A motion however being made in the house of lords, that the admiral's instructions and journals relating to the last expedition might be examined, a committee was appointed for that purpose, and prepared an unfavourable report; but it was rejected by a majority of the house; and they voted, That sir George Rooke had done his duty, pursuant to the councils of war, like a brave officer, to the honour of the British nation.
THE PARLIAMENT MAKE A SETTLEMENT ON PRINCE GEORGE OF DENMARK.
On the twenty-first day of November, the queen sent a message to the house of commons by Mr.Secretary Hedges, recommending further provision for the prince her husband, in case he should survive her.

This message being considered, Mr.Howe moved, that the yearly sum of one hundred thousand pounds should be settled on the prince, in case he should survive her majesty.

No opposition was made to the proposal; but warm debates were excited by a clause in the bill, exempting the prince from that part of the act of succession by which strangers, though naturalized, were rendered incapable of holding employments.

This clause related only to those who should be naturalized in a future reign; and indeed was calculated as a restriction upon the house of Hanover.

Many members argued against the clause of exemption, because it seemed to imply, that persons already naturalized would be excluded from employments in the next reign, though already possessed of the right of natural-born subjects, a consequence plainly contradictory to the meaning of the act.