L. Mountjoy's Bill.

Jiament:

And the Lord Viscount Longueville reported, "That "the Committee had gone through the faid Bill; and "think it fit to pass, without any Amendment.'

Hodie 2a vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, " An Act for "the Relief of William Lord Viscount Mountjoy, with "relation to the forfeited Eftates in Ireland."

ORDERED, That the faid Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House, presently.

Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the faid Bill.

After fome Time, the Houfe was resumed.

And the Lord Viscount Longueville reported, "That "the Committee had gone through the faid Bill; and "think it fit to pafs, without any Amendment."

Dr. Drake's
After reading the Order made the Sixth Inftant, at the
Book, Hiftory.
of the laft Par- Defire of Doctor Drake, for his Attendance this Day;
and alfo taking into Confideration the Paragraph in the
Preface of the Book, intituled, "The Hiftory of the laft
"Parliament;" which was read, as followeth ; (videlicet,)
"And perhaps there was a Third Thing in Profpect,
"of deeper Reach than all thefe, which was,
"That fhould it have pleafed GOD, for our Sins,
"to have fnatched from us the King on the
fudden, by Chance of War, or other fatal Ac-
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"and the Civil Disorders they had raised among
"us at Home, and a numerous, corrupt, licen-
"tious Party throughout the Nation, from which
"the Houfe of Commons was fometimes not
"free, they might entertain Hopes, from the Ad-
"vantage of being at the Helm, and the Affiftance
"of their Rabble, to have put in Practice their
"own Schemes, and have given us a new Model
"of Government of their own Projection, and
"fo to have procured to themselves a lafting
Impunity, and to have mounted their own
"Beaft the Rabble, and driven the fober Part of
"the Nation like Cattle before them. That this is
no groundlefs Conjecture, will readily appear
"to any confidering Perfons, from the Treatment
"her Royal Highness the Princess of Denmark,
"the Heirefs Apparent to the Crown, met with
"all along from them and all their Party. They
"were not contented to fhew her a conftant
"Neglect and Slight themselves, but their whole

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Party were inftructed to treat her not only with "Difrefpect, but Spite; they were busy to tra"duce her with falfe and fcandalous Afperfions; "and fo far they carried the Affront, as to make "her at one Time almoft the common Subject "of the Tittle-tattle of almost every Coffee" house and Drawing Room; which they pro"moted with as much Zeal, Application, and "Venom, as if a Bill of Exclufion had then "been on the Anvil, and these were the intro"ductory Ceremonies."

After the reading whereof, Doctor Drake was called in; and the Order of the Sixth Inftant read to him.

Then the Lord Keeper asked him, "What he had to
fay concerning the faid Book?"

And the Book and the faid Paragraph being fhewed
him, he owned, "He writ the Book, and that Paragraph
"in particular; and he thought he had juft Reafon to
"write it, he having heard her Highnefs talked of dif-
refpectfully in almoft every Coffee-house."

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It is Refolved and Declared, by the Lords Spiritual and of a Book, intituled, "The History of the last Parliament, Temporal in Parliament affembled, That, in the Preface begun at Westminster the Tenth Day of February in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King William, Anno Do"mini 1700," (written by Doctor Drake, as he owned at the Bar), there are feveral Expreffions, which are groundThen he withdrew; and, after fome Debate, was lefs, falfe, and fcandalous, tending to create Jealousies in called in again. Her Majefty of Her People, and to caufe great Mifunderstandings,

Meffage from H. C. with a Bill.

Sheriffs to continue in their Offices, Bill.

Meffages from
H. C. with
Bills.

Mrs. Smith's
Bill.

Meffage from H. C. with a Bill.

After fome Time, the House was refumed.

And the Earl of Stamford reported, "That the Com"mittee had gone through the faid Bill, and had made "feveral Amendments thereto."

Which were read Twice, and agreed to by the House.

A Meffage from the Houfe of Commons, by Mr.
Hoblyn and others:

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An A&t for
"the continuing the prefent Sheriffs in England and
"Wales until the First Day of Hillary Term next, un-
"lefs Her Majefty fhall think fit to determine them
"fooner;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this
House.

Hodie 1 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An A&
"for the continuing the prefent Sheriffs in England and
"Wales until the First Day of Hillary Term next, unless
Her Majesty shall think fit to determine them fooner."

A Meffage from the House of Commons, by Sir
Rowland Gwyn and others:

Who brought up Two Bills;

The one, intituled, "An Act to oblige the Jews
"to maintain and provide for their Proteftant
"Children."

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The other, intituled, "An A&t for the more easy
Recovery of Money for the Repair of Churches
"and Chapels."

To which faid Two Bills they defire the Con-
currence of this Houfe.

