Marlborough had formerly made himself conspicuous by the keenness and pertinacity with which he had attacked the Dutch.

But he had now made his peace with the Court, and was in the receipt of a large salary from the civil list.

He was in the House on that day; and therefore, if he voted, must have voted with the majority.

The Cavendishes had generally been strenuous supporters of the King and the junto.

But on the subject of the foreign troops Hartington in one House and his father in the other were intractable.
This vote of the Lords caused much murmuring among the Commons.