The earl of Rochester dying, Harley became sole minister, was created baron of Wigmore, and raised to the rank of earl by the noble and ancient title of Oxford and Mortimer: to crown his prosperity, he was appointed lord-treasurer, and vested with the supreme administration of affairs.
DEATH OF THE EMPEROR JOSEPH.
The commons empowered certain persons to examine all the grants made by king William, and report the value of them, as well as the considerations upon which they were made.

Upon their report a bill was formed and passed that house; but the lords rejected it at the first reading.

Their next step was to examine the public accounts, with a view to fix an imputation on the earl of Godolphin.

They voted that above five-and-thirty millions of the money granted by parliament remained unaccounted for.

This sum, however, included some accounts in the reigns of king Charles and king William.