THE HE Lords Addrefs of Condolance, Congra- tulation and Thanks to King George II. upon his Acceffion to the Throne, Page 1. The The First Seffion of the First Parliament of King George II. Begun January 23, Address of Thanks to the King for his Speech, Page 4. The Second Seffion, begun January 21, Addrefs of Thanks for the King's Speech at opening the Second Seffion, Page 8. His Majefty's Anfwer, 10. den of the Fleet, 14. Protest against reading it twice in one Day, ibid. Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill against Bribery and Corruption, 15. Debate on a Motion for granting 115,000 l. for Deficiencies in the Civil Lift, 16. Proteft against paffing a Claufe for granting the faid Sum to the King, 19. The Parliament prorogued, 21. The Third Seffion, begun Jan. 13, 1729-30. Addrefs of Thanks for the King's Speech at opening the Third Seffion, Page 21. The King's Anfwer, 23. The Lords take into Confideration the Treaty of Seville, ibid. Debate thereon, 24. Duke of Devonshire moves the House to declare their Approbation thereof, ibid. Which is agreed to, 25. Proteft against it, ibid. Addrefs of Thanks for, and Approbation of the Treaty of Seville, 28. The King's Anfwer, ibid. State of the National Debt, ibid. Debate on the MutinyBill, ibid. Motion for a Lift of Penfions paffes in the Negative, 29. Proteft thereon, ibid. Debate on the Penfion-Bill, ibid. Copy thereof, 30. Proteft on a Refolution against committing it, 31. Motion to reject the faid Bill paffes in the Affirmative, 34. Proteft against it, 35 Proteft against paffing the Mutiny-Bill, ibid. Debate on a Motion, that the Maintainance of 12,000 Heffians for 1730, was burthenfome and unneceffary, 36. Proteft on the faid Motion's paffing in the Negative, ibid. The Parliament prorogued, 38. The Fourth Seffion, begun Jan. 21, 1730-1. Debate on an Addrefs of Thanks for the King's Speech at opening the Fourth Seffion, Page 38. The Addrefs, ibid. The King's Anfwer, 39. Debate on the Bill against Penfioners in the Houfe of Commons, 40. Copy of a Letter from Cambridge, in Vindication of Bifhop Sherlock's Speech against the faid Bill, 41. The Penfion-Bill rejected, 47. Proteft thereon, ibid. State of the National Debt, 48. Debate on a Bill for importing unwrought Wool from Ireland into England, ibid. Debate on a Motion for an Address to the King to difcharge the 12,000 Heffian Forces, 49. Debate on the English Law-Bill, ibid. The Parliament prorogued, 50 The The Fifth Seffion, begun Jan. 13, 1731-2. Addrefs of Thanks for the King's Speech at opening the Fifth Seffion, Page 50. His Majefty's Anfwer, 52. Debate on the Penfion-Bill, 53. Duke of Newcastle's Motion for reading the Mutiny-Bill a fecond Time, 58. Debate thereon, ibid. Proteft thereon, 62. Protest against allowing above 12,000 Men for the Army, ibid. The Mutiny-Bill paffed, 64. Debate on the Bill for reviving the Salt-Duty, ibid. The Salt-Bill committed, 84. Lord Shaftsbury presents a Petition of the Merchants, &c. of Liverpool against it, ibid. Whereupon the Lord De la War prefents a Petition of the Mayor, &c. of Liverpool in Favour of it, ibid. Motion to exempt Salt us'd in Manure, ibid. Protest on rejecting the Motion, ibid. Motion to exempt homemade Salt us'd for victualling Ships, 85. Proteft on rejecting it, ibid. Motion for reftraining any Officer of the Salt-Duty from being concern'd in Elections, ibid. Proteft on refufing a Claufe for that Purpose, 86. The Opinion of the Judges concerning a Member of the House of Commons being concerned in managing the Salt-Duty, 88. Debate on the third reading of the Salt-Bill, ibid. The Salt-Bill paffed, 89. Protest against it, ibid. The Parliament prorogued, 91. The Sixth Seffion, begun Jan. 16, 1732-3. An Addrefs of Thanks for the King's Speech at opening the Sixth Seffion, Page 92. His Majefty's Answer, 93. Proteft on refusing to read the Penfion-Bill a second Time, ibid. Debate on the Number of LandForces, ibid. The Mutiny-Bill paffed, 121. Proteft against it, ibid. A State of the National Debt, 122. Lord Bathurst's Motion for an Account of the Produce of the South-Sea Directors forfeited Estates in the Year 1720, 127. The Directors of the SouthSea Company ordered to lay their Accounts before the Houfe, 138. Names of the Lords who voted for the Motion, ibid. And of thofe against it, 139. The faid Accounts taken into Confideration, ibid. Debate thereon, ibid. Names of the Lords who voted for the calling in of Mr de Gols, 147. Names of thofe against it. ibid. The South-Sea Directors, &c. ordered to attend, 151. Debate on a Bill for granting 80,000l. for the Princess Royal's Marriage-Portion, and a Sum out of the Sinking-Fund, ibid. Proteft on rejecting the faid Motion, 166. South-Sea Directors examined, 169. Lord Bathurst's Motion relating to the Difpofal of the forfeited Eftates of the South-Sea Directors, Anno 1720, ibid. Debate thereon, ibid. Earl of Wincheljea's Motion that the Difpofal of those Estates, without the Order of a General Court, was contrary to Law, 170. Motion for appointing a Committee of Twelve to inquire into the Proceedings of the South-Sea Company, 180. Proteft on a Negative being put thereon, ibid. The Parliament prorogued, 183. The Seventh Seffion, begun January 17, 1733-4. Lord Hervey's Motion for an Addrefs of Thanks for the King's Speech at opening the Seventh Seflion, Page 183. The Addrefs, ibid. His Majesty's Answer, 185. Duke of Marlborough's Motion for a Bill to regulate the Army, ib. Copy of the faid Bill, ib. Debate thereon, 186. Proteft on the faid Bill's being refused a second Reading, 201. Earl of Scarborough's Motion for rejecting the faid Bill, 204. Which is rejected accordingly, 207. Lord Carteret's Motion to addrefs the King, to know who advised the Removal of the Duke of Bolton and Lord Cobham from their Regiments, ibid. Proteft on Lord Carteret's Motion paffing in the Negative, 218. Debate on the Earl of Marchmont's Motion, relating to the Claims of the Scots Peers, 219. Marquis of Tweedale moves, that the Election of Scots Peers be by Ballet, 220, Debate thereon, ibid. Protest on the faid Motion's paffing in the Negative, ibid. The Duke of Bedford moves, that to threaten or promise any Gratuity from the Crown to any Scots Peer, to vote at an Election, is an Infult upon the Crown, &c. 221. Debate thereon, 222. Proteft on the faid Question's being pafs'd in the Negative, 242. Motion to impower the Committee to inquire of proper Methods to encourage the Trade of the Plantations, and for their better Security, ibid. Proteft on a Negative being put on the faid Motion, 243. Debate on the Bill to prevent |