Gentlemen of the House of Commons, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Gentlemen of the House of Commons, Vol. 2 of 2 Proceedings in the House immediately following the death of Charles - The House of Peers abolished - Arrangements for disposing of the King´s body - The King´s execution the work of a malignant minority - Appointment of a Council of State - Charles II. proclaimed in Scotland - The House and its critics - Three peers returned as members - Settlements on Charles´s children - Monk and the new Government - Lawyers and the House - The Long Parliament turned out by Cromwell - Inner life of the House during this period - The hours of business - Artificial light in the House - Protracted debates in the House - "Naming" - Brow-beating with a glance - Accommodation in the House - Smoking in the House - Seventeenth century speaking - Protection of members - Arbitrary practices of Parliament - Fast days. The House had fixed the hour of the King´s decapitation between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. No motion for adjournment over the day was made. After the early dinner, the Commons met as usual to transact some important and more trivial business. Letters were ordered to be sent to the local authorities throughout the country, announcing the death of Charles, declaring first that the monarchy had ceased to ∃ secondly, that whoever should aid or abet the so-called Prince of Wales in any attempt to wear his fathers crown, or in other ways try to revive the kingly office, would incur the pains and penalties of high treason. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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