She created twelve peers at once, [173] _[See note 2 F, at the end of this Vol.]_ and on the second of January they were introduced into the upper house without opposition.

The lord-keeper delivered to the house a message from the queen, desiring they would adjourn to the fourteenth day of the month.

The anti-courtiers alleged, that the queen could not send a message to any one house to adjourn, but ought to have directed it to both houses.

This objection produced a debate, which was terminated in favour of the court by the weight of the twelve new peers.
PRINCE EUGENE ARRIVES IN ENGLAND.
At this period prince Eugene arrived in England with a letter to the queen from the emperor, and instructions to propose a new scheme for prosecuting the war.

His errand was far from being agreeable to the ministry; and they suspected that his real aim was to manage intrigues among the discontented party who opposed the peace.