Anno 10° Annæ Reginæ.
DIE Veneris, Septimo Decembris, 1711, Annoque
Regni Serenissimæ Dominæ Annæ, Dei Gratia,
Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Reginæ, Fidei
Defensoris, &c. Decimo, in quem Diem præsens hæc
Secunda Sessio Parliamenti Magnæ Britanniæ, per separales Prorogationes et Adjournamenta, prorogatum et
continuatum fuerat, in Superiori Parliamenti Domo, apud
Westmonaster. convenere Domini tam Spirituales quam
Temporales, quorum Nomina subscribuntur, præsentes
fuerunt:
REGINA.
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Epus. London.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Gloucestr.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Cestriens.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Cicestr.
Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Harcourt, Custos Magni Sigilli.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer, Thesaurarius.
Dux Buckingham & Nor. Præses.
Epus. Bristol, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Shrewsbury, Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Cleveland.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Ormonde.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Schonburg.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Rutland.
Dux Montagu.
Dux Kent.
March. Dorchester.
Comes Poulett, Senescallus.
Comes Derby.
Comes Pembroke.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Berks.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Plimouth.
Comes Portland.
Comes Torrington.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Orford.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Grantham.
Comes Wharton.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Mar.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Orkney.
Comes I'lay.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Dartmouth.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Weymouth.
Viscount Hatton.
Viscount Kilsyth. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Willughby Br.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Howard Escr.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Stawell.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Barnard.
Ds. Halifax.
Ds. Gernsey.
Ds. Conway.
Ds. Hervey.
Ds. Cowper.
Ds. Pelham.
Ds. Boyle. |
PRAYERS.
Lords take the Oaths.
This Day Edward Lord Bishop of Gloucester, and
William Lord Pagett took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, to robe.
The House was resumed.
Queen present.
Her Majesty, being seated on Her Royal Throne,
adorned with Her Crown and Regal Ornaments, and
attended with Her Officers of State (the Lords being
in their Robes), commanded the Gentleman Usher of
the Black Rod to signify to the House of Commons,
"That it is Her Majesty's Pleasure, they attend Her
immediately, in the House of Peers."
Who being come, with their Speaker; Her Majesty
was pleased to speak as follows:
Her Majesty's Speech.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"I have called you together as soon as the Public
Affairs would permit: And I am glad that I can now
tell you, that, notwithstanding the Arts of those who
delight in War, both Place and Time are appointed
for opening the Treaty of a General Peace.
"Our Allies (especially The States General), whose
Interest I look upon as inseparable from My own,
have, by their ready Concurrence, expressed their entire Confidence in Me; and I have no Reason to
doubt, but that My own Subjects are assured of My
particular Care of them.
"My chief Concern is, that the Protestant Religion,
and the Laws and Liberties of these Nations, may
be continued to you, by securing the Succession to
the Crown, as it is limited by Parliament, to the
House of Hanover.
"I shall endeavour, that, after a War which has cost
so much Blood and Treasure, you may find your Interest in Trade and Commerce improved and enlarged by a Peace, with all other Advantages which
a tender and affectionate Sovereign can procure for
a dutiful and loyal People.
"The Princes and States, which have been engaged
with us in this War, being by Treaties entitled to
have their several Interests secured at a Peace; I will
not only do My utmost to procure every one of them
all reasonable Satisfaction; but I shall also unite with
them, in the strictest Engagements for continuing the
Alliance, in order to render the general Peace secure
and lasting.
"The best Way to have this Treaty effectual, will
be to make early Provision for the Campaign: Therefore I must ask of you, Gentlemen of the House of
Commons, the necessary Supplies for the next Year's
War; and I do most earnestly recommend to you,
to make such Dispatch therein as may convince our
Enemies, that, if we cannot obtain a good Peace, we
are prepared to carry on the War with Vigour.
"Whatever you give, will be still in your own
Power to apply; and I doubt not but, in a little
Time after the Opening of the Treaty, we shall be
able to judge of its Event.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"As I have had your chearful Assistance for the
carrying on this long and chargeable War; so I assure
Myself, that no true Protestant, or good Subject, will
envy Britain, or Me, the Glory and Satisfaction of
ending the same, by a just and honourable Peace for
us and all our Allies.
