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 THE UNIVERSITY 
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 THE 
 
 ANNALS 
 
 O F 
 
 Kjng GEORGE, 
 
 YEAR the SECOND; 
 
 Being a Faithful 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 Of the Affairs of 
 
 Great Britain, 
 
 For the Year MDCCX VI. 
 
 Containing alfo a fall and compleac 
 Hiftory of the REBELLION. 
 
 LONDON, 
 
 Printed for A. Bell, at the Croft Keys and Bib ft 
 in Cornbitt } W. Taylor, at the Ship, and J. En- 
 far ', at the Slack- Soy in Pattr-NiJhr-Rw, 1717,
 
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 T H E 
 
 PREFACE 
 
 //7S 
 
 Annals, the Work needs no Introdu- 
 ction : Such is the Variety of Fatt, 
 and the Tear is fo fruitful of great 
 Events, that the Author has rather 
 wanted Room to bring in the Matter whieh has pre- 
 fented, than wanted the Help of a Preface to make 
 out the Bulk of the Book ', and yet he pretends to 
 fay, that nothing material has flipt his Hand ', and 
 he believes, In particular, the Work will juftipe the 
 Title, viz. That it is a faithful Hiftory of the Af- 
 fairs of Great Britain, and a compleat Hiftory of 
 the Rebellion. In both which, and efpecially in 
 the laft, fome Things will be found, which have ne- 
 ver feen the Light before, and which, being Mat" 
 ter of fecret Hiftory, will be no lefs diverting, than 
 inftrutting, to the curious Reader. 
 
 The Author has induftrioujly avoided copying of 
 publick Papers, fuch as Speeches, Addreffes, and 
 other Things already printed, as having no Room 
 to fpare for any Thing unneceffary j and alfo, as 
 
 1910580
 
 iv The PREFACE. 
 
 are 'Very tirefome to the Reader, And 4 
 
 great Interruption to the Thread of the Story. 
 
 Such as were neceffary, either for the Connexion 
 of the Work } or for Document to what precedes, and 
 which the Story would not have been perfett with" 
 out, are placed in an Appendix by themf elves, with 
 proper References in the Reading: THERE 
 they are at Hand for the curious Reader to examin 
 at his Lelfure, and out of their Way, who would 
 think them an Interruption to their Reading. The 
 Author efteeming Sincerity beyond Ornament, and 
 an unbyafs^d Regard to Truth, the great eft Beauty 
 of an Hiftorian, hopes, that the pleafing Variety tf 
 the Story, his faithful collecting the Parts, and his 
 Impartiality in relating them, will not only re- 
 <nnmtnd this Work, but will make the Reader fall 
 amends for any Imperfection In the Method. 
 
 THE
 
 THE 
 
 ANNALS 
 
 O F 
 
 King GEORGE. 
 
 H E Tranfaftions of this Year 
 have a very remarkable Begin- 
 ning, and will of Courfe ufher 
 in a compleat Hiftory of the 
 REBELLION. Perhaps this 
 may fwell our Work this Year 
 to an extraordinary Bulk, yet 
 we hope to fatisfy the Reader, that it is not 
 more than is abfolutely neceflary to the record- 
 ing fuch extraordinary Events, which it was 
 by no means proper to leave out , and that as 
 much Brevity is ufed,as confifts with the Nature 
 of Annals, and the Fidelity of an Hiftorian : 
 Nor is there any Invafior, made upon the Rea- 
 der's Property by the Price of the Book : And 
 this we hope is Apology enough. 
 
 THE KING entred upon the fecondYear of his 
 
 Reign with a far differing Profpeft from that of 
 
 the firft> At his Acceflion to the Adminiftratio ? 
 
 B he
 
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 la fooiidl tlic wliole Nation, how divided foever 
 into Fa-ftioijs and Parties among themfclves, yet 
 united in their Concurrence to liis SacceilioM -, 
 making their Cosrt niverfally, perhaps at the 
 Expellee of one another *, and eagerly endea- 
 voaii-ng to pufti thcmfelves into his Favour; 
 W'hat their Defigfis were, or how more or kfs 
 (Ineere, is not our Bufinefsto difcourfe of. 
 
 THIS YEAR does not begin in fopacifick * 
 Manner } w-e find at tire Entrance of it one Me'f- 
 feoger i<i the Heels of another, bringing daily- 
 Tidings of Turauits, Riots,Breaches of the Peace, 
 arrdl opcfifrepa rations ,as well Abroad as at Home, 
 forArms,Inva,ftons, ad Rebellion. How, and by 
 what vifiblc Steps thefe Things v/ent on ^ the 
 Hillary of Fad, the Skirmi flies, M arches, Bat- 
 tles, ^ai ctiier Incidents, which the Procefs of 
 the Year te^s to on both Sides 1 ; will, among 
 otfoer Things, be the Sab^eft of thefe Annals. 
 
 It is aot onr BuiiRefs to diftinguiih Perfons 
 or Parties, other than as they diftinguilh them- 
 felves, and as is necefiary to make the Treatife 
 agreeable with Truth and with itfeif. It fiiali 
 bcoyr Care, in what we relate, to be juft and 
 ira partial ; neither Co ur ring, *r Giving Offemc 
 wiilinglyi to any one, but in all Things to a 
 the Part, and do the Duty of a Htftorian \ pre- 
 ferving however, a dutiful Regard to that 
 Power we profefs to be theSubjech of ^ and to 
 that Monarch, our rightful Sovereign, whofe 
 ANN ALS we write. 
 
 The lad Year closM with the Alarm only of 
 thofe Evils that were to be the real Snbjed of 
 the next. The King had, in a Speech to the 
 Commons, on the zor/? of July, acquainted them, 
 that he had certain Intelligence of the Prepara- 
 tions of the Pretender for an InvaJIon from A- 
 Jwoad j as well as AJFurances that the difaffecled 
 
 Party
 
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 Party at Home were encouraged by Expectations 
 of it. His Majefty had before receiv'd AlTurances 
 of Affiftance and Support from the Parliament 
 to the utmoft of their Power, exprefs'd in the 
 feveral AddrefTes of both Houfes, in Return to 
 the faid Speech -, all which are to be found in 
 the Clofe of the Annals of the laft Year. The 
 firft Thing done, in Profecution of thofe Aflu- 
 ranees, was the patting an Act to empower the 
 King to fecHre and detain fuch Perfons as his Afaje- 
 fty fliall fitfpftt are confyiring againft his Person and 
 Government \ which Adt had already receiv'd the 
 Royal Aflent jand then voting another Aft, (viz..) 
 For Supplies for the Troops which they bad before 
 defied his Majefty to raife, for the Defence of tht 
 Kingdom. The firft of thefe Bills was palVd the 
 laft Week in July. 
 
 The Month of Auguft (being the Period at 
 which our Accounts take their Rife) began with 
 the Preparations to oppofe thefe threatned Ai> 
 tempts. The Fleet, that is, as many Ships as 
 could be fuddenly got together, was order'd to 
 rendezvous in the Downs , and Sir George Bing^ 
 who was appointed to command them, was 
 gone down, to be ready upon any Emergency. 
 
 General r/?, who was Governour of Partf- 
 monthj was ordered to repair to his Poft, there 
 having been fome Report of a Defign to furprize 
 that important Place , and two Battalions were 
 order'd thither, to reinforce the Garrifon,that it 
 might be in a Pofture of Defence againft any 
 fudden Attempt, till more Forces might be fent 
 to fecure it } and General Cadogan having mark'd 
 out a Camp in Hide-Park, the Troops of the 
 Houfhold, viz.. three Regiments of Foot- Guards, 
 making 8 Battalions, and the four Troops of 
 Horfe-Guardi, had begun to encamp there, 
 B z where
 
 where they continued, till the Severity of the 
 Winter oblig'd them to remove, as we {hall fee 
 in its Place. 
 
 The Train'd-Bands were order'd to be put 
 in a Pofture for fuch Service as they were fit 
 for, viz.. fupprefling Riots and Tumults, which 
 now indeed were grown up to an unufual Fre- 
 quency, as well as Forwardnefs, infomuch that 
 wife Men of all Sides began to think it abfo- 
 lutely neceflary to put a Stop to them :> to which 
 Purpofe Orders were fent to the Lord Mayor, 
 and to the Lieutenancy, &c. of London^ to take 
 Care of the Publick Peace, and to be ready, on 
 all Occafions, to aflift in fupprefling the Tumults 
 and Diforders of the Rabble. 
 
 Upon thefe Advances, the feveral Bodies of 
 Men concern'd in thofe Orders, to {hew their 
 Obedience to his Majefty's Commands, and their 
 Readinefs to apply themfelves to the Purpofes 
 directed, not only fet themfelves with Vigour 
 and Earneftnefs to the Work they were direct- 
 ed to do, but alfo came up to Court with Ad- 
 drefles, exprefling their Abhorrence of all fe- 
 ditious and tumultuous Aflemblies, and their 
 Refolution to do their Duty, in preferving the 
 People in Peace, and to ftand by and aflift his 
 Majefty with their Perfons and Eftates, accord- 
 ing to the ufual Style of Addrefles. Thefe Ad- 
 drefles were, (i.) from the Common Council of the 
 City of London^ which was prefented the ipth 
 of July } (2.) from the Lieutenancy of the fame 
 City the next Day :, and (3.) from the E. of CUrc, 
 who was Lord Lieutenant for the County of Mid- 
 dlefcx, including alfo the Deputy Lieutenants 
 and Juftices of the Peace: All which Addrefles 
 being more particularly within the former 
 Year, tho' in the la ft Days of it, we name here, 
 
 becaufe
 
 m 
 
 becaufe no Notice was taken of them in the for- 
 mer Volume. 
 
 The Beginning of the Month of Augitft was 
 taken up with more Addrefles, and would take 
 up the greateft Part of this Volume, to fetthem 
 all down at large : It is enough to fay, they 
 were all fill'd with the greateft Expreffions of 
 their Abhorrence of Mobs, Riots, Tumults, 
 &c. the greateft Aflurances of Loyalty to, Zeal 
 for, and affeftionate perfevering in the Intereft 
 of his Majefty, and their Averfion to the Pre- 
 tender, that it was poiTible for the Makers of 
 them to invent i ftriving to out-do one another 
 in their Rhetorick, as they did alfo in their Di- 
 ligence in difcouraging the Mobs and Tumults 
 in their feveral Places, tho 1 not at firft with fo 
 much Snccefs as they expected. The firft of 
 thefe AddreiTes was from the Bifhop of London 
 and his Clergy, prefented the 8th : Then the 
 Univerfity of Cambridge the i6th , and the fame 
 Day the Diflenting Minifters about London and 
 Weftminfter, headed by Dr. Williams, their Bi- 
 fhop: Then came the Commiffion of the Gene- 
 ral Alterably of the Kirk of Scotland the i8th ; 
 the Lord Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenant of 
 the Tower-Hamlets on the ipth. 
 
 It is true, there was fome little Strife at this 
 Time in the very addrefiing itfelf-, as particu- 
 larly the Common Council of the City of Lon- 
 don, who, tho' they were firft in their Appli- 
 cation, yet, as they were in themfelves fome- 
 thing on the other Side, that is to fay, a Majority 
 of them, their Addrefs feem'd to run in a diffe- 
 rent Style from the reft. The Lieutenancy, 
 who ftrove to out-do them in the other Ex- 
 treme, and follow'd them, as above, the very 
 next Day, were willing to fuppofe the Warmth 
 B 3 of
 
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 of their Addrefs expos'd the Coldnefs of the 
 other. But this happening in the Clofe of the 
 laft Year, as above, we fay no more of them, 
 only this, that both of themcontain'd warm Ex- 
 preflions of Abhorrence of the Rabbles and Tu- 
 mults, which were at that Time the general 
 Grievance ; and both alfo exprefs'd their Aver- 
 fion to the Pretender I whether equally fincere, 
 is not our Bufmefs here to enquire. 
 
 In the mean time, the Addrefs from the Lon- 
 don Clergy, and that from the Diflenting-Mini- 
 fters of London, deferve fome Notice :, and as 
 they feem to be the Scheme for all the reft that 
 follow'd from all Parts of the Kingdom, and 
 which can by no means be fet down in particu- 
 lar } we have, in a brief Appendix at the End of 
 thefe Annals, given them at large -, as we fhalldo 
 all fuch Things, that being too tedious, and too 
 much an Interruption of Story to be brought in 
 as we go along, are yet ufeful to the Curious, 
 and needful to be feen. Thefe Addrefles, and 
 two of the Anfwers to them, are therefore to 
 be found in the faid Appendix, K. A. to which 
 1 refer. 
 
 It is to be obferv'd now, that, as is ufual in 
 like Cafes, the Example of the City of London 
 fct the whole Kingdom to work , and tho* it 
 was fcarce two Months paft that they had gone 
 through with their Addrefles of Congratulation 
 up^n the King's Acceflion, &c yet they began 
 again upon this Occafion. We (hall fatisfy the 
 Reader, by obferving, that not a County, not 
 a Corporation, nay, fcarce a Society of People 
 of any publick Kind, thro' the King's Domini- 
 ons, but addrefs'd upon this Occafion: And 
 tbde were call'd, in general, Addreffes againft 
 
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 tfo Tret water y to efiftioguifii them from; t 
 dreffes upon the Acceffeon; aa-ai'd above. 
 
 We- need fay nothing here about th Weight 
 and Signification of Addrefles, a ad how fear 
 they are to be depended upon j either n one 
 Side, or other, perhaps little enough : And the. 
 Hiitory of the laft 6q Years feeras 2o fay so 
 great Matter in- their Favour : But they have- 
 often, however, been though? ivfefuf, and./aa.ve 
 been very acceptable to the Govsraraeat j anil 
 if ever they were either , itfeful or acce-psabkj. 
 k feem'd to be fo now. 
 
 AS thefe Addfelies were all ffir<J withv^r- 
 prefiions of Loyalty and AJFe&ion co- the- Per foes 
 and Government of the Kiiig> an<l wkb Pro- 
 teftatiorrs and ACu-rancesof fted'dy a4heritng to 
 his Interel! ao.d Affiftance agajnjft ini3.Efl.emic?,, 
 efpecially the Pretender* as is foid above ^ S O, 
 among all the Throng of -. . Addreflofs, , there 
 was found BUT OKB whie^ v^;as not recerv^ti 
 with all the Kind nefs and Goodaefs that Sub- 
 Jedrs could expect frosn- 3 Sovcraign t pleas'd and 
 oblig'd in the higheft Manner ; a ad this was 
 the Addre.fsoi the Uaiverftty of Oxford* There 
 had been fomc o Men-five Carriage amojig. the 
 Scholars v and, indeed, the Generality oi ; the- 
 Stsdents had appear'd difaffefted and tDraaltn* 
 ous enough ; of which Notice has been taken ia 
 the former Volume. 
 
 This the Government had refented very mnch ; 
 and it feem'd to be the niHdeft Way of taking 
 Notice of it, that when they onae p with 
 their Addrefs, they were privately adra-oBifti^d 
 not to prefent it , and told, that, lt As they had 
 *' fhewo ao ope-n Difrefpect to his Maj;eft>-*s 
 <c Perfbn and. Government in their late Coada^ % 
 4i his Majefly expcacd they fhoaid faiisfy. him 
 ^ : 

 
 '' better of their Loyalty, by their future Be- 
 <c haviour, before they attempted it by Words, 
 Ct or to that Purpofe." Nor was it a little Part 
 of the Reafon of the publick Difpleafure, and 
 of the Repulfe the Univerfity met with on that 
 Occafion, that, at the very Time it was to be 
 prefented, an Account came to the Court by 
 Exprefs, that fome of his Majefty's Officers, 
 who were beating up for Voluntiers for a new 
 Regiment of Dragoons then raifing, were at- 
 tack'd by fomc of the Scholars, and beaten, 
 and hardly efcap'd being kill'd. 
 
 Thus flood the general Affair at Court: At 
 the Beginning of this Year, the Vigor of the 
 Meafures, the Unanimity of the Councils, and 
 the Intrepidity which appear'd, as well in the 
 King himfelf, as in all his Minifters and Ge- 
 nerals, made the Government formidable both 
 at Home and Abroad *, and tho' it did not im- 
 mediately abate the Refolution of their Ene- 
 mies, yet it gave them to nnderfhnd, that they 
 had Nothing to expeft but Blows-, and had fuch 
 a Power, and fuch People to deal with, as, if 
 their Prudence had been as great as their Cou- 
 rage, they might have feen plainly they were 
 no way equal to, or able to engage with : NO, 
 tho' all the Expectations they had had of Re- 
 lief and AlTiftance from Abroad had been an- 
 fwered ; and much lefs, as thofe Expectations 
 were almcft in general all defeated and difap- 
 pointed. 
 
 From thefe AddrefFes, which having thruft 
 themfelves as it were in the Way of our Colle- 
 ctions, and which, as they crofs'd the End of 
 the la ft Year, and Beginning of this, we were 
 oblig'd to fpeak firft to , we are led back by 
 the Courfe of Things, to the Beginning of the 
 Year again. 
 
 The
 
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 The firft Day of Auguft, being the Anniver- 
 fary of the King's Acceffion to the Crown, will 
 always furnifli this Work with a Paragraph of 
 Felicitation for the Beginning of every Volume; 
 when his Majefly receiving the Compliments of 
 the Nobility, &c. on the Entring of another 
 Year of his Reign, all other Bufinefs will be 
 laid afide. 
 
 It was fo now. The Parliament, which the 
 laft Year was left fitting, adjourn'd for the 
 Day, and met again the fecond : They had for 
 fome Days before been upon the Affair of fur- 
 ther Articles againft the Earl of Oxford. It 
 feems, that upon the Secret Committee's farther 
 Enquiry into the Conduct of the late Miniftry, 
 they found fome Reafon to quarrel the Un- 
 fortunate Expedition to Canada in the Year 
 1710-, and that there was an Embezzlement of 
 the Publick Treafure, as well as cthe* Mifchiefs 
 to the Publick, contain'd in the Management 6f 
 that Expedition } and having found this Matrcr 
 came under the Direction of the Earl of Oxford 
 in theTime of his Miniftry, they made his evil 
 Council in tbat Cafe the Subject of another Ar- 
 ticle againft him , to which they added five 
 more Articles, viz.. (T.) " That he had mifap- 
 41 ply'd i loco /. of the Publick Treafure, hav- 
 ft ing obtain'd a Warrant for fo much to one 
 4; John Drumond, Efq', who, upon Examination, 
 44 receiv'd the faid Warrant upon the Earl's Ac- 
 C count, and the faid Earl afterwards had the 
 4< Order fill'd up payable to himfelf. (2.) That he 
 <c had fent Abroad Agents and Emiflaries of his 
 44 own, without the Privity of,or Communication 
 u with her late Majefty's Allies, for the carry- 
 t4 ing on feparate and dangerous Negotiations, 
 44 and without any fettled Allowance, having 
 
 4< given
 
 r 10 j 
 
 <* given tftem arr unlimited Credit to draw Biffe 
 ** on him as Treasurer, and had in thafc Manner 
 ** paid 1 23607. or thereabouts, to Mat. Prior 
 ** in- Franc^ and ?5<5o/. to Tfro. ffarhy, at the 
 ** Court of- Hanover^ or elfewhere ; tho' the 
 Cfc feid Prior was no way entituled &> fuch Al- 
 "" k>wances by hrs Emptoyment, and that in 
 ** greatly exceeded the Allowance even of arc. 
 ** AmbaiKidor 5 which Practice is inconftftent 
 " with the Constitution. (3.) That he had ad- 
 w vifed; the paying 47000 /-. and upwards per 
 ct Ann. to the Qiieea X>on^er of King James IL, 
 " during feer Life., (4.) That he advifed her 
 ** Majefty to receive and admit Sir Patrick LATO- 
 ** ^/}, an Irifl) Papift, (being a natural born Sub- 
 tfe jcft of the Crown, having committed, and 
 * being under theGuiltof High Treafon, hav- 
 " ing ferv'd, and beea in open Rebellion againll 
 " the late King William, and having born Arais 
 ** agaiaft her Majefty in the late War i-n fy*in)> 
 w as a Minifter from the King of Spaitt) .and did 
 ** meet, confer, and negotiate with him the Fraoft 
 " imporcant Affairs of the Nation, in the faid 
 " Quality of a Minifter of the King of Sfain - y 
 ** countenancing thereby the fecret Emiflaries 
 ** of the Pretender, &c. (5.) That he was guil- 
 tc ty of advifing her Majefty to abandon the 
 ** Catalans, after repeated Afliirances of Support 
 c * and Prote&ion, amufirtg and deceiving them 
 4t with groundlefs Hopes of her Ma}efty's effe- 
 u fiual interpolation in their Favour - 7 and, at 
 ct the fame time, advifing her Majefty to coo- 
 4t elude a Peace with the King of Spai y without 
 * c any Security for the juft Rights, Liberties 
 4t and Privileges of that brave, but unhappy 
 " Nation ^ and not only fo, but did afterwards 
 " advife her Majefty, at a great Expence > to 
 
 " fend
 
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 " fend Sir James Wifiart, her Admiral, with a 
 " large Squadron of Men of War, to favour 
 " the King of Spain in reducing the City of 
 " Barcelona ; and likewife with Initruftion to do 
 " the like with Majorca. 
 
 Thefe Articles were pafs'd in the Houfe of 
 Commons the fecond of Auguft^ and carry'd up 
 to the Lords the fame Day by the Lord Ca- 
 ningsby. 
 
 The fame fecond of Augxft, the King came to 
 the Houfe of Lords, and gave the Royal AfTent 
 to four Publick Afts. 
 
 1. An Aft for the better preventing Mutiny 
 and Defertion. 
 
 2. An Aft for making more Effectual her late 
 Majefty's Intention for augmenting the Main- 
 tenance of the Poor Clergy. 1 > 
 
 3. An Aft to oblige all Waggoners, & c . to 
 draw with no more than five Horfes. 
 
 4. An Aft for Repairing the Highways from 
 Barnet to St. Albans. 
 
 On the third, the Commons voted the Pay- 
 ment of fuch Debts as were owing by the late 
 Queen, on Account of the Building of Blenheim- 
 Houfe^ and order'd a Claufefor that Purpofe to 
 be infcrted in a Bill then depending for enlarg- 
 ing the Fund of the Bank of England -, which 
 Bill was finifhed the fixth, and order'd to be 
 Engrofled. 
 
 On the fourth, for Things went now on with 
 a Motion and Swiftnefs equal to the Occafion, 
 the Secret Committee presented to the Houfe 
 Articles of Impeachment of High Treafon a- 
 gainft the Lord Bolingbro^e^ which were imme- 
 diately read-, and being approved, were read a 
 fecond Time the fame Day, and agreed to Arti- 
 cle by Article, and order'd to be Engrofs'd ; 
 
 adding
 
 .adding the ufual Saving Claufe, as it is call'd, 
 viz.- referving Liberty to the Houfe to exhibit 
 any farther Articles againft him when they 
 think fit, and claiming that he be fequefter'd 
 from Parliament, and committed to fafe Cu- 
 Itody. 
 
 On the 6th, they were read again, and pafs'd, 
 and order!d to be carry'd to the Lords by Mr. 
 Walpole, the Chairman of the Secret Committee, 
 who, before he was to deliver them in, was or- 
 der'd to impeach the faid Lord Vifcountjffe/;^- 
 \jroke at the Bar of the Houfe of Lords in the 
 ufual Form, which he did accordingly. The 
 Form is as follows*, viz,. 
 
 My Lords, 
 & *"TpHE Commons of Great Britain, aflem- 
 
 JL * bled in Parliament, having received 
 c Information of divers Traitefous Pra&ices 
 
 * and Defigns of a Great Peer of this Houfe, 
 c Henry Vifcount Bolmgbroke, have commanded 
 e me to impeach him the faid Henry Vifcount 
 
 * Bolingbroke of High Treafon, and other high 
 c Crimes and Mifdemeanors : And I do here ac- 
 fc cordingly, in their Names, and in the Names 
 1 of all the Commons of Great Britain, impeach 
 c the faid Henry Vifcount Boimgbroke of High 
 ft Treafon, and of other High Crimes and Mif- 
 c demeanors , and I am farther commanded, by 
 c the faid Houfe of Commons, to pray and de- 
 c mand of your Lordfhips, that the faid Henry 
 c Vifcount Bolingbro\e may be fequefter'd from 
 Parliament, and forthwith committed to fafe 
 f Cuftody. 
 
 This Form Mr. Walpole repeated at the Bar of 
 the Houfe of Lords,, and then deliver'd in the 
 
 Engrofled
 
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 EngrofTed Articles of Impeachment aforefaid, 
 being fix in Number } which, however neceflary 
 to be recorded in thefe Annals, are too long to 
 be inferred at large in the Thread of this Di 
 courfe ) and are therefore, with other Things, 
 referred to the Appendix, N. B. 
 
 The next Day, the Secret Committee began 
 with the Duke of Qrmond, and the Houfe went 
 on in the very fame Method of Proceedings, 
 mutatis mutandis^ as before, with this Exception 
 only, that there was much more Struggle in the 
 Houfe of Commons on the Duke's Account, than 
 was in the Cafe of the Lord Bolingbroke ; and 
 feveral Gentlemen fpoke in Behalf of the Duke. 
 TheDebate did not turn upon the Queftion, whe- 
 ther he mould be impeached or not impeached, 
 for that many of them gave up, who now dif- 
 puted ^ but it turn'd upon the Queftion, whe- 
 ther the Impeachment Ihould be for High Trea- 
 fon> or for High Crimes and Mifdemeanors. 
 But, at length, it was carry'd for impeaching 
 him of HighTreafon^ and the Articles be- 
 ing voted, One by One, the firfl was carry'd by 
 a Majority of 99 Voices -, after which there was 
 no great Struggle for the reft. The Articles 
 being read a third Time, and pafs'd the 8th of 
 Augufti Mr. Secretary Stanhope was order'd to 
 go to the Bar of the Houfe of Lords, and there 
 to impeach the Duke in the ufual Form, as a- 
 bove, and deliver in the Articles j which was 
 accordingly done the fame 8th of Auguft. The 
 Articles themfelve?, being fix in Number, are 
 alfo in the Appendix, No. C. 
 
 As to the Perfons now impeach'd : They had 
 forefeen the Storm, and provided for their own 
 Safety in time-, the Lord Bolingbroke having 
 withdrawn himfelf fome Months before, and 
 
 the
 
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 the Duke of Ormond about a Fortnight, viz.. the 
 lift otjttlyi and both of them were at that 
 Time actually together at Pans, where, as it 
 was faid, they diverted themfelves with their 
 Misfortunes, by calling one another Harry St. 
 John and Goodman Butler : But, whether it was 
 fo or no, we cannot doubt, but the Satisfaction 
 they had of having made their Efcape, when 
 they found how ferioufly the Houfes went to 
 work with them, and the Reflection, how it 
 would have gone with them, if they had been 
 in Safe Cuftody^ according to the Claim in the 
 Form of the Impeachments, was fome Allevi- 
 ation to their Misfortunes, and might occafion 
 them to be a little merry with themfelves on 
 that Account. 
 
 It was not unknown to either Houfe, that thefe 
 Gentlemen were gone } and therefore it was no 
 more than Matter of Form, tho' in fuch Cafes 
 neceflary, when the Lords return'd by Meflage 
 to the Houfe of Commons, Auguft 9, that the 
 Gentleman -Ufher of the Black-Rod had that 
 Day made a Return to their Houfe, ' That in 
 c Obedience to their Lordfhips Order of the 
 c 6th Inftant, to attach Henry Vifcount Boling- 
 
 * broke j he made diligent Search and Enquiry 
 1 after him the faid Vifcount, as well at his laft 
 c and ufual Places of Abode, aselfewhere^ but 
 * that the faid Lord Vifcount Bolingbroke was 
 c not to be found,' fo as he might be attach'd, as 
 
 * was commanded by the faid Order. 
 Likewife the loth, the Gentleman - Ufher 
 
 brought another Meflage from the Lords, ex- 
 actly to the fame Purpofe, concerning the Duke 
 of Ormond : Upon the Receipt of which Mefla* 
 ges, the Houfe of Commons immediately pro- 
 ceeded in the ufual Forms to attaint them both 
 
 of
 
 r iy 3 
 
 of High Treafon-. Their Attainders were pro- 
 fecuted in two feveral A&s of Parliament, but 
 to the fame Purpofe -exaftly } and it is only pb- 
 fervabie, that the Houfes were fo warm amd 
 zealous in this Part of their Work, that bodh 
 thefaid Bills were brought in, finished in t'he 
 Houfe of Commons, carried up to the Lords, 
 read three Times, and pafs'd there, and received 
 the Royal Aifent, in lefs than 10 Days, viz.. be- 
 tween the i ith and the loth of Jtugufi. 
 
 Thefe Ads of Parliament running inthe^'fuaH 
 Form, it is needlefs to fay any more of them 
 than this, that the two Lords attainted -bad 
 Time given them to the icth Day of September 
 following, to come in and rurrender themfelves, 
 other wife to ftand attainted, <frc. 
 . The 8th, die Houfe was call'd over} and 
 *mong feveral abfent Members, who were not 
 exciis'd, Sir Micb.Wtrtort, Corbet Kynafton, and 
 Lewis Price., Efq-, were order'd into Gcftody^ 
 which 1 mention here the rather, becaufe the 
 i.wo former were immediately difcharg'd \ but 
 Mr. Price declining to take the Oaths, and tiav- 
 ing never attended the Hoafe, for that asd other 
 Reafons, and being not found by the Meffea- 
 ,gers, was afterwards expell'd the Hoafe. 
 
 On the toth, the Annuity Bill was read , of 
 which by itfelf: And then Mr. Stanhope brought 
 in a Bill, which was afterwards of UieinSc<3t- 
 land, and will be mention'd again , it was-call'd, 
 An Aft to riKourage Loyalty in Scotland ^ and had 
 a Claufe in it, for vhich it is now mention^, 
 afor fummoning all fuipeded Perfons in 'Scotland 
 to appear at Edinburgh^ to End Bail for their 
 .good Behaviour, e^<r.'" ' 
 
 On the fame Day, on debating the Petition of 
 the Agent from Cr9//V, which Colony was now 
 
 ift
 
 f 16 J 
 
 In a miferable Condition, by reafon of the In- 
 furredion of the Savages, who had ruin'd a- 
 biindartce of Plantations, and maflacred the In- 
 habitants. The Charters of Proprietorfhips in 
 America came into Debate } of which in its Place. 
 In the mean time, the Houfe agreed to Addrefs 
 his Majefty, * That he will be graciouily pleafed 
 
 * to dired, that fuch Relief may be fent to Caro 
 c tin*, as his Majefty fliall judge neceflary for the 
 
 * Preservation of that Colony. 
 
 The fame Day, an additional Number of tfooo 
 Men was voted for the Sea Service, for the half 
 Year, from the 24th of June to the 24th of De- 
 cember *, as alfo a Bill was ordered to be brought 
 in, for fettling and paying the Remainder of the 
 Equivalent in Scotland. 
 
 On the 2oth, the King came to the Houfe, and 
 pafs'd 7 Publick Ads, (viz..) 
 
 1. An Ad for enlarging the Fund of the 
 Bank. 
 
 2. An Ad for making the Militia of England 
 more ufeful. 
 
 3. An Ad for the farther Security of his Ma- 
 jefty's Perfon and Government. 
 
 4. An Ad for Attainder of Henry Lord Vif- 
 COUnt Bolinghrokc. 
 
 5. An Ad for Attainder of James Duke of 
 Ormond. 
 
 6. An Ad for making a former Ad more ef- 
 fedual, for regulating the Manufacture of Med- 
 ly Cloth. 
 
 7. An Ad for preventing the Importation of 
 Foreign Frefh Fifh, &c. 
 
 And to 6 Private Bills , but his Majefty made 
 no Speech at this time to the Parliament. 
 
 I muft
 
 [ 173 
 
 I fnuft now leave the Parliament for a little 
 While, and go back for a few Days to what was 
 doing Abroad and at Home, in refpeft to the 
 Dangers that threatned the Publick Peace. 
 
 The King had, upon the Alarms formerly 
 mentioned, given Notice to the States-General 
 of the Defigns of his Enemies at Home, and the 
 Preparations made by the Pretender from A- 
 broad ; nor was it an untimely Caution, for it 
 was not at that Time doubted, but that the 
 King of Fravce,(who was then Lewis XIV.) who 
 feem'd, by many Circumftances, to be in the 
 Defign, would give a powerful Affiftance, as 
 well to the Pretender himfelf, as to thofe who 
 efpousM his Intereft at Home -, his Majefty 
 therefore refolv'd to demand of the Dutch the 
 Affiftance of tfooo Men, flipulated by the late 
 Treaty of Guarantee, for the preferving the 
 Proteftant Succeflion , and alfo a Squadron of 
 Men of War, if there mould be Occasion. 
 
 The Dutch came readily and cheerfully into 
 the Propofal, and not only anfwer'd, that they 
 were ready to affift his Majefty according to 
 their Engagements, but pafs'd a Refolution in 
 the Aflembly of their High Mightinefles, that 
 the Affiftance his Majefty requir'd mould be 
 ready, and order'd their AmbafTadors here, 
 Mynheer van Duyyenvosrde, and Mynheer 'van 
 Borjele y to give his Majefty pofitive Aflurances, 
 in the moft exprefs Terms, that they were al- 
 ways, and would conftantly be ready to per- 
 form all their Engagements with Great Britain \ 
 which they afterwards made good, as will ap- 
 pear in its Order. 
 
 Count Coning feck, the Imperial Minifter, was 
 here at the fame Time, tho' not Refident, be- 
 ing fent hither only to adjuft fome Difficulties 
 C in
 
 C 18] 
 
 ia the Barrier Treaty, and took that Occafion, 
 ia the Kame of his Matter, the Emperor, to 
 make an Offer of Afliftance *, and we were 
 told, he offer'd two Imperial Regiments of Foot 
 of 2500 Men each, and two Regiments of Horfe 
 of 1000 each : But Things were not gone fo 
 far, and his Majefty refolv'd not to accept of 
 Foreign Afliftance yet \ but, at the fame time, 
 fent tor two Regiments of his own Troops, 
 which remain'd in FUnders, of the old Army, 
 which the Duke of Ormond had left at Ghent and 
 Bruges at the End of the laft War. 
 
 It is to be obferv'd here, that all this while 
 it appeared to the Government, that the Friends 
 to the Pretender were buoy'd up with great 
 Hopes } and that they were exceeding bufy, as 
 well Abroad as at Home, to form their Intereft, 
 and put their Party into a Poftnre for fome 
 great Attempt. The Pretender himfelf openly 
 encouragM his Adherents, and promis'd them, 
 that in a little Time they would fee his Affairs 
 in a better Pofture than ever: His Agents 
 railed Money in feveral Farts, and large Sums 
 were faid to be contributed in Italy, Swijfirland, 
 Germany, and France, by the Popifh Princes and 
 States concerned for him, as a Member of their 
 Church , and it was apparent, that he really 
 had amafs'd a large Sum of Money: I am loth 
 to ret down here any poiitive Sum, becaufe the 
 Accounts were fo various, and the Reports fo 
 byafsxl on one Side or other, that it is hard to 
 fay which was true. But if we may guefs from 
 the Complaints made at St. Germalns, after the 
 Mifcarriage of their Attempt, it was not incon- 
 fiderable, feeing we were told, that the Agents 
 there complain'd of thofe entrufted in Scotland, 
 (#/,.) that they had fpent i * Millions in that 
 
 Expedi-
 
 [ I? ] 
 
 Expedition, and had done nothing, but ruin'd 
 their Friends. 
 
 Thefe Informations from Abroad quicken'd 
 the Government to fearch after farther Dif- 
 coveries at Home ; nor was it long before 
 thofe farther Lights were given to the Court, 
 as enabled them to difappoiat the whole Defign, 
 tho' their Enemies are to this Day ignorant of 
 the Manner how they were obtain'd ; and were 
 tinder the greatelt Surprize and Aftonifhmenr, 
 when they found, to their Coft, that it really 
 was fo : In a word, the Miniftry, whether from 
 Abroad or from at Home, got hold of the Chain , 
 by which, tracing it Link by Link, they got in- 
 to the Heart and Soul of the Plot, and by that 
 Means effedhially difappointed their Enemies, 
 as above, and took the Heads of the Confpira- 
 tors into Cuftody here, before they had time to 
 put themfelves into a Polture to prevent it, or 
 before they had the leaft Intimation that they 
 were difcover'd. 
 
 Had not the Meafures which the Miniflry 
 took been thus vigorous and timely, it was very 
 probable, thai; the Rebellion which followed 
 had not been fo cheap a Purchafe to the Con- 
 queror } and tho' it feems hardly probable that 
 they could have prevailed effe&ually to have fee 
 the Pretender actually upon the Throne \ yet it 
 was more than probable, that they would have 
 made this Nation the Seat of a long and bloody 
 War, in which the Country mufl have been 
 too much a Prey to the Foreign Troops, who, 
 perhaps, on both Sides, would have come over 
 as Auxiliaries to their refpeftive Parties. 
 
 AH this the timely Difcovery above-noted 
 
 molt efFeftually prevented ^ and this made the 
 
 Conqueft over thofe who did appear in Arm?, 
 
 C 2 as
 
 a<5 well in England as in Scotland, cheap and eafy , 
 and indeed this, at la ft, was the principal Rea- 
 ibn which made the Generals and Officers, who 
 had the Pretender with them at Perth, conclude 
 not to ftand it out, but give up their Caufc, and 
 wait, as they cxlfd it, for a more favourable Turn 
 of Fortune , for, as it is reported the Earl of 
 Mar mould fay to the Pretender, it was never ex- 
 pefted that they alone mould grapple with the 
 whole Power of the Elector of Hanover (fo they 
 ftyl'd the King of Great Britain) and the Britifj 
 Parliament -, and feeing their Friends in England 
 \vere under a Difappointment, and not in a Con- 
 dition to appear, the Defign was to be given 
 over for the prefent, and they muft retire to 
 Places of Safety, there to concert Meafures for 
 beginning their Enterprize upon a furer Foun- 
 dation. 
 
 As this was known to be the Reafon which 
 they gave to one another for the throwing up the 
 loft Game ; fo it is not only Matter of Hiftory, 
 and merits a Place in thefc Collections, but it 
 \vas juft to make ufe of it, as a Foundation for 
 the Government purfuing the Remains of the 
 faid Party, at that Time, with more Severity 
 than, perhaps, at another Time would have 
 been done } their Own declared Refolutionof 
 pufhing on the Defign, nctwithftanding their 
 Difappointmentsj making it abfolntely neceflary 
 to the Government to let no Man efcape their 
 Hands, if they could help it, who might be 
 able to affift in that Refolution, or who mould 
 return upon them in a fecond Attempt. 
 
 This Year of the King's Reign may very well 
 be faid to begin with molt remarkable Circum- 
 ftances, and to be call'd, THE YEAR of the 
 ) for as tht Court was taken up with 
 
 the
 
 C n 1 
 
 the Rejoycings of the firft of Angiift, the Day of 
 the King's Acceffion y.fo the Earl of Alar, late- 
 ly one the Queen's Secretar s of State, is faid, 
 that 'very Day, to have commenc'd Rebel :, and 
 tho' he was, as fome fay, at St. James's, to pay 
 his Compliment that Evening } yet having re- 
 folv'd upon his Meafures before, and having, as 
 his own People reported, received, either by 
 Remittances from France, or by other Methods, 
 no lefs a Sum than One hundred thouftnd Pound 
 Sterling, as all* Letters and Inftruclions from 
 the Pretender, under his own Hand, and a (Gom- 
 raiffion, conftituting him Lieutenant-General, 
 and Commander in Chief of his Armies,, as he 
 ft y I'd them, in Scotland^ he is faid to have gone 
 away that very Night for Scotland. 
 
 Our Annals may therefore very juflly contain 
 a full Hiftory of the Rebellion, fmce the a&ual 
 Beginning of the Rebellion bears equal Date 
 with this Work. 
 
 It is evident, that the Earl of Mar would 
 very gladly have fallen in with the King, if he 
 had found Room to have form'd his own Inte- 
 r eft in it: And if this can appear, it amounts 
 to thus much, viz... that he neither would have 
 been a.Subjeft to King George from any Affedi- 
 on to his Intereft, nor was he a Rebel from any 
 Principle of Fidelity to the Pretender. That he 
 would have ferved King George, appears under 
 his own Hand, by a Letter he wrote his Maje- 
 fty, tendering his Service, and befpeaking his 
 good Opinion, foon after the Death of the late 
 Queen ; which Letter, becaufe it was fo contra- 
 ry to his fubfequenc Proceedings, his Majefty 
 thought proper to fufier to be made publick ; and 
 I think, for the fame Reafon, it deferves a Place 
 here, tho' I carefully avoid taking up thefe Sheets, 
 C 3 where
 
 *] 
 
 where we have a Hiftory fo full of great Events 
 to write, and no Room to fpare, with Copies 
 of Things already made pubiick. Tie Letter is 
 as follows. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 HAving the Happinefs to be your Ma jetty's 
 Subjeft, and alfo the Honour of being 
 one of your Servants, as one of yonr Secre- 
 taries of State, I beg leave to Kifs your Maje- 
 fty's Hand, and congratulate your happy Ac- 
 ceffion to the Throne 5 which I would have 
 done my felf the Honour of doing fooner, 
 had I not hop'd to have had the Honour of dp- 
 
 * ing it perfonally e're now. 
 
 * I am afraid I may have had the Misfortune 
 of being mifreprefented to your Majefty, and 
 my reafon for thinking fo is, becaufe I was, 
 I believe, the only oTne of the late Queen's 
 Servants, who your Minifters here did not 
 vifit} which I mention'd to Mr. Harlty and the 
 E. ofClarendon, when they went from hence to 
 wait on your Majefty , and your Minifters car- 
 rying fo to me, was the Occafion of my receiv- 
 ing fuch Orders as deprived me of the Honour 
 and Satisfaction of waiting on them, and being 
 known to them. 
 
 c 1 fuppofe I had been mifreprefented to them 
 by fome here upon Account of Party, or to 
 ingratiate theaifelves by afperfing others, as 
 our Parties here too often occallon *, but I hope 
 your Majefty will be fo Juft as not to give Cre- 
 dit to fuch Mifreprefentations. 
 1 The Part I aded in the bringing about and 
 making cf the Union, when the Succeffion to 
 the Crown was fettled for Scotland on your 
 Majefty's Family, where 1 had the Honour to 
 
 * ferve as Secretary of State for that Kingdom, 
 
 ; doth,
 
 c doth, I hpe, put my Sincerity and Faithful- 
 
 * nefs to your Majefty out of Difpute. 
 
 ' My Family have had the Honour, for a great 
 
 * Trad: of Years, to be faithful Servants to the 
 4 Crown, and have had the Care of the Kings 
 c Children (when Kings of Satf/d^) intrufted to 
 c them. A Predeceflor of mine was t'honour'd 
 1 with the Care of your Majefty's Grandmo- 
 
 * ther when young-, and fhe was pleafed after- 
 4 wards to exprefs fome Concern for our Fa- 
 
 * miiy in Letters which I ftill have under her 
 c own Hand. 
 
 4 I have had the Honour to ferve her late Ma- 
 4 jefty in one Capacity or other ever fh,ce her 
 c Acceflion to the Crown ; I was happy in a good 
 c Miftrefs, and /he was pleifed to have fome 
 4 Confidence in me, and Regard for my Ser- 
 ' vices: And fince your Majefty's happy Accef- 
 c fion to the Crown, I hope you wilffind that 
 4 1 have not been wanting in my Duty in being 
 4 inftrumental in keeping Things quiet and 
 ' peaceable in the Country to which i belong, 
 4 and have fome Inrereft in. 
 
 4 Your Majefty fhall ever find me as faithful 
 c and dutiful a Subject and Servant < as ever any 
 4 of my Family have been to the thrown, or as 
 
 * I have been to my late Miftnrfkithe Queen. 
 4 And I beg your Majefty may be fd-^good, not to 
 4 believe any Mifreprefentations of me, which 
 4 nothing but Party Hatred, and my Zeal for the 
 c Intereft of the Crown, doth occafion \ and I 
 
 * hope I may prefume to lay Claim to your Roy- 
 4 al Favou? and Proteftion. 
 
 4 As your AccefTion to the Crown hath been 
 
 4 quiet and peaceable, may your Majefty's Reign 
 
 4 be long and profperous ', and that your People 
 
 4 may foon have the Happinefs and Satisfaction 
 
 C 4 4 of
 
 c of your Prefence among them, i* the earneft 
 * and fervent Wifhes of him, who is with the 
 c humbleft Duty and Refpeft, 
 
 SIR, 
 
 Tour Majefty^s mo ft faithful, mo ft dutiful, and 
 moft obedient Subject and Servant, 
 
 MAR- 
 
 Whit eh all, Aug. 30. 
 O. S. 1714. 
 
 I know it has been fpoken of as an Impolitick 
 Step, that the Miniftry did not either accept 
 this Man as a Friend, at leaft feemingly accept 
 him, or fecure him as an Enemy : But it is eafily 
 anfwerM thus : The accepting him as a Friend 
 was out of the Qiieftion*, for, firft, they knew 
 too much of his Character, I mean as to Party, 
 to truft him , and it was below the Honour of 
 the King's Meafures, as well as giving him too 
 much Weight, to temporize with him. 
 
 It was alledg'd, that the Earl of Mar had In- 
 telligence given him that they defign'd to feize 
 him, and to impeach him, as being a Secretary 
 of State, and Privy Counfellor, and confequently 
 coQcern'd in thofe Managements, which they 
 were now r refblv'd to expofe. 
 
 That he would have been fecur'd and profe- 
 cuted, I 'make no doubt of; but that he had any 
 other Intelligence of it, than what proceeded 
 from his own Guilt, and the juft Apprehenfions 
 he might have upon that Occafjon, is a great 
 Queftion- 
 
 However, this is certain, that^ $hefe Appre- 
 henfions gave him a juft Alarm *, and he pre- 
 vented his being taken up, by a fudden and pre- 
 cipitate Flight ; for he took-. Shipping on the fe- 
 con4 of Angtft* in the Drefs of a private Per- 
 
 fon;
 
 fon -, and having only Lieutenant-General Ha- 
 milton, and two Servants with him, they hired 
 a VelTel to carry them to Newcaftle upon Tyne, 
 and there agreed again with the Matter to carry 
 them on to the Firth of Edinburgh. Nor would 
 he venture to go on Shore on the South Side of 
 the Firth, where he was fure to be known, but 
 landed at Creil, a Town on the Shore of Fife, 
 near the Mouth of the Firth ; from whence paf- 
 fing the County of Fife, and crofllng the Firth 
 of 'fay, he landed at Dundee : But ftill remaining 
 uneafy, he made no Stop till he arriv'd in the 
 Braes, i. e. Hills of Afar, his own Dominions, as 
 they may be call'd there indeed, and to his 
 Seat at Kildrummy. 
 
 Being arriv'd here, he foon gave Notice of it 
 to the principal Men of the Party, with whom, 
 there can be no Room to doubt, he had con- 
 certed Meafures before, and to fome of whom 
 it is faid great Sums'of Money had like wife been 
 remitted -, and, in order to enter upon the im- 
 mediate Execution of his Defigns, he invited 
 them to a great Council, which he had refolv'd 
 to hold on the \6th of .Auguft. 
 
 Hither, according to his Summons as above, 
 repair'd a Number of Gentlemen of the greateft 
 Quality and Intereft in his Party, and particu- 
 larly at their Great Council, there appear'd the 
 Marqnis of Huntley, eldeft Son to the Duke of 
 Cordon', the Marqnis of THllibardin, eldeft Son 
 to the Duke of Atkol ; the Earl of Nitbfdale, 
 the fame who afterwards made his Efcape out of 
 the Tower of London-, the Earls 'Mar.ejfhal, 
 Traquhair, Errol, Soutbesk, Carnwarth, Seafortb, 
 Lithgow, and feveral others -, with the Vifcounts 
 Kilfytb) Kenmure, Kingfton and Stonnount, and 
 the jLords Rollo, Dujfus,and Dntmmond^%& about 
 
 26
 
 25 Gentlemen of Intereft in the Highlands, whofe 
 Names we have not had Opportunity to get a 
 Lift of ; among whom were, in particular, the 
 two Generals Hamilton and Gordon, Glengary, 
 G lender ule, Anckterhoufe y Auldbair, and others 
 from the Clans, &c. 
 
 It is not eafy to come at a particular Account 
 of the Tranfadions of this Aflembly -, but what 
 we have learn't by the Confequences, as well as 
 by particular Relation, is as follows; viz.. That 
 here the Earl of Mar, in a Set Speech, excited 
 them all to take up Arms for King James VIII. 
 as he then call'd the Pretender, and let them 
 know what Part he refolved to take with them, 
 via. that he refolv'd to fet up the pretender's Stan- 
 dard, and to fummon all the fencible Men of his 
 own Tenants, and with them to hazard his Life 
 in the Caufe. He encourag'd them likewife, by 
 giving them Aflurances, i. That there would 
 be a general Rifing in England upon the fame 
 Foot, and perhaps nam'd the particular Places 
 and Perfons, where, and by whom, fuch Infur- 
 re&ions were really intended, tho' afterwards 
 difappointed, to have been raifed. 2. That they 
 fhould certainly have powerful Affiftance from 
 France , and from other Parts, whence their 
 K . . , as he call'd him, had already had large Sup. 
 plies, and Promifes of more. 3. That he fhew'd 
 them the Letters he had received from Lorrain 
 under the Pretender's own Hand, promifing to 
 come over to them in Perfon, and put himfelf 
 ppon the Valour and Fidelity of his Scots Sub- 
 jects-, and that, in the mean time, they mould 
 be fure of Ships, with Arms, Ammunition, and 
 all military Store's, come to them \ with Officers, 
 Engineers, and Voluntiers, as foon as they could 
 give him an Account to what Port they would 
 
 direft
 
 C*7] 
 
 direft them to be fent: And, 4. fhew'd them 
 his Commifiion under the Pretender's own Hand, 
 nominating himLieutenant-General,Commander 
 in Chief, and Director of the War j and Laftly, 
 he aflurM them, that he was furnifh'd with Mo- 
 ney, and fliould, from time to time, be fupply'd 
 with fufficient Sums to levf Men, and regularly 
 to pay the Troops that mould be rais'd } fo that 
 no Gentleman mould be at any Expence to fub- 
 fift his Men, but that both they and the Country 
 Ihould be eafed of all Burthens of that Kind. 
 
 If all thefe Things were reprefented to them 
 in a Manner fuitable to the Occafion, as we have 
 good A durances they were, we may ceafe to 
 wonder, that fo many Gentlemen were impofed 
 upon, and drawn into this Infurreclion, which, 
 perhaps, would otherwife have referv'd them- 
 felves to better Fortunes. But fuch Pretences 
 as thefe, and follow'J immediately by Perfor. 
 mances of feveral Parts of them, it muft be con- 
 fefs'd, were as well calculated to draw the Peo- 
 ple of that Country in, as could be expected 
 even by themfelves. 
 
 However, even upon this Meeting, the No- 
 blemen and Gentlemen did not immediately 
 draw together their Men, but went every Man 
 back to his own Eftate, there to lay the Foun- 
 dation, and take their Meafures for their ap- 
 pearing in Arms, when they mould hear agajn. 
 from the Earl of Mar that all Things were in 
 Readinefs to break out. 
 
 Nor was this long ; for now they had pafs'd 
 the Rubicon, and had no Thoughts of looking 
 back } and therefore the Earl of Mar fum- 
 mon'd them all, at leaft that were near hand, 
 to a general Meeting at Aboyne, in Ahrdtenfoire- 
 on the sd of September, in order to concert Mea- 
 fures
 
 furcs for their appearing in Arms , and having 
 there diredted the draw ing their Forces together, 
 without any Lofs of Time, he fet up the Stan- 
 dard of the Pretender on the 5th, with about 
 2000 Men, molt Horfe, and proclaimed him. 
 King. 
 
 And thus was the Rebellion a&ually begun the 
 *6th of September 1715 } and the fame 'Day, or 
 within a very few Days after, the Heads of the 
 Party feparating for that Purpofe, the Pretender 
 was likewife proclaimed at fex r eral other Places ; 
 as at Aberdeen, by the Earl Marefchal ; at Dundee, 
 by . . . Graham, made afterward Vifcount Dun- 
 dee by the Pretender } at Montrofe, by the Earl of 
 Soutbesk ; and at Perth, which they loon ; after 
 furpriz'd, by Colonel Balfour , at Dunkeld, by 
 the Marquis of Tulhbardin ; at Caftle-Gordon, by 
 the Marquis of Huntley ', at Brecbin, by the Earl 
 of Penmure , and at Invernefs, by Brigadier Afac- 
 lintofi, at the Head of 500 Men, where he took 
 Pofleffion alfp of that important Pafs, which was 
 at that Time without a Garrifon. 
 
 The Earl of Afar y in the mean time, taking 
 upon him the Title of Lieutenant -General, 
 march'd with his Forces, which were by that 
 Time reputed to be near tfooo Men, towards 
 theT*y, and there publifh'd, what fome call'd, 
 the Pretenders Peclaration \ but was no more, 
 in reality, than the Earl of MAY'S Declaration, 
 in his own Name fummoning the People to take 
 Arms , and foon after that, he publinYd a gene- 
 ral Manifefto in the Name of himfelf, and all 
 thofe who hjd taken Arms with him. Both 
 thefe Pieces being very proper to be preferv'd to 
 Pofterity, and others having been fuffer'd to 
 print and publim them, when it was of dange- 
 rous
 
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 roUs Tmport to do fo, I have added in the Ap- 
 pendix, mark'd D-D. 
 
 And now 'tis Time to look back, and fee 
 ^hat the King was doing all this while, (I mean 
 as to the Rebellion) and what Meafures his Ma- 
 jefty took to fecure his Perfon and Government j 
 for we are not to fuppofe his Majefty was want- 
 ing to himfelf in fuch a Jundture as this, or that 
 the Zeal of the Miniftry and Parliament abated 
 on fo eminent an Occafion : On the contrary, all 
 imaginable Application was made, to put the Go- 
 vernment in fuch a Pofture, as that they might 
 make thefe 'Men repent their rafh Undertaking : 
 In the mean time, that the other People might 
 not, by this Attempt in Scotland, draw the 
 Strength of England that Way; and fo make 
 that Part of the Rebellion be a Bite upon the Go- 
 vernment, while the difaffefted People in Eng- 
 land mould take the Opportunity to rife at Home, 
 and take them unprovided ; 1 fay, to prevent 
 this, the Government fuffer'd fcarce a Man to 
 ftir out of England^ but rather fent Troops Weft 
 and South-Weft, to fuch Places as were moft fuf- 
 pefted, and where the difaffeded People appeared 
 ftrongefl, as to Brifol, Bath, Shrewsbury, Ox- 
 ford, and even down to Exeter: In which Places, 
 the DifafTedion of the People had really appeared 
 fo very open, that they had avowed their Rea- 
 dmefs to take Arms, if an Opportunity offer'd ^ 
 and had more than declar'd, that fuch an Op- 
 portunity was expefted by them ; for in fome 
 Places they had gone fo far, as to provide Arms 
 and Ammunition, Horfes and Men, to be in 
 Readinefs for the Junclure which they look'd for, 
 or the Watchword that was to be given, lu 
 a word, the Forces were difpers'd thro' the 
 whole Kiagdom, and the Half-Pay Officers were 
 
 fent
 
 1 30] 
 
 fent to proper Places, where they might be ufe- 
 ful, as well to manage and difcipline the Mi- 
 litia, as to encourage and direct the Gentry, 
 in Cafe of any Surprize ^ and all was done in 
 fuch a Manner, as that, by a fmall March, the 
 Troops might, upon any Alarm, be drawn in- 
 to confiderable Bodies to affift one another: 
 The Wifdom of this Difpofition was its own 
 Jollification afterwards, when it appeared, that 
 this only was the Safety of the whole Nation $ 
 whereas had an Army been drawn together at 
 firft, and fent into Scotland^ to have fupprefs'd 
 the Rebellion on that Side, England had, with- 
 out Doubt, been expos'd to Infurre&ions in fe- 
 yeral Places , and, perhaps, too ftrong to be 
 fupprefs'd without recalling Part of that Army, 
 before their Work had been finifh'd in Scot- 
 land. 
 
 It is true, the Scots differed for this for a 
 Time -, and the Want of Forces about the Bor- 
 der was, no Doubt, an Encouragement to the 
 Earl of MAT to fend over Brigadier Mackint ofa 
 with about 1400 Men, who came up to the 
 Gates of Edinburgh, took the Town of Lelthj 
 and for fome Time ravaged the fruitful Coun- 
 tries of Eaft and Mid Lothain, and afterwards 
 march'd into England^ fhall be fhewn in its Place: 
 The Scots complained heavily of this, and alledg- 
 ed, they were not kindly ufedj in being left fo 
 naked, as to be infulted by fo fmall a Body of 
 their Enemies, even in the capital City, and 
 that no Troops mould be left to guard them ^ 
 but that rather their own Militia was obliged 
 to march out of the Provinces to which they 
 belong'd, to defend other Parts, while they were 
 expos'd fo as to be over-run by a meer Hand- 
 ful of the Highlanders, who, after having com- 
 mitted
 
 r ? ] 
 
 mitted what Spoil they thought fit, were let go 
 unfought with, to join the Engtljh in Nortbum-* 
 
 There was indeed fom-e Weight in what was 
 faid, and the Complaint feem'd to have fome 
 Reafon in it on the Side of the Scots : But tak- 
 ing Things complexly, and enquiring into the 
 State of Things in England, there was no Room 
 to aft otherwife for a while, till more Forces 
 were got together -, and till the Expectations fome 
 People had of Invafions from abroad, were fur- 
 ther feen into, and more effectually fruftrated. 
 The Rebellion being thus actually broken out, 
 the firfl publick Step the Government took, was 
 according to the Power given by the late At of 
 Parliament, for fufpending the Habeas Corpus Bill 
 for fix Months"} to take into Cuftody fuch Per- 
 fons as were fufpefted of being the Heads of the 
 difaffe&ed Party, or concern'd with them, or 
 that it was probable might be fo, that fo they 
 might not have it in their Power to aft with 
 them } and their Confinement -might difconcert 
 the Meafures, if they had entred into any, for 
 carrying on the Defign in England , for the 
 Government, as is faid above, were well in- 
 form'd, that this firfl Irruption in Scotland was 
 but a Part of the grand Defign, and rather 
 ftarted firft, that the Troops might be fent 
 that Way, but that in England, a far more dan- 
 gerous Confpiracy was carry'd on, which was 
 to break out in a very little Time. 
 
 To break thefe Meafures, the Government 
 immediately laid their Hands on thofe Gentle. 
 men, who they had Information againft, and fe- 
 cur'd them ^ nor did they take their Aim 
 wrong, as afterwards appear'd, when the Duke 
 of Ormond, not fatisfied with Reports, or the 
 
 In-
 
 Intelligence he had at a Diftance, came in a 
 Ship to the Weftern Coaft, and there had an 
 ocular Demonftration of the Tranquillity of the 
 State, and the Captivity of his Friends. The 
 People taken up here at firft, were Colonel 
 Paul, one of the Colonels of the Guards, ufually 
 fo call'd ; and from whom it was faid, how true 
 it was 1 mil not ajfert, they had great Part of 
 the Light given them into the Train of this 
 Affair. The Colonel was detain'd fome Time, 
 and often under Examination ; but was after- 
 wards let go, which, perhaps, occafion'd the 
 Report of his making a Difcovery: This Gentle- 
 man was apprehended on the 2et of September" ; 
 and about a Fortnight after, they began to ap- 
 prehend the reft, who were the Duke of Powys, 
 the Earls of Jerfey and Scarfdale, Lord Lanf- 
 doun, Lord Duplin, Son in Law to the Earl of 
 Oxford, Sir William Wyndkam, Sir John Packing- 
 ton, Edward Harvey, Efq} of Coomb, John 
 jjnftis, Corbet Kynafton ; all thefe were Members 
 of Parliament : Thomas Forfter was in the Liftj 
 but he fled to a worfe Refuge for his Deliver- 
 ance, as (hall appear in its Place : As to the 
 apprehending thefe Members of Parliament, the 
 King would not caufe them to be apprehended 
 in Parliament Time, without the Confent of the 
 Houfe:, and therefore acquainted the Houfe by 
 a Meflage, Sept. 21. that having juft Caufe to 
 fufpect thofe fix Gentlemen were engag'd in a 
 Defign, to fupport the intended Invalion of this 
 Kingdom , his Majefty had therefore given 
 Order for apprehending them, and defir'd the 
 Confent of the Houfe to commit and detain 
 them, if he finds it neceflary, in Purfuance of 
 the late Aft of Parliament, empowering him fo 
 to do. 
 
 In
 
 [33] 
 
 In Anfwer to this, the Houfe immediately 
 gave up their fix Members to his Majefty's Plea- 
 fure, as to the committing arid detaining them, 
 in an Addrefs to that Purpofe^ returning Thanks 
 to the King, for his Majefty's tender Regard to 
 the Privileges of the Houfe -, and defired his 
 Majefty would give Order, for the committing 
 and detaining the feveral Members mentioned 
 in the faid Meflage, purfiiant to the Aft of Par- 
 liament , which was afterwards accordingly 
 done } though all of them were not immediate- 
 ly found, nor were all that were found, detain'd. 
 Sir William Wyndham being at his Seat in So- 
 merfetfiire, and furpriz'd by the State- Mefienger, 
 found Means, however, to deceive him, and to 
 get out of his Houfe, by means of a Back Stair- 
 Cafe, and made his Efcape , but did it with 
 fo much Hurry, and was in fuch Confufion, as 
 not to be able to fecure any of his Papers ; 
 which being feiz'd by the MefTenger, and 
 brought up to the Government, it feems they 
 made it very clear, that the Minifters of State 
 had a right Scent, and that they were not mif- 
 taken in their Man. 
 
 Befides thefe, abundance of Gentlemen were 
 apprehended in feveral Parts of England, as 
 the Lord Dunbar, and Sir Marmaduke Conftable, 
 in Northumberland } Sir George Brown, Colonel 
 Lonfdon, Captain Doylic, Captain Sim lair, Mr. 
 Mackarty, Dun, Hibbert, Macdonald, and others, 
 at the Bath , Mr. Dorrel, Gordon, Kerr, Wilfon, 
 Halftead, Spelman, Loyd, Kelly, Buck, Ddfgrove, 
 White, and fome Servants, at Oxon *, Colonel 
 Owen of the Guards was to have been taken , 
 but he made his Efcape over a Wall, and went 
 afterwards into France , many others alfo, in fe- 
 P veral
 
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 veral parts of England, were taken into Cuftody 
 for the prefent. 
 
 Corbet Kyndftm;, Efq^ abfented for feme Time ^ 
 but afterwards funender'd ; and Tho. Forfter, Efq ; 
 took Arms in Northumberland, which was an- 
 other Proof of the right Information the Govern- 
 ment had. Sir John Packington fo effectually 
 vindicated himfelf, and with fo much Modefty 
 and Clearnefs, that he was honourably dif- 
 charged , and Mr. Harvey of Coomb gave a third 
 Teftimony to the Goodnefs of the Intelligence the 
 Government had, by attempting to deftroy him- 
 felf foon after he was taken, ftabbing himfelf 
 very violently into the Body in two or three 
 Places i but his Wounds were not mortal. 
 
 In Scotland, the like Method was directed, 
 and Warrants order'd for apprehending the 
 Earls of Kinoul, Hume, Wigtown, the Lord 
 Deskford, Mr. Locklwrt of Carnmarth, fome In- 
 habitants of Edinburgh, and many others ; but 
 the greateft Part of the reft retired to the Hills, 
 and fome into the Rebels Army diredly. 
 
 There were alfo foon after Summons rent to 
 all thofe Gentlemen, who the Government had 
 Reafon to fnfpect, to come in and furrender 
 themfelves by a certain Day -, and to give fuch 
 Affurance of their Fidelity to the Government, 
 as the Law directed, upon Pain of ConhTcation 
 of their Eftates, purfnant to an Aft of Parlia- 
 ment for that Purpofe ; of which I fhall fpeak in 
 its proper Place. The Lifts of the Names of 
 thofe Gentlemen, who were fummon'd on this 
 Oecallon, were as follows : 
 
 Marquifs
 
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 Marquifs of Huntley. 
 Earls of 
 
 Seaforth. 
 Win ton* 
 
 Carmvartk. 
 
 Southesk. 
 
 tfithifdale. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Kinnoul. 
 
 Panmure. 
 
 Marifchal. 
 
 Broadalbine. 
 Lords Vifcounts of 
 
 Kenmure. 
 
 Stormount. 
 
 Xilfyth. 
 
 Kingfton 
 
 Strathallern* 
 The Lords 
 
 Ogilvie. 
 
 Rollo. 
 
 Drummmond* 
 
 Nairn. 
 
 Clenorcby. 
 Sir James Campbell of 
 
 Jiuchterbrech. 
 Sir Duncan Campbell of 
 
 Loc knell. 
 
 Sir Donald M 'AC- Don aid. 
 Sir Patrick Murray of 
 
 Auchteriyre 
 Sir Hugh Paterfott of 
 
 Bannockburn- 
 Sir Alex. Ersfanei Lord 
 fyott. 
 
 Sir Jo 
 
 Lieutenant Gen. George 
 
 Hamilton. 
 
 Matter of Stormonnt. 
 Ma Her of Nairn. 
 Matter Alexander Mack* 
 
 entie of Fraz.erdale. 
 James Stirling of Keir. 
 Robert Stuart of Appin. 
 John Campbell of Attra* 
 
 balder. 
 William Murray, Jun. of 
 
 Aucbtertyre. 
 Alexander Robinfott of 
 
 Straw an 
 Lairds of 
 
 Mackinnan. 
 
 Clanranald. 
 
 Glenghary. 
 
 Xeppoch. 
 
 William Drummond, Ser- 
 vant to Lord 
 
 mond. 
 
 Mr. Seat on of Touch. 
 Lieutenant Allan 
 
 meron. 
 Rob. Roy, alias Mac* 
 
 Gregor. 
 
 Mr. Stuart of Ard. 
 Matter Francis Stuart > 
 
 Brother to the Earl 
 
 of Murray. 
 
 Jvhn Cameron of Lochiett. 
 Mr. jfoJlw Fullertoft of 
 
 Greenhall. 
 
 P-'r
 
 t 
 
 'Mackintosh Jun. of Bor- 
 lam. 
 
 James Malcolm. 
 
 Mr. Henry Maule, Bro- 
 ther to the Earl of 
 Panmure. 
 
 Wackinjkaw of Barafield. 
 
 Colin Campbell of Glen- 
 derule. 
 
 Graham of Bucklivy. 
 
 George Home of. Whit* 
 
 field. 
 Mafter John Drummond, 
 
 Brother to the Lord 
 
 Drummond. 
 Lyon of jlufterhoufe* 
 Colonel Balfour. 
 Mafter Balfour. 
 Bothune of Balfqur. 
 
 As thefe were the firft Steps of the Govern- 
 ment towards their own Safety } fo the Troops 
 which they had in Scotland, which were indeed 
 but very few, were order'd to move immedi- 
 ately ; and Major General Wightman was order- 
 ed to poft himfelf at Sterling, as well to fecure 
 that important Caftle, as the Bridge over Forth; 
 the only Pafs by which the Earl of Mar could 
 at that Time of the Year pretend to advance 
 into the Southern Parts of Scotland. This was 
 indeed a juft and neceflary Step of the General j 
 the Royal Army being at that Time very weak ; 
 for at firft they had no more than 4 Regi- 
 ments of Foot, upon the reduc'd Eftabliftimtut, 
 which was of 257 Men to a Regiment } and 4 
 Regiments of Dragoons, of under 200 Men in 
 a Regiment, making two thin Squadrons, of a- 
 bout 80 Men each to a Regiment } fo that at 
 the firft, the Forces pofted at Sterling were not 
 much above 1500 Men ^ but having the Advan- 
 tage of fo fecure a Scituation, the difaffe&ed 
 Party on this Side the Forth durft make no 
 Attempt upon them, neither could the E. of 
 Mar find any Way how to make his Way 
 Southward ; which, if he had been able to have 
 done at that Time, in the Infancy of their 
 
 At-
 
 tin 
 
 Affairs, he would have bid fair for the City of 
 Edinburgh ; and the Want of which was the 
 Ruin of his whole Defign. 
 
 This Foil being fecur'd, the Government 
 immediately apply'd it felf to encreafe the 
 Forces ; and to that End the Scats Regiment of 
 Dragoons of Stairs, known by the Name of the 
 White- Hor fa, with two Regiments of Foot, 
 which lay in the North of England, were fpar'd 
 for that Service ; and the Regiment of Dragoons 
 of Evans, being moft Welfo Men, and two Re- 
 giments of Foot, were Hkewife order'd from 
 Ireland ; all which Troops join'd the Camp be- 
 fore any A&ion happened. 
 
 To finifh the Provifion againft the Rebellion 
 in Scotland, the Duke of Arg^le, who was before 
 Commander in Chief of all the Forces in 
 Scotland, was made General of the Army , and 
 his Majefty having fent Exprefs to the States 
 General, for the 6000 Men they were oblig'd, 
 by their Engagements with Great Britain, to 
 furnifh on fuch an Emergence : They promis'd 
 to fend them over with all Expedition; and 
 it was refolv'd, on their Arrival, to difpatch 
 them immediately to Scotland, as was afterward? 
 done. 
 
 In this Pofture Things flood on both Sides at 
 the firft Appearance of this Storm. Let us now 
 go back again to the E. of Mar, who was all 
 this while lengthening himfelf to make a 
 Stand againft the Royal Forces, till the Preten- 
 der mould arrive, and till he could fee what 
 the promis'd In fur reel: Jons in England would 
 tome to. 
 
 I>3 It
 
 It muft be confefs'd,the firft Management of the 
 E. of Mar began tomake him formidable } and had 
 he not afterwards mifcarry'd in hisearlyAttempts, 
 he had pu/h'd fair for maltering that whole 
 Pan of the Ifland in a little Time , for had the 
 Defign of furpming Edenburgh Caftle fucceeded, 
 it would, at that Time, have caus'd an inex- 
 preffible Confirmation, and have rendered all 
 the Refinance the few Troops which were then 
 there, as above, could have made, utterly in- 
 effectual. 
 
 But not to take up the Time with giving 
 an Opinion, of what might have been, i pro- 
 ceed to the Fad, as it really was : That the De- 
 fign was laid to furprize the Caftle, was cer- 
 tain:, for that upon the fecret Information the 
 Government had of the Defign, they took fe- 
 veral Perfons in the very Attempt, and 
 took the Arms of thofe that fled : Who it 
 was difcover'd this Defign, or how the Perfon, 
 who gave Intimation of it, came by his Intelli- 
 gence, has not yet been made publick. But 
 thus far the publick Account enters into the 
 Particulars, viz.. That the Lord Juftice Clark 
 had private Notice fent him the Evening be- 
 fore the Attempt was to be made j and that ac- 
 cordingly he gave Notice to the Deputy Gover- 
 nour Lieutenant Colonel Stuart, to be upon 
 his Guard: Some Accounts fay, the Colonel dili- 
 gently apply'd himfelf to his Duty, and or- 
 der'd one Mr. Lindfey, a trufty Officer of the 
 Garrifon, to go the Rounds all Night long, 
 for Prevention of the Defign-, and by which 
 Means the Thing was effectually difcover'd} 
 and a private Centinel was feiz'd upon, who 
 was actually drawing up a Ladder by a Rope 
 vhich he had caft over the Wall, and by 
 
 which
 
 [ 19] 
 
 which the Confpirators were to mount and 
 enter the Caftle , others have blam'd the Lieu- 
 tenant Colonel, as if he had fail'd of his Duty, 
 or had not aded vigorouQv enough upon that 
 Occafion, or fuitable to the Danger; whether 
 of thefe is juft, is hard to determine, to thofe 
 who know not the Particulars -, and efpecially 
 becaufe the Cafe, as it follows, gives Room for 
 both Opinions: The fir ft, becaufe Colonel Stuan 
 was foon after actually difmifs'd from his Poft, 
 and clapt up Prifoner in the Toll-Booth. The 
 latt, becaufe the Colonel was very foon dif- 
 charg'd again out of his Confinement; and 
 tho' he could not have his Poft again, it be- 
 ing difpos'd of to another-, yet had half Pay 
 given him as a Satisfaction : The former fig- 
 nifying, that he had given Reafon for Sufpicion ; 
 and the latter intimating, as if he had clear'd 
 himfelf again. 
 
 But to return to the Story of the .Caftle. 
 The Lieutenant having feiz'd the Centinel, and 
 finding that tho' the Confpirators had not aftu- 
 ally gotten in, yet that they were very near 
 it, that they were at the Foot of the Wall, if 
 not mounted Part of the Way on the Ladder. 
 He order'd one of his Men to fire his Piece, 
 and give the Alarm to the Caftle:, immediately 
 the whole Garrifon run to their Arms, and not the 
 Garrifon only, but the whole City of Edinburgh. 
 For the Town Guard beat the Alarm, and a 
 Party, upon Intelligence from the Caftle, fal- 
 ly'd out of the Weft Port to attack the Confpira- 
 tors } but they were fled, and they only took 
 one Captain Maclean, formerly an Officer at 
 Gillikranty, who, whether he was upon the Lad- 
 der or not, had fallen down the Precipice, and 
 broken, or very much hurt his Leg-, him the/ 
 D 4 brought
 
 40] 
 
 brought in Frifoner, and two other Men ; but, 
 as we hear fince, the other were not in the 
 Defign : They found alfo fome Mufyuets and 
 Carabines, which the People, who brought them, 
 had thought fit to throw aWay, in order to 
 make their Efcape. Four Men in the Garrifon, 
 \vho were fufpeded of being concern'd in this 
 Defign, were fecur'd } but at the writing thefe 
 Sheets, no Judgment had been pafs'd upon them, 
 or the others , and they were all afterwards dif- 
 charg'd without any Trial. It feems that the Men 
 defign'd for this Work were about 80, befides 
 their Leaders*, and it was faid, that one of the 
 Soldiers who were taken, having his Life pro- 
 mis'd him, confefs'd feveral Particulars } as 
 that one Mr. Arthur, formerly an Enfign in the 
 Garrifon, was the Contriver of the Delign, and 
 the Man that had debauch'd the Soldiers into 
 it -, that the Lord Drummond was to have had 
 the Command, the Defign being of his directing ^ 
 and his Lordfhip having fent 50 Highlanders to 
 Edinburgh, on Purpofe to join in it ; and that 
 upon the Succefs they were to have made a 
 Signal, which the E. of Mar having appointed 
 Men in Fife to watch for, was to have taken 
 for an Intimation that they were in PofTeffion ^ 
 and that thereupon the Earl was to advance 
 with all his Force to fecond that Work. 
 
 Whether all this Part be Truth of Faft, or 
 the Invention of our News-Writers at that Time, 
 I do not determine -, and therefore leave it as 
 uncertain, no Procefs having been made againft 
 the, Prifoners who were taken, as is faid above. 
 
 The Difcovery of this Defign was really a 
 happy Turn for the King's Affairs, which would 
 have been but in a very ill Poiture in Scotland at 
 that Time, if the Cattle had been taken. 
 
 This
 
 [4* 3 
 
 This was on the 8th of September, the News 
 of the Earl of Mars having been in the High- 
 lands, and gathering Men there, was known in 
 Edinburgh feme Days before ^ but his having 
 adually fet up the Standard of the Pretender, 
 was not known till a Day or two after. 
 
 The Earl of Mar was by this Time, as near 
 as could be learn'd from the belt Intelligence, 
 about 5000 or 6000 Men flrong, befides that 
 the Clans were not yet join'd -, and that Seaforth 
 and Huntley^ Men, which, with the Mackenzie*) 
 were reckon'd to make full 7000 more, were 
 not join'd him. He was advanc'd as far as 
 JDunkeld, upon the Frontiers of the Duke of 
 jithofs Dominion - ? who yet he could not bring 
 to favour him in his Defigns, although hiseldeft 
 and his youngeft Sons were both aftually in 
 Arms with the Earl of Mar. 
 
 Here receiving Advice, that the King's Troops 
 were gathering about Sterling, and that they 
 took Poft there, to fecure the Bridge, and pre- 
 vent his pafling Southward j he refolved likewife 
 to feize upon Perth, which was a Pafs of the 
 fame Nature upon the River fay, and would 
 effectually prevent the King's Troops from 
 pafling Northward *, fo that all the Provinces be- 
 hind him would then be effectually at his Com- 
 mand. This he put in Execution on the i^th of 
 September, and thereby prevented the Earl of 
 Rothes, who was actually marching with 500 
 Men of the County Troops to have feiz'd up- 
 on Penh j but hearing that the Earl of Mar's 
 Men were in Pofleflion, his Lordfhip being in 
 no Condition to attack them, retired, and 
 fent an Account of it by Exprefs to the Duke 
 of Argyle^ who was by that Time come to Edin- 
 burgh, 
 
 The
 
 C 42 3 
 
 The very fame Day that the Earl of Mar 
 with his Troops took PofTeflion of Perth, a 
 Meflage and Letters were brought to him from 
 the Pretender, by Mr. James Murray, fecond Son 
 to the Lord Vifcount Stormont, who, coming 
 over from France, venturd to land in England, 
 and travelled by Land incognito all the Way 
 from Dover to Edinburgh -, and tho* a Perfon 
 fo well known there, yet was not difcovefd ^ 
 tho' it was Paid, he difcours'd with feveral of 
 his Party, and continued there fome Days} af- 
 ter which he took an open Boat at Newhaven 
 above Leith, and crofs'd the Firth to Erunt- 
 'Jfland, and fo arriv'd at Perth, where he deli- 
 ver'd his Letters ; and, as was faid, gave them 
 AfTurances of fpeedy and powerful Succours ; 
 and likewife, as was reported, brought the firft 
 News to them, that the Pretender had refolved 
 to come over to them in Perfon. He produced 
 likewife Authorities from the Pretender, as it 
 was faid, conftituting himfelf Principal Secre- 
 tary of State to the Pretender for the AfFairS of 
 Scotland : It was alfo reported, that he brought 
 a Patent, creating the Earl of Mar, a Duke, by 
 the Stile of Duke of Mar, Marquifsof Sterling, 
 and Earl of Alloway; but we' heard no more of 
 that. In the mean Time,, the other Heads of 
 the Rebellion were not idle; for on the ijth 
 of September, the Forces of the Clans, princi- 
 pally the Macdonalds and Mackenzie*, made an 
 Attempt upon Fort William at Invcrlocljy ; nor 
 was it without fome Succefs, the Garrifon be- 
 ing very weak, and unprovided for, they took a 
 Spur, and two advanc'd Redoubts, Sword in 
 Hand ; in one, they took a Lieutenant with 24 
 Men, and in the other, a Sergeant and 5 
 Men, th Spur was abandon'd j but wanting 
 
 Can-
 
 Cannon, they durft not attempt the Body of 
 the Place. 
 
 The taking of Perth was indeed a great Blow- 
 to the publick Affairs, and exceedingly elevated 
 the Spirits of the Earl of Mar's Teople, as it 
 began to give fome Reputation to his Under- 
 taking, and was foon improved by him to far- 
 ther Advantages, as we fhall hear prefently ; for 
 by this Means he not only effectually fecur'd, 
 as is faid, the Country behind him -, fo that 
 he became Matter of all the low Lands on the 
 Eafl Shore of Scotland, North of the forth, contain- 
 ing the fruitful and rich Provinces of Fife, An- 
 gus , the Caerfe of Cowrie, Mearns, Murray, Bampf, 
 and Aberdeen -, but entirely cut off all Commu- 
 nication with the Northern Parts of the Ifland, 
 the ordinary Pofts were ftopt, none of the 
 King's Friends could ftir, they could neither 
 aft for him, nor efcape from the finemy, all 
 the Publick Revenue alfo fell into his Hands -, 
 the Cefs, the Excife, Cuftoms, &c. over all the 
 North of Scotland, were feiz'd upon, and the 
 Gentlemen tax'd at what the General thought 
 fit , and oblig'd, under Pain of military Exe- 
 cution, to comply with thofe Demands. 
 
 Nor was this all ; but, upon the feizing of 
 Perth, he extended his Quarters Southward, even 
 to the Coaft of the Firth of Forth, and took all 
 the Towns on the other Side the Firth, in Sight 
 to the City of Edinburgh from Brunt- Jfland^ 
 to Fifenefs, at the Mouth of the Firth ; by which 
 Means all the Ferries were cut off, and the 
 paffmg the Firth was effectually ftopt, as well 
 one Way as another. 
 
 This made the Firth a Scene of Pyracy, and 
 the Navigation for a Time became wholly in- 
 teirjptcd, except for the Men of War ; for 
 
 the
 
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 the fmall Barks which went up the River to 
 $oripontfs, or Burling, were often in Danger, 
 and fometiraes were a&ually taken and plun- 
 der'd by the "Boats from the other Shore \ and 
 one remarkable Account happen'd, which migh- 
 tily animated the Rebels , the Cafe was this : 
 About 400 fmall Arms, with Ammunition in 
 Proportion, and feveral other Military Stores, 
 were order'd by the Government out of the 
 Magazine at Edinburgh-Caftle, for the Ufe of the 
 Earl of Sutherland, who was going to Dunrobin^ 
 in the North, in order to raife a Force in the 
 Rear of the Earl of Mar, as {hall be feen in its 
 Courfe. 
 
 Thefe Arms and Warlike Stores were put on 
 Board a Veflel belonging to Brunt-lfland, a Town 
 on the Moth-fide of the Firth, direftly oppofite 
 to Lfith ; and the Veflel being loaden, lay fome 
 Days for a fair Wind in Leith Road -, but the 
 Wind blowing hard at North-Eaft, which makes 
 a foul Road in the offing of Leith, the Matter 
 weighed, and ftood over to the Shore of Fife near 
 Brnnt-Ijland, which was then theWeather Shore : 
 As the Ship was known in the Town, the Ma- 
 tter and Owners being all Inhabitants -, fo the 
 Earl of MAY got Intelligence of it, and of her 
 Loading alfo. 
 
