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ers of public accounts, 65, 66. act of attainder of the rebels in Ireland, 67. an act vesting lord high admiral's power in commissioners of admiralty, 67, 68. the princess of Denmark's revenue made fifty thousand pounds a year, 91. the ministry indemnified for breaking the habeas corpus act, 66, 103. abjuration of king James rejected, 103. supplies on remote funds, 104. a committee of both houses during the recess proposed, 105. a self-denying bill passed the house of commons, rejected by the lords, 105, 106. the triennial act passed both houses, refused the royal assent, 106, 107. a new session grant the supplies, 124. examine the conduct of the admiralty, 125. a new session, 133. grant five millions, and pass the act for triennial parliaments, ibid. both houses address on queen Mary's death, 139. and attend her funeral, ibid. a bill for trials of treasons passed the commons lost in the house of lords, 141, 142, 143. attempts against the bank, 144. Trevor expelled, ibid. inquiries into bribes given by the East India company, 145. an act against sir Thomas Cook and others, ibid. 146. a new parliament, 160. the act for trials of treasons, 160, 161. rectify the coin by recoining all in milled money, 161. act for regulating elections, ibid. 162. complain of the Scotch act for an India trade, 162. a motion to appoint a council of trade in parliament, 163. the assassination and invasion plot laid before both houses, 169. their association signed

all over England, 170. a landbank erected, but failed, ibid. 171. a new session, 180. provide for ten million deficiencies, and grant five million for the year, 180, 181. a bill of attainder against sir John Fenwick, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190. practices as to his discoveries examined, 191, 192, 193. a new session, 206. reduce the army to ten thousand men, 207. grant the civil list for life, 208. establish a new East India company, ibid. 218. a new parliament, 218. reduce the army to seven thousand men, all natives, 219. inquire into grants of forfeited estates in Ireland, 220. appoint commissioners to inquire, 221. a severe act against papists, 228, 229. lord Somers attacked in the house of commons, 236, 239. acquitted by a great majority, 237, 239. a motion to remove Dr. Burnet from the duke of Gloucester lost by a great majority, 237. report of the commissioners of inquiry into the grants in Ireland, 237, 238. the grants are set aside, and trustees appointed for selling the estates and determining claims, 238, 239, 240. debates concerning the bishop of St. David's, 250, 251. a new parliament, 253. a French party there, 257, 258. the commons' address, 258. partiality in judging elections, 258, 259. provide for thirty thousand seamen, ibid. debates in the house of lords about the partition treaty, 259, 260, 261. the lords' address, 262. a second address, 263. the commons' addresses, 262,

263. vote ten thousand men
and twenty men of war to as-
sist the Dutch, ibid. debates
in the house of commons about
the partition treaty, 264, 265.
they impeach some lords con-
cerned in it, 265, 266, con-
trary addresses of the two
houses, 267, 268. the act of
succession passed, 270, 271.
an act limiting the privilege of
parliament, 271, 272. pro-
ceedings in the impeachments,
272, 273, 274. the Kentish
petition, 275. the petitioners
imprisoned, 276. disputes be-
tween the two houses about
the impeachments, 276, 277,
278. the commons not ap-
pearing, the impeached lords
are acquitted, 279, 280. a new
parliament, 295. for a war,
296. attaint the pretended
prince of Wales, 296, 297. an
act for abjuring him, 297,
298, 299, 301, 303. addresses
of both houses to queen Anne,
310, 311. commissioners for
public accounts, 311, 312. the
union proposed, 315. the re-
port of designs to set aside
voted false, 315,
queen
316. a new parliament, 333,
334. partiality in judging elec-
tions, 334, 335. supplies for
the war, 335. a bill against
occasional conformity passed
by the commons, 336, 337,
lost by an alteration of the
fines in the house of lords,
337, 338. an act settling one
hundred thousand pounds a
year on prince George, 338,
339. a further act to establish
the succession, 340. Rook's
conduct examined and justi-
fied, 341. inquiry into lord Ra-
nelagh's accounts, 342. the
commons' address charging

