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ONDAY Morning July 28 1746, about 8 o'Clock, the three Rebel Lords were brought from the Tower under a trong Guard, in three everal Coaches to Wetminker-hall and were there received by General Folliot, from the Deputy Governor of the Tower, then the Axe was carried before them into the Hall, with the Edge from them, and they were placed in eparate Rooms.

About Nine o'Clock the Lord High Steward came in a grand Proceion, with five Led Coaches, and his Body Coach with his Attendants before him; after which the State Coach came, and ten Footmen bare headed.

When he came to the New-Palace-Yard, the Drums beat and the Soldiers reted their Muskets as they do to the Royal Family; & the ame was oberv'd when his Grace came from the Houe of Peers.

Then the Lord Chief Jutice of England; the Mater of the Rolls, and the ret of the Judges in Town, and the Maters in Chancery followed in Proceion to the Houe of Peers.

Sir Wm Sanderon, Bart Deputy Uher of the Black Rod was in the Coach with the Lord High Steward, and carried the White Wand.

Afterwards the Lords were marhalled in the Painted Chamber, and walk'd in Proceion, according to their Dignity.

The Lords having taken their Places, the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery preented the Comiion, appointing a Lord Hight Steward, to the Lord Chancellor on his Knee, and the ame being delivered to the Clerk of the Crown, it was read, all the Lords tanding up uncover'd.

Then the Staff was delivered to the Lord High Steward by Garter King at Arms, and the Gentleman Uher of the Black Rod.

After which, the Earl of Kilmanock was arraign'd by the Crown, and pleaded Guilty.

The Earl of Cromanie likewie pleaded Guilty; and ubmitted themelves to his Majety's Mercy. After which they were allowed to be in a Room together during the other Lords Trial, and refreh'd themselves with a Glas of Wine, &c.

The Lord Balmarino pleaded not Guilty; and the Lords adjourn'd to their own Houe to debate a Point of Law, which aroe in his Defence, which being over, they reunited into Court, in the faire mot regular grand and solemn Order as before, (all in their Robes) and proceeded to the Examination of Witnees. Four of which were fully proved the Charges againt him; One of them proved him to be at Carlile, and to have been a Colonel in the Pretener's Son's 2d Troop of Body Guards. The Lord High Steward then ask'd him, if he had any Witnees, or any thing farther to offer in his Defence; To which he replied, he was orry to give their Lordhips o much Trouble; and aid he had nothing more to ay. It was then ignified to the Gentleman Goaler he hould withdraw his Prisoner, which being done, the Lord High Steward, aited by one of the King's at Arms, collected the Votes from the Peers, [three only of the whole body being abent.] beginning with the Junior Baron, and their Lordhips laying their Hands upon their Hearts, unanimouly, declared the Prioner Guilty of the High Treaon of which he tood indicted. Lord Balermino was then brought into Court, to be acquainted by his Grace the Lord High Steward of the Opinion of the Peers, the Gentlemen who bore the Aze tanding near the Bar, and gradually turning the Point round to the Prioner as his Grace was peaking to him, his Lordhip during this extraordinary Juncture of time never chang'd his Countenonce, and returning a Cow to the Lords as they withdrew to the Parliament Houe, was with the two other Lords carried back to the Tower, through a prodigious Concoure of People about even o'Clock in the Evening.

They were again carried on Wedneday July 30th when the Court being et after the ame manner as on Monday, and the three Peers there convicted of High Treaon, being brought to the Bar to receive Sentence, The Lord High Steward, asked Lord Kilmarnock, if he had any thing to offer why Judgment of Death hould not pas upon him? to which he replied, He could ay nothing in Arret of Judgment, but deired Leave to pepkspeak [sic] a few Words, which being granted, he aid, That ever ince he had been capable of Judging for himelf, he had by all his Actions, whenever it was in his power, endeavoured to how the trictet Attachment to his preent Majety; that he had a Son who had the Honour to bear his Majety's Commiion, who by all his Actions had fully tetified he had Educated him in the highet Notions of Revolution Principles, which were the ame he was taught by the bet of Fathers, and without which, it was impoible for the Liberties, &c. of the Nation to ubist; that he did not engage in the Rebellion till late, viz. after the Battle of Breton-Pans, and that it had been his contant Care the whole Time of his being with them, to prevent as much Michief as poible, being committed upon his Majety's Subjects Solders, or others; that he might very eaily have got off at the Time he urrendered, being purued by none, but being enible he mut preerve his Life by the ame Methods which had been unhappily made Ue of for the Detruction of his Country, he choe rather to ubmit to his Majety's Mercy: That he had heard the French King had interfered on pretence of getting Pardon for them: That he abhorred the thoughts of a French King's preuming to dictate to a King of Britain how he hould treat his offending Subjects and if he had any Mercy, hould only deire to receive it by the Interceion of Britons: but if Jutice would not permit Mercy to take Place, he hould then with his lat Breath pray for his Majety's Poterity, and the Properity of his Country The Earl of Cromartie recommended himself to the King's Mercy, and deired their Lordhips Interceion. As for the Lord Balmerino, he pleaded that the Grand Jury of Surry had no right to find Bills againt him as being at the taking the City and Catle of Carlile ince it had not been at all proved that he was preent thereat; he therefore aid, if they had no Right to find Bills againt him, he humbly moved the Indictment might be quahed, or that he might be allowed Council: the Lords after ome Debate agreed he hould have Council aigned him, and accordingly at his Requet Mr Wilbraham and Mr Forreter were appointed; and the Lords ordered him to prepare for Judgment on Friday.