 Immediately, upon this Advice, he made a 
 Detachment of 400 Horfe and $00 Foot, to feize 
 this Booty ; part of the Horfe went before, car- 
 rying every Man a Footman behind him, they 
 order'd their March fo, as to come to Brunt-lfland 
 in the middle of the Night, to prevent any Boat 
 going off to the Ship to give her Notice to cut 
 and be gone, or to the Men of War to come in 
 to her Refcue : But by their entring in the Dark, 
 thf y furpriz'd the- Town j and immediately tru; 
 
 foot,
 
 C 4? 3 
 
 Foot, knowing their Bufinefs, feiz'd upon all 
 the Boats upon the Shore, or in the Harbour, 
 the Horfe, in the mean time, furrounding the 
 Town, t9 prevent any one going out to carry 
 the News to other Parts, fo as that any Boats 
 might go off from Kinghorn, which was a Town 
 within two Miles. 
 
 Having thus feized upon the Boats, they em- 
 bark'd about 1 20 of their Men, and boarded 
 the Ship, ferz'd and fecur'd her without any 
 Oppolition , they weighed her Anchor, as fome 
 fay, with Defign to bring her into the Harbour ; 
 but the Tide not ferving, they dropt the An- 
 chor again, and fell to work with her Cargo j 
 in fhort, they foon handed out the Arms and 
 Stores, &c. into their Boats j and prefling Carts 
 and Horfes in the Country round, they carry'd 
 off their Booty the next Day, without any Op- 
 pofition. It feems this Detachment march'd fo 
 Jilently, or the Duke of Argyli* Spies, or Scouts, 
 did their Duty fo ill, that he had no Intelligence 
 of their March till the next Day in the After- 
 noon, when the fame Perfons that acquainted 
 him of their March, allured him of the Succefs 
 of it, and that it was to no Purpofe to attempt 
 to intercept them in their Retreat, for that 
 they were already gotten great Part of the Way - 7 
 carrying their Booty, for their greater Safety, 
 diredly to Dundee : Tho' that Part of the Intel- 
 ligence was wrong too, if the reft of the Story 
 be right } which was this : 
 
 That the Earl of Mar, not doubting but the 
 Duke of Argyle would have Notice of their 
 March, and would make a ftrong Detachment 
 to intercept them in their Return, refolved to 
 march in Perfon to a Town call d Arva, within 
 four or five Miles of Sterling^ with 6000 Men,
 
 in order to alarm the Duke, and divert hint 
 from attempting to fend any Detachment out to 
 intercept his Men with their Booty ; or that if 
 fuch Detachment was made,- then to face the 
 Left, and cut off the Retreat of that Detach- 
 ment. 
 
 This Stratagem took as well as he could wifh; 
 for the Duke of Argyle hearing that the Earl of 
 Mar was to be at Arvo, with a ftrong Detach- 
 ment that Night, the willinger laid afide his 
 Defign of fending a Party to intercept the Men 
 that had the Booty, order'd out the Piquet, 
 both of Horfe and Foot, to fall upon the Rebels, 
 and kept the reft of the Array under Arms 
 all Day, to be ready to fuftain them, if the Ene- 
 my were too ftroag for them. 
 
 But the Earl of Mar had done his Bufinefs 5 
 for the Booty being feized according to his De- 
 lire, and the Troops gone with it dire&ly for 
 Perth, and paft Danger, he gave himfelf no 
 Trouble to go to Arva, as was intended } but 
 having amufed the Royal Army with Expedla- 
 tions of an Aftion, he did his own Bufinefs with- 
 out any vifible Difficulty } and the Duke's Men 
 having found that no Enemy had been at Arva\ 
 or was to be heard of, retir'd to Sterling. Thefc 
 Things were done the fecond and third of Ottober 
 
 1715- 
 
 On the 5th of the fame Month, the Laird of 
 Barium, better known by the Name of Brigadier 
 Mackintosh, joyn'd the Earl of Mar with 500 
 Highland Men well arm'd, and many of them of 
 his own Name, if not moft of them. This Man 
 had the Reputation of a refolute old Soldier, 
 and his Men made the belt Battalion of Men 
 the Earl of Mar had in his Army : We mall 
 fpeak of them again on feveral Occafions. 
 
 Oa
 
 On the 6th, the Marquis of ffuntly joyn'd him 
 alfo with 500 Horfe and 2000 Foot, moft of 
 them Gordons ; and the loth, the Earl MarifchaL 
 came in from Abtrdewfoire with 300 Horfe, a- 
 mong them many Gentlemen, and 500 Foot. 
 
 The Earl of Seaforth was left behind with his 
 Men, who were near 4000, to iace the Earl of 
 Sutherland ; of which by itfelf. 
 
 This Succefs of the Rebels upon the Coaft 
 made them refolve to take and keep PofleiFion of 
 the Towns which lie very thick upon that Shore ; 
 which Towns are generally well peopled, and 
 good Trading Towns , accordingly they made 
 Detachments of about 4000 Men in feveral Bo- 
 dies, who, ranging over the whole Province of 
 Fife, feized upon all the Arms they could find ^ 
 and feizing of the Towns of Brnnt-Jjland, Ring- 
 horn, Kirkcaldy, Dyfert, the Wemyfs, Wefter and 
 Eafter, Bitckhaven, a poor Fifhing Town, and 
 feveral others, they became Matters of all the 
 North Shore of the Firth of Edinburgh, which 
 was no fmall Advantage to them feveral Ways. 
 In all thefe Places, they took all the Arms they 
 could find, and fometimes Proviiions ; and, par- 
 ticularly, a Veffel from France had the Boldnefs 
 to enter the Firth, tho'many Men of War were 
 riding there ; and tho' they gave her Chafe, flic 
 entred fafely into the Harbour of Brunt-Ijland, to 
 the great Joy and Satisfaction of the Earl of 
 Ma.r\ Men, who were in great Want of Arms 
 and Ammunition. 
 
 This was now the third Ship they had receiv'd 
 with Supplies from their Friends, and they were 
 told, that a great Squadron was coming with all 
 Sorts of Military Preparations for their Supplies, 
 which indeed was true in part, that is to fay, 
 that at the Ports of Hxvrt dc Grace, St. Malocs, 
 
 and
 
 [483 
 
 and other Places upon the Coaft of France, their 
 Friends had hired, or otherwife procured, no 
 lefs than 12, large Ships, befides fome Frigates 
 of good Force, and were openly loading on them 
 vaft Quantities of Ammunition, fmall Arms 5 
 a Train of Artillery, Mortars, Shells, Bullets, 
 &c. in Abundance } and withal, abundance of 
 Voluntiers, Officers, Soldiers, and even Gene-* 
 rals : So that if thofe Veflels had really come to 
 them, as they expe&ed, it was to be feared they 
 might have carry'd theirDefign to a much greater 
 Height than they were after wards able to do : But 
 the King, who was as vigilant as powerful, put an 
 effe&ual Stop to that Embarkation, representing, 
 by his Minifter the Earl of Stair, how inconfi- 
 ftent fuch Things were with the Engagements, 
 in which France at that Time ftood bound, with 
 refpeft to the Pretender -, how contrary to the 
 Treaty of Vtrecbt \ and that it could be under- 
 flood no otherwife but as a Breach of the Peace, 
 as we mall fee more particularly hereafter. 
 Which Reprefentations, together with a more 
 effectual Argument, viz.. ordering Sir George 
 Bingi with a Squadron of Men of War, to ftand 
 over to the Coaft of France, &c. put an effedual 
 Stop to thofe Preparations*, the Regent anfwer- 
 ing, that they were doing all thofe Things with- 
 out his Knowledge or Confent, and that he 
 would give effectual Orders to prevent it ^ and 
 tho', after this, we fhall find that the Friends of 
 the Court at St. Germain* did load Veflels with 
 Arms and Ammunition in lefler Quantities, even 
 in France itfelt, by Connivance, if not by Per- 
 roifTion, of the Government there, of which the 
 g7j/fc Envoy made loudComplaints^yet this great 
 Preparation was efFeftually ftopt, and the Arms 
 and Ammunition, which was actually on Board, 
 
 they
 
 they were oblig'd to unlade again, to the great 
 Difappointment of my Lord Mar and his Adhe- 
 rents, who, for a while, were under great Dif- 
 couragements, for Want of Arms and Ammuni- 
 tion, and efpecially for Want of the Vigour and 
 Courage fuch a vifible Foreign Afliftance would 
 have been to their Party } for if we may credit 
 Letters from St. Mah and Havre de Grace, which 
 brought Lifts, or Inventarys of the Stores, &c> 
 which were then embarking, thofe Ships would 
 have brought to Scotland the following Parti- 
 culars. 
 
 In Inventary of the Pretender's jtfaraiLiney which 
 was Shifting off at Havre and St. Maloes, when 
 Sir George Bing appeared on that Coaft j -with an 
 Account of the Ships. 
 
 The Magazine. 
 
 12000 Mufquets, with 
 Bayonets and Car- 
 touches , to each 
 Mufquet one. 
 
 2000 Carabins. 
 
 2000 Fufees, or fmal- 
 ler Mufquets. 
 
 tfooo Cartouches and 
 Bayonets for thofe 
 who had Arms be- 
 fore. 
 
 18000 Swords. 
 
 2000 Halberds and 
 Half-Pikes. 
 
 12 Brafs Field-Pieces, 
 with Carriages. 
 
 1 6 Large Brafs Cannon 
 for Battery. 
 
 SHIPS. 
 
 AtSt.Malocs, 
 
 The Archangel, a large 
 Privateer of4.oGuns, 
 300 Men, befides her 
 Equipages, carry'd 
 the General Officers. 
 
 The Furisux, a Frigat, 
 36 Guns. 
 
 The Cheval. Marine, 26 
 Guns. 
 
 The TamboWy .... 24 
 Guns. 
 
 On Board thefe were 
 the Voluntiers and 
 Officers to come, in 
 Kumber i8i. 
 
 40
 
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 40 Pieces of Iron Guns. Two large Tranfports, 
 AlltheaeceflaryFurni- with Cannon and 
 
 ture for the Gunners, Bombs. 
 
 who were 120 Men. 
 400* Barrel, of Few- 
 
 300 Tun of Lead, Iron- At Diep 9 
 
 Ball, and Shells. TwoEngli(k built Ships, 
 
 Soldiers, Voluntiers, loaden with Powder, 
 
 and Officers, 1861. and fome Arms. 
 
 We will readily grant, that thisAccount. might 
 very much exceed the Quantities of every 
 Thing, as it is the French Method to enlarge in 
 fuch Things, according to the Favour they mew 
 to the Cafe in Hand. However, this is certain, 
 that fo many Ships were really provided, and 
 great Quantities of the Arms and Ammunition 
 were aftually mipped on Board, which they were 
 obliged to put on Shore again j tho' it may be 
 true, that fome of the fame Ships did after- 
 wards, one by one, get away from France, and 
 did arrive in Scotland, and perhaps with fome 
 Part of thefe Stores, tho' nothing like the Quan- 
 tity here given an Account of, 
 
 However, the greater the Provifion made at 
 that Time for their Supplies was, the greater 
 was the Difappointment in the preventing it, 
 and the greater Service was it to the King , for 
 which the Friends of the Pretender's Intereft 
 here began to give the Regent of France very 
 bad Words, calling him Perfidious, a Poltroon, 
 a Coward, unworthy the Adminiftration of the 
 Publick Affairs, unfit to aft after fuch a Hand 
 as that of Lewis XIV. falfe to his Word, and 
 the like ; that he might have wink'd, and fuf- 
 fer'd them privately to have dropt.a^vay one by 
 
 one,
 
 [ft ] 
 
 one, or have fuppos'd their Ships had been 
 bound for Spain, as was alledg'd by the Freigh- 
 ters, and that the Ships were carrying Warlike 
 Stores to the Spanifi Weft-Indies j that he might 
 have 'found out Ways enough to have conniv'd 
 at them -, and that 'tis to him that they owe all 
 their Misfortunes and Difappointments. 
 
 But thofe who talk'd thus, did not know, or 
 elfe did not confider the Circumftances of the 
 Regent's Affairs, who was at that Time, any 
 more than he is yet, in no Condition for a Rup- 
 ture, and was to be the more ealily ruffled and 
 frighted into a Compliance with the Britifi 
 Court, by how much he found France embarrafs'd 
 with Faftions, as well Religious as Politick, ex- 
 haufted of Money, overwhelmed with Debt, 
 and under an abfolute Neceffity of leflening their 
 Expences, and laying up fome Treafure, for 
 Exigencies which at that Time vifibly threatned 
 them from the Diflatisfa&ions of their own Peo- 
 ple } But efpecially from the latreagues of the 
 Clergy. 
 
 But this is not ur Bufmefs, any farther than 
 it relates to the prefent Cafe. The Rebellion 
 in Scotland was in a great Meafure baulk'd 
 by this Difappointment : But as the King's 
 Forces were alfo in no Forwardnefs, nor any 
 Difpofitions made to attack them, they kept up 
 their Spirits as well as they could ; and, in the 
 mean time, they extended themfelves every 
 Way as far as poffiblej and diligently riimag'd 
 the whole Country for Arms , which they 
 took away even from their own Friends \ nor 
 was the Quantity of Arms fmall which they 
 found. 
 
 They were now potfefs'd of all that Part of the 
 
 ancient Kingdom which lies Korth by Forth, ex- 
 
 E, 2 cepting
 
 cepting only that Part of Argytefiire, which funs 
 North- Weft into the Province of Lorn, and up to 
 Lochijuaber, where Fort William continu'd poflefs'd 
 by the King's Troops, and excepting the remote 
 Counties of Caithnefs, Sutherland) and Strathna- 
 ver \ which, as they had not attempted any 
 thing beyond Invernefs, remainM under the Care 
 of my Lord Sutherland, who, about this Time, 
 went thither by the King's Order, and whofe 
 Meafures were afterwards, for fome time, more 
 imeafy to the Rebellion than all the Duke of 
 Argyll* Army. Thus they were Matters of the 
 Sea Coaft on both Sides of Scotland for a long 
 Traft of Land, viz.. on the Side of the Coun- 
 try from Bmnt-IJland, on the North Shore of the 
 Firth of Forth to Ftfenefs Eaft ; and from thence 
 to Bucbanefs, beyond Aberdeen North , extend- 
 ing again where the Shore falls off, and runs 
 en Weft to Cromarty Bay, and Murray Firth , be- 
 ing above i<5o Miles in Length on the Shore : 
 Again on the Irijk Side, the Iflands of Skey, the 
 Lerffe, and all the Hebrides, or Northern Iflands, 
 were their own , being the Eftates, generally 
 fpeaking, of the Earl of Seaforth, Sir Donald 
 Mackdonald, and others of the Clans, who were 
 in their Intereft : So that from the Mouth of the 
 Water of Lochi to Stoir Point, nay, even to Faro 
 Head , all the Coaft of Locqubaber and Reft, even 
 to the North- We ft point of Britain, was in their 
 Pofleflion. And this was the Reafon why, tho' 
 the Englljh Men of War did their utmoft, and 
 kept their Cruifing Stations, as well as the Sea- 
 fon of the Year and that dangerous Coaft would 
 permit', yet not one of the Ships that brought 
 Supplies to the Rebels ever fell into their 
 Hands *, nor after the Retreat from Ptrth, and 
 the Confufion thac follow'd it, could they ever 
 
 intercept
 
 t 5?1 
 
 intercept one Veflel of all thofe that carried off 
 the Gentlemen, tho' they went away at above 
 20 feveral Times. 
 
 Having brought them on thus far, we return 
 again to the King's Affairs, that the Reader miy, 
 by fhort Periods, take the whole Story with him 
 as he goes on. 
 
 We left the King'sForces gathering together at 
 Sterling^ where Major General Wight man , accord- 
 ing to the Order he had receiv'd, had drawn 
 together about 1 500 Men j and being afterwards 
 reinforced with the Regiments of Dragoons, 
 of Carpenter and Ker, were about 1800 in all. 
 
 As the Earl of Mar had fet up the Pretender's 
 Standard on the 6th of September, it was not a- 
 bove the i2th before the King's Forces had 
 potted themfelves at Sterling, and fecur'd the 
 Bridge ^and by the i6th, the Duke of Argyle was 
 arrived at Edinburgh : So expeditious were the 
 firft Motions for the preventing the fpreading 
 of the Rebel Forces. Nor was this an unfea- 
 fonable Caution , for as the Royal Troops were 
 but weak at that Time, nothing but the advan- 
 tageous Scituation of that Pofb could have pre- 
 vented the Earl of Mar from being at the Gates 
 of Edinburgh in a very few Days. We have heard 
 it objected, as a moft unaccountable Thiug, that 
 the Earl of Aiar y who at that Time boafted to 
 have a Body of 1 2000 Men in Arms, eager to en- 
 gage, mould never attack the King's Troops, 
 who, for almoft two Months after that Time, 
 were not full 2000 Men: But thofe who made 
 that Objection, did not know that thofe iaoo 
 Men lay entrench'd under the Cannon of the 
 Cattle of Sterling, and that the great River Forth 
 lay between them and the Enemy, which River 
 was not paflable by any Means whatever below 
 E 3 the
 
 the Bridge, without a Fleet of Ships and Boats, 
 nor by any Fords above the Bridge j the Waters, 
 at that Time of the Year, being always high j 
 and that the Bridge itfelf could not be attem- 
 pted, being under the Command of the fame 
 Caftle } fo that, had. the Earl of Mar had 30000 
 Men, he could not have attempted them until 
 the Rivers were open, without taking a long 
 March about by the Head of Forth, or to fuch 
 Places, where, the River being fmall, they 
 might have made fhift, by Rafts, and other De- 
 vices, to have got over , which they did at laft 
 refolve to do, but not till it was too late ; and 
 that the Duke of Argylc was in a Condition to 
 give them Battle, which at firft he was not. 
 
 All this while the South Part of Scotland^ tho' 
 they had no Rifings among them, and that the 
 Rebellion was as yet confin'd to the Earl of Mar 
 and his Forces by North the Forth, were yet in 
 3 very precarious and threatning Condition. The 
 People of E-divburah had been in a furprizing 
 Manner deliver'd From the Danger of falling at 
 once into the Hands of their Enemies, by the 
 taking of the Cattle , and the Magiftrates and 
 Nobifity, which flock'd thither, as to a Place of 
 Safety, were all zealous and hearty in the King's 
 Jntereft^ but they were naked and defenceless, 
 without Troops, Arms, or Officers, to direft 
 them what to do -, and tho 5 the Duke of jlrgylis 
 Coming greatly animated them, yet, as he 
 brought not one Regiment of Men with him, 
 and gould only encourage them with Words, and 
 the Promifes of fpeedy Relief; fo they were in- 
 deed under great Apprehenfions, and that not 
 Altogether without Caufe : The DifafFe&ion,even 
 of their own Rabbles, was a formidable Article 
 to them, by whom they were in continual Dan- 
 ger
 
 ger of beiflg plundered : The Threats and high 
 Speeches of the Jacobites, who were among 
 them, added to thefe Apprehensions } and then 
 the Smalnefs of the Number of the King's 
 Force?, no Succours being at that Time in 
 View, and the Forces, even in England, being 
 thought too few to prevent the Mifchiefs that 
 threaten'd the Government at Home : All thefe 
 combined, as it were, to heighten the Confter- 
 flation. , 
 
 At Glafgow it was the fame ; and at Dumfries 
 rather worfe, where the Jacobite Gentlemen, at 
 firft, talk'd of burning the Town } and, at laft, 
 tho' top late for that Defign, broke out into open 
 Rebellion, as mall appear in its Place. 
 
 Thefe Fears and Apprehenfions were the firft 
 Difficulties the Duke of Argylt had to ftruggle 
 with-, who, indeed, receiv'd great Afliftance in 
 it from the Forwardnefs and Refolution of 
 the Nobility and Gentry, who then appeared 
 in the City, and who offer'd to raife Troops 
 of Voluntiers, and of their Dependents, either 
 to ftrengthen the Army, or to fecure the City 
 of Edinburgh, as the General mould direct : 
 This animated the Citizens, who afterwards 
 not .only fortify'd their City in the beft Man- 
 ner it was capable of, but formed themfelves 
 into Bodies, and took Arms in their Hands 
 for their Defence , the very Minifters them- 
 felves carrying Mufquets at the Head of their 
 Citizens, to animate and encourage them j of 
 which we fliall foon fee there was Occafion e- 
 nough,the Enemy appearing quickly after at their 
 very Gates. 
 
 To encourage this Zeal of the Nobility 
 
 and Gentry, the Duke of Argyle publilhed aa 
 
 Order to juftify them, and legally to empower 
 
 E 4 . them
 
 r j3 
 
 them to raife their Men, and to march, take 
 Quarters, and the like, fubjeft to his Directions, 
 and as the Service requir'd. 
 
 And for the Encouragement of the Earl of 
 Rothes, who, by the Rebels having taken Poflef- 
 lion of Fife, was, with a great many other No- 
 blemen and Gentlemen, almoft furrounded in 
 his Houfe at Lejly, whither they were for 
 the Publick Service drawn together, with 
 their Servants and Dependants. The Duke 
 fent the Earl of Forfar with 500 Foot and 500 
 Horfe to aflift him , but the Earl of Mar's Peo- 
 ple, grown numerous now by great Additions 
 of Troops, grew fo ftrong, that they were all 
 oblig'd foon after to quit Lefty, and return to 
 Sterling, left that Detachment mould have been 
 furrounded and cut off, which would have been 
 fuch a Breach to fo fmall a Body of Troops, as 
 they could but very ill have born at that 
 Time. The Order aforefaid for the aflembling 
 of Voluntiers was as follows. 
 
 John, Duke of Argyle, General and Commander in 
 Chief of his Maje fly's Forces in North-Britain, 
 to the Lords Lieutenants, Deputy Lieutenants j 
 and in their Al)fence y to the Well-afetted Heri- 
 tors in the Weftern and Southern Shires in Scot- 
 land, and in particular to the J aft ices of Peace^ 
 Magiflrates of Rttrghs, and other Judges and Of* 
 ficers, Civil ajtd Military. 
 
 c TTCTHereas great Numbers of well-affe&ed 
 VV ' Noblemen, Gentlemen, and others, 
 
 * in the Southern and Weflern Shires of Scotland^ 
 1 being in readinefs to march to fuch Places as 
 f they fhall be appointed, may be defirous to 
 
 * Jiave a particular Order for that Effed. Thefe 
 
 * are
 
 [57] 
 
 * are therefore, in his Ma jetty's Name, and by 
 ' his Authority, requiring, ordering, and au- 
 
 * thorizing the Lord- Lieutenants, Licutenant- 
 4 Deputies, or, in their Abfence, all well-affefted 
 ' Heritors, and each of them, in the Weftern 
 1 and Southern Shires aforefaid, to march forth- 
 ' with their fencible Men, with their beft 
 
 * Arms, and what Ammunition they have, and 
 ' with 40 Days provifion, towards GUfgow , and 
 
 * to quarter there, or in the adjacent Towns or 
 c Villages on the North- fide ot the River Clyde ^ 
 
 * in order to be ready to aflift in the oppofing 
 
 * and extinguishing the Rebellion, now rais'd 
 
 * againft our Laws, our Liberties, and the Pro- 
 
 * tefiant Religion. Given at our Gamp at Stir- 
 
 * ling, the id, of Oftober, 1715. 
 
 A R GYLE. 
 
 But all thefe not being fufficient to form an 
 Army equal to the Occafion, and fufficient to 
 engage the Earl of Mar, if he had, in Propor- 
 tion to his Strength, been enterprising enough 
 to have improved his Advantages, the Duke of 
 Argylc apply'd himfelf to the King for more 
 Forces, and in the mean Time, fet himfelf to 
 work, to encreafe the Troops he had with him, 
 by filling the Regiments up to the old Efta- 
 blimment of 50 Men in a Company, and by an 
 Augmentation of two Companies to every Re- 
 giment ^ and yet even in this he found a very 
 great Difficulty } for the Officers being upon 
 Duty, and not without great Prejudice to the 
 Service to be fpar'd from their Pofts to go a- 
 bout *, and either by Beat of Drum, or by 
 their Intereft in the Country, to raife and haften 
 the Levies ^ it was but a very few that were 
 found ^ which occafion'd the Publication of an 
 
 Order,
 
 r f s 3 
 
 Order in very pr effing' Terms, to the Noble- 
 men, Gentlemen, Minifrers, and all others con- 
 cern'd, to be aiding, aflifting, and encouraging 
 Men to come in to the Service ^ engaging that 
 every one, who fhould be affifting, 6~c. in fuch 
 a good Work at that Time, fhould be recom- 
 mended to his Ma jetty's Favour and Protedion ^ 
 and promifing the Men that fhould lift at that 
 Time, 40 s. Sterling in Hand-, and that they 
 fhould, if they defired it, upon two Months 
 Warning to their Officer, be difcharged , and 
 have a Pafs to return to their feveral Places of 
 Abode, within fix Months 'after the entire fup- 
 preffing the faid Rebellion, without being ob- 
 lig'd to go into the Service in any Foreign Parts, 
 or againft any Foreign Enemy whatsoever. 
 
 This Order had fome Effeft, and a pretty 
 large Number of Men were lifted-, but nothing 
 near the Number which was wanted. But 
 while this was. doing, the Government, fora 
 prefent Supply, order'd the Regiment of Dra- 
 goons of Evans, and two Regiments of Foot } to 
 wit, Clayton's and Wlgkitkatfs, to be feat 
 from Ireland with all Expedition j and who ac- 
 cordingly landed before the Time of the 
 Battle. 
 
 Letters were at the fame Time haften'd over 
 to Holland^ to quicken the coming of the 6000 
 Men, which the Dutch were to fend-, and who, 
 though it was not till a great while aicer that 
 they landed ^ yet came foon enough to affift in 
 ^miming this unhappy War. 
 
 It is now Time to look a little into England, 
 arid to fee how Things went on there } we mean, 
 on the King's Side \ for to preferve the Account 
 of Things entire, and let the Reader fee, as 
 well the Account of the Rebellion, as of the 
 
 pub-
 
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 publick Tranfaftions of the Government, diftinft 
 and apart, we fhall thus carry them on Hand in 
 Hand, by fhort Periods as they went on. 
 
 We left the Parliament Affairs at the i$th of 
 'jluguft. The Acts of Attainder of the Lord 
 Vifcount Bolingbroke, and the Duke of Ormond, 
 being juft pafs'd, and ready for the Royal Af- 
 fe.nt. The i9tb, the Secret Committee made 
 their Report concerning, the Examination of 
 Mr. Thomas Harley, Nephew to the Earl of Ox- 
 ford , in which they complain'd, that he had 
 not dealt ingenioufly with them. The Cafe 
 was briefly this: Mr. Thomas ffarley had been 
 fent over in the Year 1711. to the Plenipoten- 
 tiaries at Utrecht, during the Negotiations of 
 the Peace, upon fome fecret Services, which 
 feem'd to refer to the removing fome Diffi- 
 culty between the Britijh and French Agents } 
 and, as was fufpefted, upon fome other fecret Ne- 
 gotiations relating to the Pretender j what Light 
 the Committee had into this Matter was, it 
 feems, from fome Letters, the Extracts of 
 which the Government had found among the 
 Earl of Straford's Papers } but that being im- 
 perfect., they expected the faid Mr. ffarley 
 fliould give a full Account to them of his faid 
 Negotiations ; and therefore examin'd him upon 
 Oath: But the Anfwers he gave were either 
 fo general, or fo evafive, as highly difgufted 
 the Committee, and evidently fhew'd, that he 
 refolved neither to give them the Satisfaction 
 they expeded, nor the plain and full Account 
 of Things, as by his path he was oblig'd to 
 do i wherefore, in their Report to the Hoirie, 
 they gave it as their Opinion, that he had pre- 
 varicated in his faid Anfwer. Upon which Re- 
 port, and upon reading over the faid Extrads, 
 
 and
 
 and the Copy of Mr. HArUy** Examination," 
 the Houfe order'd him to be committed to 
 the Gate Houfe, where he remain'd a Prifoner 
 till the Prorogation The faid Extrads and 
 Examination being very material to the under- 
 ftanding both of this, and fome other Pro- 
 ceedings yet to come upon the Stage, are re- 
 ferr'd to in the Appendix, K*- EE. 
 
 The 2oth, the King came to the Houfe, and 
 pafs'd the Acts mentioned p. H ltf D- But two 
 Bills remain'd at that Time near finifhing, 
 which were much expedkd, and which his 
 Majefty came again to the Houfe on Purpofe to 
 pafs, Auguft$oth y viz. 
 
 i. An Aft for railing pioooo/. by Sale of 
 Annuities at 5 /. per Cent, per Annum, re- 
 deemable by Parliament j and to authorize 
 a Treaty concerning private Right, claim'd 
 by the Proprietors of the Sugar-Works in 
 Scotland. 
 
 Note, Thefe Proprietors had a Grant to 
 diftil Spirits from the MelafTes of 
 their own manufacturing, without 
 paying any Excife } and all private 
 Right being referv'd by the Treaty 
 of Union, thefe Peoples referved 
 Right was an inexpreflible Injury to 
 the Duty of Excife, by all Spirits 
 conceal'd in their working, being 
 cover'd and protected under the 
 Name of Glafgow Spirits j and alfb 
 an Injury to the Diftillers in England 
 and Scotland, by the faid Proprietors 
 being able to underfel them : So it 
 was enafted, that the Crown fhonld 
 enter into a Treaty with the faid 
 
 Pro-
 
 proprietors, for the Purchafe of the 
 faid private, referv'd Right, and fo 
 diflblve the Grant. 
 
 2. An Aft for encouraging Loyalty in Scot- 
 land i of this Ad mention is made already. 
 
 3. An Aft for building and endowing a new 
 Church at Leverpool. 
 
 Alfo the Royal Aflent was given to two pri- 
 vate Aftsj but no Speech made by the 
 King. 
 
 The fame Day in the Afternoon, his Majefty 
 order'd the following Meflage to be fent to the 
 Houfe, relating to the Princefs of Wales ; which 
 Meflage was prefented by Mr. Secretary Sfanhope, 
 and read in the Houfe by the Speaker, as fol- 
 lows, viz.. 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 HIS Majefty has been pleased to dire ft, that 
 Letters Patents be prepaid for granting to 
 the Prince of Wales One Hundred Thoufand 
 Pounds per Ann. out of the Civil Lift Revenues, 
 for the Support of himfelf and Family ; and 
 likewife for granting Fifty Thoufand Poxnds 
 per Ann. together with Somerfet-Houfe, to the 
 Princefs of Wales, for her Jointure, in Cafe {he 
 fjall furvive the Prince- But it not being in his 
 Majefys Power to extend this Provifion to the 
 Princefs beyond his own Life j hif Majefty hopef, 
 that you will think it reafonable to enable him to 
 make this Provifion for the Princefs certain and fe- 
 cure to her, during the Term of her own Life. 
 
 Immediately a Bill was order'd to be brought 
 in, to make the faid Provision for her Royal 
 Highnefs a fure and certain Jointure tor the 
 Term of her Life. 
 
 The
 
 The next Day, being the laft of Anguft, the 
 Secret Committee came again to the Work of 
 Impeachments j and acquainted the Houfe, that 
 they had prepared Articles of Impeachment 
 againft Thomas Earl of Straford^ for high Crimes 
 and Mifdemeanours , which Articles being 
 prefented to the Houfe, and read, and voted 
 Article by Article, were agreed to ; and the 
 next Day, being the ift of Sept ember , Mr. Aijleby 
 was fent up to impeach the Earl at the Bar of 
 the Houfe, delivering at the fame Time the 
 Articles of Impeachment, in Number 6. to the 
 Lords, which are printed in our Appendix, 
 N" F. 
 
 On the 3^, the Earl of Oxford, after fundry 
 Petitions to the Lords for longer Time, de- 
 li ver'd, or rather caus'd to be fent to the 
 Houfe of Lords, his Anfwer to the Articles of 
 Impeachment formerly exhibited againft him, 
 as well to the firft deliver'd with his Impeach- 
 ment, as to the additional Articles ^ of which 
 mention is made before. The Anfwer is ex- 
 ceeding long -, and as the firft Articles of Im- 
 peachment are not incerted in the former Vol. 
 fo we omit thefe till the Trial of that Nobleman 
 comes on, when we mall fatisfy our Reader's 
 Curiofity, as far as it confifts with the Brevity 
 of this Work, which has fo much Matter of 
 Fad to fpeak to, that it cannot admit long 
 Repetitions of Things already made publick. 
 It mall therefore fuffice to fay, that the Earl's 
 Anfwer was tranfmitted by the Lords to the 
 Lower Houfe, where, after fome Debate, it was 
 referred to the Committee of Secrecy ^ and 
 that they do prepare a Replication to the faid 
 Anfwer j which Replication was carry'd up 
 to the Lords on the i9th of September. 
 
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 t 6? 3 
 
 We are now pretty near the End of this 
 Sitting, tho' not of this Seflions - the main 
 thing left was, relating to Mr. Prior -, he had 
 been committed, at the Motion of the Secret 
 Committee, to clofe Cuftody, no Body being 
 fuffer'd to fpeak with him, without Leave from 
 the Speaker of the Houfe j after fome Time, 
 Mr. Prior wrote a Letter to the Speaker, to 
 delire fome Relaxation of the Severity of his 
 Confinement, with regard to his Health v 
 which the Commons referr'd to the Secret 
 Committee ; who now, viz*, the 20th of Sept. 
 made their Report as follows : 
 
 THAT in the Perufal And Examination of the 
 . feveral Books and Papers referred to the 
 Committee of Secrecy, Mr. Prior appeared, through 
 the -whole Pr ogre ft of the feparate and pernicious Ne- 
 gotiations, carried on between the Miniflers of 
 Great Britain and France, to have been principal- 
 ly concerned, as an Agent and Instrument of thofe 
 evil and traiterous Connfellors, fome of which are 
 already attainted, and others ftand impeached of 
 High-Treafon, and other high Crimes and Mifde- 
 meanours : And the Committee conceiving there were 
 Matters contained in the firft general Report, from 
 which Crimes of a very high Nature might be juftly 
 charged and imputed to the faid Mr* Prior, when- 
 ever the Hfufe jliould think proper to enter into 
 that Confideration ', as likcwife that Mr. Prior 
 was able to give great Lights into all thofe dark 
 and fecret Tr an f aft ions, when he foould be called 
 upon by the great Council of the Nation, or any 
 Committee appointed by them, to give an Account of 
 the Negotiations in which he was concerned as a 
 puhlick Minifter : The Hcufe, upon a Motion from 
 the Committee for that Purpofe, was pleafed to or*
 
 der, before the Report was made, that MY. Prior 
 fhould be taken into Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, 
 to prevent his making his Efcape, upon Notice of what 
 was contained in the Report. 
 
 That this Afethod of confining Mr. Prior, is not 
 only agreeable to former Precedents upon the like Oc- 
 cafionsi but necejjary and tffintial to that great Dit- 
 ty and Privilege of the Houfe of Commons, of re- 
 drcjfing Grievances, and bringing great Offenders to 
 Juflice. 
 
 That the Committee did, fame Time after, purfuant 
 to the Powers given them by the Houfe, proceed to 
 examine- Mr. Prior concerning fever al Matters^ of 
 which there can be no Doubt but he was fully ap- 
 prized and acquainted with; in which Examination 
 Mr. Prior did behave himfelf with fuch Contempt of the 
 Authority of Parliament, and prevaricate in jo grofs 
 a Manner, as mofl jujily to deferve the highefl Dif- 
 pleafure of the Houfe. 
 
 But finding at /*/?, after an Examination of fe 
 ueral Hours, that it was impojfible for him to difguije 
 or conceal fome Falls that were before the Committee^ 
 he was induced to declare upon Oath fome Truths^ 
 which will be very material Evidence upon the Triali 
 of the impeached Lords. 
 
 And, the Committee having Notice, that Mr. Prior 
 had, during his firft Confinement, met and conferred 
 with the Earl of Oxford, and his neareft Relations 
 nnd Dependant s, which Mr. Prior confefs*d to be 
 true, thought it their Duty to move the Houfe^ that 
 Mr. Prior might be committed to clofer Cuftody. 
 
 From this (hort State oj the Proceedings relating 
 to Mr. Prior, the Committee jubmtts it to the 
 Wifdom of the Hufe, Whether his Behaviour has 
 fo far merited the favour and Mercy of the 
 Houfe, as to make that Confinement more eafy to 
 him, which his Contempt of the Commons of Great 
 
 Britain,
 
 feritajn, anJ kis notorious Prevarication^ moft juftly 
 brought him into. And it feems worthy of Confide- 
 ration^ how far it may he thought advifeable fyr the 
 Houfe of Commons to fet at Liberty a Perfon in 
 their Cuftody, and committed according to the ancient 
 Methods and Practice of Parliament ; who is a mate- 
 rial Evidence agaivft high Offenders, under Profecn- 
 tion oj the Commons of Great Britain j and who, 
 there is great Reafon to apprehend, would immediately 
 withdraw himfetf, and, as far as in him lay y defeat 
 the 1 lift ice of the Nation. 
 
 The 2 \ft of Sept. the Lords acquainted the 
 Commons, that they had addrefs'd his Majefty, 
 to defire he would give Dire&ions for the build- 
 ing a Scaffold in Weftminfter-Hall, for the Trial 
 of the Earl of Oxford ; and that his Majefty 
 had been pleas'd to anfwer, that he would give 
 Directions acordingly : And though they were 
 not built for fome Time } yet when they were 
 built, they were hanfel'd flpon another Occa- 
 fion. 
 
 The Parliament having now finifh'd moft of 
 the Bills depending, at leaft fuch as were molt 
 neceflary, and Winter coming on a-pace^ alfo 
 the publick Affairs requiring the Minifters to 
 be wholly intent upon their carrying on the 
 War, in which the perfonal Affiftance of fe- 
 veral of the Members of both Houfes would 
 be required, it was needful to think of a Re- 
 cefs: But that the Impeachments which were 
 depending, and which could not then be well 
 profecuted any farther, without too great In- 
 terruption to other Bufinefs, might not drop, 
 it was refolved this Recefs mould be by Ad- 
 journment, not by Prorogation. 
 
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 In order to this, 'the King came to the Hoofe 
 the faid 2 ift of September, when the Speaker 
 prefented the Money Bills, he made a Speech to 
 the |ting, which, for Brevity's Sake, I omit. 
 After the Speaker had prefented his Bills, the 
 King gave the Royal Aflent to the following 
 publick Afts: 
 
 i. An Aft to enable his Majefty to fettle a 
 Revenue upon her Royal Highnefs. 
 
 i. An Act for enlarging the capital Stock, 
 and yearly Fund of the South-Sea Company. 
 
 3. An Aft for making Provifion for the Mini- 
 fters.of the Fifty New Churches. 
 
 4. An Aft for preventing Difturbances by 
 Sea-Men, &c. 
 
 5. An Aft for appointing Commiflioners for 
 examining Debts due to the Army. 
 
 v &< An Aft for ftatingthe Debts due to Scot- 
 land for the Equivalent. 
 7. An Aft for continuing feveral Laws near 
 
 expiring 
 
 8. An Aft concerning the TuU vacancc in Scot- 
 land. , 
 
 9. An Aft for allowing a Time for the Pal*- 
 tines, who were fettled in Ireland, to take 
 the Oaths. 
 
 10. An Aft to make the River Kennct navi- 
 gable. 
 
 TI. An Aft for repairing the High-Ways be- 
 tween TybHrn and Vxbridgc. 
 
 And to Seven private Afts j and then his Ma- 
 jefty made a Speech to them, which was 
 read by the Lord Chancellor, and is as 
 follows, vfe.
 
 J J /- t 
 My Lords and Gentlemen^ 
 
 I Am perfwaded you are all by this tide 
 very deiirous of fome Recefs j and that it 
 cannot be deferr'd longer, without great Incon- 
 veniency to your private Affairs. 
 
 But before I can part with you. I mult return 
 you my moft fincere Thanks for your having fi- 
 uinYd, with fo much Wifdom and Unanimity, 
 what I recommended to your Care: And par- 
 ticularly I muft thank you, Gentlemen of the 
 Hottfe of Commons, for the Provifion you have 
 made, as well for the Support of the Honour 
 and Dignity of the Crown, as for the other ne- 
 ceflary Occafions of the Publick } efpecially for 
 your having done it by Means fo little burden- 
 fome to my People ; which, I allure you, re- 
 commends the Supplies to me above any other 
 Circumftance whatfoever. 
 
 My Lords and Gentlemen, 
 
 The open and declared Rebellion, which is 
 now actually begun in Scotland, muft convince 
 all, who do not wifh to fee us given up into 
 the Hands of a Popifh Pretender, of the Dangers 
 to which we have been, and are ftill expos'd. 
 
 I thought it incumbent upon me, to give you 
 the earlieft Notice of the Defigns of our Ene- 
 mies ; and I cannot fufficiently commend the 
 Zeal and Difpatch with which you empower'd 
 me, at a Time when the Nation was in fo na 
 ked and defencelefs a Condition, to make fuch 
 Preparations as I fhould think necefiary for 
 our Security. You mail have no Reafon to re- 
 pent of the Truft and Confidence you repofe 
 in me, which I fhall never ufe to any other 
 End, than for the Protection and Welfare of 
 my People, 
 
 Fa It
 
 It was fcarce to be imagined, That any of 
 my Proteftant Subjefts, who have known and 
 enjoyed the Benefits of our excellent Confti- 
 tution, and have heard of the great Dangers 
 they were wonderfully deliver'd from by the 
 happy Revolution, fliould, by any Arts and 
 Management, be drawn into Meafures that mult 
 at once deftroy their Religion and Liberties, and 
 fubjeft them to Popery and arbitrary Power } but 
 fuch has been our Misfortune, that too many 
 of my People have been deluded, and made 
 instrumental to the Pretender's Defigns, who 
 had never dared to think of invading us, 
 or raifihg a Rebellion, had he not been encou- 
 raged by the Succefs his EmifTaries and Adhe- 
 rents have already had, in ftirringup Riots and 
 Tumults, and by the further Hopes they enter- 
 tain, of raifing Infurre&ions in many Parts of 
 my Kingdoms. 
 
 The endeavouring to perfwade my People, 
 that the Church of England is in Danger un- 
 der my Government, has been the main Arti- 
 fice employed in carrying on this wicked and 
 traiterous Defign. This Infinnation, after the 
 folemn A durances I have given } and my hav- 
 ing laid hold on all Opportunities to do every 
 Thing that may tend to the Advantage of the 
 Church of England, is both nnjuft ^and un- 
 grateful: Nor can I believe fo groundlefs and 
 malicious a Calumny can make any Impreflion 
 upon the Minds of my faithful Snbjefts ; or 
 that they can be fo far milled, as to think the 
 Church of England is to be fecur'd by fctting a 
 Pretender on the Throne. 
 
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 My Lords and Gentlemen , 
 
 The Proofs this Parliament has given of their 
 onfhaken Duty and AfFedion to me, and of their 
 Love and Zeal for the Intereft of their Coun- 
 try, will recommend you to the good Opinion 
 and Efteem of all, who have their Religion and 
 Liberty truly at Heart, and has laid a lafting 
 Obligation upon me } and I queftion not but by 
 your further Afliftance in the feveral Countries 
 to which you are going, with the Bleffing of 
 Almighty God, who has fo frequently inter- 
 pofed in Favour of this Nation, I (hall be able 
 to difappoint and defeat the Defigns of our 
 Enemies. 
 
 Our Meeting again to do Bufinefs early in 
 the next Winter, will be ufeful on many Ac- 
 counts } particularly, that the Sitting of Par- 
 liaments may be again brought into that Seafon 
 of the Year which is moft convenient; and 
 that as little Delay may be given as is poflible 
 to your judicial Proceedings } and I fhall at 
 prefent give fuch Orders to my Lord Chancel- 
 lor, as may not put it long out of my Power to 
 meet you on any fudden Occaflon. 
 
 After this Speech, the Houfes were order'd to 
 adjourn themfelves to the 6th of Qftobcr ; 
 from whence, by farther Adjournments, they 
 had a Recefs to the iqth of December, when, 
 by Proclamation, they had Notice to fit again 
 to do Bufinefs, as we mail fee in its Place. 
 
 Having brought the Parliament thus to the 
 Recefs, and the King's Affairs being in fuch 
 a Pofture, as to be able to difappoint his Ene- 
 mies in every Place, it is neceflary to give a 
 View of the State of the Affairs in England \ 
 and firlt on the Side of the Government. 
 
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 We are, it may reafonably be fuppofed, at 
 the Beginning of Ottober, the Parliament being 
 adjourn'd, the Government now fet it felf to 
 work, to fecure it felf from thofe who had 
 confpir'd its "Deftru&ion at Home. It has been 
 noted, how Sir William Wyndham had deceiv'd 
 the Meflenger who was fent to apprehend him , 
 and what Papers were found in his Pocket by 
 the Mefiengers, thefe being laid before the 
 Council, a Proclamation was publiflied for ap- 
 prehending him, with the Offer of a Thou fad 
 Pound Reward for thofe who mould take him , 
 which I mention, not only as Matter of Hiftory, 
 but for thisReafon, viz., becaufe it wasexpref- 
 fed in the Proclamation, That, on the Pcrufal of 
 the Payers found in his Cuftody at the Time he 
 fvas apprehended^ it manifeftly appears, that he has 
 itntred into a moft horrid and trayteroxs Confpiracy, 
 not only for the Encouragement oj the Rebellion, 
 now carrying on in the Kingdom in Favour of the 
 Pretender } but alfo for the abetting and promoting 
 an intended Invafion, &c. If this Charge mould 
 be true, his fnrrendring, after his Efcape, mult 
 be unaccountable. 
 
 A known Writer of that Time fays, that one 
 of the Papers found in Sir William's pocket, was 
 faid to be a Lift of the Names of the princi- 
 pal Perfons, who had join'd in an AfTociation 
 to favour an Invafion, and to advance the 
 Pretender to the Throne, which was tranfmit- 
 ted to him by Mr. Gafcoign, who was after- 
 wards executed , but how true this is, we do 
 not take upon us to determine. 
 
 Upon the Proclamation with fo large a Re- 
 ward, Sir William found himfelf very much 
 ftreighten'd, and that it would be difficult to 
 Conceal himfelf , and having been difappoiuted, 
 
 A
 
 and very nigh being difcover'd at a Retreat he 
 had defign'd with a Friend, he came in and fur- 
 rei\der'd himfelf \ when upon his Examination, 
 having not, as was thought by the Council, dealt 
 ingenuoufly with them, he was committed to 
 the T6wer. 
 
 The T>vkeJ&$omerfet, his Wife's Father, of- 
 fer'd to bail him ; but it could not be accept- 
 ed j which the Duke took fo ill, that either 
 he refcnted it in a Manner, which the Court 
 was difpleas'd with, which loft him his Place , 
 or elfe he voluntarily quitted his Place of Ma- 
 fter of the Horfe to the King. 
 
 It was reported, that the Duke had capitu- 
 lated for him before he came in ; and that 
 he was promis'd Sir William mould be kindly 
 ufed*, and that, upon his being committed to 
 the Tower, the Duke reproach'd them with 
 Breach of Promife in too lively and warm 
 Terms. But this neither we do not take upon 
 BS to affirm ; and as to Sir William'* Guilt, as 
 he is a Prifoner, and may be brought to his 
 Trial, it is but juft to leave that till he inakes 
 his Defence. 
 
 There is no Doubt, but the Attempt upon Sir 
 William Wyndnam, though he efcaped, yet put all 
 the Friends of the Defign into a great Confter- 
 nation , and feveral of thofe that the Court de- 
 fign'd to take up, provided for their own Safe- 
 ty, fome by Flight, fome by a worfe Way, 
 as fhall appear prefently. 
 
 The Affair of the Government, and of the 
 Rebellion in Scotland^ being thus ftated to the 
 Beginning of O#&*r, it is worth while to fee 
 what Meafures the difaffefted Party in England 
 took, and how far they were, or were not 
 F 4 Ptt-
 
 prevented in carrying on their pefigns. There 
 is no queftion to be made, neither do the Par- 
 ties themfelves deny, but that the Defign was 
 laid to have made, a general Infurre&ion in 
 England, at the fame Time that the Earl of 
 Mar began in Scotland; and that the Standard 
 of the Pretender would have been fet up fome- 
 where elfe thaa in the Mountains of Scotland ; 
 this Part needs very little Argument to make 
 it appear reafonable. 
 
 It is alfo out of queftion, let who will be 
 gvilty, or not guilty, that is not to the Purpofe^ 
 that the taking up fo many Noblemen and 
 Gentlemen, of Rank and of Intereft in the Coun- 
 try, who were known to favour that Intereft, 
 did effectually difconcert the Meafures, and 
 put aChecque to the Defigns formed in England; 
 fo that though they were at the very Point of 
 breaking out, they found it impracticable , that 
 the Forces were fo difpers'd, as that there was 
 no fUrring without the extremeft Jlazard -, 
 that before it could be pofilble to draw to any 
 Head, or have any Support, the Troops would 
 be upon them ; that all the Attempts to fur- 
 prize any Place to ferve as a Retreat, or a Place 
 of Arms, had been rendered ineffectual} and 
 that, in a Word, nothing was to be done. 
 
 Thefe Things dampt the Refolutions of the 
 Party in England , and, in a Word, made the 
 principal Men, who were not taken up, refclve 
 to lit ftill, as they faid, and wait a better Op- 
 portunity. But fome, however, had not fo 
 much Forecaft; and having either more Cou- 
 rage, or lefs Judgment, broke out into open 
 Rebellion ; this was the Party in Northumber- 
 land. 
 
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 It was mentioned before, that Meflengers 
 were fent down with Warrants, to apprehend 
 Mr. Forfter^ and feveral other North Country 
 Gentlemen, at the fame Time that Sir William 
 Wyndham was fent for. But very few of thefe 
 were to be found, having not only had Notice 
 of the Warrant to take them up , but alfo hav- 
 ing refolv'd to (hew the Government their 
 Faces, in a Manner too ftrong to be brought 
 up by a Meflenger. 
 
 Accordingly the id and $d Day of Ottober, 
 the Earl of Derwentwater and Mr. Forftcr, hav- 
 ing concerted their Meafures, met at Warkwortb 
 in Northumberland, with fome of their Friends, 
 where they made no great Appearance at firft j 
 but having fettled their Rendezvous there, 
 -and at Alnwic^ a large Market-Town near 
 Warliworth, and given Notice to the reft of 
 their Party ; by the 5^, they made up a Body 
 of 300 Men, all Horfe, and pretty well arm'd 
 and mounted, that fame Day they join'd -, and 
 coming all to Alnwick Caftle, an old demolifh'd 
 Houfe of the Duke of SomerfeSs, and there, 
 and in the Market Place of Alnwicl, they pro- 
 claimed the Pretender. 
 
 It is fcarce to be fuppos'd, that this fmall 
 Body of Men would have adventur'd on this 
 bold Pufh, if they had not had feveral Depen- 
 dencies ^ of which the Procefs of their Affair 
 has fince given us fome Information j fome of 
 which were as follow : 
 
 i. It was difcover'd, that they had fome Afl'u- 
 rances, that New-Caftle mould be furprized 
 for them by their Friends there } and that 
 when they came before it, the Gates mould 
 be immediately open'd j this, it was at firft 
 
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 C 74] 
 
 faid, was to be done by the Intereft of 
 Sir William Blacket. But Sir Willi-am fail'd 
 them ; and, it is faid, fatisfy'd the Go- 
 vernment, that he never had any fuch De- 
 ilgn. 
 
 2. That they had a fecure Method for taking 
 the Caflle and Port in Holy I/land, by which 
 they had had a fafe Entrance for their 
 Friends abroad to bring them Relief; this 
 indeed they effefted , but, for want of a pre- 
 fent Srength to keep it, they were beaten 
 out' of it the next Day by theGarrifon of Ber- 
 wick. 
 
 3. Affiftance from the Scots; how far that an- 
 fwer'd their End, the Procefs of the Story 
 will fhew ; and that che Rebellion was a ge- 
 neral concerted Thing in both Parts of the 
 Ifiand. 
 
 4. The general Deluflon above of^,which,as well 
 the Earl of Mar, as thefe Men, fully depended 
 upon, viz* oflnfurrettions in other Places through' 
 out the whole Kingdom. 
 
 With thefe Affbrances they advanced toMor- 
 peth } where, by the i^th of Oftoher, they were 
 encreas'd to above 600, being join'd by the 
 Lord Widdrinaton^ and his two Brothers , by 
 Mr. RAtcliff, Brother to the Earl of Derwent- 
 rvatcr y Mr. Ord, and feveral other Gentlemen. 
 
 Here they receiv'd firft the News, that one 
 Lancelot Errington, a Mariner, had, with a fmall 
 Veflel which he afed to fail in, enter'd the 
 Harbour at Holy-Ijland, and furprized a little 
 Caftle there. It feems, Errington was a Mafter 
 of a fmall coa fling Bark, uling the Corn- 
 Trade, was known at the tfland, and, not be- 
 ing fufpefted, was fuffer'd to come into the 
 
 Pore,
 
 port, and getting the Officer who commanded, 
 to let him into the Fort, took it by Surprize ; 
 when he was in PofTeflion, he made his Signals, 
 as was agreed, to his Friends at Warkworth j 
 but they were march'd to Alnwick, and, be- 
 fore he could be reliev'd, the Governour of 
 Berwick fending out a Detachment of 30 Men, 
 with 5oTownfmen Volunteers, to attack them , 
 they retook the Place Sword in Hand ; and 
 Lancelot Errington t being wounded by a Shot in 
 the Thigh, was taken : Thus they loft that 
 Advantage by Negleft ; for had they immedi- 
 ately fent down 100 Men to defend the Place ; 
 though it was not ftrong, yet the Berwick 
 Gentlemen would have had but an ill Voyage 
 of it} and, perhaps, had been moft of them 
 taken , for the Tide coming in upon them, 
 they could not have got off the Ifland. 
 
 Here alfo they found their Defign upon 
 New-Caftle had mifcarryM } whether by the 
 Vigilance of theTownfmen, or the Cowardli- 
 nefs of the Friends to the Plot, we cannot fay ; 
 but, perhaps, in part by both , for tho' there 
 were no regular Troops in the Town, yet the 
 Inhabitants taking the Alarm, immediately run 
 to Arms, mured up all their Gates, except the 
 Bridge, and one more, and raifed 700 Men 
 well arm'd among themfelves, and keeping a 
 very ftrift Guard, fecured the Town till the 
 9th, when a Detachment of the Regiment of 
 Foot of Hothan enter'd the Town, to the great 
 Satisfaction of the Inhabitants. 
 
 The Government having an Account of the 
 Danger the Town was in, order'd the Royal 
 Regiment of Dragoons of Temple, now Lord 
 Cobham, to march immediately thither *, which 
 they did with fuch Expedition, that they en- 
 ter'd
 
 tcr'd the Town the nth, as did alfo the reft 
 of the Battalion of Hotham , fo that the Town 
 was then effectually fecur'd. 
 
 The Rebels continued ftill at Morpttb, not 
 difcouraged, though very much difappointed 
 at the Lofs of their Defign ; however, they 
 ftill encreafed in Number, and began now to 
 form fome Companies of Foot, and march'd 
 to HexAm, a Town upon the River Tyve^ a- 
 bout 12 Miles from New-Ctftle. Here they 
 lifted about 60 Men in one entire Company, 
 and found Means to arm them very well, hav- 
 ing feiz'd all the Horfes and Arms they could 
 find in the Country whererer they came. 
 
 It was reported, that they refolv'd to for- 
 tify this Town, it being a very important Poft, 
 having a Ford over the Tine, and opening a 
 Communication with Lancafiire in England, 
 and the Borders of Scotland: From both which 
 Quarters they expected to be join'd by great 
 Numbers of their own Party } and indeed it 
 appear'd foon after, that thofe Expectations 
 were not ill grounded , tho', in the Confequence, 
 it did them no Service. 
 
 Here they continued till they heard of Lieu- 
 tenant General Carpenter's being arrived at Nerv- 
 Caflle, where he was ordered to draw fome 
 Forces together, and fight them ; upon which 
 ISews they remov'd from Hexam the 19, and 
 march'd to Morpcth, and from thence to the 
 Borders of Scotland. 
 
 Before we follow them into Scotland, we muft 
 look back a little into England, where the grand 
 Defign of forming a general Infurreft ion through- 
 out the Nation appeared now to be more than 
 a Suggeftion of a Party, and the People them- 
 fdves ^cknowledgM it not fo much by their tqq 
 
 for-
 
 [773 
 
 forward Difcourfes, but by their being aftnally 
 drawn together in fuch Heads and Numbers, 
 and with fuch Preparations,as could be no longer 
 concealed ; and has declared, that if it had not 
 been juft in that very Jun&ure difcover'd, was 
 ready, in a very few Days, to break out into 
 a Flame. 
 
 Upon the taking up Sir William Wyndhtm, it 
 difcover'd itfelf farther } for the Surprize fo 
 affe&ed their Friends, that they even difcover'd 
 themfelves by their Fears , and firft at the Bath, 
 where, on Pretence of ufingthe Waters, an un- 
 ufual Number of Gentlemen were met} and 
 where, as it was afterwards prov'd, they held 
 their chief Meetings for concerting of Meafures -, 
 the Place lying fo in the Center of their Friends, 
 that they had from thence an eafy Correfpon- 
 dence with Wales, Cornwall, Oxford, London, and 
 the North', and to fecnre this Communication, 
 they refolved to begin their Work by feizing 
 the City of Briftol. 
 
 In the mean time, it was taken as a remark- 
 able Teft of the Difaffc&ion that was fpread 
 about that Part of the Nation, that, befides 
 the Tumults which had happened at Oxford and 
 at Briftol, the Univerfity, upon the Bill of At- 
 tainder being pafs'd againft the Duke of Ormond, 
 almoft unanimously conferred the Honour of 
 Chancellor of the Univerfity upon the Earl of 
 Arrm, his Brother, as they had, a little before, 
 conferr'd the Title of Doftor of Laws upon 
 Sir Confl antine Phipps, who was juft returning 
 from Ireland ; from whence he may be faid to 
 have little lefs than made his Efcape : Both 
 which Things were nnderftood by the Govern- 
 ment in the Senfe that it was believed the 
 Univerfity expeftcd, we do not fay defied, viz.. 
 
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 as a Mark that they were not over careful to 
 oblige them- 
 
 It was reported, but perhaps without Ground, 
 that his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales 
 defign'd to have been nominated for Chancel- 
 lor to the Univerfity } but whether it was, that 
 the Prince's Friends inform'd him, that it was 
 more than probable he might not carry it in 
 the ordinary Way of Votes, and what was the 
 Temper of the Univerfity at that Time, and 
 that on that Account, he declin'd it ^ 1 fay, 
 whether it was thus, or that his Royal Highnefs 
 really had no fuch Defign, which was indeed 
 moft likely, we do not determine here. Be that 
 as it will, the Earl of Pembroke was the Perfon 
 put up againft my Lord Arran, but the lat- 
 ter had a very great Majority } and being cho- 
 fen, was fworn and inftall'd the 26th of Septem- 
 ber ; on which Occafion the Vice - Chancellor, 
 Dr. Gardner, made an Hiftorical Speech, or Ora- 
 tion, intimating the Obligation the Univerfity 
 was under to the Duke of Ormondes Memory, 
 the illuftrious A&ions of the prefent banifh'd 
 Duke, and of the Family for many Ages paft, 
 fuggefting, that his Grace having refign'd his 
 Office of Chancellor before his going away, they 
 could not better exprefs their Gratitude, both 
 to himfelf and his glorious Anceftors, than by 
 choofing his Brother in his room. 
 
 As this was taken for an Aft of Defiance of 
 the Government , fo the Government, on the 
 other hand, foon let the Univerfity know that 
 they were not unacquainted with their Pro- 
 ceedings ; for Things beginning now, as is faid 
 before, to difcover themfelves, and the Center 
 of the Defign being known, Troops were or- 
 der'd to march from all Quarters, to poflefs 
 
 them-
 
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 themfelves of Batk, Briftot, and other Places. 
 It feems, the Defign of feizing Briflol was very 
 early difcover'd to the Government, and the 
 Regiments of Foqt of Stanwix and Pocock, and 
 Part of LMmleys Regiment of Horfe, had for 
 fome Time been quartered in the City '-, but as 
 the other Party pretended to feize upon that 
 City, notwithftanding thofe Troops, and to be 
 able to difarm, or debauch the Soldiers, Colo- 
 nel CbudlcigWs Regiment of Foot was order'd 
 to reinforce them, and Notice given to the 
 Officers to be upon their Guard. At the fame 
 Time, as well to fecure the Bath, as to be at 
 hand to fuccour the Troops at Briftol, Major 
 General Wade was order'd to take Pofleflion of 
 that City, with the Regiment of Horfe of Wind" 
 Jor, and Colonel Rich's Regiment of Dragoons. 
 Upon the taking of Sir William Wyndham, or 
 rather, on the fending to take him, as I have 
 obferv'd, the Heads of the Confpiracy, who 
 were affembled at Bath^ were under a very great 
 Surprize ^ and in the firft Confirmation^ a great 
 many of them left the Place, tho* afterwards 
 many of them returned again : But, upon the 
 Coming of General Wade with the Cavalry, as 
 above, they fled again. However, feveral were 
 taken, and a great many Horfes were fecur'd, 
 at leaft for the prefent , particularly, they, found 
 eleven Chefts of Arms, fome Swords, and Pre- 
 parations for a Foundery for Cannon, and Mor- 
 tars, which, however, was afterwards faid to 
 belong to the Mills Building not far from thence, 
 for Bra fs Works ^ and were accordingly reft o- 
 rect, together with fome fmall Pieces, which 
 they had already been calling : The Names of 
 the Gentlemen, who were apprehended here, are 
 mentioned before. 
 
 It
 
 C8o] 
 
 It was (aid a ifo, that a Defign was laid at this 
 Time to furprize Plymouth j but we find no Par- 
 ticulars of that Defign, other than that about 
 this Time a Reinforcement was fent down to 
 fecure the Citadel at Plymouth, and the Dock and 
 Yards in Ham-oz*c , and that, at the fame Time, 
 Meflengers were fent down to fecure Sir Richard 
 Vyvian, Member of Parliament for the County 
 of Cornwall, who was brought up in Cuflody 
 the 8th of O&ober; but was foon after dif- 
 charg'd upon Bail, nothing material being 
 charg'd upon him. 
 
 But tho' the Defign upon Plymouth was not fo 
 evident, the Forwardnefs of the People in Corn- 
 wall gave the Government very good Reafon to 
 take timely Meafures to prevent either that, 
 or any like Defign ; for fo impatient were the 
 Party to be in Arms, and fo eager to pum on 
 their own Misfortunes, that on the loth, or 
 thereabout, 7 or 8 known Fellows, Inhabitants 
 of the Town of St. Colomh, went openly up to 
 the Market-Place, and there proclaimed the Pre- 
 tender , whether they were really in Drink, as 
 was faid in Excufe of their Rafhnefs, and in- 
 deed was the kindeft Thing that could be faid 
 of them , or whether they expected the People 
 would openly joyn with them, is not faid: 
 But the People, furpriz'd with the unex- 
 ampled Boldnefs of thofe few, flood as it 
 were amazM, as if they were expecting that 
 fome other Forces muft be at hand to back 
 them, or as if looking to fee what they would 
 do next; but finding that they only went 
 back again to the Tavern from whence they 
 came, and feem'd rather to look unconcern'd, 
 than that there was any farther Defign, they 
 gave Notice of the Thing to fome Neighbour- 
 ing
 
 irtg Magiftrates, who next Morning fecurM 
 Two of them, of whom we (hall hear farther; 
 the reft fled: And upon giving an Account to 
 Court of this Proceeding, the Two that were 
 taken were orderM to be profecuted for High 
 Treafon, and a Reward of ioo/. was'publim'd 
 for the apprehending each of thofe that fled. 
 
 The City of Oxford was now the only Place 
 that had any Appearance of Oppofition left; 
 and this confifted chiefly in mobbing and in- 
 fulting one another upon Matters of Govern- 
 ment; and fometimes, in thofe Heats, letting 
 fly warm and indecent Expreflions. However, 
 thefe were fufficient to iignify the general Dif- 
 affeftion of the Univerfity efpecially, and o 
 the Town and adjacent Country too, in a lefs 
 Degree ; and the Government was alfo inform- 
 ed, that there were feveral difaffe&ed People, 
 who either had fled thither as to a San&uary, 
 where, by reafon of the Multitude of People, 
 they were not to be difcover'd ; or, by reafon 
 of the Privileges of the Univerfity, they might 
 be protected ; or, which was moft likely, that 
 they pofted themfelves there, to prompt the 
 Difaffection, and be ready to foment an open 
 Infurredion*, in order to which, it was faid, 
 that a compleat Regiment was a&ually form'd 
 among the Students, who had fecretly lifted 
 themfelves for the Pretender, under the Com- 
 mand of Colonel Owen, a Captain of the Guards 
 in the late Queen's Time, and lately cafhier'd ; 
 but a Man, who was efteem'd a very good Offi- 
 cer, and of a bold enterprizing Spirit, and who, 
 was then in the Town. 
 
 Upon thefe Informations, the Government 
 
 Ordered Colonel Pepper^ a Colonel of Dr^goo.^Sy 
 
 and a brisk vigilant Officer, well fitted iforYuch 
 
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 an Affair, to march with all poffible Secrecy and 
 Expedition to Oxford, fo as to take them by 
 Surprize , not that there was any real Danger 
 of Opposition, or fo much as an Apprehenfion 
 of it , but that the Perfons, of whom they had 
 Intelligence, might not have Notice time e- 
 nough to make their Efcape. 
 
 The Colonel was quartered about \Aylesbnry y 
 Tame, and the Towns adjacent *, and having his 
 Orders, he fent private Directions to the feve- 
 ral Troops to be ready to march for Briftol the 
 next Day , and having drawn them all toge- 
 ther, in the Afternoon fends a fecond Order to 
 march the fame Evening, being the 5th of Otto- 
 ber, toTtme, within 16 Miles of Oxford', from 
 whence he difpatch'd an Officer in Difguife 
 to view exaftly the Town, the propereft Ave- 
 nues, and the Places fitteft in it to be fecured, 
 that he might ferve for a Guide, not to the 
 Town, for the Road was well enough known, 
 but in the Town , that, as foon as they were 
 entred, they might difperfe themfelves efFeftu- 
 ally for fecuring the Place, and furrounding 
 the People they look'd for, who returning, 
 brought him an exaft Account of the very 
 Houfes where they lodg'd, particularly, that 
 Colonel Own, and three more, were quartered 
 at the Greyhound Inn. 
 
 Having this Intelligence, in the Evening, the 
 Troops, who expected to be put into Quarters 
 for the Night, were immediately order'd to 
 march, and march'd all Night, ordering their 
 March in fuch a Manner, that they came near 
 to Oxford about four a Clock in the Morning, 
 when they halted a while, but fuffer'd no Body 
 to pafs bv them, either on Horfeback or on 
 Eoot, that no Intelligence might be given of 
 
 their
 
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 their March. After this, juft at the Time tha* 
 the Watch broke up, and the City Gates were 
 to be open'd, the proper Officers, who came 
 to open them, found the Dragoons juft upoa 
 them, ready to come in. 
 
 As foon as the Regiment was enter'd, the 
 Colonel caufed them to difperfe, and feize up- 
 on all the Avenues to the City j and caufing 
 others to alight, he order'd a Party immedi- 
 ately to fecure the Greyhound Inn, and the Gates 
 and Doors of all the Inns and Publick Houfes 
 of Note in the City : When he had done thus, he 
 fent an Officer to wait upon the Mayor of the 
 City, and another to the Vice-Chancellor of the 
 Univerfity, to tell them, but in very refpe&ful 
 Terms, that he defir'd to fpeak with them im- 
 mediately. 
 
 Any one who knew the Temper of the Place, 
 and the Conduct of the Gentlemen of Oxford 
 themfelves, could not but know they had been 
 guilty of, may have fome Guefs at the Surprize they 
 were in, upon finding the City full of Dragoons in 
 the Morning before Day : Such, whole Thoughts 
 were moft confcious, began to contrive Methods 
 for Efcape } but finding the Avenues to the 
 Town all pofTefs'd, and ftriftly guarded by the 
 Soldiers, they fat ftil-1 expeding the worft. 
 
 In the mean time, the Mayor and the Vice- 
 Chancellor attending the General, he fhew'd 
 them his Orders from the Secretary of State ; 
 letting them know, that he had full Power to 
 execute his CommifTion without their Affiftance : 
 But thnt the. Government, being tender of the 
 Privileges of the Univerfity, gave them an Op- 
 portunity to do that by their Authority, which, 
 if they declined, he mould be oblig'd to do 
 without them j and then demanded of the Vice- 
 G 2 Chancellor,
 
 Chancellor, that none of the Perfons he had Or- 
 ders to fearch for fliould be received into, pro- 
 tected, or concealed by any of the Colleges, 
 telling them plainly, that if they were, he 
 fliould be oblig'd to fetch them out by Force } 
 and that the Colleges and Governors of the 
 Univerfity fhould be anfwerable for the Confe- 
 quences, of what Nature foever they fhould be. 
 
 The Vice-Chancellor and the Mayor promis'd 
 all that the General defir'd, protefting their 
 Loyalty and Affedtion to his Majefty's Perfon 
 and Government. The General told them far- 
 ther, that he expe&ed they would fhew their 
 Zeal for his Majefty's Service, by keeping all 
 the Students quiet -, and that they fhould not ftir 
 out of their Colleges, or offer to foment any 
 Diforder in the Streets ; declaring, that if any 
 Number of them, or of any other, gathered to- 
 gether, upon any Pretence whatever, more than 
 the Ad of Parliament againft Tumults had li- 
 mited, he would treat them as Traytors, and 
 fire upon them without any Diftindion j and 
 with this Difcourfe he difmifs'd them. 
 
 Immediately, upon this, he order'd his Men. 
 to fearch for the Perfons whofe Names he 
 had in his Inftruftions, and found them all, ex- 
 cept Colonel Owen \ who having, upon the lirffc 
 Alarm, jump'd out of Bed, and got on but 
 part of his Clothes, was convey'd out of the 
 Inn by a private Garden Door, by the Aflfi- 
 ftance of the People of the Houfe } when get- 
 ting over the Wall of the Garden, he was 
 guided to a private Houfe, and could not be 
 found. It was reported, that he got into M*g- 
 dalen College, and was receiv'd and fecur'd 
 there by the Houfe ; but we are loth to leave 
 that Scandal upon the College upon the Credit 
 
 of
 
 of common Fame. Be it as it will, the Colo- 
 nel could not be found ; and the General was 
 oblig'd to content himfelf with two very fine 
 Horfes, and their rich Furniture, which be- 
 long'd to the Colonel, and which they carried 
 away with them. The Names of the reft who 
 were taken, are mentioned already, Page 33. 
 of whom three, viz.. Dorrel, Gordon, and ICerr y 
 were afterwards executed at Tyburn, as mail be 
 Ihewn in its Courfe. 
 
 The Major General having finifhed what he 
 came for, it was expefted he would Quarter in 
 the City, and the Mayor offer'd him to billet 
 his Men , but, inftead of that, he founded, or 
 beat to Horfe, and march'd immediately away 
 with his Prifoners to Abingdon ; fo that by nine 
 a Clock tjie City was again without a Soldier 
 in it. 
 
 But the Troubles at Oxford did not end here ; 
 for the Soldiers being gone, the Tamults and 
 Riots were renew'd, and Things were carry'd 
 to that Height, that on the 27th of Ottober, the 
 Pretender was proclaimed in the Market-Plaoe } 
 but it feems it was done fo in the dark, and in 
 a Crowd, that it was not poflible to find the 
 particular Perfons, tho' their own Guilt made 
 feveral fly from the Place. 
 
 Things being come this Length, the Govern- 
 ment thought fit to put an End to thefe Dif- 
 orders, and ordered the Regiment of Foot of 
 Handafide to march to Oxford, and Quarter 
 there, who accordingly entred the City the 
 28th of Ottober } after which, abundance of the 
 Students quitted the Place, and, as a certain 
 Letter exprefs'd it from the City, their Black 
 Caps were turn ? d into Lac'd Hats, and the Gra- 
 duates Gowns into red Coats : After which, we 
 G 3 heard
 
 [ 86] 
 
 heard no more of their Tumults and Riots in 
 Oxford for a great while. 
 
 The a&ual Rebellion was now confin'd to the 
 North } and the Northumberland Men being 
 march'd over Tweed, England was entirely 
 quiet for a while, I mean as to Arms and War. 
 
 We muft now go back into Scotland, and fee 
 what the Earl of Mar and his Men were do- 
 ing, and how Matters were carried on in Scot- 
 land on both Sides, till we bring them into the 
 Field of Battle. 
 
 We left the Earl of Mar at Perth, extending 
 his Quarters ; and having poflefs'd entirely the 
 Province of Fife, and the North Coaft of the 
 Firth of Edinburgh, let us now take a View of 
 the Strength on both Sides , and firft of the 
 Earl of Mar, becaufe many reported him to 
 be much ftronger, and fome to be much weaker, 
 than he was -, People fpeaking of thofe Things 
 as their Intereft or Intelligence directed them. 
 The Earl of Mar's Forces, as well thofe which 
 were actually with him, as thofe he expeded, 
 and which afterwards really joyn'd him, were 
 reckon'd as follow. 
 
 After his furprizing of Penh, and marching 
 thither from Dunkeld, he caufed a general Re- 
 view to be made of fuch Troops as he had 
 then with him, which amounted, according to 
 the Accounts then tranfmitted from Perth, to 
 1500 Horfe, and 3500 Foot, not including thofe 
 who were in Garrifon in the Towns on the 
 Coaft of Fife, which might, by Computation, 
 at that Time, be about 800 Men, and without 
 reckoning about 200 Men at Dundee. After 
 this he was join'd by Brigadier Mackintojh with 
 500 Foot ; the next Day by the Marquifs of 
 Huntley, with 500 Horfe and 2000 Foot ; then 
 
 by
 
 by the Earl Marifckal, with 300 Horfe and 500 
 Foot : After which, came the Earl of Seaforth, 
 with 800 Horfe and 3000 Foot -, and laft of all 
 the Clans, who were accounted 6000 Foot 
 and 1000 Horfe , but no more than 4000 Foot, 
 with no Horfe, or but few, ever join'd the Ar- 
 my. This was the whole Strength of their Ar- 
 my ; and thefe, except the Clans, were actually 
 in the Field, and except about 2000, which 
 were inGarrifons difpersU, were all in a Body 
 at the Battle of Dumblain. Thefe put together, 
 were thus: 
 
 The E. of Mar's fir ft Body 
 Brigadier Mackintosh 
 Marquifs of Huntley 
 Earl of Seaforth 
 Earl Marifchal 
 CLins 
 
 3200 13500 
 3200 
 
 16700 Men. 
 
 When the Earl of MAT firft went away, and 
 it was reported that he was in the Highlands^ 
 drawing Men together to form an Army, and 
 that he had proclaimed a Rebellion } our Peo- 
 ple, who had never heard much of the Name 
 of Mar in the Affairs of War, and who, upon 
 Enquiry, finding he had never been in any ber- 
 vice, began to laugh at the Undertaking: But 
 the Government looking farther into it, and 
 finding prefently that the Defign was deeper 
 laid than was commonly fuppofed, and that my 
 G 4 Lord
 
 t 88 ] 
 
 Lord Mar, by his Cunning, had well 
 what was wanting in his military Knowledge j 
 and alfo that he had no Want of able and ex- 
 perienc'd OfRcers with him, found quickly thaj: 
 the Enemy was not to be defpifed. 
 
 And yet was it a long while before any con- 
 fiderable Body of Troops, as Things then ftood, 
 could be got together -, for though the Rebel- 
 lion had been openly raifed near a Month, the 
 Royal Army, as is before hinted, amounted but 
 to 1 500 Men ; and at the End of Ottober we 
 found them compofed of the following Troops, 
 and no more. 
 
 Firfty Some Regiments having a little before 
 been fent to Ireland, all the Troops left in 
 Scotland, at the breaking out of the Rebellion, 
 were no more than the Regiments of Pra- 
 goons of Portmore and Stair , the latter call'd 
 the Wkitc-Horfes j and the Regiments of Foot 
 of Shannon } Montague, Grant, Wightman, Or- 
 rery, Irwin, and For far ; all which when toge- 
 ther, fome Detachments being made for Gar- 
 rifons at Inverlochy and Edinburgh, made up 
 but 1850 Men; and were after wards reinforc'd 
 from Ireland with Evans, Dragoons, Claytons 
 and Morifon's Regiments of Foot, making to- 
 gether about 850 Men more : There was in- 
 deed a great Appearance of the Nobility and 
 Gentry, and great Talk of a large Number of 
 Volunteers from Glafgow, and the Weft ; the 
 former indeed made up a handfome Body of 
 about 150 Horfe, all Perfons of Diftin&ion, 
 and appear'd forward enough for Service ; but 
 of the latter we do not find, whatever Shew 
 they made, that they ever came to any Action, 
 pr were in the Field at the Battle, where the 
 
 Troops
 
 Troops of the King's Army were not reckon'd 
 above 3250 Men, thus: 
 
 :8 5 o{ 
 
 Men at the Review, when the Duke 
 came to Sterling. 
 850 From Ireland. 
 400 New railed. 
 150 Gentlemen. 
 
 J Of which were about 12 50 Dragoons,' 
 2 5 7, and 2000 Foot. 
 
 Thefe were the whole Forces, even at the 
 Battle of DumbUin , and for a long Time be- 
 fore, they were under 2000 Men in all. But 
 the Want of Numbers was fupply'd by the 
 advantageous Poft they were poflefs'd of; and 
 by which they kept the Earl of Mar, however 
 fuperior in Number, not only from attacking 
 them in their Camp i but alfo from opening the 
 Paflage into the South Parts of Scotland, as was, 
 from the Beginning, his Intention. 
 
 The Earl of Mar finding himfelf in this 
 Scituation-, and knowing, that the Northum- 
 berland Men were in Arms, and wanted Foot ; 
 and that likewife the Vifcount Kenmure, of 
 whom we are yet to fpeak, had a good Body 
 of Horfe about Nidfdale } finding alfo that it was 
 not practicable to attack the Duke of Argyle, as 
 above, refolv'd to pafs the Firth of Edinburgh, 
 from the Coaft of Fife, and land a Body of 
 Men in Eaft Latham, between Berwick and Edin- 
 burgh. 
 
 Though this was a hazardous Enterprize, 
 there being feveral Men of War in the Firth $ 
 yet he both undertook, and perform'd it with 
 
 Sue-
 
 /-.,. fs>oj 
 
 Succefs ; for having fecretly caufed all the Boats 
 on the Coaft to be feiz'd and fecur'd, he fent 
 Brigadier Mackintojh^ an old experienc'd Sol- 
 dier, to the Eaft Part of Fife, with all the Se- 
 crecy poflible, having with him the Lord Penmure, 
 and feveral other very able Officers, and about 
 2000 Foot, molt Nor them Highland Men, with 
 Orders to watch their Opportunity, when the 
 Tide was coming in, that fo the Men of War 
 might not be able to intercept them, to embark, 
 and land themfelves on the other Shore ; while 
 this was doing, he caus'd another Body to 
 inarch openly to Brunt -Ifland, and, getting fe- 
 veral Boats together there, makes a Feint of 
 embarking his Men there , the Men of War 
 having Notice of his Defign at Brunt-IJland, 
 mann'd out their Boats, and fent them to at- 
 tack them, flipping their Cables, and ftand- 
 ing in for the Shore, in order to fecond the 
 Boats-, at which the Rebels, as if they were 
 afraid of being taken, retir'd to Brunt- IJland\ 
 the Men of War ftood in after them, and let 
 fly feveral Shot among them, but with little 
 Pamage } while, in the mean Time, they dif- 
 cover'd from their Top-Malts, tho' but too 
 late, that the main Body of the Rebels were 
 a&ually pafling the Firth 1 2 Miles below } and 
 that they appear'd in the mid Channel, almoft 
 half over. 
 
 It was in vain for the Men of War to ftir, 
 the Tide of Flood being very ftrong againft 
 thtm, and little or no Wind, and that Wind that 
 was, not very fair for them , all they could do 
 Was, to man out fome Boats, which they did; 
 who rowing under Shore, came up Time e- 
 jlough to intercept one of the Boats, with 45 
 it, who laboured under the Misfortune of 
 
 hav-
 
 [pi ] 
 
 ! having broken one of their Oars , this Boat 
 ' they took, and the Men were carry'd Prifoners 
 into Lcitk, and put into the Tolbooth -, where, in 
 a few Days, their Friends reliev'd them. 
 
 But the Men of War, as foon as the Tide 
 turn'd, falling down, came Time enough to cut 
 off 8 Boats, who were too far behind the reft, 
 and who had embark'd in another Place, and 
 giving them Chafe, they put in to the Ifle of 
 Af*y y a fmall Ifland on the South-Eaft Point of 
 Fifeland ; where, being near 200 Men, the Men 
 of Wars Boats durft not land their Men to at- 
 tack them } and the next Day, or two or three 
 Days afterward, they went back, and landed 
 again in Fife, with my Lord Pcnmurc at the Head 
 of them. 
 
 The foremoft Boats fet their Men fafe on Shore 
 at Tantallon, j4berlady, North Berwick, and on 
 the Shores between, to the Number of about 
 1600 Men, and Brigadier Afackintoflj at the 
 Head of them; this was the i2th of Oftober in 
 the Morning j and the fame Day thus march'd 
 to Haddington, a wall'd Town, and large , but 
 not ftrong, within 12 Miles of Edinburgh. 
 
 It is eafy to believe, that this furprizing 
 News put the People of Edinburgh into a ter- 
 rible Confirmation ; the Friends to the Go- 
 vernment made no Doubt, but they would 
 march direftly to Edinburgh -, and that they 
 knew great Numbers in that City waited only 
 an Opportunity of a Body of Men, to pro- 
 ted them in their appearing , fo they doubted 
 nothing, but that they would make a general 
 Revolt upon this Occa lion. 
 
