HISTORY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PARLIAMENT. 
 
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To the Right Honourable 
 
 The LOUD- 
 
 71/HEN a Man refolves to turn Author^ he Immediately 
 ! ' ^ lool^s out for fame Great Man, under whofe ProteUien 
 he hopes his Worh may come into the World hitter recommen-i 
 i ded; and tho'* private Interefi hoi generally a great Inf Hence 
 
 ! in the Choice of Patrons^ 1 was refolv'd upon this Occajtott 
 without arry other Regard., to fix upon a Perfoit, whom all the 
 World fhou’d agree to have the befi Right and Title to tkk 
 bedications And here it was impojftbleto be long at a Lofsy 
 rjnere I to celebrate the Aliions of hkabem, Ramellies, and 
 ‘ Oudenard, towhomcou’d J think vf infcribing fach anVn-s 
 dertaking, but to the Great General, who was known to cotn^ 
 mand on thofe Gloriotes Days, and without naming his Name,' 
 every Body wou'd agree to whom alone the Honour was duel 
 In commemorating the three lafi Winter Campains in Parlia¬ 
 ment, which tho’not expos'd to much Danger, mitfi hi allow¬ 
 ed to require feme ConduS; and Central ftp, at whofe Feet 
 cou'd I think of laying this Treatife, but at Tour Lordjhipt, 
 and to mention your Name, woud be to fuppofe that the Fame 
 and Reputation which you have acquir'd by retrieving the Af¬ 
 fairs of the French King, was not as well known to all the 
 World, (V5 the tnifiaken Glory of rhr a/Marlborough 
 in difirejftng him, your Troops, it mufi be confeffed, were 
 good, ready at the Word of Command, to go upon any Attack, 
 refolute and determin’d to go through upon aB adventures, but 
 yet. as the Glory of mdiitling them tsintirely due to Tout 
 Lordfhip, J beg leave to lay before you this Jhort Treatife, 
 which I have undertaken not out of any Affeblion to Scribling, 
 muchlefs with Hopes of any Reward frOm Tour Lordjhip, * 1 
 will therefore neither prefix your Name, nor fubfcribe rriytwn, 
 tritfiing that the World will eafily knoW the one,, and hardtfi 
 guefs at the other. 
 
 In writing this jhort Hiftory, I have endeavour d to fiate aS 
 the Falls fairly, and in their true Light, that the whole 
 World may be Judge of theBenefiu they received from the 
 prefent Parliament, and that all England may fee, what 
 they have done for the Qplet of thefe NaWohs and the uni- 
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verfal Good, a^d that the freeholders ma) at the next 
 leBien., if they think fity make choice 'of fitch Men, m are 
 refolv’d to Aft upon the fame '^rihcipies, 'with thWame 
 Prudence and Vigor, and under the fame, 1. mean Tour 
 LordfiifsoitfffeioHsJnfiuence. . . 
 
 , No dcmty my Lord, the Expence of Management has been 
 Great, but bad onp fisori Rule been, obferv'd, and had the I 
 Members receiv'd no mere than they truly deferv'd from 
 their Country, I am of Opinion, the Commons might have been 
 paid, as they are faid to have paid the Nations Debts, with¬ 
 out one Farthing .Charge to the People. 
 
 . Far be it from me to detraBfrom the Honour of _ that Noble 
 jdjfemhlyi blit if it were no Offence to your Lordjhip’s great 
 j^adefiy, Jwoti’d take upon me to, fay, they co/dd never have 
 perform'd fo many remarkable Services, had they not firmly 
 adher’d toywtr Lord^iip, Monofyilables, 
 
 Tothefe therefore andyour .Lordjhipy the Honour is due, of 
 dS that the following Sheets contain-, Fo your Lord^iips great 
 Truth and Sincerity, is^ owing the prefent indefeafthle Security' 
 of the Frotefiani Succeffion in the Houfe of H A N O V E R, 
 and the perfeU Frkndjhip between Her Majefiy and that lllu- 
 firioMS Houfe.. To your Lordfiiip’s Zeal, pr the Efiablifh'd 
 Religion, and Averfm to Fana-icifm, is'Owing the Safety ef 
 o/cr.Onirch', To the Love of your Country, and your deep Skill 
 in foreign Affairs, is owing the-Glory of the Peace, and the 
 BaUance of Power in Europe j To your gre.at Wifdom, we owe 
 the Extenpen of cur Trade-, and to your Vigilance, the De¬ 
 molition of Dunkirk In fhort, to your Lordjhip’s Dexterity 
 and Munificence, we Owe what was done in the one Houfe, 
 and to your Eloquence, Perfpicuity, andTml'lz Peers, what¬ 
 ever was done in the Other. 
 
 \ffhKs, my Lord, the Merit of all that has been oflatetran- 
 faued, may be juftl-i. attributed to your Lordfiiip ; there are 
 fam,_very few, 1 hope, who may deny your Lordjhip thefe At¬ 
 tributes, and fewer yet, who will he unwilling they jhould meet 
 with their juji Reward, 
 
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 ;• HISTORY 
 
 0 F T H E 
 
 PARLIAMENT. 
 
 I T hasbeea uTual, at the end of former Parliaments, 
 to give the World fome Account or Hiftory of 
 their Proceedings., and as this»Parliament may 
 be truly faid to have diltinguifil’d themfelves from all 
 that ever went iefore them; I think it but a piece of 
 Jufti.ce due to them, to thofe that chiife them, and 
 tb tliofe who are fpon to proceed to a new Eleflion, to 
 giye a fhort Sketch of their moft Extraordinary Tranf- 
 a&ions; which, I doubt not, will preferve the Memo¬ 
 ry of this Parliament to Pofterity. 
 
 Former Parliaments have reckon’d it their chief Ho¬ 
 nour and Glory; to have faithfully difcliarg’d the Part of 
 Patriots, and witH all due Regard to the Prerogative, 
 thought it the principal Duty of the Reprefentative of 
 the People, to .watth over, and fecure the Rights, Pri- 
 viledges. Liberties, and Properties of the Subjedl; what 
 Care and Concern of this Kind has been feen in this Par¬ 
 liament, I need not fay: They have prided themfelves 
 in the Titles of Dutiful and Loyal^ a Charafter that.no 
 future Parliament will ever want, that will be ready al¬ 
 ways to comply with, and fupport the Projefts of an en- 
 terprizing Miniltry: Bat let theXIeftors confider, whe¬ 
 ther .fuch,Q}ialifications are fitter for a Member of Parli¬ 
 ament of -eat Britain, or the Parliament of Par it. 
 