"Such a Peace will give new Life to our Foreign
Trade, and I shall do My utmost to improve that
happy Opportunity to encourage our Home Manufactures; which will tend to the easing of My Subjects in that excessive Charge they now lie under in
maintaining the Poor, and to correct and redress
such Abuses as may have crept into any Part of the
Administration during so long a War.
"I cannot conclude, without earnestly recommending
to you all Unanimity; and that you will carefully
avoid every Thing which may give Occasion to the
Enemy to think us a People divided amongst ourselves, and consequently prevent our obtaining that
good Peace, of which we have such reasonable Hopes,
and so near a View.
"I pray God direct your Consultations to this
End, that, being delivered from the Hardships of
War, you may become a happy and a flourishing People."
Then Her Majesty was pleased to withdraw; and
the Commons returned to their House.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, to unrobe.
The House was resumed.
Speech reported:
The Lord Keeper reported Her Majesty's Speech.
And the same being afterwards read by the Clerk;
Motion for an Address.
It was moved, "That an humble Address be prepared, to return Her Majesty the humble Thanks of
this House, for Her Majesty's most Gracious Speech
from the Throne."
And a Question being stated thereupon:
It was moved, "That these Words be added to the
said Question; (videlicet,) ["And to represent it to
Her Majesty, as the humble Opinion and Advice of
this House, That no Peace can be safe or honourable
to Great Britain or Europe, if Spain and The WestIndies are to be allotted to any Branch of the House
of Bourbon"]."
And a Debate arising thereupon:
This previous Question was proposed, and put,
Whether a Question, for making those additional Words Part of the main Question, shall
be now put?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Addition to the main Question.
Then the Question was put, "Whether these
Words; (videlicet,) ["And to represent it to
Her Majesty, as the humble Opinion and
Advice of this House, That no Peace can be
safe or honourable to Great Britain or Europe,
if Spain and The West-Indies are to be allotted
to any Branch of the House of Bourbon"] shall
be Part of the main Question?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Then the main Question, with the said Addition,
being put; (videlicet,) ["That an humble Address be prepared, to return Her Majesty the
humble Thanks of this House, for Her
Majesty's most Gracious Speech from the
Throne; and to represent it to Her Majesty,
as the humble Opinion and Advice of this
House, That no Peace can be safe or honourable to Great Britain or Europe, if Spain and
The West-Indies are to be allotted to any
Branch of the House of Bourbon"]?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Committee to draw the Address.
Then the Lords following were appointed a Committee, to prepare an humble Address, to return
Her Majesty the humble Thanks of this House,
for Her Majesty's most Gracious Speech from the
Throne; and to represent it to Her Majesty, as the
humble Opinion and Advice of this House, "That
no Peace can be safe or honourable to Great
Britain or Europe, if Spain and The West-Indies
are to be allotted to any Branch of the House of
Bourbon;" and report to the House.
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Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Ds. Thesaurarius.
Ds. Præses.
Ds. Custos Privati Sigilli.
Ds. Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Cleveland.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Ormonde.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Schonburgh.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Rutland.
Dux Montagu.
Dux Kent.
March. Dorchester.
Comes Poulett, Senescallus.
Comes Derby.
Comes Pembroke.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Berkshire.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Plimouth.
Comes Portland.
Comes Torrington.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Orford.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Grantham.
Comes Wharton.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Mar.
Comes Loundoun.
Comes Orkney.
Comes I'lay.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Dartmouth.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Weymouth.
Viscount Hatton.
Viscount Kilsyth. |
Epus. London.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Gloucestr.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Cicestr.
Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Willughby Br.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Howard Escr.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Stawell.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Barnard.
Ds. Halifax.
Ds. Gernsey.
Ds. Conway.
Ds. Hervey.
Ds. Cowper.
Ds. Pelham.
Ds. Boyle. |
Their Lordships, or any Seven of them; to meet
To-morrow, at Eleven a Clock in the Forenoon,
in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of
Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
Adjourn.
Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens
Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem
Sabbati, octavum diem instantis Decembris, hora prima
post meridiem, Dominis sic decernentibus.