THE HISTO and PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE of LORDS, FROM THE RESTORATION in 1660, TO THE PRESENT TIME. CONTAINING, The most Remarkable MOTIONS, SPEECHES, Together with all the PROTESTS during that Period. Numbers Pro and Con upon each Division. An Account of the Promotions of the feveral PEERS, and Connected with the Tranfactions of the COMMONS, AND Illuftrated with HISTORICAL NOTES and OBSERVATIONS. Together with the DEBATES in the Parliament of SCOTLAND To each VOLUME are added proper INDEXES. VOLUME the THIRD, from 1714, to 1727. LONDON: Printed for EBENEZER TIMBERLAND, in Ship-Yard, Temple-Bar, THE CONTENTS: From Auguft 1714 to June 1727, being HE Parliament meet, August 1, 1714, on the Death of Queen Anne, Page 1. Addrefs of Congratulation from the Houfe of Lords to King George I. upon his Acceffion to the Crown, ibid. The King's Anfwer, 2. The Parliament diffolv'd, ibid. A Lift of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, fummon'd to meet at Westminster, on the 17th of March, 1714-15) being the Fifth Parliament of Great Britain, 3. The First Seffion of the First Parliament An Addrefs of Thanks for the King's Speech, Page 6. Debate thereon, 7. The faid Addrefs agreed to by the Houfe, g. The King's Anfwer, ibid. Debate about the Bill for regulating the Land-Forces, ibid. Debate about the Petition of the Confpirators against King William III. Anno 1696, P. 10. Articles of Impeach- ment exhibited against Robert Earl of Oxford, 11. De- bate thereupon, ibid. The Earl of Oxford's Speech in his own Defence, against the Articles of High Treafon, Sr. exhibited by the Commons, 12. The Earl of Ox- ford voted to the Tower, 15. Debate concerning fome Expreffions in the Earl of Anglefea's Speech upon that Occafion, ibid. The Lords Addrefs to the King on Account of the Pretender's Invafion, 16. His Ma- jefty's Answer, ibid. A Bill of Attainder against Lord Bolingbroke read the 3d Time, 17. Proteft against paffing it, ibid. A Proteft againft paffing a Bill of Attainder against the Duke of Ormond, 18. Articles of Impeachment against Thomas Earl of Strafford, ibid. the Articles of Impeachment, 19. The Parliament meet, after an Adjournment of near four Months, ibid. Addrefs of Thanks to the King, for his Speech on Account of the Rebellion, 20. The King's Answer, 21. The Earl of Strafford puts in his Answer to the Articles of Impeachment, 22. Debate on a Claufe proposed to be added to the Bill for fufpending the Habeas Corpus Act, ibid. Proteft on rejecting the faid Claufe, ibid. The Bill for continuing the Sufpenfion of the Habeas Corpus Act receives the Royal Affent, 23. Addrefs to the King upon Occafion of the Pretender's heading the Rebellion in Scotland, ibid. His Majefty's Antwer, ibid. Application made to the Houfe in Favour of the Earl of Derwentwater, Lord Widdrington, Earl of Nithildale, Earl of Carnwath, Lord Kenniure, and Lord Nairn, under Sentence of Death on Account of the Rebellion, 24. Debate thereon, ibid. An Addrefs voted in their Behalf, ibid. The King's Answer to it, 25. Debate on the Preamble to the Land-Tax Bill, ib. A Committee appointed to inquire into the Right of the Lords to alter a Money-Bill, 26. A Protest enter'd thereupon by Order of the Houfe, ibid. Debate in the Houfe about a Bill for the fpeedy Trial of the Rebels, ibid. Addrefs to the King on Account of the Pretender's Flight out of Scotland, 27. His Majefty's Answer, ibil. Duke of Devonshire's Motion. for a Bill to repeal the Triennial Act, and to render Parliaments Septennial, ibid. Debate thereon, 28. The Septennial Bill committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe, 39. Proteft against it, ibid. Farther Debate on the Septennial Bill, 41. Debate on the Third Reading thereof, ibid. Protest against the paffing it, ibid. Earl of Strafford complains of the Commons Delay in regard to his Impeachment, 42. Proteft against paffing the Bill relating to the Forfeited Eftates, ibid. The Parliament prorogu'd, 43. The Second Seffion, begun February 20, 1716-17. Debate on an Addrefs of Thanks for the King's His Majefty's Anfwer, 45. Debate on the Mutiny- Complaint of the Disorders committed by the Soldiery at Oxford, 47. Several Papers relating thereto laid before the Houte, ibid. Debate thereon, ibid. The Earl of Abingdon offers a Petition from the Vice-Chancellor, the Mayor of Oxford, &c. which is refufed to be read, 49. Refolutions of a Committee of the whole Houfe relating to the Oxford Riot, 50. The Motion for agreeing with the Committee paffes in the Affirmative, ibid. Proteft on that Occafion, ibid. Addrefs of Thanks to the King for reducing 10,000 Men, giving Directions for an Act of Grace, &c. 52. The King's Answer, ibid. The Earl of Oxford's Petition to be tried, ibid. Debate whether his Impeachment was fuperfeded by a Prorogation, ibid. Proteft on that Occafion, 53. The Duke of Buckingham's Motion for fixing a Day for the Trial of the Earl of Oxford, ibid. Debate on the faid Motion, ibid. The 13th of June appointed for his Trial, 56. He petitions for two additional Council to be allowed him, which is rejected, ibid. A Lord High Steward appointed for his Trial, 57. Debate on the Commons defiring it to be farther delay'd, ibid. The Trial of the Earl of Oxford put off till the 24th of June, ibid. Account of the Proceedings at his Trial, ibid. The Lord High Steward's Speech to his Lordship on that Occafion, ibid. Mr Hampden opens the Charge of the Commons against the Earl of Oxferd, 59. Sir Jofeph Jekyll offering to make good the first Article of Impeachment, Lord Harcourt moves for the Lords to adjourn to their own Houfe, which is agreed to, 64. Debate in the House about the Method of the Managers proceeding to make good the Articles of Impeachment, ibid. The Lords refolve that the Commons proceed first to make good the Articles of High Treafon, 65. The Earl of Oxford's Trial put off to the 28th of June, ibid. The Duke of King fton reports the Commons Reafons against the Lords Refolutions communicated at a Conference, 66. The Lords refolve to adhere to their former Refolutions, 67. The Lords Reafons in Support of their Refolution, 68. A Free Conference thereupon defir'd by the Commons, 70. Which is refus'd by the Lords, ibid. The Commons Reafons for defiring a Free Conference, 71. Which the Lords infift upon refufing, bid. The Lords proceed upon the Earl of Oxford's a 2 Trial, |