That the Lord Coningfby da 
 parry the faid Articles to the Lords, idly, That the Lord Co- 
 ningrtjy be direCied (before he exhibits the faid Articles to 
 the Lords) to impeach Robert Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, 
 to the BffiCh follovoingj viz. 
 
 My LORDS, 
 "Y^HE Commons affembled in FarJiament haying receiyed 
 X Information of divers traiterous Trafikes and De/igns of 
 a great Peer of this Houfe, Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl 
 Mortimer ; hare commanded me to impeach the faid Earl of 
 Oxford and Earl Mortimer, of High Treafon, and other 
 High Crimes and Mifdemeanours : And I do here in their 
 ,lfames^ and in the Names of all the Commons of Great Bri- 
 tain, impeach Robert Earl 0/ Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ 
 of High Treafon-i and other High Crimes and Mifdemeanours, / 
 am further commanded by the Houfe of Commons to pray and 
 demand of Tour Lordflnps^ That the Earl of Oxford and Earl 
 Mortimer may be fequejier'd from Parliament^ and forth" 
 with committed to fafe Cu/iodj, 
 
 After this, Mr. SoUicitor General having beea fent Co 
 the Lords with a MelTage, to defire, that their Lordfhips 
 would diretfc the Painted Chamber^ the Lobby, and the Paf- 
 fage to the Houfe of Peers might be cleared from any 
 Crowd, (which was done accordingly, by Five a-Clock in 
 the Afternoon) the Lord Coningsby^ attended by mofl of 
 
 U 3 the
 
 q88 The Hiftorical Regifier, 
 
 the Whig Members, went up to the Houfe of Peers, and 
 at their Bar impeach'd Robert Earl of Oxford, and Earl 
 Mortimer^ in the Form abovemention'd ; and then lefc 
 with their Lordfliips the following 
 
 ARTICLES of IMPEACHMENT a7;ain/i Robert Earl 
 of OKford and Earl Mortimer. 
 
 WHEREAS many folemn Treaties and Alliances 
 have been formerly enter*d into, between the 
 Crown of England and other Princes and Potentates of 
 Europe^ for their mutual Safety, and from the Confidera- 
 tions of the common Danger which ttireaten'd all Chri- 
 fiendom^ from the immoderate Growth of the Power of 
 France: And whereas the Preventing the Monarchy of 
 Spain from coming into the Hands of the Houfe of jKowr- 
 hon^ has, for many Years, been a fundamental Principle 
 and Maxim of Union among the Allies, in order to pre- 
 ferve a iuft Billance of Power \\\ Europe : And to that 
 End, as the Defigns of France on the Monarchy of Spain 
 have, from Tirrie to Time, appeared, new Treaties and 
 exprefs StipuLtions have been entered into amongll the 
 Allies, to ilrerigthen themftlves againft that approach- 
 ing Dinger; And on this Foundation, a Treaty for an iri- 
 tended Partition, whereby a Sm^ill Part only of the Do- 
 minions of the Crown of Spain was allotted to the Houfe 
 o{ Bourb&n^ was condemn'd by the Wifdom of Parliament, 
 as being highly pre;:rdicial and fatal in its Confequences 
 to England^ and tlie Peace of Eurvpe. And whereas the 
 Duke of Avjou^ Grandfon to the King of Trance^ on the 
 Demife of Charles \l. King of Spain^ took PoiTtflion of 
 i'Vlq entire Monarchy of Spain^ whereby the Balhiice of 
 Power, the Proi-efiant Religion, and the Liberties of £«- 
 tope^ were threatened with immediate Danger : Where- 
 npon Leopold^ then Emperor of CermaKy^ his late Ma- 
 )efly King William the Third, of ever-glorious Memory, 
 and the Starcs-Gejier^l of the United 'Proyinces^ finding, at 
 that moll critical Juntlure, -that a flridl Conjunction and 
 Alliance between themfelves was become necelTary, for 
 repelling the Greatnefs of the Common Dinger from fo 
 great an Acceffion of the Power to the then Common 
 Enemjr, did, in the Year of our Lord 1701J make, form, 
 and conclude, a new Treaty and Alliance, whereby it 
 was agreed, That there fliall be and continue between the 
 faid Confederate?, His Sacred Imperial Majeft}'', His Sacred 
 Royal Majelty of Great Britain^ and the Lords the States- 
 General
 
 from]u\y 1714, toj^n. 1716. 289 
 
 General of the United Proy'inces^ a conftant, perpetual, 
 and inviolable Friendfhip and Correfpondence, and thac 
 each Party fliall be obliged to promote the Advantages 
 of the other, and prevent- all Inconveniences and Dan- 
 gers that might happen to them, as far as lies in their 
 Power: That the fiid Allies defiring nothing more ear- 
 neftly than the Peace and general Quiet of all Europe^ 
 have adjudg'd, that nothing can be more efFedlual for the 
 Eftablifhment thereof, than the procuring an equitable 
 and reafonable Sitisfadtion to his Imperial Majefty for 
 his Pretenfion to the Spanifi Succeffion, and that the King 
 of Great Britain and the States General may obtain a 
 particular and fnfficient Security for their Kingdom?, 
 Provinces, and Dominions, and for the N?ivigation and 
 Commerce of their Subjedls : That the faid Confederates 
 therefore (hall, in the firft Place, endeavour, by amica- 
 ble Means, to obtain the fiid Satisfadlion ; but if, con- 
 trary to their Expeitations and Wifhes, the fame is noc 
 had, the fame Confederates do engage and promife to one 
 another, that they will aflift each other with all their 
 Forcerj according to a Specification to be agreed upon in a 
 peculiar Convention for that Purpofe: That the Confe- 
 derates, in order to the procuring the Satisfadlion and 
 Security aforefaid, fhall, among other Things, ufe their 
 utmoft .Rndeavours to recover the Provinces of the Sf^a- 
 pi/h Low Countries^ that they may be a Fence and Ram- 
 part, commonly calTd a harrier^ Separating and dividing 
 France from the United 'BroVincei^ for the Security of the 
 States-General, as they have fcrv'd in all Times, till of 
 late, that the Mod Chrillian King has feized them by his 
 Forces; as likevvife tJie Dutchy o^ Mil an, with its De- 
 pendencies, as a Fief of the Empire, and contributing to 
 ^he Security of his Imperial Majefly's hereditary Domi- 
 nions ; befides the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily., and the 
 Lands and Iflands upon the Coaft of lufcany in the l^c 
 djterranean, that belonged to the SpaniJ}j Dominions, and 
 may ferve to the fame Purpofe, and will be alfo of Ad- 
 vantage to the Navigation and Commerce of the Sub- 
 je(£ls of the King of Great Britain, and of the United 
 Prorinces: That in cafe the Confederates fh-ill be forced 
 to enter into a War, for obtaining the Satisfadlion afore- 
 faid for his Imperial Majefty, and the Security of his 
 "Majefty of Great Britain and the States-General, they (hall 
 communicate their Defigns to one another, as well in Re- 
 lario« to the Adlions of the War, as all other Things 
 vy herein the common Caufe is concerned; Thac it ihall 
 ' U 4 not
 
 290 The Hi /I or teal Regifter^ 
 
 not be ptfrmicted to either Party, when the War is once 
 begun, to treat of Peace with the Enemy, unlefs joint- 
 ly, and by a Communication of Counfels ; and no Peace 
 ihall be made, unlefs an equitable and reafonabie Satis- 
 fad-ion for his Imperial Majefly, and the particular Se- 
 curiry of the Kingdoms, Provinces, Dominions, Navi- 
 gations, and Commerce, for his Majefly of Great Britain^ 
 and che States-General, be iirft obtained; and unlefs Care 
 be taken, by fitting Security, that the Kingdoms of France 
 and Spain fhall never come and be united under the fame 
 Government, nor that one and the fame Perfon fiiall be 
 King of both Kingdoms ; and particularly that the French 
 fhall never gee into the PofTellion of the Sfaniffi Indies^ 
 neither fliall they be permitted to fail thither on the Ac- 
 count of Traffick, diredly or indireftJy, on any Pretence 
 whatfoever : And laftiy, unlefs full Liberty be granted 
 unto the Subjs£ls of the King of Great Britain^ and the 
 States-General, to exercife and enjoy all the fame Privi- 
 leg'»s. Riehrr, Imniunities, and Francbifes of Commerce, 
 by Sea and Land, in Sfain^ the Mediterranean^ and all 
 Lands aJid Places which the King of Spam Inft deceafed 
 did poflefs at the Time of his Death, vs well in Europe as 
 elfevvhere, which they ufed andenny-d; or which the 
 Subjects of both, or either of them by any Right acqui- 
 ted by Treaties, Agreements, Cuftoms, or any other Way 
 xvhatfocver, might have ufed and enjoyed before the 
 Death of the late King of Spain : That, at the fame 
 Time that the faid Agreement or Peace (hail be made, 
 the Confederates fh;iU agree among themfelvcs about all 
 the Things that they ihall think neceffary for maintain- 
 ing the Navigation and Commerce of the Subjrdrs of 
 Great Britain and tlie States General, in the Lands and 
 IDominions tiiey may acquire, and that were poffefled by 
 the late deceaftd King of Spain^ and alfo. in what Manner 
 the States-General may be feciired by the aforefaid Fence 
 Or Barrier. 
 
 And whereas hh faid late Majefty King WiUiam^ and 
 the States General, fcrioufly confjdering, that France was 
 then become fo formidable from the Acceilion of Spain 
 to the Duke of Arjou^ that, in the Opinion of all the 
 "World, Europe was in Danger pf lofing her Liberty^ and 
 »indergoing che heavy Yoke of Univerfal Monarchy 9 and 
 that the fureft Means of efiFecfting that Defign, were to 
 divide the King of Great Britain from the States-General; 
 for which Purpof* ^W imaginable EfForrs v^rould be made ; 
 they therefore thought it neceflary to uiite in tht flrift- 
 
 eft
 
 frofn July 1714, to Jan. 17 16. 291 
 
 efl Manner that was poflible ; and to that End a Defen- 
 five Treaty and Alliance was concluded and enter'd into 
 between them, in or about the Month of Noremher^ 1701 ; 
 wherein it was, among other Things, agreed, That in 
 Cafe the fnid High Allies Ihould be jointly engaged in 
 War, by Reafon of this defenfive Alliance before-menti- 
 oned in the Fifth Article, or on any other Account, there 
 fhall be an OfFenfive, and Defenfive, and Perpetual Alli- 
 ance between them, againft thofe with whom the War 
 Ihail be ; and all their Forces {hall be employed by Sea 
 and Land, and they (hall aft in Conjunflion or feparately, 
 as it (lull be agreed between them. 
 
 But fince, in the Alliance with the Emperor, made 
 in September lafl, particular Care was taken of the Re- 
 covery of the Spanijh LorcConntries out of the Hands of 
 the raoft Chriftian King, the faid Confederates exprefl/ 
 engage to aid one another with all their Forces for the 
 Recovery of the fame. And in Regard the principal In- 
 tereft of the faid Confederates confifts in the Prefervatioii 
 of the Liberties of Europe^ the before- mentioned Treaty 
 with the Emperor fliall be faithfully and fmcerely exe- 
 cuted, and boih Sides Ihall guaranty the fame, and ufe 
 their Endeavours to confirm and render it more ftrong 
 from Time to Time : That in making Peace, particular 
 Care {hall be taken of the Commerce and Traffick of both 
 Rations, as alfo for their Security, as well in Regard to 
 the Low -Countries as the Countries adjacent : That when 
 the War is begun, the Confederates fliall a£t in Concert, 
 according to the feventh and eighth Articles of the Trea- 
 ty of the 3d of March^ \n the Year of our Lord 1671. 
 between England and HoUand^ which is hereby renewed 
 and confirmed *, and no Peace, nor Truce, or Sufpenfion 
 of Arms, fhall be negotiated or made, but according to 
 the ninth and tenth Articles of that Treaty ; by which 
 it was agreed, That when the two Allies come once to 
 an open War, it ihall be lawful for neither of them af- 
 terwards to come to any Ceffation of Arms with him, 
 who {liall be declared and proclaimed an Enemy, without 
 it be done coujointly, and with common Confent : That 
 no Negotiarion of Peace {hall be fet on Foot by one of 
 the Allies, vvithcuc the Concurrence of the other: That 
 each Ally fhili continually, and from Time to Time, im- 
 part to the other every Thing that paiTes in the faid Ne- 
 gotiHtion, and (hall llipulare with the common Enemy 
 for the fame Rights, Imir.uuitiss, Exemptions, and Pre- 
 rogatives
 
 292 The Hiflorical Regifter^ 
 
 rogatives for his Ally, as he does for himfelf, if fo be the 
 faid Allies do not agree to the contrary. 
 
 And whereas the French King having got Poffeflion qf 
 a great Part of the Spar.iJJj Dominionrj exercifed an ab- 
 folute Authority over that Monarchy, having feized Mi- 
 Jan and the Spanifn LovC'Countries by his Armies, and made 
 Mmfelf Mdfter of Cadiz^ of the Entrance into the Me- 
 dtterranean^ and of the Ports of the Sfanijh Weft- Indies by 
 his Fleers, evQty where defigning to invade the Liber- 
 ties of Europe^ and to-obilru6l the Freedom of Naviguion 
 and Commerce; and inltead of giving the Satisfadlioii 
 that ought juftly to be expedled, had proceeded to further 
 Violences, and had taken on him to declare the Pretend- 
 ed Prince of Waks^ King of England^ Scotland^ and Ire- 
 land^ and had alfo influenced Spam to concur in the fame 
 Affront ; her late Majefty Queen Anne taking Notice, that 
 Hie found herfelf obliged, for maintaining the Publick 
 Faith, for vindicating the Honour of the Crown, and 
 to prevent the Mifchiefs which all Europe vvis threatned 
 with, to declare War againft Trance and Spaing did ac- 
 cordingly in the Month of May 1702, in the moft pub- 
 lick and folemn Manner, declare War ^g^in^Vrance zndi 
 Spain; and in the faid Declaration, placing her entire 
 Confidence in the Help of Almighty God, in fo juft and 
 necefLry an Undertaking, declared, That flie would, in 
 Conjundrion with her Allies, vigoroufiy profecute the fame 
 both by Sea and Land, being affured of the ready Con- 
 currence of her Subjects, in a Caufe they had fo openly 
 and heartily efpoufed. And his Imperial Majefty and 
 their High Mipjuineffes, purfuant to the Treaties afore- 
 mention'd refpecSlively, in or about the faid Month of 
 May^ 1702, did liJiewife declare War againft J-rance 
 and Spai::. 
 
 And whereas the Kings of Tortu^al and 'Pruffl^^ the E~ 
 Ie6lors of Hanoyer^ Saxony^ Treves^ Mentz.^ Pahtine of the 
 Fhine^ the Dnke of Savoy^ the Prince of Ht>£'e, the Dukes 
 of WoJfembuttlej Mechhnherg, and Wiriemberg^ the Circles 
 of Snahia^ and Franconia, and of the Upper Rhine^ the Bi- 
 ihops of Mur.jier and Coyiflance^ and other Princes and 
 Powers, being invited by the faid Grand Alliance, and 
 rfiying on the Faith thereof, did afterwards become Par- 
 ties to the fnid Confederate War againft Traiice and Spain '^ 
 «nd in the Treaty entred into in or about the Month of 
 May 1-^03, between his Tmpel-ial Majefty, the Queen of 
 Great Britain^ the States General, and the King of Portu- 
 ^Z-1'y it is, amoiigft. oiher Thins* exprelly ftipuiaied, That 
 
 no
 
 fr07n July 1714, to]^n. 1716. 293 
 
 no Peace nor Truce fliall be made, but by the mutual 
 Consent of all the Confederates; nor fhall any, at any 
 Time, be made, whilft the fecond Grandfon of the moft 
 Chriftian King by the Dauphin, or any other Prince of 
 the Line of France continues in Spain, nor unlefs the 
 Crown of PortNgal fliall fully poffefs and enjoy all the 
 Lands, Kingdoms, Ifles, Caftles, Cities, Towns, &c. with 
 their Territories and Dependencies in Spain^ or elfewhere, 
 which it now pofTefTes. And in the Treaty of Norelingen^ 
 ratify 'd by her late Majefly, it is, amongft other Things, 
 exprefly agreed, that it fh^H not be allowM to make par- 
 ticular Treaties, but the Peace fliall be jointly treated of, 
 and fliall not be concluded without obtaining, as far as 
 poflible, the Re-Union of the Lands belonging to the Cir- 
 cle?, and until at leaft the Security of the afTociated Cir- 
 cles be abfolucely provided for, in the beft Manner that 
 is poflible, and better than it has formerly been. 
 
 And whereas, to give the greateft Strength that was 
 poflible to the Union, fo necefTiry to both Nations, her 
 late Majefly and the States, by a Treaty in the Month of 
 /w«e, 1703, renewed and confirmed all Treaties and Alii- • 
 ances then fubfifting between them ; and therein it ik, 
 amongfl: other Things, exprefly and particularly ftipula- 
 ted, That as the faid moft ferene Queen, and the Lords 
 the States-General, are now in War with frame and Spain^ 
 and are reciprocally bound to afnft each other, and mu- 
 tually to defendj maintain, and preferve their Countries 
 and Subjedls in their PolTefllons, Immunities,, and Liber- 
 ties, as well of Navigation and Commerce, as other Rights 
 whatfoever by Sea and Land, againft and in Oppofition 
 to all Kings, Princes, and States, and particularly againft 
 France and Spain^ to the End a juft and reafonable Peace 
 may the better be obtained, that may eftablifli the Re- 
 pofe and Tranquility of Europe^ it is agreed between the 
 moft ferene Queen of Great Britain, and the faid Lords 
 the States-General, that neither of the faid Allies fliall 
 make a Sufpenfion of Arm?, or a Peace, with Trance or 
 Spain^^ or any other King, Prince, or State, who Ihall 
 molsft or attack either of the faid Allies, but in Conjun- 
 dSion, and by common Confent. 
 
 And whereas the faid War was for feveral Years carry *J 
 on with Vigour and Unanimity by her Majefty and her 
 Allies, at a vaft Expence both of Blood and Treafure ; for 
 the Support of which, on the Part of England, many Mil- 
 lions have been granted by Parliament, who, on many 
 Occafions fmce^ continu'd not only to exprefs their Senfe 
 
 of
 
 294 T^^^^ Hi (lor zeal Rezifter^ 
 
 of the Juftice and Neceilicy of the War, but did (ttqntnt- 
 3y give their humble Advice to the Throne, that no Peace 
 coald be fafe, honourable, or lading, fo long as the King- 
 dom of Spain and the Weji- Indies continq'd ii; the Poffeili- 
 on of any Branch of the Houfe gf Bourbon. 
 
 And whereas it pleas'd Almighty God to grant to the 
 Confederate Arms, under the Command of their great 
 and vidlorious General the Duke of Marlborough^ fuch un- 
 paralleird Succelles, as exceeded even their own Hopes and 
 Tears of the Enemy ; and by the many fignal Victories 
 of Schellenbergy Hochfiedt^ Andenarde^ and RamilJies^ as 
 well as by the Conqueftsof the Eledorates of Ba-varia and 
 Cohgn^ and the Reduflion of the Spanijh Netherlands, and 
 many other great Advantages both by Sea and Land ; and 
 by the Wifdom and Unanimity of their Coanfels, the 
 Glory of the Confederate Arnr\s, and the Reputation of 
 Great Britain in particularj was rais'd to an higher Pitch 
 than in any former Age, 
 
 And whereas her late Majefty, in Conjundlion with her 
 Allies, wifely forefeeing that whenever the Enemy (hould 
 be brought to make Overtures of Peace, the fureft Way to 
 put an End to the War, and prevent France from putting 
 in Pra6lice her ufual Intrigues, was by previoufly infift- 
 ing on fuch Conditions from France^ that nothing might 
 remain to be done in a general AlTembly, but to giv« 
 thera the Form of a Treaty ; and for thofe Reafons a 
 Preliminary Treaty was concluded on, and was afterwards 
 iign'd by the Plenipotentiaries of his Imperial Majefty, 
 of her kte Majefty the Queen of Great Britain^ and of 
 the Lords the States General of the United Provinces, and 
 afterwards ratify 'd by their Principals ; wherein the In- 
 terefts of the feveral Allies were adjufted, in order to a 
 general Treaty of Peace with France ; and therein, the 
 Reftiiution of the SpaniJJj Monarchy to the Hcu/e of 
 Anjlria^ being one of the chief Caufes for carrying on 
 the War, is laid down as an immutable Foundation among 
 the Allies. 
 
 And whereas in the Year of our Lord 1709, the King 
 of France having firft fignify'd his Confent to the Reftitu- 
 rion of the SpaniJIy Monarchy to the Houfe of Auflriay 
 fenc his Minifters to the Hague, to treat with the Minifters 
 of the priiicipnl Allies on a General Peace ; and in the 
 Conferences held thereupon, the Interefts of all the Allies, 
 as adjufted in the faid Preliminaries, were pofitively and 
 exprelly agreed to by the Minifters of France, and parti- 
 cularly that of the Reftitution of the entire Spanijh Mo- 
 narchy
 
 from July 1714, to Jan. 1716. 295 
 
 narchy to the Houfe of Anftr'ia ; and the faid Negocia- 
 tion was afterwards broke, on no other Difpute, but on the 
 37th Article of the Preliminary Tre^.ty, concerning the 
 Time and Manner of evacuating Spain. 
 
 And whereas the Conferences being refumM at Gertrxij- 
 denbergh^ in the Year of our Lord I71C5 the faid 37th 
 Article became the only Subjeft of the Negociation which 
 was there fet on Foot, for the finding out fome Equiva- 
 lent, by which the fame Security might be given to the 
 Allies, as they had by the 37th Article of the faid Preli- 
 minaries ; and tho' it was unqueftionablfj that before any 
 Negociation was begun, that while the Preliminaries were 
 treating, that by thofe Preliminaries themfeivef, that be- 
 fore the lall Negociation was refum'dj and all the while 
 it lalled, the Reftitution of Spain and the Indies was laid 
 down as a firm and immoveable Foundation of the Nego- 
 ciation, and no Qiieftion remained concerning it with the 
 Minifters of the Allies, or thofe of France^ but touching 
 the Security for its Execution ; and tho' all reafonable and 
 prudent Overtures were made by the Allies for fettling an 
 Equivalent, yet the ConferPiccs were broke oif by Franct 
 without any Satisfadtion therein. 
 
 And whereas the fincere Intentions of all the Allies to 
 have fettled the Peace of Europe on folid and equitable 
 Foundations, were notorious and inconteftable, and the 
 Rupture of the faid Negociations could only be imputed 
 to the Enemy ; her facred Majefty, in Con)un6tion with 
 her Allies, renewed their R«:folutions to continue and pufli 
 the War with Vigour, and to make all poflible EflForts, as 
 the only Mean^ left to force a good and general Peace/ 
 And as her Majefty, in her Speech from the Throne, on 
 the lyth of Noyember^ 1709, taking Notice of the En- 
 (5eavours of the Enemy, during the faid Negociations, to 
 amufe and create Jealoufies among the Allies, declar'd her 
 Refentmcnttherear,aRdeHrneftly recommended the carrying 
 on the Warj and a vigorous Profecution of the Advan- 
 tages obtained, that fhe might pu: the laft Hand to that 
 great Work, of reducing the exorbitant and oppreflive 
 power which had fo long threaten*d the Liberties of 
 Europe : And it having pleas'd Almighty God, after the 
 faid Preliminary Treaty, to blefs the Confederate Arrny, 
 under the Command of their confummate General the 
 Duke of Marlborough^ with new and fignal Conqucfts, 
 the Redufflion of Tuiirjiay^ the Viftory of TafniereSj the 
 taking of Alons and Vorvay. Bethune^ St. Venant and Aire^ 
 and the penetratins the Lines near the Searpe, 
 
 And
 
 2 9^ The Hiftorical Rcgijler^ 
 
 And whereas from the profperous Condition of the 
 Affairs of the Allies, and the Wifdom, Firranefs, and 
 Unanimity of their Counfels, nothing remained, in all 
 human Appearance, but that they fliould reap the Fruits 
 of all their Victories, in a fpeedy, juft, honourable, and 
 lading Peace ; and on the other Hand, nothing was lefc 
 to raife the Hopes of the Enemy, whereby to defeat that 
 happy Profpefl, but the Succefs of their fecret Endeavours 
 to difunite the Confederacy. 
 
 And whereas Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ 
 with other evil minded Perfons, Enemies to the true In- 
 terefts of their own Country, as well as to the common 
 Liberties and Welfare of Europe^ having by many wicked 
 Arts, and bafe Inlinuations, obtain'd Accefs to her lare Ma- 
 jefty Qiieen Ahne^ and in. or about the Months of July or 
 Avguft^ 1710, being admitted into her CounciJsj and into 
 Places of the higheft Trult ; and to make Way for their 
 wicked Enterprizes, did, by their evil Counfel and Ad- 
 vice, prevail on her Majefty to diffolve a Parliamentj 
 which had given the moft unquefhonable Proofs of their 
 great Wifdom, and of their true Zeal for the common 
 Caufe ; for which, as well as for the many Marks of 
 Duty and Affedtion given to her, her Majefty re- 
 turn*d her hearty Thanks, and exprefs'd her great Satis- 
 faction. 
 
