House of Lords Journal Volume 19: 11 March 1714

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 19, 1709-1714. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

Citation:

'House of Lords Journal Volume 19: 11 March 1714', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 19, 1709-1714( London, 1767-1830), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol19/pp634-635 [accessed 23 December 2024].

DIE Jovis, 11 Martii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:



Epus. Winton. Epus. Sarum. Epus. Petriburg. Epus. Bangor. Epus. Landaven. Epus. Exon. Epus. Norwic. Epus. Cicestr. Epus. Hereford. Epus. Meneven. Epus. Roffen.	Ds. Harcourt, Cancellarius. Comes Oxon. & Mortimer, Thesaurarius. Dux Bucks & Nor. Præses. Comes Dartmouth, Custos Privati Sigilli. Dux Grafton. Dux Ormonde. Dux Beaufort. Dux Devonshire. Dux Montagu. Dux Atholl. Dux Kent. March. Dorchester. Comes Poulet, Senescallus. Comes Derby. Comes Lincoln. Comes Dorset. Comes Salisbury. Comes Exeter. Comes Bridgewater. Comes Northampton. Comes Denbigh. Comes Westmorland. Comes Manchester. Comes Sunderland. Comes Scarsdale. Comes Clarendon. Comes Cardigan. Comes Anglesey. Comes Yarmouth. Comes Berkeley. Comes Nottingham. Comes Rochester. Comes Abingdon. Comes Plimouth. Comes Warrington. Comes Coventry. Comes Greenwich. Comes Wharton. Comes Godolphin. Comes Cholmondeley. Comes Mar. Comes Loudoun. Comes Findlater. Comes Dundonald. Comes Orkney. Comes Roseberie. Comes Portmore. Viscount Say & Seale. Viscount Townshend. Viscount Weymouth. Viscount Hation. Viscount Longueville. Viscount Kilsyth. Viscount Bolingbroke.	Ds. Bergavenny. Ds. Fitzwalter. Ds. Willughby Br. Ds. Paget & Burton. Ds. North & Grey. Ds. Hunsdon. Ds. Compton. Ds. Howard Escr. Ds. Byron. Ds. Rockingham. Ds. Lexington. Ds. Berkeley. Ds. Cornwallis. Ds. Osborne. Ds. Carteret. Ds. Ossulstone. Ds. Guilford. Ds. Ashburnham. Ds. Weston. Ds. Herbert. Ds. Haversham. Ds. Halifax. Ds. Gernsey. Ds. Cowper. Ds. Boyle. Ds. Balmerino. Ds. Mansel. Ds. Trevor. Ds. Lansdowne. Ds. Bathurst. Ds. Bingley.

PRAYERS.

E. of Derby takes the Oaths.

This Day James Earl of Derby took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

The Lord Cowper reported from the Lords Committees appointed to prepare an Address, to be presented to Her Majesty, pursuant to the Order of this House of Tuesday last, "That they had prepared an Address accordingly, as follows; (videlicet,)

Address for a Proclamation, for Discovery of the Author of the Pamphlet, intituled, "The Public Spirit of the Whigs, &c.":

"We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, beg Leave humbly to represent to Your Majesty, that we have begun our Endeavours to suppress seditious Papers (which Your Majesty was pleased to take Notice of in Your most Gracious Speech from the Throne), by applying ourselves to discover the Author, Printer, and Publisher of a Pamphlet, intituled, "The Publick Spirit of the Whigs, set forth in their generous Encouragement of the Author of The Crisis, with some Observations on the Seasonableness, Candour, Erudition, and Style, of that Treatise. London, printed for John Morphew, near Stationers Hall, 1714;" which we conceive to be a false, malicious, and factious Libel, highly dishonourable and scandalous to Your Subjects of Scotland, tending to the Destruction of the Constitution, and (by making false and unjust Reflections upon the Union and the Steps and Motives to it) most injurious to Your Majesty, who have been pleased often to declare fromthe Throne, "that the Union of the Two Kingdoms is the peculiar Happiness of Your Reign, in making a full Provision for the Peace and Quiet of Your People, and the Security of our Religion, by so firm an Establishment of the Protestant Succession throughout Great Britain." It appeared to us, by the Confession of the said John Morphew at our Bar, "That he published, sold, and dispersed that Libel;" and, by the Examination of several Witnesses on Oath, "That the same was printed by John Barber, a Printer; who, at the Time of the printing the said seditious Libel, was, and yet is, entrusted with printing The Gazette:" But the said John Barber, in his Examination, insisting not to answer any Questions the Answer to which might tend to accuse himself, or to corroborate the Accusation against him, we have not as yet been able to discover the Author of the said Libel, or who brought the written Copy thereof to be printed. And therefore, that nothing may be wanting on our Parts towards the discovering and punishing so great a Criminal as we take the Author of the said Libel to be, we do most humbly beseech Your Majesty, that Your Majesty would be graciously pleased to issue Your Royal Proclamation, with a Promise therein of such a Reward as Your Majesty shall in Your Royal Wisdom think fit, to any Person who shall discover, and make due Proof against, the Author or Authors of the said Libel; as also Your Majesty's most Gracious Pardon to such Person or Persons as shall make such Discovery, of all Crimes and Misdemeanors committed, in relation to the printing, publishing, and dispersing the said Libel."

Then, the said Address being read by the Clerk, an Amendment therein was made by the House.

Motion for adding Words to it.

And it being moved, "That these Words, (videlicet,) ["And we are the rather induced to lay this our humble Address before Your Majesty, because the Author of the said seditious Libel pretends to know the Secrets of Your Majesty's Administration,"] be added at the Close of the said Address:"

After Debate, and reading some Paragraphs of the said Libel;

The Question was put, "Whether those Words shall be added?"

It was Resolved in the Negative.

Protest against rejecting it:

"Dissentient.

"Devonshire.

"Nottingham.

"Sunderland.

"Manchester.

"Greenwich.

"Cowper.

"Townshend.

"Orford.

"Cholmondeley.

"Gernsey.

"Gr. Sarum."

Resolved, That this House doth agree to the aforementioned Address.

Address to be presented.

Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Address be presented to Her Majesty by the Lords with White Staves.

Golding & al. Pet. referred to Judges.

Upon reading the Petition of George Golding Esquire and Annabella his Wife, Thomas Lane Gentleman, and Frances Golding Spinster; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for rendering valid and effectual Two several Mortgages made by Scroop late Lord Viscount Howe in the Kingdom of Ireland, pursuant to an Act of Parliament passed in the Fourth and Fifth Years of Her present Majesty, the same not being duly enrolled according to the said Act:

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of the said Petition shall be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench and Sir Littleton Powys One of Her Majesty's Justices of the same Court; who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill; and, after hearing them, to report to the House the State of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties that may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill have signed the Petition; and also that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, decimum quintum diem instantis Martii, hora duodecima, Dominis sic decernentibus.