When the earl of Strafford returned from Holland, all his papers were seized by an order from the secretary's office.

Mr.Prior was recalled from France, and promised to discover all he knew relating to the conduct of Oxford's administration.

Uncommon vigour was exerted on both sides in the elections; but, by dint of the monied interest, which prevailed in most of the corporations through the kingdom, and the countenance of the ministry, which will always have weight with needy and venal electors, a great majority of whigs was returned both in England and Scotland.
THE KING'S FIRST SPEECH.
When this new parliament assembled on the seventeenth day of March, at Westminster, Mr.Spencer Compton was chosen speaker of the commons.

On the twenty-first day of the month, the king appeared in the house of lords and delivered to the chancellor a written speech, which was read in presence of both houses.

His majesty thanked his faithful and loving subjects for that zeal and firmness they had shown in defence of the protestant succession, against all the open and secret practices which had been used to defeat it.