 And whereas the faid "Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl 
 Mortimer^ and others his Accomplices, had formed a 
 treacherous Correfpondence with the Emiffaries of France^ 
 by Means whereof, certain Propofitions were tranfmitted 
 from France to England^ fign'd by Monf. de Torcy^ Secre- 
 tary of the King of Franci^ in the Month of April^ ^7^ '5 
 to be the Bafis of a Treaty of a General Peace ; which 
 Propofitions, tho' her Majefty was prevailed on by the 
 falfe Counfels of the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl 
 Mortimer^ and others, to receive as a fufficient Foundation 
 for a Treaty of a General Peace, and as fuchj to commu- 
 nicate them to the Grand Penfionary, and the MinifterS 
 of Holland^ her Majefty however was gracioufly pleased j 
 at the fame Timej to declare to them her Pleafure by her 
 Secretary of State, that being refolv'd in making Peace 
 as in making War, to a6t in perfedl Concert with the 
 States, (he would not lofe a Moment in tranfmitting a 
 Paper of that Importance; and that tho* the Propofitions 
 were general, and contaia'd an Air of Complaifance to 
 her Majefty, and the contrary tov^^ards th« States, yet 
 that could hiive no ill Confequeaces; as lohg as her Ma-
 
 from July 17 ij!^, to]^n. 1716. 297 
 
 Jefty and the Stares underftood one another, and a6led 
 with as little Referve as became two Powers fo nearly 
 ally'd in Intereft; and that the Penfionary fhould bs 
 afTur'd, that that Rule fhould be inviolably Jcept on our 
 Parr. Which gracious Declaration of her Maj?fty, as 
 well as the faid Propofitions, being naaturely confider'd by 
 the Grand Penfionary and the Minifters of Holland^ an 
 Anfwer was returned from them to her Majefty, full of 
 Duty and ThankfulneO, for the obliging Manner ia 
 which {he was pleas'd to communicate the fdid Propofi- 
 tions, and with the utmcft Afifarances of mutual Confi- 
 dencej fo necediry to prevent the Defigns of the Enemy j 
 but that more particularly the States defir'd, equally with 
 Great Britain^ to have a general, definitive, and lading 
 Peace, and declared, that they were ready to join in all 
 the moft proper Meafures to procure it ; that the Propofi- 
 tions were yet too general ; and that the States defire, a« 
 Great Britain did, that France would explain herfelf more 
 particularly upon the Points therein contained, and im- 
 part a Plan which fhe thinks the moft proper to fecure the 
 Intereft of the Allies, and fettle the Repofe of E^irD^^ ; 
 after which a more particular Negcciation might be cu- 
 ter*d into. Nocwithftanding all which Premifes, 
 
 Article I. He the faid 'Robert Eirl of Oxford and Earl 
 Mortimer^ having no Regard to the Honour or Safety of 
 her late Majefty, or her Kingdoms, or to the many folemri 
 Engagements fhe was then under to the old and faithful 
 Allies of this Nation, or to the common Liberties of 
 Europe'^ bur being devoted to the Intereft and Service of 
 the French King, the common Enemy ; and being then 
 Lord High Treafurer of Great Britain.^ and one of her 
 Majefty's moft honourable Privy Council, contrary to his 
 Oath, and in Violation of his Dury and Truft, and in 
 Defiance of the Tenour of the feveral Treaties afore- 
 mentioned,' or fome of them, as well as of the frerjuenc 
 Advices of Parliament, and the many Declarations of her 
 Majefty from the Throne ; but more particularly in Defi- 
 ■ ance of the folemn and mutual AxlTurances which had been 
 fo lately renew'd between her Majefty and tlie States, to 
 adl in perfedl Concert with them in making Peace as in 
 making War, did, on or about the Months of Ju y or 
 Auguft^ in fhe Year of cur Lord 171 1, malicioufty and 
 wickedly form a moft treacherous and pernicious Contri- 
 vance and Confederacy, with other evil-difposM Perfons, 
 then-Jfoof her Majefty's Privy Council, to fet on Foot 
 
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 298 The Htfiorical Rej^iJIer^ 
 
 a private^ feparate, diflionourable, and deftrudtive Nego- 
 ciation of Peace between Great Britain and France^ with- 
 out any Comnaunication thereof to her Majefty's Allies^ 
 according to their feveral Treaties; and was not only 
 wanting in his Duty and Truft to her Majefty, by not 
 oppofing, and as far as was in his Power, by not advifing 
 her Majefty againft going into any private feparate Nego- 
 ciation with France 'j but in the Execution of his Purpofes 
 aforefaid, he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Eari 
 Afortiwer, did advife her late Majefty to fend Matthew Priory 
 Efq; diredlly to the Court of France, to make Propofitions 
 of Peace, without communicating the fame to her Ma- 
 jefty's Allies. And accordingly the faid Matihew Vr'tor^ by 
 the Advice, and with the Privity of him the faid E^'i of 
 Oxford, and Earl Mortimer^ and other falfe and evil 
 Counfellors, in or about the Months of July or ^ugitfi, in 
 the Year of our Lord 171 1, was fent in a clandeftine Man- 
 ner from England to France^ and did communicate the faid 
 Propofitions of Peace to the Minifters of France ; in 
 which the particular Interefts of Great Britain^ as well as 
 the common Interefts of Europe^ were (hamefully betriy'd ; 
 And in Manifeftation of his faid Defign to exclude her Ma- 
 jefty *s Allies from their juft Share in the faid Negociation, 
 an exprefs Article was inferted in the faid Propofitions, by 
 the Privity and Advice of him the faid Robert Earl of 
 Oxford and Earl Mortimer, that the Secret ftiould be invio- 
 lably kept, till allow'd to be divulg*d by the mutual 
 Con fent of both Parties ; altho' the French King had, in 
 the Propofitions fign'd by Monf. de Torcy, and tranfmitted 
 in the Month of Afrtl preceding, off'er'd to treat with 
 the Plenipotentiaries of England and Holland, alone, or 
 jointly with thofe of the Allies, at the Choice of England, 
 Hy which treacherous and dangerous Advice, he the faid 
 Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ did not only con- 
 trive and fet on Foot a Negociation of Peace, more ad- 
 vantageous to France, than even Francs itfelf had afk'd ; 
 but thereby did put it into the Power of the common E^ 
 nemy, to create incurable Jealoufies and Difcords between 
 her Majefty and her faithful Allies, and to deftroy that 
 Confidence which had fo long, and fo fuccefsfully been 
 cultivated between them, and which was fo neceftary for 
 their common Safety. 
 
 Art. II. That the French King laying hold of the faid 
 treacherous Overture, fee on Foot in Manner aforefi id, did, 
 in or about the Months of Au^ufi and September^ in the 
 
 Year
 
 from July 1714, to Jan. 1716. l^j^ 
 
 Year of our Lord 171 1, fend overM. Mefiiager into £;?^- 
 /^W to carry on a clandeftine and feparate Negociacion of 
 Peace ; which being made known to him the faid Bohert 
 Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ he did afterwards, in 
 the faid Month of September^ 1711, fecretly and unlaw- 
 fully, without any Colour of Authority, meet, confer, 
 and treat with the faid Sieur Msfnager^ on the Negocia- 
 tions of a Peace between Great Britain and France ; and 
 therein he did advife and promote the making a private 
 and feparate Treaty or Agreenient between the faid 
 Crowns; which faid Treaty or Agreement was after- 
 wards, with the Privity, Confent, and Advice of him 
 the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ agreed, 
 concluded, and fign'd b^ the faid Sieur Mefnager^ on the 
 Parr of France^ and by the Earl of Dartmouth and Henry 
 St. jfohn^ Efq; two of her Majefty's' Principal Secretaries 
 of State, in Behalf of her late Majefty, by Virtue only 
 of her Majefty's Si^^n Manual under the Signet, and with- 
 out the leaft Knowledge and Participation of the Allies. 
 In which Treaty the immediate Intereits even of Great 
 Britain are given up to France^ and the Duke of Arjou is 
 admitted to be King of Spain^ an exprefs Stipulation being 
 therein made with the Sieur Mefnager^ in the Name, and 
 (as is therein alledg'd) purfuant to Powers from King 
 Jpbilipj as King of Spain. Whereby he the faid Robert Earl 
 of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ did not only alfume to 
 himfeif Regal Power, in taking upon him to meet and 
 treat with the Enemy, without any Authority or Power 
 from her Majefty ; but did what in him lay to fubverc 
 the ancient and eftablifh'd Conftitution of the Govern- 
 ment of thefe Kingdoms, by^introducing illegal and dan- 
 gerous Methods of tranfadling the moft important Affairs 
 of the State ; and by which private and feparate Treaty, 
 he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and E>.rl Mortimer^ did 
 what in him lay to diflolve and cancel the raany folemn 
 Treaties her Majefty then flood engag'd in, tq her good 
 and ancient Allies; and whereby her Majtrlty, even be- 
 fore any Thing was finally fettled for the Safety and Ad- 
 vantage of her Kingdoms, was brouglit to this fatal 
 Dilemma ; either to fubmit to the Diitues of France in. 
 the Progrefs of the faid Negociation, or fo notorious a 
 Breach of national Faith being divulg'd by the Enemy, 
 from thence to lofe all future Confidence of her good 
 AUies. 
 
 X .Art, lU.
 
 goo The HJflorical Regifter^ 
 
 Art. III. That the faid RoUn Earl of Oxford and Earl 
 Mortimer^ rbe better to difguife and carry on the aforefaid 
 private, feparare, and dangerous Negoclation, did, toge- 
 ther with other evil-difpos'd Perfons, then in high Truft 
 under her Maj^liy, contrive and advife the preparing and 
 forming a Set of General Preliminaries, entitled, Prelimi- 
 rary Articles on the Fart of France, to come to a General 
 Peace ; and that the fame lliould be fign'd by the Sieur 
 M-fnager only. And the fame being fo prepar'd and 
 ilgn'd by the faid Sieur Mefnager^ he the faid Robert Earl 
 of Oxford and Earl Mortimer did, contrary to his Duty 
 and Tnift, impioufly advife her ficred Majefly,' that the 
 fame fhould be, and accordingly they were receivM by her 
 Majc-fty, and communicated to the Minifters of the Allies 
 then refiding in England^ as the Ground of a general Ne- 
 gociarion of Peace, and as if the fame were the only 
 Tranfadlions that had been on this Subjed between Great 
 Britain SLiv^ France. And to this End, the private Treaty^ 
 iign'd as aforefaid by the E*rl of Dartmouth and Mr. St, 
 John on the Part of England, and by the faid Sieur Mefna" 
 ^er on the Part of France^ was, by the evil Advice and 
 Contrivance of him the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and 
 Earl Mortimer^ and others, wilfully and induftrioufly con- 
 ceal'd, not only from all the Allies, but even from her 
 Maiefty's Council and her Parliament, And he did further 
 ndvife her ?rlajelly, not only to accept the i:.id General 
 Prelimiaariesj but in her Name, and by her Authority, 
 to communicate the fame to the States General, as a fuffi- 
 cient Fouiidation whereon to open the Conferences of 
 Peace with France, And the more effedlually to cover 
 from the States General the pernicious Seeps which his 
 evil Influence had engag'd her Majefly in with the com- 
 mon Enemy, certain Inftruflions were prepar'd, and by 
 liis Couufel and Advice were fjgn'd by her Majefly, and 
 deliver'd to the Earl of Strafford^ her Embaflador to the 
 States General ; wherein the fnid Earl of Straford is di- 
 redled to reprefent to the Penfionary of Holland^ and to 
 fuch others as (hall be appointed to confer with him : 
 That when bf-r M^jefty had received in May laft, by his 
 Excellency's Difpatches, an Account of the Senfe which 
 thofe among them, who were at that Time in the Secret, 
 had of the Overtures made by Fravce for fetting a Gene- 
 ral Negociation of Peace again on Foot, and of the An- 
 fvver which it wa? defir'd might be returned to the Propo- 
 Jitions (ign'd by Monf de Torcy^ her Majeily did immedi- 
 ately acfjuaint the Enemyj that their Offeis were thoughc 
 
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 hy her and by the States-General neither particular nor 
 full enough : And therefore that her M^jefty did infift, 
 that they (hould form a diftindl Proiedl of fuch a Peace 
 as they were willing to conclude. Whereas no fuch In- 
 Ihnces had been made to the Enemy on her Majefty's 
 Pehalf; hut on the conrrary, notwitbftancUu^ her Maje- 
 iiy had declared that the Propofitions of Monfienr de Tor- 
 cy were thought by her and the Srates-Generhl neither 
 particular nor full enough ; ytt without any further Ex- 
 plication from the Enemy, her Majefty was prevaiTd on, 
 in Manner aforefaid, to fend over Propofinons to France 
 as geueial and infnaring, and in all Refp:6ts as deftru- 
 d:ive to the Interefts of Great Britain and her Allies, as 
 the Propofitions of Monfieur de Torcy. And the faid Ge- 
 ner-il Pieliminaries, communicated to the States in Man- 
 ner aforefaid, were calculated only to amnfe and deceive 
 them into a General Negotiation with France. And in 
 the Particulars a! ovefaid, as well as in the feveral others, 
 th- faid Inftrudlions containM Matters either falfe or 
 grofly prevaricating and evafive. By which mnft wick- 
 ed Coiinfels of him the faid Robert Eirl of Oxford and 
 Earl Mortimer^ that unqueflionable Truth and Sacred- 
 aiefs which by the Laws of Nations ought to accompany 
 and conltirute the Inftru6lions of publick Ambaffadors to 
 Princes in Friendlliip and Confederacy againft the Com- 
 mon [:;nemy, was moft vilely proftitured to the moft 
 dangerous Purpofes,, to deceive and miflead her Majefty's 
 good Allies in Matters of the grcat^ft Importance to their 
 own Interefts, and the Interefts of thefe Kingdoms; the 
 Honour of her Majefty's facred Perfon, and of the Impe- 
 rial Crown of rhefe Realms, which had been rais'd to 
 the higheft Pitch of Glory abroad, and had been juftly 
 held in Veneration with her good Allies, was fcandaloufly 
 debis'd and betray^:" j and the Royal Hand, by the wick- 
 ed Arts of him tUt faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl 
 ■Mortimer^ wa made the Inftrument to advance the In- 
 tereft of the common Enemy, 
 
 /^rt. IV. That whereas the Earl of Straford^ purfuant to 
 his faid Inftru(£linns, had ;ommuiiicat'::d the Prelimina- 
 ries fign*d by Monft ur Mefnager only to the St,ites-Ge- 
 iieral, who being juftly alarm'd at the prefling Inftances 
 m^de on the Part of her Majefty, that Conferences Ihould 
 be op n'd on Propofitions as general and uncertain as tnofe 
 fo lately offered by Trance^ and iign'd i>y M. de Tercy j and 
 their High Mightineftes leaving teen unfuccefsful in their 
 Remoiiftrances to the Earl of Strafford aud openin'g the 
 
 X 2 Confe-
 
 go 2 The Hijlorkal Regifier, 
 
 Conferences upon the faid Propofitions, did fend over 
 Monfieur Bnys their Ambaffador, to reprtfent to her Ma- 
 jelly, as well the Hazard of meeting the Minifters of 
 France before the effcntial Articles were firft fettled by 
 fpecial Preliminaries, or at lealt explain'd by Trance^ and 
 made Specifick ; as likewife the Advantages to the Ene- 
 my, who being but one Body, were influenced by one 
 Council, and dired-ed by one Power; whereas the Confe- 
 derates coiififted of feveral Powers, whofe Interefts are 
 not only diftindl, but in many Cafes contrary to each 
 other, whereby the Trench would have a fair Opportunity 
 to divide the' Allies, when it cwould be impoflible for 
 them to break in upon France -^ ?\.nd further to reprefent, 
 that the Propofitions then:felves were in fome Inftances 
 very prejudicial, particularly in the Articles of Com- 
 merce, Dunlirky and the Union of the Crcvvns of France 
 and Spain. All which Reprefentations of the f.tid Mon- 
 fieur Euys^ by the evil Influence of him the faid Robert 
 Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ and others, were ren- 
 der'd inefledual ; but in order to prevail upon the States- 
 General to open the Conferences upon the fiid Genera] 
 Preliminaries, by the Managenr.ent and Contrivance of 
 him the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ 
 and others, an Occafion was taken to declare to Monfieur 
 '£iiys^ at a Committee of Council in her Majefly's Name, 
 her conftant Aifedion and good Difpofition to their State, 
 and to the promoting their Interefl, and to treat with 
 their High JVTigbtinelTes with a perfcdl Confidence and 
 Harn:ony : And at the fame Time he the faid Robert 
 f^arl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ did then falfly and 
 malicicufly declare, or was privy lO advifing and con- 
 fcntiijg, riiat it fliould be^ and £o it was declar'd, in her 
 M^jefty's Name, that the had made no Separate Treaty 
 with France^ nor ever would make any, before fne had 
 fully comply 'd with all Engagements to her Allies, and 
 that each of them fnould have Opporiuiiity to make good 
 their .Pretenfion?. 
 
 By which fWCe^ fcandalous, and diflionoural'le Affnran- 
 ceSf he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford, and Earl Mortimer 
 did not only highly Difhonour hef Majefty, by whofe 
 Privity the faid Separate Treaty with France had been 
 before that Time coiicluded and fjgn'd ; but their High 
 MightlnelTe?, iije ^ood Friends and Ancient Allies of 
 her Ma^efcy, were grofly abus'd and thereby induced to 
 enter into a Negotiation with l-rance^ fo dangerous in it 
 ij?Jfj and fo faral 121 ics Confc^usnces. 
 
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 from]\jL\Y 1714, f^Jan. 1716. 305 
 
 Art. V. Thar her facred Majefty Queen Anne having in 
 due Form of Law, and under her Great Seal, confticuced 
 the Right Reverend John Lord Bidiop of Bri/iol^^nd the E-irl 
 of Strafford^ her Plenipotentiaries, with full Powers to 
 meet, treat, and conclude with the Plenipotentiaries of 
 the Confederates, and thofe whom the Trench King {hall 
 on his Part depute for that Purpofe, the Conditions of a 
 good and general Peace, that llrUl be fafe, honourable, 
 and, as far hs is pofltble, agreeable to the reafonable De- 
 mands of ajl Parties- he the faid Robert E^ri of Oxford 
 and Earl Mortimer^ not contenting himfelf to abufe the 
 Royal Authority, to the Delufion of the States-General, 
 the neareft Allies of the Q.ueen, but intending the Uni- 
 verfal Prejudice of his Imperial Majefty, and all the Al- 
 lies of thefe Kingdoms, and thereby the more fuccefsfully 
 to carry on the Meafures of Trance^ wherein he was thea 
 engaged, conrriv'd and prepared Inftru6lions, or was pri- 
 vy to, confenring, and advifing the fame, for her Ma- 
 jefty's faid Plenipotentiaries, which flie was prevaiTd 
 upon by the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^^ 
 evil Counfel to fign, and the fame were delivered to the 
 faid Plenipotentiaries ; w.herein among other Things they 
 are intruded to the EfFedl following, t/z. ' If it fliall'be 
 ' thought proper to begin by the Difpofition of the S*)anijh 
 ' Monarchy, you are to infift that the Security and rea- 
 ' fonable Satisfadiion which the Allies expecfr, and which 
 ' his moft Chrifiian Majefty has promis'd, cannot be ob- 
 * tain'd, if Spain and the Wefi-Lidies be allotted to any 
 *■ Branch of the Fioufe of Bourbon:' Whereas the faid Bobert 
 Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer had at that Time pri- 
 vately and treacheroufly negotiated and agreed with the 
 Minifters of France^ that Spain and the Wefl-Indies fhould 
 remain in a Branch of the Houfe of Bourbon^ and had 
 prevaird on her facred Majefty to be Party to the faid 
 private Treaty, wherein the fame is neceflarily imply'd. 
 And the faid Plenipoteiuiaries are further inllrufted, in 
 Cafe the Enemy fhould o'jjedl, as the Imperial Minilters 
 had done, that the Second Article of the Seven fign'd by 
 the Sieur Mefnager implies, that the Duke of Anjou fliall 
 continue on the Throne of Spain ; you are to iniiit, that 
 thofe Articles, as far as they extend, are indeed binding 
 to France^ but that they lay neither us nor our Allies un- 
 der any pofitive Obligation ; Whereby the faid Robert 
 Earl of Oxford and E^rl Mortimer bafely enter'd into a 
 Confederacy and Collufion even with the Minifters of the 
 Enemy, and prevailed on her Majefty to give her Royal Con- 
 
 X 3 feuc
 
 gc4 The Hiflorical Regiffer^ 
 
 fenc thereto, the more effediiully to impofe on his Im- 
 perial Majeity and all the Allies, and to conceal the faid 
 lecrec Negotiiitions, and the Separate Treaty that had 
 besn agreed on between Great Britain and France. And 
 the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ not 
 only in the Particulars before mentioned, but in many 
 others cnntiin'd in the faid Inftru^lions, has brought a 
 lading Reproach on the Crown of thefe Realrr»s, and 
 grofiy violated the many Treaties wherein her facred ., 
 Majetty was then eng^g'd to her Allies, to a6l in perfeil 
 Concert with them throughout the Negotiations of Peace. 
 
 y^^rt. VI. That the Conferences of Peace being open'd be- 
 tween the Plenipotentiaries of the Allies, and thofe of 
 the Enemy, for the negotiating a General Peace upon the 
 mutual and moft folemn Engagements amongft the Allies, 
 not only to afik in perfect Confidence with each other, 
 but to promote their Common Intereft, and to obtain 
 from the Enemy all juft and reafonable SatisfadVion ; and 
 a Speciiick Explanation of the General Preliminaries ha- 
 ving been given in by the Enemy at Utrecht^ whereon 
 the Allies delivered their refpedUve Demands ; by the Ar- 
 tiHces of France^ and the fecret Elncouragement and Con- 
 currence of tlie Miniflers of Great Britain^ the Progrefs 
 of the faid Publick Negotiation was delayed and kept in 
 Sufpence, under Pretence of the Enemy's refufmg to give 
 their Anfwer in Writing; During which Time, he the 
 faid R&bert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ again affn- 
 ming to himfelf Regal Power, in Derogation of the Roy- 
 al Authority, to treat of Peace with France, which was 
 then delegared under the Great Seal of Great Britain to 
 her Ma)eliy*s Plenipotentiaries at XJtrecht^ and for the 
 promoting the Delign of the Enem^r, to the appa- 
 rent Deftruction of the Common Caufe of her Maje- 
 fly and iier Allies, contrary to the known Laws and 
 Conflitution of this Kingdom, in direil Violation of the 
 feveral Alliances her Majefty then Itood engaged in, and 
 ia Oppolit'ion to the many AfTurances given by her Ma- 
 jefty to adl in Concert with her Allies, and in Defiance of 
 tl»e exprefs Iiifirudtions given to her faid Plenipotentia- 
 ries; was not oiily wanting in his Duty to her Majefty, 
 as far as in him lay, to have pur an End to, and prevent- 
 ed any further private and unlawt'ul Negotiations with 
 France^ but did, with others his Accomplices, advife, con- 
 ci'.r, continue^ and promote a private, feparate, und un- 
 juftifiable Negotiation with Trance^ diredlly from England 
 so France^ without any Communication thereof to the 
 
 Allies ;
 
 fromluXy 1714, toj^iu* 1716. 505 
 
 Allies; and in fuch private Negoaacians did concert with 
 the Minifters of the Enemy, Terms of Peace highly pre- 
 judicial CO the Interell of her Majefly and her Kingdoms, 
 and of all her Allies, and whereby the good Effedts of 
 the faid General Negotiations were entirely defeated. 
 
 ^rt. VII. That her facred Majefty Queen Anne having 
 been prevailed on by the falfe Counfels of him the faid Ro' 
 bert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer to accept of a Treaty 
 with France^ on the Suppofirion that the Spanijh Monar- 
 chy fhould continue in the PofTeflion of a Branch of the 
 Houfe of Bourbon ; and it being acknowl-dged even by 
 the French King in the General Preliminaries ligned by 
 Monfieur Mefnager^ that the Excefs of Power from the 
 Re-union of the Crowns of Trance and Sfain would be 
 contrary to the Good and general Repofe of Europe : He 
 the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Monimmr having 
 nothing fo much in View, as the aggrandizing the Com- 
 mon Enemy, yet always intending ro cover the Iniqui- 
 ty of his Heart under fpecious Pretences and falfe Ap- 
 pearances, did wickedly and rreacheroufly advife and 
 carry on a private and fenarate Negotiation with France^ 
 on the Subjedl of a Renunciation of his Right to the 
 Kingdom of France by the Duke of ArijoUy and that fuch 
 Renunciation fliould be the Security againit the Re- union 
 of the two Kingdoms. And by the Influence of his e- 
 vil Counfels, her Majefly was prevailed on to accept and 
 finally to conclude and ra^rify a Treaty of Peace with 
 France, wherein the faid Renunciation is taken, as a fuf- 
 ficient Expedient to prevent the Mifchiefs that threatned 
 all Europey in Cafe the Crowns of France and Spain fliould 
 be ujiited upon the Head of one and the fame Perfon ; 
 altho* he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ 
 well knew, that a Memorial had been^ during the faid fe- 
 parate Negotiation, tranfmitted by M. de Torcy, Secretary 
 of State and Minifter to the Trench Kingj to one of her Ma- 
 jefty's Principal Secretaries of State, whereby it was de- 
 clared, that the f-id Renunciation would be null and in- 
 valid by the fundamental Laws of France-^ which Laws 
 were looked upon as the Work of Him who had efta- 
 blifli ail Monarchies, and which He only cou'd abolifli ; 
 and that no Renunciation therefore could deftroy it ; And 
 if the King of Spain iliould renounce, they would deceive 
 themfelves that fhould receive it as a fufficient Expedient 
 to prevent the Mifchiefs propofed to be avoided. Hy 
 which falfe and treacherous Counfels, he the faid Robert 
 Earl of Oxford and Earl Mjrtimer^ did not only betray 
 
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 go6 The Hiflorkal Regijler^ 
 
 the Interefts of the Common Caufe inro the Hands of the 
 nioft formidable Enemy, but wilfully and ijialicioufly a- 
 bufed the Power and Influence which he had obtained 
 with her Majefty, fo far as to engage her facred Maje- 
 i\y^ and the Honour of the Imperial Crowns of thefe 
 Kingdoms, to become Party with irance in fo fatal 
 a Deceit. 
 
