THE SIXTH, SEVENTH,

cobite plot,VIII.47.48. Sentto gaol and liberated,VIII.48.His share in the Assassina-tionPlotjVIII. 116. Arrested,VIII. 131. Allowed to turnKing’s evidence, VIII. 132.Attempts of the Jacobites tocorrupt him, VIII. 173.

Portland, Bentinck, Earl of;his share in the battle of theBoyne, VI. 11. 13. Accom-panies King William to Hol-land, VI. 115. Sent to con-sult Temple on the TriennialBill, VII. 180. Anxiety ofWilliam for him after thebattle of Landen, VII. 224.An instance of his integrityand honour, VIII. 19.Parliamentary proceedingstouching the grant of Crown,lands in Wales to PortlandVIII. 108. Comes over fromHolland for money for Wil-liam, VIII. 161. His quali-ties as anegotiator, VIII. 252.His meetings with Boufllers,VIII. 253.

Port Royal; earthquake at,VII. 106.

Portsdown; encampment at,VII. 102.

Portsmouth; camp formed at,to repel the Trench, VII. 38.

Powell, Sir J ohn; made a judge,VII. 231.

Powis, William Herbert, Earlof; made a Duke by James,VII. 39.' The Order of theGarter conferred on him byJames, VII. 39.

AND EIGHTH VOLUMES. 317

Poyning’s statute, the, VII.178.

Presbyterians; origin of theannual grant of the govern-ment to the Presbyterians ofUlster, VI. 4. The lawfixing the ecclesiastical con-stitution of Scotland, VI. 76.Satisfaction of the Presby-terians on the whole at thenew ecclesiastical polity, VI.89. The Presbyterian non-jurors, VI. 89. The reformedPresbytery, VI. 92. note.

Press, liberty of the; first par-liamentary discussions onthe, VII. 160. History of theLicensing Act, VII. 160. etseq. The censor Roger Le-strange, VII. 161. CatalogueFraser, VII. • 161. EdmundBohun, VII. 162. CharlesBlount, VII. 164. War be-tween Blount and the cen-sors, VII. 166. The LicensingAct passed, VII. 173.174. Ar-guments in favour of theliberty of the press, VII. 170.171. The unlicensed pressof Anderton,VII. 229. Eman-cipation of the press, VIII.4. Its effect, VIII. 14. Sa-lutary change produced bythe emancipation of thepress, VIII. 69. Bill for theRegulation of the Press lostin the House of Commons,VIII. 232. See Newspapers.

Preston, Lord; joins the Ja-cobite conspiracy, VI. 107.Proposal to send him to St.Germains, VI. 108. Papers