 _ '.. At the Time this Parliament was chofen, all think¬ 
 ing'Men 'ere under thegreateft Apprehenfions of the 
 dfeadful' Confequences that muit attend fuch a fu4den 
 Change of Afiairs as was then feen, and carried onwith 
 foinuchTury. ' 
 
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 The former Meafiires molt vilifaly tended to nothing,’ 
 bnt confirming a Noble Alliance, form’d to reduce the 
 exorbitant Power of France^ to retue Sfain and the InSes 
 from the Honfe of Bonrhon^ and thereby to fettle a true 
 Ballance of Power in Europe, to fecure the Proteftant 
 Intsreft, and in particular the Erctefiant Succefion to the 
 Crown of Gre/tt Britain. 
 
 Thefe great Ends vaere the chief View of thofe, that 
 fsrv’d the Q11E E N, for the Eight firft Years of her 
 Eeign; and with what Succefs they fervM Ijer, their 
 worft Enemies do confefs. 
 
 But when a new Scheme was concerted, the contrary 
 Weafures were immediately to be enter’d upon: The 
 War-rauft be ended, the Grand Alliance Diflblv’d, and 
 to perfed al]. Peace and a ftrict Friendfliip with France 
 mull be concluded. . 
 
 Bsc as thefe Doftrines, when they were entirely new, 
 were ac fird furprizing and fhocking to all the Nation, 
 to furoiife fuch Events, was call’d Malice and Fa^ion : 
 If any fuch thing could be defiga’d; the Parliament, to 
 be fare, woa’d never come into it, and this was to be 
 our grea: Security; but how far the Fears and Appre- 
 nenfions of all honefi: Men have been juttified by .the. 
 Event, is now no longer a Queftion j and as without 
 the Concurrence of a Parliament, it was impoflible to 
 have plung’d the Nation into fuch inextricable Difficol- 
 ties; I will give yon a fhort View, what a Share the 
 Farliaraent has had in this wonderful Undertaking, and 
 how far they have contributed to the Ruin of their 
 Country. 
 
 I have too much Charity to believe, that all, who have 
 been confenting to thefe pernicious Meafures, equally 
 defign’d the Mifchlefs that have come upon nsj Thofe, 
 who have had the Management of tbis^jrMf Jiiachine, and 
 feem indeed to underftand nothing, but the managing 
 of Parties, and making a proper ule of the Weaknefs and 
 Corruption of Mankind, knew this defperate Game was 
 not to be play’d, bur by the utmoft DilSmulation, and by 
 deceiving and impofing upon great Numbers of well 
 meaning Men: Specious pretences have never been want¬ 
 ing to gild the bitter Pill, and the Nation by degrees has 
 
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 , been drawn into tbefe extremes: But as Gentlemens eye* 
 begin to be opened, they furely will refentfuch intolle- 
 rable Treatment, and when they find, that what they 
 were told of other People, was utterly falft; and chat 
 all the great Advantages, they were made to hope for, 
 from this new Scheme, end in nothing, or what is worfe, 
 in the Ruin of their Country j they will begin to think, 
 before it’s too late, what mull be the unavoidable Confe- 
 quence, if they perfift to go blindly on, and follow the 
 Dilates of thofe, who have thus grofly deluded them. 
 
 As.there was nothing, which Onm^ Lords and Clm. 
 tnons in all former Parliaments, and the whole Nation 
 had exprefs’d a greater Zeal and Concern for, tlian fecu- 
 ring Sfatn and the Wefi~hdiej to the Houfe 0 /Aultria, it 
 had been too grofs, at the firft opening of this Parlia¬ 
 ment, to have difcover’d the Defign of giving them en¬ 
 tirely into the Hands of The Commons therefore 
 are taught to declare, for * a vigorom Frofecuii-.ti of the 
 in ad its Farts^ and efpeciaSy in Spain, for it was not 
 yet time to take off the Mask, and confefs that the War 
 was to be ended, let the Confequence be vvhat it would. 
 
 . Soon after an Account comes of an Aftion in Spain^ 
 much to the Difadvantage of King CW/«, which Her 
 communicates to the Parliament. The Com¬ 
 mons, ftill zealous for the War in Spain^ think it necef- 
 fary fpr Her A^efiy to give Diredlions for fending and 
 prpCHring more Troops to repair thie Lofs^ and not difcoiira£d 
 h Misfortunes^ promife to ufe their utrnofi Endeavours^ to. 
 enahle Her Majtfiy to carry on the jufi and necejfary War^ 
 in which She was engag’d j and to fupport Her in fuch Mca- 
 fureSy as on this Occi^on (hou’d be thought proper to retrieve 
 the lofs in Spain. So the War it feems, at that time was juft 
 4nd necejfary^ and Spain at an^ Rate, was then thought 
 worth the faving: Abd yet, mechinks, if we had been: 
 Very'much Jn earneft, even at that time, we fliould have 
 heard'of Forces fent from hence, or Forreigners hir’d to 
 repair this Lofs} but as the Parliament had never any 
 • cnriofjty to enquire how far this Addrefs had been com-^ 
 
 * Commons yid4refs, i<lo7. 3,0. 171 q , 
 Commons jiddrefs^ Jan. 3 ' i^ld. 
 
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 ply’d with', I atn afraid,' Kicg Charles, from that HpiirJ 
 never found any Effeft of this great Zeal for his Servicei 
 However, publick Declarations in his Favour are ftill 
 thought necefTary. Upon the Death of the Emperaur, 0 
 prevent the ill Confequence thereof, * the Interefis of the 
 Hoafe of Aoftria are to be fupported, and. the (itmop Endea^ 
 ‘VOWS are to be us^d, to promote the EUBkn of the King of 
 Spain to the Empire. Thefe Endeavours are us’d, .and 
 prove faccefsful; but who would have thought at that 
 time, that the Empire was to be purchas’d by King Chariest 
 at fo dear a Rate, as the lofs of the Crom of Spain, but 
 fo it has happen’d, and the only Argument that has been 
 us’d, for giving Spain to King Philip, has been to prefefve 
 the Baliance of Power in Europe, which would olherwife 
 be in Danger from the Conjunflion of the Empire and 
 Spain', but I dare anfwer for the Parliament, whatever 
 others might defign, they did not in the leaft forefee this 
 unhappy Confequence: Thus we fee;thro’ the whole 
 courfe of this firft Seffion, This Parliament was Zealo'uf- 
 ly devoted to the Interelt of King Charles as King of 
 Spain. 
 
