Fall kinds of Parliamentary Papers, the
Protefts of the Houfe of Lords have ever
been esteemed the most valuable and interefting.
They are particularly fo to thofe young gentlemen
who are ftudying the history and conftitution of
their country; and, in a word, to every one who
is defirous of being acquainted with the Proceed-
ings of Parliament, which form the great school of
political knowledge, The fubjects of the Protefts:
here offered to the public are of the highest impor
tance to the interefts and freedom of the nation.
They present to us a view of the many noble
struggles, which, from time to time, have been
made in defence of conftitutional Liberty; and serve
to keep alive, and infpire into the minds of the rif-
ing generation, fome of the most exalted fentiments
that ever entered into the heart of man.
ftyle, in general, is nervous and animated, and
the arguments are the strongest that could poffibly
be produced; all which, indeed, is no more than
what might naturally be expected, from the distin-
guished abilities of thofe, who thus committed their
sentiments to writing; that they might be delivered
to pofterity, without the poffibility of misreprefen-
tation, in the language as they arofe fpontane-
oufly from the mind; when it was warm and full
of vigour, and when the expreffions flowed ftrong,
and pure from the heart.-Nothing, it is hoped,
need further be faid to recommend to the pub-
lic the prefent publication; a publication, it is
prefumed, which, to every competent judge, will
appear to be a work that fufficiently speaks for it-
felf. It may be requifite, however, for the fatif-
faction