 An. VTII. That her late Majefty Queen Anne having on 
 the -jth Day of December^ in the Year of our Lord 171 1> 
 earneftly recommended it from the Throne, That Pro- 
 vifion might be made for an early Campiign, in order 
 to carry on the War with Vigour, and as the belt Way 
 to render the Treaty of Peace effedlual ; in order to 
 which, vaft Supplies were granted, and Magazines pro- 
 vided at a great Expence for an early Campaign ; and in 
 Purfuance thereof, her Majefty having fenc her Generals 
 LumJey and Cadogan^ to give early AiTurances to her Al- 
 lies of her /incere Intentions, and likewife exprefly in- 
 ftruiled her General, the Duke of Qrmond^ not only to 
 renew the fame Affurances, and declare her Refolutions 
 of pufliing on the War with the urmoft Vigour, but to 
 concert v/ith the Generals of the Allies the proper Mea- 
 fures for entring on Adlion ; and the Confederate Army, 
 which at that Time was tlie fineft and ftrongeft that had 
 been in the Service during the whole Courfe of the War, 
 and provided with all NecelTaries to a6l with Vigour, ha- 
 ving march'd, according to the Refolution taken ni Con- 
 cert with her Majefty 's General, almoft up to the Enemy, 
 with a great Superiority both as to the Number and Good- 
 nefs of Troop?, and animated with a noble Courage and 
 Zeal to acquit themfelves bravely; fo rliat in all human 
 Appe.uance, and with the divine Afliftance^ which had 
 appeared fo vi/ihly for them, on many otber Occafions, 
 they would have been able, either by Hittle or Siege, to 
 have gained great Advantages over the Enemy, to have 
 bettered the Aft'airs of Allies, and to have facilitated the 
 Negociafions of Peace : And the Minifters of France ha- 
 ving frequently and earneftly reprefented to the faid Ro- 
 bert E-^rl of Oxford and Eirl Mortimer^ and other his Ac- 
 complices,' during their fecret Negociations, their juft Ap- 
 prehenfions from the Bravery and good Difpofition of the 
 confederate Army % he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and 
 Karl Mort'rfner^ being truly informed of the fiire Profpe<5l 
 vvnich, by the Hlefiing of God, the Army of the Confe- 
 derates tb.en* had, of gaining newConqueits over the Ar- 
 my of France^ and whereby they would have been ena- 
 bled
 
 from July 1714, to Jan. 17 16. 307 
 
 bled to have forced Terms of Peace, fafe, honourable, and 
 lafting ; in order to difappoint thofe comfortable Expe- 
 ctations of the Allies, and to give Succefs to his fecret 
 Kegociations with the Minifters of France^ was privy to, 
 eon Tenting, and advifing, together with other falfe and. 
 evil Counfellors, and together with cheni did advife and 
 confent, that an Order ihould be fent, in her Majefty's 
 Name, to the Duke of Ormond in Flanders^ to avoid enga- 
 ging in any Siege, or hazarding a Battle, till further Or- 
 ders ; altho* nothing had then been fettled in the faid pri- 
 vate Negociations for the Intereft and Security of Great 
 Britain-, and akho\ Philtp King of Spain at that Time had 
 not confented to the Renunciation of his Right to the 
 Crown of France, And not contenting himfelf with ha- 
 ving obtained that fatal. Step, fo highly advantageous to 
 the Caufe of France, but being wickedly determined to 
 do-all that in him lay to dilToIve the whole Confederacy, 
 he the faid Rolfert Eail of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ with 
 others, was privy to, and did confent and advife, than 
 Orders fhould be fent to the Bifliop of Eriftol, one of her 
 Majefty's Plenipotentiaries then at Utrecht^ to taJce the iiti\ 
 folemn Opportunity to declare to the Dutch Minifters, that 
 her HA.iyWy looked on her felf from their Condudl to be 
 then under no Obligation whatfoever to them : Which 
 two Declarations giving juft Alarm to all the Allies, they 
 reprefented to the Bifliop of Brifiol their general Diffttif- 
 facftionj and the unexpreflible Conftern^tiou they were all 
 in ; thic thefe Proceedings were the unavoidable Ruin of 
 Europe: They urged Religion, Liberty, and the Faith of 
 Treaties, to flievv the Enormity of this Ufage; and the 
 States exprelTed their Uneahnefs on no Account fo much, 
 as that they could not come to the Knowledge of their own 
 Lot. Which Reprefentation the Bilhop of Eriftol did, ac 
 the Inftance of the Allies, fignify to one of her Majefty's 
 principal Secretaries of State ; but their High Mighti- 
 nefles finding that all Applications to the Minifters of 
 Great Britain^ and in particular to the faid Robert Earl of 
 Oxford and Earl Mortimer, were of no Avail againft France^ 
 •and for the Intereft of the common Caufe, thought it ne- 
 ceftary, in a Manner the moft moving and refpedful, to 
 addrefs diredly to her Majefty by a Letter of the j-tli of 
 ^une, 1712; therein exprefting their great Surprize and 
 Afflidlion at the two Declarations afore-mentioned; and 
 finding it diflicult to conceive how fuch Declarations, fo 
 prejudicial to the common Caufe, given fo fuddenly with- 
 out their Knowledge, and undoubtedly loo vvitiiout the 
 
 Knowledfc'e
 
 5o8 The Htftorical Regifter^ 
 
 Knowledge of the other Allies, could agrefc and confift 
 with the Nature of an Alliance, and with thofe AfTu- 
 Tances and Engagements her Majefty had fo lately made, 
 and not knowing how to reconcile it with the great 
 Goodnefs and Kindnefs which her Majefty had always ho- 
 noured them with, and not being able to conceive how 
 fuch a fudden Change could happen with refpe^ to them, 
 having carefully examined their own Condudl, and find- 
 ing nothing therein that could have given Ground to her 
 Majefty's DilTatisfadlion : And having reprefented the vi- 
 f^ble and immediate fatal Confequences of the faid two 
 Orders, not only to the co:;nmon Intereft of her Majefty 
 and the States, but to the whole Confederacy, and to the 
 Troteftant Religion ; they befeeched her Majefty, with "all 
 the Refpetfl, and all the Earneflnefs they were capable of, 
 .that fhe would not perfift in the Declarations made by the 
 i^ifliop of Brifio/, and would he pleafed to revoke the Or- 
 ders given to the Duke of Ormond^ and would authorize 
 him to adt according to Occurences, and as the Exigency 
 of the War, and the Advancement of the common Caufe 
 ihould require. Notwirhftanding which, he the faid JRo- 
 hert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ being acquainted 
 with the faiu Reprefentations of the State?, was nor only 
 w^anting in his Duty to her Majefty, and to his Oath, and 
 the great Truft repofed in him, in not advifing, as he 
 ought to have done, her facred Majefty to have hearken'd 
 to the faid feveral Inftances made to her; but perfifting in 
 his defperate and deftruftive Meafures, for the Advance- 
 ment of the Incereft of the common Enemy^ did after- 
 wards advife her Majefty tc difregard and rejeil the fame, 
 and did countenance, encourage, advife, and promote the 
 faid private, feparate, and wicked Negociations with 
 France^ without any Participation of the Allies, contrary 
 to all her Mdjefty's Engagements, and to the apparent 
 Ruin of the.cornmon Caufe. Hy which feveral wicked 
 and perfidious Couiifels, the Progrefs of the vidlorious 
 Arms of the Confederates was flopped, and an Opportu- 
 nity loft of conquering the Enemy, the moft favourable, 
 in the Opinion of all the General Officers and the Quar- 
 ter-Mafters of the Allies, who were fent out to view the 
 French Camp; and whereby all Hopes of Confidence be- 
 tween her M.ijefty and her Allies was entirely deftroyed, 
 and the French King made abfolute Mafter of the Negocia- 
 tions of Peace, and the Affairs of Europe given into his 
 Hands. 
 
 ^ /^r^ IX.
 
 from July ijij^^ f^Jan. 1716. 309 
 
 Art. IX. That to impofe upon the Allies the fatal Ne- 
 cefliry of fubmitting to the Terms of France^ and, in 
 order thereto, to leave the whole Confederate Army at 
 the Mercy of the common Enemy, he the faid Robert 
 Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ was privy and confent- 
 ing to a fecret and feparate Concert with the Miniiters of 
 France^ without the Knowledge of the Allies, for the fe- 
 pararing the Troops in her Majefty's Pay from the reft of 
 the Confederate Army : For the efFe6ling whereof, inftead 
 of preventing, as far as in him Jay, fo fatal a Step, he 
 was not only wanting to advife againft fo unwarrantable 
 a Proceeding, but did confent ro and advife her Majefty, 
 that the Duke of Ormoud^ and all the Troops then in her 
 Majelty's Pay, or fuch of thtm as would obey his Order?, 
 fhould feparate themfelves from the Army of the Confe- 
 derates : And having Notice that the Generals of the 
 Auxiliaries, paid by her Majefty, whofe Honour and Con- 
 fciences would not permit them to abandon the Confede- 
 rates, and leave them as a Sacrifice to France ; but for the 
 Sake of the common Intereft of Europe^ and according 
 to the true End and Defign of their Conventions, did re- 
 fufe to withdraw with the Duke of Ormond^ vvirhout par- 
 ticular Orders from their refpe(fl:ive Mafters, he the faid 
 Robert Eirl of Oxjord and Earl Mortimer^ being then Lord 
 High Treafurer of Great Britain^ and one of her Majefty's 
 Moft Honourable Privy Council, in Violation of his 
 Oath, and the Duty and Truft repos'd in him, did take 
 upon himfelf an arbitrary and illegal Power, to refufe 
 and put a Stop to the Pay and Subfidies due on Account 
 of the faid foreign Troops, akho' they were entitled 
 thereto by the Conventions encer'd into with her facrsd 
 Majefty, and by exprefs Provifion made by Adl of Par- 
 liament for the Payment of the fame. By which fatal 
 Separation, which, purfuant to his evil Counfels, was 
 afterwards made, great Numbers of the Confederate 
 Troops, who had before, on many Occafions, fignaliz'd 
 themfelves in tl^e I>efence of the Caufe of F.nrope^ foon 
 afterwards, at the unfortunate Adtion of Denain^ fell as 
 Sacnrices to the Fury and Revenge of France', the Si«ge 
 of Landrecy was rais'd ; the important Towns and 
 Fortrefles of ^^f"oy^ houchain^ and Douay^ were re- 
 taken by the French Army ; and not only the Fortune of 
 the War, but the Fate of Eumpey decided in Favour of 
 France. 
 
 Art. X.
 
 3 1 o The Hiftorical Regifter^ 
 
 . Art. X. That in further Execution of his pernicious 
 Defigns, to compleat the Deftrudtion of the common 
 Caufe of Europe^ and to render it impradlicable for her 
 Majefty to refume the War againft France^ in Con)iin6lion 
 with her Allies, or to recover the Union with her Ma- 
 jefly's old and fiithfiil Allies, fo neceffary to the Prefer- 
 vation of thefe Kingdoms, he the faid Robert Eirl of 
 Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ then Lord High Treafurer of 
 Great Britain, did carry on^nd conce*t with the Minifters 
 of France J a private and feparate Negociation for a ge- 
 nera] Sufpenfion by Sea and Land, between Great Britain 
 and Trance \ and to that End, among others, did advife 
 her Majefty to fend over Henry Vifcount BoVingbrokey one 
 of her principal Secretaries of State, to the Court of 
 France, with Powers to fettle the faid Sufpenfion. In pur- 
 fuance of which, a deftrudlive Treaty of Sufpenfion was 
 made in France on the 19th of /liigufi, N. S. I712.5 by 
 the faid Henry Vifcount Bolingbroke^ on the Part of her 
 faid Majefty, for four Months, without the Knowledge or 
 any Participation of the Allies, and before any Terms of 
 Peace were fettled with the Enemy, either for Great 
 Britain or the Allies. By which evil Counfels, the ex- 
 prefs Terms of feveral of the afore- mentioned Treaties 
 were exprefly contravened and broken, the good Friends 
 and ancient Allies of her Majefty and thefe Kingdoms, 
 were totally deprived of the juft Aftiftance to which they 
 were thereby entitled, ind were left exposed to the Infults 
 of the common Enemy ; and the facred Ties of Union 
 and Friendftup between her Majefty and her Allies being 
 cut afunder, her Majefty's Perfon and Government, the 
 Safety of her Kingdoms, and the Froteftant Succeftion to 
 the Crown of thefe Realms, were left expos'd to the En- 
 terprizes of her moft formidable Enemy. 
 
 Art, XI. That whereas the States General of the United 
 Froyinces were, in or about the Months of September or 
 Otlober, in the Year of our Lord 171 2, in PoiTeftion of 
 the ftrong and important Town and Fortrefs of Tour nay : 
 And whereas the Trench King had, during the Courfe of 
 the faid private, feparate, and traiterous Negociation, be- 
 tween him the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Morti^ 
 mer, and others, and the Minifters of Trance, fignify'd 
 his Confent to the Minifters of Great Britain, that the 
 faid Town and Fortrefs of Toumay fhould remain to the 
 faid vStates General as Part of their Barrier:. And whereas 
 her Majefty, in her Inftrudlions of December the 23d, 171 1> 
 to her Plenipotentiaries at Utrecht, had expreily diredled 
 
 them
 
 from July 1714, to Jan. 1716. 311 
 
 them to infift with the Plenipoteiuiaries x)f France^ in the 
 general Congrefs, that towards forming a fufficient Bar- 
 rier for the States General, Tournay fliould remain to their 
 High MightinelTes ; and did afterwards declare herfelf 
 conformably thereunto, in her Speech to both Houfes of 
 Parliament, on the 6th of yime 1712, in which fhe com- 
 municated to them the Terms whereon a Peace might be 
 made. And whereas for feveral Years before, and till the 
 faid Months of September and Ofhber, in the Year of our 
 Lord 1711, there was open War between her late Majefty 
 and the French King, and the faid War continuing for all 
 the faid Time, and afterwards, the faid French King and 
 his Subjedls were Enemies to her Majefty ; he the faid 
 Bobert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ then Lord High 
 Treafurer of Great Britain^ and a Subjedl of her Majefty 's, 
 not confidering the Duty of his Allegiance, but having 
 altogether withdrawn the cordial Love, and true and due 
 Obedience, which every true and faithful Subje>5l ovv'd to 
 her faid Majefty, and defigning to give Aid and Succour, 
 and to adhere to the • faid French King, did, in or abouc 
 the Months of September or Oilobery 17 12, during the faid 
 War, f<il{\yy malicioufty, wickedly, and traiteroufly aid, 
 help, aftlft, and adhere to the French King, then an Ene- 
 my to her late Majefty , and in the Execution and Per- 
 formance of his faid aiding, aftlfting, and adhering, 
 malicioufly, falfly, and traiceroufly did counfel and ad- 
 vife the faid Enemy, in what Manner, and by what 
 Methods the faid important Town and Forirefs of Tour- 
 Titiy^ then in PofTeftlon of the States General, might be 
 gain'd from them to the French King, contrary to the 
 Duty of his Allegiance, and the Laws and Statutes of this 
 Realm, 
 
 Art XIL That whereas her late Majefty Queen Anne^ 
 not only in Purfuance of the Treaties ftie ftood engaged 
 in to her good Allies, and in particular to his Imperial 
 Majefty, for the Recovery of the Monarchy of Spain to 
 the Houfe of Aufiria^ thereby to preferve a due Ballance 
 of Power in Europe^ but alfo from her juft Refeiumenc 
 againft the Duke of Atjon^ who tlien ftil'd himfelf King 
 of Spain^ and who, in defiance of her Majefty's Title to 
 the Crown, had acknowledged the Pretender as King of 
 Great Britain ; and on thefe juft Foundations, her Ma- 
 jefty had, in Vindication of the Honour of the Crown, 
 and in Juftice to her People, at a vaft Expence of Blood 
 and Treafure, and on fhe earneft and repeated Advices of 
 her Parliament, profecuted a vigorous War againit the 
 
 faid
 
 9 T 2 The Hiftorkal Regifler^ 
 
 faid Dnke of Avjou. And whereas, in the Years of our 
 Lord 1710, 1711, 171^? the f-iid open, bloody, and ex-, 
 penfive War was carry'd on between her fai'd lare Majefty 
 Queen Anne^ and the i/xd. Dnke of Ar.jou^ and during all 
 the Time aforefaid the faid War did continue, and tor all 
 that Time the faid Duke of A>jo7(, and the. Su!>)t6ls of 
 Spain adhering to him, wer=- Enemies of her late Majefty ; 
 he the faid Robert Earl o; Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ then 
 Lord High Treafurer of Great Eritainy and one of her 
 3Vlajefty'£ Priv^y Councilj and a S!ilje<il of her faid lylajefty, 
 not confidering the Duty of his Alle^siance, bur having 
 withdrawn his true Obedience from her faid late Majeliy, 
 did, at feveral Times, in the Pud Years of our Lord 1710, 
 1711, and 1712J falfly, malicioufly, wickedly, and trai- 
 teroufly aid, help, afliftj and adhere to the faid Duke of 
 uirijou^ then an Enemy to her faid lare Majefty ; and in 
 the Execution and Performance of his faid adding, help- 
 ing, aflitting, and adhering, and in Confederacy and 
 Combination with the then Enemies of her lae Majefty, 
 and with divers other wicked and evil difpos'd Perfons, 
 did, at feveral Tim^s, in the Years aforefaid, advife and 
 counfel the Enemies of her late Majefty ; and in fuch 
 counfelling and advifing, did concert with them, and 
 did promote the yielding and giving up Spain and the 
 UejQ-Indies^ or fome Part thereof, to the faid Duke of 
 AnjoUj then in Enmity with her Majefty, againft the 
 Duty of his Allegiance, and the Laws and Statutes of 
 this Realm. 
 
 Art. XIII. That whereas the Riches,Power,and Strength 
 of thefe Kingdoms, depend entirely on the flcuriihmg 
 Condition of Trade and Navigation, and her late Majefty 
 Queen Awe having due Regard thereto, as well as to the 
 juft Expectations of her People, afrer the vaft Expences 
 they had i'o chearfuJly undergone in Support of the War, 
 did, on the firft opening the Conferences for a general 
 Peace, declare from the Throne to both Houfes of Parlia- 
 ment, on the 7th of December^ ^7^^) that file would en- 
 deavour, tha: after a War, which had coft fo much Blood 
 and Treafure, the Nation might Hnd their Intereft: in 
 Trade and Commerce improved and enlarg'd by a Peace: 
 And on the 6ch of ^une 1712, when flie was pleas'd to 
 communicate the Terms on which a general Peace might 
 be made, did declare, that nothing had mov'd her Ma- 
 jefty from fteadiiy purfuing the true Intereft of her own 
 Kingdoms, and that the Terms of Peace obtained for her 
 own Subjects were fiich, as ftie had Reafon to expedt would 
 
 maks
 
 /r^w July 1714^ toJ^n.ijiS. 515 
 
 make her People fome amendsj for the great and unequal 
 Burthen which they had lain under thro' the whole Courle 
 of the War, and hoped, that none of the Confederates 
 would envy her Share in the Glory and Advantage ; and 
 afterwards declared to both Houfes of Parliament her Sa- 
 tisfaction in the near View (lie had of Peace, fince it 
 would, in fome Meafure, recompenfe her Subje6ls for 
 their vaft Ex pence ; And after the Conclufion of the 
 Treaty of P^-ace and Commerce with France^ did declare 
 from the Throne on the 9th of AprU^ I7^3i ^^^^ ^^^ 
 many Advantages (he had obtainM for her Subjedls, had 
 occafion'd much Oppofition and long Delays to the Peace ; 
 but it afforded her great Satisfadion, that her People will 
 have it in their Power, by Degrees, to repair whan they 
 had fufft-rM during fo long and burthenfome a War. Where- 
 on both Houfes of Parliament did from Time to Time 
 exprefs their grateful Acknowledgments to her Majefty, 
 for her great Care and Concern for the Welfare of her Peo- 
 ple. And whereas, at the ferting on Foot, and in the 
 Progrefs of the faid private, feparate, and pernicious Ne- 
 gociations between the Minilters of Great Britain and 
 France^ it was laid down as a Principle on the Part of 
 Great Britain^ never to be departed fiom, That France 
 fliould confent to adjuft the Intertfts of Great Britain in 
 the firft Place, that the Minifters of Great Britain might 
 thereby be enabled to engage the Queen to make the Con- 
 clulion of the general Peace eafy to France ; and on this plau- 
 lible Pretence, it was infixed on by the Minilters of Great 
 Britain^ to remit the Difcuflion of the particular Interefls 
 of the Allies to general Conferences ; and throughoyt the 
 ■whole Courfe of the faid feparate Negoci^ition, all imagi- 
 nable Concellious were not only made by the Minifters of 
 Great Britain for the real Advantage of the Interefts of 
 France againii the Allies, but all Meafures were enter'd 
 into and concerted between them, that even the Minifters 
 of Trance could didlate, in order to ftrengthen their Hands, 
 and to enable them to impcfe the Terms of a general 
 Peace ; he the faid Robert Earl, of Oxford and Earl Afor- 
 timer^ having nothing in View, thro' the whole Courfe 
 of the faid Negociition, wherein he was wickedly and 
 principally engaged, in r;oncert with France^ but the 
 final Dellruftion of his Country ; and to that End, the 
 facrificing t. e Commerce of Great Britain to the Ag- 
 grandifemcnr of France j was nor only wanting in his 
 Dury to her Mdj-lty, in not infifting on in all Events, 
 and not procuringj in the iirll Place, liie moil: cer- 
 tain
 
 gi4 The Hiftorical Re^ifter^ 
 
 tain and ftri6l Securities imaginable, for the Safety and 
 Advantage of the Commerce of thefe Kingdoms ; but did 
 advife her late Maieftyj that in the Propofitions fsnt, by 
 his Privity and Advice, by Mr. Prior to France^ and alfo in 
 the faid private and feparate Treaty, fign'd on the faid 
 27th of September^ ^l^^y wherein the Preliminary De- 
 mands for Great Britain more particularly were intended to 
 be adjufted with France ; the Demands for Great Britain^ in 
 Point of Commerce, fliould not only be made ia loofe, 
 general, and mfufficient Terms, but that the Liberty of 
 Fifliing, and drying of Fifli on ^Newfoundland, fhould be ex- 
 ■prdly given up to France^ tho* the Reftitution of that fmall 
 Part of the Iflmd, which France had taken during the 
 War, was therein referred to be difeufs'd in General Con- 
 ferences. And having, by his wicked Artifices, engag'd 
 her Majefty in the faid private Treaty with France.^ with- 
 out any Security for the Commerce of Great Britain^ he 
 did artfully and cunningly contrive with the Minifters of 
 France^ to keep in Sufpenfe.all Matters that concerned the 
 Commerce of Great Britain^ until, by means of his wicked 
 and pernicious Counfels aforemention*d, France was be- 
 come Mafter of the NegociationSj and the chief Advan- 
 tages for the Commerce of Great Britain by that Means 
 remaining unfettled : And the Minifters of France after- 
 wards difpuiing the molt effential Articles which had 
 been in Agitation, and in particular that fundamental 
 Principle of treating and being treated as Gens AmiciJJimay 
 and endeavouring to t;lude what had been agreed on in the 
 faid private and feparate Negociatibn, for the fuppofed 
 Advantage of Great Britain ; he the faid Robert Earl of 
 Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ under Precence of removing 
 a Difficulty then depending, by an Expedient advanta- 
 geous to Great Britain^ did treacheroufly advife the Ninth 
 Article of the Treaty of Commerce with France^ a Bill 
 for the rendering whereof efFedtual, was afterwards rejedl- 
 ed by the Houfe of Commons, as highly prejudicial and 
 deftrudtive lo the Commerce of thefe Kingdoms : But ye:^ 
 for the Sake of gaining that deftruiflive Article for Great 
 Britain^ as if the fame had been advantageous, he the faid 
 Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mor timer ^ in Defiance of 
 the exprefs Provillon of an A<fl. of P-irliament, as well as 
 in contempt of the frequent and earneft Reprefentations of 
 the Merchants of Great Britain.^ and of the Commiffioners 
 for Trade and Plantatioufj did advife her Majefty iiiVdUy 
 to agree with France^ That the Subjects of France fliould 
 have Liberty of iiftiing iiiid drying Fiih on Newfoundland-^ 
 
 and
 
 from]u\y iji^, to ]'dn. 1716. 315 
 
 « ■ I I. 
 
 and did alfo advife her Majefty to make a Ceflldn to France 
 cf the Ifle of Cape Breton^ with 1/iberry to fortify the 
 fame, although the Ifle of Cape Breton was Part of the 
 ancient Territories of the Crown Of Great Britain ; and 
 her Majefty had declar'd from the Throne, that France h:id 
 confented to make an abfohite Ceflion of Nova Scotia or 
 Acadia^ whereof Cdpe Breton is Parr, to her Mnjefty. And 
 the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ intend- 
 ing in all Events to fecnre to France the Advantages rela- 
 ting to the Filhery of Nexrfoundland and to Cape Breton^ 
 did, in Conjudlion with the Minifters of France^ advife 
 her Majefty to confenr, that the fame iTiould be made art 
 Article in the Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and 
 France : Whereas the only Advantages in Trade, pretend- 
 ed to be ftipulated for Great Britain^ being inferted in the 
 Treaty of Commerce, were to depend on certain Condi- 
 tionsj to be made good by A61 of Parliament ; and pur- 
 fuaiic to, arid by the Influence of the faid evil Coiinfel of 
 him the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ hef 
 facred Majefty was advis'd to ratify the faid Article in the 
 faid Treaty of Peace, and the faid Treaty of Commerce. By 
 means of which pernicious Courifels, the good Intentions 
 of her facred Majefty, to have obtained for her People ad- 
 vantageous Terms of Commerce, were entirely fruftrated, 
 the Trade and Manufactures of Great Britain^ as far as irt 
 him lay, render'd precarious, and at the Mercy of the Ene- 
 my, and that beneficial Branch of Trade, always cfteem*d 
 the great Support of the Naval Power, and the chief Nuf- 
 fery of the Seimen of Great Britain^ yielded Up to the Sub» 
 jedls of France- and the only Pretence for the avovt^'d aild 
 notorious Violation of Treaties, and the carrying on the 
 Meafures of France^ yiz. the aujufting firft the Interefts of 
 Great Britain^ thro' the Whole Courfe of the faid private 
 and feparate Negotiations, terminated at laft in the Sacrifice 
 of the Commerce of Great Britain to Ffance^ without the 
 leaft Shadow of Advantage in Trade procur'd for thefe 
 Kingdoms. 
 
 Art, XIV. That he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and 
 Earl Mortimer did, in Concert with other evil and falfe 
 Counfellors, even without any Application from his Roy^ 
 al Highnefs the Duke of Saii>oyy and after the French King 
 had in the Courfe of rhe faid Private and Separate Nego- 
 ciations, confented that the Kingdom 6\ Sicily fhoft'ld re- 
 main to the Hoafe of Aufiria^ form a Proje(£l and Defign 
 to difpofe of the Kingdom of Sicily to the Dake of Saroy, 
 from Che Houfe of Aujiria : And to effeft chat his linjuftj 
 Y difhonourablcj
 
 5i6 The Hiftorual Regifler^ 
 
 clifhonourible, and pernicious Pi-o);6l, he did advife her 
 Majefty to give Inftrudlions, among other Things, to 
 Henry Vifcoiwu Bolingbroke^ then appointed her Einbaflkdor 
 to France^ to demand in her Majcfty's Name, of the Vrench 
 King, the Kingdom of Sicily for his faid Roydl Highnefs. 
 And a Treaty of Peace being afterwards mud^ between the 
 Trench King, his Royal Highnefs, and the Duke of Arjou^ 
 wherein a Ceflion is made to his Roy.tl Highnefs of the 
 Kingdom of Sicily^ without any Concurrence or Partici- 
 pation of his Imperial MajiOy ; he the faid Robert Earl 
 of Oxford and Earl Mortimer did bafeJy and fcandrtloufly 
 advife her facred Msijefty to confent to the fame, by an 
 Article inferted in the Treaty of Peace between her Ma- 
 jefty and the Trench King : And afterwardsj by his Pri- 
 vity and Advice, her Maj^fty was prevail'd on to aflift 
 his Royal Highnefs againft the Emperor then in Alliance 
 with her Majefty, with a Part of her Royal Fleet, at her 
 own Expence, in order to put him in Poffeflion of the' 
 faid Kingdom of Sicily •, whereby the greateft Injuftice was 
 done to his Imperial Majefly, in dire<5l violation of the 
 Grand Alliance, and contrary to her Majefty's frequent 
 Declarations from the Throne, and her plain and full In-^ 
 ftrudlions to her Plenipotentiaries at Utrecht^ for obt.aning 
 his juft and reafoaable Satisfailion ; and whereby Natio- 
 nal Faith, and the Honour of the Crown, was vileJy be- 
 tray 'd, and the Naval Power of thefe Kingdoms, and the 
 Supplies granted by Parliament for reducing the Common 
 Enemyj were perfidioufly employed againft the great and 
 faithful Ally of this Kingdom. 
 