 Before the next Seffion, a Projeft of Peace had been fefi 
 on foot, and the World began to fafpeft, that Spam was 
 now to be given up to the Houfe of Bourbon -,*i muft do 
 the Parliament that Juftice, to confefs, that this, at firft, 
 gai^e offence to a great many; they knew not very well, 
 how to relifh fuch a direft Contradiflion to all they hw 
 been faying, and doing for fo many Years paft; and' 
 with thefe Sentiments, ’tis very weH known, that moft' 
 Gentlemen came out of the Country, to attend the Se¬ 
 cond Seffion of Parliament but a few Prorogations,; 
 fome Town Converfation, and a little fecret Convidlipn, 
 brought this matter to a Compofition*, and in cafe no¬ 
 thing was faid exprefly of Spain, a general Addrefs, + 0, 
 of entire Confidence, and-SatisfaUion in the Ju(l and Honour^ 
 able Peace in View, which no body then knew one'word 
 of, was agreed to. ^ 
 
 ^ Commons jiddrefs, h^xW 10 . ITll, 
 
 CommoBs Addref5, T)'tczm\). 8 . 1711 . 
 
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This ttiatter v?as then to be managed a little more 
 tenderly, and the Commons were to be taught a new 
 Leflbn; In order to this a PamfUet called the ConduSief 
 the JBiesy &c. was pnblifli^d, and a great dealofInduC. 
 try ufed, to make this the Political dreed of the Party, 
 which all the Orthodox Friends of France embrac’d very 
 readily; and in this was to be found the whole Scheme 
 of the Proceeding of that Seffion; this Matter piece, fill’d 
 with falfities, and mifreprefentations, was no fooner dif- . 
 pers’d and canvafs’d in the World, but it produc’d the 
 delir’d Effedt, affording Arguments, for Artful and Ilf- 
 defigning Inftruments, to prevent and prejudice the 
 Minds of weak and deluded People, and firing others 
 who had no Leifure or Opportunity to be better in¬ 
 form’d, with Refentment and Indignation againft all the 
 Allies, who, they had been made to believe, hdd dealt 
 fo unfaithfully with us, and accordingly Addrefles aro 
 made in Parliament, */flr Accounts of the ^mds and 
 Proportions of Pier Majefiy and Her Allies during the H'dr, 
 and how the fame have been obferved, for aU Treaties for 
 raifing and augmenting Proportions, -{- and what ever elle 
 was thought neceffary for carrying on the Grand De- 
 i fign. Thefe Addreffes produce States of the War, pre- 
 j par’d by thofe, who had procur’d ’em to be call’d for, 
 and who wou’d not, in all probability, deliver any but 
 fuch as ferv’d their own Purpofej upon the Day ap* 
 j painted to confider of the State of the War, Eleven 
 -■ Quefions are brought into the Houfe ready Pen’d, and 
 all number’d, and put into the Hands of proper PerfonS, 
 who mov’d them in a very decent Order: and without 
 any more Ceremony, the Parliaihent in an tlours time 
 ; judg’d and cenfur’d the late Etnpetour, the prefent. 
 
 : Emperour, the King of Portugal, and the States General^ 
 
 \ with all whom it had been fo lately declar’d, that a l^rift 
 Friendfliip and good Correfpondence Was above all things 
 to be cultivated, to render the Peace fecure and lafting. 
 
 This was a handfome ftep for one day, and a good pre¬ 
 parative for what was to follow; But as the giving up 
 Spain was the great Stumbling block that was to be re- 
 
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mov’d, fomething morewasnecefTary tobe done; ano¬ 
 ther is appointed for confidering the State of the War, 
 and there feveral Refolutions are made, ufher’d in, in 
 the fame Manner, ftating the Expence of■ the War in 
 S^Ain^ which is there reprefented to be raofl: Extravagant, 
 and to have cofc an imraenfe Sura, and fuch as the Na¬ 
 tion could not any longer poffibly endure; by this means 
 the way is pav’d for giving up and what had been 
 long before agreed to, but conceal’d, was now brought 
 to maturity, and began publickly to be avow’d and 
 fupported. 
 
 Inafliort time afterwards the Terras a General 
 Teace are communicated, wherein the giving ap Spain and 
 the Indies, appears to be alraofl: the only thing that was 
 fully agreed to, and concluded; but the Loyal Ckjmmons 
 full of Indignation againft the Allies, and aggreived with 
 .the great Burthen of the Spaniel War, with Hems -ffui 
 ef Gratitude for what had already been obtained, which 
 feem’d to be nothing but a French Renunciation, want 
 Words to exprefs the Satisfaction, with which they received 
 the Good News of a Propofal for giving Spain to King 
 Hilip, which was to execute it felf. 
 
 I have neither Room nor Time here, to enter into a 
 jaftification of the Jllies, and to Ihew the Fallities and 
 iViifreprefentations of the State of the War, in all its 
 Parts; the States General, fenfible of the Injuftice, that 
 .was done them, reprefented their Cafe in a Memorial 
 to the Queen, which folly prov’d they were wrongfully 
 charg’d by the Votes and Refolutions of the Houfe of 
 Commons; This indeed was not to be endur’d, that a-1 
 ny Body fhoa?d dare to undeceive the World; The! 
 Alemorial therefore is firfi: call’d a jj pretended Memorial, \ 
 and then Voted a Falfe, Scandalous and Malicious Libels 
 and Mr. Buckly Juthor of the Daily Conrant, who printed 
 it, taken into Cufiody of the Serjeant at Arms; fuch con- 
 , fummate Juftice have all met with, who dar‘’d to fpeak 
 unfeafonabie Truths, either within Doors, or without. 
 The States General, I prefume, efcap’d an exprefs Cen^' 
 
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 fure,beca«fe Her Majejiy had this Seffion declar’d * their 
 Jntereft mfeparable from Her own^ and the Parliament had 
 concur’d with her in it. ^ . 
 
