Memoirs of the House of Commons, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Memoirs of the House of Commons, Vol. 2: From the Convention Parliament of 1688-9 to the Passing of the Reform Bill, in 1832Impeachment for some centuries the favourite instrument of the Commons' vengeance, their longest weapon and sharpest - History of impeachments before the Revolution summarily told - Several abortive impeachments immedi ately subsequent to the Revolution glanced at - The first seriously followed up against the Duke of Leeds for cor ruption - Full account of that extraordinary investigation, illustrating the manners and morals of statesmen of the reign of William til - Biography of that thrice impeached Peer - The cashierer of the Pensioner Parliament - Early career of Lord Danbv - A daring but unscrupulous Trea surer impeached for consenting to the king's bartering for bribes from F rance - Imprisoned five years - His lofty remonstrance - Released by the courage of Je¿ries - T he old Cavalier malcontent under James and William - A grumbling member of the Cabinet - Dissatisfied even with his Dukedom - Unpopular, terse, and epigrammatic in speech - The most able of the courtiers of Charles II.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.