 ^rt.XV, That whereas the Dignity and Support of 
 the Imperial Crown of thefe Realms has in all Ages great- 
 ly depended on the Wifdom and Truth of the Communi- 
 cations made from the Throne, efpecially in Parliamentj 
 as the fure and only Means whereby the Kings and Queens 
 of this Realm can receive the fincere and faithful Advice- 
 of their People, in Matters of the higheft Importance, 
 and which, by the fundamental Laws and Conftitution of 
 this Government, ought to be inviolably obferv'd, as the 
 facred Band of the Duty and AfFedlion of Subje(5ls to their 
 Sovereign. And whereas by the moft antient known 
 Laws of this Kingdom, it is indifpenfably incumbent on 
 the Great. Officers of State that furrcund the Throne, to 
 maintain, as far as in them lies, the Sacrednefs of the 
 Royal Word on all Occafions; it being mofl apparent, thac 
 the greateft Dilhonour to the Throne, and the greateft 
 Danger to thefe Kingdoms, muft insvitabiy enfue, when- 
 
 evei
 
 from July 1714, f<? Jan. 1716. 517 
 
 ever that Fountain of Truth, by wicked Counfels, (hall 
 be in any Degree corruptedj and thereby lofe its jufl In- 
 fluence, and neceflary Aurhoricy. And whereas the Pow- 
 er of making Peace and War, one of the ancient undoubt- 
 ed, and nioft important Prerot^atives of the Crown j has 
 been always exer.is'd by the Sovereigns of rhefe Realms, 
 with the ftridleft RegarJ. to the Honour of the Crown, 
 and the Welfare of the People, and for that End they have 
 in great Wifdom in all Ages, taken the Advice of Parlia- 
 ment on fuch weii^hty Occafions. And whereas her late 
 Majefly Queen Anne declar'd from the Throne iier gracious 
 Intentions to communicate the Terms of Peace ro her P.ir- 
 liament, for their deliberate and ferious Advice therein, 
 wifely forefeeing, that the Safety of her.Perfon and Go- 
 vernment, of the Proteflmt Succeflion to the Crown, 
 which fhe had n-eareft her Heart, and of the Proteft^nt 
 Religion, and of the Liberties of Europe^ did inevitably 
 depend on the happy Conchifion of the faid Negociations : 
 He the faid Robert E-irl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ then 
 Lord High Tre.ifurer of Great Britain, having taken on 
 himfeif, throughout the faid Negociations, a moft arbi- 
 trary and unwarrantable Authority, and the chief Di- 
 redlion and Influence in her Majefty's Councils ; and mod 
 wickedly defigning to proftitute the Honour of the Crown, 
 and the Dignity of Parliaments, and not only totally to 
 deprive her Majicfty of the wholefome and necefTary Ad- 
 vice of her Pcirli.tment in fo great a Conjunihire^ bur by 
 mifreprefenting the moft ellential Parts of the Negocia- 
 tions of Peace, to obtain the San6lioii of Parliament to 
 his traiterous Proceedings, and thereby fatally to deceive 
 her Majefty, her Allies, her Parliament, and her People ; 
 he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ was 
 not only wanting in the Difcharge of that Duty to his 
 Sovereign which became his high Station, by not advi- 
 iing againft, and as far as in him lay, in all Events, by 
 not preventing even any Intinution from the Throne to 
 the Parliament, which was not conformable to the exadt- 
 eft Truth and Impartiiliry ; but caking Advantage of 
 his ready Accefs to her 'Majefty, and his exorbitant In- 
 fluence in her Councils, did prepare, form, and concert, 
 together with other falfe and evil Gouufsllors, feveral 
 Speeches and Declarations to be made by her Majefty from 
 the Throne to her Parliament, on the Subjedt of the faid 
 Negociations of Peace, and did advife her Majefty ro make? 
 the fame to her Parliament. And particularly, by Means 
 of his falfe «nd evil Counfels, her Majefty did, among 
 Y t other
 
 3'[S The Hiftorical Regifter^ 
 
 Other Thin^r, cm the feventfh of December 171 1, declart 
 from the Th/ohe in tliefe Words, or to the Effedt follow- 
 ing : That riGtvoithfiand'tng the Artt of thofe who delight in 
 War, both PUce and Time are appointed for opentr^ the Treaty 
 of a General Peace. Our Allies^ efpecially the States-Genefal^ 
 vphofe Interefi I look upon as infeparable from my owny haye by 
 their ready Concitrrence^ exprefs'd their Confidence in me. 
 Whereas it was then notorious to all Europe, and the faid 
 Robert Earl of Qxfofd and Earl Mortimer^ and others his 
 Accomplices, well knew that the principal Allies of her 
 Majefty, and particularly the Stares-Generalj then had in 
 the ftrongeft and moft prefling Manner reprefented, not 
 only to her Ma)efty*s Minifters in Holland^ but afterwards 
 by a Miiiifter of their own diredlly to her Majefty, the 
 Infecutiry and Danger to the common Cauffj by entring 
 into general Negociations with France on the Propofitions 
 iign'd by Monf. Mefnager^ and alfo their firm Opinion of 
 the fatal Confetjuences that niight enfue thereon : And 
 altho' they had ftill great Apprehenfidns concerning the 
 Method of opening the Conferences, and the Confequences 
 that might happen thereupon j yet being wrought on by 
 the Menaces and other extraordinary Methods ufed with 
 them bjr her Majefly's Minifters, and relying on the fo- 
 lemn AfRirances and Declarations of her Majefty, to fup- 
 port the Intereft and Concern of their vStare, and to a6l in 
 perfedl Confidence and Harrtlony with them ; they did at 
 Jaft, with the greareft Reludlance, confeiit to enter lipon 
 a general Negociation of Peace with France, And in the 
 fame Speech her Majefty was prevailM upon by the evil 
 Coimfels of him the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl 
 Mortimer^ and other's, to declare in the Words, and to the 
 Eff"e6l following ; That the Princes and States which ht^e 
 been engaged with us in this War^ being by Treaties entitled to 
 hare their fey era! Interejis fecur'd at a Peace \ I will not only 
 do my utmofl to procure eyery one of them all reafonable Satis- 
 fa^ion, but I Jhall alfo unite with them in the ftriSlefi En- 
 gagements for continuing the Alliance^ in order to render the 
 General Peace fecure and lajiing. And in her MefTage of 
 the 17th of January following, her Majefty again e^tpref^ 
 fes the Care {he intended to take of all her Allies, and the 
 ftridl Union in which fhe propofed to join with them. 
 Whereas, by the evil Influence of him the faid Robert 
 Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ her Majefty was not 
 only induced to enter into a private Negociation with 
 France., exclufive of her Allies ; but the fame was in like 
 Manner cajrry'd on by him the faid Robtrt Earl of Oxford 
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 from July lyi/^y r^Jan, 1716. 319 
 
 and Earl Afortiwer, and others. And the feveral Incereffj 
 which the Allies were entitled to by their Treaties, weic 
 not only not fecured to them by the Peace, nor any rea- 
 Ibnable Satisf^dion given to theni^ but th< fnain interefts 
 of her principal Allies, efpecially of his Imperiai Ma- 
 jefty, were, by the wicked Pradlires of him the faid Ro' 
 bert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ and others, given 
 up ro France -J and no Engagements were obtained for con- 
 tinuing the Alliance, in order to render the general Peace 
 fecure and lading. And her Majefty having on many 
 former Occafions expreffed her Refolutions never to make 
 Peace with France and Sffaiit^ fo long as Spain and the Wefi- 
 Indies remain'd in the Houfe of Bourbon ; file was j^-e- 
 vaiTd upon, by the Advice of him the faid Robert Earl 
 of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ and others, to declare herfeif, 
 in Anfwer to an AdJrefs of the Houfe of Peers, the nth 
 fi^ December y 171 1, to the EflFedl following, yiz. I Jhould 
 be forry any one could think I would not do my titmoji to re- 
 toyer Spain and the Indies from the Houfe of Bourbon. 
 Whereas it is mofl manifeft, that the leaving the King- 
 dom of S^ain and the Indies in the Houfe of Bourbon was 
 the Foundation of the private and feparate Treaty be- 
 tween Great Britain and France^ which had been before 
 that Time figned even with her Ma)efty's Confent; and 
 the fame fundamental Refolution was immutably obferved 
 between them, to the Conclufion of the Peace. And her 
 Majefty having frequently declared from the Throne, that 
 her Refolutions in entring into the faid Negociations were 
 to obtain a general, good, and lading Peace ; and the 
 Plenipotentiaries at Utrecht being inftrudled to treat with 
 France conformably to that End, he the faid Robert Earl 
 of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ in order to remove the ;ufl 
 Sufpicions which had been conceived of his private and 
 feparate Negociations with France^ did advife her Majefty 
 to make this further Declaration in her faid MefTage, the 
 I7ch of January,^ that the World will now fee how groundlefs 
 thofe Reports 4re, which have been fpread abroad by Men of 
 tril Intentions^ to ferre the worfl De/igns\ as if a feparau 
 Peace had been treattdy for which there has not been the leaji 
 Colour gtren : Whereas a private and feparate Negoci-itiofi 
 had been carried on for five Months together between 
 Great Britain and France ; and during that Time private 
 Proportions had been fenc from England^ and a private 
 Treaty with a Minifter of France ligned, even by her 
 Ma)efty*s Privity, exclulive of alj the Allies, betore the 
 faid Declaration made by her Majefty. And private and 
 
 y ? feparate
 
 5 20 The H/ftorical Regifler, 
 
 feparate Me.ifures were thenceforth carried on by the faid 
 Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ and his Accom- 
 plice?, on Behalf of her M^jeft}^ with the Mmifters of 
 Frarice^ even to the Conclufion of the Peace with France. 
 Her Mcjefty was further prevailed 'on by the wicked Ad- 
 vice of him the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and E.irl Mor^ 
 timcr^ in her Speech of ^une 6, 17 12, to declare, that to 
 prevent the Union of the two Crowns, flie would not be 
 content with what was fpeculative, but infixed upon 
 fomething folid : And in the fame Speech to the EfFedt 
 following, y'lz. The Nature of the Propofal for a RerMncra- 
 tion PS fuch, that it executes it felf and France and Spaiu 
 are thereby more effe6lually divided than eyer : Whereas the 
 Minifters of France had before thar Time afTured the Mi- 
 nift^rs of her Majefty, that to accept of the Expedient 
 propofed on her Majtfty's Behalf, would be to build on a 
 fandy Foundation ; and that the Renunciation would be 
 null and void by the fundamental L^ws of France -^ and 
 that they would deceive themfelves, who accepted it as 
 an Expedient to prevent the Union of the two Crowns. 
 And not only in the Particulars before- mentioned, but in 
 iBany others contained in the faid, feveral Speeches and 
 Meffages made and fent to her Parliament, even while 
 the faid Neaociations of Peace with France were depend- 
 ing, the moll elTential Points relating to Peace and Com- 
 merce, and which concerned the Intereft as well of the 
 Allies as of Great Britain^ were grofly mifreprefented. 
 By all which wicked, treacherous, and iinex=impled evil 
 Councils, he the faid Robert Earl o^Oscford ^^n:}. Earl Mortimer 
 clid mcft bafely, ungratefully, and fcandaloufly abufe the 
 Favour of his Royal Midrefs, and by means of her Au- 
 tliority did miilead her Parliament into groundlefs and 
 fatal Refolutions; and thereby not only prevented the juft 
 Advice of the Parliament to her M.ijeily in that critical 
 Jundture, but obtained the Approbation of Parli.iment to 
 his myfterious and dangerous Prad^ices; and did nor only 
 deprive her Maj^fty of the Confidence and Afff6tion of 
 lier Allies, but expofed her Majeiry and her People to the 
 Contempt of the common En:my. 
 
 y^rt. XVI. That whereas the faid Robert Earl of Oxford 
 and Earl Mortimer j having on all Occasions ufad his iic- 
 iiioll Ende;ivouts ro fubvert the ancient ettabliflied Conftl- 
 rutica of Parliaments, the great and only Secur^cy of rhe 
 Prero;jarive of the- Crown, and of the Rights, Liberties^ 
 and Properties of the People; and being moil Wickedly 
 determined at one fatal i:iioWj as far as in him lay, to 
 
 dellro^
 
 from Ju ly 1 7 14, to Jan. 17 1 6. 52 1 
 
 deftroy the Freedom and Independency of the Houfe of 
 Lords, the great Ornament and n?areft Support of the Im- 
 perial Crown of thefe Realms, and ^i.\^Y intending to dif- 
 guife his mifchievous Pur'pofes under a pretended Z?al for 
 the Prerogative of the Crown 5 he the faid Robert E\rl of 
 Oxford :ind Earl Mortimer^ on or about the Months of De- 
 cember or JanuAry^ 17H5 whilft the Houfe of Lords were 
 under an Adjournment, and had Reafoii to expedl that on 
 their next Meeting Matrers of the higheft Importance 
 would be communicated to them from the Throne, they 
 having fome few Days before given their humble Opinion 
 and Advice to her Mnjefiy, That no Peace could he Tife 
 or honourable to Great Britain or Europe^ if Spain and the 
 Wefl-Indiei were to be allotted to any Branch of the Houfe 
 of Bcurbow, being then Lord High Treafurer o^ Great 
 Britain^ and one of her Majefty's Privy Council, and afTu- 
 ming to himfelf an arbitrary Diredlion and Controul in 
 her Majefty's Councils, contrary to his Dury and his 
 Oath, and in Violation of the great Truft repnfed in him, 
 and with an immediate Purpofe to render inefpc(ftual the 
 many earnelt Reprefentarions of her Majefty's Allies a- 
 gainft the faid l^egociations of Peace, as well as to pre- 
 vent the ^oad EfTedts of the faid Advice of the Houfe of 
 Lords ; and in order to obtain fuch further Refolutiohs of 
 that Houfe; of Parli iraent on the important Subjefl of the 
 Negociations of Peace, as might (helter and promote his 
 fecret a!id unvvarrnntable Proceedings, together with other 
 falfe and evil Counfe;lors, did adyife her M.) fty to make 
 and create twelve Peers of this Realm, and Lords of Par- 
 liament; and purfjant to his deftrudive Counfels, Letters 
 Pr'.tenrs did forthwith pafs, and Writs iffued, whereby 
 twelve Peers" were made and created : And did lii<ewile 
 advife her M.<j.fty immediately to call and fummon theKi 
 to ParlianiMit ; which being done accordingly, they roo^ 
 their Seats in the Hou!e of Lords on or about the id of 
 January 171 1, to wnich Day the Houfe then ftood ad- 
 journed. Wiiereby the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl 
 Mortimer did molt highly abufe the Influence he then hacj 
 with her M-ijtlly, and prevailed on her to exercife, in 
 the xnoft unprecedenred and dangerous Manner, that Va- 
 luable and un ioubted Prerogative, which the \Vifdomt>f 
 the Laws and the Conltitutton of this Kingdom hath e'n- 
 truited with the Crown for the rewarding lignal Virtue 
 and diftmguilhed Merit. By .which defperate Advice he 
 did not only, as fir as in him lay, deprive her Majefly of 
 the Counceuiince of thofe feafonable and wholefome Coun- 
 
 y 4 feh
 
 52 2 The Htjlorkal Regifier^ 
 
 fels in th.it critical Jundlure, but wickedly perverted the 
 true and only End of that great and ufefui Prerogative, 
 to the Diflionour of the Crown, and the irreparable Mif- 
 chief to the Conflitution of Parliaments. All which 
 Crimes and Mifderaeanours, .comnaitted and done by him 
 the r<iid Ear] againft our late Sovereign Lady the Qiieen, 
 her Crown and Digniry, the Peace and Intereft of this 
 Kingdom, and in Breach of the feveral Trufts repofed 
 in him the faid Earl, and he the faid E^rl of Oxford and 
 Earl Morumer was Lord High Treafurer of Gnat Britain^ 
 and one of her Ma)efty*s Privy Council during the Tinne 
 that all and every the Crimes before fet forth were done 
 *nd committed. For which Matters and Things, the 
 Knights, Citizens, and BurgelTes of the Houfe of Com- 
 inons in Parliament alTembled, do, in the Name of them- 
 felves, and of ail the Commons of Great Britain^ impeach 
 the faid Robert Eafl of Oxford, and E^rl Mortimer of High 
 Treafon, and other High Crimes and Mifdemeanours in 
 the faid Articles contained. And the faid Commons by 
 Proreftation faving xo therafelves the Liberty of exhibi- 
 ting, at any Time hereafter, any other Accufations or Ini- 
 peachraents aga;nfl the faid Earl, and alfo of replying to 
 the Anfwers which the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and 
 Earl Mortimfr fhall make to the Premifes, or any of them, 
 or to any Impeachment or Accufation that ihall be by 
 them exhilited, according to the Courfe and Proceedings 
 of Parliament, do pray chat the faid Robert Earl of Ox- 
 fotd and Earl Mortimer be put tq anfwer all and every the 
 Premifcs -, and that fuch Proceedings, Examinations, Tri- 
 als and Judgments may be upon them, and every of them 
 had and uied, as fliall be agreeabie to Law and Juftice. 
 And the;' do further pra)' and demand, that the faid Robert 
 Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortin^er may be fcqueftred from 
 Parliament, and forthwith committed to fafe Cuftody. 
 
 Air.7on as the Lord Connivgily^ and the Commoners that 
 accompanied him> were withdrawn, a Lord moved, that 
 the Confideration of the Articles of Impeachment be ad- 
 iourn'd to the Monday following, and was backed by feve- 
 ral Peers ; particijlarly by Dr. Francis Atterburyy Bifhop of 
 Rocbefier^ who urged, ' That this Accufation was of fo 
 ' extraordinary a Nature, and fo very important, both in 
 * it felf and its Confequences, chat the Houfe ought to 
 ^ proceed on it with the utmoft Caution and Deliberation.* 
 B It he was fmartly anfvver'd, by a Scotch Duke, who, a- 
 mjng other Thing?, faid, ' It was well known, the Pre- 
 
 ' late
 
 from July 1714, tojdn. 1716. 323 
 
 ' late who fpoke laft, had, of late, ftudy'd more Politicks 
 ' than Divinity ; and was thoroughly acquainted with the 
 ' Subjedl Matter of the Articles, that hy before them; 
 
 * and therefore did not doubt, but his Lordfhip was now 
 ^ as ready to fpeak to them, as he could ever be, if he 
 
 * had more Time to confidcr of them/ After a Debate 
 of about an Hour and a half, the Queftion for adjourning 
 was put, and carried in the Negative, by a Majority of 
 86 Voices againft 54 ; and thereupon the Articles of Im- 
 peachment were read, which took up till about eight in 
 the Evening. Then a Motion was made, (by the fame 
 Side that was for adjourning) that the Judges be con- 
 fulted ; that the Houfe might be fatisfied, whether ch« 
 Charge contain'd in the faid Articles amounted to Trea- 
 fon. The Lords Treror and Harconrty the Dukes of Shrewf- 
 hury and Leeds^ the ErI of PoiJety the Lord North and 
 Grey, the Bifhop of Rochefier^ and fome other Peers of 
 that Side, were for the Affirmative; but the Lord CoW" 
 per. Lord Chancellor, the Dukes of Atgyle and Montrofs^ 
 the Earls of Nottingham^ Sunderland^ Dorfn and IJla^ the 
 l^rd Vifcount Townjhendj and fome other Lords of the 
 Court Party fpoke for the Negative. The Lord Treyor ha- 
 ving gone fo far as to declare his Opinion, that none 
 of the Articles amounted »o High Treafon ; he was an- 
 fwer'd by the Lord Cowper^ who urged the contrary, and 
 challenged all the Lawyers in England to difprove his Ar- 
 guments. Neverthelefsj the Tory Lords (till infifting on 
 the confulting of the Judges, the Earl of Nottingham re- 
 prefented to them, ' that inftead of favouring thereby 
 ' the noble Perfon who had the Misfortune to be im- 
 * peachM, as undoubtedly they meant it, they might on 
 f the contrary do him a great Prejudice ; for if, upon 
 ^ confulting the Judges, they declared the Charge to a- 
 ' mount to Treafon, the faid Lord would ftand prejudged 
 ' before he was brought to his Trial." After fome other 
 Speeches, the Queftion was put upon the Motion before- 
 mention'd, and carried in the Negative by 84 Voices a- 
 gainft 52. And then it was moved by the Court Parry, 
 that, the Earl of Oxford be committed to fafe Cuftody, 
 which occafion'd a frefh Debate. Several Peers of both 
 Sides having declared their Opinion upon that Motion, 
 the Earl of Oxford thought it high Time for him to fpeak 
 for himfdf, which he did to this Effect i 
 
 My
 
 5 :?4 ^^^^ TBflorical Regifter^ 
 
 My L/3RD, 
 
 IT is a -very great Misfortune for any Man to fall under 
 thjrc Viffieafure of fo great and fo powerful a Body tts the 
 JCommors of Great Rrit-in j and this Misfortune is the hearier 
 j;ipon me^ becaitfe I had the Honour to be placed at the Head 
 of the late Minifiry^ a7,d mufi novo^ it feems^ be made ac- 
 countable for all the Meafures that were then pttrfued : But 
 £n the othir Handy 'tis a yery rreat Comfort to me Ujder this 
 MafortUiie^ that I haye the Honour to be a Member of thii 
 augujl /jfrnb-y: An AJfembly xohich altv.jys fgrtares their 
 'j^rccecdings and judgmerits by the Rules of Horour^ Jtt/Uce 
 and Equity ; ard is not to be byafs'd by a Spirit of Party. 
 My LORD, 
 
 I could fay a great deal to clear my I'ef of the Charge which 
 is broughc agahifi me: But a,s 1 now lao:ur under an Indif- 
 fojition if Body., be/idei the Fatig.e o thu.!o;g S tfi7ig^ / fjall 
 eontrach what I haye to fay within a rery narrow Compafs, 
 This whole Ac.ufation may^ it ei'mty b- reduced to the Negoci- 
 ation and Co:tCiUj:on of the P^act ; That the Natio wanted a 
 Peace^ nobody will deny ; and I hore it will be as eajt y made 
 ertt, that the Conditions o[ this Pejce are as g)od as rowd he 
 exptcl -d^ co'^/ideri g the Circumftaaces wherein it was made^ 
 and the Backwardnrfs and Reluflancj which fome ef the JUies 
 /h€w*d to come into the Queeiis Meafures, This is certain^ 
 that this Peace,, as bad as it is now reprefented^ wa^ approved 
 by two fuccijjive Parliaments, It is indeed fuggefied againji 
 this Pcace^ that it was a feparate one', but I hope, niy lordy 
 it will be made appear., that it was genera! -^ and that 'twas 
 France, atid not Gr^^t Britain, that made the firfi S:fps to- 
 wards a NegocLatlon. And,, my Lord., I wiE be bold to fay., 
 that du>'i'g my whole Admini ft ration., the Sovereign upon the 
 Throne wai loved at Home,, and feared Abroad. 
 
 As to uhe Bufir.efs of Tourmyj which is made a capital 
 Charge,, I can faf'.y aver, that I had no manner of Share in 
 it-^ and that the fame was wholly tranfacled by that unfor- 
 tunate Nobleman who thought fit to ftep a fide : But I. dare fay 
 in his Behalf., that if this Charge coii.d be proved., it would 
 not amount to Treafon. For my own part, as I always aHed by 
 the immediate Dircfiicns and Commands of the late Queen.y 
 and never offended againji any known Law., I am jftft'fy d in 
 my own Confcier.ce, and. unconcern d for the Life of ai injignifi- 
 caat old Man, hut I cannot,, without the hgheji Ingratitude, be 
 unconcern d for the beft of Queens : A Queen who heap'd upon 
 me Honours and Preferments, tho* I never ask'd for tUm ; and 
 therefore I think my fe'.f under an Obligation to vindicate her 
 Mtmyfjy add the McaJ'ures fie ^urfiedj to my dying Breath. 
 
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 from July 1714, to Jan- 1716. 325 
 
 My LORD, 
 
 If Minifien of State^ afiin^ by the iwrnediale Commands 
 pf their S.'vere'ign^ are afterwards t0 be made accountable for 
 their Proce''di?>gs. it may one Day or other be the Cafe of all 
 the Members of this aitgufi ^JJembly : I don't doubt, therefore^ 
 that out of Pegard to you^ fehes^ your Lcrdfnps wiU gime me 
 an equitable Heart, g • and I hope that^ in the Jirofecution of 
 this Enquiry^ it will appear^ that I haye merited not only the 
 Induger.ce^ but Hkewife the Far our of the Government. 
 My LORD, 
 
 / am 770XP to take my Leafe of your Lordfbip^ and of this 
 horourahle Houfe^ perhaps for eyer ! I JJ:)all lay down my Life 
 with Pleafure^ in a Gv<fe favour'd- by my late dear Royal 
 MifJrefs. And rrhen I onfder that I am to be judged by the 
 Jufiice^ Honour and Virtue of my Veers ^ I foall acqniefce^ and 
 retire with great Coutsnt : And^ my Lords ^ God s Will be done. 
 
 Before the Qufftion for committing the Eirl of Oxford 
 to fafe Cuflouy vw.s put, the Duke of Shrewsbury acquaint- 
 ed the Houfe, tiiat the faid Ectrl was, at prefent, very 
 much indifpos'd \vi:h the Grave] ; and therefore he hoped 
 the Hotife would not immedi-itely fend him to the Tower, 
 b.'.t fuifer hire to he, for two or three Day?, under the 
 Cuftody of the Black-Rod at his own- Houfe, where he 
 might, have tie Attenddnce and Alliftance or his Rela- 
 tions and Servants : That however, he (the Duke oi $hrewf- 
 hi*Ty) did not propofe this as a Motion, beci-iufe he was 
 agaiijft committing him at all ; but only left it to the 
 Confideration of the Houfe. His Grace was fecondcd liy 
 the Eirl of Foiilet^ and no Oppofition being made by 
 the other Party, the Earl of Oxford withdrew, leaving 
 Word with the Uiher of the Black- Rod, that he would 
 be at Home. After this the Quellion was put, that the 
 fa id Earl Le committed to fafe Guftody, which Wi.s 
 carried in the Affirmative, by 82 Voices againfl yo ; and 
 fo the Houfe rofe about a Quarter pad one in the Mori;- 
 in.g, when the Ufl^^r of the Black-Rod went to the 
 E^rl c? Oxford,' % Houfe; communicated to him the Or- 
 der of the Houfe of Peers^ for iakir.^7 him into Culio- 
 dy ; and Uft fome of his Officers for that Purpofe in his 
 Lordiliip's Houfe, It was obferv'd that when the Earl 
 of Oxford went home, he was attended by a Mob that 
 cry'd out high Church, Ormond and Oxford'ioT ever, &'c, 
 ^It was likewift obferv'dj that of twenty Bifliops who 
 ■ were that Day in the Houfe, fix only were for the Eitrl 
 . of Oxford^ yiz. Sir William Dawes A'rchbifliop of Tork, Dr, 
 
 John
 
 526 The H'tftorical Re^ijier^ 
 
 fohn Rolinfon Biftiop of London^ Dr. Francis Atterbury Bifhop 
 oF Rochefter^ Dr. George Smalridge Bifliop of Br'iftol^ Dr. 
 Francis Gajird Bifhop of Chefler^ and the Lord Crexo Bifliop 
 of Durham. 
 
 jfuly the ixth, the Lord Cpwzzr^iJjF acquainted the Com- 
 mons, that he did the Saturday before, at the Bar of the 
 Houfe of Lords, impeach Robert Earl of Oxford and Eayl 
 Mortimer of High Treafon, and other High Crimes and 
 Mifdemeanours, and deliver'd in the Articles of Impeach- 
 ment againft him; and did pray and demand that the 
 faid Earl might be fequefter'd from Parliament, and 
 forthwith committed to fafe Cuftody. The fame Day the 
 Lords order'd, that the Earl of Oxford be borought to the 
 Bar of their Houfe the next Morning, in order to be 
 ifcHt to the Tower; and then their Lordfliips fent a Mef- 
 fage to the Commons, to acquaint that honourable Houfe, 
 *i that the Lords had ordered the Black-Rod to attach and 
 
 * take into £^h Cuftody Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl 
 
 * Mortimer \ and that tlie Black Rod had returned to the 
 
 * Lords, that he had accordingly attached the faid Earl, 
 *> and had him now in fafe Cuftody.' 
 