 The next thing I fliall Remark of this Parliament, is, 
 the Methods they took to recomend themfelves to the! 
 People i this they labour’d, by endeavouring to delete 
 great Frauds, and Abufes, and Mifapplications of Publick 
 Money, during the late Adminiftration 5 their Difcove- 
 riesareall fumtn’d up, in a general Reprefentation to 
 the Queen 5 of which I will venture to aflert, that all 
 the Particulars confiftr, either of Falfities, or Miftakes, or 
 Mifreprefentations; and that where-ever the Faft is true, 
 the fame things have been done again by the prefent 
 Miniftry, and either juftified or not animadverted upon; 
 by the Parliament. 
 
 The great Inftance is, that /. 35,000, 000, were nofi 
 accounted for; but this Charge has been fo fully confu¬ 
 ted, and it has been fo evidently prov’d, that of the /. 
 35 Millions, Accounts had been duly render’d for all 
 but 4 Millions, which is much Ihort of one Years Sup^. 
 ply, to which the leafl: Anfwer has never been given i 
 tha_6 ’cis needlefs to enlarge upon that. 
 
 But here may be feen a true Specimen of the Candor, 
 and Juftfce of this Houfe of Commons. The two Ufes 
 that were to be made of this Vote, were to raife a Cla*- 
 mour in the Country, and to cOme at a Cenfure of the' 
 Late Lord Treafurer^ whom they voted 'f' guilty of a noto~ 
 rlons Breach of Trafi^ and high Jnjiifiice to the Natipny 
 for not compelling the refpeUive jiccountams to pafs their 
 Jccounts. If he was guilty, it muft be by fending Or¬ 
 ders or Warrants, to the Peputy Remembrancery to ftaj: 
 Procefs. This the Houfe of Commons were fenfible of, 
 and therefore in order to have the whole Matter before 
 them on Thurfday the26t\\of April, 1711, they, order’d- 
 the Deputy Remembrancer to lay before the Houfe, Whak 
 Orders he had received for fiaying or ijfuing Frocefs againjh 
 j/iccountants. On Taefday follomngy the iffi tf/May, the 
 Deputy Remembrancer ^vtients thefaid Orders and Wap? 
 rants; but our worthy Patriots, impatient of Delaj^; 
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 ba Smrdiy the x^th of April, refiitn’d the Gonllderati- 
 OR of this Affair, and proceeded to judge and Cenfure 
 before the only Evidence, which could fefi this Matter 
 in a true Light, was before them, which they themfelves 
 bad call’d for, and which prov’d a full Juftification of the 
 Perfon, whom they thought it neceffary firfl: to hang, 
 and then to try. 
 
 The nest Article is the Debt of the Navy; This too 
 has been fo fully explain’d, that it needs no further Juf¬ 
 tification : But this gave the Parliament Occalion to de¬ 
 clare, That* Exceeding the Parlimentary Provijions wai n 
 no? find illegal iraBicey and a dangerotu Invafion of the 
 Mights ef Parliament. It is almoft incredible that immedi¬ 
 ately after this, the Exceedings of the Two next Years 
 fhou’d be greater, and lefs joftifiable, than in any of the 
 former Years. 
 
 The Expence of the Navy for the Year 1711, exceed¬ 
 ed the Supply granted for that Service, above 600000/. 
 as appears by the Eftiraate of the Debt of the Navy, at 
 Michaelmas 1711, given into Parliament. 
 
 The Debt ©f the Navy at Chriftmas laft, is given into 
 Parliament, with the Defficiency of laft Years Funds, 
 was above 700000/. In both thefe Years, the Parlia¬ 
 ment made the fame Proviffon for the Navy, as in any 
 Year of the War} and the World muff needs be fenfi- 
 ble, what great Services have been done at Sea, thefe laft 
 Two Years} but both thole Accounts of Exceedings 
 have been laid before this Parliament, and no Notice 
 takep of them. 
 
 By an Account from the Exchequer of the Snnu Voted 
 and rais’d, and Sums receiv’d and ilTued for the Year 
 1712, it appears that the laft Years Expence exceeded 
 the Supplies, by above half a MiBion ; a pretty reafon- 
 able Exceeding for fuch a Pacifick Tear } and altho’ all 
 thefe Accounts lay upon the Table, to be perufed by 
 the Members, not one word of Notice is taken of them. 
 
 The whole Expedition to Qutheck and Canada^ was an 
 Exceeding, for which no Supply was ever yet demand¬ 
 ed, or granted in Parliament; and tho’ fo much has 
 ^en laid of f fafflying Provifms to land Forces on 
 
 "^ Reprefentatmf Miy Ziitk. l^io. Ditto. bOsr^ 
 
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 board, the fame was done in this Cafe, and likewif^ for 
 the Regiments that were fent to Spain, at the latter-end 
 of the Year 1710; for which mDednUicn hm been yet 
 made, out of the Pay of the Forces, nor any thing re-af- 
 %a’d to the ViauaDing and what is moft Grange, theie 
 Services were under Confideration, and going on, as 
 the very time that the Parliament was cenfuring the lace 
 Miniftry, for the very lame Meafures. 
 
 Another Method of making this Parliament, and 
 their great Direftors, popular, and at the fame time, lea¬ 
 ving a heavy Imputation upon the late Miniftry; was f 
 I calling for an Account of all the publick Defats, which 
 I were Hated to be more than Nine Millions, and difehar- 
 I ging them without any further Charge to the People; 
 i that the Debt at Mkhaelmae, 1710, was under Seven 
 I Millions, is too notorious, to be difputed ■, that it was 
 1 fwell’d to above Nine Millms, by near Three MUions 
 I being granted, in Aid of the Supplys of that Year, and 
 computed into the grofs Sum, from the Nature of the 
 Projeft, is as well known: But be the Debt what they 
 pleafej to fay it is paid off, and without any Charge to 
 the People, is beyond my Apprebenfion., 
 
 The Dek was due in the feveral_ Offices, and fecor’d 
 to the Creditors, by National Credit on proper Deben¬ 
 tures, Bills and Certificates, that carry’d an Intereft of 
 ■6L per Cent, How is this Debt now difeharg’d ? By 
 being transfer’d to the Mortgage,, which is now 
 
 made a Security for paying the fame Intereft as before: 
 If a Man owes a Thoufand Pounds upon his Bond, or any 
 therPerfonal Security,and afterwardsmortgages hisEftace 
 for better fecuring the Principal, and Intereft; will any 
 May fay, that by this Means he has paid off, ordifehar- 
 ged his Debt ? Or, is he not in Truth as much in debt 
 as before ? But if this Frojedl comes to be thoroughly 
 underftood, it will ftill appear in a very different Light, 
 from what the Authors of it labour to reprefent it. 
 Tht Funds of the General Mortgage were before engag’d 
 to the Year 1715, and therefore, cou’d npt, ’till that 
 Time, be applied towards paying the Intereft of the 
 
