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 [News Letter.]

April 20, 17 14. My Lord,

I send you here an account of the most remarkable Passages that have happened since my last. It was proposed and agreed upon in the house of Lords to present to her

M an humble address of thanks for her most gracious

answer to their last, after a long debate the words which they acquiesced in were these : —

That an humble address be presented to her M to return

her M the thanks of this House for her most gracious

answer to their Address ; and to assure her M that this

House will continue to consider of, and humbly to offer to her

M as well as to concur with her M in all proper

methods for supporting her Majesty's Government and for strengthning the Prot. Succession in the House of Hannover as the only effectual meanes to put an end to those feares and jealousies, which have been soe universally and in- dustriously spread throughout the Kingdom.

The word Lidustriously was proposed by the D. of Leedes to be inserted, which was seconded by Lord North, after which the Earl of Sunderland was for having the words, not without reason, ox justly, added. Lord Treasurer, the A. B. of York, and the B. of London were for having both the additional words dropt ; but the D. of Leedes, and Lord North insisting that their word Industriously should be inserted, it was put to the Vote of the House and came to a Par, upon which the Proxys being called, it was carried by two Votes that the word Industriously should be inserted. Lord Anglesey was for dropping both the additional words, but the main drift of his Speech was to complain of the obscurity of the Queen's answer ; and he said, he wisht that those who had the Power of advising her Majesty would be so kind as to direct her, to express herself in such words as might not cause three hours debate in the House to understand. Lord Wharton made a

very canting speech upon her M 's answer, and said that

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