 On the 12th of Ju.y^ the Earl of Oxford was, accord- 
 ing to Order, brought to the Bar of the Lords Houfe, 
 where, having received a Copy of the Articles of Im- 
 peachment againft him, he reprefented to their Lordfhips, 
 
 * that the ableft Men in the Nadon had been many Weeks 
 
 * in drawing up thofe long Articles againft him; and 
 ' therefore he hoped the Houfe would allow him a pro- 
 ' portionable Time to anfwer them.* His Lordfhip too]c 
 thit Occafion to return their Lordfliipe his hearty Thanks 
 for their great Humanity in not fending him to the 
 Tower the Saturday before; and as he ftill laboured under 
 the fsme Indifpofition of Body, he humbly defired their 
 Lordfliips to permit him to continue forae few Days more 
 at his own Houfe under the Cuftody of the Black-Rod. 
 The Earl of Oxford being withdrawn to the Black-Rod- 
 Room, the Lords refolv'd to allow him a Month to an- 
 fwer the Articles of Impeachment; and as to his laft Re- 
 queft, Dr. Mead^ one of his Lordftiip's Phyficians being 
 confulted, and having made Affidavit, that if the Earl 
 were fejit to the Tower his Life would be in Danger, a 
 Motion was made, that he might continue in his Houfe 
 tiil the Monday following ; but this was oppofed, and af- 
 ter a warm Debate, it was carried by 81 Voices againft: 
 5-5', that he fhonid be carried into the Tower, on Saturday 
 the 16 of Ju^.y, The moft remarkable Paflage in" this 
 
 Day's
 
 from July 1714, f^ Jan. 1716. 3'27 
 
 Day*s Debate, was as follows ; the Earl of Angltfea ha- 
 ving faid, that it was to he feared^ thefe yieJent Meafures 
 would make the Scepter /hake in the King's Handt. Moft of 
 the Members were offended at this Suggeftion, and fome 
 cry'd the Tower, and others only to Order. The Earl of 
 Sutherland faid, ' He trembled with Indignation to hear 
 ' fuch Words pronounced in that noble AfTembly; that 
 
 * if they had been fpoke any where tlCc^ he would call 
 
 * the Perfon that fpoke them to an Account ; but all he 
 
 * could do there was to move that he might explain him- 
 
 * ielf.* The Earl of Sutherland was fecomled by the Duke 
 of Rostburgh, who, among othsr Things faid, that the 
 Scepter was fo well ri-vited in the King's Handj that in- 
 Itead of fliaking, it would crulh all His Majefty's Enemies. 
 The Earl of Berkley^ and fome other Lords back'd alfo the 
 Earl of Sutherland's Motion : Whereupon the Earl of Jn- 
 glefea ftood up and faid, ' That it was but too manifeft 
 
 by the Riots that were daily committed in feveral Parts 
 of the Kingdom, that the Nation in general was againfi 
 thefe Impeachments. That for his own Parr, he was 
 fo far from approving thofe tumultuous AHemblies and 
 Difbrders that he rather wifh'd a flop might fpeedily be 
 put to them, by exemplary Punifliments. Th^it he had 
 on feveral Occafions, given fufficient Proofs of his Z?al 
 and AfFedtion for the Revolution and the Proteltant Suc- 
 ceffion. That what he had now advanced, was the Re- 
 fult of the fame Zeal for the Peace and Profperity of 
 his Majefty's Reign : However, if he had been fo un- 
 happy as by any unguarded or paflionate Expreilion, to 
 give Offence to that auguft AfTembly, he was very for- 
 ry for it/ Notwithfianding this Apologyj fome Mem- 
 bers were enclin'd to have his Lordfhip fent to the Tower^ 
 but the \tty Words he had fpokeu not having been taken 
 down in Writing, the Houfe admitted his Lordlhip's Ex- 
 planation ; and fo that Matter went no further. It is ob- 
 fervable, that on this Occafion, befides the fix Bifhops be- 
 ^re-mention'd, Dr. George Hoobet Bifhop of Bath aj^d V/eUf^ 
 and Dr. /Sdam Otely Bilhop of St. Darid'i voted for the 
 Earl of Ojf/orrf. The Houfe of Peers having met on the 
 If th of yuly they adjourn'd to the rSthj to avoid, as 'twas 
 generally furmilTed, any frefli Motion which the Earl of 
 Oxford's Friends. might make, for deferring his l)eing fenc 
 to the Tower, whither, according ta Order, he was carried 
 by the UQier of the Black- Rod on Saturday jTtly i6zh^ 
 about 8 a-Clock in the Evening, in his Lordlhip's Ctiariot, 
 jiftended by two Hackney Coaches, in which were the 
 
 Earl's
 
 328 The Hijiorical Regifter^ 
 
 Earl's Lady, his Son the Lord Barley^ and fome other of 
 the Earl's Relations and Servants. Although thefe three 
 Coaches went from his Lor. fhip's Houfe near St. fames's 
 Palace, up St. James's- Street^ and then through FiccadiUyy 
 Gerrard Street^ Monmouth Street^ Holbvurn^ and orher Jefs 
 frequented Streets, with Defign as 'twas tiiought to avoid 
 a Crowd, yet were they attended by a great many of 
 the common P''eopIe, whofe Numbers being much increa- 
 fed in their Return from the Tovver, they raif d an Up- 
 Tore in the Streets, with their Cry of High-Church, Or- 
 monde and Oxford for ever; and when they came to St. 
 Martins-Lane^ Weflminjier^ fome of them grew fo outrage- 
 ous as to threw Scones at, and break the Windows of fe- 
 veral Houfes : Upon which three or four of the Muti- 
 neer<: were by the Conftables and Beadles cairied to the 
 Round- Houfe. 
 
 On the 1 5- th of /«;[)», the Commons in a Committee of 
 the whole Houfe, went through the Bill for preyentingTu- 
 tniths^ &rc. and the next D^y Mr. Attorney-GeneraJ ha-, 
 ving reported the Amendments they had made to the 
 fame, the firftof them Was agreed to; but the further Con- 
 lideration of the faid Amendments was adjourn'd. After 
 this, the Houfe being inform'd of great Diforders in the 
 County of Stafordy by feveral evil-difpos'd Perfons going 
 from Place to Place in a tumuiiuous and riotous Manner^ 
 and that they had affaulted and wounded feveral of his 
 Majefty's good Subjects without any Provocation ; and that 
 one Mr. BayJey waS able to give the Hoiife an Account; 
 thereof, and that he was at the Door, he was order'd to> 
 be called in. Mr. BayJey being caiPd in accordingly, gave 
 the Houfe an Account of what had happen'd in that 
 County, as follows, yiz. 
 
 ^-'TpH AT there are three Presbyterian Meeting Houfesj, 
 ' A which are not very re more from each other, yizj\ 
 ' at Dudley^ Weji-Bromwiteh and 0/dbury, That the Pro^ 
 ' prietors of them^ obferving that feveral Meeting-Koufes 
 
 * in that County had been pull'd down by the Mob, th^yl 
 ' advis'd with Lawyers about the Lawfulnefs of defend-. 
 ' ing themfelvesj and then took a Refolution of doing it,\ 
 
 * and to afilt each other. They procured a Warrant fron^ 
 ^ Sir Henry Gough to the Conftable of Wefi.Bromwitch^ t'6 
 ' keep fuch f.iffici'ent Watch and Ward as might be able 
 ' to difperfe tumulruous Rioters. On Tuefday lafl, the 
 ' Mob came to Bromvoitch^ but the brave Men who were* 
 ' fee to gUArd the Meeting- Houfe beat thetti'off, and witli" 
 
 ' Haftd-
 
 from July 171^, f^ Jan. 1716. 529 
 
 Hand-V/hips and Cudgels made feveral of them fmarr, 
 
 fo that oil their Knees they ask'd pardon, pray'd for 
 
 King George^ and promis'd not to offend any more ; buc 
 
 like true Jacobites broke their Promife, and came nexc 
 
 Day in greater Numbers, and with more defperate Wea- 
 
 ' pons; fuch as Scythes, Reaping-Hooks fet in proper 
 
 Handles about two Yards long ; Lirge Clubs, and Tome 
 
 Fire Arms : But as foon they came Up to the Guard, 
 
 ' their Courage fail'd them, they flung down their Arms, 
 
 ' and fled, many of which were piek*d up !)y Womea 
 
 ' who came out of their Houfes to that purpol"-. Ic was 
 
 ' thought proper to take fome of them Pri Toners ; accor- 
 
 ' dingly they purfued them^ and took 36, and placed 
 
 J them in a publick Inn, with a ftrong Guard upon them, 
 
 ' in order to take them before a Juftice of Peace nexc 
 
 ' Diy : Rut that Night about 12 a-Clo k there cime a 
 
 ' Mob from Birmingham of about a Hundred, intending to 
 
 ' releafe them. Tney fired upon the Gu^rd without Doors, 
 
 ' and at the fame Time attacked the Hcufe and broke h 5 
 
 ' but the Guard beat rhem off, and took feveral Prifoners, 
 
 ' which were the next Day, with the reft, had before 
 
 ^ Sir Henry Gongh and his Son, who comraitred Part of 
 
 ' them' to St afford- Goal J and bound over others to tha 
 
 ' Aflizes. The fame Day, which was Tfmrfday laft, the - 
 
 ' Mob came again, and now they came on with more 
 
 ' than their ufual Courage, which caus'd the advanced 
 
 ' Guard to draw back nearer their main Body, The Re- 
 
 ' bels ftill came on with Fury, and as foon as they came 
 
 * within reach, fired upon the Guard, who theii call- 
 ' ed up their Men, who had Fire- Arms, to their Afilftance, 
 
 * who came, and quickly difpers'd thern ; a Gentleman 
 
 * had his Horfe (hot dead under him, and another mor- 
 
 * tally wounded : Some of the Guards are very much 
 ' wounded, but it's hoped not mortally. They 'took fe- 
 ' vera! Prifoners,. amongft which are the two Captain?, 
 *■ one of which is faid to be th^ p'lb'Iick Cryfr of Ifolycr- 
 ' hampton. Some of thofe taken appear to be known J?3- 
 ' TWrfn Catholicks. Whllft the Pfffaners were under Ex- 
 ' amination, being ask'd who encouraged thehi on to 
 ' this Work ? Two of them had the Confideiice to fa,y, 
 
 * they were told that two Gentlemen of Note, i-jz. Mr. 
 
 * Vernon^ and Mr. trf«e, wotild give 60 Guineas a^pi^tce to 
 
 * encourage the Mob; It is likewife reported in the 
 ' Country, that tlie Mob ho Aid. the htcev of thsfe Gen- 
 
 * tleraen was to head them, 
 
 ' When
 
 530 The Hiftorkal Regifter^ 
 
 ' When the Mob pull'd down the Meeting- Houfe at 
 
 * Woherbamptonj one of their Leaders getting on the Top 
 
 * of the fame, flourifli'd his Hat round his Head, and 
 
 * cryM, G— d K, G — ge, and the D. of Marlborough, 
 
 * A Fellow at the fame Place, {landing by as an idle Spedta- 
 
 * tor, was charg'd by the Rioters with being a Spy ; and to 
 
 * attone for his fuppofed Offence, they made him go down 
 
 * on his Knees, and cry God bJefs K, James the Third,* 
 
 Mr. BayUy being withdrawn, Mr. Bracebrid^ey a Mem» 
 ber of the Houfe for tamwortb in Stafordfiirey acquainted 
 hem of a Letter wrote from that Gountry, relating ta 
 hofe Difturbmces, which he read in his Place ; and the 
 faid Letter having been ordered to be brought up to the 
 Table, and read, it was refolv'd Nemine contradicentty 
 that an humble Addrefs be prefcnted to his Majefty, that 
 he will be gracioufly pleas'd to give Diredlions to the 
 feveral Magiftrates throughput the Kingdom, that the 
 Laws be put in a fpeedy, and the mofi vigorous Execu- 
 tion, againft all fuch Perfons who fhall be found any 
 way concerned in the late rebellious and tumultuout 
 Riots and Diforders committed, and now carrying on^ 
 in feveral Parts of this Kingdom, by Perfons difaffedled 
 to his Majefty and his Government ; and that a 
 ftridt Enquiry be made, who are the Promoters and 
 Authors of the faid Tumults and Riots*, and that an 
 Account be taken of fuch Juflices of the Peace as have 
 failed in the Difcharge of their Duty on thefe Occa- 
 fions ; and that fuch Juftices, who ihall appear to his 
 Majefty to have negledted their Duty, be forthwith 
 put out of the Coramifiions of tht Peace ; and that 
 fuch other Magiftrates who Ihall appear likcwife to 
 have neglcdted their Duty therein, may be proceed- 
 ed againft with the utmoft Rigour of the Law; and 
 that his Majefty will likcwife be pleafed to direct, 
 that an exadl Account may be taken of the Loffes and 
 Damages which his Majefty *s Subjedls have fuftained, 
 by reafon of thefe tumultuous and rebellious Proceed- 
 ings ; and that the Sufferers may have full Compenfa- 
 tion made them for their Damages j and to alTure his 
 Majefty, that all fuch Expences as his Majefty ftiall be 
 at on that Account, fl»all be made good to his Majefty 
 out of the next Aids that fliall be afterwards granted by 
 Parliament; and alfo that the Laws againft P4^i/?« and 
 Nonjurors may be effedf ualiy put in Execution.' 
 Then the Commons refumed the Confideration of the 
 Amendments made to the Bill for ^rerentiii^ Tumtihs, &c« " 
 
 which^
 
 from July iji^^ r^Jan. 1716. 33I 
 
 which, with other Amendments made ro them, were 
 agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be engrofs'd. 
 
 On Monday the i>?ch of /"Z)*, the faid Bill was read 
 the third Time, (ind after fevcr-U Amendmenrs were made 
 to it) pafs'd, and fenr up to the Lords. And Mr. Lechmere^ 
 Soliicitor General, from the Committee appointed to draw 
 up an Addrefs to his Majefly, having reported the fame 
 it was agreed unto by the Houfe, Nemine Conttadicente^ be- 
 ing as follows; 
 
 Mo/i gracious Soyereigfty 
 \]\J ^ your Majelty's mof? durifnl and loyal Subjecfl?^ 
 V V the Commons in Parliament aflcmbledj being 
 highly concern'd at the continn'd Endeavours of the Ene- 
 mies of your Perfon and Government, to didurb the 
 Tranquillity and Happinefs of your Kingdoms, and to de» 
 prive your People of the gre.it Blefiings they en|oy under* 
 your aufpicions Reign : And it having appeared to us, tliat, 
 by the Encouragementj and the uKq and traiteroiTs Inii- 
 nuations of Perfon s difaffefled to your Title and Govern- 
 menf, great Numbers pf your poor deluded Subjedls have 
 been prevailed upon, in many Parts of the Kingdom, ra 
 afTemble together, and in a tumultuous and re()eiliou3 
 Manner, to commit great Diforders, and do great Injuries 
 to others of their Fellow-Snbjedls and Fellow- Proteflantfj 
 we think it our iiidifpenfdble Dury on this Occnfion, rty 
 exprefs our utmoil Abhorrence of all fiich rraiterous Pro- 
 ceedings, and our highefl Refentment again fl the Authors 
 and Promoters of them; and to renew. to your Maje/iy 
 the hearty and vigorous Hefolu'ions of your faithful Com- 
 mons, to fupport your Majefty and your Government 
 againft all your open and fecret Enemies ; and to contri- 
 bute the utmcft in our Power to the Honour and Sdfery of 
 your facred Perfon, and the Qiiiet and Security of your 
 Government. 
 
 And to that End, we crave Leave mofl htimbly to h&- 
 feech yotir Ma)efty, that 5^ou will be gracioufly pleas'd ro 
 give Directions to the feveral Magiftrates throughout your 
 Xingdom, that the Laws now in Force may be put in a 
 fpeedy, and in the mod vigorous Execution, againft aU 
 fuch Perfons as (liall be found any Way concern'd in the 
 Rebellious and tumultuous Riots and Diforders which have 
 been committed^ and are now carrying on, by Perfons 
 difaffeiled to your Majefty and your Government ; and 
 that a ftridi Enquiry may be made to difcovet the Amhors 
 
 2f an<^
 
 332 The Hijlorkal Regtfler^ 
 
 and Promoters of thenij fo as they may be brought to con- 
 dign Punifhmenr. , 
 
 And it being apparent, that the Negleft or Mifbeha- 
 viour of many Juftices of Peace, and other Magiftrates, 
 hath given great Encouragement to the faid Diforders, 
 we crave Leave, in all Humility, to befeech your Ma- 
 jefty, that an Account may be taken of fuch Juftices of 
 the Peace as have failed in the Difcharge of their Duty on 
 thefe Occafions j and that fuch of them as (hall appear to 
 your Majefty to have negledled their Duty, may be forth- 
 with put cut of theCommiflions of the Peace- and that 
 fuch other Magiftrates as jQiall likevvife appear to your 
 Majefty to have negleded their Dury therein, may be pro- 
 ceeded againft with the utmoft Rigour of the Law. 
 
 And as your loyal Commons are fully afTur'd, that by 
 the Wifdom and Steadinefs of your Adminiftration, the 
 Scepter in your Royal Hand will foon become a Terror to 
 all thofe, who, by open or fecret Pra6lices, (hall any Way 
 abet the Enemies of your Perfon or Governmen;: ; €0 
 from our moft dutiful Regard to your Majefty, and in 
 Juftice to thofe of your Su'jjedts, who, for their Zeal and 
 firm Adherence to your Majefty and your Government, 
 have been Sufferers in the faid tumultuous and traiterous 
 Diforilers ; we do moft humbly befeech your Majefty, that 
 you will be moft gracioufty pleas'd to give Dire6lions, 
 that an exa61: Account be taken of the LofTes and Damages 
 which any of your S'l'ojedls have fuftain'd, by Reafon of 
 the faid tumultuous and rebellious Proceedings, and that 
 the Sufferers may have full Compenfation made them for 
 their Damage? j your faithful Commons moft humbly 
 affuring your Majefty, that all Expences which fhall be 
 incurred on that Account, fhall be made good to your Ma- 
 jefty, out of the next Aids that fhiU be afterwards granted 
 by Parliament. 
 
 And for the* Security of your facred Perfon, and the 
 quieting the Minds of your faithful Subjeds, we do fur- 
 ther moft humblj'" advife your Majefty, that you will be 
 gracioufty pleas'd to give Orders, that the Magiftrates 
 throughout the Kingdom^ in their ftveral Stations, do 
 fpeedily and effe6tually put the Laws in Execution againft 
 Papifts and Nonjurors. 
 
 This Addrefs having the next Day (July 19) been pre- 
 fented to the King by the whole Houfe, his Majefty was 
 pleas'd to return the following moft gracious Anfvver ; 
 
 Gentiemen,
 
 from July 17 14, to Jan. 17 16. 355 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 I Thank you heartily for your Addrefs^ and the many Marh 
 ef Zeal and AffeSlion which you exprefs for my Honour and 
 Safety^ and the Security of the Kingdom, 
 
 I will giye immediate Dire^lions for putting in Execution 
 the feveral blatters which yon fo ju'ftly recommend to me ; 
 and as I am refoh'd, on all OccafionSy to follow the Advice of 
 my Parliament^ fo I have no Voubt^ but that., by the Ble/Jing 
 of Almighty God^ and your feafonable and vigorous Afjiliancej 
 I/hall foon be enabled efeilually t9 fupprefs that Spirit of Re- 
 bellion which is fa indujirioufy fomented among us^ and to ejia- 
 hVifh the Peace'and Profperity of my People, 
 
 The fame Day likewife the Commons order*0, that the 
 Reverend Dr. Linford^ Prebendary of Wefiminfter^ he de/ir*d 
 to preach before the Houfe at Sr. Margaret ^.^ Wefiminfler^ 
 upon the ift Day of Anguji next, being the Anniverfary 
 of his Majefty's happy Acceflion to the Crown. Then 
 the Houfe proceeded in the further Hearing the Merits of 
 the EIe£lion for the County of Bedford-^ and refolv'd, 
 That John Harvey., Eiq; fitting Member, was not duly 
 elected, and, on the contrary, that John Cater., Efqj Peti- 
 tioner, was duly eledled a Knight of the Shire to ferv5 
 in this prefent Parliament for the faid Counry. After 
 this it was order'd, That fuch Members of the Committee 
 of Secrecy, who are Juftices of the Peace for the County 
 of MiddlefeXf do examine fucii Perfons as they think fie 
 at the faid Committee, touching Matters contained in the 
 feveral Books and Papers before them. 
 
 July 20. The Governor of the Bank of England being 
 cali'd in, laid before the Houfe a Propofal for ttie publick 
 Service; which was referr'd to the Gra.nd Committee on 
 Ways and Means; into which the Houfe re folv'd itfelf 
 immediately, and came to feveral Rsfolutions, the Report 
 of which was order'd to be made the next D.iy. After 
 this, the Commons were acquainted by a Mcrfttge from 
 the Lords, that their LordOiips had agreed to tlie Bill for 
 relieving William Paterfon, Efq., &€. and to the Bill, en- 
 titled. An A6i for preventing Tumults and riotous /ijfembhes^ 
 and for the more fpeedy and effeBual punifmng of the Rioters^ 
 without Amendment. Then the Speaker of the Houfe of 
 Commons having reported his Majefty's mofl gncinus '^n- 
 fwer to their Addrefs, it was refolv'd, Nemine Contradi- 
 cente, that the humble Thanks of ihis Houfe be returned 
 to his Maiefty, 
 
 Z a The
 
 534' The Hiftorkal Regifler^ 
 
 The fame Day, the King went to the Koufe of Peers 
 with the wind State, and gave the Royal AiTeiu to the 
 following Bills. 
 
 An /'jB to explain the Ad made in the \ith Tear of the 
 Reign of King William the Third, entitled^ An ACt for the 
 further Limitation of the Cromr^ and better fecurtng the 
 Rights and Liberties of the SubjecL 
 
 An Aft for prerenting Tifmuhi and riotous AJfemblies^ and 
 for the more ffeedy and efedual funifiing Rioters. 
 ■ An Act for making perpetual an Afl of the 'jth and 2th 
 Tears of the Reign of his late Majefy Kino; William the Third, 
 entitled^ An Afl that the folernn Affirmation and Declaration 
 of the people caU'd ^akers^ ^fljall be accepted irfiead of an 
 Oath in the Jtfual Form ; and for explaining and e; forcing the 
 faid Afl in Relation to the Payment of Tythes and Umrch 
 Rates ; and for appointing the Form of an Affirmation to be 
 taken by the faid People call'd J^iakers^ infiead of the Oath 
 of Abjuration, 
 
 An Acl for continuing the Imprifonment «/ Robert Black- 
 burn, and others^ for the horrid Confpiracy to ajfajjinate the 
 Verfon of his late facred Majefty King William the Third. 
 
 And to nine private Adts. 
 
 Then his Majefty was pleas'd to declare from the Throne, 
 that he had given Diredlion to the Lord Chancellor to de- 
 clare to both Houfes a Matter of' the greateft Importance 
 in his Majefty's Name and Words ; and accordingly the 
 Lord Chancellor read a Speech delivered into his Hands by 
 his Majefly from the Throne, as follows ; 
 
 My Lords and Gentlemen, i 
 
 THE Zeal you hare Jhewn for preferying the Peace of my 
 Kingdoms^ and your Wifdom in proyiding fo good a Lam 
 to prercent all riotous and tumultuous Proceedings^ give me 
 great Satisfaction-^ but I am forry to find that fuch a Spirit 
 of Rebellion has difcoyerditfelf 04 leaves no Roum to doubty 
 hut thefe Diforders are fet on Foot and encourag'd by Perfons 
 difafeflcd to my Government^ in Expefiation of being fupport- 
 ed from Abroad. 
 
 The Preferyation of cur excellent Conftitution^ and the Secu- 
 rity of our Holy Religion^ has been^ and always ffiall be., my 
 chief Care ; and I cannot qnejiion but your t.oncern for thefe 
 inyaluable Eleffings is fo great .^ as not to let them be exposed to 
 fmh Attempts as I hare certain Adyices are prepari/g by the 
 
 Pretender
 
 from July 1714, to Jan. 1716. 335 
 
 Fretender from Ahroad^ and carrying on at Home by a rejikfs 
 tarty in hU Fay our. 
 
 Genrlemen of the Houfe of Commonr, 
 In thefc Circumji antes ^ I think it proper to ask your Ajjt- 
 fiance^ and make no Doubt but ycu voill fo far confult your 
 drvn Security^ as not to leaye the Nation^ under a Rebellion, 
 aflually begun at Home^ and threatened with an Inra/ion from 
 Abroad^ in a defenceJefs Condition : And I floall look upon the 
 iroyifion you Jhall make for the Safety of my Feoph, as the 
 beft Mark of your Affeclion to me. 
 
 The Commons be'in^ return'd to their Houfe, it was re- 
 folv'd, Nemine Contradicente^ That an humble Addrefs be 
 prefented to his Majefty, ro return the moft humble and 
 dutiful Thanks of this Houfe to his Majefty, for commu- 
 nicating to his Parliament, the Advices he has received 
 of an Attempt preparing to be made upon the Nation 
 from Abroad, abetted and encouraged by treafon»ble Pra- 
 dices at Home, in Favour of a Popifli Pretender j and to 
 aflure his Majefty, that this Houfe will, with their Lives 
 and Fortunes, ftand by and fupport his Majefty againft all 
 his open and fecret Enemies ; and to defire his Majefty, 
 that he will immediately give Dire6lions for fitting out 
 fuch a Number of Ships as may effedlually guard the 
 Coafts, and to iffue out Commiflions for augmenting his 
 Forces by Land ; alTuring his Majefty, this Houfe will, 
 without Lofs of Time, effedlually enable him to raifeand 
 maintain fuch a Number of Forces, borh by Sea and Land, 
 as {liall be neceff-iry for the Defence of his facred Perfon, 
 and for the Security of his Kingdoms. After this, Mr, 
 hreeman ftood up, and reprefenced, ' That ii\ fo iniportant 
 
 * a Junflure, they ought to lofe no Time in drawing up 
 ^ an Addrefs; and therefore mov*d, That the faid Refolu- 
 ' tion be forthwith laid before his Majefty by the whole 
 
 * Houfe." He was feconded by the Lord Guernfey, eldeft 
 Son to "the Earl of Ailesfirdj who faid, ' It was well 
 
 * known lie had, on many Occafions, differed from fome 
 ' Members in that Houfe*, but being now convinc'd that 
 ' our Liberty, Religion, and all that is dear to Eiglijhmen^ 
 < were aim'd at, he would (laying his Hand on his Sword) 
 
 * rather die with his Sword in his Hand, than fnrvive 
 ' the Pretender's coming in, tho* he were to enjoy the 
 ' greateft Honours and Preferments under him." Mr. 
 Hamj'den did likewife back Mr, Freeman's Motion, which 
 pafb'd into a R'ifolution, Nemine Contradicente \ and Mi. 
 ConIl■olle^^ wlio was order'd to w^i; on the King to kjiow 
 
 Z 3 U,
 
 55^ The H'iflorical Regifter^ 
 
 his Majefty's Pl-arure, when he would be attended by the 
 Houfe, having, about fix a- Clock in the Evening, report- 
 ed, that his M^.)efty had been pJeas'd to appoint immedi- 
 ately at his Palace at St. James's, the Houfe went thither 
 with their Speaker, and inid before his Majefty the faid 
 Pefolution, to which the King was pleas'd to return the 
 folJowing Anfwer ; 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 I Thank yon heaftily for this Addrefs. The ■ Zeal and Vt- 
 gour which you jl)evo upon this Occafion, will^ I trujl in 
 Cod, enable me to defeat the eVd Vejigm of our Enemies. I 
 mill immediately giye DireSiions for fnch an Increafe of our 
 Forces, by Sea and Land, as 1 fo oil judge necejfary for your 
 Security ; and will order Eflimates of the Charge thereof to be 
 laid before you. 
 
 The fame Day, before the Commons waited on the 
 5Cing with the Addrefs before mention'd, they refolv'd, 
 immediately to take into Confideration his M<»jefty's gra- 
 cious Speech, that Day made to both Houfes j and the fame 
 being again read by Mr. Speaker, Upon a Motion made, 
 That a Suppjy be granted to his Majefty, it was unani- 
 iTjoufly refolv'd, Th.^t the H-^ufe would the next Morning, 
 refolve itfeJf into a Grand Commirtee to confider of thac 
 IViocion. Accordingly, on the 2ilt of /w^y, it was re- 
 folv'd to grant his Majefty a Supply j winch kefolution 
 vva5, on the 22d, reported by Mr. Farrer^ and agreed to by 
 the Houfe. 
 
 j7*ly 21. The Houfe being mov'd, that the A£t of the 
 31ft Year of K'm^ Charles the Second, entitled, /in A cl for 
 the better fecuring the Liberty rf the Subjefi^ and for Pre- 
 'vention of Imbrifor.ment beyond the Seas : And aifo an Aft of 
 Pariiamtnt of Scotland, of the 31II of ^anuary^ ^l^^y 
 cnritled. An Afi for preyentir.g wrongous Jmprifonment, and. 
 'agaihfi urJue DeUys in Trials^ be read ; the fame were read 
 accordingly ; After which it v/as orderM, That Leave be 
 given to briig :n a Bill to impr.n-er his Majefty to fecure and 
 detain fnch Ferfons as his Majepy pall fufpetl are confpirivg 
 againji his Ferfon and Go-vtrnmerit, Hereupon Mr. Soiiicitor 
 General mjmediately prefented to the Houfe, a Bill to im- 
 poToer his Maj^jfiy to fecure and detain fuch Ferfons as his Ma- 
 ]ejly fjaH fufpccl ars confpirirg againfi his Ferfon and Gorern- 
 ^tsnt'^ and tJie fame v.'as leceiv'd aud read the firft Time, 
 and order'd to be read a feccnd Time. The Bill was ac- 
 cordingly iniraedia:eiy read 2 iircjnd Time, and commit- 
 ted
 
 from July i7i4, r^ Jan. 1716. 337 
 
 ted to a Committee of the whole Houfe for the next Day, 
 It was obferv'd, that Mr. Shippen only made a flight Ob- 
 jedtioii againft the bringing in of the faid Bill ; which 
 on the 22.d of JuJy^ went through the Grand Committee, 
 and was ordered to be ingrofs'd. 
 