The Lord High Steward went again on Friday August 1. to the Houe of Peers in grand Proceion, and after being eated, and the Peers in their Robes, Proclamation was made for Silence, and for bringing the Prioners to the Bar, which was done accordingly with the Ax carried before them.

The Lord Balmerino was ask'd by the Ld High Steward, if his Council hould be heard in Arret of Judgment, as was offer'd by him; but he anwer'd, that he was advi'd by his Council that there was nothing to offer.

Then the Earls of Kilmarnock and Cromartie were ask'd if they had any thing to propoe why Judgment hould not pas againt them; to which they anwer'd in the Negative

Lord Balmerino was alo ask'd the ame Quetion, and made the like Anwer; but confes'd his Crime, begg'd Pardon for the Trouble he had given their Lordhips, and humbly impor'd their Interceion to his Majety for Mercy.

The Earl of Cromartie, Lord Kilmarnock, and Lord Balmerino.

OU tand Impeached by the Commons of Great Britain's Parliament aembled of High Treaon, in traiterouly imagining and compaing the Death of his mot acred Majety, and in conpiring, for that End, to levy a bloody and detructive War againt his Majety, in order to depoe and murder him: and in levying War accordingly, and proclaiming a Pretender to his Crown, to be King of thee Realms.

Which Impeachement, though your Lordhips in the Introduction to your Plea, uppoes to be out of the ordinary and common Coure of the Law and Jutice, is yet as much a Coure of Proceeding according to common Law, as any other whatoever.

If you had been Indicted, the Indictment mut have been moved and brought before the Houe of Lords, the Parliament itting. In that Cae you had, 'tis true, been accued only by the Grand Jury of one County, in the preent, the whole Body of the Commons of Great Britain, by their Repreentatives, are your Accuers.

And this Circumtance is very obervable, (to exclude all poible Suppoition of Hardhip, as to the Method of proceeding againt you) that however all great Aemblies amongt us areant to differ on other Points, you were impeached by the ananimous Opinion of the Houe of Commons, not one contradicting

It is my Duty to exhort your Lordhips this, to think of the Aggravations, sa well as the Mitigations (if their be any) of your Offences; and, if I could have the Leat Hopes, that the Prejudies of Habit and Education would not be too trong for the mot earnet and charitable Entreaties, I would not beg you to rely any longer on thoe Directors of your Conciences by whoe Conduct you have, very probably, been led into this mierable Condicion; but that your Lordhips would be aited by ome of thoe pious and learned Divines of the Church of England, who have contantly borne that infallible Mark of incere Chritians, univeral Charity.

And now, my Lords, nothing remains, but that I pronounce upon you (and orry I am that it falls to my Lot to do it) that terrible Sentence of Law, which mut be the ame that is uually given againt the meanet Offender in the like Kind.

The mot ignominious and painful Parts of it are usually remited by the Grace of the Crown, to Perons of your Quality; but the Law in this are being deaf to all Ditinctions of Perons, requires I hould pronounce, and accordingly it is adjudged by the Court.

''That you William Earl of Kilmarnock, George Earl of Cromartie, and Arthur Lord Balmerino, return to the Prion of the Tower from whence you came from there you mut be drawn to the Place of Execution; when you come there you mut be hang'd by the Neck, but not till you be dead, for you mut be cut down alive, then your Bowels mut be taken out and burnt before your Eyes, then your Heads mut be everd from your Bodies, and each of your Bodies divided into four Quarters, and those mut be at the King's Dipoal. And God Almighty be merciful to your Souls.''

Which done the Prioners were taken from the Bar.

Then the Serjeant at Arms, crying O Yes aid,

Our Sovereign Lord the King trictly charges and commands all manner of Perons to keep Silence upon Pain of Imprionment.

After Which the Lord High Steward tood up, uncovered, and declaring there was nothing more to be done by virtue of the Preent Comiion, broke the Staff and pronounced it diolved and then leaving the Chair came down to the Woolpacks and ask'd if it was their Lordhips Pleaure to ajdourn to the Houe of Lords, which being agreed to, the Houe adjourn'd to the Chamber of Parliament and they all return'd in the ame Order they came down.

Thanks were order'd to be given to the Lord High Steward for the Speech made by him on the Conviction of the Lords on the Bill of Indictment found againt them of High Treaon and that the Lord High Chancellor do caue the aid Speech to be forthwith printed and publih'd