...breach of trust ' in the execution of his office, and notorious ' corruption when secretary at war, was and ' is incapable of being elected a member to ' serve in this present parliament.' And then observes that, from the terms of the vote, we have no right to annex the incapacitation to...

...breach of trust ' in the execution of his office, and notorious • ' corruption when secretary at war, was and ' is incapable of being elected a member to * serve in this present parliament.' And then observes that, from the terms of the vote, we have no right to annex the incapacitation to...

...solemnity, in the following terms, viz. ' Resolved, that ' Robert Walpole, esq. having been that ses' sion of parliament expelled the house, was ' and is incapable of being elected member ' to serve in that present parliament.' Vide • Mungo on the Use of Quotations, page 11. NB...

...high breach of trust in the execution of his office, and notorious corruption when secretary at war, was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament." Debates on Another business of far greater consequence 'the Barrier ' ^ Treaty. next engaged the attention...

...possible solemnity, in the following terms, viz. ' Resolved, that Robert Walpole, esq. ' having been that session of parliament expelled the ' house, was and is incapable of being elected mem' ber to serve in that present parliament.' Vide Mungo on the Use of Quotations, page 1 1 . NB The...

...February, 1769, are, " That John Wilkes, Esquire, having been in this session of Parliament expelled this House, was, and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present Parliament." — By this arbitrary and capricious vote, the House established an incapacity unknown to the laws...

...expunge from our journals a resolution of this House, which is as follows : " Resolved, That John Wilkes, Esq. having been, in this session of Parliament, expelled the House, was and is incapable of sitting in the present Parliament." Sir, I will produce precedents to shew that this House, from 1580,...

...verv vcte in the following terms, vide page 11. "Resolved, That Robert Walpole, Esq." having been that session of parliament expelled the house, was, and...is incapable of being elected a member to serve in the present parliament." There cannot be a stronger positive proof of the treachery of the compiler,...

...breach of trust in the execution of his office, " and notorious corruption when Secretary at War, w was and is incapable of being elected a member " to serve in this present parliament*." Now, Sir,. to * His well worth remarking, that the compiler of a certain quarto, called The Case of...

...name fif so eminent a person as Sir Robert Walpole, to be so often repeat* VOL. 4, £ z been, that session of parliament, expelled the house was, and is, incapable of being elected a member til in these pages, without introducing a few hints concerning his life and character. He was the son...