 But this was the leaft of the Danger } for 
 had the Earl of Mar^ as was expected, advanc- 
 ed at the fame Time with the Grofs of his 
 
 Army,
 
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 'Army, to face the Dukp of Argyle^ or to force 
 his Way over the Forth, it had been impof- 
 fible that the Duke could have been fpar'd 
 from the Array, or have fpared any of his 
 Troops for the Relief of Edinburgh , and his 
 failing in this, was not only a Difappointment, 
 but a Confirmation of what was not known 
 till afterwards, viz.. that the Defign of the 
 Earl of Ma,r^ in fending over Brigadier Mack- 
 intojh, was not to attack Edinburgh, but to 
 march to the South, to encourage the Vifcount 
 Kcnmure, and the Friends they had on that 
 Side ; and then to march in a Body to join the 
 Northumberland General, as they calPd him, 
 tho' he never merited the Name} and fo to 
 march into England, to attempt a Diverfion ; 
 and therefore in a Letter which the Earl of 
 Mar wrote to Mr. Forfter, which was after- 
 wards intercepted, he calls Mackintoflfs March 
 to the Citadel of frith, a wrong Step. 
 
 However it was, this wrong Seep of Lord 
 Mars fav'd Edinburgh, and, perhaps, all Scot- 
 land -, for Brigadier Macklntofi being come to 
 Haddington, had fuch Accounts given him of 
 the Surprize of the Citizens of Edinburgh, and 
 the dreadful Confirmation the People were in; 
 and fuch AfTurancesgiven him, of the Certainty 
 of furprizing the City, that he refolv'd to 
 march dire&ly to Edinburgh ; which accord- 
 ingly he did the next Day, and came to Car- 
 ftorphen, a Village within a Mile of the City, 
 about 6 that Evening. But not finding any 
 Cumbers come out to him, as he expefted j 
 but, on the contrary, hearing that the Citizens 
 had fhut the Gates, and were in Arms to de- 
 fend themfelves; and that a Detachment of 
 Dragoons were expefted every Minute in th 
 
 City
 
 tsu 3 
 
 City from Sterling. Thefe Reafons, and, which 
 Was more than all the reft, his own Want of 
 fufficient Numbers to force the Gates, oblig'd 
 him to alter his March, and to turn to the 
 right, marching direftly to the Town of Leith. 
 Nothing is more certain, than that if they 
 had been but 2000 more Men, he would not 
 have fail'd of being Matter of the Town that 
 Night j but his whole Strength was not above 
 14 or 1600 Men; and yet it was the Opinion 
 of molt People, that if he had pufiYd at it, he 
 would have carry'd the Place-, the Citizens 
 being at that Time in no Condition to have re- 
 puls'd him, and the Friends to his Defign too 
 ready to have join'd him, if he had made the 
 Attempt. Old Mackintosh wanted not Courage 
 to have attempted it - ? but he was too much, 
 not too little a Soldier, to think of taking a 
 City that had, perhaps, 20 Thoufand Men in it, 
 tho' no Soldiers, with about three Battallions ; 
 fo, to the inexpreflible Joy of the Citizens, he 
 turn'd down to Leith^ where he enter'd the 
 Town without any Oppofition , where the 
 firft Thing he did was, to open the Tollboothj 
 and releafe the 45 Men, which, as is faid, were 
 taken coming over the Firth. 
 
 The Town of Leith y tho' not a City^ or com - 
 par'd to Edinburgh -, yet is beyond Comparifon 
 the richeft in Goods, of any Town in the South 
 of Scotland, moft of the Foreign Merchandizes 
 of the trading Men in Edinburgh lying there 
 in Ware-houfes ; and therefore had they burnt 
 or plundered Leith, as was expe&ed, it would 
 have been a terrible Blow to the City of Edin- 
 bnrgh'i but they did little or no Damage, other 
 than the furnifhing themfelves with Victuals 
 and Ammunition. 
 
 In
 
 [ 943 
 
 In the Interim of all this Hurry, the Citizens 
 of Edinburgh fent away Exprefs upon Exprefs 
 to the Duke of Argyle for Succour : The Duke, 
 on the firft Account, fends away a Detachment 
 of 300 Dragoons to Lithgow, half Way to 
 Edinburgh, to lie there till he heard again, and 
 till he got fome Light into their Defign , but 
 when, by the very next Exprefs, he under- 
 ftood they were advancing to Edinburgh, he 
 comes away himfelf, with 100 Dragoons and 
 200 Foot, for whom he hir'd Horfes to carry 
 them the quicker *, he was fo expeditious in 
 this March, that about two a Clock in the Morn- 
 ing of the i$th he came to Edinburgh ? being 
 the Morning after Mackintosh with his Men 
 was in Pofleffion of Leith. 
 
 By this Time the Horfe-Militia of the Coun- 
 try round Edinburgh, with a great many Vo- 
 luntiers, were come in to affift, in Defence 
 of the City, and the Duke being refolv'd 
 to give the Rebels no Reft, having refrefh'd 
 his Troops a little, who bad been fatigu'd 
 very much with a hafty March , thro 7 a 
 whole Winter Night, began to draw out his 
 little Army, which he found composed of fe- 
 veral forts of People : ifl, There was 400 
 Dragoons, and 200 Foot, of regular Troops, 
 on whom he could depend j there was next 
 the new Regiment of 400 Men, rais'd by the 
 City, and 150 Granadiers, call'd the Town- 
 Guard ; next there was about 500 Men of Mi- 
 litia Horfc, and Volunteers on Foot , but ill 
 arm'd, and not very fit for Service, efpecially 
 the Foot. 
 
 With this Army the Duke march'd to Leith^ 
 where the old Brigadier, having Notice of their 
 Defign to attack him, had quitted the Sovtk 
 
 Part
 
 1 9* 3 
 
 part of the Town, and was retir'd into the 
 Citadel, where he began to fortify i and hav- 
 ing taken fix or eight Pieces of Cannon out of 
 fome Ships in the Road, with what Powder 
 and Ball h\ could find, he planted two Pieces 
 of Cannon on the Bridge, and two more at 
 proper Places, by the Entrance into the old 
 Works, and prepar'd to defend himfelf. 
 
 The Citadel of Leith is an old demolifli'd 
 Fortification, formerly calFd by that Name-, 
 it was built by Oliver Cromwel, to guard the 
 Port -, the Scituation is good, having the Sea on 
 the North Side, and the Haven and River on 
 the Eaft Side, winding round Part of the South ; 
 fo that it was to be attack'd, when the Works 
 were good, only on the Weft Side, where the 
 Country is a Plain. When this Fort was, as 
 they call it, demolifli'd, it was not done by 
 undermining and blowing up the Works, as is 
 now the Ufage in fuch Cafes ^ but by throwing 
 the Top of the Lines and Baftions into the 
 Ditches, and breaking down the Gates, taking 
 up the Bridges, and the like-, by this Means the 
 folid Parts of the Works remain, and fo it is 
 at Leith , nor would it require much Time or 
 Charge to reftore the Citadel to a regular, 
 compleat Fortification. 
 
 By this the Reader may judge, that the Works 
 were fo high, and the Ditches ftill fo plainly 
 feen, and fo low, that the Port being fecur'd, 
 the Horfe could be of no Service in an Attack ; 
 and the Duke being too weak in Foot for an 
 A ffault upon the Port Sword in Hand, he foon 
 found there was nothing to be done without 
 more Forces, and without Cannon j fo he halted, 
 and refolv'd to retreat. 
 
 T, ^ 
 
 But
 
 But before he dicl fo, he fummon'd them td 
 lay down their Arms, and furrender, upon 
 Pain of high Treafon ; declaring withal, that 
 if they oblig'd him to bring Cannon to force 
 them, and they kilFd any of his Men in refitt- 
 ing, he would give them no Quarter. How- 
 ever, he receiv'd a refolute Anfwer from a 
 Highland Laird, call'd Kinacfcn ; who told the 
 Duke, that as to Surrendring, they laugh'd at 
 it j and as to bringing Cannon, and alfaulting 
 them, they were ready for him ; that they 
 would neither take or give any Quarter with 
 him ; and if he thought he was able to force 
 them, he might try his Hand. 
 
 The Duke feeing there was no good to be 
 done with them without Cannon, and without 
 more Foot, retlr'd to Edinburgh and immedi- 
 ately gave Orders for four Pieces of Cannon to 
 be drawn down to Leith from the Cattle, and 
 intending to make the 40 Dragoons ferve on 
 Foot, he refolv'd to attack them early the 
 next Morning. 
 
 But old Mackintosh had other Things in his 
 Head j for, having fail'd in his grand Deflgn 
 upon Edinburgh, he intended no more by his 
 Retreat into the Citadel of Leith, than to keep 
 himfelf from being oblig'd to fight with Dif- 
 advantage, he having no Horfe j and as little 
 therefore did he intend to ftay there, till he was 
 furrounded with more Forces than he was a 
 Match for; and therefore refolv'd to put an End 
 to the Preparations of the Duke of Argylt, by a 
 fudden and unexpected Retreat that fame Night \ 
 for about 9 a Clock at Night, the Tide being 
 out, and the Mouth of the Harbour being fo 
 eafily paiTable at low Tide, as fometimes to 
 be ftarce over Shoes in Water , they went fi- 
 
 lently
 
 f 97 3 
 
 lently out of the Citadel, and not patting 
 thro' any Part of the Town, went dire&ly down 
 to the Sands, pafs'd the Mouth of the Harbour a 
 great Way below thePm-.r,and march'd dueEaft, 
 clofe by the Edge of the Sea, the Sands being 
 there fo flat and broad, that they could neither 
 be feen or heard in the Night ; thus they went 
 off with fuch Secrecy, and were gone fo 
 far before any one had Knowledge of it, or at 
 leaft before the Duke could make any Difpofi- 
 tions to follow them, the Night being very dark, 
 that it was to no Purpofe to think of purfuing 
 them till Morning } when Advice came to the 
 Duke, that they had taken Poflefllon of Seat on 
 H&ttfe, the Dwelling of the Earl of Winteun^ a- 
 bout nine Miles from Edinburgh ; a Houfe 
 ftrong built, and wall'd round ; fo as neither 
 there, any more than at the Citadel of Leith^ 
 could they be attacked without more Forces 
 than the Duke had at Hand, nor without the 
 Help of Cannon. About y o of their Men, who 
 were drunk with Liquor, or with Sleep, and 
 were left in the Citadel, including 15 or 16" 
 that were left by the Way, not able to march 
 with the reft, were brought Prifoners ro Edin- 
 burgh*, and this was their next Halt. 
 
 Here being fecure again for a few Days, 
 they entrench'd the Avenues to the Houfe, and 
 fortify'd the Gate fo as not to be in v Danger of 
 Surprife^ and fent out into the Country to 
 bring in Mutton, Cov\s, Salt, and Meal, which 
 they took in fuch Quantities, as made the 
 Country afraid they intended to wait there for 
 more Men to come over the Firth to them; 
 but they had no fuch View, itfeems^ neither if 
 they had, would it have been to any Purpofe \ 
 for the Men of War, and arm'd Smacks, had 
 H fo
 
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 fo fpread the Firth, that it was fcarce pra&i- 
 cable for any open fingle Boat to pafs them, 
 much lefs a Fleet of Boats. 
 
 The Duke of Argyle finding where they were 
 roofted, now refolv'd to give them as little 
 Reft here, as he had done at Leith, and there- 
 fore fent out immediately a Detachment of 
 Dragoons, with a Body of the Volunteer 
 Horfe, to allarm them. This Detachment came 
 up to the Houfe } but finding the Scituation and 
 Pofture of the Enemy fuch, as that nothing 
 could be attempted without more Forces, they 
 return'd the fame Night. 
 
 In the mean Time, the Earl of Mar hearing 
 of this falfe Step of his Detachment, and not 
 doubting but they would be fallen upon from 
 5^r//H,took that Step now for their Deliverance, 
 which, had he taken at firft by Concert with 
 them, had been a fatal Blow to the Affair in 
 general, as is noted above , for he advanced from 
 Perth to Dumblain with all his Cavalry, and 
 3000 Foot being order'd to follow, made a 
 Motion alfo in order to join him : This March 
 of the Enemy aiarm'd the Royal Army at Ster- 
 ling and they fent Expreffes of it to the Duke 
 of Argyle, who, upon this Advice, leaving the 
 City of Edinburgh no more than TOO Dragoons, 
 and 1 50 Foot, with General Wigbtman to de- 
 fend them, went back immediately with the 
 reft of the Forces to the Camp. 
 
 Had the Rebels in Seat on- Houfe known either 
 of this Movement of the Earl of Mar, or of the 
 going back of the Duke, they would foon have 
 taken more Freedom than they did with thofe 
 thit were left. But, to amufe them, the Earl 
 of Rothefs, with 300 Volunteers, the Lord 7V- 
 fhichen with the 100 Dragoons which the Duke 
 
 had
 
 had left, and fome other Troops, fuch as they 
 had, making in all about 600 Men, marched 
 up to Seaton-Houfe again, where old Mackintosh 
 kept himfelf clofe in his Fortifications, which 
 they, without Cannon, and a good Body of re- 
 gular Troops, were in no Condition to attack ; 
 this was the i^th of Ottober. 
 
 By this Time the Earl of M*r had Intelli- 
 gence of the Retreat, and hearing that the 
 Duke of Argyle was come back to Sterling, he 
 left Dumblain^ and march'd back again to Perth? 
 and thus, for five or fix Days, the poor Men 
 on both Sides were harrafs'd backward and 
 forward to little or no other Purpofe, than to 
 amufe and prevent one another; nor was there 
 hardly a Mufquet fir'd on all thefe Occafions. 
 
 But the poor Country was left naked by this 
 Means, and the fruitful, rich Provinces of Eaft 
 and mid Lothain, the Mers, Tiveotdale, &c. were 
 unhappily left to be ravaged by a little, and 
 otherwife a contemptible Body of 1400, or at 
 moft 1 500 Men; this the Scots complainM loud- 
 ly of ; but the Circumftances of Things admit- 
 ted no Remedy at that Time, all the Troops 
 being employed, and every one's Hands full, 
 not to attack Rebels, fo much as to prevent Re- 
 bellion. 
 
 Old Mackintosh was now at Leifure ; and in- 
 deed had his Intelligence been good at Edin- 
 burgki he would have been more fenfible of the 
 Advantage of his prcfent Circumftances; for 
 tho' it was true, that he was not ftrong e- 
 nough to attack the City of Edinburgh ; fo nei- 
 ther were they in any Condition to attack him; 
 and had he fally'dout with 700 or 800 of his 
 Men upon their Body of Horfe, who were 
 no other than private Gentlemen Voluntiers, 
 H 2 ex-
 
 r 
 
 except about 80 Dragoons, he would have made 
 but too eafy an Experiment of their Weak- 
 ntfs-, for though they vifited him two or three 
 Times, and alarm'd him at Scaton-Houfc; yet 
 they were never above 600 ftrong at a Time, 
 or thereabouts, and among them no regular Men, 
 or not above ioo. But jt feems, the Brigadeer 
 did not jknow that the Duke of Argyle was gone 
 back to Sterling, or that the Earl of Mar had 
 made any Motion in his Favour $ otherwife he 
 might have infulted them again at the Gates 
 of Edinburgh as often as he had pleafed ', but 
 he expeftiag every Day to be inverted, and 
 Cannon to be brought (down againft him, very 
 happily for the City of Edinburgh, tho' unluckily 
 for him, refolved to purfue his firft Direction, 
 viz.* to march towards the the English Border, 
 and join that Body of Men, who were rifen in 
 JStimfifiesfhirtj under the Vifcount Kenmure ; 
 with whom were the Earls of Nithifdale, Wln 
 ton, and Carnwarth, and the Lord Nairn, with 
 Abundance of Gentlemen of Quality, fuch as 
 Lord Murray, Son to the Duke of j4thol -, the 
 Matter of Nairn, eldeft Son to the Lord Nairn, 
 and feveral others. Thefe being at firft faid 
 to be 300 Horfe, were advanc'd to Mojfat, in 
 Purfuit of a Defign to intercept the Marquifs of 
 Ana.nda.le, and very narrowly mifsM him ; and 
 having fail'd of that Defign, lay about Mojfat, ex- 
 pcfting to hear from their Brethren in the Rebel- 
 lion in Northumberland, who, about this Time al- 
 fo,as we had obfervM before, were march'd from 
 Hexam to Morpeth, and now advanc'd to the 
 Border, and entering Scotland, crofs'd the Tweed 
 at Kelfo, where foon after they all met } for Bri- 
 gadeer Mackintof) quitting Seaton-Houft on the 
 1 9th, mareh'd to Duns, within fix Miles of Ber- 
 wick,
 
 f 101 ] 
 
 w/VI, the fame Day that the Northumberland Men 
 came to Morpeth. As foon as News came to 
 Edinburgh^ that the Rebels' had quitted Seaton- 
 Houfe^ General Wigktman being very fenfible, 
 how uneafy their Scituation in that Polt had 
 been to the City of Edinburgh^ and might be 
 again upon any other Occafion, caus'd a Detach- 
 ment of 50 Dragoons to take Pofleffion of the 
 Houfe, and to caufe the outer Wall, which was 
 very ftrong, to be demolifli'd} which was 
 done accordingly. Brigadeer MackiittoJIi with 
 his flying Camp, till now truly call'd fo, was 
 ftill at Duns , where he lay two or three Days ; 
 and from whence, on the 2xth, they march'd to 
 Kclfa where they were all in one Day join'd by the 
 Vifcount of Kenmure with his Body from the Weft 
 of Scotland, and by the new General Forfter, and 
 the Northumberland Men, from the Border , and 
 thus we have brought them all into one Body, 
 making, as was reported by the molt exaft Ac- 
 counts, about 2300 Men. 
 
 Leaving them here for the prefent, it's need- 
 ful to give fome Account of the Earl of A/^r, 
 and his Proceedings, from the Time when we 
 laft left him. And firft, it is to be fuppos'd 
 that the Earl of Mar having drawn his Sword 
 againft his Prince, and, as we may fay, thrown 
 away the Scabbard, he not only took Care to 
 raife his Men, and arm them, for carrying on 
 a defperate and furious Rebellion-, bur, what- 
 ever Supplies of Money he had from abroad } 
 he took Care, by all feemingly regular Methods, 
 to raife all the Money he could at Home } 
 nor, confidering the Extent of his Quarters, 
 was it a fmall Sum , for firft of all, as has beer, 
 noted, he feiz'd all the publick Money into his 
 own Hands , ordering all the Exufe, Cuftoms, 
 H 3 Cefs,
 
 Cefs, and all other current Taxes, to be paid 
 in to him Pelf, appointing Treafurers and Re- 
 ceivers on Purpole. 
 
 Beiides this, he publifh'd an Order for raif- 
 ing a new Tax upon Eftates , in which he took 
 Care to caufe thofe who were Friends to his 
 Deflgn, to be diftinguifh'd from thofe who were 
 not ; by the latter being doubly tax'd ; the 
 firft at 20 s. Sterling for every 100 Pounds 
 Scots-, and the other 40 s. Sterling. And now 
 began a little Paper-War between the Duke of 
 drgyle and the Earl of Mar ; for they publifh'd 
 Orders and Proclamations dire&ly contrary to 
 one another: For Example, on the lift of Octo- 
 ber, the Earl of Mar publifh'd his faid Order, 
 which is call'd, An Order of Jlffejfotent. On the 
 25^/7, the Duke of Argyle publim'd another, 
 forbidding, in his Majefty*s Name^ all People frying 
 the fat 4 AJfeffment of the Earl of Mar, on Pain 
 of High Trcajon. Thefe two oppofite Orders be- 
 ing abfolutely needful to be feen, in order to 
 the Reader's Information, I have incerted in 
 the Appendix, K- G. G. 
 
 It is true, as the Earl of Mar had no Right 
 to demand the faid Payment, it was very un- 
 juftto impofeit^ but then, on the other Hand, 
 Low the Inhabitants of that Part of the Country, 
 which was fo effectually in his PofTcflion, could 
 prevent, or refufe his Levying the Money, is. 
 hard to fay , and therefore it was complain'd 
 of as a Hardihip, that they mould be faid to 
 be guilty of High Treafon, for paying what it 
 was not ia their power to refufe. 
 
 Juft with the like Contradiction they pub- 
 iifh'd two other Orders about the fame Time, 
 z//*.. OP, the 2-jth of Ottober, the Duke of Ar- 
 gyle publim'd an Order for the lifting of Men to
 
 to } ] 
 
 augment the Troops, with Offers and Conditions of 
 Bounty-Money, and a, Difcharge within a certain 
 Time to all fuch as jhould enter at that Time into 
 the Service. On the 3 ift, the Earl of Mar pub- 
 limes an Order, forbidding all Men to lift in the 
 Duke of A rgyle'j Troops, and forbidding the Here- 
 tors, Minifters, &c. from contributing thereto, as 
 wo* ordered by the Duke : And thefe two Or- 
 ders being likewife very fingular, I refer the 
 Reader for them to the Appendix, NO. H. H. 
 
 As to the Motions of the Earl of Mar at 
 this Time, and his vifible Defign in making that 
 Motion, which was generally miftaken in our 
 publick Accounts , and that it may appear I 
 have made a right Judgment of it in what 
 has been faid here, nothing can be more au- 
 thentick, than to give the Account of it from 
 the Earl of Mar himfelf, in two Letters of his, 
 which were intercepted at this Time, written 
 with his own Hand, and direded, one to the 
 Vifcount Kenmure, who, as I hinted, was in 
 Arms in the South Weft Parts of Scotland ; and 
 the other to General Forfter, as he calls him, 
 the Head of the Northumberland Rebels. Now 
 as thefe Letters will give a true Idea of the 
 State of Things on that Side, and at that 
 Time, and being Matter of Hiftory, 1 place 
 them in the Courfe of our relating the Earl of 
 Mar\ Proceedings -, nothing being more juft, 
 than to give his Story in his own Words.
 
 C 104 ] 
 
 The firft Letter was to the Lord Kenmvre, as 
 
 follows : 
 
 To the Lord VI [count of Ken mure. 
 My LORD, 
 T Long extremely to hear from you, you 
 
 * X ma Y b e fure, fmce I have not had the leaft 
 c Accounts almoft of your Motions, fince I fent 
 c the Detachment over. I hope all is pretty 
 c right again-, but it was an unlucky Miftake 
 c of Brigadeer Mackintofl}^ in marching from 
 ' H<*ddington to Lcith. T cannot but fay tho', 
 c that it was odd your Lordfhip fent no Or- 
 
 * ders or Intelligence to him, when you had 
 
 * Reafon to expeft that Party's coming over 
 1 every Day. His Retreat he made from Leith, 
 and now from Seaton, with the Help of the 
 1 Movement I made from this, makes fome A- 
 
 * mends for the Miftake ; and I hope that Party 
 c of Men with him will be of great Ufe to you 
 
 * and the Caufe. I wifh you may find a Way 
 c of fending the inclofed to Mr. Forrejler, which 
 
 I leave open for your Lordfhip to read-, and 
 c I have little further to fay to you, than what 
 c you will find in it. I know fo little of the 
 f Scituationof your Affairs, that I muft leave to 
 
 * your felf what is fit for you to do, as will 
 c moft conduce to the Service } and I know 
 c you will take good Advice. 
 
 ( My humble Service to all Friends with you, 
 
 * particularly Brigadeer Mackintosh, Lord Nairn, 
 Lord Charles Murray^ and MackintoJJj '-, who, 
 
 hope, are join'd you long e'er now ^ and 
 
 * indeed they all deferve Praife for their gal- 
 1 Jant Behaviour. | muft not forget Kinackin, 
 
 * who, I hear, fpoke fo refolutely to the Duke 
 1 of Argyle from the Citadel ; and I hope In- 
 
 1 nercal,
 
 f 
 
 c nercal, and all my Men with him, are well j 
 c and their Countrymen long to be at them, 
 1 which 1 hope they and we fhall foon. I have 
 ' fent another Copy of the Inclofed to Mr. For- 
 
 * refter by Sea, fo it will be hard if none of 
 ' them come to his Hands. 
 
 ' I know your Lordfhip will ende/avour to 
 
 * let me hear from you as foon as poflible, 
 4 which I long impatiently for} and I hope you 
 
 * will find a Way of fending it fafe. In one 
 
 * of my former, either to your Lordfhip, or to 
 c fome Body to fhew you, I told that a Pare 
 ' of the Army would be about Dumbartovn \ but 
 ' now you would not rely on that } for till I 
 1 hear from General Gordon^ I am uncertain if 
 4 they hold that Way. I have fent your Lord- 
 
 * fhip a Copy of my new Commifllon, which, 
 
 * perhaps, you have not feen before. I have 
 
 * named the General Officers-, and your Lord r 
 fhip has the Rank of a Brigadeer of the 
 Horfe. 
 
 'lam told, Earl Wintoun has been very ufe-r 
 ful to our Men we fent over. I fuppofe he 
 is now with your Lordfhip , and 1 beg you 
 may make my Compliment to his Lordfhip, 
 and I hope the King will foon thank him 
 himfelf. 
 
 ' I will trouble your Lordfhip no further 
 now, but all Succefs attend you, and may 
 we foon have a merry Meeting. I am with 
 all Refpeft, 
 
 My LORD, 
 
 From the Camp at Tour moft Obedient, and 
 Perth, Oft. 21. m9 fi Hl(m y le 
 
 
 The
 
 C 106] 
 
 The next was to Mr. Forfter, who he miftakes, 
 and calls, Mr. Ftrrefter, as follows: 
 
 To Mr. Forrefter, General of the King's Force; 
 in Northumberland. 
 
 SIR, 
 ' T Wrote to you of the i-jth from Auchter- 
 
 * J[ ardice, which 1 hope you got. I march'd 
 
 * the fame Night the Horfeto DttmbUne, with- 
 c in four Miles of Sterling, and the Foot fome 
 c Miles fhort of that Place. Next Morning I 
 
 * had certain Intelligence of the Duke of Ar 
 
 * gyle* returning from Edinburgh, with moft of 
 1 the Troops he had carried there, and was on 
 c their March towards Sterling : I alfo had Ac- 
 * count of t/^'s Regiment landing in the 
 
 * Weft of Scotland from Ireland, and were on 
 c their Way to-Sterling. I had come away from 
 c Perth before the Provifions were ready to go 
 ' with us ; and I found all the Country about 
 f Sterling, where we were to pafs Forth, was 
 
 * intirely exhaufted by the Enemy '> fo that 
 
 * there was nothing for us to fubiift on there. 
 
 * I had no Account from General Cordon, as I 
 
 * expected, and the fooneft I could expedt him 
 c at the Heads of Forth, was two Days after 
 f that', and I could not think of pafling Forth 
 c till I was join'd by him. Under thofe Diffi- 
 c culties, and having got one of the Things I 
 ' defign'd by my March, the Duke of Argyli* 
 1 withdrawing from our Friends in Lothian, I 
 
 * thought fit to march back to Attht erardice^ 
 c which was a better Quarter, tho' not a good 
 f one neither. Next Morning I got Intelligence 
 5 of the Duke of Argylc's being come to Staling 
 
 c the
 
 C 107 1 
 
 * the Night before \ and that he had fent Ex- 
 
 * prefs upon Exprefs to EVAN'S Dragoons to 
 haften up. I had a Letter alfo that Morning 
 from General Gordon, telling me, that fome 
 Things had kept him longer than he expeft- 
 ed , that it would be that Day e'er he could 
 be at Jnverary ; and that he could not poflibly 
 join me this Week. Upon this I thought it 
 better to return here, which is a good Quar- 
 ter, and wait his coming up, and the Lord 
 Seaforth's, than continue at Audit erar 'dice ^ 
 iince it would not a bit retard my paffing the 
 Forth, when 1 Ihould be in a Condition to do 
 .it -, and, in the mean Time, I could be getting 
 Provifions ready to carry along with me in 
 my March ; which, as I have told, are abfo- 
 lutely neceflary about the Heads of Forth ; 
 fo I come Home laft Night. 
 
 c I very much regret my being oblig'd to 
 this, for many Reafons -, particularly, be- 
 caufe of its keeping me fo much the longer 
 from joining you ; but you eafily fee it was 
 not in my Power to help it. However^ 
 I hope my Stay here fhall be very fhort, and 
 you may depend upon its being no longer 
 than it neceflarily muft. The Paflage over 
 the Forth is now fo extream difficult, that it is 
 fcarce poffible to fend any Letters that Way j 
 and within thefe two JDays there was two 
 Boats coming over with Letters to me, that 
 were fo hard purfu'd, that they were oblig'd 
 to throw the Letters into the Sea } fo that I 
 know very little of our Friends on that Side, 
 ? and lefs of you, which is no fmall Lofs to 
 f me. I heard to Day by Word of Month, that 
 1 the Detachment I fent over, are march'd and 
 
 * join'd our Friends in the South of Scotland, 
 
 <fQ
 
 [tog] 
 
 * fo I hope they may be yet ufeful ; but I hope 
 
 * you know more of them than I do. I have 
 now writ to Lord Kenmwe ; but it is ten to 
 one if it comes to his Hands. I know not 
 what he is doing, where he is, or what Way 
 he intends to difpofe of his People ; whether 
 he is to march into England, or towards Ster- 
 ling, to wait my parting Forth ', and in the 
 Ignorance I am in of your Affairs befouth 
 the River, I fcarce know what to advife him. 
 If you be in need of his Affiftance in England, 
 I doubt not but you have call'd him there , 
 but if not, certainly his being in the Rear of 
 the Enemy, when I pafs Forth, or now that 
 the t)uke of Argyle is reinforc'd, mould he 
 march towards me before I am, it would be 
 of great Service. I am forced in a great Mea- 
 fure to leave it to himfelf, to do as he finds 
 molt expedient. 
 
 c I am afraid the Duke of Ormond is not as yet 
 come to England, elfe I mould have had the 
 Certainty of it one Way or other before 
 now. I cannot conceive what detains him, 
 nor the King from coming here. However, 
 I am fure it is none of their Fault: And I 
 hope they will both furprize us agreeably ve- 
 ry foon. 
 
 * I believe I told you in my laft, of the Lord 
 Strathmore, and 200 of the Detachment that 
 was going over Forth, and drove into the 
 Ifland of May by three Men of War, being 
 pot fafe a more on this Side, and are now 
 joined us again. There were but two of all 
 the Boats taken ; and I hear fome of the Men 
 that were in them, were made Prifoners in 
 Leith, were relieved by our Men when they 
 came there , but that their Officers were fent 
 
 'to
 
 [ 109 ] 
 
 * to Edinburgh Cattle ; fo I want fome Reprifals 
 for them, which I hope to have e'er long. 
 
 * Though Mackintofh Brigadier's Miftake in 
 c going to Leith, was like to be unlucky to 
 c us and them} yet it has given the Duke of 
 c Argylt no little Trouble - ? and our March ob- 
 
 * liging him to let them flip, has, I am apt to 
 e believe, vext him. 
 
 * I beg you will find fome Way to let me 
 
 * hear from you. Ever fince my Detachment 
 ' were in Fife, all the Men of War that cruif- 
 
 * ed on the North Coaft, betwixt Peterbead 
 4 and the Firth, have been in the Firth, and I 
 
 * believe will continue there, to prevent my 
 c fending more over that Way -, fo that all 
 e that Coaft is clear, which I wifh to God 
 4 the King knew , and you may eafily fend 
 4 a Boat here any where with Letters from 
 4 England. I hear there is one of the Regi- 
 4 ments of Foot come from Ireland to Ster- 
 
 ' lg- 
 
 4 When you write to me, if by Sea, pray 
 c fend me fome News-Paper, that I may 
 c know what the World is a doing ; for 
 e we know little of it here thefe eight Days. 
 c Succefs attend you -, and I am, with all Truth 
 4 and Efteem, 
 
 SIR, 
 
 Front fhe Camp at Toftr moft Obedient 
 
 Perth, Oft. 12. 
 
 Humble Servant, 
 
 M A R. 
 By
 
 [ no.] 
 
 By this laft Letter we fee, that at the Time 
 thefe Letters were written, which was the 21 ft 
 of Ottober, neither the Earl of Seaforth from 
 the North, or General Gordon from the Clans, 
 were yet join'd the Earl of Afor's Forces *, and 
 as the firft of thefe was faid to have 4000 Men 
 with him, and the laft 7000, it was not ima- 
 gin'd he was yet in a Condition to undertake a- 
 ny thing, tho', upon the firft joyning him, foon 
 after we found he ventur'd a Battle, without 
 ftaying for others. 
 
 In the mean time, we muft enquire what Ge- 
 neral Gordon was doing, and what was the Rea- 
 fon of his Stay. General Gordon, who was 
 efteem'd a very good Officer, and one, who, by 
 his long Experience and extraordinary Brave- 
 ry, deferv'd to have been employed in a bet- 
 ter Caufe, was fent by the Earl into the High- 
 lands of Bradalbin and Locqubaber among the 
 CUns-, to draw them together, and condud and 
 command them -, in which he was not fo much 
 to aft in any feparate Undertaking, or purfue 
 any Enterprize of his own Head, as he was to 
 open a Communication with the diftant Clans, 
 and proteA them in their coming from their 
 own Countries to join him, as particularly upon 
 the Frontiers of Lorn, Argylefrire, and the 
 Mull of Kintyre^ where fome of the Campbells 
 themfelves were fuppofed to be in the Intereft 
 of the Rebellion, and where the Afacdeans, Ca- 
 merons, and other Clans, were too much fur- 
 rounded with the other Campbells, to ftir without 
 fuch Afllftance. To this Purpofe, General Gor- 
 don advanc'd that Way with a Body of between 
 5000 and 6000 Men, and appear'd before the 
 Town of Inverary, which is the Capital of that 
 Part of the Country. The Earl of //*, Brother 
 
 to
 
 C in 1 
 
 to the Duke of Argyle^ with Sir James Camp- 
 hell of Archinglafs, had gathered their Men to- 
 gether to oppofe him } and the former, having 
 taken Pofleflion of the Town, feem'd refolv'd 
 to defend it, being, at the fame time, too weak 
 to meet General Cordon in the Field : The Ge- 
 neral made feveral Offers, as if he would at- 
 tack the Place, and brought his Men in very 
 good Order before it ; then retir'd to a Wood, 
 where he caufed his Men to cut a great Number 
 of Fafcines, as if he refolv'd to make his Way 
 into the Town Sword in hand, but retir'd again 
 without doing any thing. The Earl of Hay's 
 Men fay, it was his Defign to have attack'd 
 the Place ^ but finding it fb well mann'd, he 
 durft not make the Attempt : The other fay, 
 that he made his Approaching the Town as 
 a Feint, that he might fully take up the Earl 
 of Ila and his Men from oppofing his main De- 
 fign, which was to draw off fome People out 
 of the Country, who were not in a Condition to 
 get off, without fuch a Diverfion j and that 
 having done his Bufinefs, he retired. How- 
 ever it was, this March of General Gordons 
 greatly alarm'd the City of Glafgow alfo, and 
 the Weftern Parts of Scotland : Not that the 
 Scituation of Jnverary was fuch, as to be called 
 aPafs into thofe Parts ^ but the appearing of fuch 
 a large Body of Men as General Gordon had with 
 him at that Time, and upon that Side of the 
 Country, made it more than probable, that his 
 Defign was to come down by the Side of Dum- 
 barton intoClydfdalc, which he might eafily have 
 done, being already beyond the Head of the 
 River Forth. 
 
 This Alarm caus'd the Duke of Argyh to fend 
 Relief to the Citizens of Glafgow, at halt to 
 
 caufe
 
 C 
 
 caufc fome Regiments, newly landed from Ire- 
 land, to halt there, till they faw what Courfe 
 this Highland Holt, fo they call the Clans there 
 when gather' d together, would take } but Gene- 
 ral Gordon foon made them eafy } for having, 
 as the Friends of that Party faid, done what 
 he came for, he return'd, and by the County 
 of march'd down again towards the 
 
 Earl of Mar y and lay at Down, within Miles 
 of him, when he march'd from Perth to Dum- 
 blain, that he might readily join upon his firft 
 Orders. 
 
 Hitherto one Thing is very remarkable of 
 this Rebellion, viz.. that notwithftanding all 
 the Rifings in Arms, Marchings and Counter- 
 marchings on both Sides j nay, tho' feveral 
 Times, as at Leith, at Seaton, at Brunt-Ijlavd^ 
 and feveral other Places, the Parties met, and 
 came fo near as to fpeak to one another, yet 
 not one Drop of Blood was yet fpilt, not a 
 Piece fir'd, or a Sword drawn, I mean not in 
 fight, except only a little Brufh, that happen'd 
 two Days before the Landing of the Detach- 
 ment from Fife, which was the firft Thing of 
 this Kind that we meet with, and was as fol- 
 lows : One Mr. Hepburn, Laird of Keith^ near 
 Haddington, was obferv'd to have fome very 
 good Horfes in his Stable, and fome People, 
 whether Servants, or others, more than ufual } 
 and which, it was fuppofed, was for the Ufes 
 of the Caufe, he being known to be difafTedted, 
 or, at leaft, not well-affecled to the Govern- 
 ment of King George. Notice of this being gi- 
 ven to Edinburgh^ the Government there fent 
 out an Officer, with a Party of Country Dra- 
 goons, or Militia- Horfe, to feize the Horfes. 
 Mr, He$nrn had, it feems, no Notice of their 
 
 March,
 
 ^ 
 
 March, or, at leaft, of their being fent to him, 
 till they were fo near his Houfc, as that he 
 had but juft Time to fhut his Gates, and keep 
 them out. When the Dragoons came to the 
 Houfe, but could not be admitted, they thought 
 of nothing but of breaking open the Doors, 
 or fetting the Hotife on fire j when they were 
 prefently nndeceiv'd by the Laird, who had 
 been all that while employ'd, with his Ser- 
 vants, only to faddle their Horfes, and put 
 themfelves in Readinefs: Which done, they 
 fuddenly open'd the Gates, and fir'd upon the 
 Dragoons, rufhing immediately out Sword in 
 Hand } and thus broke through the Dragoons, 
 who did not expeft it : There were fdme of 
 the Dragoons hurt, and one Dr. Sinclare^ a Phy- 
 fician, was wounded, but none kilPd on that 
 Side , but on the other Side, Mr. Hepburn's Son- 
 was kill'd at the firft firing, but the Father and 
 all the reft got off, with all the Horfes, C^c. 
 the Dragoons not being nimble enough to come 
 up with them. And this was the firft Mart, 
 and the only Man, kill'd in all this Affair^ front 
 the firft of it, to the icth Day of Ottober, ex- 
 cept fuch as died by the Hand of Juftice in 
 England : Of which in its Place. 
 
 We muft now look farther Northward, and 
 bring up the Story of the Earl of Sutherland 
 to the prefent Time. It muft be confefs'd, that 
 as his Lord fhip's Intereft lay in the Norther- 
 moft Part of the liland, quite beyond all that 
 Part of Scotland which the Earl of Mar had 
 poffefs'd, and that he was very fcealous in the 
 King's Intereft , fo he had the gfeateft Oppor- 
 tunity put in his Hand, to fignalize himfelf, 
 and to ferve the King, that any NoblemaH could 
 defire, and much more than any other could 
 1 pretend
 
 1 
 
 pretervd to-, nor was he either ignorant of the 
 happy Juncture, or backward to hazard himfelf 
 and Farnily ia the 'Service, tho 1 the Diftance of 
 Place,'an'd Power of the Rebels in that Part of 
 the Country, pre fen ted many Hazards and Dif- 
 ficulties to the fir ft' View, more than the like 
 Offer would have been attended with in other 
 Places. 
 
 However, having made the Offer of ferving 
 the King with his lutereft in thofe Parts, and 
 of venturing his Perfon and fortunes in the, 
 At^mpt, it was accepted ^ the King himfelf 
 . Wing the Propofal, as a very rational, as 
 well' as honeft Deligh, and which might be at- 
 tended with very good, Confequence$. 
 
 We have been told, how true it is we know 
 not, that Tome great Men, whether envying him 
 the Advantage of recommending himfelf fo far 
 to his Country, or otherwife doubtful of the Suc- 
 cefSj or from worfe Ends, endeavoured firft to 
 hinder, and afterwards to render difficult, and, 
 by Delays, to make ineffectual the Earl's Pro- 
 pofal ^ and we remember it wascomplain'd of, 
 that his Lordfhip was not fnrninYd,with Arms, 
 Ammunition, &c. fit re at London } fo that he 
 might have failed dircclly to Vtwrobin Cattle, 
 without Lofs of Time, but was oblig'd to put 
 into the Firth of Edinburgh^ where he, with. 
 fome Difficulty, and great Lofs of Time, got 
 3 Supply of Arms and Ammunition, which yet 
 >e was fain to leave behind him, the Ship hav- 
 ng been furpriz'd, and ail her Loajing^feiz'd 
 by the Enemy, even in Sight of the City of 
 Edinburgh: All which Delays and Interruptions 
 were, no doubt, very vexatious and perplexing 
 to his Lordfhip, as well' as a great Obitruftioa 
 to his Delign* 
 
 Not
 
 t II* 1 
 
 Jfor was this all , but the Earl being thereby 
 difabled from arming fo many Men, as lie might* 
 otherwife have done, and the Gentry on that 
 Side difcourag'd by the Delay, the Earl of Sea- 
 forth had' Encouragement, and Time, to reader 
 himfW formidable, and to fpare a ftrorig Body 
 of his Men- to join the Earl of MAT , whereas, 
 had the Earl of Sutherland been at firft difpatch'd 
 direftly to his own Provinces, furnime'd with 
 ArmsandAmmunitionfi]fficient. l andashedefir'd, 
 he had been in the Field before the Earl of Sea* 
 forth, and had perhaps given thofe Northern 
 Gentlemen a Blow, before they had been able 
 to get their Forces together. 
 
 we acknowledge, this Part of the Account 
 feems very rational \ whether it was occafion'd 
 in that Manner, and from fuch Ends as before, 
 we do dot aflirm ^ but if we may be allow'd to 
 judge what the Earl of Sutherland might have 
 done* by what ne and other Gentlemen did in 
 thefe Parts, notwithftanding the Hindrances they 
 met with, it muft be acknowledg'd, it would 
 have been much for the Service, that they had 
 met with no Hindrances at all. 
 
 However, all thefe Things tend to the Ho- 
 nour' of the Earl's Judgment and Fidelity, who 
 fo early propofed, and fo freely offered himfelf 
 to an Attempt which appear'd foufeful, and by 
 which, notwithftanding the Delays, Hindrances, 
 and Difficulties, which he met with, he did the 
 PuMick fuch fignal and feafonable Service, as 
 drew an Acknowledgment even from the King 
 himfelf, who did him the Honour to give a Te- 
 ftimony to his Services under his own Hand, as 
 we fhall fee in its Place. 
 
 I y It
 
 C jn.6 ] 
 
 It was about the loth of Oftobtr that the Earl 
 of Sutherland parted from Edinburgh, on Board 
 the Greyhound Frigate, which, in a few Days, 
 landed him fate at his Caftle of Dttnrobjh, in, 
 Sutherland^ ,} the Country being not only theEItate 
 of his Anceftors, but bearing his own Name j 
 and tho' he was oblig'd to gp without the Sup- 
 ply that was .intended for him, yet he fail'd 
 roc to raife his Tenants and Dependents , and 
 by them, and the Authority of hisCommifllon, 
 a?. Lord Lieutenant of the Shires of Sutherland 
 a.. \ Caith?e/s, having drawn together about 
 1800 Men, of which a great many were Gen- 
 tlemen, he inarch'd with this Body to the Fron- 
 tiers of the County of Kofs 1 where the Earl of 
 Seaforth and the Marquifs of Huntley^ tho' fepa- 
 rately, and in diflincl Parts, as well as Bo- 
 dies, had been gathering their whole Interelt 
 together, to ftiengthen the Rebellion. 
 
 The Earl of Seaforth having Intelligence, not 
 of his March only ? but of his Numbers, and, 
 doubtlefs, of hisDifappointments alfo ; drew., all 
 his Strength to that Side, trufting to his Su- 
 periority "i a Number, and uefolv'd to fight him , 
 but the. E^rl of Sutherland. was too old a Sol- 
 dier for that too ; for having found that his 
 own Numbers were too unequal a Match for 
 them at that Time, andexpeciing farther Sup- 
 plies, he declin'd coming to Adipn at that 
 Time, making his Retreat in fuch good Order, 
 as not to put it into their Power to fall .upon 
 his Rear. . 
 
 By. this,' however, the Earl of SutherUnd 
 obtaiii'dj.a conliderablc Aavantage to the Canfe 
 in general, and did fnch a Piece of Service, as 
 was not in the Power of any other Perfon to 
 dw , for he kept thfc J^arl of Seaforth fo long 
 
 id
 
 - - - / 4 
 
 in thofe Parts, and in Sufpenfe* that iq 
 could not march to join the Earl ,6'f Afar,..^ 
 he by ExprefTes, one in the Heels of. another, 
 earneftly prefs'd him to do-, and the Earl of 
 Mar, by this Delay of his, was hinder'd ad- 
 vancing from Perth fo long, as that in the.mtan 
 time, the Duke of Argyle got the Supply of \\\\ cc 
 Regiments of Foot and 'Evan's Dragpons from 
 Ireland, before he came to A&ion ; which if he 
 had not had, the Battle of .Dumblam bad-hard-* 
 ly been fought at all ; or, if it had, would 
 have been perhaps fatal tQ the Royal Army j 
 which, as it was, and with thofe four Regi- 
 ments, was weak enough for fo unequal an En- 
 gagement, and was in great Danger of an O- 
 verthrow. 
 
 But to leave this Part of the Story for a 
 while j the Earl of Sutherland beiug thus re- 
 treated, as we have faid, the Earl of Seafirtk 
 Faces about -, and leaving about 2000 Men, as 
 it was reported, to guard his Country, march'd 
 Southward^ and by long : Stages reach'd and 
 jainM the Earl of MAT with 3000 Foot, and 
 600 Horfe, as they were reported, about ths 
 End of Ottober. 
 
 And now the Army at Perth feemM to be 
 in its full Strength, having receiv'd all the Ad- 
 ditions and Reinforcements they had Reafon to 
 expeft, except General Gordon, with 6000 Men 
 of the Clans, who lay within two Days March, 
 and was order'd to lie fo, till the grand Army,. 
 which was defign'd to move that Way, mould 
 join him-, and this Miftake was fatal to the:n 
 all, as we mall fee prefently : For the Duke of 
 Argyle found Means to come to Hands with. thpi 
 E.ofMar before the tv o36diescouldwholly fom'v 
 and by that Means, had them cheaper than it 
 I 3 v..>
 
 C 
 
 was j5oilible, reafonably fpeaking, to have been, 
 had 'Gordon, and the Body of Highland Men- with 
 him, been fully join'd. 
 
 Thus we have brought our Hiftory of the 
 Rebellion to a kind of a Period : The Earl of 
 Mar and his Forces all join'd, and ready for 
 their grand Movement, in order to attack the 
 Royal Army, and break through into the Low 
 Lands, and the South of Scotland , and the three 
 Bodies of the other Rebellion, viz., on the Bor- 
 der, being all joinM at ,Retfo, and ready to 
 march into fat/land. And here we muft leave 
 them for a while , for it is meet we mould re- 
 member the Reader that we are upon the An- 
 nals of the King's Reign, and mnft carry every 
 Branch of the Publick Tranfaclions on in their 
 Order, and make every Story keep Pace toge- 
 ther in as good Order as we can. 
 
 It is therefore neceflary now to look a little 
 about us, and fee what the King and his Coun- 
 cil was tranfading all this while \ for from 
 thence all the other Parts received Life and Mo- 
 tion, as the Members of the Body naturally do 
 from the Brain, or as the vigorous Blood does 
 from the Heart. 
 
 We are making here neither Satyr, or Pane- 
 gyrick ', and therefore, as we neither treat the 
 Rebels themfelves with indecency and Reproach, 
 tbo% at the fame time, abhorring the Practice 
 and Spirit of the Rebellion ^ fo neither do we 
 throng our Style with Praifes and Flattery, as 
 to the Steddinefs of the Councils, Evennefs of 
 Temper, and Prefence of Mind, with which 
 his Majefty ftcer'd the Adminiftration, during 
 pi! thefe Hurries aftd A (Faults. The bare Re- 
 gion of Fa,ct will do all this in a Manner more. 
 
 agreeable
 
 "Cup) 
 
 agreeable to his Majefty, and more fuitabk tt> 
 the Impartiality of an Hiftcrian. 
 
 The'Government was not> ignorant, that fuch 
 a Rebellion, fo general in, its Nature, fo bold- 
 ly carried on, and to fuch a Degree encreafed, 
 was not without its Supports from Abroad. 
 Several Ships had all this while been dropping 
 in from Foreign Parts, as well from Holland 
 as from France, but chiefly from the latter, 
 with fome Arms and Ammunition, and bring- 
 ing great Numbers of Gentlemen Officers Vo- 
 luntiers, as well French as Englifj, Irlflj and 
 Scots, and which was very lucky for them, not 
 one of them could ever be intercepted by (Mir 
 Men of War. 
 
 It is true, the King, by the Vigilance of his 
 Minifters a.ki Agents Abroad, had the Advan- 
 tage of flopping feveral Vefiels in Foreign Parts, 
 which were aftually hir'd by, and loaded, or 
 loading, for the Account of the Pretender, be- 
 iides that great Squadron already mentionM at 
 St. Maloes, Havre de Grace, &c. particularly at 
 Haviburgfot Example, and in Holland: For tho' 
 the States General were as hearty in the King's 
 Intereft as it was poffible for them to be, or 
 his Majefty to defire } yet, in a Place of fuch 
 universal Correfpondence , and where ComV. 
 merce was carrying on to all Parts of the 
 World, and the Utenfils of War, fuch as Arms, 
 Ammunition, &c. were continually exported 
 as Merchandize, and were but look'd upon as 
 Branches of their Trade, it was impo'ltihle to 
 prevent it wholly } and befides v what xxightgo 
 perfectly undifcover'd, "they, had an Account 
 of two Veflels, which had taken in Military 
 Stores in the Texel, and Were failed before they 
 had any Notice ot them, and one of them but 
 I 4 a few
 
 t .110] 
 
 a few Hours before Orders were fent down to 
 Itop them ; both which Vefiels, it was believ'd, 
 went to Scotland : One Veflel was likewife ftopt 
 in the Elbe, on Sufpicion of being taking in 
 Arms and Warlike Stores for Scotland. 
 
 But this was not all : But the Government 
 had, about this Time, Intelligence, that the 
 Regent of France having, on the Representation 
 of the Britijb Minifter, of which we fhali fay 
 more in its Place, given ftrift Orders, that nei- 
 ther the Pretender, or any of his Adherents, 
 Ihould pafs through any Parts of the Dominions 
 of France, or take Shipping at his Ports , it was 
 foofld, that they had taken their Meafures to 
 pafs another Way , and there was an Account, 
 that 1 2 En$Hflt Gentlemen of Quality, of whom 
 it was thought the Pretender was one, were 
 pafs'd through Cologn, taking their Way, with 
 extraordinary Expedition, towards the Sea- 
 Coaft of Holland. Now, tho' it is true, that 
 we had never any particular Publick Account, 
 who thofe Gentlemen were, or whither they 
 went -, yet there were Letters from Holland, 
 which gave an Account of a Veflel that went 
 from the Texel juft before a Boat, that was fent 
 .down to ftop her, could reach the Place where 
 (he lay, and that itf Strangers, Gentlemen, had 
 gone on Beard her in a large open Boat jult 
 before that : Immediately after they were a- 
 board, fhe fet Sail, 3nd was in great Danger as 
 fhe pafs'd out of the Texel, infomuch, that 
 fbme Vefiels, that came in, faid they faw her 
 pver-fet, and that all the People on Board her 
 were loft :, but, it feems, (he was feen after 
 that in the Offing by other Boats that came in, fo 
 that fhe went away fafe, and it is fuppos'd, that 
 fhe carried with Iier thofe Gentlemen who 
 
 pafs'd
 
 [1*1 ] 
 
 pafs'd by Cologn. Others were ofc 
 that thofe Gentlemen, who pafs'd by ^C'ologn, 
 were the Retinue of the Pretender, and that 
 they went that Way, to avoid giving Umbrage, 
 and lay hidden at Lijle, till they had Oppor- 
 tunity of Shipping at Dunkirk , and that they 
 had fecret Orders to the Governours of the 
 French Towns, to connive at their patting /- 
 cognitoy and of their Shipping alfo. 
 
 Be that as it will, the King's Vigilance in 
 (topping all Paflages was fuch, that had not the 
 Court of France conniv'd, and fliut their Eyes 
 at that which they were not willing openly to 
 allow, it's certain the Pretender would not have 
 been able to have taken Shipping, no, not any 
 where -, or fo much as have made the Attempt, 
 without very great Hazard of falling into the 
 Hands of the King of Great Britain. 
 
 But to defcend to the Particulars, it is men- 
 tion'd already, Tag. 17. that, upon the break- 
 ing out of the Rebellion, the King order'd im- 
 mediately his Agent, viz,. Mr. Horatio Walpole, 
 who managed the Britijh Affairs in the Abfence 
 of General Cadogan, who was the ordinary Am- 
 bafTador at the Hague, but who was then abfent 
 at Antwerp, to make a Demand of the tfooo 
 Men^ which, by the i4th Article of a former 
 Trea.ty, call'd, The Treaty of Guarantee , the 
 Dutch were engaged to fend over, and which the 
 Dutch readily granted. 
 
 General Cadogan went immediately to Bruf- 
 fels^ and thence fent to Oflend, to procure Ship- 
 ping for the tranfporting thofe Forces, which, 
 with fmall Difficulty, was procur'd, and the 
 Troops foon after order'd to march from the 
 feveral Garrifons, where they were Quartered, 
 in order to embark. In the mean time, Gene- 
 ral
 
 r 
 
 ral C*dog*ii tho' he was gone back to Antwerp, 
 where he affifted at the Treaty of Barrier, which 
 was then carrying on, and at which he was his 
 Majefty's Plenipotentiary ; yet omitting no- 
 thing of his Office of Ambaflador to the States- 
 General, and having receiv'd an Account from 
 England of Arms, Ammunition, &c. fhipp'd in 
 Holland for the Pretender, and that it was be- 
 lievM the Pretender, or, at leafl, fome of his 
 principal Adherents, being effeftnally ftopp'd 
 in France, would take the fame Way. Upon 
 thefe Advices, he prefented a preffing and ef- 
 fe&ual Memorial to the States, defiring them to 
 give fuch Orders for the flopping all Subjefts of 
 Britain, who fhould .travel through their Do- 
 minions, and to prevent any fuch taking Ship- 
 ping in their Ports. This Memorial being very 
 particular, is plac'd in the Appendix, K* I. 
 
 The States immediately ifliied Orders to their 
 Ports, and to the Governors of Frontier Towns, 
 &c. in the Tenor of the Memorial, to Hop, 
 detain, fearch, c^c. all Paflengers and Ships ; 
 fo that the Pretender, if he had attempted 
 it, would have run a very great Rifque of being 
 taken in coming that Way. 
 
 In the mean time, tho 1 the Dutch had readily 
 granted their Troops, and Preparations were 
 making for their Embarking, yet the King, find- 
 ing it would take up fome Time, and that there 
 was an immediate Want of regular Troops, to 
 check the prefent growing Power of his Ene- 
 mies, order'd the Regiment of Horfe of Pits, 
 and the Regiments of Foot of Prefton, Pane and 
 Sabine, who were then in Ireland, to be imme- 
 diately fhipp'd off for England ; which was 
 done with fuch Expedition, that they landed 
 at Wiftc&*f* the 8th or loth of Qftober, and 
 
 were
 
 were immediately difperft in the adjacent 
 Counties of Chejhire, Shropftire, Stajfordfiire, and 
 Worccjlerjkirtyfo as that they might draw together 
 in as Ihort a Warning as poflible, to be ready 
 upon any fudden Occafion } nor was it long 
 before this Precaution appear'd of the greateft 
 Confequence imaginable, the Difpofition of the 
 People in thofe Counties to revolt upon the 
 firft Opportunity, being but too evident } and 
 aa Opportunity being very quickly offer'd them, 
 by the Advance of the Northern Rebels foon af- 
 ter into Laacajhire \ of which in its Place. 
 
 The Gentlemen now began to fhew them- 
 felves on every Side \ and tho' on the firft Ap- 
 pearance of the Tumults and Riots, the gene- 
 ral DifafFe&ion of the common People, and the 
 Tbreatnings of the other Party, many were at 
 firft a little amazed, and knew not whatCourfe 
 to take, their Sincerity being greater than their 
 Rcfolution - v yet now having recovered their 
 firft Surprize, and efpecially feeing the vigorous 
 and fteddy Meafures of the Government , and 
 that the King rcfolv'd, without the leaft Ap- 
 pearance of Uifcouragement, to cut his Way 
 thro' all thefe Difficulties with the Sword, they 
 took Heart, and began to fhew themfelves; rea- 
 dily offering their Lives in the Defence of the 
 eftablifh'd Government, and the Perfon and Fa- 
 mily of the King , and in Abundance of Places, 
 began to enter into AfTociations, in order to arm 
 and Hand together againft the King's Enemies 
 in a regular Manner; ; forming themfelves into 
 Troops and Companies for that Purpofe -, and 
 that they might do this Legally, and with a 
 jIt Authority, fome of them apply'd to his 
 Majefty for an Order to the Lords Lieutenants 
 of the Counties, to grant CommUTions in fuch 
 
 Cafes
 
 Cafes as they fhould fee Caufe -, and the Go- 
 vernment finding thefe Offers not inconfide- 
 rable, even at firft, and like to be much greater, 
 as Occafion might prefent, encourag'd them by 
 a general Order to all the Lords Lieutenants, 
 to .aflift, direft, and encourage -them, give 
 Commiflions, &c. as was defired : This Order 
 alfo being very proper to be recorded, is in our 
 Appendix, N. K, 
 
 The DifTaffedtiofl of the common People ing-- 
 land was now come to a ftrange Height, and efpe- 
 cially the poifoning their Minds with favourable 
 Thoughts, even of the Pretender himfelf , while 
 at the fame Time they were filled with Prejudices 
 againft the Perfon and Government of the King, 
 and debaucb'd into Tumults and Rebellion, to 
 that Degree, that they made no Scruple to join 
 with the Popiflj Party, againft the Proteftant Suc- 
 ceflioiy, and, which was ftill worfe than all, 
 great Part of this Difaffe&ion was laid at the 
 Door of the inferiour Clergy, many of whom 
 openly and avowedly appeared to foment and 
 encreafe the faid Prejudices and Difaffe&ion. 
 But that this Reproach might not lie upon the 
 whole Body of the Clergy , among whom, it 
 was evident, a very great Number were other- 
 wife minded, being hearty and zealous for the 
 Proteftant Intereft and Succelfion, and the Per- 
 fon and Government of the King , I fay, that 
 the whole Clergy might not lie under this 
 Scandal ^ and that others, who had merited 
 their Share of it, might fee thesnfelves difown'd 
 in their Conduct, the Arch-Bifhop of Canterbury, 
 in Conjunction with no lefs than thirteen Bi- 
 fliops of his Province, caufed a Declaration to 
 be published, teftifying their Abhorrence of the 
 Rebellion, and exhorting the Clergy and Peo- 
 ple
 
 pie under their Care, to a faithful Difchargft 
 of their Duty to the King. This Piece, we 
 thought it a Debt to the Church, and a Piece 
 of Juftice to the dignify'd Clergy, to leave up- 
 on Record for their Defence in this Cafe. Vid. 
 Aft. No.- L. 
 
 ISIor tf as his Majefty flack all this while in 
 letting the Regent of France know, that he was 
 in a Condition, notwithftanding the Infults of 
 his rebellious Subjeds, to refent any Treat- 
 ment which he fhould receive unbecoming a 
 Neighbour and an Ally, under the ftridltedt Ob- 
 ligations of a folemn Treaty of Peace ; in which 
 Treaty were feveral txprefs Articles, efpecially 
 binding the Crown of France, not to give the 
 leaft Aid or Afliftance, directly or indire&ly, 
 to the Pretender, or any of his Adherents, or a- 
 ny Way to difturb the Succeffion of the Houfe 
 of ffartover to the Crown of Great Britain ; ot 
 their pofleflion after the faid Succeffion (hould 
 take Place*, or fo much as to fuffer the Pretender 
 to return into the Dominions of France ; not- 
 withftanding which, it was apparent, the Pre* 
 tender had been privately in France, Prepara- 
 tions wefe adually made in France for the af- 
 fifting Rebels and Traytors, and for giving Di- 
 fturbance to the Pofleffion of the King of Great 
 Britain, and Arms and Ammunition was (hip- 
 ping, and had been fhipped in divers Parts of 
 France, and at laft the Pretender himfelf came to 
 the SeaCoaft of France, and embark'd there, in 
 order to invade his Eritifli Majefty's Domi- 
 nions. 
 
 As often as the Earl of Stair prefented Me- 
 morials, complaining of thefe Things, fo often 
 the French Court difavow'd the Pradlice, pro- 
 telted their Innocence j alledg'd, that if any 
 
 tbing
 
 t 116 3 
 
 thingbf that Nature was done, it was Entirely 
 without their Knowledge or Confent ; threat- 
 ned to puniih the Negligence of Officers, when 
 they found them guilty, with the utmoft Se- 
 verity ; and engaged to give frefh Orders to 
 guard their Coafts in the ftrifteft Manner, a- 
 gainft any fuch Attempts for the future. It would 
 take uji'too much Time in thefe ^*/.c, to fet 
 down rit large the many tedious Memorials de- 
 li ver'd in upon this Head, pointing out the 
 very Fa&v the Perfons, and the Places, by 
 whom, and where Ships had been dilpatch'd, 
 Arms and Ammunition furnifh'd, and Perfons 
 embark'd, ,as alfo the as tedious Anfwers of the 
 Regent' in Terms as above. 
 
 Yet notwithftanding all thofe Proteftations, 
 Evafions, Engagements, and Promifes, it was 
 found that the Practice went on, nor could 
 all the Applications that were made prevent it, 
 tho' feveral more open Attempts were effectu- 
 ally ftopt^ for by Connivance, or by Stealth, 
 or however it was, we cannot fay, the Rebel- 
 lion was daily fupported and fupply'd from 
 France, and Ships were fent out daily from 
 their Ports to Scotland, with Officers, Arms, 
 Stores, Money, &c. and at laft with the Pro 
 tender himfelf, as we fhall fee prefently. 
 
 We are now at the latter End of Ottober, 
 and Things began now to grow ripe for Adion^ 
 it remains that we bring the Troops now on 
 every Side into the Field. We fhall begin with 
 the Northumberland People ', we left them on 
 the 22th of Ottober at Kelfa join'd there with 
 1500 Highland Men on Foot, well arm'd, and 
 led by a rugged old Soldier often nam'd ; we 
 mean old Mackintofo, and with about 300 Horfe, 
 brought in by the Vifcouat Kenmare^ and the 
 
 Lords
 
 Lords who were with him, whofe Names are 
 mentioned before, altogether they made 2200 
 Men when they march'd from Kelfo. 
 
 Lieutenant General Carpenter had been fent 
 down to the North, to fecure New-CaftU^ and 
 to draw the Troops on that Side together, in 
 order to fight General Ftrftcr, as they cail'd 
 him, and to purfue them wherever they went. 
 He arriv'd at New-Caftlc the 2oth; but had 
 with bim then no Troops but what werenecef- 
 fary to fecure the Town $ but the Rebels be- 
 ing march'd from fJexam, he refolv'd to fol- 
 low them with fuch Forces as he could get 
 together, which were no more than three 
 Regiments of Dragoons, viz.. of Cokkam, and 
 Mould [worth, and the Regiment of Foot of Sir 
 Charles Hotham ; thefe were all the Troops he 
 had with him ; and the Dragoons of Mouldf- 
 roorth were not only new-rais'd Men, but new 
 Horfes alfo, and neither fit for fo hard a March, 
 or for Service, as older Troops would have 
 been. However, the General purfued his Or- 
 ders, and followed the Enemy toftW/ir, upon 
 the Border, within twelve Miles of Kelfa where 
 he halted for the Foot. The Enemy, upon Ad- 
 vice of their March, remov'd from Kelfo to 
 Jedbnrghy where they ftay'd till the ipffc, and 
 then march'd from thence to a Place cail'd 
 ffmick-Moor, near Jedbnrgh j but more towards 
 the Engllfj Border. 
 
 The Motion this Way was not impoliticly 
 done -, for now they had it in their Power to 
 Hand their Ground, and fight General Carpenter^ 
 or march away into England; in which Gafe 
 the Cheviot Mountains being between them and 
 General Carpenter, they could be at leaft three 
 Days March before him \ however, there is no 
 
 Doubt
 
 f 118 J 
 
 Doubt but the firft of the two had been their 
 wifeft Way , General Carpenter's Men being 
 extreamly harafs'd and fatigu'd by their long and 
 hafty March, and the Badnefs of the Ways at 
 that Seafon of the Year, and having no good 
 Quarters at Woollcr, where they lay. 
 - It is certain alfo, that old Brigadier MatKm- 
 ro/fe'gave his Opinion for fighting, and (licking 
 his Pike in the Ground, told the Northumber- 
 land Gentlemen he would not ftir, but there 
 he would ftay for General Carpenter, and fight 
 him -, that flow he was fure to beat him, but 
 that if they march'd into 'England firft with 
 him at their Heels, they fliotild be fure to meet 
 with other Forces in Front, and have Carpen- 
 ter in their Rear too ; that if they firft beat 
 Carpenter, they fhould foon be able to fight any 
 other Troops *, and if Carpenter bad the better, 
 they had come far enough already, and fliould 
 make better Shift with their bad Fortune 
 there than in England. On the other Hand 3 
 the Northumberland Men prefs'd their Marching 
 into England, pretending that if they could but 
 get into Westmorland and Lancajkire, fuch an 
 in finite Number of People would join them, as 
 neither General Carpenter, or any other Forces 
 that were thereabouts, would be in any Condi- 
 tion to look them in the Face. The Scots Weflern 
 Gentlemen came into this:, and old Mackintofi 
 was at laft over-perfwaded, but not till they 
 had had fome very high Words Between them } 
 and once it came to that Height, that they 1 
 talk'd of furrounding the Highlanders with the 
 Horfr, and forcing them to march : But he 
 foon let them know, the Highlanders were not 
 to be treated that Way, and his Men offer'd 
 to prefent their Mufquets at them - 7 upon the 
 
 whole
 
 fthole, they alter'd their Tone to them, and 
 gave theiti a Crown a Man, with a Promife of 
 daily Pay, on Condition of their marching j 
 with which moft of them were fatisfy'd } but 
 rtear 400 went off in a Body, with their Arms, 
 and marching towards Edinburgh, and Weft 
 towards Cla/gow^ disbanded, and fhifted for 
 themfelves about the Country as well as they 
 could , fome laid down their Arms in one 
 Place, and fome in another \ and feVeral of them, 
 having no Subfiftence, lifted in the King's 
 Troops in the Duke of Argyll*. Army, others 
 were taken Prifoners, and fome furrehdred 
 themfelves voluntarily, above 160 of the laft 
 yielded at Lamington^ and more at other Places. 
 As for the Reft, the Refolution for marching 
 being taken, and their Fate puming on they de- 
 camped the $oth from Homck-Moor^ and march- 
 ed for England , and now their Bufinefs was 
 fo to get the Start of General Carpenter, that 
 lie might be in no Condition to infult their 
 Rear, or difturb them in their March ^ and ic 
 Was with incredible Celerity that the Foot 
 iiiarch'd, going above 106 Miles in five Days, in 
 the worft Ways and Weather that ever Men 
 fnarch'd in -, all the Relief they had was, that 
 the Horfemen carry'd their Arms for them up- 
 on any Occafion, to eafe thsrn in their March. 
 They enter'd the Border by a Town calfd 
 Larigbam^ and pafs'd the River sk, near 
 Brampton, about i5 Miles above Carlifle, fo 
 bending their March towards Perith and Kirkby* 
 Launfdale , the Cover nour of Carlifle fent out 
 Detachments the other Way, expecting them 
 on the NorthWeft-Side of that Border, and that 
 they would attack Dumfreis, and ravage the 
 Counties of Air and Gallway j and indeed had 
 K they
 
 C 
 
 they march'd that Way, they had teen capable 
 of doing much Mifchief, and would poflibly 
 have been long unfoughten j for Dumfries could 
 not have withftood them, and, being a good 
 Sea-Port, they had been able to have tranfport- 
 ed themfelves into England, or into any other 
 Part of Scotland *, and alfo to have rcceivM 
 what Troops the Earl of Mar had pleafed to 
 fend thrm from the Shore of totqukaber, and 
 the Water of Loeby : But fuch fubtle and fatal 
 Meafurcs were never in their Heads y. and very 
 hap t ;y for Scotland it was, that they had their 
 Eyes another Way. The Duke of Argyle ex- 
 peclcd them alfo on his Side, and fent out 
 Detachments to Kilfyth, arid to Falkirk^ aM' 
 other Places, thinking they were ready to 
 break, and endeavouring to fly, and fo might be 
 intercepted in their endeavouring to get over 
 the Firth of Forth into the North-, but this was 
 not in their Thoughts. 
 
 , From Langhum^ as above, they march'd to 
 Bramptoji^and ftomBrampton toPenrith inCtimber- 
 land, where they arriv'd the 2d o( November, and 
 immediately fpread themfelves over the Villages 
 in the Road for Convenience of Quarters, and 
 came to jtypleby the $d } on the <th they ad- 
 tanc'd to Kcndal, where they refted on the $th t 
 and the 6th at Night they came to Lancafter. 
 
 They met with no Oppolition in all this 
 March j the Militia, and the foffe Comitatw of 
 the County, were drawn out at Perith, and again 
 at Kcndaly making fometimes 701" 8, or 10006 
 JV- MI in a Body. But, to their little Honour be it 
 faid, t^ey always broke and disbanded, as the 
 Rebels advanc'd , and the rnoft their Officers 
 could propofe to thena was, to fecure their 
 
 Arras ?
 
 f '?' J 
 
 Arms i fo that when the Northern Men 
 they fhould not find them, 
 
 General Carpenter was advanc'd to Kelfo i 
 when the Rebels march'd to Howick Moor ; and 
 having Intelligence of their March, tho > not 
 of the Rout they had taken, went from thence 
 to Jcdburgb , but when he underftood they had 
 given him the Slip, and were gone for England, 
 he halted for two Days, that he might get In- 
 telligence which Way they were gone } he was 
 indeed in no good Condition to follow any fur- 
 ther, efpeciaily confidering the Rate the Rebels 
 march'd at, and his Foot being not able to 
 hold it - 7 fo he retted two Days, and then march- 
 ed with the Dragoons to New Caftle upon Tyne t 
 leaving the Foot to come more leifurely by 
 the ordinary Road: He had fome Jealoufy leaft 
 they might have furpriz'd New-Caftle in their 
 March; but they had their Eyes another 
 Way. 
 
 Being come to Lancafter, they halted, and 
 prepar'd to put themfelves in a Pofture, as 
 well to open a Way for their Friends to 
 come in to their Afiiftance, by extending 
 themfelves over the Country, as to be ready 
 for Action if they mould be attack'd } for 
 though they found no regular Troops in all 
 their March } yet they knew they were draw- 
 ing together from Chefter, Shrewsbury, and the 
 adjacent Parts, in order to form a Body at Wxr- 
 rington, where the Rendezvous was appointed* 
 
 The firft Thing they did at Lancajter was, 
 to releafe fomc Prifoners, who, having been 
 taken up for the Tumults and Rabbles at Man* 
 chefler-, were committed to Lancafter Caftle, be 
 ing the County Goal -, and in particular, the 
 famous Tho. SyddAl, Captain of the Mob at the 
 K a pulling
 
 1 1}*] 
 
 pulling down the Meeting at Mdntktfer j and 
 their next A&ion was, to proclaim the Pre- 
 tender. 
 
 Here alfo they took eight Pieces of Cannon 
 out of a Ship belongieg to Mr. Hey(ham, a 
 Merchant of London, and Member of Parlia- 
 ment, which happen'd to be in the River 
 there } and here again they had done well fof 
 themfelves, if they had ftaid for fome Time, or 
 at leaft had fecur'd the Town, which, as it was 
 a Port, and had an old ruin'd Caftle, Part of 
 v/hich is ftanding, was capable of being made 
 a Place of Arms, and to have been put into 
 fuch a Pofture of Defence, as that they could not 
 have been taken Sword in Hand, as they were 
 afterwards. But it was a clear Proof that old 
 Mackintosh had not now the Command, whofe 
 Conduft at Leith and Seaton-Houfe was juft the 
 Reverfe of this , for they quitted this Place, 
 naturally adapted for Security, and advanced to 
 Trefton, an open Town, and not capable of be- 
 ing put into any Pofture for Defence. 
 
 From hence it was expeded, they would have 
 march d to Leverpool, a rich Trading Sea-Port 
 Town } and the People there expeded them, 
 and had, with incredible Diligence, in three 
 Days Time, caft up a Bread-Work, or Line, 
 round that Part of the Town which was open } 
 for on two Sides the Place is defended by the 
 Sea, and by the Water of the Docks, and In- 
 let for a Haven -, on the other Part they 
 mounted 70 Pieces of Cannon, and having arm- 
 ed the Inhabitants and Seamen, and all fuch 
 People as they could get, they flood upon their 
 Defence. 
 
 But
 
 f 
 
 But it was. evident, the Defign of the Rebel- 
 Army was upon Mancbefter ; for they found 
 by their March to Prefton, that their Numbers 
 encreafed j the Lancajhire Gentlemen, efpecial- 
 ly the Heads of Popifh Families, openly ap- 
 pearing, and bringing in their Men j as TOJWZ- 
 ley of Toipnty, Sir Richard Anderton^ and many" 
 other Men of Eftates and Intereft -, fo that at 
 Prefton, their Number was upwards of 4000 
 Men } and could they have reached Manchefter, 
 which is a very populous Place, they promis'd 
 themfelves to double that Number very quick- 
 ly ^ and the Earl of Denoentwater, with fome. 
 other Gentlemen of that Country, were a&ual- 
 ly in Manchefter privately, folUciting the rarf- 
 ing of the Mob again, intending to have made 
 that Town the Seat of the Rebellion, as a Place 
 not only full of People, but alfo the Country 
 round it very populous, Provifions plentiful, 
 and near for the opening a Communication with 
 their Friends in Stafordfnre, from whence like- 
 wife they expefted another Revolt } but thefe 
 Meafures, however well laid, were all difap- 
 pointed by what followed. 
 
 For on the firft News of their bending 
 their March towards England, it was eafy to 
 guefs what Courfe they would take ; fo the 
 Go^rnment had fent timely Orders to Major 
 General Wills, who commanded in Chtfoire, to 
 draw together what Troops he had under his 
 Command, and march to meet, and fight 
 them. 
 
 It prov'd of bad Confeqnence to the Rebel- 
 Army, that their Party in thefe Parts had been 
 fo openly tumultuous before, and had infulted 
 the Government by Rabbles, Tumults, Vio- 
 lences iipon Meeting-Houfes, and the like-, for 
 K 3 this
 
 this had occafioned the Government to fend 
 down Forces into all thefe Parts, viz,, to Shrcwf- 
 bury, Cbeftcr, Birmingham, Stafford, Wolvcrham- 
 fton, Afancbefler, and other Places adjacent , by 
 which Means General Wills had more Forces 
 at Hand, and was fooner able to draw a 
 Body of Troops together, than could otherwife 
 have been done by a great while , and if it 
 had not been fo, it is out of Doubt, that all the 
 Country thereabouts had been in Pofleffionof 
 the Rebels, and their Numbers been thereby 
 greatly encreafed, before they could have been 
 attack'd. 
 
 Btit now all the Country being full of Sol- 
 diers, difperfed, as has been faid before, for 
 the preventing any In fur reft ions, and yet dif- 
 pofed fo as to be able to draw together in a 
 Ihort Time into confiderable Bodies ^ General 
 Wills was able in lefs than ten Days Time, to 
 bring together a confiderable Body of Men } it's 
 true, he had but one Regiment of Foot with 
 him, tho' he had two more, viz.. of Sabine and 
 y<we y xvithin a few Days March of him, and 
 who followed with the utmoft Expedition. 
 But as he faw there was no Time to be loft ^ 
 and that if he halted but three Days, the Re- 
 bels would be Mafters of Wtrrlngton Bridge 
 and of Manchcfter ^ the former of which was a 
 confiderable Pafs over the River Weaver, and 
 the People fodi fa ffe&ed, as to be ready almoft 
 to declare for them before they came by; 
 by which Town, had the Rebels gain'd it, they 
 would have cut off the General from relieving 
 Leverpool, or from preventing them in getting 
 to Manckcffr, 
 
 For
 
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 For thefe Reafons he refolv'd to advance 
 with fuch Troops as he had, which were as 
 follows, viz.. 
 
 Pitt's Regiment of Horfe. Preftws Regiment .f 
 
 Stankofe's } Foot being Scots .e 
 
 Wymt* I fame formerly call'd 
 
 Honywdodftf Dragoons. the Cameronian Regi- 
 
 Mundtr!* \ pent; but net mak- 
 
 Dormer's ) ing above 300 Men. 
 
 .Of thefe, Stanhope's Dragoons were quartered at 
 frefton before the Enemy can>e*, but upon Advice 
 of the Rebels advancing from ^ancaftcr, thefe 
 received Orders to retreat to W'lgan -, as did 
 Part of a Regiment of the Country Militia, 
 commanded by Sir Henry Houghton of Prefton. 
 
 In the mean while General Carpenter, who 
 had been oblig'd to jrefrefh his Troops a little 
 at New-Caftlc, and was himfelf indifpos'd with 
 his fevere Marchings, was, neverthelefs, fol- 
 lowing the Rebels, and .Was now at Durham, in 
 his VVay to Lancafter , and General Wills fend- 
 ing him'an Account of his Motions and Refo- 
 lutions by an Exprefs, received an Account of 
 the Day and Hour that the Lieutenant General 
 would be at I^nc after, fo that they might agree 
 to be altogether at the Attack. 
 
 The Rebels were now come to Prefton, anjd 
 had three Days Time there to order their Af- 
 fairs } during which Time, it was computed - 
 bove 1 200 Men came in to them, which mightily 
 animated them, and made them flatter thein- 
 felves; that the Royal Troops would not ven- 
 ture to attack them. However, old Mackintosh, 
 who was the only regular Soldier they had a- 
 tnong them, prevail'd with them not to be 
 K 4 fc-
 
 C n3 
 
 Tecure-, but to put themfelves into a Pofture to 
 defend themfelves , and, as We have been told, 
 afllnM them, that they might depend upon it, 
 General Wills would attack them. Forfter, they 
 fay, laugh'd at him, and told him how their 
 Number was enereas'd ^ no Matter, faid jMac- 
 fcntojh, I tell yon, Man, he will attack, and beat 
 us all, if we do not look about us j ftill Forfter 
 laugh'd, when ASackintoJh, looking out of the 
 Window, feeing fome of the new Men that 
 were come out cf the Country pafs by, Look 
 ye there FORST'ERy fays he, are yon Fellows 
 the Aden ye intend to fight WILLS with: Good 
 Faith, Sir, And ye had Ten Thoufand of them, 
 rd fight them all with a, Thoufand of his Dra- 
 goons. It feems they were ill ArnVd, fome had 
 Swords' and no Mufquets, fome had Mufquets 
 and no Swords, fome Fowling Pieces, fome 
 Pitch-Forks, fome no Weapons at all, 
 
 However, upon the whole , as they had In- 
 telligence of General Wifls's March,, they pre- 
 pared with but too much Judgment to give him 
 a warm Reception , and having made Entrench- 
 ments and Barricade's in the Streets, and plant- 
 ed two Pieces of Cannon at every Avenue of 
 the Town, and fent a Party of about 260 Men 
 Men to guard the Bridge over the Ribble y they 
 waited in this Polture the Coming of General 
 Wills. 
 
 Nor did he fail of his Vifit ; for on the i ith 
 he fet out from Manchester, an4 marched to 
 WigAn , he had another Regiment of Dragoons, 
 viz... of Newt on , DTI tfie March from Worctfter^ 
 and juft ready to join him} out haying left no 
 Troops in MJnchefler, he fent Orders to that 
 Regiment to halt there, to prevent any Mif- 
 chief that might happen, and awe the Mob 
 
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 C 137 3 
 
 from running to Arms juft in his Rear , which 
 he knew they were ready to do, and might 
 have been of very ill Confequence 
 
 He refted at Wigan the nth at Night, and 
 having receiv'd an Account from General Car- 
 penter, that he would be on the Back of Prejlon 
 the iiffc; and alfo an Account from Preftovj 
 That the Rebels refolv'd to ftand their Ground, 
 and to expeft him there } as alfo an Account of 
 the Difpofitions they had made to defend them- 
 felves ; he gave Orders for the Trpops to be 
 ready to march by Break of Day the i2th in 
 the Morning. 
 
 He formed his Cavalry into three Brigades, 
 viz.. Wynn and Hollywood's Regiments command- 
 ed by Brigadier Honywood, Mundw and Stm- 
 kopis Regiments by Brigadier Munden, and 
 Pitts and Dormer, by Brigadier Dormer. His 
 Order of Battle, if the Enemy had come out 
 and given him Battle in the Field, was thus : 
 His Battallion of Foot in the Center, one Bri- 
 gade of Horfe on each Wing, and the third 
 Brigade forming a fecond Line, or rather a Bo- 
 dy of Referve. 
 
 On the i2th, being Saturday, before it was 
 well Ligjit, this little Army was in full March 
 for Prefton -, the Foot had the Front, only that 
 they form'd a Vanguard of 50 Mufqueteers, and 
 50 Dragoons on Foot, who advanced at fome 
 Diftance before the reft ; the Brigades follow- 
 ed in their Order,, Honywood's firft, Jjormer\ in 
 the Center, and Munden\ in the Rear, leaving 
 50 Dragoons to guard the Baggage. The Kibble 
 Bridge, as 'tis call'd, lies diftant from the 
 Town more than a Quarter of a Mile: Here it 
 was expe&ed there would have been fome A- 
 ftion , and indeed had Mitkiittofh with but 1000 
 
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 t 
 
 of his Men, with two of their Cannon, been 
 potted at that Bridge, it would have been a 
 very (harp A&lon to have driven them away, 
 nor could the Town have been attacked that 
 Day } but they never offer'd to difpute the Pafs 
 of the Bridge^ but though there was near 300 
 Men pofted there to amufe our Men, they ei- 
 ther were order'd to quit it, or elfe did their 
 Duty very ill } for they quitted it upon the firft 
 Approach of our Troops, without firing a Gun, 
 and retir'd to the Town, where, as itappear'd, 
 they refolv'd to expeft us. 
 
