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ution of this Parliament, no PerTons who have new Offices hereafer to be erected under the Crown, nor Commiffioner, Secretary or Receiver of Prizes, Comptroller of Accounts of the Army, Commiffiner of Transports, or Sick or Wounded, Agents of Regiments, Governors of Plantations, Comniffioners of the Navy in out-Ports, r any having Penfions from the rown during Pleafore, fhall be caable of being chofen Members of he House of Commons for the fure. Provided alfo, that if any erfon being chofen a Member fhall fterwards accept any Place of Profrom the Crown, their Election be void; but that the fame Per a may be chofen again. And that > more Commiffioners for execu1g Offices fhall be hereafter made an have been formerly.

On the 21st of February the Comons having confidered the Acunts of the Revenues and Debts rer fince the Queen's Acceffion to e Throne, refolved, That it ap. pared to them that the publick Mo ys have been duly applyed to the blick Ufes under a prudent Magement, to the Advancement of redit, and for the Advantage and onour of the Nation.

On the 14th of March the Comons made a Provifion for raifing eamen to mann the Fleet by feveral efolves, which they ordered to be acted; which Bill being perfected, e Queen came to the Houfe on the th, and paffed that and fome other ils; after which the made a graciis Speech, and then the Parliament as prorogued to the 21st of May.

The Convocation fat this Seffion, ut did nothing more than difpute out Privileges, Her Majefty was leafed to interpofe, and by a Letr to the Archbishop, dated Feb. 5. afferted her Supremacy, declaed against the prefent Divifions,

and commanded the Prefident and his Suffragans to maintain their Superiority of Order. With Order to prorogue the Convocation from the 1st of March, to which they ftood now prorogued, to fúch other time as he thought fit.

The Emperor defiring to afford Prince Eugene a powerful Reinforcement to enable him to act with extraordinary Vigour in Italy next Campaign, he made a Propofal to the Queen to permit her Subjects to advance to him a Sum of Money in Loan upon the Security of his Lands, Rents, and Revenues in the Province of Silefia. The Sum defired was 240,000l. at 8 per Cent. per Annum Intereft; for the Loan whereof her Majefty iffued a Commiffion under the Great Seal, dated the 26th of February, conftituting certain Perfons therein named Truftees for taking the fame by voluntary Subfcriptions.

Which Commiffion being opened on the 7th of March, there was the first Day fubfcribed 160,000 /. and in a Week after the whole was compleated. The Effect of this Loan we fhall fee in the Operations of the next Campaign, which faved Turin, and the eby the Duke of Savoy, from Ruin.

Pursuant to the Acts of Parliament in both Kingdoms, the Queen iffued a Commiflion under the refpective Great Seals, conflituting a competent Number of Lords and others of both Kingdoms to treat of an Union of the two Kingdoms of England and Scotland. Which was now entred upon in earnest. On the 16th of April they met the first time, and the Commiffions being read, the Lord Keeper on the part of England, and the Earl of Seafield Lord Chancellor, on the part of Scotland, made each an excellent Speech on the Occafion, and then adjourned to the 22d. On

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that Day they adjusted Preliminaries, 1706. and then proceeded. The Particulars of the Conferences which were held 45 feveral Days, are too long to have place here; we can therefore only fay, that on the 23d of July the Treaty was finished. And the Articles figned by both Parties were prefented to the Queen; at which Time the Lord Keeper of England, and the Chancellor of Scotland, addreffed themselves to her Majefty in Loyal and Elegant Speeches, to which her Majefty returned a moft Gracious Anfwer.

The Actions abroad this Year were admirably fuccefsful to the Confederates on every fide. The Battle of Ramellies recovered the Netherlands to King Charles's Obedience. The Relief of Barcelona gave him Entrance into Arragon. And the Battle of Turin, by railing that Siege, recovered all Piedmont to the Duke of Savoy, and Milan to the Emperor.