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frauds, 342, 343. answered by
the lords, 343, 344. a new
session, 362. the occasional
bill passed the commons, re-
jected by the lords, 363. sup-
plies for the war, 364. lord
Orford's accounts are justified
by the lords, 365. commis-
sioners of public accounts not
continued, ibid. 366. the af-
fair of Ailesbury creates a dis-
pute between the two houses,
367, 368, 369. an act for
augmentation of poor livings,
371. the lords examine into
Maclean's plot, 373, 374, 375,
376, 377, 378. the commons'
address, 374. the lords' coun-
ter address, ibid. 378. their
opinion concerning the plot,
378. an act for raising recruits,
ibid. the lords' address about
justices of peace, 379. a new
session; supplies for the war,
401. the tack of the occa-
sional bill to a money-bill lost,
402. an act declaring the Scots
aliens, 403, 404. the occa-
sional bill thrown out by the
lords, 405. the commons im-
prison the Ailesbury men, 408.
they are remanded by the
queen's bench on their habeas
corpus, ibid. sue a writ of er-
ror in the house of lords, ibid.
commons address the queen
not to grant it, ibid. 409.
counter address of the lords,
409, 410. several bills not
passed, 411, 412. a new par-
liament, 428. great partiality
in judging elections, 429. de-
bates about bringing over the
next successor, ibid. 430. а
bill for a regency, 430, 432,
433, 434. some officers ex-
cluded the house of commons,
434. both houses address con-
cerning the danger of the

church, 434, 435, 436. repeal the act declaring the Scots aliens, 437. act for amendment of the law, 439. a new session, agree to the articles of union with Scotland, 463, 464. the act of union, 465, 467. supplies for the war, 469. the parliament revived by proclamation, ibid. 489. the lords inquire into the conduct of the admiralty, 490. their address upon it, 491. they inquire into the conduct in Spain, 492. an act to encourage captors of prizes, 493, 494. the lords inquire into the correspondence with France, 496. their address, 497. the privy council in Scotland taken away, 498. the parliament support the queen upon the Scotch invasion, 502. a new parliament, 516. great partiality in judging elections, 517. a Scotch peer made a British peer cannot vote for the sixteen, 518. an act making treasons and the trial of them the same in Scotland as here, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523 an act of grace, 524. the bank fund enlarged, ibid. 525. a new session. Supplies for the war, 537. Dr. Sacheverel impeached, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543. debates in the house of lords, 543, 544, 545. found guilty, but gently punished, 545. the parliament dissolved, 553, 554. a new parliament, 557. supplies for the war, 558. the lords inquire into the conduct in Spain, 558, 559, 560. censure the old ministry for it, 560, 561, 562. the commons expel a member for frauds, 562, 563. vote the persons who invited over the palatines

public enemies, 564, 565. their repeal of the naturalization act rejected by the lords, 565. an act for qualifying members, ibid. another for importing French wine, 566. a design against king William's grants miscarries, 567. the commons vote thirty-five millions to be unaccounted for, ibid. an act for fifty new churches, 568. and for a South-sea company, 569, 573. the commons address, 574. a new session, 583. the lords address against leaving Spain and the West Indies to the house of Bourbon, ibid. 584. the commons address, 584. the occasional bill passed without opposition, ibid. 585. duke Hamilton's patent as duke of Brandon determined to give him no seat in the house of lords, 586, 587. an act of precedence to all the house of Hanover, 587, 590. the lords address to treat in concert with our allies, 587, 588. twelve new peers, 588, 589. addresses on the peace, 590. an expedient to quiet the Scots, 591. Mr. Walpole's case and censure, ibid. 592. the duke of Marlborough attacked, and some hard votes against him, ibid. episcopacy tolerated in Scotland, the presbyterians to take the abjuration there, 594, 595. an act restoring patronages there, 595. the commons vote the advisers of the barrier treaty public enemies, 597, 598. and that England had been overcharged nine millions in the war, 598. they punish the printer of the States' Memorial, ibid. the self-denying bill lost in the house of lords, ibid. 606. an inquiry

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into the conferences at Ger-
truydenberg dropped, 607.
protests of the lords expunged,
ibid. 608, 609, seven proroga-
tions, 616. a new session, 617,
addresses on the peace, 618.
supplies, the malt tax is ex-
tended to Scotland, 621.
motion to dissolve the union,
ibid. a bill to render the treaty
of commerce with France ef-
fectual, 622. thrown out by
a small majority, 623, an act
for mortgaging part of the civil
list to pay a debt on it of five
hundred thousand pounds, 628.
both houses address to remove
the pretender from Lorrain,
629. the necessity of fewer
and shorter sessions, 660. an-
nual meetings of parliament a
great evil, ibid.
Parliament, Scotch, declare the
prerogative in 1633, I. 21, 22.
pass an indemnity, 55. meet
after the restoration, 114, 115.
grant forty thousand pounds
additional revenue for life to
king Charles, 116. the act re-
scinding all acts of parliament
since 1633, 117, 119. an act
for keeping the twenty-ninth
of May, 120, 121. a new ses-
sion. Episcopacy restored, 143.
the oath of supremacy, 144,
145, 146. the covenant ab-
jured, ibid. the unheard-of se-
verity against lord Lorn, 149.
a committee for setting fines,
ibid. the incapacitating act,
150. rights of patronage re-
stored, 152. presbyterian min-
isters turned out, ibid. 153,
154, 155. a character of them,
156, 157. and of the new
ones, 158. a new session,
Warristoun executed, 203. an
act against conventicles, 204.
and regulating a national sy-

