The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords, From the Restoration in 1660 to the Present Time, Vol. 7

Download or read book The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords, From the Restoration in 1660 to the Present Time, Vol. 7 written by Great Britain Parliament and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords, From the Restoration in 1660 to the Present Time, Vol. 7: Containing the Most Remarkable Motions, Speeches, Debates, Orders, and Resolutions This? Bill can, therefore, no Way a 'efit the Pre tives of the Crown, or prevent any Man's receiving a jolt a wellde fined Reward; which is the only Reward the Crown ought, or has any Title, even from Prerogative, to bellow; lbr this Pre rogative, like all the other Prerogatives of the Crown, is far lubjea to the Controul of Parliament, that, if it be abufed, the Parliament may enquire into, and punilh the Advifers of that Aboie. As for the Inconveniencies that may arife from the o ther Houfe's unjullly expelling or imprifoning any of its own Members, or from its {creening Penfioners and corrupt Members, 11 may arife, tho' this Bill he never pa 'ed into a Law; and W3 more probably arife if it is not, than if it is; for Inju ice of all Kinds, is more to be feared fiom a corrupt Hoofe of Commons, under the In uence of a wicked and infolent Mini fier, than from the moi! Faetious Haule of Commpns that ever appeared, or can appear in this Kingdom; becau e the Crown mld certainly put an End to the latter, before it could doany Mikhief; but the former will be patronized and continued, as hg'as the Crown is under the Direetion of foch a Mini er or, at leafi, till that Minifier has got it into his Power, to et a new one chofen, as abandoned, and as much. Under his n fiuence as the old. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."