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 South Sea Stock, the Annual Intereft thereof, is above 
 570000^ which mult’dll then, be paid out of.the Sup¬ 
 plies granted for the Service of each current Year, as it 
 has hitherto been done 5 and b7 the Voces of this Seflions 
 we fee 540000/. granted exprelly for this Service, 
 which is move than izd. in the Pound of the Land-Tax, 
 or the whole neat Produce of the Malt-Tax^ apply’d to 
 Pay the Intereft of a Debt, which is faid to be paid off, 
 without laying any Burthen upon the People: Befides, 
 if the People were not to be yearly Tax’d for this Inte- 
 reft, who that has any Regard for Pofterity, vvill fay, 
 that granting fuch a conliderable Fund in Perpetuity, 
 which wou’d otherwife in three Years, have been at Li¬ 
 berty, for any fntnre NeceOities of the Publick j is not 
 laying a heavy Burthen upon the People ? 
 
 Thus we fee how the Publick Debts have been paid 
 by this Parliament. In the fame Manner do they talk 
 of Reihr-ag Credit •, We all know, at vihan Time, and 
 to what a Degree, the Stocks funk at once, that no¬ 
 thing lince, not even the Peace it felf, has been able to 
 raife them to their former Value-, and I am at a Lofs 
 to gneif, whatchey mean, who talk of Rejloring Credit ; 
 unkfs it was by making all Exchequer Bills, Specie Bills, j 
 There was indeed, a very great Difcount upon non Spe -! 
 Cl! Bills, occafion’d by the Change of the Miniftry, the | 
 Pariiamer.!; granted 45000/. per Ami. for circulating ' 
 Exchequer Bills, and making all Bills Specie Bills j and by 
 that Means indeed, they did reduce the great Difcount 
 they had brought upon them; and for 45000/. per Ann, 
 did refiere Credit in the Angle Inftance of Exchequer Bills. 
 
 And now ! am upon Money Matters, I beg leave to 
 mention one thing, which perhaps has not been confi-. 
 der’d by many. What the fcveral Prorogations of this 
 Seffioa from Time to Time, to the 13th, of April laft, 
 did actually coft the Nation ? The ufual Time for the 
 meeting the Parliament, and even the lateft, according 
 to the moft modern Coftom, hath been before Chrijtmas-, 
 
 I prefdme it will not be deny’d me, but before that time 
 this laft Year, after the repeated CelTation of Arras both 
 by Land and Sea, and after the Duke of Ormond’s Or¬ 
 ders to withdraw from the Army, and leave the 
 
to the Mercy of Vrme^ all things were fo thoroughly 
 agreed betwixt England and Emice^ that the Peace 
 was in EfTea concluded betwixt us, or at leaft, that we 
 were entirely fatisfied, that there' cop’d be no further 
 Danger of any War betwixt the two Nations; the Ob- 
 ftruSions, and -Delays to Signing the Peace, arifing 
 only from the Obftinacy of fome of the Allies^ and a 
 reftlefsFaftion at home. If this be true, andthePar- 
 ' liament had been fuffer’d to meet, the Expence might 
 from that time -have been reduc’d, and the fame Force 
 that has been judg’d necelTary for our Security, both by 
 Sea and Land, for the Six Months of this Year, had 
 been equally fufficient for the Six Months; and 
 no Body will pretend to fliew me one Reafon to the con¬ 
 trary ; If fo, by comparing the Proviflon, that the 
 ■Parliament has made for the FirfiSix Months of this Tear^ 
 with the Provifion that is made for the Lafi Six Months^ 
 we lhall foon fee what might have been fav’d to the Na¬ 
 tion, if the Parliament had been permitted to fit at the 
 ufual Time, 
 
 (a) The Expence of 30000 Men 
 for Sea-Service, for 6 Months, at the 
 ufnal Allowance of above 2000.000/- 
 pir Anmt», for 4000& Men, will a- 
 raountto -— —i- -- — 
 
 730000 
 
 00 
 
 d6 
 
 (^) There was granted for de-) 
 fraying the Charge of the Land-For-( , .,5,6 
 ces in Her Majefty’s Service, for thef 
 Firft Six Months -- ;-3 
 
 14 19 
 
 Tetd Charge of the Firf half Tear) 13815888. 14 10 
 
 . W Vo£ed-4>r. 21, 1713. (/>) Voted 9-»7i3*' 
 (0 The 
 
(cr) The Erpctice of i oooo Men forT 
 Sea-Service for 6 Months at the rame> 25000Q 00 C®i 
 Allowance will amount to about J 
 
 (<0 There was granted for Land? 
 
 Forces, for the/«)?(? Months of> 270073 10' lo 
 
 this Year, J 
 
 Total Expeme of the Second half Tear^ 5^0073 
 
 The R ference is -; —-8(Jfi8iS 04 00 
 
 This proves to a Detnonftration, what the late Pro^ 
 rogations did coft the Nation; a Sum almolt equal to 
 the neat Produce of this Year’s Land Tax; fiich frequent 
 Prorogations, and fnch unnecefTary Charges upon the 
 People, might have aeated fome Uneafinefs in a lefs 
 Loyd Honfe ofCommonSy but this Dutiful Parliament was 
 very well fatisfy’d, and readily mid| good all the Ex¬ 
 traordinary Expences that had been made, without any 
 Anthority or Confent of Parliament. . 
 
 Before Heave this Topick, let me make one general 
 Obiervation; That this «/Cofawsw, who thought 
 the Burthen of the Taxes intollerable j and that the de* | 
 plorable Circnmitances of the Nation made alraoft any 
 Peace delireablei rais’d and levy’d more Money upon 
 the Snbjsft in Two Years, in which nothing at a\\ hw 
 been done; than was rais’d in any Two of the molt; 
 glorious and faccesful Years of the War; fuch Sums 
 as, if they kd been apply’d to a vigorous Profecution 01 
 
 the War, without fuch melancholy and reproachruTIn* 
 
 terruptioDS as we have feen, had procur’d us indeed, a 
 
 fafe^ lafing and honourable Peace, ^ 
 
 But the Gentlemen, I am afraid, wou’d take it ill it 
 I Ihou’d pafs over in Silence, the Terfons they thooght 
 worth their Noiicej and upon wltom they bellow Q lacn 
 particular Marks of their Favour. 
 
