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The Duke of Marlbrough and Cardonnel his secretary were accused of various speculations the Duke of Marlbrough's representations however were of no avail as it was voted by a large majority that his practices had been unwarrantable and illegal and that the deduction was to be accounted for as public money-- On the strength of these resolutions the Queen declared in council her determination to dismiss the Duke of Marlbrough from all his employments Mr Robert Walpole (afterwards the famous Sir R. Walpole) had early distenguished himself as a warm partesan of the Whig interest and it was for this reason that advantage was taken of some clandestine practices, in which he was concerned as secretary at War--with regard to the forage contract in Scotland he was voted guilty emprisoned in the Tower and expelled the House of Commons--The Queen in her speach to the Parliament on the sixth of June --1712-- assured the two houses that in her treaty with France she had secured the protestant succession and that the Pretender would be removed from the