 The fame Day (July ii) Mr. Varref reported alfo from 
 the Grand Committee on Ways and Means, the Refoluti- 
 ons they had came to, y'lz,. 
 
 I ft, That the Propofition prefented by the Governor 
 and Company of the Bank of England^ and 'referred by the 
 Houfe to this Committee, for fupplying out of fuch a- 
 Fund as is therein mention'd, the additional yearly Sum 
 of 120C00/. during his Majefty's Life, (which God long 
 preferve) for the Service of his Houfliold and Family, and 
 other his neceffary Expences and Occalions ; and a fur- 
 ther yearly Sum of 54600./. to be a Fund or Security for 
 raifing a Sum not exceeding 910000?. as Part of the Sup- 
 ply granted for publick Services, upon fuch Terms and 
 Conditions, and in fuch Manner, as in the faid Propofi- 
 tion are exprefs'd, be accepted. 
 
 2dly, That for anfwering the Sum of 28000/. per An- 
 num^ or thereabouts, menrion'd in the faid Propofition, 
 the Duties on Hops, which have Continuance until the 
 ift of Auguft 1715", be further continued and made paya- 
 ble to his Majefty, his Heirs and SucceiTors, fubjed never- 
 thelefs to Redemption by Parliament. 
 
 jdly. That fuch of the Duties and Revenues for rai/ing 
 ths general Fund to be eftablilh'd purfuant to the f^id Pro- 
 pofition, as are now temporary, be made perpetual, fubjedl 
 alfo to Redemption by Parliament. 
 
 4thly, That if the Revenues fettled by the A61 of the 
 ift Year of his Majefty's Reign, (entitled, An A6i for the 
 better Support of his Majefty's Houjholdy and of the Honour and 
 Dignity of the Crown of Great Britain) together with the 
 faid additional Revenue of 120000/. per Annum^ fliall 
 produce more in clear Money than the yearly Sum of 
 700000/. to be reckoned from Michaelmas 171S'. Then the 
 Overplus of fuch Produce be made Part of the general 
 Fund to be eftablifti'd as aforefaid, and be appropriated, 
 iffu'd, and apply "d accordingly, until all the Exchequer- 
 Bills (hall be paid oft", or the faid general Fund (hall be 
 redeemed by Parliament ; and that afterwards fuch Over- 
 plus exceeding 700000/. per Annunty be not iffu'd, granted, 
 difpos'd, or apply 'd to any Ufe or Purpofe, or upon a«y 
 Pretext whatfoever, without Authority of Parliament, 
 
 Z 4 5thly, Tlvit
 
 958 The Hijlorkal Regifter^ 
 
 5thly5 That any Sum, not exceeding •yjC^/^l. is. jd. 
 of Publick unappropriated Monies, which came into the 
 Exclicfjner before the 12th of ^une 1 71 4, be apply'd to- 
 wards defraying his Majefty's extraordinary Expences re- 
 lating to the Civil Government between the Time of his 
 Accefiion'to the Throne and Muhaelmm 171 J. 
 
 6thly, That tiie f;,id Sum of 910,000/. for publick 
 Ufes, be rais'd, by fettling a perpetual Annuity after the 
 R^reof 6 per Cent, per Annum ^ to be redeemable by Parlia- 
 ment, 
 
 7thly, That fo much of the Sum of 180000 7. which 
 was bof row'd on the former Adl for laying the Duty upon 
 Hops, and the Intereft thereof, as is dejicient and remain- 
 ing unpaid, be fatisfy'd out of the Sum of 910000/. to 
 be rais'd as aforefaid. Thefe Rcfoiutions having been 
 read, and agreed to by the Houfe, it was order'd, That a 
 Bill or Bills be brouf;ht in upon the fan^e. 
 
 On the aid of Jnly the Commons order'd a Bill to be 
 brought in. To make the Militia cf tht Kingdom m&re iifefuly 
 and read the f'^cond Time, -aiuI committed to a Committee 
 of the whole Houfe, the Eiil for the further Security of his 
 Mujefl'ii Ferfon and Governments &c. The fame D'iy alfo 
 Mr. litJieney^ Si:cTer^.Ty at War, by his Maj^fty's Com- 
 mand, prefcnctd to the Koufe an Eltimate of the Charge 
 of 5000 Dragoons and 4000 Foot per Annvm^ and of 
 Levy-Mor.ey for the f«me j which Troop? the King, with' 
 tiie Advice of hii Privy Council, thought fit to raife at the 
 prefeiu JuntEture : And the fiid Eftimare being read, was 
 referred to a Grand Committee on the Supply. Theji the 
 Houfe proceeded to the Hearing the Merits of the Ele6ti- 
 on for the Burghs of Aherdeen^ Momrofe^f^c. and refolv*d, 
 That James Erskine^ Ef<]*, fitting Member, was not duly 
 dedleii i and on the contrary, that John Middi'eton^ Efi};^ 
 v^as duly eltilcd a Rurgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
 snent 'ior the f.iid Burghs. 
 
 On the 2oth of Ju:y the Lords refolv'd to prefent an 
 Addrefs to hvs Majelty, vvhich w»*s the iarae Day drawn 
 up and agreed to, as follows; 
 
 Koft gracious Sovereign, 
 
 WE your Majefjy's mo(i dutiful and hyal Suhje^lf, the 
 Lords Spiritual and Temporal in FarHament ajfem- 
 bledy beg Leays to return your Majef^y the moji humble Thanks 
 6 f this HoTifey for yo7tr Maje/iy's mofi gracious Ajfun>.nces^ 
 that the Vrefryation of our excellent Coriftitxition^ and the Se- 
 turity of our Ho'y Rehgiai-j has been^ and always fhall be^ 
 
 your
 
 from July 1714, to Jan. 17 16. 339 
 
 your chief Care \ and for commumcating to your Parliament 
 the Advices from Abroad of an intended Inrajton of thefe 
 Kirjgdoms^ countenanc'd and encourag'd by InfnrreHions here 
 at Homey fomented and fiirr'd up by the Abettors and Sup' 
 porters of the Pretender's Intereji. And. vce do mofi humbly 
 ajfure your Maje/iy^ that this Houfe will fiand by and ajji/i 
 your Majefty^ at the Hazard of our Liyes and Fortunes^ in 
 Support and Defence of yoxtr facred Perfon^ and your undoubt- 
 ed Right and Title to the Crown^in Defiance of all your open and 
 ftcret Enemies. 
 
 This Addrefs being the next Day prefented to the King, 
 his Majefty was pleasM to make the following molt graci- 
 ous Anfwer ; 
 
 My LORDS, 
 
 I Thank you for the z.ealous Affeclion you exprefs towards 
 mey and the Affurances which you give me in this Addrefs^ 
 and you may depend on my punHually making good all thofe 
 which I haye giren to my People^ either on this or any former 
 Occafion, 
 
 On the 23d of /«/>, the Commons read the third Time, 
 pafs'dj and /ent up to the Lords by Mr. Hampden^ the in- 
 grofs'd EtU to empower his Majefiy to fecnre and detain fuf- 
 pefled Perfonsj &c, Afcer which, Mr. Puiteney^ byhisMa- 
 jefty's Command, prefented to the Houfe, an Ellimate of 
 the yearly Charge of four Companies, to compleat the 
 Coldfiream Regiment of Foot Gucirds to two Battalions, 
 and for Levy-Money for the fame \ which Eftimate was 
 read, and referred to the Grand Committee on the Supply, 
 Then the Houfe refolv'd itfelf into the faid Committee^ 
 and came to thefe two Refolutions, yiz>. 
 
 ift. That a Sum not exceeding 16^1^ £fl. -j s. 6d, be 
 granted to his Majefty for rhe Pay of 3000 Dragoons and 
 4000 Foot, Commifiion Officers and Non-Commiffion 
 Officers included for one Year^ and for the Charge of Levy- 
 ?*loney for the fame. 
 
 adiy, That a Sum not exceeding 5478/. 10 J. be grant- 
 ed to his Majefty for the Charge of four Companies, to 
 compleat tht Coldfiream Regiment of Foot- Guards to two 
 Battalions for one Year, and for Levy-Money for the 
 fame. 
 
 After tliis it was order'J, That the Grand Committee 
 appointed to conlider of the hill for the further Security of 
 }m Majefiy*s Perfon and Goyernmert^ &c. have Power to re- 
 
 ceive
 
 54*^ The Wflorical Regifler^ 
 
 . ■ — ^~- . . I. '1 
 
 ceive a Claufe, to enable hU Majefly to grant a Commijjion to 
 admimfler the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy ^ and Abju- 
 tion to all Officers^ common Seamevy and Soldiers, Then the 
 Houfe refolv'd itfelf into that Committee, and made feme 
 Progrefs in tlie fdid BiJl ; but were interrupted by two 
 Me0ages, one was from the Lords, to acquaint them, that 
 their Lordfhips had agreed to the Bill, entitled, An A^ to 
 empower his Majefiy to fecure and detain fuch Ferfons as his 
 Majefiy jj^aii fxifpeci are confpiring againfi his Ferfon and Go*- . 
 yernment ; the o- her MefTage was from his Majefty, who 
 being come to the Houfe of Peers with the ufual State, 
 and the Commons fent for up, and attending, his Ma- 
 was pleased to give the Royal AlTent to the fdid Bill. 
 
 The Commons being returned to their Honfej upon a 
 Motion made by Mr. SecTenry Stanhope^ a Bill wascrderM 
 to be brought in, For encouraging all Superiors^ Vaffa's^ 
 Landlords^ and Tenants in Scotland, who do and Jhall continue 
 in their Duty and Loyalty to his Majefiy Kihg George: And fcr 
 dijcouraging all Superiors^ Vajfals^ Landlords and Tenants^ who 
 haye been^ or pall be gnihy of rebellious Ff apices againfi his faid 
 Majefiy 5 and for makirg yoid all fraudulent Entails^ Tailzies^ 
 and Conveyances made there^ for barring or excluding the Efe6h 
 cf Forfeitures that may haye been or jhall be incurred there on 
 af,y fisch Account \ as afo for calling any fuJpeBed Perfon or Fer- 
 fons in Scotland to appear at E'.dinburgh, or where it Jhall be 
 judg'd expedient^ to find Bail for their good Behayiour. And 
 that Mr, Secretary Stanhope^ the Lord William Fowlet^ and 
 Sir Dayid Vahympk^ do prepare and bring in the fame. 
 
 On the 25th of /«/>, Mr. Farter reported the Refo- 
 lutions taken on the 23d in the Grand Committee on 
 The Supply, which were agreed to. After which, upon 
 a Morion made by Mr. Bnfcawen, it was order'd Nemine 
 Contradicente^ That it be an Inftru6lion to the Committee 
 ©f the whole Koufe, to whom the Bill for the further Se- 
 curity of his Majefiy' s Ferfon and Goyernment^ and the Sue- 
 c.-fj'.on of the Crovon in the Heirs of the late Frincefs Sophia, 
 iiciig Froiefiants^ and for extirgutflnTg the Hopes of the pre- 
 ter:ded Prince of V/ales, and hi6 open and fecret Abettors^ is 
 committed, that they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
 reiidtring more effectual the Proviiion made in an A61: of 
 ihe lit Year of his Majefty's Reign, entitled, An Jcl for 
 the Utter Support of his Majefiy's Houfjoldy and of the Honour 
 and Dignity of the Crown of Great Britain, for feizing and 
 leciuing the Perfon of the Pretender,by providing the Sura 
 of ic 0,000/, which Ihall be paid to any Perfon orPerfons, 
 Lein^ ^Natives or fcr?i§ner5, who ftiAil 4i?i^s or fecure, 
 
 alive
 
 from Ju ly 1 7 1 4, rgjan. 1716. 341 
 
 alive or dead, the Perfon of the Pretender, whenever he 
 Ihall land, or attempt to l.md in Great Britain or Ireland, 
 or any other his Maje(ly*s Dominions. 
 
 July -2.6. Mr. Carter reported the Amendnnents made to 
 the Bill for the further Security of bn Majefly's Ferfon and 
 Coyernmvnt^ &c. which, v/itn Amendments to fome of 
 them, were agreed to, and the Bi]l ordered to be engrofs'd. 
 After thisj Mr. Walpole made a Speech, wherein he took 
 Notice, ' Of the Meafures the King had taken, purfuanc 
 
 * to the Defire and Advice of that Houfe, to fecure his 
 ' Dominions; but reprefented, that in Cafe of an Inva- 
 
 * fion, the Standing Troops and new Levies would hard- 
 
 * ly be fufficient ; and as he thought it neccfTary, fo he 
 
 * mov'd, that the Officers in Half-Pay fhould be put in a 
 
 * Capacity to ferve the Nation, by allov.;ing them Full 
 ' Pay." General Stanhope feconded Mr. Wahok's Motion; 
 and General Rofs only having made a flight Objedlion to 
 it ; fiiggefting, that, to fave Expences, the Standing Re- 
 giments might be augmented, it was refolv'd, That aa 
 humble Addrefs be prefented to his Majeily, that he would 
 be gracioufly pleas'd to allow Full Pay to fuch Half- Pay 
 Officers as were not otherwife provided for 5 and that his 
 Majefly would give Orders to the faid Officers to hold 
 themfelves in a Readinefs, to be employed ia fuch Man- 
 ner as his Majefiy fliould think fit ; and to allure his Ma- 
 jeffy, that this Houfe will fupply fuch extraordinary Ex- 
 pence as his Majefty fhould be at on this Account, out of 
 tke next Aids to be afterwards granted by Parliament. 
 This Addrefs being the fame D^y prefented to the King, 
 bis Majefty was pleased to fd-y^ That he look'd upon it as a 
 frefh h'fiance of the Duty and /if'eclion of this Houfs^ and of 
 their Zeal for the Security and Preferyatioii of hit People and 
 Government. The fame Day iikewife, upon a Motion 
 made by Mr. Ppkeney^ Secretary at War, a Bill was order'd 
 to be brought in. For the enforcing and making more efeflual 
 an Act of thn prefent Parliament^ entitled, An A6h for the 
 better regulating the Forces to be continued in hn Majejiy^s 
 Service^ and for the Payment of the faid Forces and their 
 garters : And for the better preventing Mutiny and Defer' 
 tion: Which Bill was, ihe next Diy, prefented to the 
 Houfe by Mr. P7t/te;;e>, and read the firlt Time; as was 
 alfo, a Mill to make the Militia of this Kingdom more ufeful, 
 
 July -2.%. The Commons read the third Time theengrofs*d 
 Bi\l for the further Security of his Majefy's Perfon and Goyern- 
 menty &c. which, with feveral Amendmentj^made to it, 
 was pafs'dj and fenc up to the Lords. 
 
 /«> 29.
 
 542 The Hiflorical Reg^tfler^ 
 
 /"(> ^9} Upon the reading of a Petition of the Truitees 
 fnr fefdin^ ihe poor PaUtines in Ireland^ pr-'yi^g) T'''<*^ * 
 Ti?tje may be allow'd them wherein they might take the Oaths^ 
 in order to hititle them (mentioned in a Lift annexed to 
 the Petition, Leing two hundred and thirteen families 
 \yho are ferried in Ireland^) to all the Benefits interided by 
 the Ail of the '^th Tear of her late Alajefys Reign ^ (for na- 
 turalizing tbrci^n Protellants) they hayi;.g elaffed the Time 
 for taki/.g the fa:d Oaths : A Kiii was ordered to be brought 
 in. purfiunt to the Prayer of the faid Petition. Then the Bill 
 for enUrgirg the Fund for the Goyernor and Company of tU 
 Hank of cn^hind reUti};g to Exchequer Bilis, &'c, vvas rsad 
 the tlrii Time ; After which Sir james Eateman^ Sub-Go- 
 vernour of the South-Sea Corr.pany prefented to the Houfe 
 a FropdfaJ from the General Court of the South-Sea Company, 
 for ratfing the Sum 0/ 822052 1. 4 s. 8 d. f^r the SerVice of 
 the Bubiick ; wi.ich vvas read, and ref^rr'd to the Gonfide- 
 ration of the grand Committee on Ways and Means to 
 rajfe a Supply. Tlien the Houfe having refolved it felf 
 into the faid Commictee, refolv'd to accept of the faid 
 Propofition ; Which Refolution, and fome others for the 
 Kelief of feverai Merchants, were, the next Day, report- 
 ed by Mr. Farrar ^ and a Bill or Bills ordered to be brought 
 in thereupon. 
 
 Juij 30, Mr. Walpole reported from the Committee 
 of Secrecy, that ttiey had dircited him to exhibit fur- 
 tiier Arcicits of Impeachment of High Crimes and Mif- 
 demeanours, againlt B.cheft Karl of Oxford and Eafl Mor- 
 timer^ which he read in his Place, and afterwards de- 
 Jiver'd them in at the Table, where they were read, 
 And a Morion being made and the Quelhon pur, that 
 thi? furthec X'pniideraiion of tiie faid Articles be ad- 
 joma'xi till the luefJay following, it pafi'd in the 
 Megauve. After this it was order'd, thnt the faid Ar- 
 iicks;be' read Article by Article; wiiich was dona ac- 
 tordmgiy, and, vvjth Amendments to one of them, 
 upon thtf Queitioa icverally put ti ereupon, they were 
 •rtgiced CO by the Houfe; and ordered, iirft, tuat the 
 laid Articles be engroilcd; ftrcondly, that a Claufe be pre- 
 pared for taving Liberty to the Commons to exhibit 
 ■^i\y iiirPher Ariicles ag-,ini> th« faid Eobert P.arl of Oxford 
 aj^a ^J^\ Mnvttmer. Then the Comm.ons, by reafon or tbe 
 Anniveriitiry m" his Majelty's happy Accefiion to the 
 'iurone, wnich fell on Monday th% ift of Auguji^ ad- 
 ){nir)i i( to '^;fday the -^d ; when the ingrolled further 
 Arti.ks of l:!:'pei'.:iin;icnc againfl RoUn Karl of Oxford 
 
 and
 
 from July 1754? ^^ J^"- i?''^. 345 
 
 and Earl Mortimer^ for High Crimes and Mirdemeariours, 
 were read ; after which it was order'd, that the Lord 
 Conir.giby do carry rhe laid Articles to the Lords; whicti 
 his Lordfliip did immediaceiy. The faid further Arti- 
 cles are as follow : 
 
 Art, "XVII. That whereas in or about the Month of 
 ^anuary^ in the Year 17-?^? * dangerous and deftruilive 
 Expedition had been projected and fcc on foot, under Pw?- 
 teuce of making a Conquell on the PofTeflions of the French 
 King in North America^ but with a real Di'fign to pro- 
 mote his Interells, by weakening the Confederate Array 
 in Flanders^ ajid difliparing the Naval Force of this King- 
 dom, as well as for the Sake of the private Interefls and 
 corrupt Gain of the Promoters of the faid EKpedition ; 
 he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford i»nd Earl Mortimer^ be- 
 ing then one of her late M.>)efty's Privy Council, and 
 one of the Cominiflioners of her Majtfty's Treafury, w^s 
 not only wanting in his Duty to her iate Maj-ity, by 
 wilfully and induftrioufly- abfenting from the Meetings 
 of other Perfons, then in High Truft under her Majrftyj 
 wherein the Aid Expedition was concerted, and by noc 
 adviiing her Majefty againft, and doing what m him 
 lay, to have pr<;vented the putting the fame in Execu- 
 tion, but did, contrary to his Oath, and the high Truil 
 then repofedin him, advife her Majefty to confent to the 
 making an Expec'ition for the conquering Canada^ and ihe 
 City ofjQitebeck. en the River of St. Larvrence^ m North- Ame- 
 rica -j and in Execution of his faid evil Counfels, he did 
 further advife her MAJefty to give Orders for detaching 
 feveral Battalions of the Forces then in the Service of* 
 her Majefty, in Conjundtion with her Allies in flanders^ 
 and to fend the fame with a large Squadron of Men of 
 War, on the faid Enterprize ; akho' tlie faid Rt^Urt Ei-.r! 
 of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ well knew, that the laid 
 Projedi or Expedition having been frequently deliberated 
 on and maturely confider'd, a fliort Time before, i/i a 
 Committee of Council, was then laid aJide as dangerous 
 and impradlicable. And a Demand being made hc the 
 Treafury, on or about the Months of i^/ujy or Jur^e ijiiy 
 for the Sum of aSooo /. or thereabouts, on Pretence of 
 Arms and Merchandife faid to be fent in the f^id Ex- 
 pedition to Canada^ he the f.^id Robert Earl of Oxfi^rd and 
 Earl Mortimer^ being then Lord Higii Treafiirer of Great 
 Britain^ and one of her Majeity's Privy Council, tho' in 
 well knew, or had Reafon to fufpedl", that the f*uie was
 
 544 The Hiftorical Regijler^ 
 
 an unjufl: and exorbitant Demand, and a great Abufe on 
 her Majefty and the Publick, and fuch as ought not to 
 have been comply'd with, was not only wanting in his 
 Duty, to her Majefty, in not giving his humble Advice a- 
 gainlt the faid Demand, or at leaft in not reprefenting 
 to her Majefty the Grounds of fuch his Sufpicions, but 
 did, contrary to his Oath and his Duty, advife her Ma- 
 jefty that the faid Sums ftiould be ilTued and paid, and 
 did accordingly counterfign a Warrant to the Paymafter 
 of her Majefty's Forces, for the Payment of the fame, 
 purfuant to which the fame was afterwards ifTued and 
 received. And in further Violation of his OAth, his 
 Duty and Truft, and with the moft corrupt Defign to 
 prevent the Juftice due to her Majefty and the Nation, 
 he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ be- 
 ing then Lord High Treafurer of Great Britain^ and ex- 
 ercifing a moft unexampled arbitrary Power, not only in 
 her Majefty's private Councils, but extending his evil In- 
 fluences to the great Council of the Nation : After the 
 faid Expedition had prov'd unfuccefsful, and it had been 
 difcover'd to him the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl 
 Mortimer^ that the Narion had been cheated of above 
 twenty thoufand Pounds on thnt Account, did moft un- 
 gratefully and corruptly employ his wicked Arts, and 
 the Credir which he had gain'd, by his falfe and crafty 
 Infinu^tions and Pradlices, to keep the Houfe of Commons 
 from examining that Affair. And in or about the Month 
 of Auguft 1714, i"^ a Letter or Memorial, under his own 
 Hand, to her late Majefty, he did prefume, not only to 
 infinuate the ill Opinion he therein pretended always 
 to have had of the faid Expedition, but did declare the 
 Sufpicions he had of the gr-^ar Injury and Abufe done to 
 her Majefty and the Publick, in the Demand of the faid 
 2.8000 I- even at that Time, when the fame was made, 
 and that the Publick had been cheated of above 20000 /. 
 on that Account 9 and in the faid Memorial did pre- 
 fume further to dechre to her Majefty, that he was forc'd 
 to ufe all his Skill and Credit takeep the Houfe of Com- 
 inons from exan.ining that Affair the laft Parliament, 
 thereby vainly, but moft wickedly, recommending him- 
 felf to' the Continuance of her M<ijefty's Favour, by the 
 Succefs of his moft profligate Meafures. By ail which 
 unparalleird Corruption?, ajid iToft dangerous Counfels and 
 Pradlices of nim the faid Robert Earl of Oxford 2ind Earl 
 Mortimer^ the good and faithful Allies of her Majefty were 
 deprived of the Aid of her Majefty's Troops, to which 
 
 they
 
 from July 1714, t^ Jan* 1716. ^45 
 
 they were intitled by their Conventions, and the Confe- 
 derate Army in FUndtrs was greatly diminifh'd, to the 
 apparent Advantage of the comition Eneiriy. The pub- 
 lick Money, granted by Parliament for reducing the Pow- 
 er of France^ and which was exprefly appropriated for 
 other fpecial Services, was arbitrarily and illegally mif- 
 applied, and embezil'd, and an heavy Debt incurr'd on the . 
 Natidn, not only fitting the Parliament, but even ia 
 Contempt and Detiance of a Reprefentation made by the 
 Houfe of Commons to the Throne, even whilfl: the faid 
 Expedition was concerting, and whereby the higheft In- 
 juftice was done, in fupprefling an Enquiry, fo juft to 
 her Majefty and her People, and a lafling Reproach and 
 Scandal brought on that Koufe of Commons of which he 
 boafted, as having been wrought on by his corrupt Influ- 
 ence, not to examine into fo high and fo fcandalous an 
 Abufe. 
 