The D. of Marlborough arrived at the Hague the 15th of April, N. S. tarried there a Fortnight to concert Matters, and then went to the Army, Monfieur d'Auverquerque doing the fame. The Troops were drawn into the Field (and except the Danes, who too came in May the 22d) the whole Army were difpofed to Action. The French at this time were Mafters of the Spanish Netherlands, and the Rivers and Defiles of that Country afforded them fuch Coverts for their Army, that all the Duke of Marlborough wifhed for was, that the Enemy would advance over the Dyle, which is a River that rifes on the South Frontier of Brabant, runs through the middle of that Province, and by Lovain; purpofing in fuch cafe to give them fair Battle. Altho' the true Intereft of the French might have been to have kept us at a Bay, by acting on the Defenfive,

yet the bad Face of Affairs every where else prompted them to attempt the Recovery of all by a Battle here. Accordingly the King fent Orders to Marfhal Villerey, who with the Duke of Bavaria, commanded this Summer, to give the Enemy Battle. That Action, moft advangeous to the Confederates, happened on the 23d of May, N. S. being Whitsunday, on a Plain in the South part of Brabant, between the Head of the River Gbeet and the River Mehaigne. The fmall Town of Ramellies, which lay in the Ceater, gave Name to the Battle, which was couragioufly fought between -> Battalions and 136 Squadrons c the French fide, and 74 Battalion and 123 Squadrons on the Contede rates, from an Hour and half pat Noon till Night. The Victor was on the Confederate fide, why were Mallers of all the Enemies Cannon and Baggage, and drove their A my out of the Field, after they had 5,000 Men flain, and 4000 FTvate Soldiers, and 600 Officers, ta ken Prisoners; with the los car on the Confederate fide of 1,066 ki led, and 2,567 wounded. The D. of Marlborough commanded or t Right, and adventured in his Cart to bring up Troops to furtain othe fo far, that when his Horse thre him by Accident, he was in Dange of being killed by a Party of t Enemy; and when he mounte Colonel Bingfield, his Matter of the Horfe, as he held the Stirrer loft his Head by a Cannon Ball Hi Grace's incomparable Wisdom, tivity, and Courage in that Dr Action, is univerfally extolle Monfieur d' Auverquerque com manded on the Left, and performe the part of a confummate Gener in all Things. The French Arr confifted of their beft Troops, 2: fought fo bravely, that the Ra (for it was no lef) that they fe

ed was, next under God, owing to e excellent Conduct of our Geneal, who fo well fuftained by fresh 'roops those that were over-powred by the Enemy, and by his own ourage and Activity in every part the Army fo excited the Soldie, that they performed Wonders. illeroy and Bavaria narrowly ef ped being both taken Prifoners their Flight, feveral Officers ithin a few Yards of them being ken.

The French immediately quitted uvain, which our Army took ffeffion of. The States of Brant fubmitted, and General Church7 was made Governor of Bruffels. twerp with the Marquifate did the ne; as alfo Mechlin or Malines dits Lordships; Bruges and Ouderd received our Garrifons, and : Duke pursued the Enemy. Meupon the Lys in the Heart of inders, was a place of fuch ufe, at it was refolved to befiege it; ich accordingly was undertaken ine the 8th, and fo well pufhed, it it was furrendered on the 23d. tend was befieged with great Fury, m June 28, to July 6, when it is furrendered.

Dendermond, feated alfo in anders on the Schelde, where the ender falls into that River, was on invefted at a Distance, but t belieged in Form till the 29th Auguft, and was furrendered afr feven Days Attack. And Atth is befieged Sept. 26, and taken

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And thus in one Campaign the onfederate Army advanced from e Banks of the Maes to the Borers of French Flanders. Which ing effected, the Army were put to Quarters November 6, and the uke went to the Hague, where he ad divers Conferences with the tates; and then came to England, nd arrived the 18th of November

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In Spain the Duke of Anjou exerted himself for the Recovery of Barcelona; he brought the Army down into Catalonia, made divers Feints other ways, but at last on the 2d of April, part of it encamped before the City. This fo long Delay was principally owing to the Mitfortune the French Fleet under the Count de Thoulouse fuffer'd in a terrible Storm between the 3d and the 21st of March, which hindred him from bringing the Cannon and Ammunition intended to be used in the Siege, fooner. They pufh'd on the Siege all the Month of April, had ruined the Fort of Montjuich, and by the Beginning of May had brought their Approaches very near Town.