 _ The Duke of Marlborough had beaten the 
 often ever to be forgiven 5 it wasneceffary he uioulu 
 
 (0 Voted 21.171 3 - (/) p. 171^ I 
 
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 bedifgrac’d, or the Scheme cou’d not go on: He:TS5as‘ 
 too confiderable to be drop’d quietly j but beeauie his 
 publick Services to his Country cou ’4 not be caji’d in 
 Queftion, the known and iifual Pertjuifites of the Gene¬ 
 ral are voted Publick Money, and to be accounted fir. 
 
 And that it might be thought, that this Profecution 
 of the Duke of Marlborough did not proceed entirely froin ■ 
 Party Malice, they vote that the T%o ■ and ^If fer Cent. 
 which had been deduced from the Pay of the Forreig- 
 Jiers, * flion’dbe cantimPd for the Tear ijit., and ayply’d 
 for the Service of the IVar. This had an-Appearance pf 
 faving-fome Money for the Publick, but what was real¬ 
 ly lav’d, welhail foon fee, A new General is apppinte‘d, 
 very different from the lajl’, a General as the Exaiiji- 
 ner fays. That knew how to obey as well as to command, I 
 believe he did} But by the Clamour that has been made 
 in the World, of the vaft Incomes and Salaries of the 
 Duke of Marlborough, d.uriog the time he ferv’d, no Bo¬ 
 dy wou’d have imagin’d, that the ]New General mofl: 
 have had,greater Appointments and Allowances from the 
 Publick, than the Duke of Marlborough ever had, butt 
 Sooo/. is immediately paid him for his Equipage, which 
 the other never hadj and an allowance of 6001. per 
 Menfem. for his table, which the Duke of Marlborough 
 never ask’d or thought of, is direded by Warrant out 
 of the Monies granted for the Service of the War. I be¬ 
 lieve when it this computed and added to the . 5000/. 
 all that was deduded laftYear for the T’wo and half per 
 Cent, from the Forreigners will, fall Ihort of making itt 
 good to the Publick; the Difference then is, the For¬ 
 reigners by Treaty gave it to the Duke of Marlbordu^i 
 for ContiDginpies and fecret Service j The Parliamens 
 cenfnre his accepting it, and what then? Grant it them- 
 felves, or vrhich is the fame thing, the Miniftry do U 
 for them, to,the New General, and this for Equipage^ 
 and Table Money, for as for lecret Service, we all know 
 there was an End of that ;. And yet the loooo/. granted 
 for that Service laft Yeari'was likewife ilTu’d to duf 
 ptactfitl General j and if an Account was to be made up 
 
 ^ March i(k, 1710.; 
 
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 of all the Salaries and Incomes, which this General re¬ 
 ceived laft Year, from the Publick, they wou’d as far 
 exceed the Allowances of the Duke of Marlborough^ as 
 the Aftions of one out-uoethe other. I will not take 
 upon me to make up the Account, but if any Body will 
 give himfelf the Trouble to compute what is the Income 
 of a Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, of Colonel of the Firfl Regi- 
 ■ ment of Foot Guards, of a Regiment of Herfe, of General 
 and Commander in chief, at loL per Day, and add thefe 
 to the Sums above mentioned, I believe a good Manager 
 might farm them at 40C00/, per Annum, and be Well 
 paid for his'Trouble. 
 
 The Lord Townfiend had made a Treaty for fecuring 
 a good Barrier to the States, and theProteflant Succejfion in 
 the Houfe of Hannover to thefe Kingdoms j thefe wert 
 great Obftacles, and fuch, as the King of France mull 
 needs iufift, fliou’d be remov’d j what then cou’d bi 
 lefs expefted, from fnch good Friends, as we are now 
 become to France, than to declare the Man, an Enemy u 
 ' the Queen and Kingdom, who had done fuch difagreabli 
 things to our beft Ally. 
 
 Mr. Walpole had been often.very troublefomc in th( 
 Houfe, talk’d of publick Accounts, which he pretend 
 ed to underftand, and would, upon all Occafions, bi 
 defending the hts Miniftry, where he thonght then 
 clear and Innocent*, He rauft therefore be fem to th 
 Tower, and cxpelFd the Houfe, to prevent his giving thi 
 Parliament any further Trouble, and for a Charge a 
 gainft him, or any Body elfe, the Commiffioners of Ac 
 - comns, who have by this Time fulSciently convinc’d thi 
 World, that they are of no life, but to fully the Cha 
 rafters of thofe, that are out of Power, and to skteei 
 the Inquietudes of chofe that are in, were ready, as foo 
 as the Word was given, to Cook up a Complaint, fiifii 
 dent for the prefenc Purpofe, tho’ falfify’d by poffitivi 
 Evidence upon Oath; but in all thefe Cenfures, it has fi 
 ^ happen’d, that. the Perfons concern’d may look upoi 
 : them as fo many Honours done them. 
 
 I mult not forget the laft Piece of Civility, that tbi 
 -Courtly Houfe of Commons paid to the Giown. 
 mean the raifing 500000/. to pay the Debts of tlie C 
 
vil Lift. I win not enter into an Account how this 
 Debt came to be contradlecl, ’tis notorioug, and every 
 Office of the Honlbold can teftify this Truth, that their 
 Arrears are at leaft double of what they were at the 
 Change of,the Miniftry? ’Tis very well known, that 
 there was iffiiM in the firft Eight Years of Her Majeftf% 
 Reign, out of the Civil Lift Funds, to the life of the 
 War, and other publick Occafions, above ^ooooo /. 
 which very eafily accounts for ths Debt incur’d in that 
 Time. 1 make no doubt, but there have been large and 
 very Extraordinary IfTues made fince j 1 donotfuppofe 
 for the Service of the War*, perhaps for obtaining and 
 Juftifyiag this wonderful Peace; tho’ methinks, ’tis 
 hard that France fiiou’d not pay that Reckoning; which 
 altho’ I can give no Account of, 1 make no Doubt but 
 they that were fo ready to pay the Debt, had their Rea- 
 fon for fo doing, and can in a great Meafure account 
 for the contrafting of it; whether they were induc’d to 
 pay this Debt, for the Share they had of it, or what 
 they are to have, towards enabling them to carry their 
 next Eleftions, is not Material, but ’tis certainly a moft 
 dangerous Precedent, to be Mortgaging the Funds, that 
 are fettled for the Support of the Civil Lifts, which by 
 Degrees may all be fo far engag’d, and granted away, 
 that a Land tax or a Malt tax, rauft be made at laft an 
 Hereditary Revenne for Support of the Honour and Dig¬ 
 nity of the Crown. 
 