 Art. XVIII. That the faid Bobert Earl of Oxford and 
 Earl Mortimer^ not contented with the high Employ- 
 ments and Places of Honour and Profit beftow'd on him 
 by her late Majefty, nor with the large and exceflive 
 Gains by him made by the Incomes and Profits of the 
 faid Employments, on or about the Month of 0£lohet 
 171 1, whilft the Nation was engaged in a moft expeiifive 
 War againfl: Tnuice and S'faln^ for preferving the Balance 
 and Liberties of Europe^ and greatly exhaufted with the 
 Supplies and Taxes for carrying on the fame, and w<is 
 under fuch heavy Debts as v/ere impofiible to be f<itisfy*d„ 
 virithout the utmolt Frugality or laying grievous Taxes 
 upon the Commons of Great Britain : Contrary to his 
 Oath and his high Truft, and making a moft didionoura- 
 ble and ungrateful Ufe of the ready Accefs he had to her 
 late Majtfty, did prevail on and advife her Majelty to 
 fign a Warrant to himfelf, being then Lord High Trea- 
 furer of Great Britain, for the IlTuing and Piiyment of the 
 Sum of thirteen thoufand Pounds to John Vrummond^ Efq; 
 or his Afligns for fuch fpecial Services relating to the 
 War as her Majcfty had direfled j and the faid T.ohert E-irl 
 of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, on or about the 24ih of Ko~ 
 yember following in Purfuance of the faid Warrant un- 
 der her Majefty's Sign Manunl, did fign a Warrant for 
 the Payment of the fiid thirteen thoufand Pounds for 
 fuch fpeciil Services of the War, as her Majefty had di- 
 jedted, altho' no fpecial Services had been, or were ac 
 any time afterwards dire6led by her Majefty, to which 
 the faid Monies were to be applied. And the faid Robert 
 
 Earl
 
 546 The Hiflorkal Regifter^ 
 
 Earl of Oxford and E^rl Mortimer^ having privately de- 
 fir'd Leave of the f aid Drummond to ftrike feme Tin Tallies 
 in his the faid Drummond's Name, he did purfuant there- 
 to, diredl: that Orders amounting to the Sum of thirteen 
 thoufand Pounds fhould be charg'd in the Regifter of the 
 Exchequer on the Monies arifing by the Sale of Tin in 
 the Name of the faid ^ohn Drummond : And tho' the fame 
 were accordingly Itruck in the Name of the faid Drum^ 
 mondf in or about the Month of Norember 171 1, they were 
 not deliver'd out to the faid Drnmmnvd^ but were kept in 
 the Treafury-Chamber, or elfewhere in the Power or 
 Cuftody of the faid Earl, till the End of January follow- 
 ing ; when the faid Drummond having Gccafionj as the 
 faid R&hert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer well knew, 
 to go into Holland, at the Defire and Requeft of the faid 
 Earl, he indorsed his Name on the faid Orders, and by 
 the Direftion of the faid Earl the fame were left in the 
 Hands of Mr. John Taylour a Clerk of the Treafury ; and 
 the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer did in 
 or about the Month of June 171 2, fend an Order in Wri- 
 ting to the faid Mr. Taylour to deliver the faid Tallies, 
 (he having before that Time got Podcflion of the Orders) 
 to a Servant of the faid Earl, which was done according- 
 ly, the faid Indorfemenrs nor being at that Time fill'd 
 up: And the faid Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer having 
 by thefe corrupt and fcandaloiis Methods got the faid 
 Tallies and Orders into his own Hands, did afterwards 
 fill up the Order of twelve thoufand Pounds, Part of the 
 faid thirteen thoufand Pounds to himfelf, and the re- 
 maining Part to fuch other Perfons as he thought fit ; 
 and did afterwards on or about the Months of ^^ugu/i^ 
 OSlober and November 171 3, at feveral Times difpofe of 
 the faid Orders and Tallies to his own private Ufe and 
 Advantage. And to cover the faid fcandalous Embezil- 
 ments, he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Morti- 
 7»er, did afterwards, as he pretends, advife and prevail 
 on her Majelty, on or about the 14th of December 1713^ 
 being near two Years after the Indorfement by the faid 
 Drwnmondy and fome Time after the Earl had difpos'd 
 of the faid Orders and Tallies ro his own Ufe, to fign a 
 Warrant prepar'd by himfelf, wherein after the Recital of 
 (Hpt oTpn good and faithful Services, which had tended to the 
 Quiet, Safety and Frofperity of her Majefty and her Realms^ 
 tho* accompanied xeith great Hazard to himfelf, and his Fa,' 
 mily ', and that her Majefty was refolvd to beftow upon him a 
 Sum of ready Money : But the faid Earl refrefentin^ to her 
 
 Majefl^^
 
 fro?rj July 1 71^, r^ Jan. 1716. 347 
 
 Mujefly^ that the Arreati then due to hit Servants and Trade/- 
 tnen were rery great and ffefjing^ her Majefiy did therefore 
 aj^ree and determine that he (fiould have to his own life the 
 /aid feveral Sums amoitnting to thirteen thou/and Pounds com^ 
 prisd in the Orders afore/aid^ which viere then not due in Cour/e 
 of Payment.) It was diredled that the faid Drummond 
 fhould aflign the faid Orders, and the whole Right and 
 Benefit thereof to the faid Earl and his Afiigns ; altho* 
 the faid Earl had privately and clandeftinely procured 
 from the faid Drummond an Allignment of the faid War- 
 rant and Orders near two Years before, and had fraudu- 
 lently and corruptly difposM and converted them to his 
 own Ufe without her Majefty's Privity orConfenr, fome 
 Time before her Majefty was prevailed on to fig n the faid 
 Warrant. And tho* the laft mentioned Warrant, if any 
 fuch there be, was not communicated to the faid Drum" 
 mond by the faid Earl during her Majefty's Life, nor was 
 the fame counterfign'd nor entred in the Treafury, yec 
 he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ even 
 after his faid Corruption had been difcover'd in Parlia- 
 ment, did prefume, even without the Knowledge of the 
 faid Drummond^ to fend the faid Warrant to the Com- 
 miHioners of his Majefty's Treafury, defiring that the 
 fame might then have been entred in the Treafury ; but 
 the fame was with great Honour and Juftice refus'd to be 
 fo entred. By which moft vile and fcandalous Corrup- 
 tion, he the faid Robtrt Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ 
 was guilty of the molt notorious Breach of his Oath and 
 Truft as Lord High Treafurer of Great Britain^ of the 
 higheft Abufe of her Majefty's Goodnefs, and Embezil-, 
 ment of her Treafure, and of the greateft Injuftice and 
 Oppreflion of other her Majefty's Subjedls. 
 
 Art. XIX. That whereas by the eftablifh'd and known 
 Laws of this Kingdom, the Allowances or Appointments 
 for the Maintenance and Support of EmbaiTadors, Envoys, 
 Plenipotentiaries, and other publick Minifters of the Crown 
 in foreign Courts, ought to be afcertain'd in due Form of 
 Law, as well in Honour as in Jnftice to the imperial 
 Crown of thefe Realms, and whereas the faid Robert Earl 
 of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ in or about the Month of 
 July or Angufi 1712, fent Matthew Pn or ^ Ef<]; an Inftru- 
 ment and Creature of his own, into France^ for the car- 
 rying on his feparate and dangerous Negociations j and 
 did afterwards, in the Month of Norember 17 12, by his 
 evil Counfels prevail on her late Majefty, without the 
 Privity of, or any Communication with her Allies, to 
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 348 The Hiftorical Regifter^ 
 
 fend the faid Matthew "Prior as her Majefty*s Plenipoten- 
 tiary to the French King, with Inftrudlions to treat and 
 Conclude Matters of the higheft Importance, relating to 
 the general Negociations of Peace ; but the fame was a 
 treacherous and wicked Contrivance of him the faid Ro^ 
 lert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, for the more effe- 
 dlual carrying on and promoting, his private, feparate, 
 and dangerous Pradtices, with the Minifters of Trance^ and 
 the Enemies of her Majefty and her Kingdoms : He the 
 faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ not regard- 
 ing his Oath, or his high Trnft, or the Laws of the King- 
 dom, did moft corruptly and fcandaloufly combine with 
 the faid Matthew Prior for the defrauding her Majefty of 
 very great Sums, under the Colour of his faid Employ- 
 ments in France; and to that End, the faid Earl did con- 
 trive that the faid Prior {hould be fent into France^ with 
 the Charafler aforefaid, but without any fettled Appoint- 
 ments and Allowances ; but in the Stead and Lieu thereof, 
 he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ did 
 give the faid Matthew Prior an unlimited Credit, and did 
 promife to anfwer and pay fuch Bills as the faid Prior 
 ihould draw on him during his Refidence in France ; pur- 
 fuant to which Contrivance, and corrupt Agreement, he 
 the faid Matthew Prior did between the 2.7th of Auguji^ in 
 the Year 17 12, N. S. or thereabouts, and the loth of fuJy 
 1714, at feveral times draw Bills of Exchange, to the 
 amount of twelve i^oufand three hundred and fixty 
 Pounds, or thereabouts, on him the faid Robert Earl of 
 Oxford and Earl Mortimer, which he being then Lord High 
 Treafurer of Great 'Britainy did advife and prevail on her 
 Majefty to fign Warrants for the Payment of, and did 
 counterfign the fame, altho* the faid Prior was no way 
 intitled to any fuch Allowances by Reafon of his faid 
 Employment, and the fame greatly exceeded the Allow- 
 ance even of an Embaflador of the Crown of Great Bri- 
 tain. And the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mor^ 
 iimer^ did in the Years 1712, 17135 ancl 1714, without 
 any Colour of Authority, but for the further promoting 
 liis corrupt and wicked Purpofes, prevail on and advife 
 her Majefty to fign Warrants, Which were counterfign'd 
 by himfelf for the Payment of the Sum of five thoufand 
 five hundred and fixty Pounds, or thereabouts, to the Ufe 
 of Thomas Harley^ Efq; a near Relation and EmifTary of 
 him the fiid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ out 
 of the Monies appropriated to the Ufe of her Majefly's 
 Civil Lift, and did, in like Manner, ac feveral Times in 
 
 the
 
 from July 171^, f^ Jan. 1716. 1:^49 
 
 the Years aforefaid, mod illegally, fraudulently, and cor- 
 ruptly ifTue or diredt, or advife the Dlredlioa and Pay- 
 ment o»- feveral other large Sums of Money, to other 
 Perfons out of her Majefty*s Treafury : By which molt 
 illegal and fcandalous Management the faid Robert Earl of 
 Oxford and Earl Mortimer has introduced a Pradlice highly 
 prejudicial to, and utterly inconfiftent with the Confti- 
 tution of this Kingdom, and of the moft pernicious Con- 
 fequence, by opening a Way for the mofl: dangerous Cor- 
 ruptions ; and was not only guilty of a notorious Breach 
 of his Oath, but enter'd into the moft hafe and fcanda- 
 lous Combination with the Perfons above-mention'd, and 
 others, under Pretence and Colour of promoting her Ma- 
 jefty*s Service, to defraud her Majefty of the publick Mo- 
 ney, which he was intrufled with the Management of, 
 for the Support of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown. 
 
 Art, XX. That whereas the Revenues arifing to the 
 Crown from the hereditary Excife and PoftOffice, or fome 
 Parts thereof, were by virtue of Letters Patents of the 
 l^tt King James II. charged with and made liable to cer- 
 tain Annuities or yearly Sums, in Truft for, or to the 
 life of, Mary rhe Confort of the faid King James II. But 
 the faid Revenues were afterwards by feveral Adls of Par- 
 liament granted and fettled for the Support of the Royal 
 Houfhold, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown ; 
 or for other publick Ufes, without any Saving or Excep- 
 tion of the faid Letters Patents. And whereas by an Adl 
 made in the twelfth Year of her late Majefty's Reign, 
 the Sum of five hundred thoufand Pounds was granted 
 to her late Majefty for the Difcharge of divers Arrears of 
 Salaries, Diet Monies, and other Allowances, and fun- 
 dry Debts for Pre-emptions, Provifions, and other Caufe?, 
 which had then incurred and grown due to her late Ma- 
 jefty's Servants, Tradefmen, and others, and were occafi- 
 oned by fev^eral extraordinary Expences iince the Aft for 
 the better Support of her Mdjeity's Houfliold, and of the 
 Honour and Dignity of the Crown : And the fdid Sum 
 of five hundred thoufand Pounds was expredy appropria- 
 ted to the Ufes aforementioned, in Aid of the faid Re- 
 venues or Branches which were appointed for the Support 
 of her Majefly's Houfliold, and of the Honour and Digni- 
 ty of the Ci;own ; And whereas by an Adt made in the 
 thirteenth and fourteenth Years of his late Majcfty King 
 William III. It was enacted, for preventing traiterous Cor- 
 refpondence between his Majefty's Subjecls and the pre- 
 tended Prince of WaUs^ or his Adherents j That if any of 
 
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 350 The Hi/Iorical Regijler^ 
 
 the SnbjeBi of the Crovan of Enji^land from and after the frfi 
 Day of March 1701, fioonJd within this Realm or vcithouty 
 hold^ entertain^ or keep any Intelligence or Correfpondence in 
 Ferfon^ or by Letters^ Mejfagei or otherwife^ with the fuid pre 
 tended Frince of Wales, or with any Ferfon or Fsrfom empUy'd 
 by him^ knowing fuch Ferfon to be fo employ'dy or fjould by 
 Bill of ExchajJge or otherxvife^ remit or pay any Sum or Sums 
 of Money for the Ufe or Service of the faid pretended Prince 
 of Wale?, knowing fuch Money to be for fitch Ufe or Service^ 
 fjich Ferfon fo offending being lawfully lonrified^ fl)0U'd be ta- 
 ken^ deemed and adjudged to be guilty of High Treafon^ and 
 jhall fuffer and forfeit a^ in Cafes of High Treafon. PJe he 
 ftid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ havijig by 
 the Means of the faid Matthew Frior^ held a private and 
 unlawful Correfpondence with the faid Conforc of the late 
 King James II. then refiding in France^ and being det^r- 
 iTtinM Acretly to promote as far as in him hy^ the In- 
 terefl of the Pretender, but yet contriving to avoid the 
 faid Penalty of High Treaf-in ; and the faid Con fort of 
 his late Majefty King Barnes II. having empower'd Abbot 
 Guaitier (t Popilh Prieft, and bufy EmifTary between Gre^* 
 Britain and France, during the faid private and feparare 
 Negociaiions of Peace, and who was particularly encruft- 
 ed as the commoa Agent between the Minifters of Great 
 Britain and France, in tranfadling the moft fecret Affairs 
 relating to the Pretender) to concert with the faid Robert 
 Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer the fettling the Pay- 
 ment and Remittance of a very cresit yearly Sum out of 
 het Majefty's Treafury into France^ under Colour and Pre- 
 tence of the faid Letters Parents ; and the faid Robert Earl 
 of Oxford and Earl Mr timer, h^vifig held frequent clan- 
 <:^eftine Conferences v^ith the faid Abbot Guaitier on the 
 Subjedl aforefiid, and having by his evil Counfels facrifi- 
 ced to France the common Intercfls of Europe ; and being 
 refolved that the firft Fruits of the Peace with France^ 
 fliould be an Offering made, by his immediate Procure- 
 jmenr, to the neareft and moil avowed Adherent of the 
 Prfftender, tho* at the great Expence of tiie Honour and 
 »*5aftry of her Majefly and her People, did foon after the 
 Conclufion of the Peace with France, agree and undertake 
 to procure the Payment of the yearly Sum of forty feven 
 thoufand Pounds and upwards to or for the Ufe of the faid 
 Confort during her Life. And iri Execution of his faid 
 Piirpofe did afterwards on or about the 2.2d of December 
 1713, beitig then L.ord Hig^i Treafurer of Great Britain, 
 nr^] of h::r Jvlnjelly's Privy C u;i«iL advife her lace Ma- 
 jefty
 
 from July lyi^^ toj^n. 1716. 551 
 
 jefty to fign a Warrant to himfelf in the Words, or to the 
 EfFe6l fol lowing, (rix-J Anne R. U^bereM our late Royal Fa- 
 ther King James II. hy Letters Patents under his Great Seafy 
 hearing date on or about the i^th Day of Auguft 1687, did 
 grant itnto Laurence Earl of Rochefter, Henry Earl of Pe- 
 terborough, Sidney Lord Godolphin, Robert Worden Efg^ 
 and Sir Edward Herbert Knt. (who are all fince deceafedj 
 divers Annuities^ or yearly Sums amounting to thirty feren 
 thoufand three hundred and twenty eight Pounds thirteen Shil- 
 lings an feven Pence^ to bold to them and their Heirs during 
 the Life of his then Royal Confort, Mary mw Queen Dorvager 
 in TruTt for her ; and by other Letters Patents bearing date 
 on or about the ^d Day of December 1686, did alfo grant un- 
 to the faid Queens a farther Pen/ion or yearly Sum of ten 
 thoufand Pounds to hold during her natural Life^ all which 
 toere made payable in fuch Manner as in the faid feveral Let- 
 ters Patents if more fully expresi. Our Will and Pleafure nov 
 if, and vce do hereby direO:^ authorise and command^ that you 
 caufe Payment to be made to the Heirs of fuch of the faid 
 Trujiees as was the longefl Liver of them, of fo much as Jince 
 the i^th Day of March lafi 171 3j »* incurred or grown due 
 on the faid Annuity or yearly Sums amounting to thirty feren 
 thoufand three hundred twenty eight Bounds thirteen Shillings 
 and fe-ven Pence^ and to the faid Queen Dowager on her Af- 
 figns of fo much as Jince the faid 'JL<;th of March la?} 171 5, 
 « incurred or grown due on the faid Annnity^ of ten thoufar.d 
 Pounds^ according to the Purport of the feyeral Grants^ or 
 Letters Patents above recited^ as alfo of what fl}aU, hereafter 
 become due and payable upon the faid feveral Annuities Quar- 
 terly^ during the Life of the faid Queen Dowager, and for fo 
 doings this Jhall be your Warrant given at our Court at Wind- 
 for-Caflle the i-^d Day of December 1713, in the twelfth 
 Tear of our Reign, And he did afterwards, on or about 
 the 24th of December following, fign a Warrant to the Au- 
 ditor of the Receipt of her faid Majefty's Exchequer, re- 
 quiring him to make and pafs Debentures for paying to 
 fuch Perfon or Perfons, as is, are, or Ihall be liuthorized 
 to receive the Sum of nine thoufand three hundred thirty- 
 two Pounds three Shillings and four Pence three Farthings 
 for one Quarter incurr'd upon the faid feveral yearly Sums 
 therein mentioned from Lady-Day to Midfummer following, 
 and appointed the fame to be fatisfied out of the Sum of 
 five hundred thoufand Pounds appropriated by an Atfl paf- 
 fed the laft Seflion of Parliament, for or towards payment 
 of fuch Debts and Arrears as were therein mencioncd. 
 And another Warrant to the faid Auditor to make and 
 A a 3 pafs
 
 552 The Htjlorical Regifler^ 
 
 pafs Debentures for paying to the faid Qiieen,or to herTrea- 
 furer, or Receiver, the Sum of Two thoufaiid five hundred 
 Pounds, for one Qiiarter incur'd on the Penfion of ten thou- 
 fand Pounds from Lady- Day 171 3, to Midfummer then 
 laft p^ft, and appointed the fame to be fatisfy'd out of the 
 Sum of Five hundred thoufand Pounds appropriated by an 
 A£l pafsM the then hft Sefiion of Parliament, for or to- 
 wards Payment of fuch Debts and Arrears as were therein 
 mentioned ; whereby the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and 
 Earl Mortimer^ did moft wickedly betray the Honour of 
 her late Majefty and the Imperial Crown of thefe Realms, 
 in advifing her Majefly, under Colour of the faid Letters 
 P-itents, and without the Advice of her Council or her 
 Parliament, to dire6l the iffuing of the Revenue provided 
 by Parliamentj for the Support of the Honour and Dig- 
 nity of her Crown, to the Ufe and Benefit of the open 
 and avow'd Adherents of the Pretender ; and did moft 
 arbitrarily, illegally, and corruptly advife the Imbezil- 
 ment and Mifapplication of fo much of the faid Sum of 
 Five hundred thoufand Pounds, in Contetnpt and De- 
 fiance of the exprefs Appropriation of an.Adl of Parliament. 
 ^rt. XXI. That whereas by the ancient and undoubted 
 Laws of this Kingdom, no Perfon being a natural-born 
 Subjedlof this Realm, or within any of the Dominions 
 thereunto belonging, and having committed and being 
 under rlie Guile of High Treafon, ought to be received 
 within this Kingdom, as a publick Minifter, or with any 
 Charafler from any Foreign Prince, State, or Potentate : 
 And whereas fome Time in the Year 1713, one Patrick 
 lilechy fttling him fflfj and commonly calFd Sir Patrick 
 Lavolej's^ an />-(/7^ Fapiil", (who had ferv'd with he late 
 King yaynes the Second^ in the War in Ireland^ aga.nft his 
 late M<i):fty King V/iHiam the Third of ever gloric is Me- 
 mory ; had follovv'd the fiid King James into France^ and 
 continu'd in the mcft o^>en and avowM Manner in his 
 Interefts and 5.*ervice, and in Rebellion againft his faid Ma- 
 jefty King WVIiam^ had bore higii Commifli^ns, and been 
 in open Arms aaainft her late Majefty Queen /inne \n the 
 lilt War in Spain) did come into this Kingdom, and pre- 
 tended to have, and did take on himfelf the Character of 
 a Minifter fan from Thihp King of Spain^ to her late Ma- 
 }^^yi to rreat of Matters of the greateft Importance to 
 the Honour and Safety of her Majefty and her Kingdoms, 
 and having given l^otice of the fame to Robert Earl of 
 Oxford and F.arl Mortimer^ then Lord High Treafurer of 
 Gnat Britain^ and oi iier Majsfty's Privy Council, and 
 
 who
 
 from ]uly 1714, f^ Jan. 1716. 353 
 
 who then afTumM to hirafelf the fupreme Diredlion in 
 her Majefty's Counfels ; he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford 
 and Earl Mortimer^ was not only wanting in his Duty to 
 her Majefty, in not advifmg her Majefty againft receiv- 
 ing and admitting the faid Likfh alias LawJefs in the Qua- 
 lity aforefaid ; but did, together with other falfe and 
 evil Counfellors, advife her Majefty to receive and admit 
 him as a Minifter from his faid Catholick Majefty. And 
 the faid Earl did prefume frequently to meet, confer, and 
 negociate the moft important Affairs of this Nation with 
 the faid Lilech alias Lavpkfs, in the Quality aforefaid. And 
 the better to conceal his laid illegal and dangerous Mea- 
 fures from her faid Majefty, he the faid Robert Earl of 
 Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ was privy, confenting, and 
 advifing, that the faid Lilech alias Lavokfs fhould be intro- 
 duced to her faid Majefty, and fhould be received and 
 treated with by her Minifters, under the falfe and dif- 
 guifed Name of Don Carh Mqro, And the Houfe of 
 Lords, fome time in the Months of /^pril^ I7i4> Slaving 
 taken Notice of the faid dangerous Attempt of the faid 
 Lilech alias Lawhfiy on or about the 9th of the faid Month, 
 made an humble Addrefs to her Majefty^ That Jhe would be 
 gracioujiy pleased to ifne her Roydl Proclamation^ commanding 
 '*tll proper Officers and Magiftrates to make diligent Search for^ 
 and to apprehend all Popijh Priefts^ and to put the laves in 
 Execution againft them^ and hkewife to enquire after, and 
 apprehend all f»ch Perfons as had ferVd in Armi againft her 
 Majefty^ or their Ute Majefties King William and Queen Mary, 
 and who were then within this Kingdom^ contfary to Law^ to 
 the End they might be brought to Juftice : To which her 
 Majefty was gracioufly pleas'd to return an Anfwer to the 
 EflFea following, yiz.. That flie would give Orders purfuani 
 thereunto^ and a Proclamation did accordingly iftiie : And 
 on the faid 9th Day of April^ the Houfe of Lords having 
 under their Confideration what further Security could be 
 provided for ftreng^hening the Proteftant Succefllon in the 
 Houfe of HanQy>ery came to the following Refolution, -viz. 
 That no Perfon^ being a natural born SubjeSi of Great Bri- 
 tain, or within ary of the Dominions thereunto belongingy and 
 who haying traiteroujly ferv'd againft her Majefty^ ought to 
 be receiVd as a Publich Minifter^ or with any CharaSler wifA- 
 in this Kingdom : Notwithftanding which, he the faid 
 Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ having no Re- 
 gard to the Safety of her Majefty's Perfon, or to the Se- 
 curity of the Proteftant Succeflion, and fetting himfelf 
 in uuer Defiance, not only of the Advice and Refolution 
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 354 Th^ Htfiorical Regifter^ 
 
 of the Houfe of Lords, but of her Ma)efty*s AiTurances to 
 that Koiife of Parliament, and of her Royal Authority 
 and Command by her Proclamation under the Great Seal ; 
 inftead of doing what in him lay to have apprehended, 
 and brought, or causM the faid Likch alias Lavekfs to be 
 brought fo juftice, did afterwards, on or about the lyth 
 of Marchy 17I4> moft wickedly and treacherouily adrife 
 her Majefty to fign a Warrant, direSing the Payment of 
 One Thoufand Pound Sterling to Daniel Arthur^ Efq; for 
 fpecial Services, which being accordingly ifiu*d and re- 
 ceived by the faid Arthur^ he the faid Earl did privately 
 and corruptly dired the fdid Arthur to pay the fame, and 
 accordingly the /aid Thoufnid Pounds was paid to the 
 VTe of the faid Larvlefs : And the faid Robert Earl of Ox- 
 ford and Earl Mortimer^ did, at other Time?, in a fiiliti- 
 ous and fcandalous Manner, diredl the Payment of other 
 confiderable Sums of Money cur of her Majefty's Trea- 
 sure, to the faid LiJech alias Lavolefs^ which were accord- 
 ingly paid to him ; altho' it w;is notorious, that the faid 
 tilech alias Lawlefs had not only traiteroufly ferv'd in 
 Arms againft her Majefty, but had been the Minifter and 
 Agent of the Pretender at the Court of Madrid^ and was 
 under ftrong Sufpicions of being fent into ErigLtnd under 
 the Prentences afovefaid, fecretly to promote the Intereft 
 of the Pretendfr in thefe Kingdoms. By ill which cor- 
 rupt and evil CounfeJs, he the faid Robert Earl of Oxford 
 and Earl Mortimer, did moft bafely and ungratefully ex- 
 pofe the Perfon of her Sacred Majedy, did what in him 
 Jay to enervate and render inrffe^lual the Advice of Par- 
 liamenr, and her Majefly's mod folemn Declarations, in 
 a Matter of nearefl Concern to her Majefly and her King- 
 doms, and by countenancing, in the moft corrupt and 
 fcandalous Manner, the fecret EniiiTiries of the Pretender, 
 did, by that MeanSj greatly encourage his open Adherents, 
 to the apparent Danger of th? Proteftant Succefiion to th» 
 Imperial Crown of thefe Reaims, 
 
 ^rt. XXII. That whereas her late Ma)?fty Qijeen yinne^ 
 after feveral unfuccefsful Attempts, in Conjunflion with 
 her Allies, to eftablifh hi? prefent Imperial Majefly on the 
 Throne of Sfain^ being inform'd, that the People of Cata- 
 tonia were inciinM to call off the Yoke imposed upon 
 ehem by the French^ and to return to the Obedience of the 
 Houfe of Auftria^ and her Majefty being defirous to main- 
 tain and improve that good Difpofition in them, and to 
 induce tliem to put the fame fpeedily in Execution, did 
 ftnd Mitf>rd Crovo^ Ef<]-, to them, with necelTary Powers 
 
 and
 
 from]\ily 1714, to]'dn. 1716. 355 
 
 and Inftrudlions to carry on fo great a Work, for the Ad- 
 vantage of her Service, and the Good of the common 
 Caufe •, and to that End, to treat with the Catalans^ or 
 .any other People of Spain.) about their coming into the 
 Intereft of K'xug Charles theThird, his prefent Imperial 
 Majefty, and joining with her Majefty and her Allies 
 againft the common Enemy : And her Majefty, after her 
 gracious AfTurances to aflift them with Men and Money, 
 Was pleasM to authorize her faid Minifter, to give them 
 her urmoft AfTurances to procure the Eftablifhment of all 
 fuch Ri^Hhts and Immunities, as they had formerly enjoy ""d 
 under the Houfe of Aufiria ; that for their further Satis- 
 fa6lion, Ihe had fent for Powers from King Charles the 
 Third for confirming the fame, and was willing to be- 
 come Guarantee that it fhould be done: Neverthelefs, on 
 this exprefs Condition, that they fhould receive the faid 
 King Charles as lawful King of Spain^ and utterly re- 
 nounce the Houfe of Bourbon. And, together with the 
 faid Inftrudtions, her Majefly was pleas'd to fign, and 
 caufe to be delivered to her faid Miniller, Credential Let- 
 ters to the Nobility, Magiftrates, and all other Officers 
 Civil and Military of Catalonia^ defiring them to depend 
 on the-Promifes he fhould make them in her Name. And 
 in her Majefty's Inllruflions to the Earl of Feterhorough^ 
 and to Sir Cloudejly Shovel^ in or about the Month of May^ 
 I707, thej^ are ordered to ufe their utmoft Endeavours- to 
 induce the Catalans to join with them in their Undertak- 
 ingj and to allure them of her Ma jelly's Support, and to 
 promife them, in the Queen's Name, that flie would fe- 
 cure them a Confirmation of their Rights and Privileges 
 from the King of Spairij that they might be fettled on a 
 lafiing Foundation to them and their Pofterities. And in 
 Cafe Perfwafions ihould not prevail, and the Catalans 
 fhould not make a fuitable Return to thofe kind Offers, 
 they were ordered to annoy tkeir Towns on the Coafis of 
 Spain^ and to reduce them by Force. And, in Conformi- 
 ty to thefe Inflru6lions, a Manifefto or Declaration was 
 prepared, by the Privitj' and Advice of Robert Earl of 
 Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ then one of her Majefty's Prin- 
 cipal Secretaries of State, and deliver'd to the faid Earl 
 of Peterborough^ full, on the one Hand, of the Affurances 
 afore-mention'd, and, on the other Hand, of Menaces to 
 them, in Cafe they declined her Ma^efty's Overtures,which 
 Manifel^o was afterwards publifli'd by him the faid Ear! 
 of Peterborough in Catahnia : And whereas the Nobility, 
 
