not to be kept in arms, ii. 383. Fletcher's plan for a, ii. 391. Athenian and Spartan, &c. &c. &c. ib. How fettled in Holland and Portugal, ii. 395. Dutch, in India, ii. 396. Lacedemonian, ii. 400. How to be exercited, ii. 401. First fettled here by Alfred, ii. 403. Fell into decay under the Stuarts, ii. 404. When put under the command of the crown, ib. 414. 425. The power of, in the fheriff, against infurrections, ii. 405. Grant, records of, in the Tower, ii. 410. Orders to put in readiness on alarm of an invafi›n, ii. 411. 425. New-England, the valour of, ii. 412. Great faving by, ii. 413. Laws, obfervations on, ii. 4.9. Called on to keep the peace,

iii. 235.

MILTON, his definition of a ftate, i. 71. His remark on triennial parliaments, i. 84.

MINISTERS, Why tempted to burden commerce with taxes, i. 51. Their motives for fecking power, i. 269. How keep afcendancy in parlia ment, ib. On a pretence of manning the navy, propofe an act to empower conftables to fearch private houfes, i. 325. Their trick in putting people to take up their freedom, i. 338 Their influence on elections, i. 359. On parliament, i. 367. iii. 273. Minifter of the house of commons, new state officer, i. 380. Il effect of minifterial power, at the peace of Urecht, i. 415. Their influence in the South-fea fcheme, i. 423. ways perfuade the people that their opponents are difaffected, i. 424. Thorough-paced, he fitate not to carry on views at the peril of the nation, i. 455. What they should do, ii. 313. 315. Their power increased by officers in the army, ii. 4,8 475Conduct

Al

Conduct of the modern, iii. 215. 271, 272, 273. 225. 339 ii. 105.

MINORCA, ii. 412. 414.

MOBS, a diftinction of, iii. 238.

MONARCHY, and republic, difference between, ii.

41.

MONEY, public, a commiffion appointed to inquire into the laying it out, i. 414. Sent from France and Spain, for the purpose of bribing parliament, i. 414. 7000 demanded to make up the deficiency ariting from difcouraging fpirituous liquors, i. 445. At the difpofal of the crown, iii. 283. MONTESQUIEU, his remark on reprefentation, i. 25. MORE, Sir Thomas his faying on foldiers, ii. 357. MOTION, in the houfe of commons, to decide queftions by ballot, i. 178. Beckford's to stop feasting at elections, i. 355. For judges to receive no fees, &c. ib. To prevent occafional votes, i. 356. Grenville's for a remedy against the undue exercife of the jurifdiction of the houfe of commons at elections, ib. Pulteney's for a peace, i. 422. To enquire what members had places holden in truft ; to prevent the tranflation of bishops; for an addrets against the Heffians, i. 424. To get facts, proceedings, extracts, &c. generally quathed by ministerial influence, i. 427. To enquire whether any members fat contrary to law, negatived, i. 429. For admitting admiral Haddock's inftructions, negatived, i. 430. For an account of fhips built for government fervice, over-ruled, i. 430. To examine ftate papers, i. 236. To tax incomes of places and penfions, ii. 110. 116. On places and penfions, ii. 186. To punish foldiers in time of peace by civil magiftrates only, ii, 360. For a bill to limit the time of a foldier's fervice, ii. 406.

For

For a bill to make the militia more ufeful, ii, 412.
To reftrain the number of playhouses, iii. 102.
For an academy, iii. 158. Against general war-
rants, iii. 252. 254. Against ex officio informa-
tions, iii. 255. For inquiry into Walpole's ad-
ministration, ii. 55. For a committee to inquire
if any member had place or penfion, ii. 186.
MURRAY, Alexander, tried for breach of privilege,
i. 249.

N.

NAUNTON, Sir Robert, afcribes the happiness of
Queen Elizabeth's days to the integrity of the
houfe of commons, ii. 34.

NAVAL force, can be used only for the country's
good, ii. 378.

NAVY, with militia, the only proper fecurity, iii,
389. 458. 463.. 467. 469. ii. 445. Cannot exift
without commerce, iii. 387.