 Our Men having pafs'd the Bridge about 
 one of the Clock Afternoon, advanc'd dire&ly 
 to the Town. 
 
 As foon as they were come to a little rifing 
 Ground near the Town, the General order'd 
 them to halt, and draw up, repofing the Men 
 tjll he went out in Perfon with a ftrong Party 
 of Horfe, to difcover more perfectly the Ave- 
 nues to the Town, and the Countenance and 
 Scituation of the Enemy j by which he found 
 the Avenues, as isfaid, doubly barricado'd, and 
 Cannon planted in the Streets, the Soldiers be- 
 ing pofted at the upper Jlntf of the Streets, 
 as well as in the Houfes on bqth Si^s. 
 
 Finding by this Difpofition? that his Men 
 would be very much cxpos'd, he order'd the 
 Brigadiers, who led on, to gain, if poflible, the 
 Ends of the Town, and then to find fome Means 
 t6 cover their Men , and becaufe he wanted 
 Infantry, he canfed 50 Dragoons out of three 
 Regiments, to difmount, and ferve on Foot, 
 to ftrengthen Prefion's BattaUion at one Attack:, 
 and thefe were commanded by Brigadier Hony- 
 wood y and were fupported by his own Regiment 
 of Dragoons ^ he likevviTe caufed the two 
 
 whole
 
 C l.?9 J 
 
 whole Regiments of Wynn and Dormer, and a 
 Squadron of Stanhope's, to difmount for the o- 
 ther Attack ; the Regiment of Munden being 
 order'd to fupport them, Pitts'* Horfe, and the 
 reft of Stanhope's Regiment, kept thePafiage to 
 a Ford over the Kibble, to prevent the F'c'pe 
 of any Rebels that Way, and to be ready to 
 relieve any of the other, as there fliould be Go- 
 carton. 
 
 Brigadier Honywood began the Attack on the 
 South Side of the Town, and beat the Enemy 
 from their Barricade at the End of the Street : 
 But they retreated to a fecond, where their 
 Cannon was.^planted*; it is faid, they did this 
 to draw the eager Soldiers into the Street ^ 
 for they were no fooner entred, but they fuf- 
 tained a terrible Fire from the Sides of the 
 Streets out of the Houfes, as well as from the 
 Men pofted at the fecond Barricado. The Bri- 
 gadier feeing the Rebels fir'd from under Co- 
 ver, and that his Men were too much expos'd, 
 call'd them off, and retreated to the firit En- 
 trance, where they lodg'd and fecur'd them- 
 felves : Here the Brigadier received a Contufion 
 in his Arm, or Shoulder- Bone, but not dange- 
 rous } in this Scituation he fen t for Orders to 
 the General, who directed him to keep PofTefiion. 
 of the Street. 
 
 On the other Side where Brigadier Dormer 
 attacked, it was much the fame thing , and 
 they found there was no pufbing on the At- 
 tack, till they could clear the Houfes of the 
 Rebels, without expofing their Men too much 
 to the Enemies Fire; upon this the General 
 gave Orders, that, lodging and covering their 
 Men as well as they could, they mould fet the 
 Houfes on Fire at both Ends of the Town ^ 
 
 and
 
 [ 140 ] 
 
 tnd by that Means driving them out, they 
 fhould pufh them iato the Center of the Town. 
 
 While this was doing, the Soldiers, taking 
 their Opportunity, advanced as the Fire en- 
 creas'd, and kill'd a great many of the Enemy. 
 Night coming on, it was found, that notwith- 
 itanding the utmoft Vigilance of the Troops fet 
 to guard the Paflages, yet a great many of the 
 Rebels made their Efcape into the Country j 
 for tho' they were between 4 and 5000 when 
 the Attack began, they found not above 1700 
 when they yielded. 
 
 In this Scituation, however, they continued 
 all the Night, and Part of the next Day, in which 
 Interval General Carpenter arriv'd, and took the 
 Command, when about two a Clock, the Rebels 
 feeing the Fire encreafe, and the King's Troops 
 advance with it, and that they mould run the Ha- 
 2ard of being at laft drawn into fo narrow aCorn- 
 pafs, that they muft be burnt or cut-in Pieces, 
 they beat a Parley, and defir'd to capitulate, and 
 fent out an Officer to that Purpofe, one Colonel 
 Oxborough, as they call'd him. The General 
 refus'd to enter into any Treaty with him, but 
 fent in his Aid du Cawpe, Lieutenant Colo- 
 nel Cotton, to tell them, That he could give 
 them no Terms *, but that they muft imme- 
 diately lay down their Arms, and fubmip 
 to the King's Mercy. They demanded the Ge- 
 neral's Parole for their Lives ; but were anfwer- 
 ed, that he could not give it ; but that if he 
 might advife them, the only Way to obtain 
 Mercy was, to put themfelves in the Way of it; 
 and not by an obftinate and vain Refiftance, 
 make themfelves uncapable of it. 
 
 Upon this Return, they deuVd a Ceflation till 
 next Morning ; alledging, that there were Di* 
 fputes between the English and the Scots about 
 
 Sur-
 
 C 141 3 
 
 Stifrendring , but that they hoped they would 
 be adjufted, and that they fhould be ready to 
 yield by next Morning. 
 
 After fome Time, the General granted the 
 Ceflation, on Condition that they fhould make 
 no new Works within the Place, nor fuffer any 
 to efcape out of the Tewn ; and for the Per- 
 formance of thefe Conditions, the Earl of Der* 
 wentwater and Brigadier Mackintojh, came out 
 with Colonel Cotton-, as Hoftages. The firft 
 of the Conditions, viz. of making no new 
 Works, they, performed very punctually *, but 
 the other, viz. of not letting any of their 
 People efcape, that they did not, neither indeed 
 was it in their Power j many did efcape by un- 
 known Paflages, fome to the Ford of the Ribblc, 
 fome fwimming over it, and fix Gentlemen 
 well mounted, attempting, by a narrow Paf- 
 fage, to get to the Ford^ were furrounded by 
 P*Vr/s Horfe, and, refufing Quarter, were cut 
 in Pieces. 
 
 In the Morning, the 14*^ by Break of Day* 
 they fubmitted, and Colonel Cotton was fent 
 with 200 Men to take PoIfelTion of the Town ; 
 and foon after the Troops march'd in, difarm'd 
 all the Rebels, and confin'd them in the Church, 
 except their Officers, who were confin'd in fe- 
 veral other Parts of the Town. 
 
 General Crfr/^ttr'sTroops being, as is faid, ar- 
 rlv'd theEvening before,were pofted fo,as either 
 to fupport the Troops employed in the At- 
 tack, or to take Share in it if it was to be re- 
 newed, as there mould be Occafion , but the 
 Rebels fubmitting, there was no occafion. 
 
 Thus the Viftory was gain'd, and this Part 
 of the Rebellion- entirely fupprefs'd at one 
 Blow. The Number of Men kill'd among the 
 
 Re-
 
 1 14* ] 
 
 Rebels was never certainly known, no Account 
 being taken of them, nor any Man of Note 
 being kill'd or wounded among them. The 
 Number kill'dand wounded on the King's Side 
 amounted, as by the Lifts which were made 
 publick, to about 130^ among thekiil'd were 
 three Captains, one Lieutenant, one Cornet, 
 and one Enfign. Brigadier Dormer had his Knee 
 lhatter'd with a Mufquet Bali } Major BUnd had 
 a Shot in the Arm , Lord Forrefter and Major 
 Lawfon, of Pre/torts Regiment, were wounded, 
 with feveral other Officers, but none mortally. 
 
 The Number of Prifoners taken, amounted 
 to 1489, among whom were 118 Noblemen, 
 Gentlemen, or Officers } a Lift of whom, by 
 Name, at leaft of fuch as were carry'd to 
 London t as publifh'd by Authority, is annexed 
 in Us" Appendix, No. M. It was reckon'd, 
 tha . beiides thefe taken, and the Slain, there 
 muft above 2000 make their Efcape out of the 
 Town, fome, and perhaps moft. of them, the 
 Night before, when they were fure that they 
 ihould be attack'd j nor can it be call'd want of 
 Courage, becaufe, as a Man among them that 
 was well known to want no Courage for any fuch 
 Occafion faid, None but Madmen would have 
 ftay'd to be attack'd in that Pofture, and none 
 but Cowards have furrendred fo quietly when 
 they were there ; but they were as well di- 
 vided as infatuated. It was faid, there were a 
 great many Clergymen among them, and fome 
 Priefts i but moft of thefe had the good For- 
 tune to make their Efcape : As for the Prifo- 
 rers, they were divided ^ the Noblemen and 
 Gentlemen were moft of them carry'd up to 
 London, where we mail have Occafion to fpeak 
 of them again ; the common Soldiers, and fome 
 
 few
 
 i 14? 1 
 
 few Gentlemen, were difpofed of to the Ca- 
 ftles of Lancafter and Ckefter ; and of them al- 
 fo a farther Account muft be takea. But fix 
 Gentlemen had a different Fate from all the 
 reft : Thefe were, the Lord Cha. Murray, youn- 
 ger Son of the Duke of Atkol* Major Nairn, 
 and Capt. Lockbart, Brother to Lockhart of Carit- 
 Tvarth, Capt. Shaftoe, Enfign Ereskine, and En- 
 iign Dalz^iel. Thefe were all disbanded Officers 
 in the late Britijh Army; but being in Half- 
 Pay, retained therefore in Commiflion, and 
 ought, by the Law of Arms, to be efteem'd 
 Deferters. This being their Cafe, and an Ac- 
 count of it being fignify'd to the Government, 
 they were fingled out from the reft of the Pri- 
 foners to be try'd by a Court Marfhal j and on 
 the 1 7th of November, Orders were fcnt to hold 
 a Court Marfhal, and a Deputy Judge Advocate, 
 with a Commiflion for that Purpofe, was fent 
 down to Preftofj, where, on the 28th of Novem- 
 ber, they were try'd j the five firft were found 
 guilty, and receiv'd Sentence to be fhot to 
 Death j but Enfign Dalziel was acquitted, up- 
 on his proving, that, before he engaged in the 
 Rebellion, he had thrown up his Commiflion : 
 Of the reft, four of them, viz.. Major Nairn, 
 Capt. Lockhart, Capt. Shaftoe, and Enfign Eref- 
 kine, were fhot to Death the 2d of December ? 
 the Lord Ch*. Murray^ in Confideration of his 
 Father. the puke of Jthol, who had continued 
 fleddy to his Majefty's Intereft, tho' dwelling 
 in the Heart of that Country, which was in- 
 volved in the Rebellion, was refpited till far- 
 ther Order, and afterwards, as we hear, made 
 his Efeape out of Cuftody. They died all very 
 refolutely, like Soldiers and Gentlemen, but 
 
 very
 
 t 144 3 
 
 Very penitent, as to their Guilt, and profefs'd 
 tfcemfelves a ll to be Proteftants to the laft. 
 
 The War being thus at an End in that Part 
 of the Country, General Carpenter went bach 
 again, and General Wills received Orders to 
 difpofe the Troops into Quarters of Refrem- 
 ment in the adjacent Countries, only Colonel 
 P/Vf/s Regiment of Horfe remaining in frefton. 
 
 'Tis now Time to return into Scotland^ where 
 it is very remarkable, that the Royal Army 
 came to a general Battle with the Earl of Mar 
 and his Army^ the very fame i3th of Novem- 
 ber, and at the very Hour of the Day when the 
 Rebel Army at Prefton was reduced to the Ne- 
 cefllcy of capitulating, and furrendring to the 
 Royal Army in England : The Particulars of 
 ihrhich Battle we fhall bring from the feveral 
 Relations into as narrow a Compafs as we can. 
 
 The laft Account we had of the Earl of Mar 
 was, that being joined by all the Troops he 
 had to expeft, the Clans under General Gordon 
 only excepted, who were alfo ready to join hint 
 on a March, he was now preparing to decamp, 
 and make his grand Attempt for paffin^ the 
 Forth) and entring the South of Scotland, in or- 
 der to fupport his other Adherents, and carry 
 the War into England. 
 
 To this Purpofe, he fummon'd all his Forces 
 together , and calling a great Council of War 
 at Perth, Where all their Meafures were concert- 
 ed, he left Colonel Bnlfour Governour of the 
 Town, and march'd the loth of Novetnbtr to 
 jtuckterarder, about 9 Miles from Perth, in or- 
 der to draw his Army together, and fettle the 
 Order of Battle, as well as their Order of 
 Marching : He had with him, if we may cre- 
 dit their own Report^ 2300 Horfe, and $000 
 
 Foot,
 
 [ 45 1 
 
 Foot, befides 3000 Foot which join'd him the 
 next pay , fo that his Army confuted of 10300 
 effective Men at the Time of the Battle : Only 
 that they tell us, that 800 Men, whereof 400 
 were Horfe, were drawn up as a Referve on 
 the other Side of the River, and never came 
 into Adion. 
 
 It is plain, the Earl of Mar had no Expecta- 
 tion of being oblig'd to fight fo foon, or that 
 the Duke of Argyle^ whofe Forces were fo 
 much inferior in Number, would meet him half 
 Way to give him Battle \ and therefore, when 
 the Royal Army appear'd, they had their Re- 
 folutions to deliberate , and calling a Council 
 of War in the Field, it was unanimoufly re- 
 folved among them to fight, and, indeed, to 
 begin the Attack. 
 
 The DukA of Argyle was not at all in any 
 Uncertainty \ for when he had firft an Account 
 of the Enemy being advanc'd from Perth with 
 his whole Army, Cannon, and Bread-Waggons, 
 in which it was faid he carried Provifions for 
 12, Days, it was eafy to make a Judgment whac 
 his Intention was ; and therefore the Duke re- 
 folving not to fuffer him to difpnte his Paflage 
 in Places inacceflible to the Horfe, and where 
 they could be of no Ufe in Battle, the Horfe 
 being the only Advantage he had, he patted 
 the River at the Bridge of Sterling the nth 
 with his whole Army, confifting but of 3500 
 Men, whereof about 1200 were Dragoons, all 
 very good Troops, and commanded by experi- 
 cnc'd Officers, and advanc'd that Night to 
 DumbUin. 
 
 The Enemy was at Ardock, about 4 Miles 
 
 Diftance, and had, by their Countenance, feem'd 
 
 as refolv'd for Adion as the other, having gi- 
 
 L vea
 
 C 
 
 vcn Signals, "by firing three Pieces of Cannon 
 that Evening, for all their Troops to aflemble , 
 which being done, they advanc'd in Order of 
 Battle the fame Night, within about a Mile 
 and half of the Royal Army, where they lay 
 upon their Arms all Might, as the Duke of Ar- 
 gyle's Men did alfo. 
 
 There are various Accounts given in Print 
 of this Aftion -, fome from the Relation of Per- 
 fons who pretended to be in the A&ion , fome 
 from Publick Accounts given, as the Party In- 
 terelt directed : We lhall, however, without in- 
 clining to either Side in the Relation, give fuch 
 an Account of it, as, tho' not yet made pub- 
 lick, agrees very well with thofe that are, e- 
 fpecialfy with the beft and moft impartial of 
 them. 
 
 It is abfervable, that in fome of the Accounts 
 given, or rather faid to be given, even by the 
 Earl of MAY himfelf, and printed at Perth, they 
 make him to acknowledge, that Lieutenant Ge- 
 neral Gordon, with the Forces of the Clans, were 
 in the Battle , and again, in fome other Ac- 
 counts, that the fudden March of the Duke of 
 Argyle brought them to an Action fooner than 
 they intended, and before they could be joined 
 by General Gordon. This Difficulty will have 
 this Confequence only here, viz.. to oblige us to 
 give an Account of the Aftion, without na- 
 ming the Perfons acting, at leaft fo as is ufual 
 in Accounts of Battles, and as we mail do on 
 the-other Side, where we all knew who led on 
 in every Part- 
 
 On the 1 3th, by Break of Day, both Armies 
 were again in Motion ; and the Duke advancing 
 to a Riiing-Ground, a little before his Front, 
 could eafily difcern the Enemy's Army in full 
 
 March,
 
 [ 147 ] 
 
 March, tho' another Hill on his left intercepted 
 the Sight, fo as that the Point of their Left 
 Wing could not ;be difcern'd ; nor could he 
 guefs at the Extent of their Line for the fame 
 Reafon, or how far they outflank'd him. The 
 Duke of Argylfs Army was drawn up upon 
 the Bights above Dumblain, to the North-Eaft 
 of the Town, having the Town on his Left, at 
 the Diftance of about a Mile and half, and a 
 wet boggy Moor, call'd Sheriffmoor, on his Right} 
 which Moor was ufually unpayable for the Ca- 
 valry, and was thought to be fo then, only that 
 a light Froft, which happen'd the two or three 
 preceeding Nights, had made it able to bear j 
 and this the Earl of Marr itfeems knew, and 
 therefore extended his Lines to take the Royal 
 Army in Front and Flank, marching his Men 
 diredly over the Moor. This caufed the 
 Duke to alter the whole Difpofition of his 
 Front to meet the Enemy, and prevent one 
 Part of his Men being furrounded ; and this oc- 
 cafion'd the Diforder in the Left, and gave the 
 Enemy an Opportunity to charge them before 
 they were fully form'd, as fhall appear prefent- 
 ly : For to fay the Enemy's Army, who had 
 march'd in order of Battle above a Mile, mould 
 be ready to charge the Duke of Argyll Ar- 
 my before they were form'd, if that unfore- 
 feen Incident had not oblig'd him to change 
 the Difpofitions he had made, would be to fay, 
 the Rebels underftood their Bufinefs better than 
 the King's Generals, which no body will pre- 
 tend to. However it was, this is certain, that 
 when the Royal Army, after tbe changing tKeir 
 Front as above, began to advance, and came 
 up to the Rifmg Grounds, where the Enemy 
 firft appear'd, advancing alfo , they found 
 L 2 them-
 
 3 
 
 themfelves within Piftol-ihot of the Enemy 9 s 
 Right, and heard their Bagpipes playing a great 
 Way farther to the Left than the Ring's Line 
 extended. 
 
 The Order of Battle of the Royal Army was 
 thus : The firft Line confifted of fix Battalions 
 of Foot, all old Troops , but the Battalions 
 being upon the reduc'd Eftabliftiment, were 
 but thin, not exceeding 300 Men each 5 the 
 Right Wing confifted of three Squadrons of 
 Dragoons, the choiceft of the Army ^ and the 
 Left likewife of three Squadrons: The fecond 
 Line confifted of two Battalions of Foot, and 
 two Squadrons of Dragoons, in each Wing. 
 The Duke of Argyle was on the Right, at the 
 Head of the Dragoons of Stair and Evans : 
 ferigadier General Whetham had the Left 5 and 
 Major General Wigbiman commanded in the 
 Center or main Battle. Nor was it a fmall Lofs, 
 that in this A&ion there was ib great a Want 
 of General Officers. 
 
 The Order of Battle of the Enemy, as we 
 have it from their own Accounts, and front 
 fome of the Prifoners, who were taken in the 
 Adion, was thus: They were drawn up in 
 two Lines, as follows : The Foot of the firft 
 Line, drawn up in i o Battalions, but of une- 
 qual Numbers, form'd the main Battle, making 
 about 4000 Men. On the Right they had five 
 full Squadrons ofHorfe; and among them one> 
 call'd the Sterling Squadron, carrying the Pre- 
 tender's Standard : On the Left, they had the 
 new Regiment, call'd the Reftoration Regi- 
 ment of Horfe, all compofed, as they gave 
 out, of Gentlemen of Quality, and pretty well 
 Hors'd, with fix Squadrons of Hunt ley's and 
 Seaforttfs Cavalry. 
 
 their
 
 [149] 
 
 Their fecond Line confifted of 8 Battalions 
 of Foot, but alfo not equal in Number, mak- 
 ing about 2,000 Men, flank'd with three Squa- ' 
 drons of Hoife on each Wing-, and behind 
 thefe, at a Diftance, they had about 400 Horfe 
 drawn up as a Referve, and who either were 
 not ordered to come, or did not come - into 
 the Fight. 
 
 In this Order they advanced to the Moor, 
 and in their March poflefs'd a Riling Ground 
 on their Right, which fo cover'd their Wing, 
 that it could not be feen, as before, how far it 
 extended. 
 
 Upon the Duke's firft extending his Right 
 Wing, the Rebels, who were marching down 
 direftly upon him from the Moor aforefaid, and- 
 expected to have flank'd his Wing, and have 
 charg'd bjefore his Men were form'd, were diP- 
 appointed in that Part } and the Duke, on the 
 other hand, gave Order to his Cavalry imme- 
 diately to charge the Enemy, the Infantry in 
 the Center, at the fame time advancing in good 
 Order, as fait as they could. 
 
 The Enemy's Horfe flood the firft Charge 
 very well, and fir'd very furioufly upon the 
 Dragoons -, but thefe, being better Hors'd, 
 prefs'd them very hard, and, at laft, in Spite 
 of the Vigour of the Men, who fhewM that 
 they wanted no Courage, bore them down by 
 the meer Weight of their Horfes ; and putting 
 them firft into Diforder, in little more than 
 half an Hour they fled full Speed j but as the 
 Dragoons in purfuing kept their Order, the 
 other rallied again in feveral Places, at great 
 Diftance one from another, and endeavouring 
 to form again, fliew'd they had Difpofition e r 
 ^ 3 nough
 
 [ UO] 
 
 nough to renew the Charge, if their Horfes 
 had been equal to thofe of the Royal Troops. 
 
 This very Thing takes off all the Objection, 
 which fome have raifed again ft the Conduft 
 of the Duke, as if he was too eager in the Pur- 
 fait, while, in the mean time, his Left fuffer'd -, 
 for had he flack'd the Purfuit, ano\ had not at- 
 tack'd them in every Part as faft as they fac'd 
 about, not giving them Time to rally any con- 
 fiderable Body together, he had had all his 
 Work to do over again } efpecially, confide- 
 ring a Body of 400 Horfe, who ftood drawn 
 up at a Diftance, ready to have fupported 
 them, tho', at that Time, there was a fmall 
 River between. 
 
 This Manner of purfuing likewife had this 
 Difference, that the Enemy rallying thus conti- 
 nually, and every Minute making a. bold Stand 
 in one Place or other, may be guefs'd at by 
 the Length of Time which it took up to pufh 
 them out of the Field, for that it was from 
 One a Clock to near Four before they gave it 
 over, and pafs'd the little River jtlUn^ which 
 yet was not above two Miles and half in all. 
 
 While this, was doing on the Right, the Left 
 WingJhad a far different Fate;, for, advancing 
 to alter the Scituation of their Front, accord- 
 ing to the Right, they found the main Body of 
 the Enemy's Foot juft in their Front, and ex- 
 tending beyond the Point of their Wing, the 
 Enemy's Horfe being flill to their Left, and ia 
 Condition to take them in Flank, their Horfe 
 alfo not being come up. The Highland Men 
 taking the Signal from the Fire of their Left, 
 fell on upon tfoe three Regiments of Foot, 
 which were on the Left of the Royal Army, 
 Geaeral Wigktman, with the other three, being 
 
 advanc'a
 
 advancM to fupport the Right Wing : The 
 Charge which the Highlanders gave, was fo fu- 
 rious, and their Officers led them on fo daring- 
 ly, that they came up to the very Muzzles of 
 the Mufquets *, and notwithftanding th.e Thrult 
 of the Bayonet, which the Mufqueteers gave 
 them with a great Deal of Bravery, ye f they 
 rufh'd in among the Ranks, receiving all their 
 Fire, putting by their Bayonets, with their 
 Targets, and cut down the Men with their 
 Broad Swords in a Moment. 
 
 It is impoflible to exprefs the Horror which 
 fome of the Gentlemen of the Englifh Regi- 
 ments fay their Men were poflefs'd with at that 
 unufualand favage Way of Fighting : In a Word, 
 the three Battalions were broke, and a greac 
 many of them cut in Pieces in a few Moments ^ 
 and thofe which were not kill'd or taken, were 
 driven in among the Dragoons, and put them 
 likewife into Confufion. 
 
 Had the Cavalry upon the right Wing of the 
 Enemy fallen in at that Time, the whole Left 
 Wing of the Royal Army had been cut off-, nor 
 was it in the Power of the reft of the Foot to 
 aflift them, they being advanced after the 
 Right Wing, to fupport them in the Purfuit 
 of the Horfe. 
 
 The Horfe of the Left Wing feeing their 
 Foot go thus to wreck, after making a hpme 
 Charge upon fome Squadrons which flood on 
 their Flank, and who they oblig'd to retire, 
 finding the Rebels endeavouring to get be- 
 hind them, and fo, either to march to Ster- 
 lingj or cut off their Retreat, found themfelves 
 in no Condition to keep the Field, and retreat- 
 ed in good Order towards Sterling.
 
 C 152] 
 
 By, this time the Enemy, who perhaps thought 
 their Yi&ory compleat on their Side, as, no 
 doubt, the Duke did on his, had, as it was re- 
 ported, an Account of the Misfortune of their 
 Left , and having no Enemy in their Front* 
 they form'd the Infantry of their firft Line 
 with fome Hoffe, making near 5000 Men, and 
 march'd dire&ly back, following by a hafty 
 March in the Rear of thofe Battalions which 
 General Wigktman commanded, and who were 
 ftill advancing after the Duke of Argyle. 
 
 Had the Officer, who led this Bdy, who, it 
 is faid by fome, was Lieutenant General George 
 jjawilton'i others, Lieutenant General Cordon j 
 others, that it was both } and that one was for 
 charging immediately, the other for flaying till 
 their Rear was come up : We fay, had they char- 
 ged tbefe Regiments immediately, the King's 
 Army had been undone ^ but by halting upon 
 the Hill to form their Troops, gave General 
 Wigntmsm Leave to face his Men to the Right a- 
 bout,ashehimfelffaysinhis Account, and to get 
 behind fome little Banks, or old Enclofures, 
 which ferv'd them for a Breaft Work, and from 
 that Cover, to draw off by little and little to 
 JDnmblain^ whither the Duke of Argyle, when 
 he had entirely defeated the Left Wing of their 
 Army folio w'd. 
 
 The Enemy having loft the Advantage, and 
 thereby the Victory, march'd off after their 
 Horfe, who were gathering together on the o- 
 ther Side the little River ; and fo they all went 
 away to Ardocb, both Sides pretending to Vi- 
 ftory , but doubtlefs, the Royal Army had the 
 Tokens of Honour, by taking four Pieces of 
 Cannon, tho' indeed they were not carried off 
 till next Day ; and any one that came for them 
 
 with
 
 C 
 
 with Horfes to draw them, might have ha4 
 them ; nay, the Rebels fay, the Country Peo- 
 ple drew them off to Dmnbtain ; the Earl of 
 Mar having loft the Artillery Horfes, who all 
 run away at the firft of the Battle, frighted with 
 the Noifc, as is not unufual. Thus ended this 
 Day's A&ion j which, if it was not a 'Victory to 
 the Duke, was certainly a Victory to the King ; 
 for by this Battle the Heart of the Rebellion 
 was broke , the Earl of MAT was baislk'd in his 
 Defign-, his Undertaking for a March to the 
 South was laid afide, and never afterwards at- 
 tempted, and the Superiority of his Majefty's 
 Troops was acknowledg'd : Nor did the Earl 
 of Mar 9 or any of his Friends, ever difpute 
 this Part of the Victory , for if they had not 
 been broken in their Courage by the Terror of 
 this Battle, why did they not continue the At- 
 tempt, and proceed on their March after the 
 Fight, their Numbers being not fo much dimi- 
 nifhed in Proportion as the Royal Army } for 
 their Lofs is not computed to be above 800 or 
 poo kill'd and taken, and the Royal Army is faid 
 to lofe near 500 kill'd and taken , which is much 
 more to 3500 Men, than the other was to 9000, 
 or 10500,35 was their Number before the Battle. 
 It would be too long to give here the various 
 Accounts of this Battle , but as the Earl of 
 Mar pretended to claim the Vidory, and pub- 
 liftYd Papers of Particulars of it at Perth ; we 
 have given one of thofe Accounts, at leaft 
 faid to be fo, in the Appendix, No. N. As 
 alfo the Account faid to be given by General 
 WightmAn, and publifhed in his Name, in a 
 Letter to his Friend, No. O. And thefe, with 
 the above, we hope, may ferve to hand down to 
 Pofterity a true Account of this Battle. 
 
 The
 
 The Number of the Shin was repoted as ei- 
 ther Side thought fit *, but as for Prifoners on 
 either Side, thofe taken by the Royal Army a- 
 mounted to about Eighty four, moft of whom 
 were Gentlemen, the Defeat happening wholly 
 among the Horfe } the Number of Prifoners 
 taken by the Rebels, was faid to be 200 , but, 
 as the other reported, was 1 10, befides Officers. 
 The Earl of Strathmore-^ and the Captain of 
 Clanranald, were kill'd on the Spot, on the Re- 
 bel Side ; and the Earl of Forfar, in the King's 
 Army ; the Earl of I/lay, the Duke of Argyle 's 
 Brother, was wounded in two Places, but not 
 mortally. The Earl of Pemuir, among the 
 Rebels, was wounded very much, and taken ; 
 but retaken by his Brother, and carry'd off; 
 and the Lord Strathatan was taken Prifoner. 
 
 The Lift of the Prifoners taken by the Duke 
 of Argyle^ with their Titles and Designations, 
 was publimed at the Time, and is in the Ap- 
 pendix, No. P. 
 
 As the Vi&ory at Prejlon was two Days in 
 compleating, the Attack beginning the \2th, 
 and the Surrender being the 13^, fo both 
 were to the Intereft of the Rebels to be reck- 
 oned as Dies Infaufltts^ unlucky Days \ and both 
 muft be celebrated in our Annals as Days of 
 double Fortune. FOR on the i$th was the Vidory 
 of Shcrrijf-Maor, or Dttmblain, and on the iif/;, 
 was the taking of the Town of Inverntfs from 
 the Rebels by the Earl of Sutherland, as it; was 
 then faid : But not to leflen his Lordfhip's Chara- 
 er at all, if the Accounts the Gentlemen of that 
 Country give are true, the Town was taken by 
 the Lord Lovat, and the Grants^ a potent Clan in 
 thofe Parts, the Earl of Sutherland not being pre- 
 fe'at, or concerned in it - 7 tho' othenvife it is 
 
 true,
 
 true, that all the Forces in the King's Intereft 
 on that Side, were efteem'd as under the Earl 
 of Sutherland's Command , and fo they were, 
 his Lordfhip being made Lieutenant General of 
 the Army by the King, as a Teftimony to the 
 flgnal Services he had done. But the King's 
 Intereft was at this Time maintain'd in the 
 Parts on this Side the Water of Nefs in Strath- 
 fpey, Elgin, and the Shires of Sampff and Mur- 
 ray, by ieverai Loyal Gentlemen, who not only 
 retained and defended their own Houfes, 
 and the Country to which they belonged ;. 
 but made Excurfions into the Places round 
 them for the King's Intereft } and by thefe 
 Gentlemen the Town of hvernefs was taken, 
 as appears by an Account of their Services, 
 which they made publick in Juftice to them- 
 felves. 
 
 By the re-taking of Invernefs indeed, his Ma- 
 jefty's Intereft in thofe Parts was made more 
 formidable , and the Communication being 
 thereby opened between the Earl of Sutherland's 
 Forces and thefe Gentlemen, they became able 
 to join their Power, and by that Means to bring 
 the Marquifs of Huntley, and the Earl of Sea- 
 forth, not only out of the Army of the Rebels, 
 but at length to Terms of Submiffion. 
 
 The fame i2th of November is yet made 
 happy, by one other very remarkable Circum- 
 ftance, in which the Publick was not a little con- 
 cern'd ; for that very Day in the Evening Capt. 
 Williamfon, Aid du Camp to Lieutenant General 
 Cadogan, arriv'd at White-Hall, with the News of 
 the Barrier Treaty being fign'd, bringing with 
 him a Duplicate of the Indenture, or Treaty it 
 felf, for his Majefty to ratify. This Treaty 
 
 had
 
 r 
 
 had been a long while in Hand, and had met 
 with many Difficulties and Delays } and it was 
 very much doubted by fome, whether the Im- 
 perialifts purpofed to conclude it at all or no. But, 
 after great Difputes, it was at laft finifh'd at 
 Antwerp, and fign'd by the Plenipotentiaries of 
 the Emperor, the States General, and the King 
 of Great Britain, by which the Bounds and Li- 
 mits of the Imperial Dominions in the Nether* 
 lands, as alfo of the States General, were ad j lift- 
 ed j and, which was more than al], that to 
 us the Emperor became Guarrantee of the Suc- 
 cefllon of the Houfe of Hanover to the Crown 
 of Great Britain, as the States General were 
 before. 
 
 Three Days after this, viz.. the i 5^, General 
 Cadogan himfelf came over, bringing with him 
 the Dutch Auxiliaries, confifting of 6000 Men, 
 all Foot, including a Regiment of difmounted 
 Dragoons, who were order'd to ferve on Foot ; 
 3000 of them came up the River the next Day, 
 and afterwards landed at Deptford-, and the 
 other 3000 proceeded Northwardjn order to go 
 to Scotland $ but, by a fudden Storm, were 
 driven into Harwich, Tarmouth, Hull, and other 
 Ports; one Veflel mifcarry'd, in which 28 Men 
 were loft, the reft in that Veflel being faved by 
 the Diligence of thofe near them ; the reft land- 
 ed at the feveral Places where they put in, and 
 lay long Wind-bound, the fevere Weather, 
 and Eafterly Winds, holding many Weeks \ 
 but at laft purfued their Voyage, and came all 
 fafe to Leith Road. 
 
 The Severity of the Winter Seafon came now 
 on, and the Accident of the mod violent Froft, 
 and the deepeft Snows, which had happen'd in 
 Britain for thirty Years before, brought both 
 
 Sides
 
 
 f 1*7 1 
 
 Sides to theKecefllty of lying ftill, as in Win- 
 ter Quarters ; which, however, was this Ad- 
 vantage to the King's Affairs, that it affifted in 
 the March of the Dutch Troops by Land from 
 London , who, after their having been put into 
 Qnartersof Refrefhment for fome Time, began 
 their March the 26th of this Month, and came 
 fafe to Scotland, and joinM with their Fel- 
 lows who went by Sea, before there was any 
 Room for Aftion, the violent Froft being not 
 in the leaft abated, or the Ways at all paflable. 
 
 The Earl of Mar feem'd to have fome Ad- 
 vantage likewife from this Recefs of Aftion, 
 we. that in the mean Time a great many Ships 
 with Provifions and Officers came in daily to 
 him from France, and laft of all, the Pretender 
 himfelf-, of which we mail give a full Account 
 in its Place. 
 
 But we return to the Civil Adminiftratiqn, 
 which, for a good while, has been laid by : The 
 parliament of Great Britain was now under a 
 Recefs, which both the publick and private Af- 
 fairs call'd for ^ which Recefs being but by Ad- 
 journment, all the Impeachments given in to 
 the Houfe of Peers fubfifted, the Parliament 
 Prifoners remained, the Committee of Secrecy 
 had Power to fit, and all the publick Affairs 
 were kept on in a State of formal Profecudon, 
 as if the Houfe had been ftill fitting. 
 
 But the King had another Kingdom to caft 
 his Eye upon, and which was equally exposed, 
 if not more fo than this; and which, as he 
 could not withdraw his Care of, and Protection 
 from, without Diminution of the Glory of his 
 Reign } fo neither can our Annals becompleat, 
 unlef's we give a fummary Account of what 
 Steps were taken at this Time for the Security 
 
 and
 
 C 158 ] 
 
 and Effcablifliment of that Part of the King's 
 Dominions, and carry them on Hand in Hand 
 with thofc of this Nation. 
 
 Ireland had been for fome Time under the 
 Influence of the late Adminiftration, without 
 the Pretence of a fupreme Magiftrate. The Earl 
 of Snndtrland, who had been namM Lord Lieu- 
 tenant for that Kingdom, had been long in- 
 difpos'd , and the Lords Juftices, nominated to 
 aft ia his Abfence, had been fuch as, by their 
 claming with the Parliament, and with the City 
 of Dublin, and by other Parts of their Conduct, 
 had made themfelves obnoxious to the prefent 
 Government, and had created many Feuds and 
 Difcontents among the People there, which cal- 
 led for immediate Remedy. 
 
 The Indifpofition -of the Earl of Stmderland 
 continuing longer than was expedited, his Lord- 
 fhip was perfwaded by his Friends to relign the 
 Poll of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and the 
 Government was committed jointly to the Duke 
 of Grafton, and the Earl of Galway, and, with- 
 out entring into the Times and Particulars of 
 their being nominated, their Preparations, tra- 
 velling to Cbeftcr, {hipping off, &c. it is fuffi- 
 cient to fay, they arriv'd at Dublin the ifl of 
 November, were received with the ufual Solem- 
 nities, and immediately apply'd themfelves to 
 the proper Duties of that great Office, and to 
 fet to Rights the Affairs of that Country, which 
 they found in Confufion enough. 
 
 A Parliament had been call'd by the King's 
 Proclamation fome Time before ; and the Lords 
 Juftices being arriv'd in Time, theTwoRoufes 
 met the nth of November , and the firft Thing 
 to be done, being the Choice of a Speaker, that 
 Choice fell unanimoufly upon William Connolly , 
 
 Efqi
 
 [159] 
 
 EA an d as tne Man was known, fo thfc Choice 
 of him gave every one a Knowledge of the 
 Temper of the Houfe then, viz. how they ftood 
 aflfeded as to Parties. 
 
 The Speaker being chofen and approved, the 
 fame Day the Lords Juflices made a Speech to 
 both Houfes, as follows : 
 
 c Afy Lords and Gentlemen^ 
 1 T TIS Majefty having been pleas'd to ap- 
 4 JL JL point us Juflices and Governours of this 
 1 his Kingdom of Ireland, we are glad to meet 
 1 you in Parliament, where you will have an Op-' 
 
 * portunity of concerting fuch Meafures as may 
 tend to the publick Welfare. 
 
 * We heartily congratulate with you upon the 
 1 King's moft happy Acceffion to the Throne; 
 e being fully perfwaded, that you have a due 
 
 * Senfe of God's Mercy in this Aft of his di- 
 c vine Providence, which affords us fo fair a 
 c Profpeft of becoming a fiourifhing People 
 4 under the Reign of a Prince, whofe Wifdom, 
 
 * Juftice, and Clemency, entitle him to the 
 
 * Love and Obedience of his Subjects at Home, 
 
 * as his Refolution and ftrift Obfervance of 
 
 * Treaties, have gain'd him the Refpeft and 
 c Efteem of his Allies abroad. 
 
 ' We are commanded by his Majefty to aflure 
 c you, that he will inviolably preferve our ex- 
 c cellent Conftitution both in Church and State j 
 
 * the Continuance of which Blefling is farther 
 4 fecur'd to us by the eminent Virtues of the 
 
 * Prince of Wales ^ and by fo numerous an Iflue 
 ' as God has beftow'd upon his Royal Highnefs. 
 
 c It is with no fmall Satisfaction that we ob- 
 c ferve, the Calm which this Kingdom, here- 
 c toforc the Scene of fo many Rebellions, at
 
 r i<so 3 
 
 prefent enjoys, while the traiterous Enemies 
 Jo our King, and to our happy Eftabhfoment, 
 difcover'd by your early and fteady Zeal for 
 the Proteftant Succeflion, have thought fit to 
 change the Place of Adion, and attempt elfe- 
 where to difturb his Majefty's Government, 
 whofe undoubted Right to the Crown of thcfc 
 Realms is founded on the Laws of the Land, 
 and fecur'd by the Affeftions of his People at 
 fembled in Parliament. 
 
 * So defnerate and wicked a Defign mult end 
 in the Gonfufion of the Perfons concern d in 
 it, and fix his Maiefty's Throne upon a furer 
 "Foundation, by diftinguifhing the true Friends 
 to his Royal Perfon and Government, irom 
 the Abettors of Popery and Slavery : Yet your 
 Conduft will not be agreeable to your ac- 
 cuftom'd Prudence, if you negleft to put 
 your felves in the beft Pofture oi D5 fe u n . ce A u P' 
 on thisOccafion-, for which Purpofe, his Ma- 
 
 < jefty has caufed Arms to be delivered out o 
 
 * his Stores to the Militia, and has order d aa 
 ' Addition to be made to each Company re- 
 
 < maining in this Kingdom, till fuch Time as 
 
 * he can replace thofc Regiments, which the 
 
 * Keceffity of his Affairs has oblig'd him at pre- 
 
 * fent to draw from hence, to fuppreis the Re- 
 t bels in Great Britain', wherein your Safety is 
 
 < equally concern'd with that of his other Sub- 
 
 . 
 
 Gentlemen of the Hottfe of Common*, 
 ' We have order'd a State of the publick 
 
 * Accounts, together with the Charge ot 
 
 Eftablifhraent, to be laid before you in t 
 
 * clearelt and plaineft Light-, by which you 
 
 will judge, what Supplies will be wanting to 
 
 carry on the Seivice, and to defray
 
 [ isi 3 . 
 
 * pences as you may think proper for your 1 
 own Security , nor can we in the lealt doubt, 
 after fo many Proofs of your AfFeftion to his 
 Majefty, but you will cheerfully contribute 
 to the neceflary Aids for tile Support of a 
 Government, whofe Welfare is infeparable 
 from your own. 
 
 c You may depend upon a juft and frugal Ap- 
 e plication of the Money given to the Purpofe 
 
 * for which you deilgn it. 
 
 * My Lords and Gentlemen, 
 * We have his Majefty's Orders to acquaint 
 
 * you, that he will readily confent to fuch good 
 
 * Laws, as may conduce to make you an eafy 
 ' and a happy People } and you may be aflur'd, 
 
 * that we mall always concur with you in every 
 ' thing that may be advantageous to theKing- 
 c dom ^ for which End we will willingly receive 
 
 * your Advice. 
 
 c We muft recommend to you in the pre- 
 c fent Conjun&ure, -all reafonable Difpatch ia 
 
 * your Proceedings } and fuch Unanimity ia 
 ' your Refolutions, as may once more put an 
 
 * End to all other Diftin&ions in Ireland^ but 
 f that of Proteftant and Papilt. 
 
 It will not conjift with the needful Brevity 
 of thefe Annals, to repeat at large all the loyal 
 and dutiful AddrefTes of the Irtfh Parliament, 
 as well Lords as Commons, and as well to the 
 King, as to the Lords ]u dices, upon the feveral 
 Occafions that occurr'd to them this firft Seflion, 
 which were more than ordinary, and which 
 would fwellour Annals to an unreafonableBulk*, 
 and therefore I purpofely omit the Addrefles 
 to the King by the Houfe of Lords and Com- 
 mons, and two to the Lords Juftices, in Return 
 M to
 
 to the Speech aforefaid, being only Things in 
 Courfe, and Matter of ufual Form, exprelTmg 
 their Zeal for his Majefty's Service, Readinefs to 
 do all that was requir'd of them, Thanks for 
 the Speech from the Tbrone, and the like. How- 
 ever, fome AddrefTcs will be absolutely necef- 
 fary to be feen , and fhall have their Place in 
 the Appendix as we come to them in Order. 
 
 The Parliament being of a much different 
 Sort from their immediate Predeceilbrs in the 
 Houfe, apply'd very early to unravel what had 
 been done in the laft Sittings, and to fhew their 
 Refentment at fome Perfons and Proceedings 
 during the late Adminiftration , of all which 
 we fhal-1 give an Abftraft with as much Brevity 
 as we can. 
 
 Firft having refolv'd upon the Addrefles of 
 Thanks, 'as above^ they began in the Houfe of 
 Peers with a Bill for recognizing his Majefty's 
 Title to the Crown-, and the Commons hav- 
 ing fir ft fettled their Committees, began with 1 
 falling upon his Majefty's Enemies-, thefe laft 
 produced the feveral Bills for farther Security 
 of the Perfon and Government of the King, 
 &c. which was the Bill to attaint the Pretender , 
 and give a Reward of $ooco/. for his Head , 
 and for attainting the Duke of Ormond, giving 
 the Crown his Eftate, and ioooo/. Reward up- 
 on his Head. 
 
 Thefe were follow 'd of Courfe by a Retro- 
 fpeft upon the Councils of the laft Reign ',_ and 
 a Refolve was pafs'd, nemine contradicente, a- 
 gainft thofe who advis'd the^Queen to prorogue 
 the late Parliament, at a Time when a Bill to 
 attaint the Pretender was depending; and they 
 were unanimoufly voted to be Enemies to the 
 
 Sue-
 
 r 
 
 Sncceffion, and Favourers of the Pretender and 
 Popery. 
 
 They proceeded in the next Place to bring in 
 a Bill to prevent Tumults, rebellious and rio- 
 tous Aflemblies : All which Bills, together with 
 the Supplies demanded, went thro' the Houfes 
 in the ufual Form, without the leaft Oppofition 5 
 and being ratified in England, as the Conftitu- 
 tion requires, were finilh'd, and receiv'd the 
 Royal Aflent ; as fhall be obferv'd in its Courfe. 
 
 But they did not end here \ for on the 1 7th 
 the Commons, while the publick AccountSj 
 which were ordered to be laid before them^ 
 w^re preparing, entred into another Enquiry, 
 which brought a great many of their Members 
 to their Peccavi on their Knees. The Cafe was 
 this : The laft Houfe of Commons in the 
 Queen's Time, running pretty much the fame 
 Way, had addrefs'd the Queen againft Sir Con- 
 ftantine Phtpps, at that Time Lord Chancellor of 
 IreUnd, and one of the Lords Juftices of that 
 Kingdom , deliring her Majefty to remove him 
 from his Employment; but as this Addrefs 
 feemM at that Time not to be very acceptable 
 to her Majefty, or to the Councils of that 
 Reign, there were fundry other and counter 
 Addrefles procur'd, and fent up from the feve- 
 ral Counties and Towns in Ireland, in Favour 
 of Sir Conftantine Phipps , and defiring, that he 
 might not be removM, notwithstanding the faid 
 Addrefs of the Houfe of Commons. This the 
 Houfe eftecmM to be a Breach of the Privilege 
 of Parliament $ and refolvM to (hew their Re- 
 fentment at the Perfons who fign'd thofe Ad- 
 drefTes, tfpecially fuch as were then Members 
 of the fitting Parliament. 
 
 M i A-
 
 1 1643 
 
 Accordingly they appointed a Committee to 
 enquire what AddrefleS of that kind were fent up 
 to her late Majefty, and who fign'd them} and 
 they cenfur'd, or brought to Acknowledgment, 
 a great many Gentlemen upon this Account-, 
 and then they addrefs'd the Lords Juftices, to 
 ilTue out a Proclamation againft the Popifh In- 
 habitants of Limerick and Galway : It feems, 
 thofe People in thofe Towns, prefuming upon 
 the Copftruction they thought fit to put upon 
 the Articles of Capitulation made with King 
 William) for the Surrender of thofe Places, had 
 claim'd or pretended to an Exemption from 
 the Penalties and Procefs upon the other Laws 
 againft Papifis ; upon Complaint whereof to the 
 Houfe, this Addrefs was founded. 
 
 In this Current of publick Refentment, doing 
 themfelvesjuftice upon Excurfionsof the former 
 ruling Party, they forgot not, even a mean 
 Kews-Writer, one Richard Fue^ whofe Cafe 
 was as follows : 
 
 There was in the latter End of the late 
 Reign a Defign much talk'd of, about breaking 
 the Irijlj Army, removing the Whiggifi Officers 
 and Regiments, and the like ^ which, however 
 prevented, is not our Bulinefs to enquire ^ but 
 it feems it was only talk'd of, not done. But this 
 News- Writer, in a publick Paper of his, call'd 
 /Ws Occurrences , almoft two Years before this 
 Enquiry, viz. Afarch 30, 1714. had printed the 
 following Paragraph, as a Piece of News. 
 
 An Exprefs is fent to Ireland for the immediate 
 breaking the following Regiments tbere^ viz. the 
 Lord Mountjoy';, Col. Char. Churchill'.*, Col. 
 WadeV, and Col, Corbet'*, being a/i Foot ; Col. 
 Pepper V, ani Col. Kerr'j Dragoons. Thv boneft 
 People of Irelind will fvffer by the ill Trafticss and 
 
 De-
 
 Defigns of their late fattious Houfe of Commons, 
 which is a Pity ', for thefe Drawbacks w;ll he 40 
 or 50000!. per Ann. out of that Kingdom** Way , 
 befides the Lofs of the Money the faid fix Regi- 
 ments would fpend in their Country ; and another 
 of their Regiments is to be fent to Port Ma hone. 
 Now, let their Whiggifo Cloathiers and Cloth' 
 Workers {inftead of Wine every Night, as they 
 had at the late Elettion for Parliament Aden for 
 your City and County, at the Scots Ambaffadors on 
 the Comb,) drink Taplaf), which they may have 
 cheap, face the additional Duty is off. 
 
 This Paper was cenfur'd in the Honfe to be 
 a falfe, Scandalous, and malicious Libel, high- 
 ly reflefting on thejuftice and Honour of the 
 late Houfe of Commons of Ireland', and or- 
 der'd the faid Pue to be taken into Cuftody of 
 their Sergeant at Arms, for printing the 
 fame. 
 
 All this was but the firfb Week's Work of 
 the Houfe, fo vigoroufly did they go on in their 
 Work. The next Week began with laying be- 
 fore the Houfe Abftrafts of the publick Ac- 
 counts, and fuch Things as the Houfe had called 
 for, for their Guidance in the Supply , and the 
 Excife-Bill being pafs'd, the Lords Jufticescame 
 to the Houfe, and gave the Royal Aflent to 
 two Bills, Part of thofe mentioned before, 
 viz.. i. An Adi for an additional Duty upon 
 Beer, Ale, &c. 2. An Aft to recognize his Ma- 
 jefty's Titles, &c. The other Bills were not yet 
 ready. 
 
 In the mean Time, a Bill was brought in far- 
 ther to explain a former Aft for preventing 
 the Growth of Popery. A Bill for Encourage- 
 ment of Tillage. And a Bill to lim.it the Time 
 for criminal Profecutions for treafonable Word?, 
 M 3 tf*-
 
 C 
 
 &c. Likewife an Enquiry was made into forae 
 former Proceedings in the Courts of Juftice^ 
 where a notorious Injury was done to one 
 Mr. Dudley Moor : It was indeed an unprecedent- 
 ed Cafe, at leaft in the particulars > the faid 
 Hv.Moor having been profecuted upon a Party 
 Quarrel, in the late Difputes about the City of 
 Dublin , and leaft a Jury return'd by the pro- 
 per Officer fhould not be for the Purpofe, the 
 Clerk of the Crown was order'd by the Court 
 of Queen's Bench, to ftrike a Jury for the 
 Trial. 
 
 The Houfe of Commons refented this as a 
 Breach of the Conftitution, and examin'd it in 
 a Committee of the whole Houfe upon the 
 State of the Nation } and, after many long 
 Pebaces, they feverely cenfur'd the Judges, and 
 others concern'd. Firft, they refolv'd upon the 
 whole Debate, That by the Laws of the Land, 
 and conftant, uninterrupted Ufage of the Court 
 of Kings Bench^ all Juries in criminal Cafes 
 ought to be nominated and returned by the 
 Sheriffs only, unlefs there be a legal Challenge 
 to his or tl^r making fuch Return. This Re- 
 folution ftated the Thing as it ought to have 
 been -, and then coming to examine how diffe- 
 rent the Condudt of the People concerned had 
 been from what, by the Ufage of Court, &c. 
 it ought to have been, they fell upon the 
 Perfons themfelyes in the following Refolu- 
 tions : 
 
 j. That the Rule made in the Court of Qu 
 JBenc'j in the Cafe of Dudley Moor, Efq; where- 
 by the Clerk of the Crown was required to 
 ftrike a Jury for his Trial, was unprecedent- 
 
 ed*
 
 f i<7'] 
 
 ' cd, arbitrary, and illegal, and a high Invafion 
 of the Rights and Liberties of the Subje&s of 
 Ireland. 
 
 2. That Sir Richard Cox, late"] 
 
 Lord Chief Juflice of the j had, by making 
 faid Court, fuch Rule, afted 
 
 3. That Thomas CW, Ifq; late i partially, arbitra- 
 one of the Juftices of the h'ily, and illegally, 
 
 faid Court, 
 4. That Richard 
 late one of the Juftices of 
 
 and contrary to 
 the Oath and Du- 
 ty of a Judge. 
 
 the faid Court, 
 5. That Philip Savage, Efq^ then Clerk of the 
 Crown, &c. in naming the Jury, ^r. "in which 
 Jury were feveral Perfons who had Employ- 
 ments under the Crown, and others who had 
 no Freeholds, afted partially, malicioufly, 
 and illegally. 
 
 This Cafe is too conilderable to be omitted, as 
 it ftands as a Precedent upon Record to warn the 
 higheft Officers of Juttice to a& legally and up- 
 rightly in their Offices. 
 
 During thefe Proceedings, the Civil and Mi- 
 litary Lifts were laid before the Houfe to be 
 confidered of, and provided for, in the Supply 
 then railing, and were accordingly taken. Care 
 of. 
 
 The vindictive Part of their Proceedings 
 were not yet finifhed. The former Addrefles in 
 Favour of Sir Conpantine Phipps, having been di- 
 redly oppofite to an Addrefs of the Houfe of 
 Commons, and tending as a Precedent to ener- 
 vate the future Addrefles of the Parliament, 
 had niach moved the 'Refentment of the Ho.ufe \ 
 and the firft Refolution in that Cafe, was paft 
 on the 2oth of November as follows : That the 
 M 4 feve-
 
 [ 168 ] 
 
 feveral Paragraphs taken out of thofe AddrefTes, 
 and mentioned in the Report of their Com- 
 mittee, were notoriously falfe, fcandalous^ and ma- 
 licious, &c. 2. That tke Addrejs of the late Houfe 
 of Commons to her J^fajefy^ for removing Sir Con- 
 ftantine Phipps/m?z bis Plaqe of Lord Chancellor, 
 was at that .Time neccffary, to fecure the Protcftant 
 Succejpon and Inter eft of the Kingdom-^ to both which 
 he was an inveterate. Enemy. 
 
 Thefe Refoluticms being. paft as preliminary, 
 they began next to confider, what : was to be' 
 done in Cafe of fuch Members of their Houfe 
 as had fign'd fuch Addreffes} and order'd, that 
 they be call'd upon in their Places to give their 
 Reafons for figning, &c. 
 
 Molt of the Members, inftead of giving Rea- 
 fons, exprefs'd themfelves forry for having 
 done it, and begg'd Pafdon -, and the Houfe 
 received their Submiflion, and accepted it as a 
 
 Satisfaction , thefe were EeaMchamfr-TLfcfr 
 
 flans Hamilton, Efq^ Stontov, tlenry Ege- 
 
 worth, ' Lndlow^ Henry Bingham, 
 
 Haughton, Lekune. Several others di4 
 
 the like afcerwar.ds ; as Mr. Brownlow, Spencer t 
 Edgworth)Clif,and others, who, on like Acknow- 
 ledgment, were acquitted } but others withdraw- 
 ing, were fent for in Cuftody ; as, Mr. Tho. P^/- 
 lifer, t ho' 'after, on his Submiflion, he was like- 
 \vife difcharged :, Sir Donald o Breian fubmitted, 
 and v/as accepted } but Sir Pierce Butler wasre- 
 fus'd 7 j and order'd into Cuftody, notwithlland- 
 itig his Submifllons-, as were likewife Robert 
 Cope and' Mathew Ford^ Efqrs; Again, Brigadier 
 Trice, Girald Cujf y and George Matthews, Elqrsj 
 were accepted on their Submiflion j they Hke- 
 wife fell upon the Sheriffs of Counties and pri- 
 vate Gentlemen,' wjtio had been active in fign-
 
 ing the faid Addreffes, and then upon fuch of 
 their own Members as were not Members of 
 the late Houfe of Commons. The Sheriffs 
 a,nd other Gentlemen were fummop'd to attend 
 t|ie Houfe ; but as they attended, and were not 
 call'd immediately, fome were difcharg'd from 
 their Attendance } and the Houfe, f^tisfying 
 themfelves for the Prefent with the Juftice they 
 had done, let the Thing fall of Courfe. 
 
 About this Time, a Proclamation was pub- 
 lifti'd in Ireland on three very remarkable Occa- 
 fions: i. Againft Popilh Priefts coming into the 
 Kingdom. 2. Againft Ships going to Scotland 
 with Provifions for the Rebels there. 3. Againft 
 the efcaping of the Lancashire Rebels to Ireland^ 
 after the Defeat at Prefton. 
 
 Several other Bills were now brought into 
 the Houfe, viz* A Bill to regulate Eleftions 5 
 a Bill to prevent Imprifonment beyond the 
 Seas : Note, this was pointed at Parents, who 
 confin'd their Children beyond the Seas in Nun- 
 neries and Monaftries. A Bill to make the Mi- 
 litia more ufeful : NOTE, This Bill occaponeA 
 an Addrefs to the Lords Jhflices, for fin immediate 
 Supply of Arms and Ammunition for the Vfe of 
 the Militia ; which Addrefs being fent up to the 
 King, his Majefty ordered 10000 Firelocks, with 
 Proportion of Powder and /?<*//, to he delivered out 
 of the Magazines in England, forthwith to he 
 fent to Ireland for that Purpofe, as we mail fee 
 prefently. The next Bill brought in was, for 
 reftraining Papifts from being Conftables, and 
 foe regulating the Parifh-Watch in all the Pa- 
 rimes throughout the Kingdom. 
 
 The Reports from the Committee appointed 
 to infpedl: the publick Accounts, were now rea- 
 dy j and the Houfe had before them the Con- 
 
 lidera-
 
 [ 170 ] 
 
 ^derations of a Supply, whrch they now ad- 
 jufted at iS-jffil. i2s. d. and voted the 
 Money to be lev-y'd accordingly. 
 
 By this Time the Addrefies of the Houfes 
 having been prefented to the King, and his Ma- 
 jefty's Anfwer return'd , thofe Anfwers were 
 received with great Expreflions of Duty and 
 Thankfulnefs by the Honfe. The faid An- 
 fwers are as follow : i/, To the Addrefs 
 of the Houfe at the opening the Sefllon, as 
 follows : 
 
 K I N G 's Anfwer. 
 
 GEORG E R. 
 
 4 TT is with great Satisfa&ion that hisMajefty 
 ' __ lias received this dutiful and loyal Addrefs 
 4 of the Houfe of Commons-, and that he fees 
 c the fame Spirit in the prefent Houfe, which fo 
 
 * eminently diftinguifh'd itfelf for his Succeflion 
 
 * in the lafb. 
 
 ' His Majefly will always continue to make 
 
 * Ufe of the moft effeftual Means for fupport- 
 c ing the Prcteftant Inter eft and Liberties of the 
 
 * Kingdom of Ireland ; and is not furpriz'd to 
 4 find in fuch a Houfe of Commons, a jnft Ab- 
 
 * horrence of the Authors and Fomenters of 
 
 * the unnatural and wicked Rebellion in Great 
 
 * Britain : tho', by the Help of Almighty 
 c God, their Attempts are like to prove perni- 
 
 * cious to none but themfelfes. 
 
 * His Majefty thanks- the Houfe for their 
 4 Promife of fnch Supplies as will ftipport fcis 
 
 * Eftablifhment with Honour \ and gives them 
 
 * his AfTurance, that they fhall be employ'd for 
 4 the Welfare of fo faithful and obedient a 
 4 People.
 
 C >7i 1 
 
 Next his Majefty's Anfwer by the Lords Ju- 
 ftices to their Addrefs for a Supply of Arms 
 and Ammunition for theUfe of the Militia, de- 
 liver'd to them by the Lords Jultices v as follows^ 
 
 * f~\ U R Duty to his Majefty, and Zeal for 
 c v>/ the Good of this Country, oblige us to 
 
 * do all that lies in our Power, for the Secu- 
 
 * rity and Defence of the Kingdom : Where- 
 
 * fore finding upon our Arrival here, that al- 
 1 molt all the Arms which had been in the 
 
 Stores, were delivered out for the Ufe of the 
 
 Militia, whereby two fifths only of the Men 
 
 e array'd were arm'd ; and that there was like- 
 
 * wife a very great Want of Ammunition, we 
 thought our felves oblig'd to reprefent to his 
 Majefty, how necefTary it was that the King- 
 
 * dom fhould be immediately fupply'd with 
 more Arms and Ammunition at fo critical a 
 Jun&ure, confidering the great Numbers and 
 Difpofition of the Papijls. And we have re- 
 ceiv'd his Majefty's gracious Anfwer, that 
 Orders are given for providing and fending 
 hither, with all convenient Speed, ten Thou- 
 fand Mufquets, with proportionable Quantity 
 
 of Powder and Ball. We mould have been 
 glad, that the Number of Arms wanting for 
 the Militia, could have been furnifh'd here 
 
 4 fo fbon as the prefent Emergency might re- 
 
 * quire ^ but confidering the Circumftances of 
 the Kingdom, we thought it necefTary no Time 
 
 e mould be loft in fo important a Matter. And 
 
 * we are glad to find the Houfe of Commons 
 c concur in a Defire fo agreeable to the King's 
 e moft gracious Intentions, which we mail not 
 f fail to lay before his Majefty. 
 
 On
 
 On the i jth of December, Heads of a Bill 
 \vere orderM to be brought in, which was very 
 extraordinary, viz.. for exempting Proteftant 
 Diflenters from the Penalty ot former Laws, for 
 ferving in the Militia, when thereunto call'd by 
 lawful Authority. Note^ One of the Reafqns 
 given for this Bill was, that in fome Parts of 
 the Kingdom, there would not have been found 
 proper Officers enough to command the Militia, 
 if the Difienters continued to be excluded. 
 
 The Houfe were now drawing their Affairs 
 towards a Recefs, and the Refolntions for Ways 
 and Means for railing the Supply, were next 
 confider'd, and agreed to, as follows : That to- 
 \vards raifing the Supply voted to his Majefty, 
 
 of 187587 12 4 ;, 
 
 1. The Excife-Bill already paft be Part thereof, 
 being for fix Months, ending 21 May, 171$: 
 
 2. That the fame continued from the 21 May, 
 1716. for one Year aqd fix Months, be the 
 Relidue thereof. 
 
 Note^ Thefe additional Excifes and Diuties 
 were as follow : 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 Strong Beer or Ale, p*r Bar. o i. 6 
 Small Beer or Ale, o o 3 
 
 Aqua Vitae, Strong WaO 
 
 ters, or Spirits per Gall. J" 3 
 Tobacco imported, perC.wt. o o B 
 Muilins imported,/*rrW, o o 6 
 */? India Silks, f err*r4 9 o i 6 
 Foreign Spirits, ere. Per (?<*//. o p 8
 
 Six Pence per Pound, and the Fees payable out 
 
 of Aids granted this prefent Parliament. 
 Four Shillings per Pound upon all Sallaries, Pro- 
 fits of Employment, Fees and Penfions on the 
 publick Eftablifhment, except the Half-Pay 
 Officers, and fuch Perfons as are commanded 
 out of the Kingdom in the Fleets or Armies on 
 immediate Service. To begin and end the 
 fame Time as the Duties on Wine, &c. 
 Then the Houfe refolv'd on an Addrefs to the 
 King, to ftrike off the Penfion of 5ooo/. per 
 Annum, granted by the late Queen to the Duke 
 of Ormond. And on the 2Oth, the Houfe pre- 
 fented their Addrefs of Thanks to the Lords 
 Juftices, for their Care and Concern in the Af- 
 fair of the Supply of Arms and Ammunition, 
 &c. To which the Lords Juftices gave thisAn- 
 fwer : " We frail always continue to do what lief 
 <c in our Power, for the Advantage and Defence of 
 " the Kingdom. 
 
 The Bill of Supply being now finifhed, and 
 carry'd up to the Lords Juftices, to be tranf- 
 mitted to England *, and an Addrefs of Thanks 
 to the King, for his Majefty's Anfwer to their 
 firft Addrefs ; and there being little publick 
 Buiinefs now before them, the Lords Juftices 
 fignify'd to them, that they mould adjourn to 
 the 1 6th of January , by which Time it was to 
 be fuppos'd, the Ratification of the Bills tranf- 
 mitted to the Council in England, might ar- 
 rive } and the Houfes adjourn'd accordingly. 
 And thus far, for the prefent, is fufficient to 
 mention of the Affairs of Ireland. 
 
 In England, they were taken up very much 
 at this Time with forming Aflbciations among 
 the Gentry and common People againft thePro 
 tcnder, and in Defence of the King, ani his In- 
 
 tereft v
 
 C 174] 
 
 tereft *, and having been encourag'd to it by 
 the Order lignify'd before, whereby the King 
 authoriz'd them to do fo : Thefe Aflbciations 
 went through moft of the Counties in England, 
 and the People were indeed very ready to 
 come in to them, efpecially in the following 
 Parts, vix.. 
 
 tfottinghamjlrire. Colchefter. 
 
 North Riding, Tork. Chefler. 
 
 Lieutenancy, Middlefex. Weftminftcr. 
 
 County of Ditto. County of Sticks. 
 
 French Refugees. Weft Riding, Tork. 
 
 Lieutenancy of London. Sheffield. 
 
 Tower -Hamlets. 
 
 It was thought convenient now, as much as 
 was pofiible, to diftinguifh between the Friends 
 and Enemies of the Government, to caufe the 
 Oath, call'd the Abjuration Oath, to be indiffe- 
 rently tendred to all Perfons, purfuant to an 
 Aft of Parliament paft laft Year, empowering 
 the Government fotodo; and to this Purpofc 
 an Order of Council was made, and Commif- 
 fioners appointed, to adminifter the faid Oaths, 
 and to fummon all Perfons before them to take 
 them , this Order being alfo very particular, 
 is at large in the Appendix, No. Q_ 
 
 On the feveral Occafions of the 5^ and ijth 
 of November, and other publick Rejoicings, 
 the Rabbles in London became very troublefome 
 and tumultuous, and fome Mifchief was done 
 on both Sides; in which, tho' thofe that were 
 Oppofers of the Government, fhew'd the greater 
 Infolence by far; yet wife Men condemn'd the 
 ExcefTes on both Sides, and wifh'd for fome ef- 
 fectual Law, either to fupprefs thofe Days of 
 
 pub*
 
 C I7J3 
 
 publick Rejoicings, or to prevent the Diforders 
 that happen'd, which fometimes came to that 
 Height, that, as one Side attack'd, and the o- 
 ther defended, there was much Mifchief done, 
 and fometimes Blood died \ as particularly, at 
 Briftol, and in Staffer dfiire., and now in Cheap/Me 
 near Bow 'Church, where the High Church Mob 
 (fo they call'd themfelves) attack'd a Houfe, in 
 which fome Gentlemen of the other Party kept 
 a Club for fuch Occafions -, and fo obftinate 
 were the AHailants, that the People within 
 were oblig'd to fire upon them, by which one 
 or two was kill'd, and others wounded. 
 
 And now the Courts of Juftice began alfo to 
 exert themfelves. On the ipf^, two Men were 
 fentenc'd at the Kings Bench Bar', one was James 
 
 Wat/on, Printer, Son of Watfon, the 
 
 King's Printer at Edinburgh } and Gibbs, 
 
 a Peruke-maker j the firft was fentenc'd for 
 printing a Libel, call'd Remarks on his Majefty's 
 Speech, a very fcurrilous Paper indeed ; and the 
 other for difperfmg another Paper, call'd It/ley's 
 Letter to the Bljhop of Sarum, as treafonable as 
 the other was fcurrilous : Their Sentence was 
 the fame, as their Crimes were not unlike, viz.. 
 to be whipp'd at the Cart's Tail, to lie 2 Years 
 in Prifon, and to pay a Fine of 20 Marks , which 
 Sentence was executed the Beginning of Decem- 
 ber. 
 
 The 5f/2, Captain Dalziel, the Scots Pyrate, 
 was executed at Waging , his Execution refpeft- 
 ed nothing of Parties, but was for meer Pyracy 
 andMurther-, a barbarous, inhumane Wretch, 
 detefted of all Men and Nations, and who dy'd, 
 as he liv'd, ftupid and harden'd, and, as fome 
 faid, was muddled with Drink when he went 
 ut of the World. 
 
 On
 
 [ 176 ] 
 
 On the fth of December, Dorrel, Kerr, and 
 'Cordon, three of the Prifoners taken by Colonel 
 Pepper at Oxford, having, upon the Evidence of 
 fome of their Accomplices, been convifted of 
 endeavouring to raife Rebellion, by lifting Men, 
 and giving Money for the Service of the Pre- 
 tender, and being fentenc'd for the fame at the 
 King's Bench Bar, were all three executed at Ty- 
 Irurn: It was faid, that their Heads were to be 
 fent to Oxford, to be fet up there -, but it prov- 
 ed otherwife. It was on this Occafion, toge- 
 ther with that of his Majefties having made & 
 Prefent of the late Bifhop of /*'s Library to 
 the Univerfity of Cambridge, that a certain 
 Perfon, witji more Wit than good Nature, 
 faid in Print, that it was very fignifkant, and 
 inftrufting to the Students of both Univer- 
 fities, that his Majefty was pleafed to fend the 
 Socks to the one, and the Brains to the other. 
 
 Abundance of People, at this critical Juncture, 
 fome by their Indifcretion, fome by Defign, 
 gave the Government Occafion to call them in- 
 to a Queftion. Mawfon, Kcymcr, sfppleby, and 
 two other Men, Printers, were committed, the 
 firft and laft to Newgate, the other to the 
 Fleet, for printing fcandalous Papers :, even Sir 
 Richard St-l himfelf gave juft Caufe of Offence 
 by fome Things, which he as well faid, as 
 printed , particularly, by printing in a Paper, 
 call'd Town Talk, the Pretender's Declaration: It 
 is true, he added fome Remarks or Reflections, 
 ridiculing and bantering the faid Declaration ; 
 but, however, it fpread alfo the Paper it felf, 
 which was treafonable in the higheft Degree j 
 and therefore there was good Reafon why the 
 printing it fhould be taken ill by the Govern- 
 ment, as it was faid before to be. Bat there were 
 
 other
 
 t . 
 
 ther Accounts to be given, why this Gentlemaa 
 began from this Time to fink in the Efteem 
 of thofe, who before had been his Admirers, 
 and even of fome who had been his Benefa&ors; 
 particularly in fome Speeches made about mew- 
 ing Favour to fome of the condemn'd Rebels ; 
 of which, it feems, Sir Richard had miltaken 
 Notions -, but it is not the Bulinefs here to ex- 
 amine the Occafion, which is Matter of Party, 
 it is enough to relate that it was fo, which is 
 Matter of Hiftory. 
 
 Another, and much greater Perfon at this 
 Timealfo fuffered fome Eclypfe, whether thro' 
 Pique, Paffion, Pride, or any other the Infir- 
 mities incident to wife Men, as well as to other 
 Men, that alfo is remote } but upon fome too 
 warm Retorts, which happened in the Court 
 between him and his Superiors, he was diffnifs'd, 
 or, as others more fafhionably exprefs'd it, re- 
 fign'd his Office of Sollicitor General. 
 
 About this Time, viz.. December 7- feveral 
 great Perfon s dy'd, whofe Names it is juft Mat* 
 ter of Hiftory to repeat , as firft, the Earl of 
 Forfar, who dy'd of the Wounds he receiv'd 
 in the Battle of Dumblain, or of a Fever, oc- 
 callon'd by the Anguifh of the Surgeons Operati- 
 ons 1 , after they had given it as their Opi- 
 nion, that his Wounds were not mortal. Alfa 
 the Earl of Morton, whom Fame bus left no 
 other Account, than that he was Lord Prefi- 
 dent of the Chamberlany in Scotland, which 
 Place was immediately given to the Earl of Su- 
 therland, in Confideration of his good Services 
 in the North : And now we are mentioning the 
 Merit of that Nobleman as Matter of Hiftory, ic 
 may ferve to introduce the Account of theHonour 
 done him by the King bimfelf, who was pkas'd 
 N to
 
 C 178 ] 
 
 to write a Letter to his Lordfhip with his own 
 Hand in French, acknowledging his good Ser- 
 vices, which is in the Appendix, No. R. 
 
 The fame 7th of December died the young 
 Lord Elcho, eldeft Son to the Earl of Wtmys ; 
 and a few Days after died the Marquis of Trvee- 
 ', one of the \6 Lords of Parliament for 
 and; in whofe room, the Nobility being a-f- 
 :mbled' by Proclamation to choofe another 
 er for Scotland, that Choice fell upon the 
 irl of Hiiddington, younger Brother to the 
 Earl of Rothes. 
 
 And, to go on with this Roll of Mortality , 
 on the 1 4th of the fame December died the 
 Archbifhop of Canterbury , aged Si } and hav- 
 ing held the Metropolitan See 21 Years, he 
 was fucceeded in that See by Dr. Wake, then 
 Bifhop of Lincoln, who, three Days after, at- 
 tended his Majefty, and had Notice given him, 
 that he was nominated to be Archbifhop : 
 Whereupon he gave his Majefty humble Thanks, 
 and had the Honour to kifs his Hand. To 
 fupply which Remove, Dr. Gibfon y Archdeacon 
 of Surry, was made Bimop of Lincoln. 
 
 The next Day alter the Archbifliop,. died 
 "Dt:Hich y a Perfon of eminent Learning, re- 
 markable for his excellent Life ajid Converfa- 
 tion, in which he was a Pattern for all that 
 "knew him , but it mull be remember'd alfo> 
 hat his being without any Preferment in the 
 Church, was owing to bis unalterable Difaffe- 
 i to the Revolution, and his refufing, to the 
 to take the Oaths either to King William, 
 ucen Anne, or King George -, he was alfo of a 
 ery great Age, as was reported, near po Years 
 id. 
 
 In 
 
 >
 
 [ 179 1 
 
 In Ireland the Bifhop of Meatb died about 
 the fame time, and was fucceeded by the 
 Bifhop of Bangor in Walts, the Bifhoprick of 
 Mc*th being much more valuable than that of 
 Bangor ', and Mr. Benjamin Hoadly , Reftor 
 of Strrtham, formerly known by his open 
 efpoufing the Intereft of the Succeflion, and 
 taking Party againlt Dr. Sacheverell and the Bi- 
 fhop of Eicon, was made Bifhop of Enngor in 
 his ftead. 
 
 There were feveral Alterations in the publick 
 Commiffions about thisTime,and of theColleftors 
 or Commiffioners of the Revenue, which I think 
 hardly material enough to make Matter of Hi- 
 ftory -, fuch as the Commiflloners of the Equi- 
 valent in Scotland, and others here in England , 
 viz., of the Salt Duty, the Leather Duty, the Ex- 
 cife, and the Commiffioners for the building 50 
 new Churches ^ whofe Names it is not material 
 to repeat here, but they are all in the Appendix 
 No. S. 
 
 It is time now to look back to the State of 
 the Rebellion : That Part indeed, which be- 
 Jong'd to EngUttd,^ad found its Period at Pre- 
 fton, as has been already obferv'd ; and the 
 People concern'd may be truly faid to be in a 
 State of Humiliation- 
 
 After the Viftory, and that the Country be- 
 gan to be freed from the Horrors of the Re- 
 bellion, it came of courfe to be confider'd, what 
 Courfe was to be taken with the Prifoners-, 
 their Number was great, and it was not pro- 
 per to keep them together, which would have 
 requir'd a little Army to guard them ; beiides, 
 it was no Way reafonable, to let the Leaders 
 and Heads of the Party be with the reft, but 
 that they fhould be entirely feparated one from 
 N 2 ano-
 
 t 180] 
 
 another -, for which, and many other Reafons, 
 it was refolved by the Council, that all the No- 
 blemen, and the principal Heads of the Mi{- 
 chief itfelf, fhould be brought up to London ; 
 as alfo the greateft Number of the Gentlemen 
 that were among them , and for the reft, be- 
 ing, as is already mentioned, difpofed of under 
 a itrong Guard in the Caftles of Lancafter and 
 Ckefter, a Com million was appointed to proper 
 Judges to hold a Court of Juftice of Oyer and 
 Terminer at Liverpool in Lancaflnre for their 
 Tryal. 
 
 Thofe who came to London, endured after- 
 wards many Mifcries ^ as firft, the Severity of 
 a Winter Journey in fevere Weather, and un- 
 der ftrid Guard by Day, and clofe Confinement 
 by Night -, and after that, in a long Imprifon- 
 ment in London ; but moft of all, in their being 
 led pinion'd from Highgate to London, and thro 7 
 the Streets of London, in a kind of Triumph, at 
 they faid it was, and in a moft ignominious 
 Manner, to the feveral Prifons of the Tower, 
 Newgate, the Fleet, and the Marfhalfea. 
 
 They fet out from Prcfion the 3d of No- 
 vember, and, by large Journeys, arrived at Lon- 
 don the pth of December. It is true, they were 
 led through the Town as Prifoners, and pini- 
 on'd ; that is, their Arms bound, as is ufual in 
 fuch Cafes : Nor could they be brought in any 
 other Pofture with equal Security ', but this 
 was but from Hlghgate to London ', all the reft 
 of the journey they had as much Civility and 
 good Ufage (hewn them as they could expect, 
 which many of themtave acknowledged. 
 
 It is true, the common People in the Streets, 
 as they pafs'd, ufed them very fcurvily, and 
 with Curfes, Reproaches, and a thoufand In- 
 dignities,
 
 f II ] 
 
 dignities, infulted them at an unfufFejable Rate ; 
 but as the Guard with them, in the firft place, 
 did not encourage the People to do it, and 
 were no way in a Condition to prevent it, the 
 Blame of it lies wholly upon the Occafion. 
 
 The Lift of the Names of thefe unhappy 
 Gentlemen is already referred to the Appendix, 
 No. M. when we related the Story of the 
 A&ion at Prefton. As foon as they were lodg'd, 
 they were all unbound ; the Noblemen were 
 treated with Honour and Refpeft, at leaft with 
 Decency, and were lodg'd in the Tower j nei- 
 ther had any of the other Prifoners any Irons 
 put upon them, till their future Gondud made 
 it abfolutely neceffary. Several of them were 
 fent for up, after their Commitment, to be ex- 
 amin'd before the Council, and elfewhere ; but 
 their Anfwers feem'd to give no Token of any 
 extraordinary Convictions on their Minds, but 
 they pleaded they had been led by Principle, 
 or hurry'd into a rafli Undertaking , that they 
 were in the Hands of Power, and muft un- 
 dergo what they were pleafed to inflift. 
 
 It is true, there was not Room for much to 
 be faid, the Faft, for which they were ia Cu- 
 ftody, being clear : There needed neither Evi- 
 dence or Confefiion as to that Part } to Men 
 taken in Arms, what Accufation could be want- 
 ing ? And as to thofe few Things the Govern- 
 ment defir'd to be inform'd of, they did not 
 feem forward to anfwer } fo they were re- 
 manded, as Perfons the Government had no 
 more to fay to, but that they were to be dealt 
 with in a judicial Way, which in the Sitting 
 of the approaching Parliament we (hall have 
 farther Occafion to fpeak of. 
 
 N 3 From
 
 From this Tragick Scene, we now caft our 
 Eyes to that Part of the Rebellion which ftill 
 flood upon its Legs in Scotland. The Earl of 
 Mar, as was obferv'd before, remain'd at Perth, 
 and his Troops canton'd in the Neighbouring 
 Country, as the Duke of Argylt, with his lit- 
 tle Army, did at Sterling-, but with this Diffe- 
 rence, that the Duke's Army encreafed every 
 Day, and the Dutch Troops, efpecially thofe 
 who went by Sea, began to arrive whereas 
 the Earl of Mar's Men were exceedingly dimi- 
 nifhed by the going off of the Earl of Seaforth, 
 the Marquis of Huntley, and others ^ tho' it is 
 true, that they made Promifcs of returning 
 again with larger Cumbers, which Promifes, 
 however, were never perform'd. 
 
 Yet was not the Earl of Mar altogether 
 without Supports in this Time*, for as he was 
 fecure from any Attacks from the King's Troops 
 on one hand, the violent Winter forbidding all 
 A&ion, except by fmall Parties, for which here 
 was very little Opportunity given ; fo he was 
 at liberty to fend Abroad his Agents, and Offi- 
 cers, by Perfuaflons, Orders, Menaces and En- 
 treaties, to amafs great Sums of Money, as 
 well by Loan as by Cefs and Contribution, and 
 likewife great Quantities of Provifion ; nor was 
 he idle in making ufe of the Opportunities he 
 
 Jut this was not all ; for in this Interval he 
 receiv'd no lefs than n or 12 Sail of Ships 
 from Foreign Parts, moft of them, if not all, 
 from France, with Officers, Money, Arms, Am- 
 munition, and fuch Supplies as he moft wanted : 
 And, to clofe all, and fully make good the Ex- 
 pectations of all his Party , on the 22d of De- 
 the fnttnder himfelf landed : He fed.
 
 C 
 
 thr*e Ships in Company, with about 36 Gentle- 
 men, fome Arms and Ammunition } but orily 
 that one, in which the Pretender came, was 
 heard of for fame Days } which being a fmall 
 Veflel, but an excellent Sailor, made the Voy- 
 age in feven Days from Dunkirk to Peterbead, 
 near Aberdeen, where he came on Shore, with 
 only fix Gentlemen in his Retinue. What En- 
 deavours were at this Time ufed Abroad to fup- 
 port this Attempt in Scotland, and how far our 
 Government here underftood the Regent of 
 France to be privately concern'd, or, at lea'ir, 
 conniving at thofe Endeavours, will beft ap- 
 pear by giving the Memorial at large, which 
 was, much about this Time, deliver'd by the 
 Earl of Stair to the Court of France in his Ma- 
 jefty's Name, complaining of thefe Proceedings. 
 This Memorial is fo material to the prefent 
 Cafe, and is itfelf fo much a Part of the Thread 
 of the Story, that I choofe to give it here, ra- 
 ther than to refer it to the Appendix. 
 ?iri L'i*. 
 