 I muft not omit the Angular Behaviour of this Parlia¬ 
 ment in relation to tht Treaty of Commerce, Ido not in¬ 
 tend to enter into a Difquifition of the Treaty, and (how, 
 how deftruSive it was to the Trade of Great Britain, in 
 all its Parts: That was fo well underftood, by all fcnfi- 
 ble Men about this Town, and 1 hone will be fo through¬ 
 ly underftood, by all trading Parts of the Kingdom, 
 that they will either eleft none, that gave the leaft 
 Countenance to fuch a pernicious Bill, or give theta 
 fuch InltruSions, to oppofe any Future Attempt of that 
 Kind, that there lhall be no Danger of the Treaty’s being 
 render’d effieftaal; but what’s remarkable, is the Con- 
 dua of the Houfe of Commons upon this Occafion, 
 they were zealous for ih& Treaty of Qotamerce in every 
 
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 Step, and would bear no Oppofidon till they came to 
 the (^cftion of engrofling the Bill, by than time Petiti¬ 
 ons from all parts of the Country began to alarm them, 
 and whether out of a Regard to the Good of their Coun¬ 
 try, or an Apprehenfion of loliag their nex« EleSions,. I 
 will not determine^ but a fudden turn was taken, and. 
 the Bill rejected, and here was an End at once of all the 
 wonderful Adv nut arts that Great Britain was to reap 
 from this celebrated Peace: But rejefting the Bill, was 
 not fa trivial a Matter, it gave too great OlFence, and 
 fomething muft be done to give Satisfadlion for this ifi 
 Inftaace of Difloyalty. 
 
 The fame Gentlemen therefore, who had been Inftru- 
 it umeatal in rejefting the Bill, mnfi: now make a healing 
 Addrefs, and attone ^y the Lofs of their Reputations,. 
 for the good Service they had Dar^d to do their Country^ 
 haying at the opening the Seffion, congratulated the 
 ^en upon the Conclufion of a Peace, which they then 
 knew nothing of; * They exprefs now their Thanhfulnefs 
 the Terms and Conditions of »■, which they had juft 
 rejefisd, as dangerous and pernicious to the Kingdom: 
 Bus they fay 'f* So good a Foundation of Trade was hid^ 
 as might be further improved to the Advantage of the 
 Khgdamy which they deftre may be perfeUed., and fo ex- 
 plainA^ as fuHy to anfwer Her Ma-lefy’s good Intentions^ 
 for the Good and Welfare of her People. What a Mock¬ 
 ery is here, and plain Contradiction to all common 
 Senfe? But how it was nnderftood at Court, is plain by 
 the Queen’s Anfwer, [j Ihe thanks them, for fully ex- 
 prejfmg their Approbation of the Treaties of Peace and 
 Commerce., amd promtfes them not to improve, perfeft, 
 or explain, but to fecure to them the Benefits and Ad- 
 vaniages^ which with great Difficulty, had been obtain'd 
 for her SubjeSsy and for this mofi gracious A/ffier, the 
 Houfe of Commons Return their moft humble Thanks ; 
 thereby confeffing they did fully approve the Treaty of 
 Comr-.ercey which they bad but juft rejefted, and that 
 abthey delir’d, was to have thofe fame Advantages in 
 
 ft: Addrefsy Juxe^ 23., 1713. 'j- Ditto, 
 
 tt^.Oueen's Anfwer to the lafi Addrefs, 
 
 Trade 
 
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 Trade fecur’d to them, which for want of Undetflaiid- 
 ing, they had fo lately miftaken for great Mifchief?, 
 and unavoidable D.eltrufiion, to all the ManufaSures 
 of Great Britain', but by tbefe Step?, and what was 
 faid at the Conclafion of this Scffion; tiiere is one 
 Thing the People of England may be very fure of^ 
 that this fame Treaty of Commerce, neither explain’d, 
 improv’d nor perfe^ed, and no other, wiil be laid 
 before the next Parliament j and no Endeavours want¬ 
 ing to carry it thro’ and render it effeftual. 
 
 Such Recantations as this feems to be, are a little 
 new in Parliament; and I was at a Lofs to find any 
 thing like it, ’till this Parliament had funiilh’d me with 
 a Precedent. In the Comittee of IVays and Means, a 
 Duty upon Leather was mov’d, and prefs’d by the Court, 
 but rcjefted as greivous to the People. This was re- 
 fented in a very high Manner; but a little Difcipline 
 foon made amends, and the fame Gentlemen who voted 
 againft a Duty upon. Leather, ask’d Pardon, and oblig’d , 
 the Court with their Vote for Duty upon Hides, and' 
 Skins Tan’d, Taw’d or Drefs’d. 
 
 Some fhort Account of the Secret Hiftory of this Trea¬ 
 ty of Commerce may not be improper, and may ferve to 
 enlighten the World concerning it. 
 
 When it 'was firft Publilh’ti, and Objeftions againft 
 it arofe, it was entertain’d by our Great Men as a thing 
 very indifferent to them, and for which they were no 
 ways concern’d; but defir’d the Bill might take its Fate, 
 as it fliou’d be judg’d Advantageous or Prejudicial to the 
 Nation: When the Eighth and Ninth Articles came to 
 be better conlider’d, and it was manifeft to every Body, 
 that the plain Senfe and Meaning of thenr, could no ways 
 be underftood, bat to the Prejudice of Great Brimn • 
 tliefe were called Faftious Conftruftions, and fiich as 
 France never means or defign’d^ and upon Application 
 : of the Ea(k~India Company, it was promis’d them that an 
 : Explanation Ihould be'prccur’d from Trance in a Week’s 
 i Time, entirely to their SatisfaSion. But this Etplana- 
 tion was n^ver fince heard of. 
 