nod, 204. customs left to the
king, 205. an act offering an
army to march where the king
should command, ibid. the
parliament dissolved, ibid. a
new one, 284. an act for the
supremacy, another for the mi-
litia, 285. severe acts against
conventicles, 292. a new ses-
sion, 338. another session,
362. complaints of Lauder-
dale, 363, 364. the parliament
prorogued, 369. a convention
of estates give money, 421,
469. the duke of York goes to
Scotland, 477, 512. an act
against popery, 513. some ac-
cusations of perjury suppress-
ed, 514. a new test, 515, 516.
the protestant religion how
defined, 517. the parliament
dissolved, ibid.

many turned
out for refusing the test, 518.
519. a new parliament in king
James the second's reign, 634.
grant all that is asked, 636.
they will not take off the penal
laws, 680. are dissolved, 681.
a convention meet after the
revolution, II. 21. duke Hamil-
ton chosen president, they pass
a sentence of forfeiture on king
James, 22. declare king Wil-
liam and queen Mary king and
queen of Scotland, ibid. in
their claim of rights insert the
abolishing episcopacy, 23. a
petition of grievances to be
tendered with the crown, ibid.
24. the convention turned in-
to a parliament, 25. some high
demands, they are prorogued,
26. an act taking away the
supremacy and the right of pa-
tronage, 61. presbytery esta-
blished, chimney-money grant-
ed, an oath renouncing king
James, 64. a reconciling ses-
sion held by duke Hamilton,

120. they empower the king to protect the episcopal clergy, 121, 157. the examination of Nevil Payne dropped, ibid. the marquis of Tweedale commissioner, 156. they examine into the affair of Glencoe, 157. an act for a new company trading to the East and West Indies, 158. the project of Darien, ibid. it is voted a national concern, 235. the duke of Queensbury commissioner, 234. many angry votes about Darien, 234, 235, 319, 320, 321. a new parliament in 1703, 360. the duke of Queensbury commissioner, ibid. made treason to attempt an alteration in the church government, ibid. [357.] debates about the succession, [357,] [359] an act for a commerce with France, [357,] [360.] they give no supply, [359] the settlement in 1641 offered them to enact the succession, 396. the marquis of Tweedale commissioner, ibid. refuse the succession till after an union with England, 397. their successor to be different, 398. the act for that purpose tacked

a money-bill, 398, 399. passed by the queen, 399, 400. the duke of Argile commissioner, 404, 426. an act for a treaty of union, 427. the articles debated in parliament, 459, 460, 461. and agreed to, 462, 463, 464. Parma, duke of, II. 287. Parma, prince of, I. 311. Parry made a justice, I. 570. Parties, folly of keeping them up,

II. 662. Paterson, bishop, I. 290, 293, 516, 518, 680. archbishop of Glasgow, 681. II. 62.

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Paterson, projector of the expedition to Darien, II. 158, 163. Patriarcha," by Filmer, I. 571. Patrick, bishop, his character, I. 189, 462, 674, 684. he is made bishop of Ely, II. 76. his death, 488, 676, 720. Pats, of Rotterdam, I. 330. Paul's (St.) church rebuilt, I. 373. Payne, Nevil, agent for king James, II. 35. is engaged in a plot, 36. resists a double torture in Scotland, 63. his examination in parliament is dropped, 121.

Pearson, bishop, his death and
character, I. 694. II. 676.
Peiriski and sir Robert Murray,
parallel between, I. 59.
Pelham, lord, II. 720.
Pemberton made chief justice, I.
501, 535, 556, 568.
Pembroke, earl of, I. 798. his
character, II. 199. first pleni-
potentiary at Ryswick, 202,
261, 262. made lord high ad-
miral, 313, 356. lord lieute-
nant of Ireland, and president
of the council, 516. again
made lord high admiral, ibid.
resigns that post, but refuses
a pension, 537-
Pen, admiral, I. 219.
Pen, the quaker, I. 649, 651, 693,
694, 702, 731, 736. II. 69, 71.
Pendergrass, his discovery of the
assassination plot, II. 165, 166,
167, 169.

Pepys, secretary, I. 390, 614.
Percy, lord, I. 100.

Perkins, sir William, knows of the assassination plot, II. 165. 172. is in that of an invasion, 173. absolved at Tyburn, 174, 190.

Perth, countess of, turns Roman catholic, I. 678.

Perth, lord, I. 419, 420, 522. made chancellor of Scotland,

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