 The Earl of Stair'* Memarid to the Recent 
 of France. 
 
 t. "I" 1 HE underwritten Earl of Stair, Mini- 
 
 1 fc iter of the King of Great Britain, to 
 
 ' his moft Chriftian Majefty, reprefents to his 
 
 4 Royal Highnefs the Duke of Orleans, Regent 
 
 * of France ; 
 
 c That altho* his Royal Highnefs had fre- 
 
 ' quently aflur'd the faid Earl, that he would 
 
 4 faithfully and punctually obferve the Treaty 
 
 ' of Peace made at Utrecht with Great Britain ; 
 
 * and that he would not fufTer Arms, Ammu- 
 
 * nition of War, Officers ,or Soldiers, to go 
 
 * out of any Harbours of France, for the Set -
 
 1 184] 
 
 vice of the Pretender , and that his Royal 
 
 * Highnefs had given very ftrift Orders agree- 
 able hereto, in all the Harbours of the King- 
 dom : It is, neverthelefs, found, that fuch 
 kind of Things are daily carried out of the 
 Harbours of France, without the'leaft Oppo- 
 fition on the Part of the Officers commanding 
 
 * there. 
 
 c The late Duke of Ormond and the Pretender 
 c have feveral Times gone on Board Ships at 
 e St. Malo, which were known to be laden with 
 c Arms and Ammunition of War, for the Scr- 
 c vice of the Pretender; and that with fo little 
 c Caution, that they had with them a whole 
 4 Company of Troopers, and their Officers, of 
 f the Regiment of Nugent, all of them in their 
 c Regimental Cloathing, Arms and Accoutre- 
 ' ments-, without the leaft Contradiction on 
 1 the Part of the moft Chriftian King's Officers 
 
 * commanding at St. Mala. 
 
 c The Pretender not thinking it advifeable to 
 1 venture himfelf at that Time, deferred his 
 1 Departure, and traverfed Normandy, to go 
 c and embark at Dunkirk ; and the late Duke of 
 Ormond not judging it convenient to land in 
 ' England, he returned to Morlaix. 
 
 c During his Abfence, his Royal Highnefs did 
 4 the Earl of Stair the Honour to tell him, 
 c he would punifh the faid Troopers of the Re- 
 c giment or Nugent as Deferters, in Cafe they 
 c came back to -France. And the Marefchal 
 
 * d'Hu&elles afiiired the faid Earl, that he would 
 
 * certainly caufe them all to be hang'd. 
 
 c They are come back, and return'd to their 
 
 * Regiment. Mr. JBefach and his Company, the 
 
 * Arms and Ammunition of War which the late 
 
 * pnke of OrmGud had with him for that Expe- 
 
 dition,
 
 C 8 5 1 
 
 dition, are now actually at Morlaix, where 
 the fame are removed out of the Ship in which 
 they were before, into another Ship. The 
 commanding Officer is fo far from feizing the 
 faid Arms and Ammunition, that he hath 
 even refufed to caufe that Ship to be fearch'd, 
 tho' he was defired fo to do by Mr. Campbell, 
 Captain of an English Man of War ; which 
 Frigate lies now in the Harbour of Morlaix. 
 6 Within thefe five Weeks, feveral Ships have 
 fail'd from Diepe and Havre de Grace, with 
 Arms, Ammunition of War, Money and Of- 
 ficers, for the Service of the Pretender ; which 
 are actually arriv'd in Scotland: And lafl of 
 all, a Ship went from Havre de Grace, upon 
 the 1 7th of this Month, in Sight of an Officer 
 of the King of Great Britain ; who having 
 reprefented to the Marquis de Rouvray, that 
 20 Officers were ready at Havre and Harfleur 
 to go on Board the faid Ship, and follow the 
 Pretender into Scotland, and delir'd the Mar- 
 quis to hinder the Embarkation of the faid 
 Officers , the Marquis anfwer'd him, That 
 perhaps what he faid might be true} but 
 that he could not prevent the faid Officers 
 Departure, as having no Orders from Court 
 fo to do. 
 
 4 The foremention'd Earl of Stair hath, 
 moreover, divers Times reprefented to his 
 Royal Highnefs the Regent, and to the Ma- 
 refchal d'Huxelles, that feveral Generals, Co- 
 c lonels, and other Officers, who are actually 
 
 * in the Service of France, had a Defign to go 
 
 * over into Scotland, and join the Rebels : The 
 
 * faid Earl hath even delivered a Lift of the 
 e faid Officers, Generals, and Colonels, to the 
 
 * Marefchal abovenam'd : Which Generals, Co- 
 
 4 lonels
 
 * Jonels and Officers, are now at Boulogne^ Calais, 
 Dunkirk, and other Places thereabout, ready 
 c to fail for Scotland } wJiich they had done be- 
 
 * fore now, but for the. hard Froft, and con- 
 
 * trary Winds ; the commanding Officers in 
 c the faid Places giving out, that they have no 
 1 Orders from Court to hinder thofe Officers 
 ' from tranfporting themfelves. 
 
 The Earl of Stair finds himfelf oblig'd -to 
 c lay thefe Things before his Royal Highnefs, 
 c that he may fee whether his Orders are 
 
 * ftridly executed, and confider whether Great 
 c Britam hath Reafon to believe the Treaty of 
 
 * Utrecht faithfully performed. His. Royal 
 
 * Highnefs is at the fame Time defired, once 
 1 to caft his Eye over the faid Treaty. 
 
 ' The faid Earl of Stair is, moreover, ne- 
 
 * ceflitated to acquaint his Royal Highnefs, that 
 
 * the late Duke of Ormond^ and feveral other 
 
 * Confpirators againft their Sovereign, and 
 
 * their Country, have been gone, for foine 
 
 * Days, to the Side of Bourdeaux and Bayonne^ 
 c and have aflembled, upon the Coafts of Gaf~- 
 c coiffney abundance of Arms, Ammunition of 
 c War, and Ships; with which the Court of 
 St. GermAivs give on^ they will make a De- 
 
 * fcent in Ireland, to ftir up a Rebellion there, 
 
 * which (as that Court flatters itfelf) will be 
 
 * fupported not only by the Money, but even 
 c by the Troops of France- 
 
 c The Earl of Stair, who hath fo ardently 
 c wifh'd to eftablifh and maintain a good and fin- 
 
 * cere Friend (hip between the King his Ma- 
 c fter and his Royal Highnefs, finds himfeU" 
 
 * under no fmall Concern, that he muft re- 
 
 * monftrate againft confiderable Matters of fa 
 t nice a Nature, which tend fo far to alienate 
 
 * and
 
 t 
 
 ' and imbitter the Minds of the two Rations 
 ' again ft each other, that very fad Confequences 
 * may enfue, unlefs fpeedy Orders be given to 
 s -prevent the fame. 
 
 Now the Earl of Mar was arriv'd to the Top 
 of his Expectations, and now he perfnaded all 
 his Party, that the Time of their Deliverance 
 was come, and that they mould be able to tri- 
 umph over all their Enemies ; and indeed, had 
 the Pretender, as was expected, and as the moft 
 Part of his Friends at Perth had been made to 
 believe , I fay, had he brought but 10000 Mem 
 of good difciplin'd Troops with him, the Face 
 of their Affairs would have been very much 
 chang'd : But, inftead of this, it is apparent he 
 was as much furpriz'd that he did not find a 
 very great Army ready to march, as the Arm/ 
 was to find that he had not brought 8000 Men 
 with him } which, it feems, was the Number 
 promifed. 
 
 The Pretender was no fooner arriv'd, and 
 Advice of it fent to the Earl of MAT, then at 
 Perth, but he refolved to go and attend him, 
 which he did, with the Earl of Marifchal, Lieu- 
 tenant General Hamilton^ and 20 or 30 Perfons 
 of Quality on Horfeback, with a Guard of 
 Horfe to attend them. The Pretender landing 
 with this fmall Retinue, as above, pafsM tn.Qttk 
 nito y in Seamens Habits, to Newhurgh, a Houfe 
 of the Lord Marifchal,' and* thro' Aberdeen tqj 
 Fetereffoy where he continued till the 27tn ;r a,n$ 
 where he. vyas met by the Earls of 
 t-he '(^mi^^^s 
 
 i Wwfrt^ 
 
 e oblemen and Gentlemen 
 to Jdfs his Hand, In his Rcti-
 
 C '88 ] 
 
 nue was the young Lord Tinmottth^ Son to the 
 Duke of Berwick^ two French Officer?, and three 
 Scots. 
 
 He had fome light Indifpofition while he 
 ftay'd there, which proved an Ague, of which 
 he had two Fits ; and this detain'd him fome 
 Days , but on the id of January, he removed to 
 Eriechin *, thence, on the 3d, to Kcinard ; the 
 4th to Glamts ^ and thence, on the 5th, to Dun- 
 dee, where he entred the Town on Horfeback, 
 the Earl of Mar being on his Right Hand, and 
 the Earl Marifchal on his Left, with about 300 
 Gentlemen more attending him, befides fome 
 Troops, which were for that Day only call'd his 
 Guards. 
 
 Here his Friends defiring it, he continued in 
 the open Market-Place on Horfeback, to (hew 
 himfelf to the People, who crowded about him, 
 and {houted and kifs'd his Hand, as is ufual on 
 
 fuch Occafions : After which, he went to 
 
 Stuart, Laird of Garntullfs Houfe, where he 
 dined, and alfo lay there that Night. The next 
 Day, Saturday the 7th, he went to Caftle-lyon, 
 a Seat of the Earl of Strathmore, where he din'd, 
 and lodgM that Night at Sir David Tripling : 
 The 8th, being Sunday, he went to Schoon ; 
 and the pth, he made his Publick Entry into 
 Perth: He made no Stay at Perth, but return'd 
 that Night to Schoon, except that he had 
 the Curiofity to view fome of the Soldiers 
 Qjiarter'd in the Town, and who were drawn 
 out for him to fee , they made a tolerable Ap- 
 pearance, tho' it was thought the Habit of the 
 ffgb'lwdtxtx might at firft feem very ft range to 
 him. 
 
 Before we difmifs this Scene, we muft give> 
 at large, thofe publick Tranfadioas on his slide, 
 
 on
 
 on which the Story itfelf depends, and without 
 which the Hiftory would not be compleat : And 
 firft, it is to be obferv'd, that as foon as the 
 Earl of Mar was come to Fetereffo^ and they 
 had open'd the firft: Face of a Court , the firft 
 Thing done after the Perfon was own'd, and 
 known, was, to caufe him to be proclaim'd King 
 at the Gates of the Houfe. 
 
 Immediately from hence they publifh his De- 
 claration, dated at Commercy in Lorrain^ and 
 difperfe printed Copies of it to be fent all over 
 Britain. Soon after which it was reprinted a- 
 gain at Perth by Robert Freebairn^ who call'd him- 
 felf tfie King's Printer : It has alfo been printed 
 again feveral Times in London ; and after the 
 whole is over, we hope it may be no Offence to 
 put it into our Appendix, No. T. 
 
 Having begun thus to take upon him the Style 
 and Majefty of a King, it follow'd, that he 
 Ihould receive the ufual Homage of Subjects, 
 and exercife the Regal Power : The firft he re- 
 ceivM by the Addrefles of the People, and the 
 fecond by conferring Titles of Honour. 
 
 As to AddrefTes, the firft was from the Epif- 
 copal Clergy of Aberdeen, and the fecond from 
 the Magiftrates, the Town Council, &c. of the 
 City of Aberdeen, there having been no other 
 Addrefles prefented to him in Form j and 
 thefe being very fingular in themfelves, and 
 becaufe we mail have Occafion to hear of them 
 again, we have therefore plac'd them at large 
 in the Appendix, No. U. W. His Anfwer to 
 ,thefe was in the ufual Form : To the Clergy 
 he faid j " I am very fenfible of the Zeal and 
 4t Loyalty you have exprefs'd for me, and fhall 
 " be glad to have Opportunity of giving you 
 < c Marks of my Favour and Protection -,' To the 
 
 Magiftrates
 
 
 
 Magiftrates to the fame Purpofe, viz. *< I am 
 " very fenfible of the Duty and 2ieal you ex- 
 prefs for me in this Addrefs, and you may 
 " aflure your felves of my Protection. 
 
 As to his Ads of Royal Authority which he 
 took upon him, it was to confer Knighthoods, 
 Nobility, and Ecclefiaftick Dignities, on iuch as 
 appear'd zealous for him : But as they all died, 
 and are forgotten , fo the Perfons them felves, 
 doubtlefs, decline the Honour defignM them ^ 
 only this is faid to be moft publick, v/z.. that he 
 had made Mr. Lefley^ the famous Author of the 
 Rehearfal in London^ a Bifhop, tho' we could 
 never learn of what Place. 
 
 Being returned to Schoon, he fettled, and ap- 
 pointed a Privy-Council, and entred upon a 
 formal Adminiftration of his Affairs, publifhing 
 feveral Proclamations and Orders , as a Pro- 
 claniation for a Day of Thankfgtving for his 
 Arrival ; an Order for praying for him in the 
 Churches, and difpofleffing the Minifters that 
 refus'd it \ a Proclamation for fummoning a Con- 
 vention of Eftates, and Order for the Currency 
 of Foreign Coins , another for arming all the 
 fencible Men, as ufual, from 16" to 60 , and 
 laftly, one for his Coronation to be on the 2 jd 
 of January : But he found other Employments 
 for his Thoughts before that Time \ and almoft 
 all thefe Proclamations and Orders had little 
 other Ceremony attending them than their fif'ft 
 Publication, as mail be (hew'd in its Place. 
 
 We meet with very little tranfa&ed, either 
 the Pretender or his Party, after this, till the Mo- 
 tions of the D. of Argyle began to put them upon 
 ferious Reflections on the State of their Affairs , 
 and, upon confidering clofely whether to Hand 
 the Attack of the Royal Army, or provide in, 
 
 Time
 
 
 Time for their own Safety. Some have faid 
 thefe Things took up long Debates -, but I have 
 been aflur'd, that from the firft of the Preten- 
 der's Landing, when they found the French de- 
 clin'd him, and would not venture an open 
 Declaration in his Favour j and he faw how divi- 
 ded, how naked of Defence, and how uncapable 
 of engaging the Royal Army they were at home, 
 it was no more a Difficulty with them, whether 
 they fhould retreat or no , but it was refolv'd 
 on in the very firft Cabinet Confutations, and 
 that all the Appearance of Preparations for a 
 vigorous Defence, the fummoning all their 
 Troops together, the fending Exprefles for the 
 Lords, Seaforth and Hartley, the holding a great 
 Council, and every other Thing that look'd like 
 Refiftance, was to- amufe the World, and to 
 cover their Refolutions of retiring from the 
 Knowledge of their own People, who, had the 
 leaft Jealoufy of what happen'd afterwards been 
 in their Heads, had been more dangerous to 
 them than the Royal Army. 
 
 From this Confideration, we cannot fo much 
 wonder at the Cruelty of their firing the Vil- 
 lages, and burning the'Corn, c^-c. or fay how 
 ridiculous it was, whn they had no Intentions 
 to fighf, the Reafon is plain, viz* they were 
 under an abfolute Neceffity of making their 
 own People believe that they refolv'd to fight 
 the Royal Army, and it was not Words that 
 would do this \ they were to make all the vi- 
 fible Appearances of if, they were to advance 
 their Troops, fortify the Place, and make all 
 the Difpofitions for Action that they would 
 have done if they really were defigntng to 
 fight , and therefore, nothing could be in a 
 greater Hurry and Buftle, than the People at 
 
 Perth
 
 
 f 
 
 ferth were in for a Week or 10 Days before 
 they were to go away } nor was there any 
 thing to be feen but planting of Guns, mark- 
 ing out Bread-works and Trenches ; and, in a 
 word, all poflible Preparation for A&ion, info- 
 much that all our News-Papers, for fome Days, 
 afliir'd us, that the Pretenders People refolv'd 
 to fight, and were putting themfelves in a Po- 
 fture to give the Duke of Argyle a very warm 
 Reception. 
 
 We conclude this Part with two Things, tho* 
 in themfelves of no great Moment, and one of 
 them perhaps fcarce genuine \ yet, as they were 
 made publick at that Time, and had their Ufes 
 on both Sides, it feems neceflary to tranfmit 
 them to Pofterity, to make our Hiftory of the 
 Rebellion compleat. The firft is, the Earl of 
 Mar's Letter from Glames, containing the Cha- 
 ra&er of the Perfon of him they then call'd 
 King , and the other is the Speech which it was 
 faid the Pretender made at his opening the Af- 
 fembly, which they call'd his great Council, aC 
 Scboon, January itf ; both are in the Appendix, 
 No. X. Y. 
 
 All this while the Duke of Argyle was at 
 Sterling -, and tho' he made' no Motion, yet he was 
 far from being idiej his Troops began to en- 
 creafe : Newton 's and Stanhope's Regiments of 
 Dragoons had joyn'd him from England, and the 
 Dutch Regiments were at hand , fome of them 
 having already pafs'd the Border by Land, and 
 about 2,000 of them were arrived by Sea. Ge- 
 neral Cadogan was come, and Major Genera) 
 fanderbeck, who commanded the Dutch Troops, 
 was alfo with him. They had view'd the Coun- 
 try, and had confider'd the Scituation of the 
 Enemy j and being refolv'd to attack the Gen- 
 
 tlemen
 
 r '9? 3 
 
 tleriien at Pcrth^ as foon as the Troops were all 
 joyn'd, let the rolt and the Snows offer what 
 Difficulty they might, he made Preparations for 
 that Purpofe. 
 
 It grew now towards the latter End of Janu- 
 ary, and all Things grew apace in Scotland to- 
 wards the great Point, we mean, the Removal of 
 the Pretender ? but as it was not quite ripe for 
 Execution, we muft look back a little again to 
 the Civil Affairs both of England and Ireland. 
 
 We left the Parliament of Ireland in a Re- 
 eefs, waiting the Return of the Bills tranfmit- 
 ted to England; They fat again the i6th of 
 January, and fell to Bufinefs, tho' the Bills were 
 riot ready. The firft Thing that came before 
 them was very Particular : The Lord Dillon^ a 
 Proteftant Peer, but known to be on the wrong 
 Side, came to the Hotfe j and taking the Oath 
 of Allegiance, and delivering his Writ of Sum- 
 mons, took his Seat in the Houfe : Some Lords 
 obferving the Cafe, mov'd that my Lord Dillon 
 mould be requir'd to take the Abjuration 5 
 accordingly he was ask'd, if he would take the 
 Oath of Abjuration, &c. His Anfwer was, be 
 fyould confider of it \ and upon that he withdrew. 
 After he was gone, the Peers debating a fhort 
 while about it, came to this Refolution, viz.. 
 That no Peer mall have Parliamentary Privilege 
 in the Houfe till he have taken and fubfcribed 
 the Oaths contained in the A& to prevent the 
 Growth of Popery, and alfo fhall make and 
 fubfcribe the Declaration likewife mentioned in 
 the faid Aft. 
 
 Then the Houfe alfo voted an AfTociatiort af- 
 ter the Manner in England, and appointed a 
 Committee to draw up an Addrefs to the 
 Lords Juftices, to defire the Laws might be ex- 
 O settled
 
 c 194] 
 
 ecuted againft Papifts, &c. and to put the King- 
 dom in a Pofture of Defence, &c. The fame 
 Day the Houfe of Commons refolved likewife 
 to enter into an Aflbciation, &c. to defend and 
 fupport the Perfon and Government of the 
 King, and the Proteftant Succeffion, againft the 
 pretender and all his Adherents. 
 
 Then they voted, that whatever Forces his 
 Majefty (hall think fit to raife, or whatever 
 Expence his Majefty fhould think neceflary for 
 the Defence of the Kingdom, they would make 
 good the fame, and order'd this to be put into 
 an Addrefs. 
 
 Alfo .they refolv'd to addrefs the Lords Jti- 
 ftices, to fecure the Perfons of all fuch as they 
 mould fufpeft to be difaffefted to the Govern- 
 ment} alfo they declare it to be the indifpen- 
 fible Duty of all the Magiftrates in that King- 
 dom, to put the Laws in immediate Execution 
 againft all Popifli Priefts, who mail officiate con- 
 trary to Law ^ and that thofe, who neglect the 
 fame, mall be look'd upon as Enemies to the 
 Conftitution. 
 
 The Reafon of all thefe extraordinary Steps 
 at that Time, was an Alarm juft then given, 
 both in England and in Ireland, of the Duke of 
 Ormond being preparing a great Power in the 
 Weftern Ports of France, and alfo in Spain, in 
 order to invade the King's Dominions ; and 
 that it was expefted he would make an Attempt 
 to land in Ireland as well as England. The Ac- 
 count of which Preparations were confirm'd by, 
 and mention'd in the Earl of Srair's Memorial, 
 mentioned before, />*-. XI 3- 
 
 The
 
 f '95 ] 
 
 The Aflbciation of the Parliament of Ireland 
 was in the Terms following : 
 
 < T X fHereas there is a molt Wicked and Un- 
 W * natural Rebellion carried on in Great 
 c Britain, by Papifts and 'perjur'd Traytors, a- 
 " gainft his moft facred Majefty King George, 
 4 in order to place a Popifh Pretender on the 
 
 * Throne of thefe Nations, to the utter Sub- 
 c verfion of our Religion, Laws, and Liberties. 
 
 4 We the Knights, Citizens, and Burgefles in 
 4 Parliament aflembled, whofe Names are here- 
 4 unto fubfcrib'd, do heartily, fincerely, and fo- 
 
 * lemnly profefs, teftify, and declare, That his 
 4 Majefty King George is Rightful and Lawful 
 
 * King of Great Britain, Ireland and France, and 
 ' of all the Dominions and Territories there- 
 
 * unto belonging ; and we do mutually promife 
 4 and engage to ftand by and affift each other, 
 4 to the utmoft of our Power, in the Support 
 4 and Defence of his Majefty's moft facred 
 4 Perfon, Title, and Government, againft the 
 4 Perfon, who, during the Life of the late King 
 4 James, ftyl'd himfelf Prince of Wales, and 
 4 fince his Deceafe, has taken upon himfelf the 
 4 Style and Title of King of England and Ire- 
 4 land, by the Name of James the Third, and 
 4 of Scotland, by the Name of James the Eighth, 
 4 and all his Adherents, and againft all other 
 4 Perfons whatfoever. And in cafe his Maje- 
 c fty, his Royal Highnefs George Prince of 
 4 Wales, the Princefs, or any of their IfTue, 
 4 mould come to any violent or untimely Death, 
 4 (which God forbid) we do farther freely and 
 4 unanimoufly oblige our felves to unite, aflb- 
 4 date, and ftand by each other in revenging 
 4 the fame upon his and their Enemies, and 
 
 O 2 * their
 
 r 19-5 3 
 
 4 their Adherents, and in fupporting and de- 
 fending the Proteftant Succeflion in his Royal 
 < Houfe, as by Law eftabliftied. 
 
 This Aflbciation was pafs'd, Nemine Contra- 
 dicente, January 18, and all the Members of the 
 Houfe were order'd to fign it } and that of the 
 Lords was the fame in EffeS. 
 
 Abundance more of the Members that for- 
 merly fign'd the Addrefs in Favour of Sir Con- 
 fiantme Phipps, were prefs'd upon that Head -, 
 for the Houfe were mighty firm in their Refent- 
 ment of thofe Addrefles, and refumed the Ex- 
 amining into them, becaufe they oppofed and 
 leflen'd the Force of an Addrefs of the Parlia- 
 ment. Several confefs'd the Faft, and begg'd 
 Pardon, and had their Submiflions accepted ; as 
 Mr. Forward, Mr. Tifdale, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Pe- 
 ter Ludlow, Mr. John Byrd, Sheriffs of Counties ; 
 but Mr. Kelly was order'd into Cuftody, and 
 Mr. Glrard Bourk to Newgate, when he could 
 be found , for he did not appear. TheSnbmif- 
 fion alfo of feveral Members made by Letter 
 were accepted, fome of them being abfent in 
 England, whom it would have been very fevere 
 to have commanded over , fuch as Phil. Savage, 
 Brett. Badbam, Geo. Brown, Thomas Meredith, 
 Efqs; and others. 
 
 Mr. Bourk, and one Mr. North, a Lawyer, 
 who refufed to anfwer the Committee appoint- 
 ed to examine the Proceedings relating to the 
 late Elections of Magiftrates of Dublin, conti- 
 nuing to abfcond, the Houfe refolving not to 
 abate an Inch to the Party, ordered a Bill to be 
 brought in, to oblige them to furrender by a 
 certain Day- 
 
 The
 
 The Lords, as above, had agreed upon an 
 Aflbciation, the fame in Subftance as that of 
 the Commons, and had likewife ordered it to 
 be fign'd by all the Members of rheir Houfe, 
 but fome declined it -, of which Number, the 
 Archbifliop of Armagh, the Bifhop of Cork, the 
 E. of An . . . . ey, and others, were named. This 
 Bifhop of Cork was the fame who publinYd a 
 famous and well known Sermon againft drink- 
 ing to the Memory of the Dead, alledging, that 
 it border'd upon a Blafphemous Reflection on 
 the Blefled Sacrament of the Eucharift. 
 
 The Lords, upon the Occafion above-men- 
 tion'd, prefented alfo an Addrefs to the Lords 
 Juftices, to put the Laws in Execution againft 
 Papifts : All which Addrefles being Matter of 
 Form, we omit for Brevity, with this Memo- 
 randum neverthetefs, viz,, that the Lords Juftices 
 gave favourable Anfwers to them, and aflur'd 
 the Honfes they would take effectual Care to 
 put the Laws in Execution to fecure fufpefted 
 Perfons, and to do every thing that was in 
 their Power for the Security and Defence of the 
 Government. 
 
 But befides thefe, the whole Houfe of Com- 
 mons attended the Lords Juftices the i9th with 
 an Addrefs to the King } to which the Lords 
 anfcver'd, they would take Care to lay their 
 Addrefs before his Majefty. 
 
 The 217?, after having addrefs'd the Lords 
 Juftices for feveral Papers which they wanted, 
 relating to the Elections of Magistrates of 
 Corporations, Sheriffs, &c. and having fum- 
 mon'd all their Members to attend, they began 
 that remarkable Attack upon the Earl of j4n- 
 glefey : It was founded upon a Vote of the Houfe 
 of the \$th of November^ mention'd before*, 
 O $ viz..
 
 C 198 ] 
 
 viz.. " That whoever advifed the late Queen 
 " to prorogue the Parliament, at the Time 
 " when a Bill to attaint the Pretender was de- 
 <c pending, &c. was an Enemy to the Succeffion, 
 " &c. Which Refolution they caufed now to 
 " be read over. 
 
 To this they now added another Refolution, 
 viz.. That whoever advis'd the irregular break- 
 ing great Part of the Army in this Kingdom, 
 immediately after the faiit unfeafonable Pro- 
 roguing the late Parliament, as aforefaid, were 
 Enemies to the Proteftant Succeffion, and de- 
 fign'd to bring in the Pretender and Popery. 
 
 The Way being thus clear'd to the Mark 
 they aimM at, the Queftion was put, That it is 
 the Opinion of this Honfe, that Arthur Earl of 
 Anglefey, was one of the principal Advifers of Her 
 late Majefty to prorogue the faid Parliament, and 
 break the fald A'>'my j and that therein he g#vc 
 pernicious Council to Her Afajefty, and is an Ene- 
 my to the King and Kingdom. 
 
 There were fome Objections offer'd to a ge- 
 neral Vote of this Nature, as to cenfuring a 
 Nobleman upon the Word Opision \ and fome, 
 who were yet no Friends to the Earl, were, 
 however, againft it as Unjuft, or, at leaft, Un- 
 parliamentary, and would have had the Fad 
 farther enquir'd into, that the Vote might have 
 been thus, viz.. It appears to this Houfe, not, 
 that it is the Opinion of this Houfe : But the Que- 
 ftion was carried, as it then was, by a great 
 Majority : Upon which they pafs'd the fecond 
 Refolution with lefs Difficulty, viz.. That an 
 humble Addrejs be prefented to his Majefly, that 
 he will be gracioujly pleas'd, for the Security of his 
 Government, and of the Proteftant Inter eft in Ire- 
 land,
 
 Hfctf C '99 ] 
 
 land, to remove the faid Arthur Earl of Angle- 
 fey from his Council and Service in this Kingdom. 
 
 A Committee being appointed for this Ad- 
 drefs, they order'd, the fame Day, the Afibci- 
 ation, entred into by both Houfes, to be con- 
 firm'd by an Aft of Parliament. It feems to 
 have been the declining to enter into and fign 
 this Aflbciation, which brought this Storm upon 
 the Earl of Anglcfey, who was otherwife well 
 with the Government, and would otherwife 
 have probably had former Things forgotten .,; 
 but his prefent Conduft made it inevitable. 
 This Addrefs, being an extraordinary Cafe, is 
 in the Appendix, 30. Y. 
 
 The Houfe then proceeded to cenfure a Book, 
 entituled, A long Hiftory of a fiort Seflions of* 
 certain Parliament in a certain Kingdom } which, 
 it feems, related to, and rcfkfted upon the 
 Proceedings of the laft Houfe of Commons.} 
 and they voted it a falfe, fcandalous, and ma- 
 licious Libel, and orderM the Author to be 
 fearch'd for, and the Book to t?e burnt by the 
 Hangman. 
 
 The 2yth of January , thefe warm Things be- 
 ing a little over, the Houfe refumed the Con- 
 iideration of the Manufactures of Ireland, par- 
 ticularly of Linnen, and refolv'd on an Addrefs 
 to the King, humbly to befeech his Majefty to 
 interpofe with the Britifi Parliament, that the 
 Time for Exporting Linnen direftly from Ire- 
 land to the #///?; Plantations may be enlarged. 
 And now the Bills from England being arriv'd, 
 the Lords Juftices came to the Houfe, and gave 
 the Royal AfTent to, 
 
 1. An Ad for an Additional Duty on Wines, 
 Strong-Waters, ev. 
 
 2. An Aft to attaint the Pretender, 
 
 O 4 And
 
 C 100 3 
 
 And to two private Bills-, and then made 
 the following Speech to both Houfes. 
 
 * My Lords and Gentlemen, 
 
 < TTAVING receiv'd Letters this Morning 
 e J "1 from England, by Exprefs from one of 
 
 * his Majefly's Principal Secretaries of State, ad- 
 c vifingus, that there isReafon to believe, that 
 
 * this Kingdom will be very fuddenly Invaded j 
 1 we thought it our Duty to communicate the 
 
 * fame to you without Lofs of Time, that you 
 c may take fuch Meafures thereupon, as may 
 
 < beft conduce to the Defence and Security of 
 your Country. 
 
 * Nor have we. any Room to doubt, after the 
 1 AfTurances you have given in your Addrefles, 
 
 * and by your voluntary Aflbdations, of your 
 c fincere and hearty AfTedion for his Majefty's 
 
 * Perfon and Government, but that you will 
 
 * exert your felves upon this Occaflon, in the 
 
 * moft effeftual Manner, to defeat fo horrid and 
 
 * treafonable an Attempt. 
 
 * Gentlemen of the Hohfe of Commons-, 
 
 * It will be particularly incumbent on you to 
 
 * take fuch Refolutions at this Juncture, as may 
 fc enable us to do what is further neceflary to 
 
 * put the Kingdom in a fufficient Pofture of De- 
 
 * fence, with the utmoft Expedition. 
 
 * Whatever Expence fhall be made at this 
 
 * Time, will be io much laid out to preferve 
 4 the whole; and you may depend upon it, 
 
 * whatever Powers you fhall entruft us with, 
 ' fhall be made ufe of with the greateft Fruga- 
 
 * lity, and for thePurpofes only which youde- 
 
 * %nthem.
 
 I 
 
 4 It is with much Satisfaction that we can ac* 
 4 quaint you, that his Majefty, upon our Repre- 
 4 fentation, has been gracioufly pleas'd, out of 
 his tender Concern for this Kingdom, to di- 
 c red, That the feveral Regiments taken from 
 4 this Eftablimment, (hall be paid in Great Bri- 
 ' tain from the Time of their Arrival there. 
 
 4 My Lords and Gentlemen* 
 * As your Prefence will be abfolutely necef- 
 fary in the Country, we muft recommend to 
 you all pofllble Difpatch in your Proceedings, 
 that you may have an Opportunity of mewing 
 the fame Zeal for his Majefty's Service, and 
 the Prefervation of this Kingdom, in your 
 refpedive Stations, as you have done conjoint- 
 ly, and with great Unanimity, in Parliament. 
 
 Upon the Subjed Matter of this Speech, the 
 Commons came to the following warm Refo- 
 lutions. 
 
 4 Nem'me Contradicette-, Firft, That an humble 
 4 Addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, expref- 
 c ling the Deteftation and Abhorrence of this 
 4 Houfe, of the villainous and treafonable Pra- 
 4 dices and Attempts of his Majefty's Enemies 
 4 both at Home and Abroad, to deprive us of 
 4 the great Felicity and Bleffings of his Majefty's 
 4 Reign : And to aflure his Majefty, that this 
 c Houfe will, without any Referve, by all pof- 
 4 fible Means, aJTert, fupport, and maintain his 
 4 Majefty's undoubted Right and Title to the 
 4 Crown of thefe Realms, and the Government 
 4 thereof, and the Proteftant Succeffion in his 
 4 Royal Family, againftthe faithlefs, vain, and 
 4 wicked Defigns of all his Foreign and Dome- 
 
 * ftick Enemies whatfoever. Secondly, That an 
 
 * humble Addrefs be prefented to their Excel- 
 
 4 lencies
 
 [*01] 
 
 ' lencics the Lords Juftices, returning their Ex- 
 
 * cellencies the Thanks of this Houfe for their 
 ' Speech from the Throne, and for their early 
 
 * Intimation of the traiterous Defigns of his Mar 
 
 * jefty's Enemies to invade this Kingdom ; for 
 
 * the great Care they have already taken for our 
 c Security , and for having caufed the feveral 
 
 * fufpe&ed Perfons now in Cuftody to be ap- 
 
 * prehended and confinM \ and expreffing the 
 1 grateful Senfe of this Houfe, for their Excel- 
 c lencies Reprefentation to his Majefty ; by 
 
 * Means of which, his Majefty has been graciouf- 
 
 * ly pleas'd, out of the tender Concern for his 
 c Kingdom, to dired, That the feveral Regi- 
 
 * ments taken from this Eftablifhment, mall be 
 4 paid in Great Britain from the Time of their 
 c Arrival there: And to defire their Excel- 
 
 * lencies will give immediate Orders for the 
 
 * raifing fuch Troops as will cdmpleat the pre- 
 c fent Eftablifliment, and as many more as they 
 
 * fliall think neceflary for the further Security 
 c of the Kingdom, at this critical Juncture ; 
 4 and to afliire their Excellencies, that this Houfe 
 ' will make good whatever Money fhall be ex- 
 
 * pended on this Occafion. Committees having 
 been appointed to draw up the faid Addrefles, 
 it was alfo refolv'd, Nemine contradicentc, * Fir ft, 
 
 * That whatever Sum or Sums of Money fhall 
 
 * be advanced, and paid inio the Treafury, by 
 any Perfon or Perfons, at the Inflanceof their 
 Excellencies the Lords Juftices, or the chief 
 Governour or Governours of this Kingdom 
 for the Time being, for the Defence of this 
 Kingdom, fhall be made good by this Houfe, 
 
 c with legal Intereft for the fame, out of fuch 
 
 * Aids a.s fhall be granted to his Majefty the 
 
 e next
 
 next Seflion of Parliament. Secondly , That this 
 Houfe, with their Speaker, do attend their 
 Excellencies the Lords Juftices, with the faid 
 Refolution. Thirdly, That whatever Sum or 
 Sums lhall be paid into the Treafury, pur- 
 fuant to the foregoing Refolution, fliall be 
 repaid without any Fees or Deductions what- 
 foever. Fourthly, That an humble Addrefs be 
 prefented to their Excellencies the Lords Ju- 
 ftices, That they will be pleafed to iflue a 
 Proclamation, promifing a Reward of Ten 
 Thoufand Pounds Sterling, to any Perfon or 
 Perfons, who mail feize and fecure James But- 
 ler, late Duke of Ormond, if he lands, or at- 
 tempts to land, in this Kingdom. After this 
 t was ordered, That Leave be given to. bring 
 n Heads of * A Bill to fubjeft the Eftates, Real 
 and Perfonal, of the Papifts and Non-Jurors in 
 this Kingdom > to make full Satisfaction for all 
 the Lofles and Damages that Troteftants fhall 
 fuffer, in Cafe any InfurrecYion, Invafion, or 
 Rebellion, fhall be fomented, carried on, or 
 fuftained by the Papifts and Non jurors of this 
 Kingdom : And then, in a Committee of the 
 whole Houfe, went through the ' Bill for the 
 farther Security of his Majefty's Perfon and 
 Government, &c. The Report of which was 
 put off till Tuefday, the 31)? of January. 
 
 Thefe Heads of the feveral Addrefles being 
 thus at large fet down, we think it needlefs to 
 trouble the Reader with the Addre0es them- 
 felves. 
 
 To thefe Addrefles, the Commons added an- 
 other, againft fufFering any Poptjh Soldiers to 
 lift among the Troops. 
 
 Upon
 
 Upon thefe Addrefles, the Lords Juftices be* 
 gan to beftir themfelves^ a Camp was mark'd 
 out $t or near Athlonc^ where, befides fome re- 
 gular Troops, a good Body of the newly regu- 
 lated Militia were ordered to encamp, being 
 all compleatl.y arm'd out of the King's Stores, 
 according to the formerly mentioned Addrefs 
 of the Houfe of Commons } alfo feveral fufpefted 
 Perfons were not at Dublin only, but in feveral 
 other Parts of the Kingdom, taken into Cufto- 
 dy. Thofe taken up at Dubli* at this Time, were 
 as follows: 
 
 Earls of Antrim. Counfellor Afdone. 
 
 Earl of Wcft-McAt\) 9 Rich. Nutt ley ,once a Judge. 
 
 Lord Nuttervilfe. Ctfar Ctldoagb,~} 
 
 Lord Cahir. - Fleming, VEfqrSj 
 
 J-ord Dillon. Rice^ ^ 
 
 The Houfe of Commons ftill purfuing the 
 AddrefTors for Sir Conftantinc Phipps, Henry Bayly? 
 ShcrifTof Limerick, made his Submiffion by Let- 
 ter, which was accepted ; but enquiring into 
 the Addrefs it felf, presented formerly from 
 that County, entituled, An Addrefs from the High- 
 Sheriff, Grand'Jury^ Jufticcs, &c. found it other~ 
 wife j and refolv'd, nemine contradiccnte, that it 
 appears to the Houfe, that the faid Addrefs 
 was not the Addrefs of the Grand-Jury, nor 
 lign'd by them , but was fafkioufly and maliti- 
 oufly contriv'd, &c. 
 
 One Mr. Buttler^ an aftive AddrefTor of the 
 County of Clare, made his Submiffion alfo by 
 Letter, defiring to be excus'd coming up, al- 
 ledging he was very ill j but unwarily going 
 abroad at the fame Time, and the Houfe being 
 
 ao
 
 3 
 
 acquainted that he was fo, he was order'd into 
 Cuftody. 
 
 There was little Bufinefs now before the 
 Houfe, only that fome Papers of dangerous 
 Confequence having been feiz'd by the Lords 
 Juftices in the Hands of a Popijb Prieft, nam'd 
 Dr.VJfy-, the Houfe defir'd to have them laid 
 before them, and the Lords Juftices agreed to 
 it , alfo their Lordfhips acquainted the Houfe, 
 with the Anfwer of the King to their Addrefs, 
 about railing Forces, as follows: 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 HIS Majefly thanks his faithful Commons for 
 their dutiful and loyal Addrefs ; and as 
 the Confidence they have, with fo much Zeal and. 
 Vnanimity, repofed in his Majefly^ cannot but be 
 (under God} the fureft Means of defeating the 
 Defigns of the Pretender j and consequently ^ of 
 fecuring the Proteftant Religion and Liberties of 
 Ireland '> fo they may defend upon >, that his MA- 
 jefty will make no other Vfe of i>, but what wilt 
 manifeftly tend towards thefe great Ends. 
 
 The Houfe order'd Thanks for this Anfwer, 
 and then were adjourn'd to the %th of March* 
 We come now to the Parliament of Britain? 
 which, after fundry Adjournments, now met 
 together in order to do Bufinefs, viz.. the $th 
 of January. The King coming to the Houfe, 
 opened this Part of the Seflion with a Speech, as 
 follows : 
 
 My Lords and Gentlemen, 
 
 * npHE Zeal and Affeftion to my Govern- 
 
 * JL nient, and the vigilant Care for the 
 
 * Safety of the Nation, which you have fhewn 
 
 in
 
 C 106 ] 
 
 c in your refpeftive Counties, have not only 
 4 fully anfwered my Expectations, but give me 
 4 Aflurances, that you are met together refoived 
 4 to ad with a Spirit becoming a Time of 
 4 common Danger, and with fuch a Vigour, as 
 4 will end in the Confufion of all thofe, who 
 4 have openly engag'd in this Rebellion ; and 
 4 in the Shame and Reproach of fuch as, by fc- 
 4 cretand malicious Infinuations, have foment- 
 * ed ? or, by an avow'd Indifference, encouraged 
 4 this traiterous Enterprize. 
 
 4 It is, I doubt not, a great Satisfaction to 
 4 you, to have obferv'd, That the Powers you 
 4 entrufted me with, for the Prefervation oirthe 
 e publick Safety, have been employ'd in ? the 
 4 molt proper and effectual Manner, and made 
 4 ftri&ly fubfervient to thofe Purpofes only, 
 c for which you intended them , and you muft 
 4 have had the Pleafure to reflect with me, 
 4 that as the Meafures taken for our Defence 
 4 have been juft and neceflary, fo it has pleafed 
 4 the Divine Providence to blefs them with a 
 4 Series of fuitable Succefs : And I cannot but 
 4 take this Opportunity, of doing Juftice to the 
 4 Officers and Soldiers of the Army, whofe 
 4 brave and faithful Difcharge of their Duty, 
 4 has difappointed our Enemies, and contribut- 
 4 ed fo much to the Safety of the Nation. 
 
 4 1 did hope, that the detecting and prevent- 
 4 ing the defigned Infurredions, in fome Parts 
 4 of the Kingdom, and the defeating in others 
 4 thofe who had taken up Arms agamft me, 
 4 would have put an End to this Rebellion , 
 4 but it is plain, that our Enemies, animated 
 4 by fome fecret Hopes of Affiftance, are ftill 
 4 endeavouring to fupport this defperate Un- 
 
 < dertakingj
 
 4 dertaking *, and the Pretender, as I have Rea- 
 
 * fon to believe, is now landed in Scotland. 
 
 c It is, however, with Pleafure I can acquaint 
 4 you, that notwithftanding thefe inteftine Com- 
 
 * motions, Great Britain has, in fome Meafure, 
 
 * recover'd its Influence and Reputation Abroad. 
 4 The Treaty for fettling the Barrier for the 
 c Netherlands, is now fully concluded, between 
 c the Emperor and States General, under my 
 4 Guarranty. The King of Spain has agreed to 
 c a Treaty, by which that valuable Branch of 
 4 our Commerce, will be delivered from the 
 
 * new Impofitions and Hardfhips, to which it 
 4 was fubjefted by the late Treaties ; and will 
 c ftand fettled for the future, on a Foot more 
 c advantageous and certain, than it ever did, 
 
 * in the moft flourifhing Time of any of my 
 c Predeceflbrs ; and the Treaty for renewing 
 4 all former Alliances, between the Crown of 
 
 * Great Britain and the States General, is 
 4 brought very near to its Conclufion. 
 
 4 Gentlemen of the ffoufe of Commons. 
 4 I mult rely on your Affection to me, and 
 
 * your Care and Concern for the Safety of the 
 4 Nation, to grant me fuch Supplies, as may en- 
 c able me to reftore, and to fecure the Peace of 
 
 * the Kingdom ; and I will order Eftimates 
 c of the neceflary Expences to be laid before 
 c you. 
 
 4 Among the many unavoidable ill Confe- 
 c quences of this Rebellion, none affefts me 
 c more fenfibly, than 'that extraordinary Bur- 
 
 * then, which it has, and muft create to my 
 4 faithful Subjeds: To eafe them as far as lies 
 4 in my Power, I take this firft Opportunity of 
 4 declaring, That I will freely give up all the 
 4 EItates, that mail become forfeited to the 
 
 4 Crown
 
 [1083 
 
 * Crown by this Rebellion, to be applied to- 
 c wards defraying the extraordinary Expence, 
 
 * incurr'd on this Occafion. 
 
 c fify Lords and Gentlemen, 
 4 It is Matter of the greateft TJneafinefs to 
 4 me, that the firft Years of my Reign, the 
 c whole Courfe of which I wifiYd to have tranf- 
 ' mitted to Pofterity, diftinguifh'd by the fair 
 4 and endearing Marks of Peace and Clemency, 
 1 fliould be clouded and overcaft with fo unna- 
 
 * tiiral a Rebellion j which, however impotent 
 1 and unfuccefsful a due Care may render it in 
 i all other Refpedh, does moft fenfibly afflift 
 e me, by the Calamities it has brought on many 
 
 * of my faithful Subjects, and by thofe indif- 
 c penfable Returns of Severity, which their 
 6 Sufferings, and the publick Safety, do moft 
 ' juftly call for. Under this Concern, my 
 4 greateft Comfort is, that I cannot reproach 
 
 * my felf, with having given the leaft Provoca- 
 tion to that Spirit of Difcontent and Calumny, 
 
 * that has been let loofc againft me, or the leaft 
 
 * Pretence for kindling the Flame of this Re- 
 'billion. 
 
 * Let thofe, whofe fatal Counfels laid the 
 
 * Foundation of all thefe Mifchiefs, and thofe 
 c whofe private Difcontents and Difappoint- 
 c ments, difguifed under falfe Pretences, have 
 e betrayed great Numbers of deluded People in* 
 e to their own Deftrnftion, anfwer for the Mi- 
 
 * feries in which they haveinvolv'd their Fellow- 
 ' Subjects. I queftion not, but that, with the 
 
 * Continuance of God's Bleffings, who alone is 
 
 * able to form Good ont of Evil, and, with the 
 c cheerful Afirftance of my Parliament, we 
 ' giall, in a (hortTime, fee this Rebellion end, 
 
 * not only in reftoring the Tranquillity of my 
 
 * Co-
 
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 [ 209' } 
 
 c Government, but in procuring a firm and 
 
 * lafting Bftablifhment of that excellent Con- 
 1 flitution in Church and State, which it was 
 
 * manifeftiy defigned tblfubvert : And that this 
 open and flagrant Attempt, in Favour of Po~ 
 pery, will abolifli all other Diftinftions among 
 us,, but of fuch as are zealous Aflertors of the 
 Liberties of their Country, the prefent Efta- 
 blijhment, and the Prrteftwt Religion, and 
 of fuch as are endeavouring to fubjedi: the 
 Nation to the Revenge v and Tyranny -of a 
 
 4 Popijti Pretender. 
 
 The Commons being rcturn'd to their Houfe, 
 immediately .voted an Addrefs of Thanks to 
 the Ring, as did alfo the Lords \ and falling 
 from thence to the Debate concerning the Pri- 
 foners taken in Rebellion, Mr. Lechmere made a 
 long and memorable Speech, which was after- 
 wards made publick, but is too lng to inferc 
 in thefe Annals, in order to a judicial Proceed- 
 ing againft them : Mr. Lechmere began with 
 telling the Houfe, that he had fomething to of- 
 fer to them of great Importance to the 
 King and Kingdom , and wherein the Lords 
 being concern'd alfo, he delir'd a Meflage might 
 be fent to the Lords, to acquaint them, that 
 this Houfe having fome Matters of great Confe- 
 quence to communicate to them, the Houfe de- 
 fir'd that their Lordthips would continue Sit- 
 ting for fome Time^ upon which, the Houfe 
 nam'd Mr. Lechmere to carry the faid Meflage, 
 after which he made his Speech, as above. In 
 ' Ihort, the Confequence of this Speech was, that 
 the Houfe refolved to impeach the Lords in 
 the Tower, of High Treafon, nemine contra- 
 dicente $ the Impeachments were indeed'voted 
 P upoa
 
 upon diftincfc Motions, one by one , but iuVd 
 in the fame Thing, viz.. to impeach 
 
 James, Earl of Dermnt- Robe n , E. of Cam- 
 
 water. warth. 
 
 William, Lord Widdrington. William, VifcOunt 
 William, Earl of Nitbifdalc' Kenmurt. 
 
 George, Earl of Winton. Wtlliam,Ld. Nairn. 
 
 And .upon this Refolution, the feyeral Mem- 
 bers "who made the Impeachments, were order- 
 ed to carry up the fame to the Houfe of Lords, 
 and there, in the Name of the Commons of 
 Great Britain, to impeach the faid Lords in the 
 ufual Forms, which, was feverally done j and 
 the fame Evening, for the Houfe had call'd for 
 Candles, and fat very late, a Committee was 
 appointed to draw up Articles of Impeachment, 
 and prepare Evidence againft: them*, of which 
 Committee Mr. Leckmere was Chairmaa -, and 
 fo zealous were they in this Work, that though 
 it was already late, they withdrew immediate- 
 ly, and in lefs than two Hours, made then- 
 Report, and deliver'd in the Articles of Im- 
 peachment againft them all ; where they were 
 twice read, and, with fome few Amendments, 
 agreed to by the Houfe, and ordered to be en- 
 grofTed, together with the ufual faving Claufe 
 to the Houfe, for Liberty referv'd to exhibit 
 farther Articles, if they thought fit. 
 
 'j&ut neither was this all; for the Articles be- 
 ing order'd to be engfofs'd, the Clerks were 
 immediately fet to work , and another MeflTage 
 being fent to the Lords, to defire them to con- 
 tinue Sitting, the engrofs'd Articles were 
 brought in, and the Houfe had them read a 
 third Time, and pafs'd i and orderd Mr. Lech- 
 
 wtrt
 
 t *<]). 
 
 mere to carry them to the Lords the very 
 Night j -which was done accordingly about 10 a 
 Clock at Night. 
 
 Such a Day's Work has hardly -been feen 
 in the* Houfe of Commons of many Years 
 paft } and the Warmth of the Proceeding might 
 eafily dilate to the 'iniprifon'd Lords, what: 
 they had to expeft, and that flo Time ' 
 be loft' in their Profecutioh, as it 
 mediately appeared-, for the very 
 viz. the loth of January, the impeach'd Lords 
 were all brought up to the Bar of the Houfe of 
 Lords, where the Articles of Impeachment 
 againft them were read, and Copies 1 ^ them, 
 were ordered to be delivered to them, and 
 they were' ordered to. put in their Anfwer in 
 Jfix Days, -Z;'JL. the i6thj and 'upon tfieir Re- 
 queft, that fuch Perfons as were proper to aflift 
 them in their faid Anfwer and Defence, might 
 be admitted to come to them, it was immedi- 
 ately granted by the Houfe. 
 
 The Impeachments being lodg'd, the Com- 
 mons went upon other Bufinefs, and firft or- 
 der'd a Bill to be brought in, to continue the 
 Sufpenfion of the Habeas Corpus Ad for fix 
 Months longer ^ and' then refolvM, that Mr. 
 Forfter, Knight of the Shire for the County of 
 Northumberland, who had been? in actual Rebel- 
 lion againft the King, and was then a Prifoner 
 for the fame, mould be expell'd the Houf?, : 
 which was done \ and^ on a new Election for 
 that County, Sir John DeUvall was'chofen in 
 his ftead. And now, January nth, the Lords 
 and Commons the fame Day, tho' iiudifferenfi 
 Bodies, prefented their Addrefies of Th cs to 
 his Majefty, for his Speech from the Throne, j 
 P 2 Which
 
 which Addreflfes are -entered -in o,ur A 
 2gp. : Z. Z. with his Majefty's Anfwers. . 
 
 From thefe Things, the Houfe.*ppty'd : them- 
 ff^stotbe publick Bufinefsy and, having vot- 
 ed a Supply, fall'd foivfuch Accounts, Estimates, 
 States, and Lifts, as they found Qccafion for, 
 and as is ufual in fuch Gafes^ and on the 29*^, 
 voted the feveral Sums following, and t;he Ufes 
 to which they were to be appropriated, as well 
 for the Sea, as Land Service, viz.. 
 
 
 
 /. /. d. 
 
 CFor looqo Seamen for 
 - 520000 JDO oo 1 13 Months r including 
 br,f. bsi. d the Ordnance. 
 
 fl j--. CBor the t Ordnance of 
 
 233849 19 o5 / the ^avy," including 
 t Halt-Pay. 
 
 f For the Share to be 
 295202 ii 01 JpaidbytheTreafurer 
 \ of the Navy to the 
 moO &\3 ,b v South-Sea, Company. 
 
 For Guards iaA4 Garri- 
 
 - 
 
 .,.. 
 
 57917 19 c*r4 :For the ? orccs and 
 
 <i Garrifon ^^ in Minorca. 
 
 37294 12 09 . 
 
 C Garnfonr i 
 
 122495 l8 02 JFor the Ordnance for 
 
 7 Li ad Service. 
 
 50885 lo 10 J For Deficiencies of the 
 I preceeding Year. 
 
 Total 2345 soTTr^"
 
 , . . 
 
 The i6t% being the Day appointed for thd 
 Anfwer of the impeach'd Lords, they petition- 
 ed for longer Time, which was granted them, 
 but only to die i9tb; when they were brought 
 to the Bar, where they all feverally pleaded 
 guilty to the Charge, except the Earl of Winton^ 
 -who, upon his Petition,, had. Time given him 
 till the 23^, to put in his Anfwer. 
 
 The feveral Pleas of the impeach'd LortlsJ 
 their Submiflion, their Application for Merry, 
 with their Speeches at the Bar, when they were 
 brought up to hear and receive Judgment, 
 together with the Speech of the Lord Chan- 
 cellor Confer ^ Lord High Steward for the Day, 
 when he pronounc'd the Sentence of Death a- 
 gainit thern^ are all put together under one 
 licad in the Appendix,' and entituled. The Pro* 
 ceedings on the Impeachments ^ainft the fix Lords, 
 No. A *. 
 
 Upon the Lords having thus pleaded guilty, 
 the Houfe fent a Meflage the next Day, vizi. 
 the zoth, to the Houfe of Commons, to acquaint 
 them with if, upon which the whole Houfe weut 
 the 23^ in the Morning, with their Mace, and 
 with their Speaker, and all their 'tifual Attend* 
 ants, to the Bar of the Houfe of Lords,, to de- 
 mand Judgment againft the fkid Lords. 
 
 In the mean Time, the Bill for empowering 
 his Majeft-y to iecure and detain fufpeftedPer- 
 fons, commonly calPd, the Bill to fufpend the 
 Habeas Corpus Acl, was depending in the Honfe 
 of Peers, and the Lords entred into the De- 
 bates about it in a Committee, that very Day 
 that the Ring came to the Houfe : The Lord 
 Harcourt offerM a Rider, or Clan fe, to the BID, 
 for excepting the Peers , as alfo, that Informers 
 fHould be puniflied in Cafe they accufe inno- 
 P 3 cent
 
 r EJ . . 
 
 s-j and that the Caufe of Commit: 
 meat fhpuld be aflign'd in the Warraat ;. J>u|; 
 though ; federal other Peers fecbnded that Mo- 
 tion, it was. reiecied, and the Bill \vas pafs'd 
 without Amendment. 
 
 The -lame. Day. the JC ing came to the Houfe, 
 and gave trie ^oyal 1 Aflent to the ,faid Ad; 
 and then made a-Spjeech to the Houfe-, as follows, 
 V;ii ni wto i 
 
 My Lards and Cerrtlemen^ 
 
 ' T.HadReafon to believe, when I fpoke laft 
 
 JL ta ,y^5 t^atrtbe Pretender was landed in 
 
 Scotland , 'the Accounts I have received lince 
 
 do put it beyond all Doubt, that he is heading 
 
 the Rebellion there, and does a flu me the 
 
 'Style and Title of King of thefe Realms 5 
 
 c hh Adherents do likewife confidently affirm, 
 
 c that Aflurances are given them of Support 
 
 * from Abroad. This Parliament hath on all 
 c Occafions exprefled fo much Duty to Me, and 
 c fo true a Regard for the Religious and Civil 
 c Rights of my People, that, I am perfwaded, 
 
 * this daring Preemption of our Enemies will 
 c heighten your juft Indignation. againft them, 
 ( and beget fuch farther Refolutions as, with 
 1 the Bleffmg of God, will enable me to defeat 
 their Attempts. 
 
 Gentlemen of tke Houfe of Commons^ , 
 
 c The moft effectual Way to put a fpeedy 
 
 * End to thefe Troubles, will be to make fuch 
 
 * a Provifion as may difcourage any Foreign 
 
 * Power from affifHng the Rebels -, I do there- 
 
 * fore hope, that every fincere Protefttnt and 
 6 true. Brittin^ will look upon the extraordinary 
 
 * Expence, which a timely Preparation may re- 
 
 * quire, to be the belt Hu$tyw4ry> nce i* 
 
 5 will,
 
 * will, in all humane Probability, prevent thai 
 
 * Defolation and thofe Calamities, which would 
 
 * unavoidably enfue, if the Rebellion fhould 
 c be fuffered to fpread, and be fuppbrted by 
 
 * Popijk Forces from Abroad. 
 
 My Lords and Gentlemen , 
 c The World mult be conviriced by all you 
 have already done, that you have nothing but 
 the Honour and Intereft of your Country at 
 Heart-, and for my own Part, I rely entirely 
 upon yod, and doubt not bat you will take 
 fuch Refolutions at this Jundure, as will be 
 moft for the prefent Safety, and future Eafe of 
 
 * my People. 
 
 Upon this Speech, it was no wonder the two 
 Houfes appear'd very forward in their Zeal and 
 Readinefs to fupport his Majefty in a Cafe of fuch 
 Importance^ this they exprefs'd in two Ad- 
 drefles prefented to the King \ that of the Lords 
 the 23^, and the Commons the 24^ both the 
 faid Addrefles, together with his Majefty'sAn- 
 fwers, are in the Appendix, No. B*. C*. 
 
 Leaving the Houfe of Commons now for a 
 while, the Courfe of our Annals requires that 
 we go back to give fome Account of the grand 
 Affair in Scotland , where we left the Duke of 
 Argyle drawing all the Forces together, in order 
 to form an Army, and attack the Rebels in their 
 head Quarter, or capital Town of Perth -, and 
 the other making, in Appearance, all Manner 
 of Preparations neceflary to refift them. 
 
 In the Interval of thefe Things, there hap- 
 pen 7 d fome fmall Rencounters between the 
 Forces on both Sides , which, however fmall, 
 ferve to compleat our Hiftory of this unhappy 
 Infurredtion. And firft, as to the Motions of 
 P 4 the
 
 the E;u : l of Snthe-r.lan'd^ and the Gentlerten with 
 him iaithe North, ..they^Jwd frequent Marches 
 and Attempts to engage, between them and 
 the Earl of Seafcrtb: tho' it never came to 
 Blows ; at laft, by the Interpofition of the 
 Lady Dowager of Stjforjth, a Submiffion was 
 fign'd by the Earl } and a like Treaty was, 
 witty he.tfer EfFeft, concluded alfo with the Mar- 
 quis, of, Ht'.ntley -, for as_to,Seaforth, he fell off, 
 and run ,to Arms again-, > to his own Ruine, -as 
 (hall be .related afterward. Thus the Earl of 
 Sutherland) and the 'Noblemen and Gentlemen 
 on tne King's Side in thofe Parts, not only kept 
 their Gtound, but gain'd very much, and pre- 
 fei v'd all that Part of the Country in the King's 
 I-itereft, till the Duke of Argylis Army ca.nie 
 
 them to finifli the Work. 
 Fioin thence we come down to the South, 
 to the Shore of Fi{t-\ and there ;he Dii'ke of 
 4rgyle ocder'd one "of .the Men of War, l$irr 
 in Ltith. Road,: to it :a rid over towards the other 
 Shore, 3Jld fee if h<j eould lie near enOugll to 
 XruntiffitnA, to throw a. few. Shot into the Town,- 
 and batter them a little -, the Captain; of the 
 Man of War did fo/ and cannonaded the Town 
 for. an. Hour or two} upon which the-Earl of 
 J^.tr's Men quitted the Place, imagining, as was. 
 ftid afterwards, that as fpon as the Cannonading 
 was over, the Captain of the Man of War 
 \i7ould attejnpt (to land ; and there not being a 
 fufficient Number of -Men in the Place to de- 
 fend it, they relblv'd to abandon it i they left 
 behind .them.- fix Pieces of Cannon, being Ship 
 Guns ^ fome Arms, with a good Quantity of 
 Provisions : TJ[ on Advice of this to General 
 Gadogan, who was then ; at Edinburgh^ he order- 
 ed a :. Detach men t of -.S-ccts and Dutch Troops to 
 
 pafs
 
 pafs the F/rfJvand take Pofleffiori of the Place", 
 under the Command of Sir jM -Montgomery : 
 Upon 1 his Arrival, the Rebels quitted likewife 
 all the Towns on the North Side of the Firth. 
 They had afterwards a little Skirmijh with fome 
 of the Dutch Soldiers at Dyfert, but of no Con- 
 fequence^, Nine of the 'Earl of Mar's Men 
 coming to the Lord Sinclair's Cole Pits, to fetch 
 Coals to carry to Perth, were furronnded by 
 the Dutch , and, taking Shelter in'a'Houfe, re- 
 fns'd to yield till two of them being kill'd, 
 the reft furrender'd. 
 
 On the other Hand, to begin the Year, about 
 the {kit or fecoftd of JwnAry, the 'Earl of 
 Rothes, with a good Body of Volunteers, and 
 about 30 or 40 Dtttch Foot, march'd to attack 
 Falkland, an old Royal Houfe of the Kings of 
 Scotland, but decay'dj the Rebels having Notice 
 of this Dcfign, fent a Body of their Troops in- 
 to the Place, and with another Party furrounded 
 Soldiers, and about 30 Gentlemen 
 
 a Village^ the Gentlemen got moft of them off, 
 but the Foot were made Prifoners. 
 
 Upon this Succefs of the Rebels, a-nd to re- 
 ftrain their Excurfions, the Duke of Argyle or- 
 dered three Battalions of "the Dutch Foof to pafs 
 the Firth at Qeeens Ferry, and take quarters at 
 Innerkeithing, Dumfermling, and the Towns there- 
 abouts ; which perfeftly cover'd that Part of the 
 Country, and kept the Enemy within Bounds. 
 
 And now the Duke finding the Want of Artil- 
 lery was not to be fupply'd otherwife, and that a 
 greatTrain, which was adually Ihipped at London 
 for his Supply, was detained by the continued 
 Eafterly Winds, and violent Weather, refol v'd to 
 fupply himfelf by Land , he fent therefore to the 
 Governor of Sermc^to furnifh fuch a Number of 
 
 Can-
 
 Cannon as he had then occafion for j which was 
 readily comply'd with ^ and on the 8^, Gene- 
 ral Cadogan came again to Edinburgh, and or- 
 der'd the proper Officers to prefs 1 500 Horfes 
 for fetching the faid Cannon, which was done 
 alfo under a Guard of 500 Men. 
 
 At the Return of General CWegvw, a great 
 Council of War was held at Sterling, and the 
 Dutch Troops being now all arriv'd, the March 
 of the Army was refolv'd on, the Meafures 
 concerted, the Order of Battle appointed, and 
 Orders were immediately given out to prepare 
 every Thing needful againft the Time \ and be- 
 caufe it was found, that the Depth of the Snow, 
 which was in moft Places two or three Foot 
 thick, would very much .retard the March of 
 the Infantry and Cannon, if not make it im- 
 pra&icable , Orders were given to fumraon in 
 ieveralThoufands of the Countrymen to remove 
 the Snow, and to open a plain Road for the Paf- 
 fage of the Carriages. 
 
 The Names of the General Officers, and of 
 the feveral Regiments, and the Order of Battle 
 for the King's Army, as it was fettled at that 
 Council of War, and delivered to all the Field 
 Officers, was as follows: 
 
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 Thef fcflew-very well, '"that- not only the 
 Villages were burnt and deftroyM on the Way 
 they tfere to march, but' that the Country was 
 exhaufted \ fo that it was .nec-eflary they fhould 
 .carry Provisions with them for the whole Ar- 
 for this Purpofe, 200 Waggons were pro- 
 , befides Horfe Carriage . for all forts of 
 riot for the Meiupnly, but Forragd 
 fop the Ho.rfes alfo, and even -for the Draught 
 Horfes that carry'd or drew" that Forrage -, "fo 
 tfeat the AJrrriy was futpifhed fpr twelve DayS~i 
 in which Tjme, if mote had,bcen requir'd, far- 
 ther, Supplies- would have been fenfc after them, 
 and, perhaps, the fame Carriages and Horfes 
 have rjeturii'd for thatPnrpofe-, but, as it prov- 
 ed in the Evebt, there was no Occafion. \ 
 
 The Time of Action now drew nigh.- On 
 the 2 1/, 200 Dragoons were detach'd towards 
 Perth, to difcover the Country, and fee, if they 
 could, -into the Fofture of the Enemy ; and to 
 fee in what Condition -the Roads were for the 
 Army's Paffing. Colonel <?/*/, whocommandr 
 ed this Party, did as he was commanded, and 
 Brought back 'his Account to the General \ but 
 'inevV nothing that his advariqiQg had allarnfci 
 the Enemy, tjo that Degree, w as to put all the 
 City of PerHt into a Hurry, foine Country People 
 coming in -TuU Speed, 'and telling them, that 
 the Duke of Argylc* with all^his Cavalry, .and 
 400CX Footf iiounted on Horfes, was in "full 
 March to attjck them -, nor," was this Fright 
 over, till a Party of Horfe being fent to Tulli- 
 hardin^ and;from thence every- Way to view the 
 the Roads,y< ftnt exprefs Word, that all was 
 quiet, and tfraJL no Enemy ajjpear'd. 
 
 
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 On the i4th, th$ poke, with .i 
 gtit^avfl, a ftrong Party of Horfe, went out 
 themfelves to view, tfee Country, a,nd particu- 
 larly the Roads,, .-yr^ich;- the, Workmen were allL 
 tliis whiie bufy > ijv, eleirfng'and making good : 
 This March of h;Djukejcaus'd a fecond Alarm, 
 and'flaade forneof their Men, who were in ther 
 molt advanced Pofts^ retire^ but the Alarm did 
 not reach to P^.rK.as the other ha,d. 
 
 Qn the 23^ and 24^, ; it thaw'd fuddenly and 
 very haftily-, ^nc^the.Thaw was followed wkh. 
 another very great Snow, which made the 
 Workmen, who were clearing the Roads, have 
 mo ft of their Work to do over again, and 
 majle the marching exceeding hazardous , info- 
 njAlch.that feveral of. $he. General Ofiker?- begaa 
 to be of Opinion, that they ought not to march 
 till the Seafon ;was a little more fettled, either. 
 to Froft or Thaw. .But the Duke was refolute, 
 in the;-,Meafures taken v and efpecialty, having 
 pofitive ; Qrder^fr0m above, to attack the Re- 
 bels witfaou.t any.Lofs of Time. 
 
 OH the 26th, the Duke ordered two Regi- 1 
 Dragoons, and 500 Foot, to advance 
 in, with Directions to poft a ftrong 
 at the demolifh'd Bridge.qf iD>ir. , : 3 uol 
 The fame Day the Train of Artillery frora 
 Be-rwkk reach'd to Sterling, and was immedi- 
 ately ^order'd over the Bridgey it eon lifted of 
 ten Pieces of Cannoo, and t.w Mortars, to 
 which fix other Pieces were addtd, which was 
 thought fufficient. The Men oi War and Tranf-r 
 ports from London, were arrivd the- Day.'.be.- 
 fore in the Firth, with a very, good Ira i a of 
 Artillery, and a vaft Magazine of all Manner 
 of military Stores -, but they came too late for 
 the Service, except that Colonel Bvrgard, who 
 
 com-
 
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 commanded the Gunners, Fire Men, cfov aild 
 Engineers, who came with that Train, reach'd 
 the Camp the Morning they began to march, 
 and came very timely to go with them. 
 
 The fame Day, viz.. the 29^/7, the Army began 
 their March, and marched to Dumblain , the 
 Troops that were at Dwnhlain before, advancing 
 at the fame Time, came to the old Cattle of 
 Braco., expe&ing fome Refiftance, but they 
 found it abandon'd } the next Morning the 
 fame Party, with two Pieces of Cannon, ad- 
 vanc'd upon the Road to Tullibardin, to cover 
 the Workmen, who were at W6rk to clear the 
 Way. and; to prevent their being infulted by 
 the Garrifon of Tullibardin. That Day the 
 Army advanc'd to duckterarder , and here in- 
 deed the Rebels having burnt all the Houfes, as 
 is faid- before, the poor Soldiers had cold Quar- 
 ters, having no Lodging but in the Snow, nor 
 any other Covering but the fine Canopy of 
 Heaven, or, as the French fay, les belles 
 Ejtoille:, the beautiful Stars. The one and 
 Thirtieth, they pafs'd the River Ern^ and came 
 to "TulUbarditt, the Garrifon of which was with- 
 drawn, except 50 Men, who were made Pri- 
 fonersj and here it was, the Duke receiv'd the 
 welcome News, that the Pretender, and all his 
 Army, had abandon'd Perth the Day before, 
 and were retired towards Dundee. 
 - Though the Army were as keen for A&ion 
 as could be defir'd , yet as the Soldiers had 
 HOW lain two Nights in the Snow j for at Tvlli- 
 bar din they could not get Shelter for the com- 
 mon Soldiers, they were not a little glad of 
 warmer Quarters : The Duke had not the Ac- 
 count till near four a Clock in the Afternoon 
 that the Enemy was gone j and therefore it be- 
 ing
 
 ing near dark, it was not pofliblc to get there 
 that Day^ howeyer, he detach'd immediate- 
 ly four Squadrons of Dragoons, and 2 Batta- 
 lions of Foot, to take Poflefllon of the Town, 
 and went hirafelf with them, and, marching 
 all Night, they enter'd Perth by the Light of 
 the Snow about two a Clock in the Morning, 
 at the .Head of the Dragoons ; the two Battal- 
 lions having march'd all the Day before, were 
 fatiga'd with the Length of the Way, and Want 
 of Reft, and could not reach the Place till 
 Ten of the Clock the next Morning j ia which 
 had the Enemy bad Intelligence, and been 
 nimble ;enough to have taken the Advantage, 
 the Duke had been in fome Hazard , but they 
 had other Bufinefs upon their Hands. 
 
 The next Morning, the whole Army decamp- 
 ed from their cold Quarter at Tullibardin^ and, 
 marching with what Speed they could make, 
 arriv'd at Perth that Evening, being the ift of 
 February + where they had good Quarters. 
 
 It wasfaid, the Rebels left their Cannon be- 
 hind them, except three large Pieces, which they 
 threw into the River } but this is not confirm'd } 
 fome Field Pieces they carry'd with them, but 
 left them at Dundee. 
 
 Though the Array wanted Refrefhment after 
 the Fatigue they had met with, for want of 
 Quarters-, yet it was abfolutely neceflary to 
 give the Enemy as little Reft as poflible, and 
 follow them as dole at the Heels as could be, 
 efpecially confidering they had already four 
 Days March of the Royal Army, for they 
 left Perth the $oth of January) and it was now 
 the 24 of February. 
 
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 -'it was very remarkable, that the 
 fliould be oblig'd to quit the Town or Ctty of 
 Perth', call it which we will, 'the fame Day of the 
 Year that his Grandfather, if it waf really MsGrAnd- 
 /<tf/W, was opprefs'd, and put to Death, by his 
 rebellious Subjects, viz.. fan. 30. but that by the Way. 
 
 ' On the 2d of Febfittry therefore, the Duke 
 march'd again" in Purfuit of the Rebels, at the 
 Head of fix Squadrons of Dragoons, three Bat- 
 tallions, and 800 detach'd Foot, and came to 
 Erroly and on the 3^ to Dundee , and the Army, 
 who came forward with eafy Marches, ar- 
 riv'd there the next Day, being the qth : De- 
 tachments were made immediately to follow the 
 flying Army, who were by this Time pafs'd 
 on beyond Montrofe \ but as it was expected 
 they would have halted at Montrofe, the De- 
 tachment was ordered thither by two Roads, 
 viz.. 1000 Foot, with 50 Dragoons, march'd the 
 great Road .by j4bcrbrothick^ and 300 Foot, with 
 50 Dragoons more, march'd by Brechin- But 
 here they were again fo obftrudted by the Depth 
 of the Snow, that they were oblig'd to fnmmon 
 in the Country People to remove it, and clear 
 the Way , which, however, made their March 
 heavy and tedious. On the 5^, the Duke fol- 
 low 'd with the whole Army, the Cavalry and 
 Train by the Road of Brechin^ and the Infantry 
 with General Cadogan by j4berbrothick. 
 
 As they were upon this March, they receiv- 
 ed an Account of the Efcape of the Pretender j 
 and how he had not only deceived them, but 
 even his own Army alfo , and had e'mbarkt the 
 4th in the Morning before Day on Board a Ship 
 in the Road of Montrofe^ having left his Army 
 beyond the Town the Evening before, on their 
 March towards Aberdeen. The belt and fullefb 
 
 Ac-
 
 Account we have had of this, tho' it has been 
 divers Ways related, is as follows: 
 
 As it has been already obferv'd, that it was 
 found neceflary abfolutely to conceal from their 
 own Friends, and efpecially from the Army, 
 the defign'd Retreat from Perth , fo was it as 
 abfolutely neceffary to conceal, that they de- 
 fign'd to fecure themfelves arid the Pretender^ 
 by an early Flight into France ; tho' indeed the 
 laft was not poflible to be fo entirely con- 
 ceal'd a the other } and it was certain, that 
 many Mutterings and Jealoufies were heard in 
 their own Army about it ; efpecially when it 
 Was feen, that they directed their March to- 
 wards the Sea-Side, and particularly to Mon- 
 trofe, where two or three French Veflels were at 
 Anchor the fame Time. 
 
 Bat when they found the March Continued, 
 and that the Pretender likewife appear'd refolv'd 
 ftill to go with them, and the Earl of Mar alfo, 
 they gave over all Sufpicions, and were very 
 eafy again ; the Earl of Mar, whofe Defign was 
 laid before, and all his Meafures concerted, 
 knew this was the Time to a& the laft Part : 
 The March was appointed that Time to be in 
 the Night towards Aberdeen, where they had 
 been afluf d, they mould make a Stand till Suc- 
 cours arrived , and the foremoft Troops being 
 advanc'd, and the Guards mounted to attend 
 the Pretender's Coming, they were alfo order'd 
 to march. The Truth then appearing, that the 
 Pretender, accompany'd with only three Per- 
 fons, befides their Servants, was, two Hours 
 before, gone back to Montrtfe; and it was 
 given ftill out 3 would return in the Morning to^ 
 the Army. 
 
 a in
 
 In the mean Time, the Truth of Fad wis, 
 that the Pretender, having left all his ufual At- 
 tendants in their ordinary Waiting, had gone 
 by a private Way with the Earl of MAT to the 
 Seaside, where a Boat waited, by exprefs Or- 
 ders, to take them in , and where, embarking 
 with only three Servants, and the faid Earl of 
 Mar, they went on Board a French Frigate, 
 which for that Purpofe was likewife weigh'd 
 out of the Road of Montrofe, and lay clofe 
 under Shore. They were no fooner on Board, 
 but the fame Boat went back, and took in the 
 Earl of Mel 'fort , the Lord Drummond, Lieute- 
 nant General Bulkeley, Sheldon, and others, about 
 17 in all} being all Perfons of the firft Rank 
 in the Army, and who were made Privy to the 
 Defign ; they were no fooner on Board, but 
 the VefTel hoifted Sail, and flood dire&ly over 
 to the Coaft of Norwty, to be oat of the Way 
 of the Englif} Cruifers; and having a frefh 
 Gale at Weft South Weft, they made Land, as 
 the Saylors term it, or had Sight of Land, the 
 next Day at Evening, when, co-ifting along 
 the Germ.m and Dutch Shores, they arriv'd at 
 Graveling ia five Days ; and fo expeditious were 
 the Officers, and the Ship withal, being an ex- 
 cellent Saylor, that in twelve Days Time me 
 was back again upon the Coaft of Scot la-ad, 
 and took in a fecond Cargo of Gentlemen, a- 
 bout Fraz.ersburgb* even after the main Body 
 was gone to the Hills. 
 
 General Cordon, the Lord Tinmouth, the Earl 
 Marifchal, and feveral others, which our com- 
 mon Accounts mentioned to be left to fhift for 
 themfelves, kept with the Army, and continued 
 * their March to Aberdeen ; the Foot marching on 
 before with General Gordon, and the Earl Ma- 
 
 rifchal,
 
 rifchal, with about 1000 Horfe, keeping the 
 Rear, to prevent Surprize; nor, if we may be- 
 lieve their own Relation, was the Earl Marifchal, 
 and General Gordon, in fuch extraordinary 
 Tranfports of Anger and Defpair, on the News 
 of the Pretender's Efcape ; tho', perhaps, they 
 might think fit to aft fuch a Part, for the pre* 
 fent Occafion : But otherwife there is no Doubt 
 but they were made acquainted with the Defign \ 
 and, being well aflured that their own Efcape 
 would be in Time provided for, they agreed to 
 take the Hazard for the Service of their Caufe, 
 and continue with the Troops till they carry'd 
 them clear of the purfuing Army; and this 
 they did fo effe&ually, as gave the Gentlemen 
 Opportunity to make their Efcapes afterward aC 
 more Leifure, and gave the common People Op- 
 portunity to difperfe, and retire to their 1 
 Dwellings ; fo that in all the Purfuit which the 
 Duke of Argyle made, tho' he loft no Time, and 
 harraft the Troops very forely; yet they were 
 not able to overtake any Part of them, nor 
 did they, except fuch as voluntarily furrender'd, 
 make too Prifoners in the whole Purfuit from 
 Perth to Aberdeen^ and from thence to Locqnh*~ 
 ber, where they feparated : But even after they 
 had fo feparated, they went every Man his own 
 Way quietly enough, till particular Detach- 
 ments were fent under General Cadogtun, neat* 
 two Months after, upon Notice that they had 
 appointed to rally their Forces again. 
 
 To confirm this Opinion, it appears, that 
 General Gordon, who took upon him the Com- 
 mand after the Flight of the reft, march'd on 
 to Aberdeen ; and there, drawing up the Troops 
 together, he pulls out a Paper of Inftru&ions 
 from the Prettnder, which, as h faid, he had 
 2, Order
 
 r "8 3 
 
 Order not to open till he came to that City. 
 In this Paper, the Pretender complains of Dif- 
 appointments from abroad principally, and of 
 the Neceflity he was under, for his own Pre- 
 fervation, to leave the Country } that he thank- 
 ed them for their cheerful undertaking fo ha- 
 zardous aa Enterprise ^ which, had it been as 
 well feconded by others, who had like wife en- 
 gaged to do it, might have had better Succefs : 
 He recommends to them to confult their own 
 Security, by keeping together till they can come 
 to fuch Places, where they may feparate with- 
 out being made a Prey to their Enemies and 
 encourages them to expect to hear farther from 
 him in a very fliort Time. 
 
 It was the qth of February that the Pretender 
 embarkt, and the 6th in the Morning they 
 reach'd Aberdeen ; where their Friends receiv'd 
 them with deje&ed Countenances, and that 
 with good Reafon, conlidering that they were 
 now like to be call'd to a ftrid: Account for 
 their having formerly entertained them after 
 another Manner. 
 
 They had no Time to lofe } for the Duke of 
 Argyle, who made every Day frelh Detachments 
 after them, was at their Heels. On the *]th in 
 the iMorning, they began to march out of Aber- 
 deen, and by two in the Afternoon had entirely 
 quitted it \ and here having, in the fhort Time 
 of their Stay, procured three Veflels for car-, 
 rying' of!' more Gentlemen, who refolv'd to 
 efcape, thofe Veflels receiv'd private Orders to 
 meet them to the North of Aberdeen, under 
 the Shores of Peterkead^ Buchan-Nefs, and other 
 Parts, and about 200 Gentlemen, who were 
 concern'd in that Defign, parted from the 
 Army, and march'd in a Body to the Places
 
 C 419 1 
 
 appointed, where, in feveral Creeks and Har- 
 bours, moft of them embarkt, and got off-, 
 but one Ship, falling in with the Engl : .jk Cruif- 
 ers, was oblig'd to ftand in again for the Shore, 
 and land their Cargo ^ yet the Gentlemen, 
 knowing 'the Country perfe&ly well, found 
 Means to get Horfes again, and 'make their 
 Way to the Hills after the flying Army; 
 nor did any of them, upon thefe Occafions, 
 fall into the Hands of the purfuirig Army: ft 
 was reckon'd, that about 140 Gentlemen rh-?de 
 their Efcape at that Time, and landed all fafe 
 in France' 
 
 On the 8t fe, the Duke of Argyle arriv'd at A- 
 bereUen with 400 Men -, but the reft of the 
 Army not being come up, the Purfuit could 
 not be carry'd on, fave that Major General 
 Evans was detach'd with 200 Dragoons, and 
 fome Foot, to endeavour to cut off their Horfe, 
 who ftill kept in the Rear of their Army, from 
 the reft} and particularly, to follow thofe two 
 Hundred, who went towards the Sea to em- 
 bark. 
 
 General Evans did his belt to intercept thefe 
 Gentlemen, and follow'd them to Frazersbttrghi 
 from thence they were gone to Samfff^. whither 
 he could not follow, but Tent a Detachment of 
 40 Dragoons, with fome Foot, to follow' them 
 thither: It is true, the Letter whichGeneralfwwj 
 fent to the Duke, as it was made publick, does 
 not mention that any were embarkt ; but it 
 feems to imply, that it was known to be fo, 
 feeing the General would venture to purfue the 
 reft with but 40 Dragoons. 
 
 It is, however, certain^ that the Remainder 
 
 of thofe Gentlemen, when they were at Bampjf^ 
 
 were not above o or- 80 Horfe ^ whereas they 
 
 Q.3 were
 
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 were above 200 when they went from the 
 Army. 
 