 Clergy,
 
 55^ The Hi ft or teal Regifler, 
 
 Clergy, and the whole Principality of Catalonia^ and the 
 Inhabitants of the Ifle of Majorca^ relying on the Faith 
 of thofe Royal AiTurances, did utterly abandon the Houfe 
 of Bourbon, and acknovvledg'd King Charles the Third, his 
 yrefent Imperial Majefty, for their lawful Sovereign, and 
 did join their Arms with thofe of her Majefty and her 
 Allies againft the Duke of Aijou : And it having pleas'd 
 Almighty God fo far to blefs her Majefty's pious and ge- 
 nerous Undertaking, as by moft fignal Succefies, in a fhort 
 Time, to deliver the Principality of Catalonia from the 
 teavy Yoke of French Bondage ; and great Supplies having 
 been granted by Parliament, for the reducing the whole 
 Kingdom of Spain to the Obedience of the Houfe of 
 Auflria, the Arms of her Majefty and her Allies were 
 attended with vaft Succefles, having twice entered the 
 Capital City of that l^ingdom, and obtained many other 
 iignal Conquefts, to the great Advantage of the common 
 Caufe. And thro* the whole Progrefs thereof, the Bravery 
 and Firmnefs of the Catalans being always remarkable, 
 thereby, as well as from the repeated Affurances given to 
 them from Time to Time in her Majefty's Name, by 
 every General and Minifter fent from Great Britain to 
 Spain, the Hearts of that brave People were united by the 
 llrongeft Tyes of Affedion and Gratitude to feer Majefty, 
 and were juftly held in the ftriiteft Dependence on the 
 Continuance of her Royal Procedlica •, he the faid Roher*; 
 Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ being an Enemy to 
 the common Liberty of Europe^ and having traiteroufty 
 entered into Confpiracies with the Minifters of Trance, 
 for fubjedling the whole SpaniJJj Monarchy to the Houfe of 
 Bourbon, and de/igning moft malicioufly the utter Ruin 
 and Deftru6lion of the ancient Rights, Liberties, and 
 Privileges of the Catalans^ who had made fo glorious a 
 Stand for the Prefervation of them, did, together with 
 other falfe and evil Counfellors, form a moft difhono\ira- 
 Lle, wicked, and cruel Conrrivance, not only for aban- 
 doning the Catalans to the Fury and Revenge of the Duke 
 of A^jou, and his Adherents, but for the final E:ictirpation 
 of all their Rights, Liberties^ and Privileges : And in 
 Execution of that his Intention, during the private, fepa- 
 arate, and pernicious Negociation of Peace, which was 
 carry'd on between him and the Mvnifters of France, and 
 before any Negociation of Peace was fet on Foot, in due 
 Form of Law, between the Crowns of Great Britain an4 
 Spain, did advife her Majefty to give Direilions to the 
 Lord Lexington, her Embailador to the Court of Spain, to 
 
 acknowledge
 
 from July 171 4, r^ Jan, 1716, ^^57 
 
 acknowledge the Duke of Atijou King of Spain ; but was 
 greatly wanting in his Diuy to her Majefty, in not ad- 
 vifing her to give Inftruflions to her faid Minifter, at 
 the fame Time, peremptorily and abfolutely to infift on 
 the fecuring the Catalan Liberties at the Conclufion of the 
 Peace. And altho* the private, feparate, and treacherous 
 Pra£lices of Jiim the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl 
 Mortimer^ and others, in Combination with the Minifters 
 of France^ did afterwards, on or about the iSth of Marchy 
 17 1 2, neceflitate his prefent Imperial Majelly to conclude 
 a Treaty for the evacuating Catalonia^ (whereof her Ma- 
 jelty was Guarantee) without any exprefs and pofitive Sti- 
 pulation for the Catalan Liberties, (his Luperial Majefty 
 relying, in that Refpefl, on her Majefly*s Declaration, to 
 inttrpofe for them in the moft efFedlual Manner, and on 
 the Promifes of the French King to join his Endeavours 
 for the fame Pnrpofe) And akho' her Sacred Majefly did, 
 both before and after, frequently declare to her Minifters 
 in Spain, that flie thought herfelf under the flrongeft 
 Ties of Honour and Confcience, not to abandon a People, 
 whom the Necefiity of the War had obliged her to draw 
 int« her Intereft. And tho* the French King did not join 
 his Endeavours for the Purpofes aforefaid, he the faid 
 RoBert :Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ together with 
 other faife and wicked Counfellors, having from Time to 
 Time amusM and deceived the diftrefs'd Catalans, with 
 groundlefs Hopes of her Majelly's effedlual Interpofitions 
 in their Favour, and thereby engaging them in a more 
 obftinate Defenc* of their Territories againft the Duke of 
 y^njon, was not only highly wanting in his Duty to her 
 Mdjeliy, by not doing wliat in him lay, as a faithful Mi- 
 nifler, to have prevented the-Conclufion of the Treaty of 
 Peace with Spain, till juft and honourable Conditions were 
 fecur'd for the Catalans, but did falfly, maliciouHy, and 
 treacheroufly advife her Majefty to conclude a Peace with 
 the King of Spain, without any Security for the ancient 
 and juft Rights, Liberties, and Privileges of that brave, 
 but unhappy Nation ; and did further advife her Majefty 
 to fend Sir James Wijhart, her Admiral, with a large 
 Squadron of Men of War, at a great Expence, to favour 
 the King of Spain in the Siege of Barcelona, the Capital 
 City of Catalonia, and with exprefs Inftruftions, that, in 
 Cafe the Inhabitants of Majorca, fliould refufe the Terms 
 that fliould be offer'd them by the Duke of /^njou, to em- 
 ploy his Squadron in countenancing and allifting all At- 
 tempts that fliould be made for reducing ihem to a due 
 
 Obedience'
 
 558 The Wflorical Re^ijier^ 
 
 rnp 
 
 Obedience. By which tnoft vile and deteftable Counfels, 
 htr facred Majefty, contrary to her pious Intentions, the 
 Faith of Nations, and the Duties of Religion and Huma- 
 nity itfelf, and contrary to her mofl folemn AfTurances, 
 was prevailed on to abandon a diftrefsM People, drawn in 
 and engagM by her own Invitation, into an open War 
 with the Duke of Anjou^ for the Prefervation oF the Li- 
 berties of Ertropffy and the Commerce of Great Britain^ 
 and the Perfons, Eftates, Dignities, Rights, Liberties, and 
 Privileges of the Catalansj were given up as a SacriHce 
 to the implacable Refentment of their enrag'd and power- 
 ful Enemy ; and the Honour of the Br'nijh Nation, always 
 renownM for the Love of Liberty, and for gn^ing Pro 
 teflion to the diftrefs'd AlTertors of it, was rdoft bafeJy 
 proftitured, and a free and generous People, the faithful 
 and ufefu] Allies of this Kingdom, were betrayM, in the 
 moft unparallel'd Manner, into irrecoverable Slavery : 
 And in Confequence of which moft difhonourable and per- 
 fidious Counfels, the moft execrable Hoftilities, Burnings 
 and Plunderings were committed upon them throughout 
 the whole Province, without fparing the EfFufion of in- 
 nocent Blood, and without the Diftindlion of Age or Sex ; 
 and that unfortunate People were afterwards forcM to un- 
 dergo the utmoft Miferies of a Siege, in their Capital 
 City of Barcsl^nay during which, grea: Multitudes of 
 them perifliM by Famine and the Sword ; many of them 
 have fince been executed ; and great Numbers of the Nobi- 
 lity of Catatonia, who fot their Conftancy and Bravery 3, in 
 Defence of their Liberties, and for their Services in Con- 
 jundtion with her Majefty, and her Allies, had, in all 
 Honour, juftice, and Confcience, the higheft Claim to her 
 Majefty 's Protedlion, are now difpers'd in Dungeons^ 
 throughout the Spanijh Dominions ; and not only the Cata- 
 lan Liberties extirpated, but, by thofe wicked Counfels of 
 him the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimet^ Co- 
 talonta itfelf is almoft become defolate. 
 
 All which Crimes and Mifdemeaiiors were committed 
 and done by him the faid Earl againft: our Sovereign Lady 
 the Queen, her Crown, and Dignity, the Peace and Inte- 
 fcft of this Kingdom, and in Breach of the feveraJ Trufts 
 repos'd in him the faid Earl. 
 
 And he the faid Earl of Oxford and Earl Menimt^ 
 was one of the Comraiflioners of the Treafury, or Lord 
 High Treafurer of Great Britain^ and one of her Ma- 
 jefty *s Privy Council, during the Time that all as3d eve- 
 
 3rj
 
 from July 1714, to Jan. 1716. 359 
 
 ry the Crimes before fee forth were done and com- 
 mitted. 
 
 For which Matters and Things, the Knights, Citizens, 
 and Burgeffes of the Houfe of Commons in Parliament 
 aflembled, do, in the Name of themfelves, and of all the 
 Commons of Great Britain^ impeach the faid Robert Earl 
 of Oxford and Earl Mortimer of High Treafon, and other 
 High Crimes and Mifdemeanours in the faid Articles con- 
 tain*d. And the faid Commons by Proteftation faring to 
 themfelves the Liberty of exhibiting at any Time here- 
 after, any other Accufations or Impeachments againft the 
 faid Earl, and alfo of replying to the Anfwers which the 
 faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ftiall make to 
 the Premifes, or any of them, or to any Impeachment or 
 Accufation that (hall be by them exhibited, according to 
 the Courfe and Proceedings of Parliament, do pray, that 
 the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^ be put 
 to anfwer all and every the Premifes; and that fuch Pro- 
 ceedings, Examinations, Trials, and Judgments may be 
 upon them, and every of them had and ufcd, as (hall be 
 agreeable to Law and Juftice. And they do further pray 
 and demand, that the faid Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl 
 Mortimer may be fequefter'd from Parliament, and forth- 
 with committed to fafe Cuflody. 
 
 Aug, 2. The Commons order*d the Thanks of their 
 Houfe to be given to Dr. Lirfordy for the Sermon by him 
 preached the Day before at Sr. Margaret\^ Wefiminfier^ be- 
 fore the Houfe. Then the engrofs'd Bill from the Lords, 
 entitled, ^n A£l for making more effeflital her late Maje/iy^s 
 graciotti Intentions for augmenting the Maintenance of the 
 poor Clergy y was read the third Time, and refolv'd. That 
 the Bill with the Amendments do pafs. The fame Day 
 the King went to the Houfe of Peers, and the Commons 
 being fent for and attending, his Majefty gave the Royal 
 AiTent to the following Bills. 
 
 An ASl for the letter freyenting Mutiny and Defertion^ hy 
 enforcing and making more effe£lual an AB of this frefent 
 Farliamenty entitled^ An AB for the better regulating the 
 Forces to be continued in his Majefiy'i Seryice^ and for the Pay- 
 ment of the faid Forces and their Quarters. 
 
 An AB for making more efeBual her late Majefifs gra- 
 cioui Intentions fer augmenting the Maintenance of the poor 
 Clergy, 
 
 An
 
 360 The Htflorkal Regtfter^ 
 
 An AB to rejlrain aU Waggoners^ Carriers and others^ from 
 drawing any Carriage vaitb more than fiye Horfes in Length. .' 
 And to three private Bills. 
 
 On the 3d of Augufi^ the Commons, before they went 
 intd a Committee of the whole Houfe upon the Bill for en- 
 larging the Fund of the Bank of England, &c. order'd, that 
 it be an Inftrudbion to the faid Commitree, that they hat^e 
 Power to receive a Claufe for explaining the AifV which 
 paflfed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne (of 
 blelTed Memory) for Payment of Debts and Arrears to her 
 Servants, Tradefmen, and others, fo far as the faid A€t 
 did relate, or was intended to relate, to the Debt which 
 •was owing by her Majefty for Works performed and Ma- 
 terials delivered for the Building at Blenheim, and was in- 
 curred within the time during which the faid Building 
 was carried on at her Majefty's Expence, After this, the 
 Committee went through the faid Bill, and made feveral 
 Amendments to it, which, the next Day, were reported, 
 agreed to, and the Bill orderM to be ingrolTed. 
 
 On the 4th of Augu/i, Mr. Walpole from the Committee 
 of Secrecy acquainted the Houfe, that the Committee had 
 in Obedience to the Commands of the Houfe, prepared Ar- 
 ticles of Impeachment of High Trer^fon, and other High 
 Crimes and Mifdemeanours againft Henry Vifcount BoHng- 
 broke ; and that the Committee had commanded him, at 
 the fame Time, to acquaint the Houfe, that they (hall, in 
 a {hort Time, have further Articles to lay before the Houfe 
 againft the faid Vifcount ; and that the Committee had di- 
 rected him to report the Articles already prepared, to the 
 Houfe. Then Mr. Walpole read the faid Articles in hi* 
 Place, and afterwards deliver'd them at the Table where 
 they were once read, and afterwards a fecond Time, Ar- 
 ticle by Article, and upon the Queftion feverally put 
 thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe; and order'd firft, 
 that the faid Articles be ingroffed ; ^dly, chat a Claufe be 
 prepared, for faving Liberty to the Commons to exhibit 
 any farther Articles againft the faid Henry Vifcount Baling- 
 broke '^ and that he may be fequeftred from Parliameuc 
 and committed to fafe Cuftody. 
 
 On the 5th Mr. Secretary Stanhoffe acquainted the Com- 
 mons, that their Addrefs of the 17th of ^tine laft relating, 
 to the Coining of Halfpence and Farthings, having been 
 prefented to bis Majefty, his Majefty was pleafed graci- 
 oufly to anfwer, that when his Majejiy JhaU think proper to 
 giye Order for Coining new Halfpence and Farthings^ he will 
 
 takt
 
 from July 1714, fg Jan. 17 16. 361 
 
 take Care that it be done in the mofi advantageous Manner 
 for the PubJick. 
 
 On the fame Day, Mr. Walpole, from the Commictee of 
 Secrecy, acquainted the Houfe, that the Committee had, 
 in Obedience to the Commands of the Houfe, prepared 
 Articles of Impeachment of High Treafon, and other 
 High Crimes and Mifdemeanours, againft ^ames Duke of 
 Qrmond, which they had diredled him to report to the 
 FJoufe. Then Mr. Wal^ole read the faid Articles in his 
 Place, and afterwards deliver'd them in at the Table, 
 where they were once read ; and afterwards a fecond Time, 
 Article by Article. A Motion being made, and the 
 Queftion put, that the Houfe agree to the firft Article, 
 there arofe a warm Debate, in which feveral remarkable 
 Speeches were made. Among the reft, a Member faid, 
 that the Report of the Committee of Secrecy had begua 
 to open his Eyes ; and that the Duke of Ormond's Flight 
 had fully convinced him, that the Heads of the Tory Par- 
 ty were a Set of Knaves and Villains, who defign'd to 
 have ruin'd their Country, and made it a Province of 
 France. The Lord Stanhope eldeft Son to the Enrl of CAe- 
 fierfield faid, he never wifii'd to fpill the Blood of any of his 
 Countrymen, much lefs the Blood of any Nobleman ; but 
 that he was perfuaded, that the Safety of his Country re- 
 quired that Examples Ihould be made of thofe who had 
 befray'd it in fo infamous a Manner. The Lord Fimh^ 
 eldeft Son to the Earl of Nottingham^ fpoke alfo on the 
 fame Side ; and after fome other Speeches, the firft Article 
 Was agreed to by a Majority of 177 Voices againft 78 ; 
 and then the other Articles, upon the Qiieftion feveraiJy 
 put thereupon, were alfo agreed unto by the Houfe : After 
 which it was order* d, »ft, that the faid Articles be in- 
 grofted ; idly, that a CUufe be prepared for faving Liber- 
 ty to the Commons to exhibit any further Articles againft 
 the faid James^ Duke of Ormond^ and that he may be 
 fequefter'd from Parliament, and committed to fafe Cu- 
 ftody. 
 
 Auguft 6, the faid ingrofted Articles, againft Henry Vif- 
 count Bolingbroke, were read, after which it was order 'd, 
 I ft, That Mr. Waif oh do carry the faid Articles to the 
 Lords ; adly, That Mr. Walpole be directed (before he ex- 
 hibits the faid Articles to the Lords) to impeach Henry 
 Vifcounc Eolwgbroh to the EfF^dl followingj yir.» 
 
 my
 
 562 The Hiftorical Regifler^ 
 
 My Lords, 
 T/;e Commons ajfembUd in "Parliament haying receiy'd Infor- 
 mation of diyers traiterom Praflices and Vejigns of a great 
 Peer of this Houfe, Henry Vifcount Bolin^broke, haye com- 
 manded me to impeach the faid Henry Vifcount Rolingbroke 
 of High Treafony and other High Crimes and Mifdemeanours : 
 And I do here in their Names^ and in the Names of all the 
 Commons of Great Brirain, impeach the faid Henry Vifcount 
 Bolingbroke of High Treafon^ and other High Crimes and 
 Mifdemeanours. I am further commanded by the Houfe of 
 Commons to pray and demand of your LordjhipSy that the faid 
 Henry Vifcount Bolingbroke may be fegueflred from Parlia- 
 ment^ and forthwith committed to fafe Cujiody, 
 
 Accordingly, the fame Day, Mr. Walpole accompanied 
 by a great many Members of the Commons, at the Bar of 
 the Houfe of Lords, impeached Henry Vifcount Bolingbroke 
 of High Treafon, and other High Crimes and Mifdemea- 
 nours ; and delivered in the Articles of Impeachment a- 
 gainft him ; and did pray and demand that the faid Vif- 
 count might be fcqueftred from Parliament j and forth- 
 with committed to fafe Cuftody. 
 
 When we firft fet about this Work, we propofed to our 
 felves to reduce the Whole into one Volume ; but finding 
 our Subjedt grow upon our Hands, and that the Relation 
 would be imperfe6t if we confin'd our felves to fo narrow 
 a Com pa fs, we are obliged to make two Volumes of this 
 Hiftory ; and therefore will here clofe the Firft, and be- 
 |in the Second with the Articles aboremcmion'd. 
 
 The End of the Firji Volume,
 
 TABLE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Principal Matters 
 
 Contained in the 
 
 Firft Volume. 
 
 THe Introdu^ion 5 Jlie'-Jiing kov) the Cro'von of thefe 
 Realms came to devolve on his -prefent Majefiy King 
 George ^ 'with an Account of the Queen s lilnefs and 
 Death^ pag. i, fo 21 *, in i»>hich are contain'^d^ 
 
 1. Akfiraii of the ASl of Settlement^ 12 W, 3. oVjG. i, r. 
 2. pag. 1. 
 
 2. Ahftraa of the Acl 485 A. c. §. for the hetter Se^ 
 curity of her Majejiy^s Ferfon^ and the Succefjion of the 
 Cro'wn of England in the Frotejfant Dne^ pag. 4 
 
 3. Second Article ef the Union- Aci^ ^, A. c. 8. ^herehy all 
 the former AEi 5 for fettling the Succejfwn^ are cof firm'' d^ 
 and extended to Scotland, pag. 10 
 
 4. Death of the Frincefs Sophia, pag. to 
 
 5. Letter from the Queen to tlie Frincefs Sophia, pag, 
 II. 
 
 60 Letter from the Queen to the Duke of Cambridge, 
 
 pag. 12. 
 7, Letter from the Earl of Oxford, Lord High Treafurer^ 
 
 to the Elector of Brunfwick, pag. 1 3 . 
 2. Account of the Qiueen'*s Sicknefs and Deaths pag. 14, 
 
 to the End, 
 
 AhftraSi of the Report of the Committee of Secrecy^ pag. 
 
 164, tQ 270, 
 A hrief Account of Puhifck Affairs ftnce Anguft ^, 1710, 
 
 tc June 5, iji/^^ prefented t.a tks Quesnky the Earl of 
 
 Ox/ord.
 
 The TABLE. 
 
 Oxford. To 'which is added^ the State of Affairs ahroad^ 
 AS they relate to the Kingdom^ luith fome humhle Propofals 
 for fecuring the future Tranquillity of her Majefiys 
 ■^eign^ and the Safety of Tier Kingdom^ page 256, 
 
 ADDRESSES. 
 
 Of the Houfe of Peers of Great Britain to the King^ pag. 
 8. His MajeJ}y'*s Anfwer^ pag. 9. Of the Houfe of 
 Lords to the King^ pag. 113, 358. • The King*s Anj^uer^ 
 pag. 116,339. 
 
 Qf the Houfe of Commons^ tc the King^ pag. 9. His Ma- 
 jejiy^s An/isoer^ pag. 10. 
 
 Of the fame J to the King^ pag. 118. His Majefly''s An^ 
 fifjer^ pag. 122. Of the fame^ to the King^^ V^Z' IZ'^- 
 The Kirig's Afifiioer^ pag. 333. 
 
 Articles of Impeachment agalvji Robert Earl of Oxford 
 
 and £«r/ Mortimer, pag. 288. 
 Further Articles of Impeachment againft the fald Earl^ 
 
 pag. 343- 
 
 Affajfination Confpirators move the Court of King's Bench 
 to he admitted to Bail^ pag. 68. 
 
 Tlie mofi fad and deplorable Cafe of Robert Blackburne, 
 John Bernardi, Robert Caffels, Robert Meldrum, and 
 John Chambers, humh'ly prefented to th Parliament of 
 Great Britain, pag. 143. 
 
 Ceremony of the Interment of Queen A.nne, pag. 26. 
 
 J)ir£Clions to the Clergy^ fgn'^ ^y the King^ for the preferv 
 ing of Unity in the Churchy and the Purity of the Chriftian 
 Faith^ concerning the Holy Trinity ; and alfo for preferv 
 ing the Peace and Quiet of the State^ pag. 77. 
 
 ^xtraclof the Refolution of the States-General of the united 
 Provinces^ upon the Earl of Strafford's notifying to them 
 the Queens Death^ and the King's Accejfion^ pag. 
 
 ExtraSl of the States-GeneraVs Refolution upon the Memo- 
 rial prefented to them hy M. Kelingraff, Refident of 
 Hanover, together luith a Letter from King George, 
 pag. 32. 
 
 ii% George ye^5 owf /row Herenhaufen, pag. 42. Ar- 
 rives in Holland, 43. Embarks for England, and 
 arrives at Greenwich, 47. Makes his puhlick Entry 
 into London, and arrives at St. James'5, 49, to 52. 
 His Majpfty'sfirft Declaration in Council j 5 3. Ceremony 
 
 of hisCoroK^.tion, 59> ^c. t'tt'-t 
 
 LET"
 
 The TABLE. 
 
 LETTERS, 
 
 From the Queen to the Princefs Sophia. Introdn^lon^ pSg. 
 
 II. 
 From the Queen to the Duke of Cambtidge. IntroduStion, 
 
 pag. 12. 
 From the Earl of Oxford, to the EieSlor of Brunfwick. 
 
 Intrrduftion, pag. 13. 
 To the Spanifli Merchants in London, from their Gcrrefpn^ 
 
 dents at Cadiz, pag. 27. 
 From the King to the States-General^ pag. 36, 62. 
 From the Duke of Lorrain to M. Lamberti, his MSmJfer at. 
 
 the Court of Great Britain, relating to the Fretender^s 
 
 Refidence in his Dominions^ pag. 71. 
 From the Earl of Oxford to the Queen^ pag. 2$$. 
 Letter fuhfcri^d R. W, to the Lord S— at the Bath, 
 
 pag. 281. 
 
 MEMORIALS. 
 
 Of Mr. Prior, Plenipotentiary of Great Britain, to the 
 
 Court of France, touching the Demolition of Dunkirk, 
 pag. 53. 
 The Anfnxer returned hy the Court of France to the /aid 
 
 Memorial^ pag. 64. 
 Of the Earl of Stair to his moji Chrifiian Majefty^ about the 
 
 Canal and intended Port at Mardike, pag. 92. 
 His moft Chrijtian Majejifs Anfvoer to the Earl of Stair's 
 
 Memorial J pag. 98. 
 
 Names of the Lords Jujiices^ during the Ahfence of the 
 
 the Succejfor^ pag. 1,2. 
 Names of the Ferfons 'who fign'd the Proclamation for frO' 
 
 claiming King George, pag. 3. 
 Names of the Privy-Council fir fi a f pointed "hy his Majejiy^ 
 
 P'^§- S3- 
 Names of the Committee of Secrecy^ appointed hy the Houfe 
 
 of Commons^ P^g- i33' 
 
 ORDERS. 
 
 Of the Earl MarJJial for a general Mourning for the Queen's 
 
 Death^ pag. 25* 
 Ofthefame^ for the Queen'' s hterment^ ibid, 
 
 • Of
 
 The T A B L E. 
 
 Of the fame^ relating to the King^s Entry into London, 
 
 pag. 48. 
 By the King In Couneil^ relating to the Prayers to he made 
 
 in Churches^ for the Royal Family^ pag. 56, 48. 
 Py the King in Council^ relating to the taking from the Earl of 
 
 Str&Sord his Original Inftruciions and OrderSy pag. 82, 
 
 PROCLAMATIONS. 
 
 Rr firocUmiKg the King^ pn^. 2. 
 
 By the Lords Juftices of Ireland, for frocUtming the King^ 
 
 pag. 4. 
 By the L^rds yujtices^ -erdering the Payment of 1 00,000 A 
 
 to any Psrfon 'voho Jhall fei'^ the Pretend t r, pag. 4 5 . 
 By the King^ declaring las Majefly^s Fleafare touching his 
 Royal Coronation^ and the Soiemfiity thereof pag. 56. 
 
 ,^ .1. 1 for the fuppreffing of Riots ^ pag. 67. 
 
 > ■ For putting the Laws in Execution againji 
 
 Pafifs and Nonjurors^ pag. 73. 
 » . For a fuhlick Thanh/giving ^ to he ohferv^d in 
 
 England and Scotland, pag. 76. 
 
 For dijfolving the Parliament^ and declaring 
 
 tkeffeedy calling another^ pag. 83. 
 
 For the Encouragement of Piety and Virtue^ 
 
 and for the preventing and punijhi-g of Vice^ Prophane- 
 nefs and IminoraHty^ ibid. 
 
 For difcovering the Author^ Printer^ and 
 
 P'ihlijh-^rs of a malicious and traiterous Lihel^ entitled^ 
 Englifk Advice to the Freeholders of England ; and 
 
 for preventingRiots and Tumults at the enfuing Ekcfions of 
 Members to ferve in Parliament^ pag. 8^. 
 
 . — ^ .^ For calling a nero Parliament^ pag. 88. 
 
 _-. Declaring his Majefiys Plea fur e for continu' 
 
 ing the Officers in Great Britain and Ireland, pag. 89. 
 
 — . For the difcovering and apprehending of the 
 
 Perfons 'who harharoufly "Miounded and maim''d John Mac- 
 . Alien, an Officer oftheExcife in Scotland, /or refufing to 
 drir.k fimeyacohite or Tory HeaHhs^ pag. 90. 
 
 For elecfing and fummomng the Sixteen 
 
 Peers of Scotland, pag. 91. 
 
 Hitlti'm and Cafe of the Qual^ers^ n.mth Refpecf to many of 
 their Friends in South Britain, and their Friends in ge- 
 Tieral in North Britain, 'who cnnfcientioujly J'cruple the 
 taking of the prefent Affirmation -, prefcnted to the Houjc 
 
 of Commons^ ?^S' K*^* 
 
 frQceedin^^<i
 
 The TABLE. 
 
 Proceedings of the Second and loft Sejfwn of the Fourth Far- 
 Uament of Great Britain, being the laji of Queen Anne*f 
 Re'ign^ pag. 6, fo 22. 
 
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