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Sir John Leak with the Confederate Fleet failed for Lisbon March 12. N. S. and went in quest of the Spanish Galleons, but miffling them, he failed for the Streights, and arrived the 10th of April at Gibralter. There he received Letters from King Charles and the Earl of Peterborough, declaring the Distress they were in, and defiring his Relief. The Admiral with great Expedition put the Fleet in order, and failed the 24th of April, leaving Orders for Sir George Byng, who was expected with a Squadron of Reinforcements to follow, which he did with great Expedition, and joined the Fleet, as did alfo Commodore Walker, which made them 39 Englifh and 13 Dutch flout Men of War. On the 7th of May being arrived at the heighth of Terragona, the Earl of Peterborough came on Board with 1,400 Land Forces, and on the 8.h the Forces and Marines landed at Barcelona. With thefe Succours the Befieged made fuch powerful Refiftance, that on the 11th the Enemy drew off, leaving behind them 106 Brafs Cannon, 47 Mortars, 5000 Hh3 Barreis

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A. D. Barrels of Powder, 500 Barrels of 1706. Musket-fhot, 2,000 Bombs, 10,000 Granadoes, 40,000 Cannon-Bullets, 8,000 Spades, 13,000 Sacks of Meal, and valt quantities of Wheat, Rye, Oats, &c. and 1,500 fick and woun

ded Men.

In the mean time the Portuguese and Confederate Army being in the Field, befieged and took Alcantara, which was furrendered April the 14th, and afterwards Maral ja and Coria; and then the Earl of Gal way prevailed upon the Portuguese to accompany him in an Invafion of Spain, purpofing to march into the Heart of that Country to meet King Charles and the Earl of Peterborough. They proceeded with Succefs, and obliged the Duke of Berwick, who was pofted to intercept them, to fly before them. The Portuguese were unwilling to ad vance, as the Lord Galway defired, to Madrid, for as they had received no Advice from Barcelona, they feared it was loft, and therefore having advanced as far as Almarez on the Eaft Frontier of Eftremadura, where they propofed to break the Bridge over the Tagus to hinder the Enemy's Paffage, they would go no fur ther, but refolved to march back and befiege Ciudad Rodrigo, which was invetted May 21, and taken May 26. And having then received Intelligence of the raifing the Siege of Barcelona, the Portuguese agreed to march for Madrid. They decamped therefore the 3d of June,and arrived the 7th at Salamanca; they ftaid there till the 12th, and then marched forward. And on the 18th Deputies from the Efcurial came to Epinal to offer Submiflion.

The Duke of Anjou, in his Retreat from before Barcelona, could not get back thro' Arragon, and therefore was forced to march his Army thro' Roufillon into France, and fo came round behind the Pyre

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nees to Navarre. Himfelf rode Poft, and came to Madrid, butínding that the Portuguese were marching directly thither, he refolved to retreat; accordingly he withdrew, and carried with him all he could fuddenly get together. On the 29 of fune, the Army being arrived in the Neighbourhood of Madrid, that Town fent Deputies with Scomiffion. Charles was proclaime King at Madrid, and the Earl Galway having received Letters the the Earl of Peterborough was coming by the way of Valencia thither join him, he waited in Expectation.