 The main Body of the Rebels now turn'd to 
 the Left, and march'd full Weft, pa fling thro* 
 Strath Spey, and Strath Don, to the Hills of Ba- 
 denoch: The Reader may pleafe to note here, 
 that the Word Strath, is there ufed to fignify a 
 narrow long Valley, made by the Current of 
 fome River, and is generally firnam'd by the 
 River i as in the North of England, the Word 
 Dale is fo alfoufed, as Tweed-Dale, Tine-Dale, 
 Swale- Dale, &c. all which fignify Vallies made by, 
 or on the Banks of the Rivers Tweed, Tine, Swale, 
 &C. fo Strath- Spey, Strath- Don, &c. is no more 
 than Valleys on the Banks of the Rivers Spey, 
 
 Don, &C. 
 
 While the Army was thus fuccefsfully pnfhing 
 the Rebels on the Shore, the Men of War, tho' 
 not with equal Succefs, were plykg the Coaft i 
 and becaufe it might not be concluded, that they 
 were wanting in their Duty, though they had 
 not the good Luck to meet with the Ships of 
 the Enemy, a Journal of their Proceedings and 
 Conduct was made publick at this Time, Da- 
 ted from Edinburgh, February 23, 1716. as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 ' pdinburgh, Feb. 23. The Royal Anne Galley, 
 Pearl, Port-Mahon, Deal-Caftle, and Phcenix, are 
 return'd from Cruizing. It appears by the 
 Journal of Captain Stuart, that he had early 
 intelligence of the Pretender** having put to 
 Sea from Montrofe, in a clean tallow'd French 
 Snow, winch rowed out of the Harbour, and 
 clofe in along Shore a good Way, with her 
 Sails furled. The Port-Mahon lay all that 
 Night within two Leagues of the Harbour's 
 Mouth - 5 but 'twas fo very dark, there was 
 
 c no
 
 no feeing a Ship a Quarter of a Mile diftant. 
 Captain Stuart, and the Pearl, were off Aber- 
 deen , and when the Rebels marched out of 
 that Town, having Notice of their battening 
 Northwards , and that Lord Tinmcuth, with 
 1 50 French Officers, were contriving to make 
 their Efcape from Peterkead, or Fraaersbu 
 he immediately difpatch'd away the 
 and Phoenix, with Orders to lie offthofe Places, 
 which effe&ually difappointcd them- He Jay 
 himfelf at Aberdeen till the Duke of Ar^lfe 
 Arrival there : The Wind afterwards b; 
 hard Southerly, he difpofed the Ships chiefly 
 on the South Coaft of Man ay- Fry tb, fent by 
 the'Deal-Caftle a Letter to the Earl of Su- 
 therland, to apprize him of the Flight of the 
 Rebels, and to prepare to receive them, in 
 Cafe they mould make a Pufh at Invrmcfs ; 
 and traced Lord Tinmouth, and his AfTocutcs, 
 
 as far as Port Sany, where, feeing a Slroof 
 War lying to intercept them, they difpair'd or 
 Succefson the Coaft *, and therefore they join- 
 ed the Clans on the lorfc Inftant, and took to 
 the Mountains. All the Ships kept the Sea 
 diligently, when Wind and Weather would 
 permit, and obferv'd the Motions of his Ma- 
 jefty's Army fo carefully, that the Duke of 
 Argyled\& not pafs through any Port Town, 
 without finding fome Ship ready to put in 
 Execution any Service his Grace might have 
 had to propofe. On the ^^ft^ Sir John Jen- 
 nings received Advice from the Lord Lcvat, 
 that a Veffel. with the Pretender's Plate, and 
 other Effects on Board, and a confiderable Sum 
 of Money for his Ufe, had lately put into the 
 Lewis -, and that many of the Chiefs of the 
 Rebels wer making off to the Sfo>, and other 
 0.4 e
 
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 Nortb-Weft I/lands: Whereupon he immedi- 
 ately order'd the Drake Sloop thither, with 
 Inftruftions to cruize about the Orkney s^ if the 
 Winds ihould then be contrary , and by Ex- 
 prefs, directed Captain Stuart of the Mborough, 
 to diipatch the Happy Sloop thither, and to 
 
 * cruize himfclf with the Lively for fourteen 
 ' Days, about the ifles of Iflay, Mull, and Can- 
 
 * ney, to endeavour to intercept the Rfhels, or 
 
 * any Veflels employ'd for their Relief. 
 
 The Flying Army being now taken to the 
 Hills, it was to no Purpofe to follow them thi- 
 ther at that Time, neither indeed was it pra- 
 cticable } and therefore the Duke contented him- 
 felf to fprcad his Army in Detachments over 
 the adjacent Countries, entirely to clear all the 
 Lowlands of the Rebels. This vyas effectually 
 done, and the Communication thereby open'd 
 with lavernefs and the Earl of Sutherland. 
 
 Upon this, feveral Gentlemen, who had been 
 lefs eminent in the Rebellion than others, came 
 in, and threw themfelvesupon the King's Mercy, 
 and fome few were taken Prifoners} among the 
 latter was Dr. ...... the Pretends Phyikian, 
 
 and Sir Jolm-jMacdsan^ who, being very ill of 
 a High Fever, was taken becaufe he could not 
 be removed, and in a-very few Pays/died: Of 
 thofe who iurrendred, we had the Names but 
 of feiy ^ but many, more coming in afterwards', 
 we ilrall come to a general Lift of .them at the 
 Conclufion of this Work. 
 ^ The Rebellioia might now be ; fnid t;o be en- 
 tirely at an End : All the ReM Army met to* 
 gether at JBjdfnfcJ},.&nd there iVparated ; many 
 of the. Foot xiifpcrs'd into tjbe Mountains, on 
 this Side Lochy, and the Horfe went to,/-^- 
 agreeing, however, to meet -again, vp- 
 
 on
 
 on Notice given when they mould have News 
 from the Pretender. 
 
 And here a good Number of the Gentlemen, 
 who had made fetret Provifion for their Efcape, 
 receiv'd Advice, that two French Frigates, one 
 of 26 Guns, and one of 18, were arriv'd for 
 their Relief, and that they would lie in the 
 Road of the Orkneys, in Pentland Firth, till they 
 heard from them. Upon this Advice, the Lord 
 Duffus, Sir Ceo. Sinclair^ Lieutenant General EC- 
 lyn, and about itfo Gentlemen in all, on Horfer 
 back, and well mounted, made a Sally from the 
 Hills, and, eroding the Shire of Murray, came 
 to the Sea- fide near Burgh j where getting 10 
 large Boats, they quitted fome of their Horfes 
 to their Servants, and killed the reft, to pre- 
 vent their falling into the Hands of the Dra- 
 goons, fo to be ufed againft their Friends. And 
 thus being embark'd, they committed them- 
 felves to the Sea, and failed away for the Ork- 
 neys : They put in at Dunbeth, and 60 of them 
 got there two large Barks, with which they 
 purfued their Voyage, and went all on Board 
 the French Frigate of 26 Guns j the reft landed 
 in Arskerry, another of the Iflands :, and having 
 prefs'd a Scots Veflel to carry them to the Place 
 where the other Frigate lay, the Country began 
 to rife upon them, fearing to be plundered : 
 But as frft, the French Ship coming to their 
 Afliftance, they were too ftrong for the Coun- 
 try People j fo, fecwdly, telling them they were 
 all Gentlemen, who were flying lor- their Lives ; 
 that they would hurt-no body, and pay for what 
 they had ^ the Country People acquiefc'd, and 
 let them alone. 
 
 . The other Ships coming in, they all em- 
 bark'd, and, as we heard afterwards, they 
 
 landed
 
 landed at Cottenbro', in the King of 
 Dominions , and coming there juft as his Swedljh 
 Majefty was with an Army upon his Expedi- 
 jion to Norway, they were very well receiv'd : 
 The Lord Duffus, being a Seaman, was taken 
 into Service in the Skettrfi Fleet ; but afterwards 
 fell into the Hands of Juftice at Hamburgh, be- 
 ing feized there at the Inftance of the Britifh 
 Envoy : The reft of the Gentlemen offer'd their 
 Service to his Swedifi Majefty, and it's believ'd 
 are ftill in his Army. 
 
 There were yet with the Rebels, the Earls 
 Marifchal, Lithgow, Sonthesk and Seaforth, who 
 about this Time came to them again } the Mar- 
 quis of Tulhbttrdin^ Lord Tinmonth, Drnrnmond, 
 o^ Rollo, &c. Alfo Sir Donald 
 
 the Clans ofGleftgary,Glenderule 9 duchenbrocky Lo- 
 ld) Glencoe^ Keppech^ 
 
 cheal, Clanmnald) Glencoe^ Keppech^Jppin, Cameron, 
 and abundance of LtwUnd Gentlemen , but they 
 were all taken to the Mountains, where they 
 melter'd themfelves from the Purfuers for fome 
 Time. 
 
 And now the Duke of Argyle having made 
 a terrible Campaign, and finding that the Ene- 
 my being difpers'd, it was Time to give his 
 Troops fome Reft, made a Partition of Quar- 
 ters to the Army, difpofing them fo, as to be mod 
 ready to prevent the Highlanders gathering again 
 ia any confiderable Number, and to be at hand 
 to join, if there was Occafion ; and leaving 
 General Cadogan to finifh the Work, left the 
 Army, and feturn'd to Edinburgh, where he ar- 
 riv'd the 27th of February, and came juft Time 
 enough to be at the great Meeting of the Peers, 
 to eleft a Lord of Parliament in the room of 
 the Marquis of Twcedalc, who died a little be- 
 
 fore,
 
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 fore, and where the Choice fell upon the Earl 
 of H^ddington, as has been mention'd already. 
 
 It was obferv'd, that the Earl of Murray ', 
 who had always ftood out from the Time of 
 King James and the Revolution, refufing the 
 Oaths, appeared at this Bleftion, having taken 
 the Oaths, and being entirely come over to the 
 Intereft of the Government ; which Solemnity 
 being over, the Duke of Argyle was alfo mag- 
 nificently entertained by the Magiftrates of 
 Edinburgh, and on the firft of Afarcb fet out 
 for London, and arrived there the 6th. 
 
 From thus purfuing the Rebels in the Field, 
 k feeras proper, in the next Place, to give feme 
 Account of the profecuting thofe who were 
 taken Prifoners by the Methods of Juftice. It 
 is mention'd already, that Part of the Prifoners 
 were difpofed in the Caltles of Lancafter and 
 Chefter, and that the reft were brought to Lon- 
 don : As to thofe in the Country, it was eafy 
 to bring them to Juftice, by granting a fpecial 
 Commiffion of Oyer and Ttrminer, and directing 
 the Judges, named in that Commiffion, to go 
 down into the Country, and try them in the 
 fame Country where the Fad was committed 9 
 but as to the Prifoners who were brought to 
 London, it requir'd an Aft of Parliament, on 
 purpofe to make it lawful to try them here ; 
 other wife, they muft all, except tbofe only who 
 fiould be impeached in Parliament, have been car- 
 ried back into Lancashire, to be tried in the 
 County where they committed the Offence, ac- 
 cording as the Conftitution of our Englifh Laws 
 and the refer v'd Privileges of Englishmen re- 
 quir'd. For the Remedy of the laft, an Aft of 
 Parliament was pafs'd -, of which we fhall fpeak 
 
 at
 
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 *t large in its Place : But in the mean time, thafc 
 Juftice might be done, a Coramiffion'- of Oyer 
 and Ttrminer was given to fuch particular Judges 
 as were thought proper, and the proper Officer^ 
 attending them, they went down to Liverpool, 
 where they held a Court, and brought fuch of 
 the Prifoners as they thought fit to Tryal ; the 
 Judges were, Mr. Baron Bury, Mr. Juftice Eyre, 
 and Mr. Baron Montague. 
 
 They fet out for Livtrptol with all their At- 
 tendants on the 4th of-- January, and arriv'd 
 there the nth, when 'the very next Day they 
 opened their Commiflion, having firft been at 
 the Church, and heard a Sermon. , In order to 
 open their Scffions, the Grand Jury was fum- 
 mon'd } and the proper Informations ."hiving 
 been laid before them, Bills of Indictment were 
 found againlft 48 of the Prifoners by Name: It 
 is to be noted here, that there had been Com- 
 miffioners formerly appointed to take Depofi- 
 tions with Relation to the Facl: at Prefton, and 
 thefe Depofitions were fufficient for the Infor- 
 mation of the Grand Jury, and to fatisfy them 
 in finding the Bills, tho' upon the Tryals the 
 Witnefies were produced in Court, as is ufual 
 in fuch Cafes. 
 
 The Bills being found, Copies of the Indi<3> 
 ment were deliver'd to the Perfons, and the 
 Court adjourn'd for 8 Days, viz.. to the loth of 
 January, to give the Prifoners the legal Time 
 to prepare for their Defence. In the mean 
 time, other Prifoners had been order'd from Lan* 
 cafler and Ckefler to Liverpool, and were arriv'd 
 there, where Copies of the Indictments were 
 alfo feverally deliver'd to them, the Grand Jury 
 having in that Interval found Bills againft 113 
 mpre, whereof 40 were Scots. 
 
 The
 
 C *37 3 
 
 The Trials begun with Engliflnjuif^ of whom, 
 on the loth, five were brought to Tryal, via. 
 Rich- Sbuttleworth of Prefton, a Papift. 
 Roger Moncafter of Gar {tang, an Attorney. 
 Tho. Cowpe of . . . . , near Prefton* 
 William Buttler of Merfcough. 
 William Arkwright of Preftori. 
 The Proofs againft jthefe being very full and 
 clear, they were all found guilty by the Jury, 
 without much Debate among themfelves. 
 
 The next Day, viz.. the 2i/, four more were 
 tried, viz.. 
 
 Walmjley of Sholey, near Preflon^ an At- 
 torney. 
 
 Richard Charley , Elq^ 
 
 Charley his Son* 
 
 Drummond.. . ., near Relation to the 
 Lord Drummond, who was in the Rebellion in 
 Scotland, and was juft then attainted by the 
 Houfe of Commons. 
 
 The three laft were found guilty ; Charley the 
 Elder rather behaving himfelf infolently, than 
 making any Defence : But Mr. .... Walmjlsy 
 obferving fome Hefitation in the Council con- 
 cerning his being an Inhabitant with his Father 
 in Prefton, took hold of the Advantage it ofler'd 
 and infilling on it, the Jury acquitted him. The 
 fame Day Sentence was pafs'd upon the five 
 Condemn'd the Day before. 
 
 The 23^, five more were tryed, who were 
 all Scots Men, viz.. 
 
 James JMackintofo, Tho. Shaw, 
 
 Donald Mackdonaldj William Slack, 
 
 And Rorie Kennedy. 
 
 Thefe were likewife all found guilty -, and 
 the next Day, viz* the 24*^ Nine more were 
 tried, being all Englifimtn, viz.
 
 t *3* 3 
 
 Jebn Ord, Jofeph Wadfwortb, 
 
 James Tleapngton, Thorns Cacknell, 
 
 James Burne, Hen* Rowbothatn, 
 
 Tho. Jack fan, Edmund Sykes. 
 
 John Rerobotham, 
 
 The firft fevea of thefe were found guilty ^ 
 but the two laft, viz.- Henry Rowbotham, and 
 Ed. Sykes, were acquitted , and the fame Day 
 the Court pafs'd Sentence upon the eight who 
 were condemn'd the two preceeding Days. 
 
 On the 25th, they proceeded to try feven 
 Scots Men, who were all found guilty, viz.. 
 John Mactnlllan^ Patrick Smith, 
 Donald Smith, And. Dugatt, 
 
 Alex. Binnie, John Mtcgillivery. 
 
 And. Davidfon^ 
 
 On the i6th, they tried five more, fome En- 
 glift, fome Scots, viz. 
 James Blmdell, Church- Warden of Standifi. 
 
 f Thefe two took Arms with 
 William Harris, ^Mr. Tawnley of Townley, who was 
 Stephen Seager, ^himfelf afterwards acquitted at 
 
 \London. 
 
 James Blakewood, a Dancing-Mafter of Edinb. 
 Failc Fergufon. 
 
 The firft four of thefe were found guilty, 
 and the laft, viz,. Faile Fergnfon, was acquitted ; 
 he prov'd not only that he was forced into the 
 Rebellion, but that tie was brought along un- 
 der a Guard, having refufed to come ; and alfo 
 he proved, that he attempted feveral Times to 
 defert, but was prevented, and was threaten'd 
 to be hang'd, if he ofFerd it again ; and that 
 they ofFer'd him a Lieutenant's Commifiion, but 
 he refus'd it. 
 
 On the 2-jth, was triedTaw, Syddal,the Cobler of 
 MancheJler 3 QiLipt.Qf the Mob there, when the Meet- 
 ing-
 
 iug-Houfe was dcmolimed, and with him five 
 more, all Englijhmtn but the two laft, who were 
 all found guilty, viz.. 
 
 Thomas Syddal, John Porter, 
 James Finch, Malcolm Stuart* 
 
 Tho. Forfter, Alexander Stuart. 
 
 On the ift of February was tried feven Scots 
 Men, fix of whom were found guilty, viz,. 
 John Afarquini, Donald Robertfon, Senior. 
 John Robertfon, Robert Stuart. 
 Hermlet Durham, Donald Robertfon, Junior, W3S 
 Arch. Maclaklan, acquitted. 
 
 On the id of February was tried five more, 
 and the 3^ one, and were all found guilty, w"*,. 
 John Fring of W alien, John Stuart, 
 Chrifto. Cams of Hallen, Archi. Menses, 
 Alexander Drummond, Robert Crow on the $d. 
 
 On the qth, were tried three more, who were 
 found guilty, viz.. 
 
 Richard Widdrington, Burnet, 7 Pleaded 
 
 Richard Bridges, Leonard Huntcr,$ guilty. 
 
 Allen Saundcrfon, 
 
 On the -jth were tried Kenneth Mackenzie and 
 John Kennedy, and were both found guilty. 
 
 There were now Threefcore and Ten tried, 
 whereof 66 were found guilty ; fome of whom 
 had been executed, as we fhall fee prefently : 
 The reft began new to fee that the Government 
 was in good Earneft with them-, that they 
 would proceed a far greater Length, if they 
 did not make fome fpeedy Application for Mer- 
 cy } that what had been fuggefted to them, 
 that the Government would not attempt a Pro- 
 cefs againft fuch a Number, was a mere Fi&i- 
 on, and what had hitherto deluded them, and 
 would continue to delude them, to their Ruin, 
 if they continued obftinate ; and being alfo gi- 
 ven
 
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 ven to understand, that there might be foms 
 hope for Mercy, if fought for in a right Me- 
 thod and Temper. Upon thefe Circumftances^ 
 the reft of the Prifoners at Lancafter and Chefter, 
 or elfewhere, Joined in an humble Petition to 
 the Court, acknowledging themfelves guilty, 
 and begging Tranfportation , which the Court, 
 as it is fuppofed, granted } for they put an End 
 to the Proceedings thereupon, and on the loth 
 of February let out for London- 
 
 Of the Prifoners condemned, the 21 follow- 
 ing, were executed, at the following Times 
 and Places, viz,. 
 
 Richard Shuttleworth,} The l8th of Jan. at Prefton. 
 
 > 
 
 Roger Moncafter, 
 Tho. Cowpt, 
 William Buttler, 
 William Ackwright, 
 Rich. Charley, 
 James Drummond, 
 William Black, 
 Donald IMackdonald, 
 JohnOrd, 
 Rorie Kennedy^ 
 John Rowbotham, 
 James Blundett, 
 James Finch, 
 John Mac Gillivrey, 
 William Whalley, 
 James Burns, 
 Tho. Syddall, 
 William Harris^ 
 Stephen Seager, 
 
 of. Porter, 
 
 okn Finch^ 
 
 Shnttlervorth > s Head was 
 fet up upon a Pole on the 
 Town- Hall in the Mar- 
 ket-Place at Prefton. 
 
 Feb. p. at Preftot. 
 
 Feb. 10. at 
 
 Feb. 1 1 . at 
 
 The
 
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 The Execution of the reft was refpited by 
 the Judges till farther Order, and the other 
 Prifoners were ordered to be tranfported, ac- 
 cording to their Petition j and the Merchants 
 at Lcverpool took them at a Price from the 
 Government j but when it was requir'd of 
 fome of them to bind themfelves by Indenture 
 for Service, according to the Ufage of the 
 Plantations; they firft declin'd it, efpecially 
 the Scots, and at laft abfolutely refus'd it: 
 They faid, 'They had Tr an fort at ion granted tkcm^ 
 but not to be Servants when they came there j that 
 they were Gentlemen, and could, not work j and 
 they would choofe rather to fay here, and be put 
 to Death. What the Iffue of that Obftinacy 
 may be, they muft wait ^o fee. 
 
 As the Houfe of Commons had put the Cafe 
 of the Rebel-Lords in a Courfe of Juftice , fo 
 now it was Time to think of the reft of the 
 Preflon Prifoners, who were brought to London *, 
 and to prevent, as is obfertfd before^ the For- 
 mality of fending them down into Lancafliire 
 to be try'd, they were oblig'd to bring in a 
 Bill, to remove thofe Difficulties which ob- 
 ftruded the Courfe of Juftice , and as this 
 was only to be a temporary Law, fo the Oc- 
 cafion was fpecified in the Title, which was 
 thus : v'tz*. An Aft for the more ea/y and fpeedy 
 'trial of fucb Pcrfons as have levied War againft 
 Ins Majefty, during the prefent Rebellion* 
 
 About this Time alfo, a Bill was offered to 
 enlarge the Time for taking the Oaths ; which 
 Bill pafs'd the Houfe of Commons, but was 
 dropt in the Houfe of Lords -, the Reafon of 
 which was faid to be, becaufe of a Defign 
 which was difcovered to bring in a Claufe, or to 
 point the Claufes which were already brought 
 R in
 
 . 
 
 in.againft thofe Presbyterian Minifters in Scot- 
 land, who bad refufed to take the late Abju- 
 ration , of which Number were very near one 
 half of the Minifters in Scotland , and thofe, fome 
 of the moft popular and moft learned, as well 
 as of the beft Characters for Loyalty to the 
 King, and Hatred of the Interelt of the Pre* 
 tender. 
 
 The Cafe is too well known to require a long 
 Comment here , but, in ihort, it may be thus 
 abridged. It had been obje&ed, during the 
 Treaty of Union, by feveralof the Presbyterian 
 iMinifters there, that if they united with tngUnd y 
 whofe National Church was Epifcopal, and 
 whofe Terms of Conformity to their Civil Go- 
 vernment, were blended too much with an 
 acknowledging their Ecclefiaftick Government, 
 efpecially by fuch Tefts, Oaths, Subfcriptions, 
 and Declarations, as the Presbyterians in Scot- 
 land could not comply with j that then thofe 
 Oaths, Tefts, Subfcriptions, and Declarations, 
 mig,ht be imposed upon the Scots , and that if 
 they could not comply with them, they would 
 be treated as Enemies to the Government, and 
 profecuted to Extremity. 
 
 To remove this ObjVHon, they were not on- 
 ly promifed by the Englif^ that they would 
 not impofe fuch Oaths ~&c. but they were de- 
 fired to propofe what Remedy they thought 
 fit, for preventing the fame^ whereupon it 
 was refolv'd to put it into the A<ft of Se- 
 curity then depending ; which Aft of Secu- 
 rity is incorporated in, and made a Part 
 of the Union it felf, in which it is' provided, 
 That no Oaths, Teft, or Subfcription, mould 
 be impos'd upon them, inconfiftent with 
 their Principles j the Words of the faid Aft 
 
 are
 
 [2433 
 
 ate as follow, viz.. ana futtljer, 
 ffp, uritl) awuce afotefaHJ 3 erpjeflp hectares; 
 ana ffatutes, CJjat none of tlje^ubjects 
 of tl)ig ftingQQm fljatf be liable to, but all 
 mm etoerp one of tfcem foj euetr free of any 
 SDatfj, Cett, 01 ^>ubfctiptfon, untfim t&tg 
 t^mfftiom, contracp to, 01 incontinent iwci) 
 tjje afojefam true p?otettant Eeligton, 
 ano Paessbptecian CjWtcfi ^obernniettt, 
 ^aioifttp, aim Difcipfute, 00 aboae efta- 
 
 IliifljeO* Vid. The Treaty and Ad of Union, 
 An. XXV. 
 
 Notwithftanding this Convention, and its be- 
 ing in exprefs Terms \ yet fundry Times in the 
 late Reign, and efpecially by Ad of Parlia- 
 ment in the Tenth Year of the Queen, an Aft 
 was pad, which oblig'd all the Miniftei s of the 
 Church of Scotland to pray for the Queen nomi- 
 natim, and for the feveral Branches of the 
 Royal Family therein named } and alfo obliged 
 them, upon Pain of Deprivation, Fine, and 
 Imprifonment, to take the Oath of Abjuration 
 againlt the Pretender. 
 
 The Minifters fouad themfelves in a great 
 Strait at that Time ^ for it feem'd very hard 
 that they, who were well known to be utter 
 Enemies to the Intereft of the Pretender, and 
 who abhorr'd the Thought of his fucceeding 
 to the Crown, fhould be numbered with thofe 
 Tranfgrcflbrs, who refufed the faid Abjura- 
 tion, upon Jacobite, and difaffcfted Principles j 
 and yet at the fame Time, the Oath being 
 clogg'd with other Claufes, with which they could 
 not comply on a religious Account, they found 
 themfelves oblig'd to decline it. 
 
 R 2 How-
 
 f *44 J 
 
 liowever, for Rcafons of State, this A& was 
 not profecuted upon thofe who could not con- 
 form to it, and has lain dormant till now. But 
 upon this Notion of granting longer Time to 
 take the faid Oaths, it was forefeen by fome, 
 that a Defign was laid to introduce a Claufe, to 
 enforce it upon the Presbyterian Minift-ers, who, 
 for the moft Part, ftill fefufed to take the 4b- 
 jiiration, although they had appeared with the 
 greateft Zeal and Ardor imaginable, againft 
 the Pretender, all the Time of the Rebellion. 
 As to the particular Reafons they have to fcruple 
 this Oath, they are not the Bufinefs here , it 
 is enough to fay, they are purely religious-, 
 and that thofe who refufe it, are willing, in the 
 Ihideft Terms imaginable,- to abjure the Pre- 
 toidcr, provided they could obtain the Favour, 
 which the Quakers have obtain'd in the like 
 Cafe, of having an Oath framed for them in 
 particular, which may not be encumbered with 
 fuch Claules, and exprefsM in fuch Terms, as 
 obliges them to recognize the Afts of Parlia- 
 ment, formerly made in England } homologat- 
 ing thereby the Right of the Bifhops to fit in 
 the Parliament of England, which they have 
 always declared againft. 
 
 This now being a meer religious Debate, and 
 no" Way regarding the prefent Difpute be- 
 tween theKfng and his Enemies , and the Loy- 
 alty of thefe Gentlemen being not on any 
 Occafion fufpected, it was thought a very im- 
 proper Seafon to revive the Difpute -, and there- 
 fore leaving, all things of that Kind to remain 
 where they were before, this Ad was quite 
 dropr, and no more faid of it. 
 
 To
 
 f 45 3 . 
 
 To return therefore to the judicial Proceed- 
 ings againft the Preflon Prifoners -, the Trials in 
 Lancashire were over, and the Judges were re- 
 turn'd to London ; and it came now into Con- 
 fideration, what mould be done with thofe at 
 London. The Bill for trying thofe who fhonld 
 take up Arms, &c. went on all this while, and 
 receiv'd the Royal Aflent the 6th of March, 
 immediately after which, the Government ap- 
 ply'd it felf to fettle a Commiffion, for the 
 bringing them to Trial here , of which in its 
 Place. 
 
 In the mean Time, the Lords in the Tower, 
 as above, having receiv'd Sentence, the Town 
 was for fomeTime exceedingly taken up about 
 their Execution \ and great Struggles were at 
 this Time between the Neceflity of Juftice, 
 and the great Chriftian Debt of fhewing Mercy ', 
 as the Perfons were of Note, fo the Intercef- 
 fion for them was powerful ^ efpecially for the 
 Earl of Dtrwentwater, whofe Cafe feem'd moft 
 dangerous; he was a young Kbl.enian, of a 
 very ancient Family, and ' of good Alliance 
 among the Mobility j his Mother being natu- 
 ral Daughter toKingCW/r* II. He had a very 
 noble and flourifhing Eftate, and by thefe 
 Means -great Intereft was made for his Life; 
 and that to fuch a Degree, that even the Houfe 
 of Lords were brought to take Part in the 
 Intercefllon, and to Addrefs his Majefty tofhew 
 Mercy. 
 
 There was a great Buftle made among the 
 great Men about this unufual Affair *, fome faid, 
 the Houfe was furpriz'd into it \ others went 
 a greater Length, and fuggefled, that they were 
 brib'd or bought into it *, which Suggeftion, as ic 
 was grofs and fcandalous to fay of fo great 
 R 3 and
 
 L 
 
 and illuftrious a Body of Men , fo there does 
 not feem any juft Ground for it, in the farther 
 Examinations that have been made into that 
 Matter. However, that we may do Juftice, in 
 handing to Pofterity a true Narration of Faft, 
 according to the beft Information, we fhall give 
 it in few Words, and leave every one to judge 
 for themfclves, whether private Influence, or 
 meer native Inclination to Gjemency and Com- 
 pafTion for the Miferable, wrought upon the 
 Minds of the Perfons concern'd. 
 
 The Ladies were the only vifiblelnterceflbrs 
 for Mercy at this Time } the Countefles of 
 Derwentwater and Nithifdalcj and the Lady 
 Nti, were earned with the Court for their 
 Husbands; the two latter abruptly, and with- 
 out the ordinary Introduction, furpriz'd the 
 King, as his Majefty was paffing through the 
 Royal Lodgings at St. Jameses, and threw them- 
 felves at his Feet , the Manner rather difpleaf- 
 ed, than otherwife affected the King, who, 
 fhock'd with the unufual Attempt, turned from 
 them, 'and feem'd unfatisfy'd with the Rude- 
 uefs. 
 
 The Lady Dtrmntwater attended his Majefty 
 in a more regular Manner } and being introduced 
 into the Bed-Chamber, apply'd very handfome- 
 ly, and in fo moving a Manner to the King, 
 that his Majefty feenrd inclin'd to have Ihewa 
 him fbme Mercy ; and had not the Earl fhew- 
 ed himfelf unwilling to give the Satisfaction ia 
 fome Points, which there was but too juft 
 Reafon to expect from him, it was believ'd, he 
 had found the fiffe&s of the King's Clemency. 
 But the Meifures which were taken after this, 
 quite turn'd the Scale-, the Importunity of the 
 Ladies, together with the Propensity in Men 
 
 of
 
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 of Honour, to pity the Miferable, if any other 
 Methods were ufed? we have nothing to fay to that? 
 had brought over fo many Men of Note to fa- 
 vour them, that it was the Opinion of their 
 Friends, they could carry it intheHoufe, to 
 have the Peers? if not the Commons, efpoufe them, 
 and make an Addrefs in their Favour : To this 
 Purpofe, the Ladies abovenamed, accompa- 
 ny'd with feveral others of the greateft Quali- 
 ty, appear'd Sollicitors at the Doors of both 
 Houfes , but efpecially that of the Lords : Hav- 
 ing made their Intereft, the next Step was, 
 to get a Petition presented to the Houfes. 
 The Duke of Richmond? being nearly related to 
 the Lord Derwentwater? prefented his Petition ; 
 the Earl of Darby prefented that of my Lord 
 'ffairn ? and other Peers did the like for other 
 of the condemned Lords; upon the Queftion, 
 whether the Petitions mould be read or re- 
 jefted , there were long and warm Debates: 
 The Lords in the Miniftry were very pofitive 
 againft receiving the Petitions, alledging feve- 
 ral things of Weight, againft the Method of 
 applying to the Houfe for this Interceflion ? but 
 the Lord Prefident of the Council, the Earl of 
 Nottingham? coming into it unexpectedly, and 
 making a Speech in Favour of the Petitions, the 
 Scale turn'd, and the Queftion being put, it 
 was carry'd for receiving the Petitions, by a 
 Majority of Nine Voices. 
 
 The Petitions being receivM and read, it took 
 up fome Time to debate, whether they were in 
 Method or no, and whether it was in his Majafty 
 to grant a Reprieve in this Cafe , there were 
 fome very fignificant Things faid on that Occa- 
 (ion on both Sides ; but not to caufe any Di- 
 yilion fo nice as the former } fo it was carry'd 
 R 4 in
 
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 Sn the affirmative, with a larger Majority j arid 
 the grand Motion was then made, w*.. that 
 an Addrefs he prefented to his Majefty, 
 humbly to defire his Majefty, to grant a Re- 
 prieve to the Lords who Jay in the Tower, tin* 
 der Sentence of Death : This occafion'd great 
 Debates ; after which it was mov'd, that thefe 
 Words following mould be added to the Ad- 
 drefs, viz.. to reprieve fuck of them at fhould ap- 
 pear to deferve hit Mercy. It was objefted, that 
 this was to deftroy the Nature of the Addrefs, 
 feeing none, who were fuppos'd to deferve the 
 Sentence, could alfo deferve the Mercy ; and 
 that if it was deferv'd, it was no more Mercy, 
 but Juftice : However it was, theClaufe being 
 ftarted, it could not be gotten offagain , and 
 thofe who were in the fecret, were glad to take 
 it fo, rather than lofe it all. It is faid, that 
 when a certain Peer told another, that it look'd 
 as if that Glaufe was offer'd to defeat the Vote* 
 and make itofnoUfe, or to no Purpofe to 
 the Perfons for whom it was defign'd , the 
 faid noble Perfon fliould fay, it was fo, and he 
 njov'd it with that Intent. 
 
 While this was doing in the Houfe of Lords, 
 the lame Intereft was bufy in the Houfe of 
 Commons, though with lefs Succefs \ for tho' 
 fome Gentlemen were brought over to move in 
 their Behalf, whether by Money, or other wife, 
 we determine not, yet it went not far } they 
 were indeed publickly reflected on in Print, as if 
 touch'd in that critical Point ; and the Sums ex* 
 pended, by the Friends of thecondemn'd Lords, 
 on that Ocafion, was faid to be very great ; 
 but of that no Proof could be had, fo we (hall 
 fay no more to it : Some attempted to defend 
 the Perfons charg'd, but did it fo, that it was 
 
 like
 
 f *49 1 
 
 like a Man that cleanfes Blurs with blottecj 
 Fingers, and makes the better Side the worfe. 
 
 But to leave the Particulars, and return to the 
 general Cafe j the Interelt for Clemency to the 
 Lords, went not fo far in the Lower Houfe as 
 it did in the Upper ^ and as they never brought 
 it to a Pufh, fo as to put the Queftion, the Houfe 
 fhew'd their Refolution to be troubled no more 
 upon that Head, by adjourning for fix or feven 
 Days j it is true, this was carry'd by no more 
 than 7 Voices } Tea's 162. No's 155. 
 
 The Addrefs of the Houfe of Lords went 
 on, and being drawn up, and the Terms agreed 
 to, it was put to the Vote, to be prefented, 
 or not prefented, and carry'd TO BE presented, 
 by five Voices, and no more j accordingly it was 
 prefented the fame Night, being the zid of 
 February , and the King gave an Anfwer, which 
 evidently fignified, that his Majefty was not 
 well pleas'd with thefe Proceedings, and by 
 which the Lords concerned might eafily fee 
 what they were to expeft. The King's Anfwer 
 was : That on this, and all other Occafions> he would 
 do what he thought moft conpftent with the Dignity 
 of his Crown, and the Safety of his People- 
 
 The next Day, being the 23^, the Effect of 
 this Refentment was more plainly feen, when 
 the Orders were paft: in Council for execut- 
 ing Three of the condemned Lords, wit. 
 the Earl of Derwentwater, Earl of Nithifdale, 
 and the Vifcount Kenmure^ reprieving the 
 other Three till the *jth of March : The Diflike 
 of thefe Proceedings was farther feen in about 
 four or five Days after , for the Order for ex- 
 ecuting the Lords was not paft in Council 
 without fome warm Words , and the Lord 
 President, who had iufiuen^d the Vote in the 
 
 Houfe
 
 C MO 3 
 
 Houfe of Peers fo much, fail'd not to offer the 
 like at the Council-Board : But it ended in a 
 different Manner , for the Earl of Nottingham 
 was remov'd from his Poft of Lord Prefideat 
 of the Council, as was alfo his Son from being 
 one of the Lords of the Treafury ^ his Brother, 
 the Earl of Aylesford, was remov'd from being 
 Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaflcr \ and the 
 Lord Gxernfey, eldeft Son to the Earl of Aylef- 
 fordyfrom being Matter of the Jewel-Office : 
 as alfo Sir Roger Moftyn^\^ marry 'd the Earl of 
 Nottingham's Daughter, from being one of the 
 Tellers of the Exchequer. Thus the whole Fa- 
 mily fell at once^ and they were let to know, 
 that all the Intreft they had, was not of fuch 
 Value, as to make the Court uneafy in parting 
 with them. 
 
 This, however, was not done till the Lords 
 were executed :, that is to fay, two of themj 
 for the Earl of iJithifdale, happily for him, a- 
 voided the Blow, by getting out of the Tower 
 in Difguife the very fame Night, and within a 
 very few Minutes after he had Notice, that he 
 muft die the next Morning. 
 
 According to this Order of Council, early 
 the next Morning we faw the Scaffold on Tower 
 Hill furrounded with the Horfe-Guards, Horfe- 
 Grenadiers, and a Detachment of Foot , and a 
 little before Ten a Clock, the Earl of Derwent- 
 WAter^ and the Lord Vifcount Kcnmure, were 
 carried in a Hackney-Coach from the Tower to 
 the Tranfport Office on Tower-Hill, where there 
 was a Room hung with Black for their Recep- 
 tion } and there was a Paflage, or Gallery, 
 rail'd in, which led from thence to the Scaffold, 
 which was alfo cover'd with Black. Soon after 
 their coining to the Tranfport- Office, the Earl 
 
 of
 
 dyi ] 
 
 ofDerwentnatervtas firft led to the Scaffold; it 
 was obferv'd by fome, that in his going thither, 
 and afcending the Steps, his Countenance turn'd 
 very pale, and his Legs ftagger'd ; which, 
 however, might be occafion'd by a dropfical 
 Diftemper, with wliich he had of late been 
 troubled : For after he had been a few Minutes 
 on the Scaffold, his Behaviour was refolute and 
 fedate. Having fpent fome Time in praying 
 with a Book, he then addrefs'd himfelf to the 
 Sheriff, and defir'd of him the Favour, that 
 he might have Liberty to read a Paper which 
 he had drawn up : This Requeft being readily 
 granted, his Lordlhip went to the Rails of the 
 Scaffold, and read what follows: 
 
 * T> EING in a few Minutes to appear be- 
 c JD fore the Tribunal of God, where, tho' 
 moft unworthy, I hope to find Mercy, which 
 
 i have not found from Men now in Power : 
 ' I ^ have endeavour'd to make my Peace with 
 '- his Divine Majefty, by moft humbly begem? 
 Pardon for all the Sins of my Life: And I 
 c doubt not of a merciful Forgivenefs, through 
 the Merits of the Paflion and Death of my Sa- 
 ' viour JefusChrift; for which End, I earneft- 
 
 * ly dcfire the Prayers of all good Chriftians. 
 
 ' After this, I am to ask Pardon of thofe, 
 ' whom I might have fcandaliz'd by pleading 
 1 Guilty at my Trial. Such as were permitted 
 
 to come to me, told me, that having been 
 
 undeniably in Arms, pleading Guilty was but 
 ' the Confequence of haviag fubmittcd to 
 
 Mercy , and many Arguments were us'd, to 
 c prove there was nothing of Moment in fo 
 6 doing : Among others, the univerfal Practice 
 
 of
 
 of figning Leafes, whereof the Preambles rua 
 in the Name of the Perfon in Pofleffion. 
 * But I am fenfible, that in this I have made 
 bold with my Loyalty, having never any 
 other but King Janes the Third for my Right- 
 ful and Lawful Sovereign ^ him I had an In- 
 clination to ferve from my Infancy, and was 
 moved thereto by a natural Love I had to 
 t his Perfon, knowing him to be capable of 
 c making his People happy : And though he had 
 been of a different Religion from mine, I 
 mould have done for him all that lay in my 
 Power, as my Anceftors have done for his 
 PredecefTors, being thereunto bound by the 
 Laws of God and Man. 
 4 Wherefore, if in this Affair I have afted 
 rafhly, it ought not to affed the Innocent : I 
 intended to wrong no Body, but to ferve my 
 King and Country, and that without Self- 
 Intereft } hoping, by the Example I gave, to 
 have induced others to their Duty j and God, 
 who fees the Secrets of my Heart, knows I 
 fpeak Truth. Some Means have been pro- 
 pofed to me for faving my Life, which I 
 look'd upon as inconfiftent with Honour and 
 Confcience, and therefore I rejected them , 
 for, with God's Afiiftance, I fhall prefer any 
 Death to the doing a bafe, unworthy A&ion. 
 I only wifti now, that the laying down my 
 Life might contribute to the Service of my 
 King and Country, and the Re-eftablifh- 
 ment of the ancient and fundamental Con- 
 ftitution of thef Kingdoms ; without which, 
 no lading Peace, or true Happinefs, can at- 
 tend them -, then I mould indeed part with 
 Life, even with Pleafure : As it is, I can only 
 pray, that thefe BJeffings may be beftowed 
 
 * upon.
 
 c dport my deaf Country ; and fince I can cfd 
 
 * no more, I befeech God to accept of ray Life 
 
 * as a fmall Sacrifice towards it. 
 
 * I die a Roman Catholick ; I am in perfedt 
 c Charity with all the World, I thank God for 
 e it, even with thofe of the prefent Government, 
 c who are raoft inftrumental in my Death. I 
 c freely forgive fuch as ungeneroufly reported 
 c falfe things of me , and I hope to be forgiven 
 c the Trefpafles of my Youth, by the Father 
 4 of infinite Mercy, into whofe Hand I com- 
 mend my Soul, 
 
 J A. VERWENTWATER. 
 
 c P. S. If that Prince, who now governs, 
 1 had given me my Life, I mould have thought 
 
 * my felf obliged never more to have taken up 
 c Arms againft him. 
 
 After the Reading of this Paper, he deliver'd 
 it to the Sheriff, telling him, he might do with 
 it as he pleafed, and that he had given a Copy 
 of it to a Friend. Then turning to the Block, 
 he view'd it clofe, and finding in it a rough 
 Place, that might offend his Neck, he bid the 
 Executioner chip it off; which uncommon Pre- 
 fence of Mind was obferv'd, with Admiration, 
 by Tome of the Standers by. Having prepar'd 
 himfelf for the Blow, by pulling off his Coat 
 and Waftcoat, he lay down to fit his Head to 
 the Block, telling the Executioner, that the 
 Sign he mould give him was, LORD JESV, 
 receive my Seal ; and at the third Time repeat- 
 ing it, he was to do his Office : Which he did 
 accordingly at one Blow. It was reported, 
 that, the Night before, the Earl of Derwent- 
 rvater having fent for Mr. Stephen Roomc, an Un- 
 dertaker for Funerals, and difcourfing with 
 
 him 
 
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 him about his own, his Lordfhip told him, he 
 would have a Silver-Plate on his Coffin, with 
 an Infcription, importing, That he died 4 
 Sacrifice for his Lawful Sovereign ; but Mr. 
 Roome fcrupiing to comply with it, he was 
 thereupon difmifs'd. This was the Reafon that 
 to Hearfe was provided for his Lordfhip at his 
 Execution , fo that his Head was only taken 
 up by one of his Servants, and put into a clean 
 Handkerchief -, and the Body being wrapt np 
 in black Cloth, they were both together carried 
 to the Tomer. 
 
 Soon after, the Lord Kenmure was brought 
 to the Scaffold, in the fame Manner, ac- 
 company'd by feveral Gentlemen his Friends, 
 and by two Clergymen of the Church of 
 England. He fhew'd a great Refolution and 
 Firmnefs in his Gate and Countenance, though 
 fome nice Obfervers pretended, that he was 
 not fo calm within as the Earl of Derwent* 
 water, which, however, we have heard contra- 
 dided. Be that as it will, he faid on the Scaf- 
 fold : He had fo little Thoughts of dying fo foon, 
 thft he had not provided a black Suit, that he 
 might have dy'd with more Decency, for which he 
 WAS forry. He appear'd very fincere and fer- 
 vent in his Devotions, often lifting np his 
 Hands and Eyes to Heaven : But (contrary 
 ta what he had declared in his Speech to the 
 Lords, when Judgment was pronounced a* 
 gainfl him) he pray'd for the Pretender, and 
 repented of his having pleaded guilty. He 
 embrac'd and kifs'd very tenderly the Gentle- 
 men of his Acquaintance, who were on the 
 Scaffold, and lome of them twice or thrice. 
 He had with him Mr. Roome the Undertaker, 
 who was to take care of his Body, and a Sur- 
 geon,
 
 C 
 
 geon, who was to direfr the Executioner in 
 doing his Office. Having prepar'd himfelf for 
 the Block, he laid down his Head upon it, 
 then rais'd it up again, ftill continuing on his 
 fcnees , gave the Executioner fome Money, and 
 told him : He flwuld give him no Sign, but when 
 be laid, his Head down again^ he might do hit 
 Work as he fan. good. Then,, having lifted up 
 his Hands in Prayer a fnort Time longer, he 
 couragioufly laid down his Head, which the 
 Executioner fever'd at two Blows. Both 
 the Head and Body were together put in- 
 to a Coffin } and fo convey'd into a Herfe, and 
 carried away to Mr. Roome\ where it was em- 
 balm'd, in order to be fent into Scotland, and 
 buried there with his Anceftors. He neither 
 made, nor delivered any Speech on the Scaf- 
 fold ; but, in a Letter found after his Execu* 
 tion, which he wrote to the Pretender, (by 
 the Stile of King Barnes) he declared : That he 
 died for his faithful Services to his Afajefty^ but 
 hoped the Caufe he died /or, would flourish after 
 his Death : And as he Juffer d for his Service-) he 
 hop'd his Afajefty would provide for his Wife and 
 Children^ who were in * miferable Condition* 
 
 Thefe two Lords being thus cut off, and the 
 third fled, the Hand of Juftice ftaid a while v 
 the other three were refpited from time to 
 time, and remain fllli in the Tower. The Earl 
 of Nithifdale having efcaped, an Advertife- 
 ment of his Efcape was publifh'd in the Ga- 
 z.fttti and a Reward of a Thoafand Pounds offer'd 
 to any one who mould apprehend him j but 
 there was foon after an Account from France, 
 of ois being fafely landed there, and that he 
 was feen at Paris. 
 
 The
 
 The next thing the Parliament went upon 
 was, the Lund-Tax Bill, which is of no great 
 Confequence to be mendon'd in this Place , 
 only that a Debate happened in the Houfe of 
 Lords, upon the Preamble to that Bill-, which,as 
 it may ferve for a Precedent in future Cafes of 
 like Nature, the Curious may think worth re- 
 cording , the Cafe is as follows : Some Noble- 
 men being offended at a Claufe, or Expreffion 
 in the Land-Tax Bill ', the Earl of Abingdoa 
 mov'd, that all the Peers in Town might be 
 fummon'd to attend that Committee; which 
 was done accordingly. The faid Preamble is as 
 follows : 
 
 Moft Gracious Sovereign, 
 
 WE your Maje fly's moft dutiful and loyal Sub' 
 jetts, the Commons of Great Britain in 
 Tarliament affembled, having Hearts filled with 
 the utmoft Gratitude to Tour Majefty, for the 
 tender Concern Tour Adajefty, on all Occafions, ex- 
 preffes for the extraordinary Burthen this unnatu- 
 ral Rebellion makes neceffary to be laid on yonr 
 faithful Sttbjefts, for preserving all their Rights, 
 both Sacred and Civil, and for Tour Majefty*; un- 
 precedented Gooodnefs, in giving up all fuck E- 
 jiates for the Vfe of the Publtck, and in Eafe of 
 your People, as foall be forfeited by this Rebellion ', 
 the raifing, or the dre.adful Confequences whereof^ 
 cannot, by the rnoft implacable of Tour lWajefty*s 
 Enemies, be afcribed to any one Aft done by Tour 
 Majefty, fince your happy Acccftion to the Throne 
 of Tour Anccftors j but even they will allow, that 
 all the Mifchiefs, Burthens, and Calamities, which 
 fhall attend this horrid Rebellion, are, in Truth^ 
 owing to the fatal and pernicious Councils, 
 given by fome Perfons in the late Male-Admi- 
 
 oiftratioH :
 
 liiftratiort } when, under Pretence of procuring 
 Teac'e Abroad, the prefent dcfkritftfot War was pro- 
 jetted to be brought into the very Bowels of our 
 Native Country tit Home, -when a Popifh Army 
 (Part of which God has delivered into Tour Afa- 
 jefty 's Hands) was defined to be the Protettor of 
 our holy Religion ', and when, under the falfe Co- 
 lour of paying the publick Debts, though their true 
 .Defign was to deliver us bound into the Power of the 
 ancient Enemy of thefe Kingdoms : The fame evil. 
 Counsellors contrived, unnecejfarily to incumber, for 
 a long Time to come, (if not for ever) fever at 
 considerable Branches of the publick Revenues, which, 
 for many Tears paft, hdd, from Time to Time, 
 been ufeful to fupport the publick Expence ', which 
 Revenues, informer Adminiflrations,had been care- 
 fully re fervid for that Purpofe, to the 'End , that 
 upon the Conclusion of an happy Peace, which we had 
 then Reafon to cxpe$,.t.he Sttbjetts of thefe Realms 
 might have reaped the Fruit of a fuccefsful, tho 
 expen/ive War. And we Tottr Majefty's faid duti- 
 ful and loyal Subjects^ being fully refolved to main~ 
 tain Tour Afajefty*s juft Title to the Imperial Crown 
 of thefe Realms, againft all Enemies and Traytors 
 whatfoever } and for that Endj purpofed to ralfe 
 fuch Supplies, as are necej/ary to defray your Maje- 
 fty's publick Expences t have chearfttlly and unani- 
 mou fly given and granted, &c. 
 
 On Monday, the \$th of February, the Lord 
 Harcourt^ late Lord Chancellor, went early to 
 the Houfe of Peers, and caufed the Journals to 
 be diligently fearch'd for Precedents of Amend' 
 ments made by the Lords to a Money-fill: But 
 few, if any, could be fonnd, at leaft fince the 
 Rejtoration in the Year i6<5o -, from which Time 
 the Commons would never fuffer the Lords to 
 S make
 
 3 
 
 make any Amendments to Bills of that Mature; 
 When the Grand Committee was fat, feveral 
 Lords made Speeches againft thePreamble in Que- 
 ftion, as prejudging Matters of .a very high and 
 important Nature, the Cognisance and Determina- 
 tion of which properly belongs to the Hvufe of Peers* 
 Many of the Lords, even of the Wkigg Party, were 
 fenfible, that this Objection was well-grounded ; 
 but being unwilling, on the other Hand, to 
 put a Stop to a Bill of fo great Importance, at 
 that critical Juncture, an Expedient was pro- 
 pofed, and admitted, viz., that they mould en- 
 ter in their Journal a Kind of Proteft, or Decla- 
 ration., importing, in Subflance, c That though 
 
 * the faid Preamble was derogatory to the Pri- 
 
 * vileges and Authority of the Houfe of Lords , 
 c yet their Lord mips, in Confideration of the 
 
 * King's, and the Nation's Servi ;e, in this dange- 
 
 * rous Conjuncture, were willing to give their 
 
 * Concurrence to the faid Bill, without A- 
 4 mendments -, but that the fame mould not be 
 
 * drawn into a Precedent for the Time to 
 4 come, or conftrued to be any Diminution of 
 c the judicial Authority of the Houfe of Lords. 
 The Lord Chancellor Cowper, and the Lord 
 Harcourt, were appointed by the Lords to draw 
 up the faid Proteft; or Declaration, which was 
 enter'd in the Journal of the Houfe. 
 
 This Debate, it's very probable, had loft the 
 Bill, had it not been a Bill of fuch a Quality 
 and Confequence as the Land-Tax. 
 
 The Earl of Wintons Trial .was now to come 
 on} the Preparations for which took up the 
 Two Houfes feveral Days, tho* the Defence he 
 made atlaft was fo trifling, and his Behaviour 
 fo like what he was, reported to be, viz., a Lu- 
 natick, that it was thought the Publick was 
 
 too
 
 too long araufed about hi'm. However, as 
 thefe things neceflarily proceed in Forms, and 
 that it cannot be otherwjfe, they could not re- 
 medy it here*, his Lordfhip had pleaded Nat 
 Guilty, whea the other 'Lords firft appeared } 
 and hadi from time to tim, by petitioning, ob- 
 tain'd the putting offhis Trial, and try'd to do fo 
 now again ; but the Houfe peremptorily fixt it 
 for the i $th of March. 
 
 In the mean Time, the Rebellion being at 
 an End, fome Time was happily taken up be- 
 tween the King and theHoufes, in Felicitations 
 and Congratulations :, that is, in their Speeches 
 and AddrefTes. On the ijtb, his Majefty came 
 to the Houfe, and gave the Royal Aflent to the 
 folio wing Bills, viz.. 
 
 1. The Land-Tax Bill, being Four Shillings per 
 Pound. 
 
 2. An Adi: to attaint the Earl of Mar, and 
 others. 
 
 3. An Aft for naturalizing Hen. Cornelifon. 
 
 And then his Majefty made the following Speech 
 to the Houfes : 
 
 c My Lords and Gentlemen, 
 
 I Take this Opportunity of acquainting you, 
 that my Forces have oblig'd the Pretender 
 to fly out of Scotland -, and he is fince, as I 
 am informed, landed near Gravelines: But I 
 don't yet know, whether any Country in Amity 
 with us, will give him Protection, after hav- 
 ing fo publickly invaded our Kingdom. 
 c The Dangers to which the Nation was ex- 
 pofed, made me determine, that neither the 
 extraordinary Rigour of theSeafon, nor any 
 Si * fala-
 
 6 falacious Propofal of the Rebels, flrould di- 
 c vert me from ufmg all poflible Endeavours 
 1 towards putting a fpeedy and effectual End 
 c to this unnatural Rebellion* 
 
 4 Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 
 6 1 muft return you my Thanks for the great 
 
 * Progrefs you have made in the Supplies. 
 The neceflary Difpofitions are made for raifing 
 Additional Forces : But as I mall always confult 
 the Eafe of my People, as far as it is confift- 
 ent with their own Security , I fhall not make 
 Ufe of the Confidence you have placed in 
 me, uulefs the reftlefs Malice of our Enemies 
 fhould make it neceflar y to go on with thofe 
 Levies. 
 
 4 My Lords *nd Gentlemen, 
 c I promife my felf, from the Zeal and Wif- 
 
 * dom of this Parliament, that the future Hap- 
 pinefs and Tranquillity of my Subjects will 
 be eftablifti'd on a folid Foundation j and fuch 
 Meafures taken, as may deprive our Enemies 
 at Home of the Power, ( frnce that alone can 
 deprive them of the Inclination ) again to at- 
 tempt the Difturbance of my Government 
 This therefore is what I think my felf ob- 
 
 * lig'd to recommend to you, as a Deliberation 
 e of the utmoft Importance to the future Safety, 
 < Eafe, and Profperity of my People. 
 
 Immediately upon this Speech, the Lords and 
 Commons feverally voted Addrefles of Thanks 
 and Congratulation, as ufual : Both which, 
 being in the ufual Form, we leave out for want 
 of Room, that we may not thruft out things of 
 more Importance. 
 
 There was little remaining now to do, as to 
 the Rebellion, except the punifhing, and pur- 
 fuing the Rebels ^ thofe who were fallen inot 
 
 their
 
 their Hands, we lhall foon fee brought to 
 Jaftice, by judicial Procefs ; thofe who could 
 not be taken, the King purfu'd to the utmoft -, 
 at Home, by his Forces ; Abroad, by his In- 
 fluence. In Spain, the Terror of the Britifi 
 Power had prepofiefs'd the Government fo 
 much, that, even before they were prefs'd, or 
 mov'd in that Cafe, theJKing, with the great- 
 eft Candour and Sincerity, rejected every Mo- 
 tion that was made to him, to relieve or afllft 
 the fretender ; neither would he permit any 
 Ships to be fitted, hired, or furnimed in his 
 Ports, or any Arms, Ammunition, or military 
 Provifions, to be fhipp'd off for the Service of 
 the Pretender, or any of his Subjects, to enter 
 into his Service , this Conduft was very ob- 
 liging in the Spaniard, and began to give our 
 Court very kind Sentiments of that Prince, and 
 his Affairs. 
 
 Again, at Hamburgh, the Lord Duffus, one of 
 thofe who efcaped from the Northern Parts of 
 Scotland, and landed in the King of Sweden's 
 Country ', as he thought himfclf fecure, and 
 came to that City on private Occafions, was 
 feiz'd at the Inftance of the Brit if i Envoy, and 
 deliver'd into his Majefty's Hands. 
 
 As to France, though we could not fo dire&ly 
 charge the Regent with giving Relief and Sup- 
 plies to the Rebels ; yet that he gave San&uary 
 to them after their Efcape, was evident , and 
 therefore the Kingcaufed the Earl of Stair, his 
 Ambaflador at the French Court, to deliver the 
 following Memorial; which, though it had not 
 an EfFeft fo confiderable, as to remove the fu- 
 gitive Gentlemen from France, yet it really re- 
 mov'd them from the French Court. The Me- 
 morial is fignificant enough to deferve a Place 
 S 3 here,
 
 here; though the Anfwer was trifling, and not 
 fo much to our Purpofe j the firft is , as fol- 
 lows : viz.. 
 
 RIAL prefented by the Earl of Stair, 
 to his Royal Highnefs the Duke Regent of France, 
 on tbe pth of March a i 7 1 6. 2V. 5. 
 
 * fTpHE Ear-1 of Stair, Minifter of the King 
 
 * A f Gre * 'Britain to his Moft Chriftian 
 ' Majefty, by exprefs Orders from the King 
 e his Mafter, notifies to his Royal Highnefs the 
 
 * Duke of Orleans, Regent in France, the Flight 
 ' of the Pretender, and the Difperfion of the 
 
 * Rebels in Scotland ; which; his Majefty is 
 
 * perfwaded, will be very acceptable to his 
 Royal Highnefs, by reafon of their near Rela- 
 
 * tion, and the ftrid Friendfliip which his Ma- 
 
 * jefty hath carefully cultivated with his Royal 
 Highnefs. 
 
 * The Treaty of Utrecht is fo recent, that the 
 1 King thought himfelf fure, his Royal High- 
 c nefs the Regent, would have taken proper 
 
 * Meafures to hinder the Pretender's fetting 
 < Foot again in France: But fince the faid Pre- 
 ' tender found Means to come thither, his Majs- 
 
 * fty perfwades himfelf, that his Royal High- 
 1 nefs will oblige him, as fooa as he knows it, 
 
 * to quit the Kingdom. 
 
 * -The King of Great Britain orders the Earl 
 f of Stair, to make the ftrongeft and moft pref- 
 
 * frng Inftances to his Royal Highnefs, not to 
 
 * fuffer Perfons, who are condemn'd by the 
 
 * Laws of their Land, and declar'd Rebels and 
 4 Tray tors to their King and Country, to re- 
 
 * main in the Kingdom of France-, and to in- 
 c fiib with great Earneftuefs, that the Authors 
 
 4 and
 
 C 
 
 and Chiefs of the faid Rebellion, be obliged 
 to depart the Kingdom forthwith ; and that 
 his Royal Highnefs declare, that he will not 
 permit the faid Rebels ever to return into 
 France; nor other Perfons condemn'd, and de- 
 clar'd Rebels, at any Time to enter, or reiide 
 in the Kingdom. 
 
 c His Royal Highnefs hath too much Reafon 
 and Penetration, not to fee the whole Weight 
 and Juftice of this Demand. Great Britain 
 cannot be either fafe or quiet, fo long as me 
 fhall fee Perfons, who have confpired, and 
 undertaken, with an arm'd Force, the Ruin, 
 and total Subverfion of their Country, ' re- 
 ceiv'd, and fupported in her Neighbourhood. 
 Nor can France herfelf be fure, that (he fhall 
 not be again expofed to bear the Blame of their 
 evil Pra&ices. 
 
 ' The King of Great Britain, and the Natron, 
 thought themfelves very fafe, on the Side of 
 France-, by the folemn Treaty of Vtrecht ; 
 which for ever excludes the Pretender from 
 France i and obliges France, to give him no 
 Succour, nor Ships, nor Arms, nor Ammu- 
 nition, nor Money, nor Officers, nor Soldiers, 
 nor Counfel, direftly nor indireftly. Thole 
 Gentlemen come over, demand Refuge and 
 Sanftuary in France ; they are no fooner there, 
 but, taking Advantage of the Nearnefs and 
 Eafrnefs of Commerce by Letters, they 
 plot,' 'and contrive a black and deteftatile 
 Treafon againft their Country, which, up- 
 on the Faith of the Treaty, was difarm'd 
 and defencelefs : And, notwithftanding tlte' 
 Treaty, they find Means to get Entrance' 
 for the Pretender into France; and, by theii 
 Intrigues, they make him find Ships, Arms, 
 Ammunition, Officers, Soldiers, and Money ; 
 S 4 * with
 
 1 164 ] 
 
 * with which Afliftance, the Pretender did adtu- 
 ' ally invade Great Britain \ where he occafion'd 
 c infinite Damage to the Nation. 
 
 c His Royal Highnefs may imagine, whether 
 e Great Britain can be eafy in a Scituation fo 
 1 troublefome, as fhe muft find her felf in, hav- 
 
 * ing thefe Rebels in her Neighbourhood, ready 
 4 to carry Fire and Sword into the Heart of their 
 c Country, and to renew there all the Horrors 
 
 * of the Rebellion. In this Scituation, Great 
 * Britain would be oblig'd to keep her felf al- 
 1 ways in Arms, tormented with continual 
 4 Suspicions and Inquietudes , a Condition much 
 
 * worfe than an open War, for a Nation which 
 4 loves to live in Peace with all her Neighbours, 
 and is jealous of the Prefervation of her Laws 
 c and Liberty, 
 
 4 His Royal Highnefs may fee, by the unani- 
 
 * mous Addreflesof theTwoHoufes of Parlia- 
 
 * ment to the King, with what an Eye the Na- 
 4 tion beholds this boifterous and unfettled 
 
 * Scituation, The King hath the Happinefs of 
 
 * his Subjects too much at Heart, not to come 
 c with Eagernefs into their Sentiments and In- 
 ' terefts; and he flatters himfelf, that, upon 
 
 * this Account, his Royal Highnefs will not 
 
 * refufe htm fo juft a Proof of his Friendfhip, 
 4 and of the Defire he hath to maintain a good 
 4 Underftanding between the Two Nations. 
 
 *.For the fame Reafons, the Kiog of Great 
 
 * Britain hopes, that his Royal Highnefs the 
 
 * Regent, will be pleafed to join effectual In- 
 4 fiances wiih thofe of his Majefty, to the Duke 
 4 of Lorrain, to the End, the fa id Duke may not 
 
 * permit the Pretender tp return into his Terri- 
 
 * torjea.
 
 * The Earl of Stair is ordered likewife to 
 put his Royal High nefs in Mind, of the De- 
 claration he made, That the Officers in the 
 Service of France, who fhould follow the Pre- 
 tender in the Invafionof Great Britain, fhould 
 be broke. And the King is perfwaded, that 
 his Royal High nefs will not fuffer the Gene- 
 ral-Officers, Colonels, and others, who have 
 follow'd and aflifted the Pretender in the Re- 
 bellion, ever to be employed again in the 
 Service of France ; and that if it happen'd, 
 fome of the faid Officers may return, or be 
 already returned into France, his Royal High- 
 nefs will punifh them in fuch Manner, that 
 it may appear, his Royal Highnefs, and the 
 Government, do loudly difapprove of their 
 
 4 Proceeding, formally contrary to the Treaty 
 * of Vtrecht. 
 
 * To the End there may be no Miftake in fo 
 nice and important a Matter, the Earl of Stair 
 hath Orders to demand an Anfwer in Wri- 
 ting to his Memorial , which he is earnestly 
 defirous may be fuch, as may contribute to- 
 wards the reftoring of a good Underftanding 
 between the Two Nations. 
 
 We mult now go back to the Proceedings 
 of the Houfe of Commons from the Beginning of 
 March ; the chief Matters before them now were, 
 (i.) voting the remaining Articles of the Supply, 
 chiefly relating to Deficiencies of former Sums 
 and Interefts, and i5ooo/. per Annum for the 
 Coinage. (2.) A Bill for the more eafy and 
 hecdy 'Trials of fuch Perfons, as have levied, or 
 jhall levy War again f his Majefty ', which Bill 
 was now gone through, and carried up to the 
 
 Lords,
 
 Lords> and receiv'd the Royal Aflent the^ r 
 as has been - fold. (3.) An Enquiry into the 
 late Expedition to Canada ; -this they went but a 
 little Way irtto, and came to no Refolutions 
 about it, other Bufinefs Intervening. (4.) Ex- 
 armnidg IPTA the Abfence 'of one of their 
 Members,- i>it,/-Mr. Price-, the Cafe was thus : 
 Mr. Prtce had never attended fince his Ele&ion ; 
 and had bdenfent for in Cfrftody, but could not 
 be 'found: Indeed it was repotted, that he was 
 gone over to Ireland, and -was concerned in 
 fome treafonable Pra&ices there , but that did 
 not appear $ for the prefent, the Houfe fatisfied 
 themfclves, with ordering him to be forth- 
 with brought up in Cuffody , but after fome 
 longer attending, to fee if he Would furrender ; 
 a.nd he failing to do it, they expell'd him the 
 Houfe. (5.) Next to this, the Affair about Se- 
 leti reftrie-s, and embe-zzclling the Poors Money, 
 Came upon the : Stage-, which, becaufe the Bill' 
 did not pa fs, but was rejefted in the Houfe of 
 Lords, requires that a ihort State of the Cafe 
 be given,' 'vi^. The Abufesofthe Seletl Ftftries 
 were of -two ^orts : i/?, That of the Negleft 
 and Mifmanagement of : the -Poort Money*, and : as 
 this, on Examination, was found to be noto- 
 rious and fcandalous, ' no Obftruftion would 
 have been given to a; jnff Regulation of thag 
 Part, or to any Bill to prevent the like-, and 
 the Report of the Committee in that Affair 
 deferves to be recorded to pofterity ', being 
 alfo Printed by Order of the Houfe ^ but is too 
 long for our Appendix. ' However, there were 
 other Things in the Bilft relating to, and in- 
 trenchingon the Rights' of'-the Clergy , taking 
 away the Privileges of 'the 1 ' 'Mlnifters in' every 
 
 Faiifti, /
 
 Parifti, in distributing private Charities, Sacra- 
 ment-Money, Offerings, and the likej and 
 likewife abridging their Powers and Influence 
 in their Pari flies ; and particularly it was fug* 
 gefted, that it would injure, if not deftroy^ 
 the Collections made for the Charity- Schools ; 
 which was a Thing, not only very well deferv- 
 ing Encouragement, but really very popular: 
 Thefe, with 'many other things, embarkt the 
 Clergy to make powerful Applications againft 
 the Bill , which was thereupon reje&ed in the 
 Houfe of Lords* (<5.) Th Houfe having gone 
 through the Supply, came to Ways and Means, 
 and voted, i/?, The Malt-Tax. 2dly, Two 
 Thirds of the Eftatesof Popijh Rccufants convift, 
 whofe Eftates are feizable by Law, &c. $dly y 
 CaufingS^^ imported to be exempted as a Drug 
 iifed in Dying, and to be charg'd with the Duties 
 chargeable upon medicinal Drugs. And, (7.) 
 the Honfe went upon a Bill, to indemnify fuch as 
 have aded in Defence of his Majefty's Perfon 
 and Government, from vexations Suits and Pro^ 
 fecutions. 
 
 Thefe things took up the Houfe of Commons 
 till the lyky when the Earl of Winton's Trial 
 came on i&Weffirpinfter-Halli upon which, the 
 Houfe, as ufual, refolv'd to appear there, 
 having order'd the Members of the Committee of 
 Secrecy to be Managers againft the Earl. 
 
 The long Trouble and Delay the Earl of 
 Winton had occafion'd, by Petitions for Time, 
 Pretence of Witneiles being on the Road, as 
 before, made People expeft, that a great 
 Defence would be made, and fomething very 
 particular be faid in his Behalf, either by him- 
 felf, or his Council : But they were furpriz'd, 
 that when he came to the Bar, and the iMana- 
 
 gers
 
 r 168 3 
 
 gers had fpent two Days in opening and en- 
 forcing the Articles againft him, and replying 
 to what was to be offer'd, his Anfwers were fo 
 weak, and what his Council had to offer was 
 fo trifling, that it could not be called a De- 
 fence ; and gave fome Confirmation to what 
 had been fuggefted, viz.- that his Lordfhip was 
 Lunatick ; however, the Lords were unanimous 
 in their Judgment, and brought him in Guilty. 
 
 On the 1 9th, they pronounc'd Judgment: 
 There was fome Difpute between the Two 
 Houfes, about the Form of Proceedings : The 
 Lords fignified by a Meffage to the Commons on 
 the i-jth, that they had ordered the Lieutenant 
 of the Tower, to bring the Earl to the Bar the 
 Monday following, in order to give Judgment 
 againft him -, the Commons took Exceptions a- 
 gainft this Part of the Proceedings ; and, on a 
 Debate, Rtfolv'd, that the Managers mould in- 
 iifb upon it, That for the Lords to give Judg- 
 ment, before the fame be prft demanded by this 
 Houfe, is Unparliamentary. 
 
 However, the Lords proceeded according to 
 their own Method } and on the 19^, the Earl 
 of Winton was brought to the Bar. The Man- 
 ner of pronouncing Sentence, and the Debates 
 which happen'd upon that Occafion, with 
 fomething of what was fpoken by the Lord 
 High Steward, being very particular, take an A- 
 bridgment of them all, as follows. 
 
 On Monday, the \9th of March, the Lords 
 being fat in the Court in Weftminfter-Hall, and 
 the Earl of Wtnton brought to the Bar, the 
 Lord High-Steward ask'd him, If he had any 
 thing to offer, why Judgment of Death foould not 
 fafs upon him according to the Law? Whereupon 
 the Clerk faid from my Lord Winton, That 
 
 hit
 
 bis Council had a Point of Law to offer to their 
 Lordjhips, to Jta IP, that he was fuch a Pcrfon, a- 
 gainft whom, by Law, 'Judgment ought not to be 
 given. His Grace having ask'd him, Whether his 
 Lordjhip would ftate the Point upon which he was 
 advised, that he was not fuch a Perfon, againft 
 whom Judgment ought to be given ? The Earl an- 
 fwer'd, He did not know what his Lordfljip meant j 
 and Sir Conftantine Phipps 9 one of the Council for 
 the Prifoner, fa id, That if their Lordjhips pleafed, 
 they had a Point of Law humbly to offer to their 
 Lordflrips. Hereupon he was interrupted by the 
 Attorney General, who infifted upon it, That the 
 Gentlemen of the Long Robe were not to fpeak, un- 
 lefs them were a Point of Law ftated by the Pri- 
 foner, and which their Lordjhips fljould think to be a 
 Point of Law. Mr. Cowper urged, That the Ob- 
 jettion to that Gentleman's being heard^ was fo ob~ 
 vious, that they were furpriz.ed to find) he jhould 
 preftfme to fpeak without their Lordfliips Direction 
 fo to do: That he (Sir Conftantine Phipps) could 
 not but knowj that the Prifoner was to propound the 
 Qutflion in Law ', but that he (the Council) ought 
 not in any Cafe to propound a Qtteftion in Law? 
 nor, when a Queftion is propounded by the Prifoner^ 
 to fpeak without their Lordjhips exprefs Direftion. 
 Sir Conftantine offering to their Lordfhips, That 
 
 if ht had been heard but ten Words more Mr. 
 
 Cowper infifted, That the Gentleman (Sir Conftan- 
 tine Phipps) be not heard one Word more. Upon 
 which, the Earl of Ijlay moved to adjourn -, and 
 fo the Lords went to the Chamber of Parlia- 
 ment. Being returned, after about half an 
 Hour, the Lord High-Steward told the Lord 
 Winton^ * That the Lords had conflderM of 
 * the Matter he had moved in Arreft of Judg- 
 ' meat; which was, That he was not fuch a Per-
 
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 * foftj as againft whom Judgment of Death for High 
 
 * Treason ought to be pronounted* And his Grace 
 
 * was directed to acquaint him, that their Lord- 
 fhips were of Opinion, that it was Matter of 
 
 * Fad, and not of Law ; and that the Lords 
 
 * thought he was fuch a Perfon, againft whom 
 
 * Judgment ought to be given in this Cafe. I 
 
 * am likewife order'd by the Lords (continued 
 
 * his Grace) to reprimand you, Sir Conftantinc 
 
 * Phipps, for having, in a Proceeding of this 
 
 * Nature, prefumed to be fo forward as to 
 
 * fptak for the Prifoner at the Bar, before a 
 
 * Point of Lav* was firft ftated, and you had 
 - 4 Leave to peak to it } and your Fault is cer- 
 4 tainly the greater, for having prefumed to 
 
 . ' do this to a Matter, which you cannot but 
 4 know is Matter of Fad , and that the Law 
 c is not doubtful one Way or other, the Fad 
 
 * being fuppos'd. My Lord Winton^ I am al- 
 * lowtd asain to ask your Lordfhip, If you have 
 c rurther to alledge, or move, why 
 c .Juciy'Ticnr of Death mould not pafs upon you 
 4 accon ii.p; to Law > The Clerk having there- 
 upon repeated from the Lord Winton^ That bis 
 Council we--e r^ady to offer, in Arreft of "judgment, 
 that the //// \chment was infufficient \ for the Time 
 of committing the Treafon wns not therein laid 
 with ft<ffic:' -f Certainty : And the Lords having 
 g^vc: : i the Prifoner's Council to fpeak 
 to that -Point of Law, Sir Conftantine Phipps, and 
 IMr. Wit-. ;.eavoured to fhew, that the 
 Impe^ ' -, erroneous ; and therefore pray- 
 ed, Th.i f'rment againft this unfortunate 
 Lord mig - *fttd. They were anfwer'd 
 bv Mr. . Mr. Attorney General, Mr. 
 Cowpcr, ai ; Sir William f'hdmffon ; after 
 which 3 the Lord High- Steward, addrefilng 
 
 him-
 
 r ?i 3 
 
 himfelf to the Gentlemen of the Houfe of Com- 
 mons, Paid, He fuppofed they did not oppofe the 
 Council's replying to them ; and that afterwards^ 
 if they had any thing to offer, they might he heard 
 to it. The Attorney General anfwer'd, They did, 
 not objett to it, if the Commons had the Liberty of 
 fpea\ing afterwards, and clofing, which they infifted 
 upon as their Right. Whereupon his Grace hav- 
 ing told the Council, that they might reply; 
 Sir Conflantine Phipps, and Mr. Williams^ did fd 
 accordingly. Mr. Attorney General, for preferv- 
 ing the Rights of the Commons, clofed this 
 Pleading^ after which, the Lord high-Steward 
 ask'd again the Prifoner, Whether he had any 
 thing more to offer in Arreft of judgment ? The 
 Lord Winton anfwering, That his Council would 
 tell what they had to objeft. His Grace told him, 
 His Lordfoip had been told again and again upon 
 this Occafion, that the Point he would have his 
 Council fpeak to, muft he fir ft- flated and propofed 
 by himfelf, (the Prifoner) and that he-had htfficient 
 Opportunity to inform himfelf. The Lord Winton 
 infilling, that his Council mould fpeak, the 
 Earl of Stamford moved to adjourn , whereup- 
 on, about Three a Clock, the Lords went up to 
 the Chamber of Parliament. 
 
 The Commons went alfo back to their Honfe, 
 and the Speaker having refumed the Chair, 
 it was moved, and refolved, That this Honfe wilt 
 immediately go, with their Speaker and the Mace, 
 to the Bar of the Houfe of Lords 1 and demand 
 judgment of High Treafon againfl George, Earl 
 of Winton, upon the Impeachment of the Commons. 
 Which having done accordingly, the Commons, 
 in a Committee of the whole Houfe, returned 
 to their Places in Weflmwfar-Hall. 
 
 The
 
 The Lords, after a Debate upon the Form 
 of the Sentence, return'd alfo to the Court in 
 Wejlminfter-Hall , and Proclamation for Silence 
 being made as ufual, the Lord High-Steward 
 fpoke to the Effeft following : 
 
 f~lEORGE, EarlofJF^f, I have already 
 
 * V_I acquainted you, that your Peers have 
 
 * found you guilty ('. c.) in the Terms of the 
 
 * Law, convicted you of the fjigh-Treafon where- 
 ' of you ftand impeached. After your Lord- 
 4 fhip has moved in Arreft of Judgment, and 
 c the Lords have difallow'd that Motion, their 
 c next Step is, to proceed to Judgment. The 
 
 * melancholy Part 1 am to bear in pronouncing 
 ' that Judgment upon you, fince it is his Ma- 
 
 * jefty's Pleafure to appoint me to that Office, 
 4 I dutifully fubmit to j far, very far, from 
 c taking any Satisfaction in it. Till Convidion, 
 
 * your Lordfhip has been fpoke to without the 
 
 * leaft Prejudice, or Suppofition of your Guilt ; 
 4 but now it muft be taken for granted, that 
 
 * your Lord/hip is guilty of the High-Treafon, 
 4 whereof you ftand impeached. 
 
 ' My Lord, 
 
 This your Crime is the greateft known to 
 the Law of this Kingdom, or of any other 
 Country whatsoever: And it is of the blackeft 
 and moft odious Species of that Crime , a Con- 
 fpiracy and Attempt, manifefted by an open 
 Rebellion, to depofe and murder that facred 
 Perfon, who fuftains, and is the Majefty of 
 the whole ; and from whom, as from a Foun- 
 tain of Warmth and Glory, are difperfed all 
 the Honours, all the Dignities of the State -, 
 indeed the lafting and operative Life and Vi- 
 gour of the Laws, which plainly fubfift by a 
 
 * due
 
 ' vernrrient} and may therefore properly be 
 c call'd, a Defign to murder, not only die King, 
 but alfo the Body Politick of the Kingdom. 
 ' And this is moft evidently true in your Lord- 
 c fhip's Cafe } confidering that Succefs in your 
 4 Treafon mult infallibly have eftablifhed'P'o- 
 
 * 'p ery ; and that never fails to .bring with it a 
 
 * Cfz/iY, as well as Ecclepdftical Tyranny \ which 
 
 * is qtilte another Sort of Gonftitutiori than that 
 "* of this Kingdom, and cannot take Place, till 
 c . the prefent is annihilated. This your Crime 
 
 * (fo I rnuft now call it) is the more aggravated, 
 4 in that when it proceeds fo far, as 1 'to take 
 
 * Arms openly, and to make ah offenfive War 
 
 * againft lawful Authority , 'tis generally (as 
 c in your -Cafe) complicated with the horrid 
 c and crying Sin of murdering many, who are 
 1 not only innocent, but meritorious; And if 
 
 * Pity be due fas t admit it is, in fome^ Degree) 
 fc to fuch as fuffer for their own Crimes \ it 
 < muft be admitted, a much greater Share of 
 c Companion is owing to them, who have loft 
 1 their Lives merely by the Crimes of other 
 1 Men. As many as have fo done in the late 
 e Rebellion^ fo many Murders have they to air- 
 4 fwer for^ Who promoted it -, and your Lord- 
 
 * fhip, in examining your Confcience, will be 
 c under a great Delufion, if you look on thofe 
 1 who fclj at Preftort, Dumblain, of elfewhere, 
 
 * on the Side of the Laws, and in Defence of 
 
 * fettled Order and Government, as (lain ia 
 
 * Lawful War ; even judging of this Matter by 
 
 * the Law of Nations. Alas ! My Lord, your 
 
 T * Crime
 
 , G*74 3 
 
 ; c 2 6frrne-..pf High.T&afoKr.is .made yet redder, 
 *' by (bedding a great; deal of the bed Blood in 
 *. the Kingdom : I include in this Exprefiion 
 
 * the brave common Soldiers, as well as thofe 
 4 gallant and heroLck Officers, who continued 
 4 faithful to Death, in Defence of the Laws -, 
 
 * for fore but little Blood can be better thaa 
 
 * that, which is ihed while it is warm in the 
 4 Caufe of the true Religion, and the Liberties 
 c of its native Country. Believe it ^ notwith- 
 
 4 withftanding the 'unfair Arts and Induftry 
 c ufed, to ftir up ajpgrnipous Excels of Com- 
 c miferation, towards fuch as have fallen by the 
 
 / Swcrd^of Juftice,.(few, if compar'd with the 
 1 Num. bees of -good- -Subjects murdered from 
 ' Doors and Windows at Prcfton only) the rtfe 
 c , of one honeft, loyal Subjed, is more precious, 
 
 .* in the Eye of God, and all confidering Men, 
 ) thin the Lives of many -Rebels and Parricides. 
 
