of which there was evidence on the table. It was accordingly
moved that the House, which had indeed been sitting massy hours,
should adjourn. The motion was lost; but neither party was
disposed to move that the consideration of the list should be
resumed. It was however resolved, without a division, that an
address should be presented to the King, requesting that no
person not a native of his dominions, Prince George excepted,
might be admitted to the Privy Council either of England or of
Ireland. The evening was now far spent. The candles had been some
time lighted; and the House rose. So ended one of the most
anxious, turbulent, and variously eventful days in the long
Parliamentary History of England.

What the morrow would have produced if time had been allowed for
a renewal of hostilities can only be guessed. The supplies had
been voted. The King was determined not to receive the address
which requested him to disgrace his dearest and most trusty
friends. Indeed he would have prevented the passing of that
address by proroguing Parliament on the preceding day, had not
the Lords risen the moment after they had agreed to the
Resumption Bill. He had actually come from Kensington to the
Treasury for that purpose; and his robes and crown were in
readiness. He now took care to be at Westminster in good time.
The Commons had scarcely met when the knock of Black Rod was
heard. They repaired to the other House. The bills were passed;
and Bridgewater, by the royal command, prorogued the Parliament.
For the first time since the Revolution the session closed
without a speech from the throne. William was too angry to thank
the Commons, and too prudent to reprimand them.