A Meffage from the Houfe of Commons, by Mr.
Conyers and others:

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An A&t for the
Counter and others,
"continuing the Imprifonment of
"for the horrid Confpiracy to affaffinate the Person of
"His late Sacred Majefty King William the Third;" to
which they defire the Concurrence of this House.

Hodie 1 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, " An A&t for
"the Relief of Sufannah Smith Widow, with relation
"to the forfeited Eftates in Ireland."

A Meffage from the House of Commons, by Mr.
Brewer and others:

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the Re-.
"lief of the Mafters of Hoys and other Veffels carrying
Corn, and other Inland Provifions, within the Port
"of London ;" to which they defire the Concurrence of
this House.

Pamphlet The Order being read, for the Mafter and Wardens
called Tom
Double, Nutt of the Stationers Company, and John Nutt, to attend,
the Publisher to give an Account of what they have done, in order to
examined: find out the Author and Printers of the Book, intituled,

"Tom Double returned out of the Country, or the true
"Picture of a modern Whig, fet forth in a Second Dia-

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logue between Mr. Whiglove and Mr. Double, at The "Rummer Tavern, in Queen Street;" they were called in: And Mr. Nutt faid, "That Mr. Barber, the Printer, gave him the Book to publish."

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And they withdrew.

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"DOUBLE. Mum, Whiglové, talk no more upon that Subject I beseech you; fresh Orders are iffued out; "and fince we are not ftrong enough to make it go, and "that on the contrary it has alarmed and provoked all "Sort of Men, we are now directed to fay, that never any fuch Thing was intended by our Party; though, "GOD knows, it was the whole Difcourfe of all our "Clubs. Under the Rofe, this was one of those Embrios "that proved abortive upon the 30th of December last; "but, though it be not feasonable to ftir in it now, never fear our abandoning a wicked Design; we never quite lay afide any Mifchief: However, fince it has really opened the Eyes of a great many, and weakened our Intereft among feveral of our own Side, whom (with Grief of Mind I speak it) we cannot work up to "be guilty of fo much Injuftice; let us take all Occa"fions of declaring, that we will not violate these Acts upon any account whatsoever; which we may the more fafely do, because, you know, 'tis our Principle, not to think that we are bound by any Proteftations "we make, either in private or in public; and 'tis one "of the great Advantages we have over the rest of our "Fellow Subjects, that we can fetter the Confciences of "others, while our own are at perfect Liberty."

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Then it was propofed, "To pafs the fame Cenfure on Paragraphs "these Paffages, as was paffed on Part of the Preface of in it cenfured. "Doctor Drake's Book."

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After Debate;

The Question was put, "Whether the House shall
"be now adjourned?"

It was Refolved in the Negative.

Then this Question was propofed, "That in the Paragraphs which have been read, contained in the "89th and 90th Pages of the Book, intituled, "Tom "Double returned out of the Country, &c." there are "feveral Expreffions, which are groundless, false, and "fcandalous, tending to create Jealoufies in Her Ma'jefty of Her People, and to caufe great Mifunderftandings, Fears, and Difputes, amongst the Queen's "Subjects, and to disturb the Peace and Quiet of the Kingdom?"

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Then this Question was put, "Whether the Words,
"["groundless, falfe, and fcandalous,"] fhall be
left out of the Question?"

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It was Refolved in the Negative.

Then the main Question was put, "That in the
Paragraphs which have been read, contained
"in the 89th and goth Pages of the Book, inti-
"tuled, "Tom Double returned out of the Country,
"&c." there are feveral Expreffions, which are
groundless, falfe, and fcandalous, tending to
"create Jealoufies in Her Majefty of Her Peo-
ple, and to caufe great Mifunderstandings,
"Fears, and Difputes, amongst the Queen's
Subjects, and to disturb the Peace and Quiet
"of the Kingdom?"

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It was Refolved in the Affirmative.

It is Refolved and Declared, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That in the Paragraphs which have been read, contained in the 89th and 90th Pages of the Book, intituled, "Tom Double "returned out of the Country, or the true Picture of a Para-"modern Whig, set forth in a Second Dialogue between

Then the House went into Confideration of the graphs in the 89th and 90th Pages of the faid Book. Which were read, as follow: (videlicet,)

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"WHIGLOVE. I find we have mifcarried in one great Defign; the Train would not take; we were very hot "upon it just before the Parliament met; all the Whig "Coffee-houses rung how neceffary 'twas to break into "the Acts of Settlement, and to exclude

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"Mr. Whiglove and Mr. Double, at The Rummer Ta-
"vern, in Queen Street," there are feveral Expreffions,
which are groundless, falfe, and fcandalous, tending to
create Jealoufies in Her Majefty of Her People, and to
caufe great Mifunderstandings, Fears, and Difputes,
amongst the Queen's Subjects, and to disturb the
Peace and Quiet of the Kingdom.

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