At the fame time King Char who was come to Terragona in h way through Valencia to Mad, received Advice, that the Kingd of Arragon had declared for him, and defired his Prefence. This lead him to refolve to go to Sert, and he went thither accordingly, exwithstanding the Remonstrances of the Confederates againt it. Gra Difputations have fince happened upon the Reasons that induced br | Majefty to this Counfel; nor hard ever been fully agreed. 'Tis t that he found not his Account in t for it loft much time, and the fe ple of Spain rofe in feveral Pla for the Duke of Anjou; whole Ar my alfo were got round about thre Navarre, and advanced apace to wards Caftile, infomuch that whet King Charles was at Saragga, b found the way to Madrid hp, and was forced to go back at las, and come through Valencia to jes the Army, which he effected t till the 6th of Auguft. And t that time the Enemy was fo power. ful, that the Confederates were DX in a Condition to withstand him, is that Madrid was loft, and the Ar my retreated into Valentia. In tre mean time Sir John Leak with the Fleet took Carthagena, June 13, and Alicant on the 8th of

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le alfo reduced the Iflands of Yvica nd Majorca to the Obedience of Charles. But Carthagena being fterwards befieged by Mahoni, it was retaken Nov. 18. Alcantara lfo was retaken from the Portuuefe. And in fine, this Campaign, hich began fo happily, ended but oorly.

Don Pedro, King of Portugal, dearted this Life December the 9th, 706, and was fucceeded by his Son Jon Juan IV.

Let us now look into Italy, and e the brave Progrefs of Prince Eune. There happened a bloody tion at Calcinato, where the Juke of Vendofme fet upon the Imeralifts on the 19th of April. For hich the French King caufed Te eum to be fung as for a Victory, tho' it was certain the French loft many Men as the Imperalifts, his was all they had to brag of, or altho' the Duke of Orleans came › Lombardy to command that Arly, and make a push there, he could ot hinder Prince Eugene from mak1g that prodigious March for the Lelief of Turin.

The French King refolving to reuce the Duke of Savoy to his own Terms, had fent a numerous Body of Troops under the D. de Feuillade, ind Marshal Marfin, to finifh the reduction of Piedmont. And in order to it, they invested Turin, the Capital of the Duke of Savoy's Dominions, on the 23d of May, and opened Trenches before it on the 3d of June. The Duke of Savoy appointed Count Taun Governor, and upplied the Place with Men and Neceffaries, as well as he could, and then went out of the City, collected the rest of his Troops, and prepared to make a Diverfion upon the Enemy abroad, wherein he was very active, and interrupted their Communication and Convoys; which obliged the Enemy to employ at the fame time

an Army against him, and another A. D.
in the Siege. By this means the 1706.
Town was able to hold out till
the 7th of September, but their
Ammunition being all spent, they
were reduced to Extremity, when
Prince Eugene came in, and raised
the Siege.

That General fo kept the French
in play, that he was able to march
from the Frontiers of the Dutchy of
Mantua quite thro' the rest of Lom-
bardy, near 200 Miles an end, even
in fight of the Enemy, to Piedmont.
He kept on one fide the Po, while
they were on the other, and guard-
ed himself fo well, that he brought
his whole Army fafe and untouched
to Turin. On the 7th of Sep-
the Battle of Tu-
tember was
rin fought, wherein the Confederates
gained a fignal Victory, and the
French loft a Marshal of France,
Monfieur Marfin, who was taken
Prifoner, and afterwards died of his
Wounds; 4 other General Officers,
8 Colonels, 12 Lieutenant-Colonels,
6 Majors, 98 Captains, 185 Com.
miffion Officers, 7,641 Soldiers Pri-
foners, and 6,704 killed, 255 Pieces
of Cannon, 108 Mortars, 7,800
Bombs, 3,200 Royal Granadoes,
7500 Hand Granadoes, 48,000 Can-
non Bullets, 68,000 Quintals of
Powder, all their Tents and Bag-
gage, and all the Money to pay the
Troops. Which were taken by
the Confederates.

The Lofs on the Duke of Savoy's
fide in Turin during the Siege (the
Wounded and Deferters being rec-
koned as well as the killed) amount-
ed to in all 6,607 Men. And in
the Battle about 2,500 Men were
killed or wounded.

Befides the Advantage this Victory gave to the Duke of Savoy, the Emperor reaped this Benefit by it, that the French were hereby reduced fo low as to be unable any longer to keep an Army in Lombardy, and

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