 There were feveral Mruftions given to the Commit¬ 
 tee for Glaufes to enaft the French King’s Meaning, bit 
 the 
 
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 the Uneafiacfs flill increafing, and a general Difcontent 
 ariting, the next Expedient was to drop the Bill; And 
 this was promis’d in a Letter wrote to the Speaker for 
 that Purpofe j but France ftill perfifting, no Explanation 
 can be had, either to eafe the prefcnt Difiiculey ^ or any 
 Hopes given of fuch Alterations againft another Parlia- ; 
 ment, as might quiet the Minds of the People. I 
 
 What then was to be done? They who feem’d fo in- j 
 different at the Beginning, can no longer Difguife them -1 
 felves; New Orders are given on a fudden, and the Bill ' 
 mufc be carry’d thro’ with a SPIRIT, for Frame would i 
 have it fo \ and fo little did they doubt of Succefs, that j 
 the French Ambaflador had an Exprefs ready booted to |: 
 fend the good News of pafllng the Bill to Frame', a Bon* I 
 fire pil’d before Ssraw/cf-Houfe-Gate, and Joms\ Gunsj 
 ready loaded to eccho the glad Tidings from t’other | 
 Side of the Water. i 
 
 And with good Reafon was all this Preparation made, I 
 for the Bill was rejtaed but by N'me Votes fo narrow. [ 
 ly did the Trade of Great Britain, and all its Manufac-i 
 tares, efcape the moll; fatal Blow that ever was attempt*! 
 ed to be given them. | 
 
 . But ’tis not to be wonder’d at, that fuch Attempts as} 
 thele have been made, and that the good Nature of chef 
 Houfe of Commons is fo much rely’d upon. . There was 
 nothing that the People of England have been better 
 pleas’d with, than the delivering up Dunkirk, and the 
 Hopes of its Demolition; This feems to be exprefly 
 provided for in the Treaty of Peace-, and that it Ihould 
 be done within Five Months after the Conditions, of 
 peace are concluded and (ign’d, but there follows an 
 Exception, that the Demolition fliall not be begun, 
 till the Equivalent for it is put into the Hands of the 
 King of France. This naturally led the Houfe of Com¬ 
 mons to enquire by an Addrefs, * tvhat the Equivalent 
 xoas to he for the Demolijliing of Dunkirk, or in Cafe it n>as 
 not demolifh’d, what was [lipulated concerning if, for 
 ’tis obfervable, that this Equivalent is no where men- 
 
 ^ jf«nf zd, 1713. 
 
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 tioti’d either in the Treaty of Peace betwixt England and 
 Prance^ or Prance and Holland, 
 
 In about * Three Weeks after, an Anfwer comes to 
 this Addrefs, That the Eqaivalent, which was to be given 
 for Dnnkirk, was already in the Hands of the French 
 King. And is it credible that fnch an Anfwer to this 
 Addrefs fliould prove fatisfaftory ? Or is any Man in 
 England a Jot the wifer, or does be know at all the 
 more, what is this Equivalent,, ox what is to become of 
 Danhirk ? If the Equivalent is in the Hands of Prance,, 
 why are not the Works begun to be demolifli’d ? The 
 Peace was fign’d the Laft of March, 0 . S. The Works 
 towards the Sea were to be deraolifh’d in Two Months, 
 thofe towards the Land in Three Months: The Equi¬ 
 valent we are told, if in the Hands of France, and yet 
 there is not one Stroke {truck now in almolt Four 
 Months, in Order to the Demolition^ and at the fame 
 Time the Houfe of Commons is not only Satisfy’d with 
 fuch an Anfwer, but what is more flrange, have made a 
 Provifion for the Garrifon of Dunkirk till Chriftmas next, 
 and granted a Supply of near 40000/. for that Purpofe. 
 After this, what can we fuppole toogrofsto pafs upon 
 this Houfe of Commons ? 
 
 I will conclude with one general Remark. That this 
 Houfe of Commons mult be confefs’d to be a Set of very 
 Dutiful and Loyal Gentlemen j who out of Principle will 
 go as far in complying with all the Demands of a Minif- 
 try, as any that ever went before them, or can ever fuc- 
 ceed them: But I would not have it thought, chat all 
 this was pure Loyalty; a little Regard to therafelves, 
 and a fmall Spice of Intereft, muft be allowed to have had 
 fome Share in influencing and procuring all this dutiful 
 and fubrailTive Behaviour; and I wonder indeed that 
 thofe who employ’d them, and had the Benefit of their 
 profefs’d Zeal for the Prerogative, did not confult their 
 Honours a little more, than fo openly and bare-fac’d at 
 the End of each Seflions, to be rewarding them for their 
 good and faithful Service. > 
 
 * June the 1713. 
 
 It 
 
it was never known before, that DayS Were fet aparfi 
 for Rewarding Members of Parliament with Places and 
 Employments: He chat will look upon the Votes of the[ 
 Laft Day of the Firfl: Seffion, will find almoft nothing ■ 
 done, but new fFr/fs order’d in the Room of Parliainfent: 
 Men, who had receiv’d their Wages for their paft. Years j 
 Service: And to fuch a Pitch were they come at laft, 
 that at the End of the Second Seffion, when the Qneen’s | 
 Speech was made, and the Seffion clos’d, to all other In- 
 tents and Purpofes, Both Houfes are order’d, to adjourn 
 themrelves for BightccK Bays, as if fomething extraordi¬ 
 nary was ftiil behind, that might require the fitting of 
 the Parliament, iaat when the Day comes, nothing is 
 done, bit a fecond Lift of Loyal Members prefer^d^ is pro- i 
 duc’d, and the Vacancies of Patriots turn’d Courtiers, 
 are by new Writs order’d to be fill’d up, that thefe du -1 
 tipd Members might be ready at the Beginniug of the 
 Best Seffion, to ferve thofe that had fo well rewarded 
 them for their paft Services. 
 
 This is a very fiiort Hiftory of this memorable Par -1 
 iiament You fee the Pi(ftare in Miniature, if.it were to j 
 be drawn at whole length, and to the Life, it would fur- | 
 prife you miOre ; but by this Sample the Freeholders of j 
 Erclai-d may judge, by what Means this Parliament has 
 deferv’d to kve their Memory tranfraitted to Pofterity, | 
 and will furely confider well of their paft Behaviour, be- ' 
 fore they choofe thofe again, who for the Charaders of i 
 Loyal a.rA. Dutifid, have facrific’d their Country to the [ 
 Power of Frmice, which can end in nothing but bringing [ 
 in the Pretender, Popery, and Slavery. ■ |