 5 ' rn " ! ".P ts n" 16 i n Mi^d to obferve to your 
 
 fhjp, that there is another Malignity in 
 Lordlhip's -. Crime, (open Rebellion) 
 which confifts in this, that it is always fure of 
 doing Hurt to a Government, in one Refpedl:, 
 \ though k be defeated-, (I will not fay, it 
 - ^fdoes fo on the whole Matter.) For the Of- 
 ' fence is. too notorious to be let pafs unob- 
 ' ferv'd by any Connivance : Then is a Go- 
 c vcrnment reduced to this Dilemma*, if it be 
 1 not pumfh'd, the State is endanger'd, by fuf- 
 4 fering Examples to appear, that it may be at- 
 4 tack'd with Impunity : If it be punifhed, 
 c they who are publickly or privately Favourers 
 
 * of the Treafon, (and perhaps fo.me out of 
 / meer .Folly) raife undeferved Clamours of 
 
 ' Cruelty againft thofe in Power -, orfheloweft 
 4 their iMalice flies, is, to make unfeafonable, 
 
 < un-
 
 r 
 
 . ' a ' 
 
 ''unlimited, and injudicious T^ncomiums upon 
 e Mercy and.Fprgivenefs, (things, rightly ufed, 
 * certainly of 'the greateil fixceilence.) Ajid 
 "'this. Proceeding, it muft be admitted, does 
 
 * fome Harm with filly, undiftinguiflung Peo- 
 
 * pie. So that Rebels have the Satisfaction of 
 ' thinking they hurt the Government a little, 
 
 * even by their Fall. The , only, but true Con- 
 x folation every wife Government has .in fuch 
 
 * a Cafe, (after it has tamper'd Juflice with 
 
 * Mercy, in futh Proportion as found Difcre- 
 
 * tion direds, having always a Care of the pub- 
 
 * lick Safety above all things; is this, that fuch 
 
 * like Seeds of unreafonable Difcontents take 
 'Root on very fhallow Soil only; and that 
 
 * therefore, after they have made a weak 
 
 * Shoot, they foon wither, and come to no- 
 
 < thing. It. is well, your .Lordfhip has given, 
 
 * an Opportunity of doing the Government 
 ' right, on the Subjeft of your Surrender at 
 
 * Prefion. How confidently had it been given, 
 1 out by the Faction, that the Surrender was 
 1 made on Afliirances, at leaft Hopes, infinuat- 
 
 * ed of Pardon: Whereas the Truth appears to 
 
 * be, that Fear was the only Motive to it ^ the 
 
 * evil Day was deferr'd } and the Rebels right- 
 c ly depended, fewer would die at laft by the 
 
 * Meafures they elected, than if they flood an 
 
 * Atfa'ult : They were awed by the experienced 
 
 * Courage, Discipline, and Steddinefs of the 
 4 King's Troops-, and by the fnperior Genius 
 ( and Spirit of his Majefty's Commanders, over 
 
 < thofc of the Rebels ; fp that, in Truth, they 
 c were .never fiatter'd with any other Terms, 
 e than to fun end-er as Rebels, and as Traytors j 
 1 their Lives only to be fpared till his Majefty's 
 1 Pleafure 'fhbu'Vd be known. 'It was indeed a 
 
 T 2 < Debt
 
 1 Debt. due to .thofe^ brave Commanders and 
 c Soldiers, (to whom their King and Country 
 *" owe more than can be well expreTs'd) that 
 1 their Victory mould be vindicated to the prer 
 
 * fent and future Ages, from untrue Detraction ', 
 and kept from being follied by the Tongues / 
 
 c of Rebels, and their Accomplices, when their 
 4 Arms could no longer hinder it. J Tis hard 
 c to leave thisSubjeft without obferving, that 
 
 * this Engine, which fets the World on Fire, 
 a lying Tongue, has been of prodigious Ufe 
 
 * to the Party of the Rebels, not only fmce, 
 
 * and during the Rebellion, but before, while 
 4 it was forming, and the Rebels preparing for 
 ' it: Falfe Fafts, falfe Hopes, and falfe Chara- 
 
 * Hers, htvebeen the great eft Half of the Scheme 
 4 they fet out with, and yet feem to depend upon. 
 
 Afar this, the Lord High-Steward faid : Tha 
 
 aa 
 ri 
 ifl, 
 
 * with any Clcarnefs, on that which only could 
 c excuie his being taken in open Rebellion, 
 
 x That KC was forced into it, remained fo tinder a . 
 
 * Force, and would h^tve ffcaped from it, but could 
 * not. That if he had fo infilled, it was clearly 
 
 * proved, that had not been true ; for his Lord- 
 ' fliip was a&ive and forward in many Inftances, 
 i and fo coniidcrable, in a military Capacity, 
 
 * among his Fellow-Soldiers, as to command a 
 '- Squadron. 
 
 4 I conclude (added my Lord High-Steward) 
 
 * this Introduction to the Sentence, by exhort^ 
 rng your Lordfhip, with perfect Charity, and 
 
 * much Earneftnefs, to confider, that now the 
 c Time is come, when the Veil of Partiality 
 4 mould' be taken from your Eyes, (it muft be 
 
 4 fo 
 . J
 
 .,,, jJ&L 
 
 fo when you come to die) and that yoiir 
 Lordftiip fhould henceforward think with 
 Clearnefs ,and Indifference, (if poffible) which 
 mult produce in you a hearty Deteftation of 
 the high Crime you Jiave committed ^ and, 
 being a Proteftant, be very likely to make you 
 a flncere Penitent, for your having engaged 
 in a Defign, that muft have deftroyed the 
 holy Religion you profefs, had it taken EffeA.. 
 Nothing now remains, but that I pronounce 
 upon you "that Sentence which the Law or- 
 dains } and which fufficiently mews, what 
 Thoughts our Anceftors had of the Cringe, 
 * of w-hich your Lordihip is now convided. 
 
 The Lord High-Steward, having pronounced 
 the Sentence in the fame Form, as he did Tome 
 Time before upon the other fix condemned 
 Lords } he declared, there was nothing more 1 
 to be done, by Virtue of his prcfent Com mi f- 
 fion, broke the Staff, and pronounced it dif- 
 folved , then left the Chair, came down to the 
 Wool-Pack^ and having rnoVed for adjourning 
 to the Houfe of Lords, theHoufe was accord- 
 ingly adjourned to the Chamber of Parliament. 
 
 The Houfe had now very little Bufinefs be- 
 fore them : The Bills for regulating Hackney- 
 Coaches, for free Importation of Cochineal, and 
 for prolonging the Time for taking the Oaths, 
 &c. were the" chief, befldes what are mention'd 
 before. But in this Interval, the State of Scotland 
 came before them, and their Confederations on 
 that Heard produced Two very remarkable Bills, 
 viz.. i.' A BUI for attainting the Earl Marefchal, 
 and others of the Rebels , in which wpre contain- 
 ed many Gentlemen, whofe Barnes we fiiall 
 give an Account of by themfelves. 2. A Bill to 
 T 3 fccure
 
 r 
 
 faure the Peace of the Highlands, and the -North 
 Parts of Scotland. And, 3. A Bill to pHnifk thofe 
 as jhall feditce Soldiers to defert -, er who,, being 
 PapiftSj.jW prefume to Lift in his Majefty's Ser- 
 vice. Thefe Bills were all calculated- to keep 
 down the Spirit of the Rebellion, 'and to fortify 
 the People in their Defence of the publick Intereft. 
 On, the 23^, the King came to the'.Houfe, and 
 pafs'd the ^ Bijls.following, but made no Speech. , 
 I . A n ^Att for preventing Mutiny and Defertion , 
 
 A Aft. ' /* " * 
 
 examining, and flat, 
 my',' in 'the Room o] 
 
 . r ,. 
 7</tfjr a-Commiflioner for taking, 
 
 AWg.the Debts due to the.Ar- 
 'oj Thomas Smira, /fl Je- 
 
 cc<ifcd, and for continuing the former Att un- 
 :ht Tenth Day o/iMarcb, One Thousand Seven. 
 ; Hiindrcd and Sixteen. 
 
 3. An A& for iicfting the Honour and f.ftate of 
 John, Daks of Athql, in James Murray, Efq; 
 commonly caWd, 'Lord James Murray, after the 
 Death of the fad -Duke. 
 
 + An Aft for the Naturalization of Frederick 
 Gulikcr. ' 
 
 
 5. An Ai't for naturalizing Gerard Roeters. 
 
 As foon as the -Houfc was returned, a.'Mef- 
 ^ge from the King was deliver'4 to them by 
 .Mr. Secretary Stan&cpt, as follows : 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 HIS Majefty has been pleafed to dircd, 
 That Letters Patents be prepared, for 
 granting the Regalities and Lands, now re- 
 maining in the Crown, in North and South 
 Wales, and Chcfiire, to his Royal Highnefs the 
 Prince of Wales. But it not being in his Ma- 
 jelly's Power to grant tjie fame, in fuch Man- 
 ' ner
 
 r 
 
 6 ner and Form as the Principality of <s 
 *"and Earldom of Chefter, were ufually granted 
 
 * to former Princes of Wain, his Majefty hope's 
 
 * you will think it reafcfaabie to enable hhn to 
 c make this Grant accordingly. 
 
 Upop thi4.it was refolv'd,Afcm/f contradicente^ 
 That a.5V/ be brought in, to enable his 2*ftjj!?y, to 
 grant the Realities and Lands^ new remaining' the 
 Crown'iin North Wales, and South Wales, and 
 County of fi^ler, to his RoyaJMghne/S the Prince 
 of Wales, -fn^fuch Manner and -form., a^thi 'Prin- 
 cipality of Wales, and Earltfbm of Chefter, ~havc 
 formerly been granted to. the Princes of Wales. 
 
 The reft of the Time to the 'z'8/fc, was taken up 
 in profecuting the depending Bills, voting far- 
 ther Heads of the Supply , and the Eajfcr JHoly;-" 
 Days intervening, the Houfeadjourn'd for 8 Days. 
 
 The parliament being 'thus adjourn^, let'us 
 look into the judicial Proceedings againlt the 
 Rebels, which were juft at Hand. On the 7^ 
 of ^nV, the new Comminion for trying the Re- 
 bels, met the firft Time at the Court of Common 
 Pleas,Weftmlnfter, Sir Witfiam'-Thompfin, Recorder 
 of London, open'd the Meeting by a S^ech, iji- 
 Nature of a Charge to the Grand-Jury,' Before 
 tiieir entring upon Bufinefs , after w'hich, the 
 Jury bemg withdrawn into the Exchequer W*J& 
 her, the Bills which were prepared," were 
 brought before them , and they found Bills for 
 High Treason againft the following Perfons : 
 
 : 
 
 Thomas Forftcr, call'd Charles VPogari. 
 
 General: -Forfler. Thomas HAil? * lfc 
 
 William Mackintofl), RichardGafcoinie,- 
 
 call'd Brigadier. ' Alex. faenJef.". 
 
 William Shaft oe. James Mfriz.ics. 
 
 Robert Talbot. Jdhn Robertfon, 
 
 Henry Oxbrourh. T 4 After
 
 After -which, 4 thc ^Co^rt adjourn'd to ,*he 
 U't^'and in the mean Time, on the lot*, the 
 Gr$nd Jury for the C9unty of Surrey, fpund Bills 
 ajainfc Eleven mpre^w^o were then Prifoners 
 in the Marjhalfe^ viz. 
 
 ,v.rv>-' ' ; . . 
 
 Ja&v Hug"- , i ^ { -jj 
 
 .. 
 
 - - 
 
 :n?.[iti 
 
 . 
 
 tq w4#c Court 
 that Mr.. ^^r was- to have, .been 
 arragru, in order to his Trial, wheji the Town 
 was furpriz'd with an Account, that on the 
 iQtb at is T ight, near. Midnight, he had .made his 
 Efcape out of ^n^.V^';with,one Servant only. 
 jhe, Manner was" varioufjj reported - r nor is it 
 jj 4^ examine the Particulars, which can -on- 
 e gueJVd at j it is fufficient tothe^iilory, 
 t he.gpt out. Mr ; ./Y^.f ?; the Keeper of A r ew- 
 , was. not only committed fqV it, but. was" 
 afterwards, indifted ; for ' High-Treafpn, as beiugr 
 \vilfnlly guilty of. the Efcape ^ and v;as try'd. 
 for his Life for it at .the Old BaiLy ; but- he was 
 smutted. 
 
 .There was a Proclamation immediately pub* 
 lifted, offering a Thexfad Pound Reward for; 
 the apprehending him :, but it appeared after-" 
 ward, that his Efcape was fo concerted, and 
 ail other things prepared,' that, as Toon as he 
 ,ot put, he had Horfes ready :, and riping di 
 reftly to Lee, near Rochford in EJfex, he had a 
 Vel]el lay ready alfo, which took him oc Board, 
 and landed hia> ia France the very fame Day ^ 
 
 10
 
 f 
 
 fo that in lefs than Twenty four Hours, he was 
 3 Prifoner in Newgate* and an-Inhabitant of Ca- 
 lais. 
 
 However, the Court fat according to its Ad- 
 journment -, and Mr. Forfter being abfent, Mr. 
 Afackintof), Mr. Gafcoigne, Mr. Charles Wogan, 
 and others, being arraigned, pleaded Not Guilty - 7 
 and upon a Motion for Time, had Three Weeks 
 given them to prepare for their Trials ^ which 
 Eavour, on the contrary, fome of them made 
 uie of to prepare, not for their Trial, but their 
 Efcape. 
 
 We come now to the Britlfh Parliament a- > 
 gain, their fhort Recefs being oyer. They had 
 many Bills before them, which fhall be taken 
 
 fotice of afterwards; but the main thing now in 
 and, and which agitated, not the Houfe only, 
 butthe whole Nation for fome time, was, the 
 Septennial Bill i in which we mull be a little 
 particular, but fhall do it in as few. Words as 
 we.can. 
 
 The Rebellion was now quell'd, the Strength 
 of "the Rebels entirely broken, as has been feen. 
 at large ; butthe Disaffection of the People 
 was not conquer'd, and the Spirit of Rebellion 
 might be faid to be yet alive. The Parliament , 
 was the Bulwark of the Crown;* the Vigour 
 and Unanimity of the King's Friends, and their, 
 Superiority in the Houfe, was the Stay and 
 Support of the whole Affair. But the Houfe 
 being a Triennial Plant, which mu ft die, and be 
 renewed every Three Years, by Virtue of the 
 Act of Parliament for that Purpofe, made 6 
 William & Mary , The Hopes of the other Party 
 feem'd to be center'd all in this, that the Par- 
 liament would expire ^ and that they mould be 
 able, by their Influence in the Country, to chufe
 
 ] 
 
 a Majority of the higlv Party in the next 
 wtotth woafoT turn the State; and ' give the pre- 
 fent Party a Lift out of the Saddle : Nor was 
 this Hope of theirs fo iH -grounded, bin that 
 tttere was 1 too much Reafo'n to apprehend it 
 might be- fo , at leaft it Wa<s fo apparent a 
 Profpeft, as that it ferv'd not only to buoy up, 
 but daily to encreafe the high Party, and was 
 an En^oriragerrtent to them, to be diligent to 
 fpread ''tf^pifeffeftion, and keep alive the Sryi- 
 rtttfM&vVbny. 
 
 For this Reafon, it anpear'd not only rea- 
 fonabley'W* juft, a'n.d'vcry neteifary, that this 
 Support- fhoul'd be removed, and' the Hope of 
 the Part-/ be ^thereby defeatdd : : 'To this the 
 Way waV -plain, viz. td ; lengttieil'(5ut the Time 
 for the- -Sim rig' of the Parliament:, thw was a 
 le^l W'ay^ neither was "therc-.atiy other Me- 
 thod which' could be equal to it ; and according-- 
 lyy on ' the-'icPf^t)f A?nl\ tiie Duke of Dtrinffiirc' 
 prefented a Bill .to the Houfe of Peers,- enti- 
 ty fed ; 'y^ 'AU for enlarffiv'r the Tttoc for'tMti- 
 ****** of T^Lents, St. ' 
 
 This-' BiiV met with Oppofition, and ftrong 
 ^trnggles'fro'm the oppofite Party, in every Par- 
 ticular. It had been concerted, as was 
 
 in a great Meeting of the Nobility at the Duke 
 of Devonnri*,. where the Reafons above were 
 
 confidered ^ and the NecefTity of it appear'd .fo 4 
 weighty, that > they unanimou(ly''refolv'd upon, 
 the Thing ; and accordingly came into Meafures 
 for the introducing it, as well as into the Form 
 of it : A,s the concerting it m fuch Manner was 
 known, fo the other Party were far from be- 
 ing furpvi'z'd in it , hov;evir ? when it was of-- 
 fer'd, they mov'd that it might lie upon the- 
 Table, that every one might have Time to 
 
 con-
 
 of it. The Lords who brought it ifl v 
 urged that it might be read firft 5. and then, 
 that none might fay they were furpriz'd into 
 it, they might give what Time : they pleas'd for 
 a fecond Reading. 
 
 This, was carry'd; fo the Bill was read, and* 
 fpor- Days Time ^iven for a fecond Reading v 
 accordingly on, the 14^7, it was read a fecond 
 Time, and a long Debate enfued ; jn which 
 the oppofite Party u fed their utmol ndeavour 
 to prevent the Bill being committed } the De- 
 bate fre.Ld from a little after one a Clock to 
 feyen in the Evening : The Houfe was full of 
 Strangers, the Princefs of Wales, with abuHr 
 dance of Ladies, many -Members of theHouf? 
 of, Commons, and feveral Foreigners of Qua-* 
 lity v.at length the Qpeftion w,as put, That the 
 Bill be committed, a-nd carry'd, as follows, 
 viz.. . 
 
 ^4.1^^1}^ 
 
 Thus the Bill was committed to a Committee 
 of the whole Houfe j- the contrary Party en- 
 tered their Proteft in Form, fign'd by thirty 
 Lords \ to which Proteft they annex'd their 
 lleafons, as ufual ^ and which Reafons, as they 
 contain the Subflance of the Speeches made be- 
 fore -, which Speeches are too long for our An- 
 nals, we have given at large as follows : viz.. 
 
 Die Sabati 14- Aprilis 171^ 
 Hodie fecunda vice Ledta eft Billa, Entit. An Aft 
 . for Enlarging the time of Continuance of Parlia- 
 
 And it being propos'd to commit the Bill, af- 
 ter long Debate thereupon, the Qvieftion was 
 
 put,
 
 f **4 ]'- 
 
 wtit, Whetfifcr tbe faid Bifl fhiiH. be committed , 
 ic was refolv'd ih the Affirmative. 
 
 Dtffcnticnt. ; 
 
 " T. Becaufe we conceive, 1 '-' that frequent and' 
 new Parliaments are required by % fundamen- 
 tal Conftitution of the Kingdom, and the Pra- 
 ftice thereof for many Ages,-; (which manifeft- 
 ly appears by our Records) is 'a fufficient Evi-~ 
 dence and Proof of this Cpnftitutibn. 
 
 2. Becaufe it-is agreed, 'that the Houfe of 
 Commons mwft be choferi' ; by i the People, and 
 when fo choferi, they are truly the Repfefeata- 
 tives of the People, which they cannot be fo 
 properly faid to be, when continued fora longer 
 Time tha : n that for which they were chofen - 7 
 for after thst Time, they are-' chofen bt J t^C 
 Parliament^ and not the People; who are there- 
 by deprived of the only Remedy which they 
 have againft thofe, who either do not under- 
 ftand, or, through Corruption, do wilfully be- 
 tray the Truft repofed in them ^ which Remedy 
 is, to chufe better Men in their Places. 
 
 3. Becaufe the Reafons given for this pill, 
 we conceive, were not fufficient to induce us to 
 p*ft it, in Subverfion of fo cfffetftSl a Part of our 
 Confutation. 
 
 i. For 35 to the Argument, that this will 
 encau rage the Princes and States of Euroye to 
 enter into Alliances with us, we have not heard 
 any one Minifter affert, that any one Prince or 
 State has ask'd, or fo much as infmuated, that' 
 they wifh'd fuch an Alteration. 
 ^-5Nor is it reafonable to imagine it *, for it 
 cannot be expected, that any Prince or State 
 can rely upon a People to defend their Liber- 
 ties and Interefts, who (hall be thought to^ave 
 
 given-
 
 given up fo great Part of their own , nor can it 
 be prudent for them to wifh fu,ch an Experi- 
 ment, after the Experience that Europe has 
 tiad, of the great, things this ^Nation has done 
 for them under the Conftitujtiq% which is to be 
 altered by this Bill. 
 
 But,, on the other Hand, they may be deter- 
 red from entring into Meafures with us, when 
 they fhall be informed by the Preamble of this 
 Bill, that the Pofifj Fa&ion is fo dangerous, as 
 that it may be deftru&ive to the Peace and Se T 
 curity of the Government ; and may apprehend 
 from this Bill) that the Government is fo weak, 
 as to want fo extraordinary a Provifion for its 
 Safety , which feems to imply, that the Gentle- 
 men of Britain are not to be trulted or r.elied 
 upon , and that the good Affections of the 
 People are retrained to fo fmall a Number as 
 that, of which the prefent Houfe of Commons 
 confifts. 
 
 2. We conceive this Bill is fo far from pre- 
 venting Expences and Corruptions, that it will 
 rather encreafe them-, for the longer a Parlia- 
 ment is to laft, the more valuable to be pur- 
 chafed is a Station in it, and the greater alfo 
 is the Danger of corrupting the Members of 
 it ^ for if there mould be a Miniftry, who fhall 
 want a Parliament to fcreen them from the 
 juft Refentment of the People, or . from a Difco- 
 very of their ill Practices to the King, who can- 
 not otherwife, or fo truly be informed of them, 
 as by a free Parliament. It is fo much the Intereft 
 of fuch a Miniftry, to influence the Eledions, 
 (which, by their Authority, and the Difpofal of 
 the Pu Slick Money, they, of all others, have 
 the beft Means of doing) that, 'tis to be fear'd, 
 they will be tempted* and not fail to make 
 
 tife
 
 >**!_ 
 
 tife of thm y -and even when the Members are 
 ctoofen, they have a greater Opportunity '6? tii- 
 ducing very many to comply with themj tjiaa 
 they could have, if not only the Sefllons of Par 
 liament, but the Parliament it felf, were re- 
 duced to the ancient and primitive Constitution 
 and Practice, of frequent and new Parliaments-, 
 for as a good Mtniftry will neither praftife, nor 
 need Corruption, fo it cannot' be any Lord's 
 Intent, to provide for the Security of a bad 
 One. 
 
 3. We conceive, that whatever .Reafans may 
 
 <rnduce the Lords to pafs this Bill, to continue 
 
 this Parliament for Seven Years, will be at leaft 
 
 as ftrong, and may, by the "Conduct of the 
 
 Miniftry, be made much ftrpngei 1 before the 
 
 End of Seven Years, for continuing it frill 
 
 longer, and even to perpetuate if, which 
 
 would be an exprefs and abfolute Subverilon of 
 
 the Third Eftate of the Realm. . 
 
 "Somerfet) Shrewsbury^ Angltfey, Osbortze, Comj>ton 9 
 
 Briftol, Tadcafter, Nottingham^ Ablngdon^ 
 
 Gvilford, Jyleiford, Foley^ AfibHrnham, Mxnfel, 
 
 Cower, Bathurjt, Wefton^ Bruce^ Wlllougbby de 
 
 Broke, Porvlct, Dartmouth, Binvlcy^ Straffor^ 
 
 Trevor, Montjoy, Northampton^ Fr. Bojfen, P. 
 
 Hereford, Fr.Ccprignf. Salisbury. 
 
 On the i6th, the Lords in a Committee of 
 
 the whole HouTe debated it a,gain, and it wa$ 
 
 tarried there 'by a Majority of 74 agaiaft 39, 
 
 And on the i%th'it was read the laft Time, and 
 
 pafs'd 69 againft 35. And Twenty four Lords 
 
 entred their Protifl again,. with Reafons much 
 
 the fame as before. 
 
 On the ipr&, it came down to the Houfe of 
 Commons. There was fome Novelty in the 
 Oppofition it met with in the HouTe cf Com- 
 mons,
 
 mans, not fp jwh from the ^&?g$Heftts 9 as 
 from the,perfons, Mr. .AT- . L - -(re oppof- 
 jng it, not for tbv Nature of the Bill, which, 
 he declar'd his Opinion -was, ough^ to pafs , 
 but as the Manner .'was,, in his Opinion, unpar- 
 liamentary ; thofr 'it was an Imyofition upon the 
 Commons'^ that the Lerds therein tf ok upon them to 
 dirctt \the Houfe in ym Affair, which wholly be- 
 long'd to the Cotomons, who are the .Guardians of 
 the Rights and Liberties of the People. There 
 were long Debates in the Houfe ; but at length 
 the Queftion being put in a very full Houfe, it 
 was carried by a great Majority. 
 
 Tea's 276. 
 
 No's 156. 
 
 The 24th of Ayril, it came to a fecond Read- 
 ing, wheu Petitions alfo from feveral Burroughs 
 in England^ were prefented to the Houfe, and 
 read againft the Bills as from Martkorovgh, Mid- 
 hurfri Haftings^ Cambridge^ Abingdon, and New- 
 Caftlc under Line ; it was faid, there we.re more 
 preparing, but there was not Time for them : 
 At this Debate, many warm Speeches were made 
 in the Houfe, too long to mention here 5 and 
 the Debate held till Eleven a Clock at Night, 
 when the Question .-ivwp call'd, That .the Bill be 
 committed, and pafs'd; 
 
 No's 162. 
 
 While this Matter was in Agitation, a Claufe 
 was offer'd to be added to it, to difable facb 
 Per fans to be chofen Members of either Houft, who- 
 have Tenfions from the Crown, during fleafure^ or 
 for any Number of Tears ; but this was wavM 
 for theprefent, and was brought in afterwards, 
 in a Bill by it felf, as mall appear in its Place. 
 
 Ofl
 
 C 188] 
 
 On the 26th, the Bill was read the thifd 
 Tune, and more Petitions alfo were read a- 
 gainft it, and more Speeches made on both 
 Sides , after which it was pafs'd : 
 
 Teas 264. 
 
 Ms *2I. 
 
 The flefct Day, it was carry'd back to the 
 Lords , and on the ^th of May, it receiv'd the 
 Royal Aflent, which put a full End co all De- 
 bates about it. 
 
 We mUft now look back to Scotland, though 
 we can take but a curfory View of things there. 
 We left the Account of the Rebellion at a hap- 
 py Period, viz.. the entire Separation of the 
 Rebel Forces, and the Efcape of the chief 
 Leaders beyond the Sea, fome taking Shipping 
 one Way, and fome another, as Fate, and their 
 own Apprehenfions, hurried them along. 
 
 There were, neverthelefs, feveral Parties, 
 and feveral Gentlemen at the Head of them, 
 who were yet together in the remoter Parts of 
 the Country j and it was uncertain in the whole, 
 who were gone away, and who remain'd \ fame, 
 who were fuppos'd to be gone, being after- 
 wards found to be there -, and fome, who were 
 fa id to there, appearing Abroad. 
 
 In order to clear the Country entirely, and 
 put a final End to the Infurre&ion, Detach- 
 ments were fent into the Ifles of Sky, and to 
 the Lewes ;' the former was poflefs'd by Sir 
 Donald Mac-Donald, a Gentleman of a very good 
 Eftate and Intereft in that Part, and who had 
 with him about 1000 Men-, the latter was 
 like wife poflefs'd by the Earl of Seafcrth, who 
 had with him Brigadier Campbel of Ormundely 
 an old Soldier, newly arriv'd from Mufcovy : 
 The Detachment feni to the Ifle of Sky, was
 
 r 
 
 commanded by one Colonel Clayton, who fodrt 
 brought all the Inhabitants there to fubmit, 
 and lay down their Arms \ but Sir Donald Mac 
 Donald^ having not been able to obtain any Se- 
 curity of Favour, in Cafe of a Surrender, did 
 not think fit to truft himfelf in their Hands-, 
 and therefore went off to the Ifle of 0*<r/?, and 
 io, fhifdng about, they were not able to take 
 him. The other Detachment fent to the Ifle of 
 the Levees, was commanded by one Colonel 
 Cholmondly ; he reduced the whole Ifland in a ve* 
 ry little Time, took Brigadier Camphel Prilbner, 
 his Men having all abandon'd him*, and he Hand- 
 ing on the Spot where he had drawn up his 
 Men to fight, fcorning to turn his Back, was 
 taken in a charging Pofture. But the Earl of 
 Seaforth made from the Ifland, and could not 
 be found, till a long Time after he appear'd a- 
 gain at his Scat in the Shire of Rofs, where, 
 however, he flood but a little, making his Efcape 
 into France. 
 
 Thus the Heads of the Rebellion, who were 
 left, made fuch Ufe of their Advantages and 
 private Retreats, in thofe remote Parts, that 
 they could not be taken. However, the De- 
 tachments being returned, and having fcarched 
 into the fartheft Parts for them in vain, the 
 Rebellion was jnftly efteemed to be at an End ', 
 General Cadogan return'd to London, and the 
 Day of Than kf^iv ing, by Proclamation, was ap- 
 pointed for the ith of May. The Dutch Auxi- 
 liaries were brought back to England, and foms 
 Time after were fhipp'd for Holland. 
 
 During the Progrefs of thefe Detachments, 
 
 the commoa People, generally fpeaking, fub- 
 
 mitted : But as to the Gentlemen, moft of them 
 
 apparently declinW putting themfelves into 
 
 U the
 
 t 9o] 
 
 the Hands of the Government-, being told, 
 that they would be accepted upon no Terms, 
 butthofeof Surrendring at Discretion \ and per- 
 haps alarm'd at a current Report, which fome 
 had fpread about, that no Mercy would be foervn 
 to any, but on the feverc Terms of Tr an f par tat ion, 
 and Seven Tears Servitude in the Plantations : They 
 therefore took all Occafioijs to fhip themfelves 
 oft', and make their Efcape by Sea, into Foreign 
 Parts-, about 23 Noblemen and Gentlemen of 
 them, got a Velfel to take them in upon the 
 Coift of Bamf, near Cnllen, and went off with- 
 .out any Obftruftion -, among thefe, as we hear, 
 were the Earl of Kintore, the Lord Pitfligo, Mr. 
 Carnegie, a Member of Parliament, the Laird of 
 slucbmedden, four Gentlemen of the Name of 
 Afoor, Mr. Charles Forbefs a Minifter, Captain 
 Jnnis, Captain Ereskine, the C^lledor of Aber- 
 deen, Cttwming L.aird of Pitnlle, Fullerton Laird 
 of Dndwickj Sandilands I aird of Cotron, Duff 
 Laird of - , ajid feveral others of Note ; 
 and who, as they declarM to fome of the Coun- 
 try People at their going away, were refolved 
 to go into the Armies and Service of the King 
 Of Sweden. 
 
 At the fame Time, two or three Ships ar- 
 riv'd in the Hies from France, which brought 
 Affiftance of Arms and Ammunition for the 
 Support of thofe, who they fuppos'd were yet 
 in Arms-, but finding the Gentlemen were not 
 enclined to put the fmall Remains of their In- 
 tereft to the Hazard, againft fuch a fuperiour 
 Strength, as the regular Forces were ; and 
 that there was no rational Profpeft of carrying 
 on their Delign, they landed none of their 
 Lading , hut about 70 Gentlemen went on 
 Board two of thofe Ships, and made their E- 
 
 fcape,
 
 fcape, leaving the common People to fubffiit, 
 and lay down their Arms. It was faid, the 
 Earls Seaforth and Marifchal, were of this Num* 
 her \ but it was afterward contradi&ed. 
 
 However, on the departing of thefe two, 
 Ships with the Gentlemen, the People ful> 
 mitted to Colonel Clayton, brought in their 
 Arms, as before, and thofe IQands ai e in a Man- 
 ner reduced ; and if there be any Remnants of 
 People remaining in Arms, it muft be in the 
 Center of Rofs, among the Hills and Woods, 
 and fuch places as are inacceffible ; where, in 
 Time, it is not doubted but they will be obliged 
 to yield, or make their Efcape for want ofSub- 
 fiftence. 
 
 There was a third Veflel, which came on the 
 like Errand j but riding at Anchor off of the 
 Ifland Oueft, fhe was taken by the Lively^ a 
 fixth Rate Man of yWar, Captain CkmrLeton. 
 Commander, and on^ Board her 50 Chefts of 
 fmall Arms, 15 Barrels of Powder, and other 
 military Stores. The taking of this Ship feenrd 
 to aflift many other Circumftances, to confute 
 a Printed Account,, faid to be written by the 
 Earl of Mar } wherein it was afHrm'd, that they 
 never received any Arms or Ammunition from 
 Abroad, during the whole Rebellion '<, which is 
 not likely, feeing their Friends were fo care- 
 ful as to fend Arms and Stores, even after the 
 Work was over. 
 
 Things ftanding in this Pofture, Lieutenant 
 General Cadogan having fettled the Canton- 
 ment of the Troops, fo as that they might af- 
 femble, if need were \ and having an Account 
 from all Parts, that the Enemy were every 
 where quiet, and the Heads of them either 
 efcaped beyond Sea, or furrender'd j and find- 
 U 2 ing
 
 C 
 
 ing no more Work for him to do, he quitted 
 JnVcrnefs) and arriv'd the Z'jth of dpril at Aber- 
 deen- He had been very fplendidly treated on 
 the Way by the Earl of Finlater, late Lord 
 Chancellor of Scotl*nd\ his Lordfhip's Seat 
 being on that Side near Elgin. He was likewife 
 receiv'd with great Civilities by the Citizens of 
 Aberdeen , and indeed the mild and wife Con- 
 dud of this General, whether it was from his 
 own Difpofition, or from his having a larger 
 Power given him than others, or from diffe- 
 rent Inftrudions, or whatever it was, not only 
 gain'd him more Refped than other, but alfo 
 difpofed the Remainder of the Rebels to a Sub- 
 rniffion fooner than otherwife, it wa pro- 
 bable, would have been the Cafe ^ the good 
 Ufage, and gentlemanly Treatment, which 
 fome of thofc who fubmitted early, receiv'd 
 by his Orders, having encourag'd others to 
 come in -, whereas till then, as before, there ap- 
 pear'd to them no Room to exped any Thing 
 but fuch a Treatment, as, to Gentlemen, was 
 equ jl to Death it felf, and ferv'd but to make 
 them defperate. As to the Noblemen, who yet 
 flood out, and had not been heard of for fome 
 time ; we were told, that the Eirl of Seaforth y 
 Afarifchal, Sontheske y \.\\Q Marquifs of Tullibardin, 
 Vifcount Kilfyth) &c. with other Gentlemen, 
 were embark'd on Board a Scots Veflel, and 
 faii'd for France ; though it was infinuated by 
 others, who pretended to know, that all thofe 
 Gentlemen were retir'd to the inmofl Parts of 
 the Highlands, where they kept themfelves con- 
 ceal'd, but with a fmall Miimber of Men with 
 them. 
 
 From
 
 t 
 
 From the Military Affairs in Scotland, it is 
 neceflary to look into the Civil and Religious 
 Affairs there alfo, which at this Time affords 
 fomewhat material. 
 
 The Month of May began with a great Appear- 
 ance of the Presbyterian Clergy at Edinburgh, the 
 General Aflembly being to fit down the $d. The 
 Earl of Rothcfs had been nam'd High Commif- 
 fioner, to reprefent the King at the Affembly ; 
 we mould have faid, to PRESIDE ; but that 
 would be to revive a Difpute, which is ratter 
 laid afleep, than decided-, and which ftandsnow 
 as follows : viz. The Government has always 
 claim'd the Authority in Scotland, to appoint, 
 and to prefide in the Kirk Aflembliesj the 
 Kirk reje&s it, as being a kind of Supremacy, 
 which they abfolutely deny -, however, not to 
 carry on a Difpute, which neither Side can main- 
 tain, and yet which neither Side will give up: 
 The King, topreferve a kind of footing there, al- 
 ways names a High Commiflioner to hold, as they 
 call it, the Aflembly : ThisCommiflloner general- 
 ly opens and clofes the Meeting with a Speech ; 
 carries a Letter to them from the King, and takes 
 an Anfwer, and in all other Cafes does little or 
 nothing. On the other Hand, the Kirk^ not to en- 
 ter farther into the Contention, but by a kind of 
 pafllve fuffering that, which, at the fame Time, 
 they do not own, acquiefces in the Commif- 
 fioner's fitting, as an Honour done the Aflem- 
 bly , but will not allow, that he pre/ides , nor 
 will they allow him to appoint, oudifappoint 
 their Meetings, but as a kind of contenting 
 to what they dired} for if he fhould Adjourn 
 fine Die y as once was the Cafe in King Wil/iatris 
 Time, they would not fail to appoint a Time of 
 their own for the next Aflembly. 
 
 U 3 Oa
 
 f *94 1 
 
 On the 3^ of May, as before, the Aflembly 
 met, the Seflion was open'd, asufual, by a Ser- 
 mon , then the Earl of Rothefs prefented his 
 CommifTion which was read, and Mr. Hamilton, 
 Profeflor of Divinity in the College of Edin- 
 burgh, was chofen Moderator ; then the King's 
 Letter to the AfTembly was read, which was as 
 follows : 
 
 SteprtfcribitMr, GEORGE R. 
 e TJIGHT Reverend and Well-beloved, We 
 : _|\ greet you well. The frefh Proofs you 
 4 have given us, daring the Courfe of the late 
 4 unhappy and unnatural Rebellion, of your 
 ' firm Adherence to the Principles, on which 
 
 * the Security of our Government, and the 
 ' Happinefs of our Subjeds, do entirely depend ; 
 
 * and the Accounts we have from time to time 
 
 * receiv'd of your great Care, to infufe the 
 
 * fame into the People under your Charge, do 
 engage us to return you our hearty Thanks, 
 
 * and to renew to you the AiTurances we have 
 ' formerly given yon, of our unalterable Refo- 
 
 * lution to maintain the EftablifhM Govern- 
 c ment of the Church of that Part of our King- 
 c dom of Great Britain, in the full Enjoyment 
 c of all their juft Rights and Privileges. For 
 
 * this End, we have thought fit to countenance 
 your Meeting together at this Time, and a- 
 1 gain to make choice of our Right Trufty and 
 
 * entirely fteloved Coufin, John Earl of Rothefs, 
 
 * to be our Commiffioner, and to reprefent our 
 
 * Royal Perfon in this Aflembly, whofe fingu- 
 
 * lar Zeal for our Service, and the Intereft of 
 
 * his Country, by which he has always diftin- 
 
 * guiihed himfelf, as well as his faithful Dif- 
 4 charge of the fame high Truft on the lafb 
 
 < Oc-
 
 e Occafion, will, we doubt not, render him ac- 
 ' ceptable to you. And as we have nothing 
 c more in our View, than promoting true Re- 
 1 ligion and tfety, and reftoring the Peace 
 4 and Quiet of the Country, that all our Sub- 
 
 * je&s may have it in their Power to be hap- 
 
 * py under our Adminiftration^ and eafy, 
 
 * with Regard both to their Religions and Ci- 
 1 vil Concerns ; your concurring on your 
 4 Parts to the carrying on of thefe laudable 
 ' Ends, and your anfwering thcfe our juft 
 c Views, for the publick Tranquillity both of 
 
 * Church and State, is what we earneftly re- 
 c commend ta you } and the Confidence we 
 c have in your Prudence and Moderation is 
 
 * fuch, as leaves us no Room to doubt, but 
 
 * that we mall have full Satisfaction in your 
 c Condnd. So we bid you heartily Farcwel. 
 
 Given at our Court at St. James'j, the 2$d Day 
 */ April, 1716- In the 2d Tear of our Reign. 
 $y his Afajefty*s Command, 
 
 Sic Subfcr. rOWNSHEND. 
 
 At the delivering this Letter, the Lord 
 CommifTioner made a Speech j and after the 
 reading of the Letter, the Moderator made a 
 Speech alfo to the Aflembly. His Lord (hip's 
 Speech, at the delivering the faid Letter, is as 
 follows : 
 
 Right Reverend, and Right Honourable, 
 
 * t ^ H E many remarkable Steps of Divine 
 c JL Providence fince your laft Meeting, in 
 ' defeating the late wicked and unnatural Re- 
 ' bellion , in preferring the facred Perfon of 
 c our King from all Attempts of his Enemies } 
 ' in fecuring our Holy Religion, Civil Rights 
 
 U 4 l and
 
 r 
 
 and Privileges, and allowing you again to 
 meet in Peace and Quiet, are fach as all of 
 us ought to refleft upon with the highelt 
 Acknowledgments of Gratitude. 
 4 While the Enemies to his Majefty's Go- 
 vernment, and our happy Conftitution, openly 
 appear'd againft both, it muft be very a-, 
 greeable to think, that the Members of the 
 Church diftinguifhed themfelves, by giving 
 frefh Proofs of their unfhaken Loyalty to his 
 Majefty, their fteddy Zeal for his Government, 
 and firm Adherence to their Principles, tho' 
 expofed to all the Calamities of a Civil War. 
 * His Majefty has exprefs'd his juft Serife of 
 your Zeal, in his molt Gracious Letter ; and 
 has alfo commanded me, in his Name, to 
 give you full Aflurances, of his fixt Rcfolu- 
 tion to maintain and protedt the Eltablifhed 
 Presbyterian Church Government in this Part 
 of Britain, and to fupport you in the Enjoy- 
 ment of all your valuable Rights and Privi- 
 Jeges. 
 
 c Hew happy a People muft we be, under the 
 Adminiftration of fo good a Prince, whofe 
 fincere Deflgn is, to promote true Religion 
 and Piety, and reftore Peace and Tranquil- 
 lity ; and how eafy, with regard both to our 
 Religious and Civil Concerns, if we are not 
 wanting to our felves. 
 
 c Let me then earneftly intreat, that by your 
 Unanimity, Prudence, and Moderation, you'll 
 concur with his Majefty in carrying on thefe 
 laudable Ends^ confirm him in the good Opi- 
 nion he has of you, and difappoint the Arti- 
 fices of thofe, who would lead you into Aich 
 Meafures as might tend to pivifjoas, and oc- 
 
 1 cafioa
 
 J 
 
 1 cafion fuch Dtfturbances, as could not fail to 
 c have very fatal Erfe&s. 
 
 ' The Proof I had of your prudent Conduft 
 c formerly, and the perfonal Civilities I met 
 c with from yon laft Year, encourag'd me again 
 4 to accept the Truft wherewith his Majefty has 
 4 honoured me, and makes me confident, you 
 4 will continue to anfwer his Majefty's Expe- 
 c ftation, in doing every thing for the Advance- 
 4 ment of Religion, and the Peace and Credit 
 4 of this Church, which is the molt effectual 
 ' Way to fecure his Majefty's Favour and 
 4 Countenance. 
 
 The Moderator's Speech is in the Appendix, 
 No. D *. 
 
 After thefe Speeches, little offered there con- 
 fiderable } the Affembly voted an Anfwer to 
 the King's Letter, and fpent the reft of their 
 Time in their private Church Affairs , fuch as 
 naming Committees for examining the Books 
 and Proceedings of Synods and Presbyteries, 
 hearing Complaints, Appeals, and the like. 
 
 There happened at this Time a very unhappy 
 Accident at London, occalion'd by fome Words 
 that paXs'd between the Lord Lovat and Sir 
 William Gordon, two very honeft Gentlemen, 
 upon the Queftion, Whetker had been moft fcr- 
 viceable in the North, the faid Lord Lovat, or 
 the Earl of Sutherland? -Or rather, upon the 
 Miftakes of common Fame, in giving the Ho- 
 nour of fome Actions to the latter, which the 
 former had perfcrm'd ; thefe two Gentlemen 
 differing, it came to a Challenge', but fome 
 Friends hearing it, prevented their fighting: 
 But this preventing the firft Duel, brought on 
 a fecond, and worfe j for one Major Catchcurt^ 
 
 a
 
 f 198) 
 
 a Servant at that Time in the Prince's Houfhold, 
 having refle&ed on Sir William Gordon, as if he 
 had not been forward enough to fight } Sir Wil- 
 liam's Brother, Mr. Alexander Gordon, took up 
 the Matter, as injurious to his Brother : In a 
 Word, this brings thefe two Gentlemen to 
 Hands, and they fought at Kenftngton Gravel- 
 Tits, where Major Ctthcart was kill'd upon 
 the Spot, a'nd Mr. Gordon very much wounded : 
 He afterwards took his Trial at the Old Bally ^ 
 and the Jnry bringing him in guilty of Man- 
 fiaughter, he was difcharged on the ufual Terms 
 in fuch Cafes. 
 
 There was indeed a general Mifunderftaud- 
 ing among the common People, in two parti- 
 cular Actions at that Time, and which were 
 attended thus with very ill EfFefts. (i.) 
 The above, where the Earl of Sutherland 
 was fuppos'dto be the Perfon, who recovered 
 Invernefs from^-the Rebels, whereas it really 
 was the Lord Lovat, the Grants, Monroes, and 
 other Northern Gentlemen ; the Lord Sutherland 
 himfelf not claiming any Share in it, having 
 not been near the Place at that Time-, and 
 this his Majelty was fully afterwards inform'd 
 of, when he gave the Lord Lovat the Govern- 
 ment of Invernefs, for his good Service in tak- 
 ing it. The other was, the Aftion at Prefton, 
 which Fame gives the Honour of to Major Ge- 
 neral Witts \ whereas Lieutenant General Car- 
 penter, not only had the fuperiour Command, 
 but till he came, and altered the Difpofitions 
 of the Attacks, and new polled the Men, the 
 Rebels neither were beaten, neither was their 
 Retreat cut off j and thisalfo is allow'd by the 
 King himfelf, who gave General Carpenter the 
 Command of the Forces in Scotland, after dif- 
 
 placing
 
 r 199 ] 
 
 placing the Duke of Argyle, for his good Ser- 
 vice in purfuing the Rebels in the North, and 
 for reducing them at Prefton ; and thus both 
 thefe- Miftakes are fet to Rights. 
 
 In England, all was quiet, the Face of the 
 Rebellion difappear'd -, and the Day of Thankf- 
 giving was obferv'd with great Solemnity all 
 over the Kingdom. 
 
 The Parliament was now fitting, and had 
 gone through the great Conteft, of which men- 
 tion is made, about the Triennial Bill ', and on 
 the 'jth of May, the King came to the Houfe, 
 and pafs'd that Bill, and four more, viz.. 
 
 An Aft for continuing the Duties on Malt, ckc. 
 
 with jeveral tacWd Claufes, commonly calld. the 
 
 Malt- Aft. 
 An Aft to enable the King, to grant the Regalities 
 
 of the Principality of Wales, &c. to the Prince \ 
 
 commonly called, The Prince of Wales^s Bill. 
 An Aft for enlarging the Time for Continuance of 
 
 Parliaments, commonly called, The Septennial 
 
 Bill. 
 An Aft for Indemnifying Perfons, who have afted 
 
 againft the Rebellion, &c. from vexatious Suits- 
 An Aft for Attainder of the Earls of Marifchal, 
 
 Seaforth, South-Esk, and Panmuir, &c. and 
 
 to fix feveral private Afts. 
 
 The fame Day, the Houfe put an End to the 
 tedious and expenfive Work', of controverting 
 Eleftions ', and as this was not the firfb Sitting, 
 though it was the firft Seflion of the Parliament, 
 they voted, that no more Eleftions mould be 
 heard, excepting two, viz.. of Malton and Read- 
 ing, and that of the County of Effex, which were 
 jult ready to be heard. 
 
 There
 
 C 300 ] 
 
 There were yet abundance of Bills depend- 
 ing before the Houfe, fome of Which are men- 
 tion'd before } thofe flnce brought in were, (i.) 
 A Bill for preventing the counterfeiting Tobacco, 
 by curing Leaves of Trees of jundry Sorts, to re- 
 femble Tobacco. (2.) A Sill for removing the 
 Affiz.es for Cornwal, which was before confined to 
 the Town of Launcefton, to any other Town or 
 Place, as flwuld be convenient. (3.) A Bill to pre- 
 vent Frauds and Abufes in Briefs. (4.) A BUI 
 for a Tax of the fixth Part of a Peny on a Scots 
 Pint that is two Quarts, of Seer, brewed in the 
 City of Glafgow} which Tax was for the Be- 
 nefit of the fa id City. (5.) A Sill to difable any 
 Perfon from being chofen a Member, or from Sitting 
 and Noting in the Hovfe, who hath any Pen/ton 
 during Pleafurc, or for any Number of Tears, from 
 the Crown. (6.) Likewife A Bill to Attaint Mr. 
 Forfter, and Brigadier Mackintofi), who had e- 
 fcaped out of Newgate. 
 
 7. On the id of May, the Lords fent down a 
 Sill for allowing Council to all Perfons, who foall be 
 proceeded again ft in Parliament, for Treafon, or 
 Mtfprifion of Treafon. This Bill occafion'd ftrong 
 Debates in the Houfe, and many learned Argu- 
 ments were ufed on b&th Sides j but upon the 
 Queftion, the Bill was rejefted. 
 
 8. The Parliament now drew nigh to a Ciofe, 
 and the King having an Occafion to go Abroad, 
 had publickly (igaify'd the fame ; it was there- 
 fore remembered, that by the Aft of Parliament 
 1 2 d- 1 3 William III. it was enacted, that no Per- 
 fon, who (hall hereafter come to the Pojfijfion of the 
 Crown, foall go out of the Dominions of Eng- 
 land, Scotland, and Ireland, without Confent 
 of Parliament. And therefore it was now 
 found iicceflary to repeal this Claufe ; and a 
 
 Bill
 
 [ jot 1 
 
 Bill was brought in accordingly. And as the 
 Eftates forfeited by the Rebellion were very 
 confiderable, and the King had promifed to 
 give them all up to the publick Service ; a Bill 
 was brought in, to appoint Commiflioners for 
 managing that Affair, who were to be calJ'd, 
 Commijfioncrs to enquire into the Eftates of certain 
 Traytors. By this Bill, the Perfons to be Com- 
 mimoners, were to be chofen by Ballot in the 
 Houfe ; and the Choice, after fome Difficul- 
 ty, fell upon the following Perfons: Sir Tho- 
 mas Hales, Bart. Sir Henry Houston, Bart. 
 Sir John Eyles, Bart. Sir Richard Steel, Knt. Ri- 
 chard Grantham, Arthur Ingram-) George Treby, 
 Dennis Bond, William Gregory, Mr. Serjeant 
 Birch, H> Cunningham, Rob* Monroe, and Patrick 
 Halden, Efqrs-, thefe were to divide the Bufl- 
 neis among them as they pleafed, fix being to 
 fit in Scotland, and feven in England; and if 
 they could not agree upon the dividing them- 
 felves, his Majefty is to decide it. 
 
 It was the Profpeft of this Law, which, it 
 was faid, gave Birth to that famous Memo/ial, 
 given in by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Advo- 
 cate of Scotland-, which being well worth pre- 
 ferving, we have plac'd in the Appendix, No. 
 E*. 
 
 Thefe things being in Agitation before the 
 Houfe, and taking up fome Time there, we 
 {hall take up this Interval, to give fome Ac- 
 count of the Proceedings of the Jrijh Parlia- 
 ment, who having been adjourn'd to the $d, 
 were again adjourn'd after to the loth of May , 
 becaufe of fome Bills which were fent over to 
 England, to be approv'd of here by the Coun- 
 cil, and were not rcturn'd. 
 
 This
 
 C }01 j 
 
 This Parliament had exprefs'd themfelve* 
 with great Zeal and Forwardnefs at their laft 
 Recefs againft the Rebellion j and had pafled 
 a Vote of Credit, as has been faid, wherein 
 they order'd, that whatever Forces his Majefty 
 thought fit to raife, and whatever Sums of Money 
 the Lords Juftices found Occafion to borrow for his 
 Majefty's Service, fhould be paid, and made good 
 by Parliament : In Return of this Confidence, the 
 Lords J u It ices gave them an Account, that the^r 
 had borrowed 500007. on that Vote , but that 
 no more fhould be borrowed, unlefs by Appli- 
 cation from the Houfe ; and at the fame Time* 
 an Account was laid before the Houfe, of what 
 Payments had been made out of the Money al- 
 ready borrowed. 
 
 From this Time, they fell to work with the 
 publick Bufinefs with great Application j and 
 their Bufinefs was chiefly divided into two 
 Parts, i. Settling the Army, the Civil Lifts, 
 the Expence of the Half-pay Officers, and ojf 
 the Eftabliihments, &c. And 2. the calling to 
 Account thofe People, who, in the late Reign, 
 had 'affronted the Parliament, or opprefs'd the 
 Subject 
 
 For the firft of thefe, they pafs'd the great 
 Excife, which confifted of feveral Parts i as 
 fhall be feen in its Place. They paft likewife 
 the Bill, to veft the Duke of Ormond\ Eftate 
 in the Crown. And they had before them a 
 Bill to fettle the Militia, which being after- 
 wards dropt, we fhall fay no more to it than 
 this, that itoccafiond a famous Vote in Favour 
 of the Diffenters^ and in Difreputation to the 
 Equity of the Teft Claufe, formerly made againft 
 them : The Occafion of this, it feems, was fome 
 Claufes which had been added to the Militia 
 
 Bill,
 
 r 
 
 Bill, after it went from the Houfe -, whether 
 in England, or there, is not exprefly mentioned ; 
 but it feems the Claufes added, had been mov- 
 ed in their Houfe, and reje&cd before; and, 
 as it was faid, related to fome Difenters, who, 
 in the late Troubles, had a&ed in the Militi^ 
 tho' not qualified , whereupon the following 
 Refolves of the Houfe were immediately paf- 
 fed ; which, in Effeft, fufpended the Execu- 
 tion of the former Laws in that Cafe, as far as 
 the Perfons now concern'd were liable to be 
 profecuted. The Refolves were as follow : 
 
 The Commons refolved, Nemlne contradlcente^ 
 That fuch of his Majefty's Proteftant DifTenting 
 Subjects of this Kingdom, as have taken Cbm- 
 millions in the Militia, or afted in the Com- 
 miflion of Array, have thereby done a feafon- 
 able Service to his Majefty's Royal Perfon and 
 Government, and the Proteftant latereft in this 
 Kingdom. 
 
 Refotved, That any Perfon, who (hall com- 
 mence a Profecution againft a Dijfinter, who 
 has accepted, or {hall accept of a Commifijoa 
 in the Array or Militia, is an Enemy to King 
 George, and the Proteftant Intereft, and a Friend 
 to the Pretender. 
 
 On the ^oth, they pafs'd the Bill for encou- 
 raging of the Linen Manufactory, and read, a 
 fecond Time, a Bill to prevent a malicious 
 Practice, of maiming and killing of Cattle, 
 which was at that Time grown very frequent 
 in the Weft Parts of /^Wefpecially. On the 
 laft of May, they read over feveral depending 
 Bills, in order to put themfelves forward in 
 die Houfe \ fuch as, (i.) The Att of Security, viz. 
 for Security of his Majefty's Perfon and Go- 
 vernment, &c. (2.) An Aft for extinvuifhing the
 
 [ 1*4 J 
 
 Regalities in the County of Tiperary : Note, In 
 this Bill, which related much to the late Duke 
 of Ormond, vas the Claufe for offering loooo/. 
 Reward, to apprehend him, &c. (3.) For pre- 
 venting Frauds in the Revenue, by importing 
 Brandy in fmall Casks. (4.) For recovering 
 petty Debts in a fummary Way. The fame 
 Day, they voted an Addrefs of Congratulation 
 to his Majefty, on the Succefs of his Arms, &c. 
 this took them up to the $th of June, when they 
 prefented it to the Lords Juftices, and which is 
 as follows: 
 
 To the KING'S moft Excellent Majefty. 
 The humble Jlddreft of the Knights, Citizens, and 
 in Parliament ajjcmbled. 
 
 Moft gracious Sovereign, 
 
 * \\J& y llr Majefty's moil dutiful and loyal 
 
 Vy Subjects, the Commons of Ireland, in 
 
 * Parliament afiembled, with Hearts full of 
 ' the fincereft Joy and Satisfaction, beg Leave 
 ' to congratulate your moft .facred Majefly, on 
 e the happy Succefs wherewith it hath pkafed 
 
 * Almighty God to crown your Councils and 
 c Arnw, in extingnilhing the late horrid and 
 c unnatural Rebellion, raifed and carried on 
 ' in Great Britain, by Papifts and perjured Tray- 
 
 * tors, to deprive us of the ineftimable Blef- 
 ' fings of your Majefty's mofl: aufpicious Reign, 
 c and place on the Throne of thefe Kingdoms 
 c a Pretender, bred up in Romifi Superftition and 
 4 arbitrary Principles. 
 
 4 So wicked an Enterprize, aggravated by 
 ' the blackeft Crimes of Perjury and Ingrati- 
 4 tude, could never profper } but has contri- 
 
 ' buted
 
 r 305- ] 
 
 buted to your Majefty's Glory, by rendnng 
 your Juftice, and unparallell'd Mercy, equally 
 confpicuous. 
 
 4 Amazed at the Steddinefs and Wifdom of 
 your Majefty's Councils, the Pretender fought 
 his Safety by Flight, wanting Courage to 
 ftand the Shock of your victorious Arms ! 
 With what Hopes then of Succefs can his 
 wicked Adherents flatter themfelves agajnlt 
 a Prince, who, by a molt wife, juft, and mer- 
 ciful Adminiftration, has not only gairiM the 
 Hearts and AfFeftions of his People, but a> 
 midft the Difficulties of aninteftine Rebellion, 
 preferved a Name fo powerful Abroad, as to 
 be courted by the greateft Princes for his 
 Friendfhip, and have his Mediation fought by 
 the remoteft States ! 
 
 * Your loyal Comnloiis are in a more 1 parti- 
 cular Manner oblig'd to offer their unfeigned 
 Thanks to your Majefty, to whom (under 
 God) we owe the Peace, and entire Tran- 
 quillity, wherewith this your Kingdom has 
 been blefs'd. 
 
 ' And we humbly aflure your Majefty, that 
 as your faithful Commons were, with the 
 greateft Chearfulnefs and "Unanimity, deter- 
 mined to haiard their Lives, in Defence of 
 your undoubted Title to the Imperial Clown 
 of thefe Realms: And notwithstanding the 
 Poverty of this Kingdom, entrufted your 
 wife arid excellent Government with an un- 
 precedented and unlimited Vote of Credit j 
 fo it fliall be always our Ambition, as it is 
 
 * Duty and Intereft, to approve our felves the 
 
 * moft loyal Subjects to the beft of Princes. 
 
 X Aftcf
 
 C 306 ] 
 
 After this Addrefs, they went to work with 
 what we called the fecond Article, confifting 
 of feveral Heads, and which took them up a 
 great deal of Time ^ they had feveral Sorts of 
 People to deal with, all of whom were to fed 
 their Refentment ; and fome we have given a 
 Account of already. 
 
 1. Thofe who, in the late Parliament, had 
 atfdrefs'd in Favour of Sir Conftantine Phipps, 
 and againft the Route of Commons } the Houfe 
 feeirfd to have fome particular Warmth in 
 their profecuting thefe Men , for they fpar'd 
 none of them, who did not fubmit in the hum- 
 bleft Manner pofllble, as has been feen. 
 
 2. The next Sort were thofe, who had been 
 concerned in the Affair of chufing Officers for 
 the City of Dublin , which had been long con- 
 troverted in the late Reign, and was carry'd 
 with a high Hand by the Party then in Power; 
 infomuch, that the whole Court, Judges, and 
 City Magiftrates, were guilty, and came all ffn- 
 der Cenfure of the Parliament for it in the 
 fevereft Manner ^ for their Refolves are very 
 particular upon them, as follows : 
 
 Fir ft they Refolv'd, That foon after the Ar- 
 rival of Sir Conflantine Pfc/ppj, late Lord Chan- 
 cellor, viz.. in the Year 1710. a Defign was 
 form'd, and carry'd oji, to fubvert the Confti- 
 tntion, and Freedom of Ele&ions of Magiftrates 
 of Corporations, in order to procure Perfons to 
 be returned for Members of Parliament, difaf- 
 fefted to the Settlement of the Crown on his 
 Majefty, and his Royal IfTue , and that, in Pur- 
 fnance of that Defign, indireft and illegal Me- 
 thods were taken, to fubvert the ancient and 
 legal Conrfe of electing Magiftrates in the City 
 of Dublin. 
 
 That,
 
 f 307] 
 
 That, in Purfuance of that Deflgn, they pro* 
 cured, in lefs than five Months, in the Year 
 1711. fix Aldermen duly ele&ed Lord Mayor, 
 and fourteen fubftantial Citizens duly elected 
 Sheriffs, to be difappro\'d, on Pretence that 
 the fenior Alderman ought to be eleded. 
 
 That the faid fenior Alderman had no Right 
 to be elected, either by Charter, Ufage, or any 
 By-Law in Force in the faid City. 
 
 That in the Year 1713, they fetupa pretend- 
 ed Cuftom or Ufage, for the Mayor in being to 
 nominate three Perfons, one of whom the Al- 
 dermen were obliged to chufe for Lord Mayor. 
 
 That the Lords Jufticesand Council, by their 
 Refolution of the qth of September , 1713. con- 
 firm'd, and encourag'd that pretended Cuftom. 
 as Legal. 
 
 That the Citizens of Dublin are in no fort 
 limited in their Choice.* as is pretended by the 
 faid Cuftom , but that the Right of nominat- 
 ing the three Perfons to be put in Eleftion for 
 Lord Mayor, is in the Lord Mayor and Alder- 
 men of the City. 
 
 Upon thefe Refolutions, the Houfe cenfur'd 
 Sir Samuel Cook, then Lord Mayor of Dublin, 
 for holding over y as it was call'd -, that is, ex- 
 ercifing the Office after his Year was ex- 
 pir'd, till another was chofen and approved ^ 
 and the Aldermen, Conftantine, Mafon, Town^ 
 and French^ for joining with him } thefe laft 
 they voted Enemies to the Conftitution, and 
 the Proteftant Succeffion, Betrayers oi the Li- 
 berties of the City, and Friends to Popery and 
 the Pretender. 
 
 X * They
 
 Tney like wife cenfur'd 
 Sir Kicked C, { L j jftft j" ftiCC f the 
 
 **rt Doy ae , Efqij^^'fQf iC f thC 
 
 m Rocbford, Efq-, Lord Chief Baron. 
 
 w^ CW, Efq; 9 Judges of the Queen's 
 Richard Nutley, fifq; J Bench- 
 Eobcrtjohnfon -, Efq; i Ban)ns of the ^^, r . 
 hir //^ry fc/^w, J 
 
 Upton, Efq-, Judge of the Common Pleas. 
 
 Thefs Judges were cenfur'd for figning a 
 Report, in Anfwer to Doubts ftated by the 
 Attorney General in England, and confirming 
 the holding over of the Mayors of Dublin? as 
 the Cuftom and Ufage of the City , and this 
 without fummoning or hearing the Aldermen of 
 the faid City : For which they declared them 
 feverally to have afted partially and corruptly, 
 that they are guilty of high Crimes and Mifde- 
 meanours; and that they fhould be Impeached 
 for the fame. 
 
 Then they Refolved, that the Twenty Al- 
 dermen, and two Sheriffs, who oppofed thefe 
 illegal Practices, did great Service to the Pro- 
 teftant Intereft of Ireland? and to the Succef- 
 fion of the Crown ^ and order'd the Thanks 
 of the Houfe to ftich of them as were then 
 living. 
 
 They farther cenfur'd Judge Nutley, for be- 
 ing a principal Manager of that Cafe, drawing 
 up the Report, figning it, and folHciting a 
 Matter, wherein he was a Judge $ in which they 
 declared, he had violated his Oath, proftituted 
 
 the
 
 f 309 ] 
 
 the Characler of a Judge, and a&ed partially 
 and corruptly. 
 
 Thea they refolved, that removing the Lord 
 Primate, and Sir Conftantine Phipps, from the Go- 
 vernment, the difiblving the Privy Council, 
 and difplacing the Judges and Quecris Council, 
 who figned the faid Report, was a feafonable 
 Inftance of his Majefty's Juftice, and tender 
 Regard for the Welfare and Happinefs of that 
 Kingdom } and ordered an Addrefs to the Lords 
 Juftices, to recommend the Corporation of Dub- 
 lin for fomc Mark of his Majefty's Royal Favour, 
 to perpetuate the Vertue and faithful Services 
 of the faid Aldermen and Sheriffs, as an En- 
 couragement to thofe who mould fucceed them, 
 to imitate their Example. 
 
 Thefe Particulars, with many more, were all 
 contained in the Report of the Committee the 
 i^th of June j to which the Houfe agreed, and 
 order'd it to be Printed. On the i6th, they 
 took the Cafe of another Corporation into their 
 Hands, viz.. the Town ofTougball, who alledg- 
 ed, they had likewife been injurioufly treated 
 by Sir Conftantine Phlpps , this Cafe they like- 
 wife unravelled, charged Sir Conftantine Phippf 
 with having afted illegally, in feveval Heariegs 
 before the Privy Council, in the Cafe of the 
 Corporation ; and reftor'd the Corporation to 
 all the Rights which they claim'd, and which 
 they alledg'd were invaded. 
 
 And now the Seflion drawing tQ arj End- 
 on the 2yh of June, the Lords Juftices came 
 to the Houfe, and having pafs'd fix publick 
 Bills, befides private ones, made the following 
 Speech : 
 
 X 3 ' fify
 
 JMy Lords find Gentlemen, 
 
 HOUGH the Sefiion has, by many un- 
 avoidable Accidents, been protracted 
 te an 'unufual Length, you cannot bat think 
 c yonr Time well imployed, having reaped the 
 c Advantages of the many good Laws his Ma- 
 
 * jetty has been pleafed to give you ^ in which 
 c Number, the Att for malting the Militia more 
 < ufcfitl, is a fingular Inftanceof the great Con- 
 ''fi'dence his Majefty places in the Fidelity and 
 { good Affedion of his loyal Subjects of Ire- 
 1 mM'i and will greatly contribute to the Secu- 
 rity of the Proteftant Intereft of this King-- 
 
 * dom, 
 
 Gentlemen of tke Hottfe of 'Common s , 
 
 * We are commanded by his Msjelly, to re- 
 e ti:ra you Thanks for the Supplies yon have 
 1 fo chearftilly gr2ntcd for his Service, and 
 
 * yfiur own Defence ; which, we afTure you, 
 c will be applied with the utmoft Frugality to 
 
 * thePurpofes for which they were given. 
 
 1 We rnuft likewife thankfully acknowledge 
 
 * the feveral Marks of Confidence you have 
 
 * placed in us } more particularly, your fea- 
 ' fonable and unprecedented Vote of Credit, 
 
 * which will remain a memorable Proof of 
 
 * your unbounded Zeal for his Majefty's Ser- 
 4 vice ; and an Obligation upon us, to continue 
 
 * our beft Endeavours for your Profperity. 
 
 JMy Lords and Gentlemen^ 
 
 * The Seafon of the Year is now far advanc- 
 
 * ed, and it is Time you mould return to your 
 
 * feveral Countries \ where you will take Care, 
 
 * in your refpc&ive Stations, to fee the Laws 
 
 * duly put in Execution, for the Support of 
 
 * our excellent Conftitution both }n Church and 
 
 < State.
 
 C3" J 
 
 State. We fhall recommend to you, the 
 Continuance of that Unanimity and Refolu- 
 tion, which have hitherto preierved you in 
 perfeft Tranquillity, and will belt enable you 
 to defeat the future Defigns of your open and 
 fecret Enemies. 
 
 * It is a great Pleafure to us, to fee this Sef- 
 lion conclude as it began, with all poflible 
 Marks of Loyalty and good Affe&ion to his 
 Majefty , and as we have conftantly repre- 
 fented the Merit of fo good a People in a juft 
 Light, to the belt of Princes ; fo we have 
 his Majefty 's Commands, to afTure you of his 
 perfect Satisfaction in your dutiful Beha- 
 t viour. 
 
 The publick Bills pafs'd were as follow : 
 
 An Aft for extinguifring the Regalities and Li- 
 berties of the County of Tipperary and Crofs- 
 Tipperary, commonly called, The County Pa- 
 latine of Tipperary ', and for Vefting in his Ma- 
 jefty the Eftates of James Butler, commonly 
 called, James Duke of Ornjond , and for giv- 
 ing a Reward of Ten Thousand Pounds to any 
 ferfon y who fhall feize or fecure him, in cafe 
 he jhall attempt to land in this Kingdom. 
 
 Jin Att to make the Militia of this Kingdom more 
 ttfeful. 
 
 An Aft to reftrain Papifts from being High and 
 Petty Conftables ; and for the better regulating 
 the Parifh-Watches. 
 
 An Aft for confirming the fever al Grants made by 
 her late Majefty, of the Firft Fruits and Twe,n- 
 tieth Parts, payable out of JLcclefiaftical Benefices 
 in this Kingdom } and alfo for giving the Arck- 
 
 rEifljops, Bij\iofS) and other Ecclefitftical Perfons, 
 Four Tears Time for the Payment of Fir/} Fruits. 
 X 4 An
 
 C 
 
 '4n Act for the more ejfeftual preventing fraudu- 
 lent Conveyances^ in order to multiply fates for 
 Eletting of Members to ferve in Parliament j 
 +nd for preventing the irregular Proceedings of 
 Sheriffs, and other Officers, in cletting and re- 
 turning fuch Members. 
 
 <dn Aft to limit the Time for Criminal Profecntions 
 for Words fpokett. 
 After this Speech, and palling the Bills, the 
 
 Houfe was prorogued to the 25^ of Auguf. 
 
 We are now to go back to the Affairs of 
 TLvgland ; and therein particularly, to the Pro- 
 ceedings of the new Courts of Juftice, eftablifh- 
 ed by Aft of Parliament, for trying of the Pre- 
 fion Prifoners at London, which took up a great 
 deal of Time. 
 
 They began their Sefiions, as has been faid, 
 the *jth of j4pn'l, when the Time was principal- 
 ly taken up in conftituting themfelves, and 
 preferring Bills to the Grand Jury, for their En- 
 quiry into the Proof of the Fads. The Bills be- 
 ing found, they feverally received Copies of their 
 Indictments, with Notice of preparing for their 
 Trials, as the Law direfts. On the 4^, juft 
 the Evening before their Trials were to come 
 on, about-Eleven a Clock at Night, Brigadier 
 Mackintosh, and Fifteen more, broke out of 
 JXewgate, and made their Efcape, in an unex- 
 pected, and indeed an unexampled Manner, wa. 
 by plain Force, over the Bellies both of Keep- 
 ers and Soldiers, who they knock'd down, and 
 opened the Doors, 
 
 It istrue,the vigorous Oppofition of the Keep- 
 ers, and the Purfuit they made after thofe that 
 got out, not only prevented Thirty more making 
 
 their
 
 f ju3 
 
 their Efcape, who were adually got out of 
 the Prefs-Tard into the Keeper's Hwff* t> ut re- 
 took Eight of thofe who were got out, who, 
 miftaking their Way into the Street, went up to 
 the farther End of the Court, where was no 
 Paflage out } but the reft got quite away, viz.. 
 William IMackintojb, commonly called, Bri- 
 gadier, John Macktntojh, his Kinfman, Charles 
 Wogan, James Talbot y afterwards retaken, Robert 
 Hepburn , William and Alexander Dalmahoy^ and 
 John Tasker, a Servant. 
 
 The Government immediately publifhed a 
 Proclamation for apprehending them, promif- 
 ing a Thoufand Pounds Reward for Mr. Mac- 
 kintofi, and Five Hundred Pounds each for the 
 reft ; but in Vain,, except that Mr. Talbot was 
 difcovered in a Houfe near Drury Lane, and 
 retaken. 
 
 The Court was appointed to fit that Day ; 
 but upon this Occafion it was put off* to the 
 7*6, when they began in Earneft with them : 
 Pourteen more were arraigned, who alfo 
 pleaded Not Guilty, anddefived Time, as others 
 had done, which was granted them- The firft 
 Man brought to Trial, was Colonel Oxburgh: 
 This was the Gentleman who came out to Ge- 
 neral Carpenter from Preflon^ and ofFer'd to ca- 
 pitulate, and at laft agreed for them to fur- 
 render ; all which the Witnefles prov'd upon 
 the Trial : His Defence turnM chiefly, (i.) Up- 
 on his not having a&ed but as a Mediator, to 
 bring them to furrender. And, (2.) upon the 
 yielding at Difcretion, being to be underftood 
 to be a Capitulation for Life. But the Gene- 
 rals and Officers proving, th.it no Promifes 
 of Life were made \ the jury brought him in 
 Guilty. 
 
 He
 
 He was likewife told by the Court, that a 
 Man being found among Rebels, any Way aid- 
 ing, abetting, comforting, &c. though he 
 was not actually in Arms, Or committed Hofti- 
 lities, yet it wasTreafon within the Law ^ and 
 that the Part of a Mediator, as it fhew'd the 
 Confidence the Rebels plac'd in him, fo it was 
 prov'd, he capitulated for himfelf, as well as 
 the reft. 
 
 We fet thefe things down more particularly 
 in this Gentleman's Cafe } becaufe this, of hav- 
 ing Capitulated, &c. and the Plea of being 
 Forced into the Rebellion, was the Subfbance of 
 what Was pleaded by molt of the reft, whofe 
 Arguments we cannot pretend to repeat as 
 they were pleaded, the Numbers being fo 
 great. 
 
 The next Day, being the 8/, the Court fat 
 at the Marfoalfca in Southward) where Mr. James 
 Humt was try'd, and found Guilty. 
 
 Mr. 'John Farquarfon was try'd, and acquit- 
 ted. 
 
 On the i tth, Mr. Alex. Menses was try'd, 
 and pleaded very hard his being forc'd, as a- 
 bove, into the Rebellion j but he was found 
 Guilty, after avery long Defence. 
 
 The fame Day that 'Mr. Mtm.it i was try'd, 
 Colonel Oxburgh w.as executed } he was the 
 firft that was iinsted out for an Example 5 To 
 give him his Ddre, his Behaviour was decent 
 and mafculine , bold, yet ferious ; but he fpoil- 
 ed all our charitable Thoughts for him, by the 
 Paper delivered to the Sheriff at the Place of 
 Execution : He dy'd a Roman Catbolick, and his 
 Head was fet upon Temple Bar i the Paper was 
 as follows: viz..
 
 A true Copy of the Paper delivered to the Sheriff* 
 of London, by Colonel Henry Oxburgh. 
 
 c X^IUftom has made it ajmoft necefiary for 
 c Vj Perfons in my Circumftances, to fay or 
 
 * leave fomewhat by their laft Words, declar- 
 
 * ing their Sentiments with relation to what 
 c they die for. In Compliance with which, I 
 
 * have thought fit to make the following pe- 
 
 * claration : In the firft Place, I declare 1 die a 
 c Member of the holy Roman Catholick Church, 
 c though a very unworthy one ; and I defire all 
 c the Members of that Communion to affift my 
 c Soul with their charitable Prayers. I declare 
 c my felf in Charity with all the World, and 
 c do from my Soul forgive all my Enemies, and 
 c all others, who have any Ways injured or 
 c done me Wrong , and particularly, I forgive 
 c all thofe, who have promoted my Death by 
 malicious Mifreprefcntations, or otherwife; 
 e and earneftly beg God to forgive them, and 
 ' grant them the fame Bleffings I defire for my 
 c own Soul : I likewife ask Pardon of all fuch 
 as I have offended. 
 
 ' It has been faid, that the Cathojicks, who 
 c were taken at Preflon^ engag'd in that Affair 
 1 in View only of fetting a Catholick King on 
 c the Throne, and the re-eftabliming the Ca- 
 c tholick Religion in England j but that is not 
 4 the only Calumny on them : I declare for my 
 c own Particular, that if King James III. had 
 
 * been a Protcjlant, I mould think my felf ob- 
 c lig'd to pay him the fame Duty, and do him 
 4 the fame Service, as if a Catbolick; nor do I 
 '* know any Catholick that is not of the fame 
 
 * Principle ^ for I never could find, that, either
 
 by the Laws of God*, or the ancient Conftitu- 
 tion of the Nation, Difference of Religion in 
 the Prince, made any Change in the Allegiance 
 of the Subject. 
 
 * I might have hoped, from the great Chara- 
 
 cter Mr. Wills gave me at Trefton, (when I 
 
 treated with him for a Surrender) of the 
 
 Clemency of the Prince now on the Throne, 
 
 c (to which, he faid, we could not better en- 
 
 c title our felves, than by an early Submiflion) 
 
 e that fuch as furrender'd themfelves Prifoners 
 
 c at Difcretion, on that Profpect, would have 
 
 e met with more Lenity than I have experienc- 
 
 ed } and I believe England is the only Country 
 
 in Europe, where Prifoners at Difcretion are 
 
 not underflood to have their Lives faved. 
 
 ' I pray God of his infinite Goodnefs reftore 
 
 the Nation to its former Happinefs, by ex- 
 
 tinguifliing all unhappy Diviflons, that all A- 
 
 nimofities and Feuds may be buried, and no 
 
 other Emulation remain among the Subjects 
 
 ^ of Great Britain, but who mail be molt zea- 
 
 ' lous in advancing the true Glory of God, and 
 
 * the true Intereft of the Nation. 
 
 May 14. 1716. 
 
 HEN. OXBVRGH. 
 
 On the 
 
 DougUfsi AThefe retracted their for- 
 Douglafs, f mer Plea, and pleaded 
 Maclean, > Guilty, calling themfelves 
 Scrimfiaw\ upon his Ma jetty's Cle- 
 . Skecn, J mency. 
 
 f Thefe two proving plainly, 
 
 Farquarfon, J that they were forced in- 
 
 > Innis, J to the Rebellion, wereac- 
 
 ( quitted. ^ 
 
 ua
 
 t 117 3 
 
 On the i$thj 
 
 -~ Townleyof -NThefe were both acquitted, 
 
 Townley, / the Jury, as was faid, having 
 
 and > been corrupted} and for 
 
 Tildjleyof( which they receiv'd a Re- 
 
 the Lodge, j primand, and were difmifs'd. 
 It was alfo obfervable, 7hat Two of this 
 Gentleman's Servants were taken at 
 Prefton, and 09 their Trial were 
 condemned there, and executed, for 
 being in the Rebellion ', whereas their . 
 Mafter was acquitted. 
 
 Upon the acquitting the firft two Men above- 
 nam'd to be clear'd, the common People offer'd 
 divers Infults to the Court, and to the Judges ; 
 upon which the Judges caufed two of the Prin- 
 cipal to be laid hold of, and brought into 
 Court, where they were fin'd and imprifon'd ; 
 one was a Tallow-Chandler at Lambeth, who 
 was fin'd a Hundred Pou/id, and order'd to 
 lie in Prifon a Twelve Month : The other, a 
 Looking-Glafs Maker on London-Bridge, who 
 was fined Fifty Pounds, and likewife a Year's 
 Imprifonment-, but the latter, upon his Sub- 
 mifllon and Acknowledgment, was fome Months 
 afterwards excnfed. 
 
 Mr. Townley being acquitted, was immediate- 
 ly difcharged ; and going down to a Friend's 
 Hpufe in Stijftx, he was apprehended there a- 
 gain, though on no new Occafion, and brought 
 up again *, but the Government having no Charge 
 upon him again, difmifs'd him. 
 
 The next Day, being the \6th, the Court fat 
 at Wcfttninfcr, where Thomas Hall of Otterburn, 
 E.fq? in Northumberland, lately in Commiflion 
 of the Peace , and Robert Talbot, Efq-, Were 
 try'd, and found Guilty. 
 
 Soon
 
 C 
 
 Soon after them, Mr. Gafcolgnc was tryM: 
 who made a very great Defence, and the Trial 
 took up fome Time j they were at laft all found 
 Guilty. 
 
 On the i$tk were try'd at Weftminfter, 
 Nicholas 
 Lancelot 
 
 Nicholas Wogan y f 
 
 * 
 
 to the Earl Of 
 
 . wentwater 
 
 And 
 Mr. John Blair. 
 
 The laft retraced his former Plea, and defir'd 
 Leave to plead Guilty, which was granted \ and 
 the Three former were found Guilty by the 
 Jury. 
 
 There were no more Trials for fome Days \ 
 tbe Courts being adjourn'd till after Wbitfontide^ 
 the reft of the Prifoners condemn'd, were all 
 reprieved, except Mr. Gafcoignc y who was exe- 
 cuted the 2$th at Tyburn ; at his Execution he 
 gave a Paper to the Sheriffs, which was after- 
 wards publifhed, and is as follows : 
 
 A True Copy of the Paper delivered to the Sheriff 
 of London, by Richard Gafcoigne, Efa 
 
 c T Take it to be my Duty to leave this Paper 
 1 J[ behind me, to refute thofe Accufations 
 e and Calumnies, that have been defignedly 
 c fpread by people, who, I am afraid, take Pains 
 c to procure unhappy Wretches to confirm 
 c them. 
 
 4 In the firft Place, I declare I die an unwor- 
 1 thy Member of the holy Catholick, Apoftolick, 
 * Raman Church, and do acknowledge my felf 
 
 ' to
 
 C 39 3 
 
 to be the greatclt of Sinners , but, blefled 
 1 be my God, I have a firm Confidence in the 
 
 * Sufferings of my Lord and Saviour JefusChnf^ 
 e by whofe Merits I hope I mail be faved. 
 
 4 I, from the Bottom of my Heart, forgive 
 
 * all thofe that were my Enemies and Perfe- 
 
 * cutors, and hope Almighty God, in his great 
 c Goodnefs, (and I befeech him to do it, as 
 
 * heartily as 1 beg Pardon for my own Sins) 
 1 will pardon them, and give them Grace to 
 c repent. 
 
 c And I earneftly beg Pardon of all thofe, 
 1 whom I have any wife offended or injured, 
 
 * and lament that it is not in my Power to make 
 
 * them Reparation , but as they expect to be 
 ' forgiven, I hope they will do fo to me. I alfo 
 ' beg Pardon of all thofe, whom I have dif- 
 1 edified by my Life or Converfation. 
 
 * That I have had an uncommon Ardor, or 
 c Zeal in my Duty and Loyalty for my moffc 
 
 * injured and Royal Sovereign King James III. 
 c I own at my Death, as I did to every Body that 
 c knew me whilfc I liv'd; and I affirm, that it was 
 
 * not only on the Account of his being a Roman 
 
 * Catholick, or any worldly Views ^ but from a 
 true Senfe of my Duty, as I take my felf to be 
 
 * bound by the Laws of God, and my Country, 
 c and as his fucceeding to the Throne of his An- 
 
 * ceftors, could only make thefe Three King- 
 
 * doms happy ^ and from impartial Accounts of 
 c his Royal Perfon and Qualities, which make 
 1 him one of the molt meriting Princes in the 
 World. 
 
 1 My Loyalty defcended to me from my An- 
 e ceftors , my Father and Grandfather having 
 
 * had the Honour to be facrific'd in doing their 
 ' Duty to their Kings, Charles I. and James II. 
 