NEGROES, iii. 320.

NERO, iii. 80. Ill educated, iii. 151.

NEWCASTLE, duke of, his cafe with admiral Byng,
i. 456. brought over German foldiers, ii. 352.
NEW-ENGLAND, the people inftruct their members,
i. 205. Exclude the crown officers from house
of reprefentatives, ii. 56. What crimes are capi-
tal there, iii. 219. Care of the morals of flaves,
ib. A revolution in, iii, 294.

NOBILITY, and gentry, fhould confider the king-
dom's foreign traffic, i. 52. Should ferve their
country gratis, 96, 97. Eagerness of, for mili-
tary employment cenfured, ii. 442. Should be
noble in their actions, iii, 112. Of Denmark, iii.

410. Should preferve its liberty for their own
fakes, iii. 420.

NORTH and GREY, lord, against the union, why, i,

71.

NOTTINGHAM, earl of, against the feptennial bill,
i. 136.

NUMBER, of the people of England, i. 36. Taxa-
ble in England and Wales, i. 39. In North Bri-
tain, i. 46. Of the members for counties and
boroughs, ib.

O.

OATH, forms of, iii. 197. To be taken by mem-
bers, if the penfion bill had paffed, ii, 185.
OCTAVIUS, refufed to arm the flaves, ii. 362.
OFFICERS, new &c. complained of, ii. 131.
OLIVER, Mr. his fpeech on parliament, i. 171. Sent
to the tower, i. 252.

OMAZ, Khalif, refufes to nominate his fon his fuc-
ceffor, &c. i. 102.

ONSLOW, Denzil, his remarkable cafe, i. 291.
ORDINANCE, felf denying, ii. 31. 41. 172.
OXFORD, on the mutiny bill, ii. 356.

OXFORDSHIRE, four members returned instead of
two, i. 336.

P..

PAMPHLET, giving an account of the emoluments of
members of parliament, i. 392.

PANETOLIUM, like our houte of commons, i. 7.
PAPER credit in America, why reftrained, i. 53.
PARENTS, fault of, iii. 154. 159.

PARLIAMENT,

PARLIAMENT, curb to kings, &c. i. 6. & 269.
Neglect respecting, ib. 126. Lengthening, an a-
bufe, i. 23. iii. 282. Grievances of, requiring
redrefs, i. 24. Not a juft reprefentative of the
people, i. 29, &c. The moft equitable plan of
chufing, i. 39. Majority of electors, stated, i. 40.
&c. Who formerly had or had not fuffrages in,
What is most favourable to court influence
in, i. 68. Cromwell's plan of, i. 77.

i. 59

of, in Saxon
Charles I. ib.
jected, i. 93.

Duration

times, i. 84. Made tennial under
Motion for annual, made and re-

Limitation of, obtained at Dublin,

On

i. 101. The king-killing, fenfible of the evil of
too long parliaments, i. 106. Reafons for an
annual, i. 109. Anciently, was frequently called,
i. 118. Dangers of long continuing, i. 119. 128.
iii. 39. 282. Pretence for feptennial, invalid, i,
130, & 133. Held formerly three times a year,
ib. ib. Lord Coke on cuftom of, ib. 200.
privilege of, i. 207, & 234. Ordered to determine
complaints againit king, queen, &c. but not a-
gainst fubjects, i. 216. What power was allowed
to, i. 217. Cannot alter the conftitution without
commiffion from the people, i. 221. iii. 441. Pri-
vileges and profecutions, commonly unjust, i. 136.
Takes up the office of criminal judges, i. 139.
Door of, house of, ought not to be shut, i. 258,
& 259.
How minifters keep an ascendency over,
i. 269. Not a good fecurity to the people, i, 360.
362. ii. 45. Power of, i. 361. Should be free
from corruption, i. 363. ii. 26. 34.
fymptoms fhew it totally corrupted, i. 366. Good-
fenfe and patriotifm generally against the proceed-
ings of, i. 367. Obfervations on, ib. Danger

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