The Hon. James Brudenell.
Tho. Pelham, Efq;

John Morley Trevor, Efq;
Nathaniel Gould, Efq;
Francis Chamberlayn, Efq;
The Hon. Spencer Compton.
Lord Thomond.
Lord Lumley.

Daniel Willfon, Efq,

Sir Richard Sandford, Bar.
John London, Efq;
Tho. Pit, Jun. Efq;
John Eyres, Efq;

Reynolds Calthrop, Efq;
Edward Ath, Efq;

Price Acourt, Efq;
John Eyles, Efq;

Sir John Rufhout, Bar.
Jofeph Addifon, Efq;
Sir Tho. Read, Bar.
Tho. Pit, Sen. Efq;
Tho. Wylde, Efq;
John Rudge, Efq;

Sir William Robinfon, Bar.
Sir William St. Quintin, Bar.
Sir Charles Hotham.

Tho. Yorke, Efq;

William Pulteney, Efq;

Hugh Cholmley, Efq;

Edmund Dunch, Efq;

William Strickland, Efq;

Thomas Frankland, Efq;

Ralph Bell, Efq;

Henry Prater, Efq;

Leonard Smelt, Efq;

Archibald Hutchinson, Efq;

Philip Papillon, Efq;
The Hon. Edw. Watson.
Sir Robert Furnace, Bar.
Sir John Norris, Kt.
Philip Gibbon, Efq;
George Doddington, Efq;
Robert Bristow, Efq;
George Nayler, Efq;
Thomas Jones, Efq;
John Montgomery, Esq;
Sir James Campbell, Bar.
George Baylie, Efq;
Colonel John Campbell.
Charles Oliphant, Efq;

Sir William Johnstowne, Bar.
Sir James Stewart, Bar.
Alexander Grant, Efq;
William Steward, Esq;
Sir John Anftruther, Bar.
Henry Cunningham, Efq;
John Middleton, Efq;
John Cockburne, Efq;
Sir David Dalrymple, Bar.
John Steward, Efq;
Sir James Carmichael, Bar.
Tho. Smith, Efq;

Sir Gilbert Elliot, Bar.
Robert Monro, Esq;

Lord Fynch was unfortunately shut out at the Divifion; but the noble Part he acted in the Debate will ever be remembred to his Honour.

N. B. The Honourable John Campbell, and William Thompson of Scarborough, Efq; were Omitted in the former Edition of this Book..

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Mr. STEEL E's

APOLOGY, &c.

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Have waited with much Patience during the Seffion of Parliament, without offering at any Thing in my Juftification against the Sentence which paffed upon me on the 18th of March laft paft; which Sentence, and the Motives to it, are exprefs'd in the two following Refolutions.

Refolved,

That a Printed Pamphlet, intituled, The ENGLISHMAN, being the Clofe of the Paper fo called; and one other Pamphlet, Entituled, The CRISIS, written by Richard Steele, Efq; a Member of this Houfe; are fcandalous and feditious Libels, containing many Expreffions highly reflecting upon Her Majefty, and upon the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and U. niverfities of this Kingdom, maliciously infinua ting, that the Proteftant Succeffion in the House of Hanover is in Danger under Her Majefty's Adminiftration, and tending to alienate the Af fections of Her Majesty's good Subjects, and to create Jealoufies and Divifions among them.

Refolued,

Refolved,

That Richard Steele, Esquire, for his Offence in Writing and Publishing the faid fcandalous and feditious Libels, be expell'd this Houfe.

I hoped every Day, during the Seffion, to have heard other Writers called to an Account for their Errors as well as my felf, efpecially those who had provoked me to fay what gave fo much Offence. In that Cafe I might perhaps have heard fomething alledg'd, that would have made it appear neceffary in the ReprefentativeTM of the People, to cenfure as well those who are imprudently zealous for them, as thofe. who are against them. But fince they have punished only me, who, if I am guilty at all, am guilty only of too forward Zeal in a good Caufe; I fay, fince the Commons, to fhew their Impartiality, have thought fit to diftinguish only the Crimes of one of their own Members, by taking from him both his good Name and Seat in Parliament, while all other Writers pafs unmentioned; that Member thinks himfelf at Liberty to do what he can to weaken the Force of that Cenfure, by a Narrativeof all that pafs'd in their House relating to himself, as well as he can recollect it..

If the Reader will allow me the Liberty of Speaking of my felf fometimes as a third Perfon, to avoid the Word I, (which often repeated, even in a Juftification, has an Offence: in it) I will tell the Story very honestly.

It may, perhaps, appear undutiful to argue against what was acted by the Representative of one's Country: But in order to keep us within fuch Bounds, it is expedient, on their Side,

to have a due Regard to the Lives and Honours of those whom they call before 'em, and not to expect that, when they have laid the heaviest Weight which they are able upon an Offender, he will be intimidated from difputing the Juftice of their Sentence by the Terrors of their future Difpleasure, which can have in Store nothing fo terrible as what is already inflicted. The Refolution against Mr. Steele carries in it all the Infamy that can be joined to the Name of a Gentleman, and they have certainly made him defperate and regardless of what further they can determine to his Difadvantage.

In inflicting Punishments, especially where the Penalty is not prefcribed, there should be always a Regard had to the Perfon who is to fuffer; and whatever Senfe any Body of Men may have of Good and Evil, they fhould ftill fuppofe there are fome Men who prefer their Integrity to all other Confiderations, not excepting thofe of Riches and Power.

Honour is the true Effence of a Man, and confifts in the Consciousness of Innocence and Honefty. This, indeed, cannot be taken from him by the Outrage of Multitudes, or the Abuse of Power. But though fuch a Senfe of Reproach is to be the private Rule of a Man's Conduct, and will certainly prove the best Support under all Difappointments and Adverlities, it is too abstracted a Notion to carry him through the Bulinefs of the World, without having a due Regard to Reputation and Fame. A Man's Reputation is the Drefs of his Honour, and though tearing a Man's Cloaths cannot hurt his Life or his Limbs, yet if he'll al

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