“IX. That judges’ commiſſions be made Quamdiu ſe bene geſſerint, and their ſaleries aſcertained and eſtabliſhed; but upon the addreſs of either houſe of parliament, it may be lawful to remove them.
“X. That the princes Sophia, dutcheſs dowager of Hanover, be declared the next in ſucceſſion to the crown of England, in the proteſtant line, after his majeſty and the princeſs, and the heirs of their bodies reſpectively; and that the further limitation of the crown be to the ſaid princeſs Sophia and the heirs of her body, being proteſtants.”
The national meetings in Queen Anne’s time, were replete with craft, faction, and perfidy; for though the honour of the Queen and the good of the public were loudly talked of, yet all was ſwallowed up in ſelf-intereſt, and clamour, cabal, and confuſion prevailed.
On the acceſſion of King George I. the diſorders of thoſe times made it neceſſary to paſs the riot act; which, as ſoon as tranquillity was reſtored, ſhould certainly have been repealed; as it has ſince been attended with many fatal conſequences, which are too recent in the minds of the