 - 1
 
 C 
 
 k I think it incumbent on me to do Juftice to 
 c a Gentleman, whofe Name I was forry to hear 
 
 * mentioned at my Trial , which furely was 
 
 * irregular and unprefidented, to give Evidence 
 ' of anyTreafon that had no Relation to what 
 c I wasindifted of: I declare in the Prefence of 
 
 * God, I never faw him but twice, and at thofe 
 c Times, I think, there was not a Word talk'd of 
 
 * Principle or Party: And I declare, ia the 
 
 * fame folemn Manner, I never knew any of 
 ' his Meafures or Defigns, or ever had any 
 
 * Intimacy of any kind with him , and 1 de- 
 
 * clare, that what was fworn at the Council, and 
 
 * at my Trial, was falfe in relation to him. 
 
 c And I know a great Man mould fay, I was 
 c intimate with a Lord in the Toner, I declare 
 
 * I never fpoke to him, nor faw his Hand- 
 
 * Writing , nor, to my Knowledge, was I ever 
 c under the fame Roof with him. 
 
 4 Nor was I ever Agent, or employed by any 
 4 Perfon in my Life, (as was fuggefted at my 
 1 Trial) in any politick Delign*, nor did I e- 
 c ver carry a Letter, or was I ever intrufted by 
 ' one Great Man to another ; nor did I ever 
 
 * know of any concerted Meafure to reftore 
 
 * my Royal Matter in my Life, more than what 
 
 * was talk'd in Publick, and in the Papers -, nor, 
 
 * as I expert Mercy, did I direftly or indireftly 
 
 * know any thing of the Arms that was feiz'd 
 
 * at Bath, directed to R. G. as was faid at my 
 1 Trial. 
 
 e And as to Mr. Calderwood" 1 ^ Evidence againft 
 
 * me, of my being in the Market-Place a Srtur- 
 
 * day in the Afternoon, and that he faw me 
 
 * theYe; to my Knowledge I had not been 
 4 there until 7 a Clock at Night, when he could 
 ' not fee me, and, if he did, not with my 
 
 4 Sword
 
 f 1*1 ] 
 
 * Sword drawn ; his Evidence was entirely 
 falfe } and he fent *me Word two Days be- 
 4 fore my Trial, thai he could not fnear any 
 4 Thing agalnfl me whatever. And he faid, / 
 c was in the Council of War ; I never (fo far 
 4 from being in it) knew theHonfe it was held 
 
 * in, nor did I know there was one held. 
 
 4 The Evidence of the Footman Walmjly was 
 
 as falfe , he fvvearing me drinking of Brandy 
 
 * with Excifemen fix Times a Saturday in the 
 c fame Market-Place. Thefe are the two Men 
 
 * that fvvore me out of my Life ; I forgive 
 
 * them with all my Heart, and recommend 
 4 them to repent. 
 
 * And as I have upon the Word of a dying 
 ' Man declared all thefe Truths, in order to 
 4 caution People not to believe, Reports, and 
 
 * to do all the Juftice I am capable of doing -, fo 
 4 now let me recommend to all People, to 
 'think of their Duties to God and their Coun- 
 4 try, and to heal all Divi/Ions; and exhort 
 4 them to think of the Means of uniting and re- 
 4 conciling all their Interefts, and unite in the 
 4 only Meafures that can render them happy 
 4 which that they may do, I beg of Almighty 
 4 God todireft them, and that they may com- 
 c pafs it. 
 
 4 1 blefs my God, who has given me the Grace 
 
 to fubmit patiently to all the Injuries that has 
 
 1 been done me } as alfo for inabling me to refift 
 
 the many Temptations 1 have had frequently ia 
 
 relation to a Gentleman ^ upon whofe Account, 
 
 Iprefume, they fra ve taken my Life, becaufe 
 
 4 I would not concur to take his Life , but God 
 
 1 forgive them, I do heartily. And I humbly 
 
 * beg the Prayers of all good Chriftians. 
 
 RICH. GASCQIGNE. 
 Y The
 
 The vigorous Profecution and Punimment of 
 thefe Men, alarm'd the Party, and gave Ground 
 to expeft a farther Courfeof judicial Proceed^ 
 ings? as was alfo vifible from the ftrift Enquiry 
 into other Things and Perfons: For Example, 
 That of committing Mr. Harvey of Comb t 
 New^t*, who had formerly been fo me Time 
 in a'MeHenger's Hands; and of finding a BiU 
 againft the Lord */&, and another agamic 
 one Mr. Francia, a Jew. 
 
 In the mean Time, the Aft empowering his 
 Maiefty to detain fuch People as he (hould fufpeft, 
 &c. commonly call'd, finding the Habeas- 
 Corpus Bill, drew near an End", and ^ as t 
 Court did not feem to defire its Continuance, 
 thofe who had been detain'd, but without any 
 Charge brought againft them, began to hope 
 for their Liberty, and to prepare to bring their 
 Habeas Corpus. _ 
 
 On the 24^ the. very Day that the Aft ex- 
 pir'd, the Earl of Scarfdale, and the Lord Du- 
 pltn, brought their Habeas Corpus, and were ad- 
 mitted to Bail before Mr. Baron Bury. Oa 
 the 26tb, the Lord Pwis, commonly call d, 
 Duke of Powis, did the fame ; as did alfo feve- 
 ral private Gentlemen, both here and in Scot- 
 
 /4J On the ^th, the Court of Juftice renew'd 
 their Sitting at the Marfalfea m Satbw*rk ; 
 where John Dnlton, and William Ton/tall, Eiqrs* 
 were brought to the Bar , the laft pleaded Guilty, 
 and the firft was try'd, and found Cutlty by 
 
 The-Jlpith of July began with the Efcape 
 of two* more of the Prifoncrs out of Newgate, 
 vi7. Ani*s Mackintofr, and J.-imes Mactyueaa ; a 
 third attempted the like, but was known, ana
 
 . 
 
 Richard Battler,) 
 
 James Sw; N bnrH,} werc **?** and found 
 
 Edrv. Swinbnrn,\ Cuilt y- 
 
 William ShaftoeJ Retraced their former 
 
 *W %***&> Picas, and pleaded 
 
 James RobertfonJ Guilty. 
 
 ilth, James Dayell, J 
 
 James Ramfey, *> pleaded Guilty. 
 John Shaftoe, J 
 
 * 4th, Duncan Mackinto(b$' VJa * tr ^ afl d found 
 
 ; 7. Guilty. 
 . Edward 
 
 William Paul a , 
 
 Clergyman, &* Guilty. 
 George Gtbfon of 
 
 t 
 
 ',l 
 ( 
 ) 
 
 ,, 
 
 James Memjei Tr ^ & found 
 of Culdare, 
 
 - 
 Standifa Efq; JW* & found 
 
 Mackintojb, Try'd,and acquitted, 
 Pit cairn, TryM, & found <?i//. 
 
 Mr. Leybotirn, 
 
 Mr. ^/^ 
 
 all pleaded 
 
 , Thornton, pleaded Guilty. 
 Y 2
 
 C 
 
 , twasTry'd, and found 
 
 - , ) Guilty ; but recom- 
 
 Cornel, < 
 
 4 to his Ma jetty's Mercy. 
 And" 
 
 Mr. James Mtn~Jes of Culdarc, formerly 
 mentioned, pleaded the King's 
 Pardon-,hisCafe being very ex- 
 traordinary, particularly that 
 Jiis Eftate was to be enjoy'd by 
 thofe who drew him into the 
 Rebellion. 
 
 Betides thofe mentioned before, who were 
 admitted to Bail upon the expiring of the late 
 Ad, the following Perfons, as well here as at 
 Edinburgh, took the Benefit of the Habeas Cor- 
 pus Aft, v/s.. 
 
 I Colonel Buttler, a near Relation to 
 the Duke 
 
 Mr. Murray, a Gentleman taken in 
 f Un4ers with the Lord 
 
 Clermont. 
 
 J Captain 
 < 
 
 Mr. J-farvey of 
 
 Mr. Powell, a Printer. 
 
 Mr. Strattrhaa, a Bookfeller. 
 
 Charles Hornby. 
 i_Mr. Minors., a Clergyman. 
 [The Earl of Wigtoun. 
 
 The Earl of ///-wf. 
 [The Lord Cenc<h. 
 In Scotland^ The Laird of Carnwarth. 
 I Stewart of Garntuliy. 
 
 And feveral others-
 
 f 
 
 Befides thefe, there was a general Order to 
 fetall thofe at Liberty in Scotland without Bail, 
 who furrendred according to Summons before 
 the Rebellion '-, as alfo all thofe, who, having 
 been in the Rebellion, deferted from the Rebels 
 before the Rebels were retreated from Perth ; 
 and afterwards, for difcharging all the Servants, 
 who were Prifoners with their Mailers in Lon- 
 don- 
 
 Others were delivered by extraordinary 
 Means, viz.. Death difcharg'd Mr. Drummond, 
 as it had done two or three Servants before ^ 
 though the Reports of their having dy'd of the 
 Plague, or Spotted Fever, were altogether 
 groundlefs. 
 
 Mr. Sudden Hamilton of Pomferflon, with three 
 Servants, made their Efcape, befides thofe men- 
 tion'd already , the fir ft out of Newgate^ the 
 laft out of the Marfljxlfea i as fome have fince 
 do&e out of the Fleet, whofe Names are referv- 
 ed to the next Year's Annals, having efcap'd 
 after the 17? of Augufl ^ likewife Fotheringham 
 
 of Powry^ Walkingfhawj and . did the 
 
 like in Scotland, from the Caftles of Edinburgh 
 
 and Sterling, of Clenlyon, Strowan Ro~ 
 
 bertfon j and fome alfo fince the Year ended, of 
 which an Account is referved to the next 
 Year. 
 
 The Marquifs of Huntley, and the Laird of 
 Glengary, Mr. Duglafs, Ogilvy, and fome others, 
 obtain'd their full Pardon, on Account of their 
 having quitted the Rebels in Time , and fome at 
 London were difcharg'd before Trial, as Duncan 
 Afackintofl^and young Archibald Botair, of Batter ^ 
 SL young Gentleman, who reprefented that he 
 was taken from School by Violence, and hur- 
 ried into the Rebellion, and promifed to go 
 Y 3 back
 
 . 
 
 back to his Studies, and for ever after to be 
 loyal and faithful to King George. 
 
 Thus we have a Mixture of Juftice and Mer- 
 cy, and that fo dtfh ibuted, as very much tends 
 to the Honour of the Government:, the firft 
 fully confuting the Notion of thofe, who 
 thought the Government durft not fall upon 
 them all with the Stroke of Juftice , in which 
 fome were very injurious to their Friends, al- 
 moft putting the Government to the Neceflity 
 of doing it, to fatisfy the World that they 
 durft} and the latter leaving no Room to com- 
 plain, that Mercy was not fufficiently exerted, 
 and even much more than was expefted. 
 
 Having thus given an Abftraft of the judicial 
 Proceedings, on Account of the Rebellion, it 
 remains to give a fliort Account alfo of a Pro- 
 fecution in Scotland upon fome Gentlemen, who, 
 though they were not in the Rebellion, were 
 accounted equally dangerous with thofe who 
 were, and who may place their Profecution to 
 the Account of the Rebellion, as in fome Mea- 
 fure the Rebellicr! may be faid to be placed to 
 the Account of their Influence and Conduct ; 
 thefe are the Epifcopal Clergy in Scotland^ who 
 refuting to take the Oaths to King George, and 
 cxerciling the Fu nduon of Minifters in Meeting 
 Houfes and Chapels by Connivance, had alfo re- 
 fus'd or negkcled to pray for the Y^\^Nominatim y 
 or for any of the Royal Family : Their Cafe, as it 
 was drawn up by a Hand, who, by Appearance, 
 feems to favour their Caufe as much as can be 
 rlefired, and therefore to be moft unlikely to 
 injure them ia the Relation, take as follows:
 
 [ 3*7 J 
 
 A brief State of the Cafe of the Epifcopat Minifters 
 in Edinburgh, together with other of their Ere- 
 threo, tinder ProfecHtion for emitting to Pray 
 for the King, &c. 
 
 * A S at the late Revolution, many Epifco- 
 
 * X\. pal Minifters were violently removed 
 ' from their refpe&ive Paroches ; fome becaufe 
 c their Confciences would not admit them to 
 4 take Oaths to the Prince of Orange^ whUe 
 
 * King James VII. their only Lawful Sovereign, 
 ' was alive, to whom they had fworn Allegiance, 
 
 * and belie v'd, according to the Words of the 
 1 declarative Teft, that no Power on Earth 
 
 * could abfolve them of the faid Oath, or dif- 
 
 * pen Pe with that Allegiance , fo k could not 
 4 reafonably be expe&ed, that fuch Minifters 
 ' mould Pray for the feveral Princes, who, dt 
 < Fafto, had the Power of Government by Vir- 
 
 * tue of that Tranfa&ion, call'd the Revolt 
 1 tion. 
 
 * It would be too long to enter into the De- 
 
 * tail of the Sufferings many godly Minifters 
 1 underwent upon this Account, being reduced 
 
 * to great Extremities and Want, by the Lofs 
 
 * of their Stipends and Employments, and fome 
 
 * of them plundered of their Subftance, at the 
 
 * fame Time that they were difpoflefTed of 
 
 * their Manfet. 
 
 1 After all Hopes of Redrefs had vanifh'd, 
 
 * and the Presbyterians had fortified themfelves 
 
 * fo ftrongTy as not to be moved, at leaft till 
 < the good Providence of God mould think fit 
 e to reftore the Epifcopal Church, many Epif- 
 N copal Miaifters* vfao had with Patience and 
 c Refignation fu>bmitted to the Will of God, 
 
 Y 4 * being
 
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 * being invited thereto by many Gentlemen 
 *. Heretors, Noblemen, and others, and being 
 
 * thereto entitled by their Minifterial Office, 
 1 did, at all Perils, a.dyenture to Preach and 
 c Exencife theFundion of Gofpel Minifters, to 
 c fuch the faid Noblemen, Gentlemen Heretors, 
 c <&c. as they had Accefs and Encouragement 
 c there anent in feveral Parts of the Ancient 
 
 * Kingdom. 
 
 'In the Purfuit of this their Duty, they have 
 
 * met. with frequent Difturbances, Oppreffions, 
 c and Depredations from the Presbyterians; but 
 c have, notwithftanding thereof, perfifted in 
 c their Duty, without offering to difturb the 
 c Peace of the Government, or in any wife to 
 6 intermeddle with any that did fo. 
 
 At length, in the ivth Year of the late blef- 
 fc fed Queen Anne, An Ad of Parliament of 
 Britain was palled, Authorizing them to con- 
 tinue their laid Liberty, and to exercife the 
 Office and Function of Minifters, and prohi- 
 biting the Presbyterians to impede or inter- 
 rupt them in ti*e fame} fo be it that they 
 fhould take certain Oaths therein mention'd, 
 and -, pray for the Qiieen Nominatim, as there- 
 ' in alfo direfted } like as the Presbyterian 
 'Preachers were oblig'd by the fame Ad of 
 * Parliament to do. 
 
 * But feeing that the Presbyterian preachers, for 
 the greater Part, refufcd the faid Oaths, as the 
 Epifcopal Minifters alfo did for the like con- 
 fcientious Scruples, the Penalties of the faid 
 Ad were not pufh'd upon either, and things 
 remain'd juft as they were before } except 
 that it may be faid with Truth, that the Pref- 
 1 byterians Hands fpem'd to be fo tied thereby, 
 ? tbat the Security of the Epiftoptl Minifters 
 
 ' was
 
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 was (trengthened the more : It is, neyerthe- 
 lefs, known, that the Liberty thus obtained, 
 was not made ufe of to the Prejudice of the 
 Government, although they declined to take 
 the Oaths, as faid is, neither have they, 
 during the prefent Reign, lived other than 
 peaceable Lives in all Godlinefs and Honefty, 
 having not been in any wife intermeddling 
 with the Commotions which have happen'd ; 
 wherefore the lingling them out at this time, 
 to purfue them at Law, for not ading con- 
 form to the faid Ads of Parliament, while 
 the Presbyterians are not purfued, neither do 
 they all conform thereto } this they can c- 
 ' fteem no other than Perfecution for their 
 * Conference, and Partiality in their Accufers. 
 
 Befides this, there were fome neceflary Profe- 
 cutions, and indeed this Tear more than ufual, which 
 the Government was, as it were, forc'd into, by 
 the daring Attacks of Printers and Publifhers, 
 who were every Day publifliing abnfitre, fcur- 
 rilous, and even treafonable Libels, Ballads, 
 and other Books, according to the ufual Licen- 
 tioufnefs of the Prefs ^ which, however, the 
 prefent Miniflry wifely refolv'd not to fuffer- 
 their Names are indeed fcarce worth record- 
 ing- 
 Others were profecuted, and fome Examples 
 made, for fpeaking outragious Words, curfing 
 the King, the Prince, and the like, though ma- 
 ny of thefe were fligtitly punifh'd, and let 
 
 g- 
 
 We come now to the Clofe of the Parlia- 
 ment in England: The Bills depending were 
 now rnoft of them ready in the Houfeof Lords 
 by the 22th of Jttncj and the Commons had 
 
 no-
 
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 nothing before them of Moment, except order- 
 ing Writs for new Ele&ions, in the Room of 
 fevcral Members of their Honfe, who were re- 
 mov'd up to the Houfe of Lords, or who had 
 great Places given them ; many of which hap- 
 pen'd at this Time, as we fhall fee prefently. 
 
 Thefe new Writs were as follow : 
 
 For Eye in Sufolk, in the Room of Mr. Ed- 
 ward Hopkins, made Commiffioner of the 
 Revenue in Ireland. 
 
 For the County of Bucks, in the Room of 
 Mr. Hampden : Both thefe were immediate- 
 ly rechofen. 
 
 For the Borough of Lancafttr, in the Room 
 of Mr. Heyfl>am, deceas'd. 
 
 For Old Sarum, in the Room of Mr. Pitt, 
 made Governour of Jamaica. 
 
 For Erackley in Northampton, in the Room of 
 Mr. JMethtten, made Secretary of State. 
 
 For Great Wenlock, in Shropfhirt, in the Room 
 of Mr. Newport, now made Lord Ferring- 
 ton. 
 
 Thefe Things being done, the King came to 
 the Honfe the 26th in the Afternoon, where 
 he gave the Pvoyal Aflent to Fifteen publick 
 Bills, befides the private Bills, which were not 
 named with the reft; aud then the King 
 catifed the Chancellor to read the following 
 Speech to them : viz.. 
 
 * My Lords and Gentlemen, 
 c T Cannot put an End to this Sefllon, with- 
 
 X out expreOlng to you my Satisfaction in 
 * the Proceedings of this Parliament. The 
 1 wholfome and neceiTary Laws which have 
 
 * been
 
 C Jji 3 
 
 * been patted with fo much Steddinefs, Refolu* 
 tion, and Unanimity, will (I truft in God) 
 anfwer thofe good Ends, which, it is evident, 
 you have had in View, by defeating the De 
 figns, and reducing the Spirit of our Ene* 
 mies , by encouraging our Friends, and raif- 
 ing the Credit and Reputation of the Nation 
 Abroad to fuch a Degree, as that I may rea- 
 fonably exped the Fruits of a fettled Go- 
 
 * vernment, efpecially being fupported by a 
 ' Parliament, zealous for the Profperity of their 
 
 * Country, and the Proteftant Intereft of - 
 
 * reye. 
 
 ' I am confident, my Conduct hitherto in 
 ' fupprefling the Rebellion, and punifhing thofe 
 4 concern'd in it, has been fuch as demonftrates, 
 4 that I defire rather to leiTen their Numbers; 
 
 * by reclaiming them, than by making Ex- 
 4 am pies-, but I am forry to find, that the 
 c numerous Inftances of Mercy which I have 
 
 * fhewn, have had no other Effed, than to en- 
 
 * courage the Fadion of the Pretender to renew 
 
 * their Infults upon my Authority, and the 
 
 * Laws of the Kingdom, and even to affeft, 
 
 * with the greateft Infoknce, to diftiaguifh 
 
 * themfelves from my good and faithful Sub- 
 4 jeds ^ ading with fuch Folly and Madnefs, as 
 c if they intended to convince the World, that 
 e they are not to be reduced to Quiet and Sub- 
 c raifTion to my Government, by fuch gentle 
 ' Methods as are moft agreeable to my own In- 
 
 * clinations. 
 
 4 Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 
 
 c I return you in particular, my Thanks for 
 
 4 the Supplies you have given } which, although 
 
 4 they fall fhort of the Sums you found necef- 
 
 4 favy, and have Voted for the Service of the 
 
 4 whole
 
 whole Year, yet by the Encouragement you 
 have given to make them effectual, may, I 
 hope, be fo managed, as to c^rry on the cur- 
 rent Service till another Seffion of Parlia- 
 ment. 
 
 4 A4y Lords and Gentlemen^ 
 1 I am very fenllble, there are Matters of 
 great Confequence ftill depending before you -, 
 but as they have hitherto been poftpon'd, 
 out of abfojute Necefilty, by intervening Af- 
 fairs of a more prefling Nature, and of the 
 moft immediate Concern to the Peace and 
 Safety of the Nation -, I thought the Seafon 
 of the Year required I mould defer your 
 c further Proceedings till the next Seflion, ra- 
 e ther than you mould be detained out of your 
 c refpeftive Countries longer than could be 
 c confiftent with your private Confent. 
 
 * I cannot doubt that, during this Recefs, 
 
 * you will all ufe your belt Endeavours to pre- 
 '.ferve the Peace of the Kingdom, and to dif- 
 
 * courage and fupprefs all manner of Diforders-, 
 
 * fince as the firft Scene of the late Rebellion 
 c was open'd and ufher'd in by Tumults and 
 ' Riots j fo you may be aflured, upon what 
 
 * Pretence foever they are raifed, they can 
 
 * have no other Tendency, but to fnpport the 
 ' Spirit of a Faction, reftlefs and unwearied in 
 
 * their Endeavours to renew the Rebellion, and 
 1 to fuhvert the Religion, Laws, and Liberties 
 c of their Country. 
 
 c I defign to make Ufe of the approaching Re- 
 c cefs to vifit my Dominions in Germany, and 
 
 * to provide for the Peace and Security of the 
 ' Kingdom during my Abfence, by conftituting 
 c my Beloved Son, the Prince of Wales, Guardian 
 c of the Realm, and my Lieutenant within the 
 
 * fame. After
 
 After this, the Lord Chancellor, by the 
 King's Commandment, prorogued the Parlia* 
 ment to the ith of Auguft. 
 
 Note, Upon this Prorogation, Mr. Prior, Mr. 
 'Thomas fJarley, and others, who had been long 
 confin'd by the Houfe of Commons, were dif- 
 charged of Courfe. 
 
 The publick Bills pafs'd at that Time, were 
 
 as follow : 
 
 An Aft to continue the Duties for encouraging the 
 Coinage of Money, &c. 
 
 An Aft for appointing Cotnmiflionen to enquire of 
 the Eft-ates of certain Traytors. 
 
 An Aft for the continuing the Duty of Two Pennies 
 Scots, or one fixth of a Peny Sterling, on every 
 Scots Pint of Ale and Beer that foall he vend- 
 ed or fold within the City o/Glafgow. 
 
 An Aft to oblige Papifts to Regifter their Names 
 and real Eftates. 
 
 An Aft for repealing fo much of the Aft of the 
 Twelfth and Thirteenth Tears of the Reign of 
 King William the Third, as enafts, That no 
 Perfon, who (hall come to the PofTeflion of the 
 Crown, fhall go out of the Dominions of 
 England, Scotland, or Ireland^ without Con- 
 fent of Parliament. 
 
 An dft for the more effectual ftcuring the Peace of 
 the Highlands in Scotland. 
 
 An Aft to prevent the Afifchiefs by manufafturing 
 Leaves, or other things, to refemvle Tobacco, and 
 the Abujes in making and mixing of Snujf. 
 
 An Aft for the more efeftual and exemplary Punijh* 
 ment of fuck Per fans as foall fednce Soldiers t9 
 
 ^ defert, or w l io t being Papifts, fhall inlift them- 
 felves in his A4jjefty*s Service. 
 
 'An
 
 C 
 
 An Aft for holding the AJfiz.es for the County of 
 Cornwall, at a, convenient Place within the fad 
 County. 
 
 An A& to encourage and preferve the planting of 
 Timber Trees, Fruit Tcees, and other Trees for 
 Ornament, Shelter, or Profit, and for the better 
 Preservation of the fame ; find for the prevent- 
 ing the burning of Woods. 
 
 An AH for the Attainder of Thomas Forlter, 
 Jun. Efa and William Mackintofh, fa 
 
 An Aft to difable any Per fan from being chofe 4 
 Member of, or from Sitting and fating in the 
 Houfe of Commons-i who has any Penfion for any 
 Number of Tears from the Crown. 
 
 A Aft for malting the Laws for repairing tht 
 Highways more effectual. 
 
 An Aft for the better regulating Hackney Coaches, 
 Carts, &C. and for preventing Mtffhiefs occa- 
 fion*d by the Drivers riding upon Drays^ Carrs^ 
 &C. 
 
 An Aft to revive and continue a former Aft for 
 Repairing of Burlington Peers. 
 
 An Aft for the more cffeftual reversing and making 
 Void the Attainder of Charles, Earl of Mac- 
 clesfield, deceafed. 
 
 An Aft to difcharge Sir Alexander Rigby, Knt. 
 from his Imprifonment, and ve{l his Eftate and 
 Effetts in TruftecS) for the Benefit of his Cre- 
 ditors. 
 
 An Aft for vefting certain Lands and Tenements 
 of Peter Sunderland, Efq\ in Truftees, to be 
 fold for Payment of Debts charged thereon be- 
 fore the making of his Marriage Settlement, and 
 by Virtue thereof. 
 
 An Aft to enable Thomas Pro&or of Rock, in the 
 County of Northi mberland, Efq, to raife the 
 Sum of Four Tho;<.f>.nd Pounds out of his Eft ate, 
 
 for
 
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 foY Payment of his Debts, and 
 for his younger Children. 
 An Aft -for Naturalising Erengard Melofine, Sa- 
 rtnnefs of Schulenburg. 
 
 The Parliament being thus difmifs*d, the 
 King prepared for his Voyage to Germany, and 
 here it will be proper to iignify the Altera- 
 tions at Court, which happen'd on that Occa- 
 fion, and to bring in an Account of the Re- 
 moves made, and Honours granted, all toge- 
 ther v feeing the Time was not very diftanC 
 that it was all manag'd in, and the Occaflons 
 feem'd to be very much depending one upon 
 another : We begin with the Removes made. 
 
 The removing the E^rls of Nottingham and 
 Gnernfey^ and their two Sons, has been noted 
 already. 
 
 The World was now furprized with an Ac- 
 count, that the Duke of Argyls was removed 
 from all his Pofts and Employments, as alfo 
 the Earl of Ijlay, his Brother. The Lift of the 
 Pofts and Employments the Duke then en- 
 joy'd, being very remarkable for their Num- 
 ber, was made publick, that the World might 
 fee what Obligations the Duke had upon him, 
 to avoid giving any juft Offence to a Mafter, 
 who had thus loaded him with accumulated 
 Favours. The Account we have feen, is as 
 follows : 
 
 Governour and Commander in Chief of all 
 his Majefty's Forces in Scotland. 
 
 General of the King's Armies. 
 
 Lord Lieutenant of the Shire of Dunbarton, 
 
 Lord Lieutenant of the County of Surry. 
 
 Privy Counfellor. 
 
 Colonel
 
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 Colonel of the Royal Blue Regiment of 
 
 Horfe. 
 
 Cover nour of the Ifland of Minorca.' 
 Governour of Tort Makone in the faid 
 
 llland. 
 Firft Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber, and 
 
 Groom of the Stole to the Prince of 
 
 Knight of the Garter. 
 
 Whether he was Governour of Edinboroitgk 
 Caftle at the Time of his being thus difmifs'd, 
 is a Doubt } but to all thefe is to be added, a 
 Penfion of looo/. per Annum in Money, granted 
 him by the King. 
 
 His Brother was likewife Chief Lord of the 
 JufticiaYy, and Lord Clark Regifter in 
 Scotland. 
 
 The hereditary Governments, SherifTdoms, 
 &c. which both the Duke and Earl poflefled 
 in Scot land ,they could not be deprived of, neither 
 could the Earl of I/lay be deprived of his 
 Place in the Jnfticiary, which was, as the Judges 
 are in England^ Quam din fe bene geferit, or ra- 
 ther for Life. 
 
 Of all thefe Preferments, Pofts, and Trufts, 
 the Duke was difpofTefs'd at once } various was 
 the Difcourie of the Manner, and yet more of 
 the Reafon, neither of which we can give Au- 
 thority enough to from common Fame, to al- 
 low them for Authentick. It is enough that 
 the King, being diflatisfy'd with his Conduft, 
 difplac'd him, as above and to fatisfy the 
 World that there was no View, or Room to 
 exped that he fhould be reftor'd again, the 
 faid Polls were difpos'd of to other Perfons, as 
 will appear prefently. 
 
 Befides
 
 [ ml 
 
 Befid-es the difplacing of the Duke of Ar- 
 gyle, the Earl of Orrery was remov'd from be- 
 ing one of the Lords of the Bed-Chamber, and 
 his Regiment was alfo taken from him. 
 
 The Lord Windfor loft his Regiment of Horfe. 
 
 The Duke of Ormond was degraded from be- 
 ing Knight of the Garter, his Atchievement 
 taken down at Windfor , and kick'd out of the 
 Choir, as ufual. 
 
 The Earl of Selkirk was removed from the 
 Bed-Chamber. And 
 
 Sir Roger Moflyn Bart, was remov'd from 
 being one of the Tellers in the Exchequer. 
 
 The Advances made, and Honours granted, 
 about this Time, were as follows : 
 
 The Earl of Sutherland was made Prefident 
 of the Chamberlanry in Scotland, in the Room 
 of the Earl of Morton, who dy'da little before. 
 
 It had been feveral Months that we had heard, 
 feveral Peers would be created -, which, how- 
 ever, the King's Departure approaching, was 
 now performed, as follows: 
 
 William Cadogan, Efq; was created Lord Cade- 
 gan, Baron of Reading' 
 
 Thomas, Lord Coningesby, before Lord Clan- 
 brazed in Ireland, now created Lord Coningesby 
 of Coningesby in Lincolnflnre. 
 
 Sir Richard Onflow, Bart, created Baron On- 
 flow of Onflow, in the County of Salop, and Ba- 
 ron Clendon of Clendon, in Surrey. 
 
 Thomas Newport, Efq*, created Baron of Tor- 
 rlngton in Devon. 
 
 Sir Robert Afarftam, Baron of Rovtncy in Kent . 
 
 Sir Henry St. John, Bart, created Vifcoimt St. 
 j and Baron of JSatterfey ia Surrey. 
 
 The 

 
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 The Earl of Portland, created Marquifs a 
 'TichfeU, and Duke of Portland. 
 
 George, Lord Ncwbxrgh in Ireland, created 
 Baron Newburgb of Nsvobttrgh, in the life of 
 Anglefey. 
 
 James, Vifcount Cafileton in Ireland, created 
 Vi (count Caflleton of Sandbeck in Torkjliirc. 
 
 Erengard Afelofine, Baronnefs of Scuytexberg^ 
 created Baronnefs of Dund.ilk, Countefs and 
 Marchionefs of Dungannon, and Diltchefs of 
 Munfter \ all in Ireland. 
 
 Erne ft Auguftus of Hc.novtr, Dirke of Britnf- 
 vpick and Lunenbttrg^ Bifliop of Ofnaburgb, his 
 M a jetty's Brother, created Duke of fork and 
 Albany i and Earl of t;//?^r in Ireland. 
 
 The Duke of Tort, as thus created, was then 
 made Knight of the Garter, as was alfo Prince 
 Frederick, his Majefty's Grand-Son , both the 
 fa id Garters, with the ufual Trophies, were 
 tarried over to them by the proper Officers 
 attending, when his Majefty went over. 
 
 The Earl of Sutherland, and the Lord Cado- 
 gan, were farther honoured with the Green 
 "Ribband, and made Knights of the ancient 
 Order of St. Andrew. 
 
 Next to thefe Advancements, his Majefty 
 difpos'd of feveral Pofts and Places of Ho- 
 nour and Truft before his going away, as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 The Duke of D'evonfilre^ Lord Prefident, and 
 the Earls of Radnor, Tankervill, Lord Cobham, 
 Spenfer Common Efq} Speaker of the Houfe of 
 Commons, William Tultney, Secretary of War, 
 and Paul Metbuen, Efq-, now Secretary of State, 
 Members of the Privy Council. 
 
 Mr.
 
 , 
 
 Mr. Methuen, before one of the Commit 
 fioners of the Treafury, was made Secretary 
 of State, in the Room of Mr. Secretary Stan* 
 hope, who went oVer with the King. 
 
 The Duke of Kent wa$ made Lord Steward 
 of the Houfhold, in the Room of the Duke of 
 Devonshire. 
 
 The Duke of Montrofe, made Lord Clark Re- 
 gifter of Scotland, in the Room of the Earl of 
 f/lay, and Lord Lieutenant of Dumbarton, and 
 Sheriff of Sterling, in the Room of the Duke of 
 Argylt. 
 
 The Earl of Sttnderland, Lord Privy Seal, 
 was made Vice Treafurer of Ireland, in the 
 Room of the Earl of Angle fey. 
 
 Lieutenant General Carpenter, made General 
 and Commander in Chief of all the Forces in 
 Scotland, in the Room of the Duke of Argyll \ 
 and alfo Governour of Minorca, and Port Ma- 
 hone, in the Room of the Duke of Argyle. 
 
 Mr. Macartney had the Regiment of Orrery 
 given him, and the Degree of Lieutenant Gene- 
 ral reftor'd to him. 
 
 The Lord Windfor's Horfe given to the Earl 
 of Stair, and Stair's Dragoons, called the White 
 fforfes, to Brigadier Bonoles. 
 
 Lord Cobkam made Conftable of Windfor 
 Cattle, and Keeper of the Forefts and Parks 
 of Windfor. 
 
 Lord Onflo-tt, made Lord Lieutenant of the 1 
 County of Surrey ; and Lord Cartcret, Lord 
 Lieutenant of Devon, in the Room of the Duke 
 of Argyle. 
 
 Lord Cadogan-t made Plenipotentiary to Hot* 
 land. 
 
 Thomas Pitt, Efq-, GoVerrtour of Jamaica. 
 
 2 t Ckarlet
 
 t 
 
 Charle* Wbittforth, Efq-, to Prujp*. 
 
 Abraham Stanyan y Efq', to Vienna. 
 
 Lord PoleTvarth, to Denmark- 
 
 The Envoy extraordinary to Con 
 it's fuppos'd, will not go, the War between 
 the Emperor and the Turks being actually 
 broken our. 
 
 It is to be obferv'd. That the, Command in 
 Chief of .the Forces in Scotland-, and the Go- 
 vernment of Minorca, was faid to be given to 
 General Carpenter, in Consideration, among o- 
 ther Things, of his good Services in fubduing 
 the Rebels at Prefton ; fo that the Action at 
 Prifton is publickly afcrib'd to his Condud, not 
 to that of General tFiY/j, which feems to confirm 
 what fome have faid, viz.. that if General Car- 
 per had not come feafonably into the Adion, 
 General Wills and his Troops had been repulfed } 
 but that General Carpenter, by altering the Dif- 
 pofitions which the other had made, cutoff en- 
 tirely the Efcape of the Rebels, and their re- 
 ceiving any Supplies; upon the which Altera- 
 tions they immediately capitulated ; whereas be- 
 fore they had eridently the Advantage , but 
 this is by the way. 
 
 Thefe Promotions being made, and a Patent 
 pafs'd the Seals, creating the Prince of Wales 
 Guardian of the Kingdom of Great Britain, and 
 his Majefty's Lieutenant within the famej 
 which Commiflion was not in force, or fo much 
 as open'd, till after the King was gone : Thefe 
 things being, we fay, thus fettled, the King, en 
 tire 7ffo of July, fet out for Hanover , his Majefty 
 went by Coach early in the Morning through the 
 City to the Tower Wharf, attended by the Prince 
 of Wales only. There the Barges, attending, the 
 King embafk'd, and went down tp Gravefcnd, 
 
 where
 
 where the Yachts lay ready } which, as foon as 
 the King was on Board, and had din'd, weigh- 
 ed, and flood down to the Nore, where $ve 
 Men of War attended, commanded by Admiral 
 Aylmer^ who joining the Yachts, failed all 
 with a fair Wind to Holland, where they ar- 
 riv'd the 9^, his Majefty landed at the Brill, 
 and refrefh'd himfelf fome Hours, and then 
 went on Board a Dutch Tacht, which carry'd him 
 up the Rivers to Leydcn, and from thence to 
 Vtrecbt, where he took Coach, and arrived the 
 i2th at LOO, the fine Seat of the Earl of Al- 
 beMarle's, built, and given to him by King W:ttiam. 
 
 The King being fafely landed in Holland, 
 the Prince of Wales open'd his Commiffion in 
 Council the M, and the firft Adi: of Govern- 
 ment hrs Highnefs exercifed was, to call Mr. 
 Aijleby to the Board, doing him the Honour 
 to be the firft Privy Connfellor of his making ; 
 which was done tbei2th. 
 
 The next thing tranfa&ed under the new 
 Admrniftration, Was indeed very furpming for 
 a time, vlx.. that on the 8^, a dead Warrant 
 was fign'd for executing Twenty four of the 
 State Prifoners, who lay then under Sentence ; 
 hut had moft of them been reprievM by the 
 King } the Time of their Execution was .ap- 
 pointed for the Friday after, when, it feems, 
 their former Reprieves expir'd , whether it 
 was matter of Form, and that it was neceflary 
 to proceed in that manner; or whether it was 
 in order to alarm the Prifoners, who, fome 
 faid, began to behave as if they were fecure, 
 we know not -, but the Surprize laded no longer 
 than the Thurfday after, when a Reprieve came 
 down for Twenty two of them } the other 
 Two 7 being Mr. Paul the Clersvrpan, and Mr. 
 I 3 Hall,
 
 C HO 
 
 , formerly a Juftice of Peace near G 
 jn Northumberland , were appointed to be put 
 to Death. 
 
 Accordingly on the 13^, at the ufual time, 
 they were brought to the Place of Execution, 
 where, after reading their Papers to the People, 
 they delivered them to the Sheriff, and defir'd 
 they might be printed; fig nifying, a* . the fame 
 Time, that they had given out Copies, which 
 if the Sheriff declin'd to Print, the other 
 would neverthelefs be made publick ; the She- 
 riff anfwerd, he fhould lay thejr Requcft and 
 their Papers alfo before the Secretaries of 
 State, and adt as he Ihould be direfted. After 
 which, they were executed according to their 
 Sentence-, and it needs not that we mould fay 
 any more of them ; at this Time than this, that 
 it mult be acknowledged two foch. Speeches 
 have fcarce come from any Perfons at the 
 Place of Execution in thefe latter Ages of the 
 World : The Copies of them, without any 
 Comments, Reflections, or Obfervations, are 
 as follow: 
 
 
 
 Ttot Speech of. William Paul, a Clergyman. 
 
 Good People, 
 
 f T Am j'Jft going to make my Appearance in 
 ' JL t ^ ie ot h e r World, where I mult give an 
 e Account of all the Adions of my paft Life; 
 
 * and though I have endeavoured to make my 
 
 * Peace with God, by fincerely repenting of 
 4 all my Sins; yet forafmuch as feveral of them 
 f are of a publick Nature, I take it to be my 
 f puty to declare here, in the Face of the 
 
 1 World,
 
 f 54? ] 
 
 * Work!., my hearty Abhorrence and Detefta- 
 tion of them- 
 
 c And fir.ft, I ask Pardon of God and the 
 c King, for having violated my Loyalty, by 
 
 * taking molt abominable Oaths, in Defence of 
 c Ufur.pation, agaiuft my lawful Sovereign King 
 < James .the Third. 
 
 1 And as 1 ask Pardon of all Perfons whom 
 
 * I have injured or offended , fo I do efpeciajly 
 ' defire Forgivenefs of all thofe whom I'have 
 
 * fcandalized by plead ing Guilty,. lam feiifibie, 
 ' that it is a bafe aid dishonourable Aftion -, thap 
 
 * it is inconftftent with my Duty to the King, 
 
 * and ari.entire Surrender of my Loyalty. Bu- 
 
 * mane Frailty, and too great a Defire of Life, 
 
 * together with the . Perfwafions of feyeraf, 
 
 * who pretended to be my Friends, were thf. 
 ' Occafion of it. I truft God, of his infinite 
 
 * Mercy, upon my fincere Repentance, has for- 
 c given me, and I hope all good Chriftiaus 
 
 * will. 
 
 c Yon fee, my Countrymen, by my Kabir, 
 c that I .die a Son, though a very unworthy blie,, 
 
 * of the .Church of England', but I would no.t 
 have yon think, that lam a Member of the 
 
 * Schifmatical Church, whofe Biiliops fetthem- 
 
 * felves up in Oppofition to thofe orthodox 
 c Fathers, who were unlawfully and invalidly 
 
 * deprived by the Prince of Orange. I declare, 
 f that I renounce that Communion, and that I 
 
 * die a dutiful and faithful Member of the 
 e Nonjaring Church, which has kept it fclf 
 4 free from Rebellion and Schifm, and haspre- 
 c ferv'd and maintain'd true orthodox princi- 
 4 pies, both as to Church and State-, and I de- 
 4 fire the Clergy, and all Members of the Re- 
 f volution Church, to confider what Bottom 
 
 Z 4 they
 
 t H4 3 
 
 * they ftand upon, when their Succeflion is 
 c grounded upon an unlawful and invalid De- 
 c privatioi; ot'Catholick Bjfhops j the only Foun- 
 
 * dation of which Deprivation, is a pretended 
 
 * Act of Parliament. 
 
 c Having ask'd Forgivenefs for my felf, I 
 e come now to forgive others-, I pardon thofe, 
 
 * who, under the Notion of Friendfhip, per- 
 ' fwaded me to plead Guilty. I heartily for- 
 ' give all my moil inveterate Enemies, efpe- 
 fc cially the Elector of Hanover^ my Lord T'own- 
 1 fand, and all others, who have been inftru- 
 
 * mental in promoting my Death. Father, for- 
 
 * give them ! Lord Jefus, have Mercy upon 
 ' them! and lay not this Sin to their Charge. 
 
 1 The next thing I have to do, Chriftian 
 
 * Friends, is to exhort you all to return to 
 ' your Duty. Remember that King James the 
 
 * Third is your only Rightful Sovereign, by 
 
 * the Laws of the 1 and, and the Constitution 
 
 * of the Kingdom , and therefore if you would 
 
 * .perform the Duty of Jultice to him, which 
 
 * is due to all Mankind, you are oblig'd in Con- 
 4 fcience to do all you can to rcftore him to 
 ' his Crown ; for it is his Right, and no Man 
 c in the World, befides himfelf, can lawfully 
 1 claim a Title to it , and as it is your Duty to 
 1 ferve him, fo it is your Intereft-, for till he 
 c is reftor'd, the Nation can never be happy. 
 ' You fee what Miferies and Calamities have 
 e befallen thefe Kingdoms by the Revolution. 
 
 * And I believe you are new convinced, by wo- 
 ' ful Experience, that fwerving from God's 
 1 Laws, and thereby putting your felvesout of 
 
 * his Protection, is not the Way to fecure you 
 c from thcfe Evils and Misfortunes, which you 
 6 are afraid of in this World. Before the 
 
 Revo-
 
 c Revolution, you thought your Religion, Li- 
 ' berties, and Properties in Danger, / and i pray 
 1 you to confider, how you have prefervcd 
 ' them by rebelling ? Are they not ten Times 
 c more precarious than ever ? Who can fay he 
 ' is certain of his Life or Eftate, when he con- 
 4 fiders the Proceedings of the prefent Admini- 
 c ftration ? And as for your Religion, is it 
 1 not evident, that the Revolution, inftead of 
 keeping out Popery, has let in Atheifm ? Do 
 
 * not Herefies abound every Day ? And are 
 not the Teachers of falfe Do&rines patronfe'd 
 by the great Men in the Government ? This 
 
 * mews the Kindnefs and Affeftion they have for 
 
 * the Church : And, to give you another Inftance 
 of their Refpcft and Reverence for ir, you are 
 
 c now going to fee a Prieft of the Church of 
 c England murder'd for doing his Duty. For it 
 
 * is not me they ftrike at fo particularly ; but 
 1 'tis through me that they would wound the 
 4 Priefthood, bring a Difgrace upon the Gown, 
 c and a Scandal upon my facred Fun&ion : But 
 ' they would do well to remember, that he 
 
 * who defpifes Chrift's Priefts, defpifes Chrift ; 
 
 * and he who defpifes him, defpifes him thac 
 c fent him. 
 
 4 And now, Beloved, if you have any Re- 
 e gard to your Country, which lies bleeding un- 
 ' der thefe dreadful Extremities, bring the 
 ' King to his juft and undoubted Right : That 
 ' is the only Way to be freed from thefe Mif- 
 c fortunes, and to fecure all thofe Rights and 
 
 * Privileges which are in Danger at prefent. 
 c King James has promifed to proted and de- 
 
 * fend the Church of England } he has given his 
 ' Royal Word, to confent to fuch Laws which 
 J you your felves mail think neceflary to be 
 
 c made
 
 r 
 
 f made for Us Prefervation. And his Majefty 
 
 * is a Prince of that Juftice, Virtue, and Ho* 
 
 * flour, that you have no manner of Reafoa to 
 1 doubt the Performance of his Royal Promife. 
 c Heftudies nothing fo much, as how to make 
 c yon all eafy and happy } and whenever Jie 
 c comes to his Kingdom, I doubt not but you 
 will be fo. 
 
 c I mail be heartily glad, good People;' if 
 c what I have faid has any Effect upon you, fo 
 c as to be inftru mental in making you perform 
 
 * your Duty. It is out of my Power ijow to 
 
 * do any thing more to ferve the King, than 
 ' by employing fome of the few Minutes 1 have 
 
 * to live in this World, in praying to Almighty 
 c God, to mower down his Bleffings, Spiritual 
 
 * and Temporal, upon his Head , to protect 
 4 him and reftore him -, to be favourable to his 
 ' Undertaking j to profper him here, and to 
 
 * reward him hereafter. I befeech the fame 
 
 * infinite Goodnefs to preferve and defend the 
 c Church of England, and to reftore it to aU 
 e its juft Rights and Privileges , and lajftly, I 
 
 * pray God have Mercy, upon me, pardon my 
 ' Sins, and receive my Soul into his everlafling 
 
 * Kingdom ; that with the Patriarchs, Prophets, 
 
 * Apoflks, and Martyrs, I may praife and mag- 
 c nify him for ever and ever. Amen* 
 
 4 As to my Body, Brethren, I have taken no 
 c manner of Care of it -, for I value not the 
 4 barbarous Part of the Sentence, of being cut 
 
 * down and quarter'd. When I am once gone, 
 . c I Jhall be out of the Reach of my Enemies } 
 
 * and I wifh I had Quarters enough to fend to 
 A every Parifh of the Kingdom, to teftify, that 
 
 c a
 
 C 147 1 
 
 * a Clergyman of the Church of England was 
 c martyr'd for being Loyal to bis King. 
 
 July 13- I7i6 William Paul. 
 
 The Speech of John Hall, Efa 
 
 Friends, Brethren, and Countrymen, 
 c T Am come here to die, for the fake of God, 
 
 * JL my King, and my Country, and I hearti- 
 1 ly rejoice that I am counted worthy of fo 
 
 * great an Honour j for let not any of you 
 c think that I am come to a fhamefui and igno- 
 1 minious End. The Truth and Juftice of the 
 4 Caufe for which I fuffer, makes my Death a 
 
 * Duty, a Vertue, and an Honour. Remember 
 1 that I lay down my Life for aliening the 
 
 < Right of my only Lawful Sovereign King 
 
 < James the Third ; That I offer my felf as a 
 
 * Victim for the Liberties and Happinefs of my 
 e dear Country, and my beloved Fellow-Sub- 
 
 < jeds : That I fall a Sacrifice to Tyranny, Op- 
 
 * preflion, and Ufurpation. In (hort, confider 
 
 * that I fuffer in the Defence of the Commands 
 c of God, and the Laws and hereditary Confti- 
 ' tution of the Land , and then know, and be 
 
 * allured, that I am not a Traytor, but a Mar- 
 4 tyr. 
 
 ' I declare, that I die a true and fincere Mem- 
 c ber of the Church of England , but not of 
 c the Revolution, fchifmatical Church, whofe 
 6 Bifhops have fo rebellioufly abandoned the 
 c King, and fo fhamefully given up the Rights 
 r ' of the Church, by fubmitting to the unlaw- 
 c ful, invalid, Lay Deprivations of the Prince 
 
 * of Orange. The Communion I die in, is that 
 
 * of the true, Catholick, Nonjuring Church of 
 
 * England, and I pray God to profper and in- 
 
 * creafe
 
 [ 349 ] 
 
 * ing the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing 
 4 but the Truth, that, in relation to my In- 
 4 diftment, they fvvore not one true thing a- 
 *.gainft me, but many abfolute Fallhoods } I 
 
 * pray God forgive them, for I am fure I do. 
 
 4 Laftly, I forgive all who had any Hand in 
 
 * the Surrender at Preflon ; for they have fur- 
 ( rendcr'd away my Life-, and I would to God, 
 ' that were the only bad Confequence of it. 
 But, alas, it is too plain, that the Surrenderee 
 
 * not only ruined many of his Majefty's brave 
 
 * and faithful Subjeds, but gave up their King 
 4 and Country into the Bargain : For it was 
 4 then in their Power to have reftor'd the 
 
 * King with Triumph to his Throne ; and there- 
 4 by to have made us a happy People. We 
 
 * had repulfed our Enemies at every Attacl^, 
 1 and were ready, willing, and able to have 
 attack'd them. 
 
 c On our Side, even our common Men were 
 4 brave, courageous, and refolute : On the o- 
 ' ther Hand, theirs were direftly the contrary ; 
 
 * infomuch, that after they had run away from. 
 c our firft Fire, they could never be brought fo 
 4 much as to endeavour to Hand a fecond. 
 4 This I think my felf obliged in Juftice to 
 c mention, that Mr. Wills may not impofe upon 
 ft the World, as if he and his Troops had con- 
 
 * quer'd us, and gain'd the Viftory ; for the 
 
 * Truth is, after we had conquer'd them, our 
 4 Superiours thought fit to capitulate, and ruia 
 
 * us: I wifh them God's, and the King's Pardon 
 4 for it. 
 
 4 May it pleafe the Almighty to blefs, pre- 
 ' ferve, and reftore our only rightful and law- 
 c ful Sovereign King James the Third. May he 
 
 * direft his Councils, and profper his Arms; 
 
 * may
 
 C 
 
 * may he bring him to his Kingdom, arid ft t' 
 c the Crown upon his Head. 
 
 c May he protect him from the Malice of his 
 
 * Enemies, and defend him from thofe who, 
 
 * for a Reward, would flay him innocent ! May 
 
 * he grant him in Health and Wealth long to 
 
 * live ! M.iy he ftrengthen him, that he may 
 vanquifh and overcome all his Enemies-, and 
 finally, when it pleafes his infinite Wifdom 
 to take him out of this World, may he take 
 him to himfelf, and reward him with an e- 
 verlafting Crown of Glory in the next. 
 
 1 Thefe, my beloved Countrymen, are the 
 fincere Prayers, thefe the laft Words of me, 
 who am now a dying Perfon. And if you 
 have any Regard to the laft Breath of one, 
 who is juft going out of the World } let me 
 beg of you to be dutiful, obedient, and loyal 
 to your only Sovereign Liege Lord, King 
 James III. Be ever ready to ferve him, and 
 be fure you never fail to ufe all your Endea- 
 vours to reftore him \ and whatever the Con- 
 fequence be, remember that you have a good 
 Caufe, and a gracious God, and expect a Re- 
 compcnce from him. 
 
 c To that God, the God of Truth and Ho- 
 linefs, the Rewarder of all who fuffer for 
 Righteoufnefs fake, I commend my Soul, be- 
 feeching him to have Mercy upon it, for the 
 fake of my dear Redeemer and merciful Sa^ 
 '* viour, Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen, Amen, 
 Amen. July 13. 1716. John Hall* 
 
 c ?- S. I might reafonably have expected my 
 c Life would have been faved, fince I had obtain- 
 e ed Five Reprieves , but I find that the Duke 
 
 * of Hanover i and his evil Counfellors who 
 
 4 guide
 
 t 
 
 guide him, have fo little Virtue and Honour 
 
 themfelves, that they are refolved not to 
 
 fpare my Life, becaufe I would not purchafe 
 
 it upon bafe and difhonourable Terms. 1 have 
 
 Reafon to think, that at firft, I could have 
 
 fecured both Life and Fortune, if 1 would 
 
 have pleaded Guilty *, and I doubt not but I 
 
 might fmce have obtained Favour, if I would 
 
 1 have Petition'd in a vile, fcandalous Manner : 
 
 ' But 1 was refolv'd to do nothing whereby I 
 
 4 mould have difown'd my King, and deny'd 
 
 * my Principles. And 1 thank my good God, 
 
 * both for infpiring me with this holy Refolu- 
 e tion, and for giving me the Grace to perform 
 
 * it. July 13. 1716. John Hall. 
 
 We muft here go on to take fome Account of 
 the farther Profecntion of the remaining Prifon- 
 ers-, of whom, though fome were brought to 
 Trial, Juftice was, however, fo fparingly admi- 
 niftred, and Clemency and Mercy fo readily in- 
 tervened, that we (hall have no more Executions 
 to fpeak of this Year -, nor indeed could the 
 Gentlemen themfelves fay, but that the Govern- 
 ment had treated them with more Compaflion, 
 not than they deferv'd only, but even than they 
 expected. 
 
 The Profecutions fubfequent to this Execu- 
 tion, were at the Marfialfea, July 5. 
 
 Mr. 
 
 Mr. 
 
 Mr. - Baifour pleaded Guilty. 
 
 At Wefiminftcr, July 7. 
 Sir Francis An 
 10. Edward Howard Efq 
 
 ^) , 
 ; J F Und
 
 r 
 
 We have only now to mention the State of 
 Things relating to Scotland; with which we 
 mall clofe thefe Annals for this Year. 
 
 General Sabine commanded the Troops there 
 in the Abfence of General Carpenter^ who 
 was order'd thither ; as before, fo now, all 
 things were in a profound Tranquillity in the 
 Northern Parts, and the Troops were gene- 
 rally march'd towards the Border, for the 
 Convenience of Forage and Proviilons : Tne 
 Soldiers committed fome Diforders indeed 
 in their Quarters ^ but they were difcoun- 
 tenanc'd by the Government, and punim'd 
 by their Officers, which fatisfy'd the People \ 
 fome of them were put into the Hands of the 
 Civil Government for Matters of Blood, which 
 ftomach'd General Saline a little, who would 
 have had them try'd by a Court Marfhal , but 
 the Lords of the Jufticiary ftood firm, and the 
 General was oblig'd to acquiefce ; one of them, 
 a Foot Soldier of Morrifon j s Regiment, was 
 hang'd ; and fome others, for a Murther at Had- 
 dlngton^ remain in the Tol-Booth, whofe Fate 
 will not be determined Time enough for this 
 Year. 
 
 The State Prifoners, who were in great Num- 
 bers in the Caftle of Edinburgh, the Tol-Booth^ 
 and Winton-Houfe, in the Cannon Gate, they ftill 
 remain there, tho' they are to be removed into 
 Engird fpeedily to be brought to Trial \ the 
 Deferters, and fuch as were lealt guilty, were 
 difmifs'd, and the reft we mnft refer an Account 
 of them to next Year. 
 
 APPEN-
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 No. A 
 
 To tie Rings mojl Excellent Majejly. 
 
 The humble AdJreis of the Bifhop and Cleigy of the Cities 
 of London and jfajiminftcr. 
 
 Moft Gracious Sovereign, 
 
 WE Tour Majejly' s mo ft Dutiful and Loyal Subject 
 tie Bifiop and. Clergy of the Cities of London and 
 Wettminfter, naft humbly crave leave to renew 
 the Affurances we have lately given of the true 
 and faithful Allegiance, which by the P,inc.pleS 
 and Doctrines of the Church of England, we are in Duty bound. 
 to bectr to Tour Majejly, and to return our mojl hearty'Thanks 
 for Tvnr gracious and effectual Care of thofe Inter efts of our 
 Holy Reli%itn-i in which Her late Majejly Queen Anne, of 
 ever blejfed Memory, proceeded fo far, and which we humbly 
 frefum'd to lay before Tour Majefty at your Accejjion to the 
 Throne- JPe think our f elves mote ef fed ally obliged to repeat 
 tliofe AffiiranctsatthitTimc, when an Invajion apprehended from 
 Abroad, and fomented at Home-, feem combined together to drjlurb 
 the Peace and Tranqirility of Tour Government, to exfofe Tour 
 Kingdoms to the Danger of an intcjline War-^ Tour People to 
 mutual Slaughter .and DeftmSion, and to fully the beginning 
 of Tour Majefty's Reign. 
 
 JVe conftder in thefe Gircumjiances with tie great ejl ufffli&ion 
 of Mind, the vilible Hazard of our Conflhution both in Church 
 and State* as alfo of Tour Ma jetty's Sacred Per fan, and Tour 
 Royal Family, of all Tour good Subject, and efpecially of fy 
 many CnrilUan Souls that there is too much tea/on to fear may 
 T>c loft on this Occajion, unlefs the Hand of Heaven interpofe in 
 Your and our Defence^ and enable you with the faithful and 
 vigorous Services of Tour Subje&s to prevent the ruinous EjftSs 
 of fuel) Attempt:, 
 
 A It
 
 CO 
 
 It is therefore, and fb.ill fa our daily Prayer to Almighty Gad 
 to dirett Your Majefty's Counfels in this Exigence to proffer 
 Tour Endeavours, and grant You a happy and unbloody IJJue out 
 of all thefe Difficulties We Jball alfo labour with all our 
 Power^ to root out of the Minds of Your Majefiy's Subjects* 
 under our Care, all the Seeds and Principles of Sedition, and 
 to confirm them in thofe Duties of unfeigned Loyalty, and Sub. 
 miJJi'Jn to Your Ma')ejly's lawful Authority, and a hearty Afefti- 
 onto Monarchy, which, notwithjlandin^ all the ContratfiSion 
 and Contagion of others have been t and we tiuft will continue- 
 to fa a jbiwng fart of the CbartSer of a true Church of Eng- 
 land man} and thereby we hope, that by the Divine Affift.ince, 
 tee Jball be able to fojfefs them with a lively Senfe of their Duty 
 and Intereft, in adhering ftedfajlly to Your Majejly and Your 
 Royal Family, and oppofing with Heart and Hand the Pretender, 
 his Abettors, and all others whatever that Jball go about to 
 difturb Your Mttjejly's Government over us, (which God long 
 continue) and to deprive us of the Happinefs of living under 
 it in Peace, Godlinefs, and Honejly. 
 
 His Majefty's moft gracious Anfwer. 
 
 I Thank you heartily for the Affurances you give me of your 
 Loy.iltj and Affection to my Perfon and Government, and- for 
 the feafonable and juft Refentment you exftefs againjl thofn 
 who, by fomenting Rebellious Tumults at Home, give tit great- 
 efl Encouragement to our Enemies Abroad TJie Church of Eng- 
 land as by L.iw eftabUJWd, may defend ufon having m) 'Counts* 
 nance and Protection. 
 
 No. A A. 
 
 To the KING's mojt Excellent Majejly. 
 
 The humble Addrefs of the Proteuam DifTenting Minifters, 
 of the feveral Denominations in and about tne Cities of' 
 London and Wejtminjter. 
 
 May it pleafe Your Majefty, 
 
 WE your Majejly' s w>Jt loyal Subjects, think our felves 
 obliged in Duty and Gratitude Intmbiy to acknowledge 
 that feafonable Protection which your Majejly has beer. pleaSd 
 to give to thofe of our Ptrfwafion from the late Rebellious Tu- 
 mults, and for your gracious jfnfwer to the Addrefs of your 
 faithful Co unions, wherein they dejire that a full Compenfa* 
 tion be m.tdc to thofe whofe Sufferings they fo jvjlly impute to 
 their Zeal and firm Adherence to your Majejly and your Go- 
 vernment. 
 
 We
 
 We can ajfure your Majejly, that no jufl Occ a/ton has lee ft 
 given by us to our Fellow-Subjetts for any fuch Treatment ; 
 nor cm the Principles which oblige, nt to dffint from the Church 
 o/ England, be a reafonable Provocation to any who have t he 
 leafl regard to the Common Right of Majikilid, or the Rules of 
 tie Chriftian Religion. 
 
 We defne nothing more than to enjoy our Civil Riglts, wit ha 
 jufl Liberty to profefsour own Rsligous Sentiments, which -a> 
 ta^e to be a Privilege due to ell Man. We have been always 
 ready to ajjijl the Church of England in defence of the Proteltant 
 Religion, when in real and imminent Danger ', being agreed 
 with them, and all Proteltant Churches^ in t'hofe Principles that 
 began tie Reformation ; and which alone can jujlife and fup- 
 fort it. 
 
 When there has been a Vefign to introduce Popery and Arli. 
 trary Power, the Proieftant Diflemers have generally been firfi 
 attac^d; nor know we any other Rsjfon why we hare now 
 fujfer'd tie Outrage o/Papiits, Nonjurors, and other difojfefted 
 Pet fans, but tlat they were fure we were a Body of Men fix\i 
 in our Duty to your Majejly, and lay most exposed to popular 
 Infults, again/I which your Majefty and your two Houfes of 
 Parliament, in your great Wifdom and Goodnefs, have given us 
 a feafonable, and we lope effectual Security for time to cowe. 
 
 Whiljl your Majeftfs Government is disturb* d at Home, and 
 tlrcatned with an Invajion from Abroad-, we can anfwcr for 
 tho/e of our Perfwajion, that there are iiJt any of them who ft 
 Principles and Inclinationt will not influence them to ajjijl and 
 fupport your Majejly and tie Proteitant Religion to the utm f .,ft 
 of thtir Power ; we look upon our felves bound by the Jlrungeft 
 Ties of Duty, Gratitude and Interejl, to acknowledge >ind 
 maintain your Majefly^s undoubted Ri^ht and Title to the Im- 
 perial Crown of tlefe Realms, and to declare our utmoji Abhor- 
 rence of all Attempts either at Home or Abroad in favour of a 
 Popifh Pretender. 
 
 May that gracious Providence that has fo fgn.nly appeared in 
 bringing your Mzjefty to the Throne of tlefe Kingdoms, continue 
 to protect and defend your Royal Ptrfon and Family, againjl all 
 Attempts of your open and ficret Emmies, 
 
 His Majefty's molt gracious Anfwer was as folloxvs : 
 
 I Am very mud concerned at tie Uunclriflian and Barbarous 
 Treatment, which tlofe of your Perforation have met with 
 in fever al Parts of my Kingdom-, and Care Jball be taken tlat A 
 full Compenfation be made to them for their Sufferings. 
 
 I thank you for this dutiful and loyal Addrefs^ and you may 
 be alfured of my Protcttion 
 
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 No. B 
 
 ARTICLES of Impeachment of High Treafon and other High 
 Crimes and Mifdemeanours, agaihft Henry, Vifcount Bo- 
 lingbroke. 
 
 T 1C THereas a Treaty of Alliance was made and conclu- 
 \V ded on or about the 7th Day of September 1-701, be- 
 tween Leopold, then Emperor of Germany, his late Majefty 
 King William the Third, of Ever glorious Memory, and 
 their High Mightineffes the States General of the United 
 Provinces, for repelling the Greatnefs of the common Danger 
 which threaten'd all Europe, from the Duke of Jnjou's ha- 
 ving taken Pofleffion of the Monarchy of Spain ; therein it 
 was among other things, Agreed, That in cafe the faid Con- 
 federates Jball be forced to enter into a. War, they Jball commu- 
 nicate their Defgns t\) one another, as well in relation to the 
 ASions of the War, as all other Things wherein the common 
 Caufeis concetned^ and that it Jball not be permitted to either 
 Party, when the War is once begun, to treat of Peace with the 
 Enemy, unlefs jointly, and by a Communication of Councils: 
 And in, and by a Defenfive Treaty of Alliance, made and 
 concluded in or about the Month of November 1701, be- 
 tween his faid late Majefl> King William the Third and the 
 States General, it was, among other tilings, expreily agreed, 
 That when the War is begun, the faid Confederates Jball aft in 
 concert, according to the ^th and tith Articles of tie Treaty of 
 the $d of March 1677 8, between England and Holland, and 
 that no Peace nor Truce, or Sufpenfion of Arms*. Jball be negocia- 
 ted or made, but according to the yth and loth Articles of th.it 
 Treaty by which it was agreed. That when the Allies came once 
 to open War, it Jball be lawful for neither of them af to wards 
 to come to any Ce/ation of Arms with him who Jball be declared 
 and proclaimed an Enemy, without it be done conjointly and with 
 common Confent, and that no Negotiation cf Peace Jball be fet 
 on foot by one of the Allies, without the Concurrence of the 
 ether, and that each Ally Jhall continually, and from time to tinib, 
 impart to the other, every thing that pajfes in tl.<e faid Ntgocia* 
 tion. And in and by a Treaty enter'd into and concluded, on 
 or about the Month of Juue 1703, between Her late Majeity 
 Queen Anne of Ever-blefled Memory, and the States Gene- 
 raj, it was, among ether things, agreed, Thai all Treaties 
 And Alliances then fubpjling between them fauid h returned 
 and confirmed: And whereas a long, Lloocy, and expensive 
 War, had been carried on by Her late Majefty, in Conjun- 
 #ion with her faid AUies, and ether Confederate Princes, 
 
 again ft
 
 againft Fiance and Spain, as well in Refentment of the Indig- 
 nity offered to thefe Kingdoms, by their having acknowledged 
 the Pretender King of thefe Realms, as for obtaining a juft 
 Satisfaction to his Imperial Majefty, and for the Preisrvation 
 of the Pruteftant Religion and the Ballance and Liberties of 
 Europe : and from the great Succefleswith which it had pleat- 
 ed Almighty God to blei's the Confederate Arms, they had 
 juft realon to hope for an Honourable, Safe, and Lafting 
 Peace ; and altho* the French King was encouraged, in or 
 about the Month of April 17 it, to make Proportions of 
 Peace to Her late Majefty, figned by Monfieur de Torcy, his 
 Secretary of State, which her faid Majefty having pleated to 
 communicate to theMinifters of the States General, fhe did, 
 however, gracioufly declare, by Henry, Vifc. Bolingbroke, 
 then Henry St. John, Efqj and one of her Principal Secre- 
 taries of State, her Sentiments to them, That the faid Propo* 
 fitions were too general; and, at the fame time, the faid 
 Vifcount did, in her Ma jetty's Name, and by her fpecial 
 Command, give them her utmoft and moft folemn Affuran- 
 ces, That in making Peace, as in making War, Jbe would aft in 
 ferfeft Concert with them: In which Sentiments the States 
 concurring with her Majefty, reciprocal Atfurances of Mu- 
 tual Confidence, fo neceffary to prevent the Defigns of the 
 Enemy, were returned by them to her Majefty : Notwith- 
 ItanJing which j 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 He the faid Henry, Vifcount Bolinglroke, then being One 
 of Her Majcfty's Principal Secretaries of State, and of her 
 moft Honourable Privy Council, but having enter'd into a 
 moft treacherous Confpiracy with the Minjlters and Emiffa- 
 TJCS of France, to fruftraie the juft Hopes and Expectations 
 of her Majefty and her People, by djfuniting the Confede- 
 racy, at the moft critical Juncture, when they were ready to 
 reap the Fruits of lo many Triumphs over the common Ene- 
 my, and moft wickedly intending, as far as in him lay, to en- 
 able the French King, fo exhauited and vanquifhed as he had 
 been, on all Occafions, to carry his Defigns by a Peace glo- 
 rious to him, and to the Ruin of the victorious Allies, and 
 the Destruction of the Liberties of z\\ Europe i and having no 
 legard to the folemn 'Treaties her Majefty then flood engaged 
 in, nor to the Honour ai d Safety of thefe Kingdoms, did, 
 in or about the Months of July oi'Angiift, in the Year of our 
 Lordi7 n, irulicioufiy and wickedly form a moft treacherous 
 and pernicious Contrivance and Confederacy with other evil- 
 difpofei P erfons, then alfo of her Ma jetty's Privy Council,
 
 to fet on foot a private, feparate, diihonourable, and de- 
 flru&ive Negociation of Peace, between Great Britain and 
 France, without any Communication thereof to her Mije- 
 fly's Allies, according to their faid feveral Treaties; and was 
 not only wanting in his Duty and Truft to her Majefty, by 
 rot oppoling, and, as far as was in his Power, by not advi. 
 fing her Majefty againfl going into any private, feparate 
 Kegodation with France^ but in Execution of his Purpofes 
 aforefhid, he the faid Henry Vifcount Bolingfaoke, did ad- 
 vile her late Majefty to fend Matthew Prior, Efq; dire&ly 
 to the Court of France, to make Proportions of Pe;.ce, with- 
 out communicating the fame to her Ma jefty's Allies j and ac- 
 cordmgly the faid Matthew Prior, by the Advice, and with 
 the Privity of him the laid Henry, Vifcount Bolingbroke, and 
 other falfe and evil Counfellors, in or about the Months of 
 3'uly or Ai'giift, in the Year of our Lord 1-711, was fent in a 
 cLviJeJline manner from England to France, and did commu- 
 nicate the laid Proportions of Peace to the Min;fters of 
 Fiance-i in \vhich the particular Imerefls of Great Britain, as 
 well as the conr.mon Imereft of Europe, were fhamefully be- 
 trayed; and in Manifeftation of his faid Defign to exclude 
 her Majefty 's Allies from their juft lhare in the [aid Negotia- 
 tion, anexprets Article was inferted in the faid Proportions, 
 b\ the Pnvity and Advice of him the faid Henry, Vifcount 
 Eolinglroke, That tie Secret Jbould be inviolably keft till allowed 
 to be divulged by tie mutual Confent of both Parties ; altho' the 
 French King had, in the Proportions figned by Monfieur de 
 Tovcy, and transmitted in the MontM of Afril preceding, 
 oriered to treat whh the Plenipotentiaries of England and 
 Holland alone, or jointly with thole of the Allies at the 
 choice of England : By which Treacherous and Dangerous 
 Advice, he-, the fud Henry Vifcount Bolingbroke,^ did not 
 only contrive and let on Foot a Negociation of Peace, ir.ore 
 advantageous to France than ever France it felf had asked, 
 Lut thereby did put it into the Power of the Common Ene- 
 my ^o create incurable Jealoulies and Difcords between her 
 Majefty and her faithlul Allies, and to deftroy that Confi. 
 dence, which had fo'long and lo fuccelsfully been cultivated 
 between them, and which was fo neceffary for their Com- 
 morf Safety. 
 
 ARTICLE II, 
 
 That the French King having in or about the Months of 
 Augiijl or September i-j|i, with the Privity and by the Con. 
 trivance of the laid Vjlcount BoLingbroke, and others, fent 
 over Moniieur Mefnz&r iwo England to carry on a Setarnte 
 
 and
 
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 and Clandeflme Negotiation of Peace, He the faid Henry* 
 Vifcount Bolingfooke, did afterwards in the faid Month of 
 September 1711, or thereabouts, fecretly and unlawfully, 
 and with >ut any Colour of Authority 5 meet, conferr, and 
 Treat with the faid Sieur Mefnager, on the Negociations of 
 Peace between Great Britain and France, and therein did ad- 
 viie and promote the in i king a private and fepa rate Trea- 
 ty, or Convention, on the faid Subject of Peace between 
 the faid Crowns, wituout any Communication thereof to 
 her Majefty's Allies ; And the faid Henry Vifcount Boling- 
 fooke did afterwards, in violation of his Oath and HighTrull, 
 fatfly and treacberoujly advife her late M.jelty to fign Pow- 
 ers to fevcral Pet ions for concluding on her behalf a Perni- 
 cious and Definitive Treaty or Convention on the faid Sub- 
 je& of Peace with France i and on or about the faid s^th 
 of September 1-711, a dimonourab'e Deitrudive and Fatal 
 Treaty, or Convention, was concluded and figned by the 
 faid Sieur Mefnager^ on ihe part of France, and by the Earl 
 of Dartmouth and the faid Vifcount, being then two of her 
 Majefly's Principal Secretaries of State, and of her Privy- 
 Council, on the pan: cf her Majclly, by virtue only of a 
 "Warrant, under her Maj^fty's Sign Manual, under the Sig- 
 net, dire&ed to themtelves, but not counterfigned, and 
 without the leaft Knowledge, or Participation of the Allies 9 
 in which Treaty the immediate Interefts of Great Britain 
 are given up to France, and the Duke of Anjou being there- 
 in admitted to remain King of Spain, the Ballance of Power, 
 and the Liberties of Europe were thrown into the Hands of 
 the Houle of our!m-n. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 That whereas h*r late Majefty Queen Anne^ did> on or 
 about the firlt of Ofto&er 1-711, 0. S. give Initrudions to 
 Thomas Earl of Straffurd, her Ainbaffador to the States Ge- 
 u?ral of the United Provinces-, to communicate to them cer- 
 tain Proportions of Peace, which had been contrived and 
 concerted between the faid Sieur Mefnager and the faid 
 Vifcount, and others, I milled, Preliminary Articlts on the 
 fart of France to come to a General Peace, together with-lier 
 Aiajeiiy's Sentiments and Kelolutions concerning the Profe- 
 cution and carrying on the War againit France and $t>ain t 
 in c..fe the States were defuous to carry on the faid War : 
 And whereas for feveral Years before, and till the faid Month 
 of (Jailer 1711, there was open War betweeh her late Ma- 
 jefty and the French King, and the faid War continuing for 
 ail the faid time and afterwards the French King, and his Sub- 
 A 4 jefts
 
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 jecls were Enemies to her late Majefty, he the laid Henry 
 Vifcount Boiinglnokt:, being then one of her Majefty's Prin- 
 cipal Secretaries of State, and one of her Majelly's Privy 
 Council, and a Subjeft of her faid Majelty, nut confidering 
 the Duty of his Allegiance, but having altogether with- 
 drawn the Cordial Love, and true and due Obedience which 
 every true and faithful Subjed owed to her faid Majefty, 
 and defigning to give Aid, and Succour, and to adhere to 
 the faid French King, agamft her faid Majefty, did, on or 
 about the id of 0<?0/w, 1711, during the laid War, Falfe- 
 jy, Wickedly, Malici^ully, and Trai.eroutly Aid, Help, 
 Afilft, and Adhere to the laid FrencbKing, and his Subjefts, 
 Enemies to her faid late Majefty, againft her faid late Ma- 
 jefly, and in Execution and Performance of his faid Aiding, 
 Aflifting, and Adhering, he did on or about the zd of Otto- 
 bev, 1*711, Fallely, Maliciouily, and Traiteroufly, dif- 
 clofe and coinmunicate her Majefty's laid Inftru&ions to her 
 laid A'mbaiTador, or was Privy to, and did advjfe, content, 
 or approve that the fame Ihould be, and accordingly the fame 
 \vere communicated, and dilclofed to the faid Sieut Mefnager^ 
 a Subject of the faid French King, and an Enemy to her late 
 Majefty j and in further Execution and Performance of his 
 faid aiding, affifting, and adhering, he, the faid Henry t 
 Vifcount Bolinghrakf) did, in and by a Letter or Writing, by 
 him wrote to Monfieur de Toicy, on or about the ^d of fjftoh 
 1-711, dil'clofe, commun cate, and notify, or did intend to 
 notify, to Monfieur de Torcy^ a Subjeft, Minifter, and Se- 
 cretary to the French King, and an Enemy to her late Maje- 
 ily, that the laid Sieur Alefnager was fully informed of her 
 Mijefty's laid Inftrudions to the Earl of Straford, thereby 
 falt'ely, mahciouily,- and traiterouilw informing and advifing 
 the laid Monfitur deTorcy^ from, what Perfon, and by what 
 jneans h might come to the Knowledge of her Majeity's laid 
 Initruclions, contrary to the Duty of his Allegiance, and the 
 .Laws and Statutes of this Realm. 
 
 A R T I C L E IV. % 
 
 That whereas her late Majefty Queen Anne, did, in or 
 about the Month of December 1*711, in due Form of Law, 
 under the Great Seal, conftitute the Right 'Reverend Join 
 Lord Biihop of t2slol t and Thomas Earl of Strafford, her 
 i iemp>ter,tiaries, with full Powers and Inllru&ions to meet, 
 treat, and conclude with the Plenipoientiaries of her Allies, 
 <nd thole whom the Frtncb King Ihould, on his part, depute 
 :. r that Pnrpoi'e, the Condition? of a Good snd General 
 Scacc: Ard rvfaereas his Imperial Majeity, their High
 
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 Mightineffes the States General of the United Provincsty and 
 other herMajefty's Allies, and the French King, having due. 
 ly conltituted and appointed their feveral and refpeflive Ple- 
 nipotentiaries for the Purpofes aforelaid, the Negociations 
 and Conferences for a General Peace were opened before 
 them at Utrecht, about the Months of January or February 
 1711, and the fame continued till the 4th of March 1711, 
 and afterwards: And whereas on the laid 4th of March 
 1-711, there was open War between her late Majefty and the 
 French King, and the fame having continued for leveral Years 
 before, and ac the fame time, and afterwards, the faid 
 French King and his Subjects were, during all the faid Time, 
 Enemies to her faidMajefty and her Subjefts, he, the faid 
 Henry, Vifcount Bolingbroke^ then being One of her Ma- 
 jefty's Principal Secretaries of State, and of her Privy-Coun- 
 cil, and a Subjed of her faid Majefty, not confidering the 
 Duty of his Allegiance, but having withdrawn his Duty and 
 Obedience from her faid Majefty, and confpiring and confe- 
 derating with the Enemies of her faid Majefty, and the Sub. 
 jefts of the faid French King, to give him Aid and Succour 
 againft her (aid Majefty, did, on or about the faid 4th Day 
 of March 17:1, falfely, wickedly, and traiteroully aid, 
 comfort, aflat, and adhere to the laid French King, againft 
 her laid Majefty, and in Execution and Performance of his 
 fajd aiding, aflifting, and adhering, he, the faid Vifcount, 
 did, on or about the laid /ith of March 171 1, falfely, mali- 
 eioufly, and traiteroully communicate and difclofe her faid 
 Majeity's Final Inftriidlions to her faid Plenipotentiaries, 
 relating to the faid Negociations of Peace, or was privy to, 
 and did advjfe and content, and approve that the fame mould 
 be, and accordingly the fame were communicated and dif- 
 clofed to Abbot Gaultier, an Agent and Emiflary of the faid 
 French King, and an Enemy of her laid Majefty j and in fur- 
 ther Execution and Performance ot his faia aiding, aflifting, 
 and adhering, he, the faid Henry, Vifcount Bohngbroke^ did 
 by a Letter or Writing wrote by himfelf, on or about the faid 
 4th of Marc^ fall'ely, maliciouily, and traiteroufly difclofe, 
 communicate, and notify, or did intend thereby to communi- 
 cate and notify, toMonfieur tie Torcj, a Minifter, Secretary 
 of State, and Subjeft uf the laid French King, and an Enemy 
 of her laid Majefty, that the faid Gaultier was informed of 
 her M;ijelly's laid Inftrudions to her faid Plenipotentiaries, 
 thereby falfely and traiteroully informing and advifing the 
 laid Monlleur de Torcy, by what means, and from what Per- 
 foils, he might have the Knowledge of her Majefty's faid 
 Inilruetiom, contrary to the Duty of his Allegiance and the 
 Laws and Statutes of this Realm. 
 
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 ARTICLE V. 
 
 That whereas the Sntes General of the United Province: 
 were, in or about the Months of September or Oftobcr in the 
 Year of our Lord 1712, in poifelHon of the ftrong and im- 
 portant Town and Fortrefs of Tournay^ and whereas the 
 French King had, during the Couri'e of the faid priv.iie. fepa- 
 r.ite, and traiterous Negotiation between him- t;:e i'.nd Hemy^ 
 Vilcount Solingbroke, and others, and tiie Mini'itrs of 
 France, fignified his Conftnt to the Minilters of .jte.it Bri- 
 tain, that the faid Town and Forirels of Tournay Ihould re- 
 main to the faid States General, as pirt of their Barrier 5 
 And whereas her Majefiy, in her Inftruftions of December^ 
 the 23d 1711, to her Plenipotentiaries at Utrecht, had ex- 
 pie fly directed them to infift with the Plenipotentiaries of 
 France-^ in the General CongreLs, that, towards forming a 
 fufficient Earner to the States General, Tour nay Ihould re- 
 main to their High Mightineffes, and did.afterwards declare 
 her felf conformably thereunto in her Speech to both Hou- 
 fes of Parliament, on the 6th of June i^ii, in wnich ihe 
 communicated to them the Terms whereon a Peace might 
 be made; and whereas forfeveral Ye.iis before, and till the 
 faid Months of September and O&ofar, in the Year of our 
 Lord 17 ix, there w.ts open War between her late Majeity 
 and the French King, and the faid War continuing for all 
 the laid Time, and afterwards the faid French King and his 
 Subjects, were Enemies to her Majelty, he, the laid Henry y 
 Vilcount Bolingbroke, then being one of her Majefty 's Prin- 
 cipal Secretaries of State, and of her Privy Council, and a 
 Subjeft of her faid M-ijelty, not confidering the Duty of 
 his Allegiance, but having altogether withdrawn the Cordial 
 Love, and true and due Obedience, which every true and 
 faithful Subject owed to her faid Majefty, and defigning to 
 give Aid and Succour, and to Adhere to the faid French King, 
 againft her faid Majeily, did in or about the Months of Sep- 
 tember oiOSober i7ix, during the faid War, faliely, malici- 
 oufty, wickedly and traiteroully, aid, help and aflift, a/id ad- 
 here to the French King, then an Enemy to her late Majeily, 
 againft her faid Majefty, and in Execution and Performance, 
 of the faid Aiding, Affifting, and Adhering, MaHcioully, 
 Faliely and Traiteroully, did Counfel and Advife the Cud E- 
 nemy, in what manner, and by what Methods the laid Im- 
 portant Town, and Fortrefs of Tournay, then in Pofieilion 
 of the States General, might be gained from them to the 
 French King, contrary to the Duty of his Allegiance, and 
 the Laws and Statutes of this Realm. 
 
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 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 That whereas her late Majefty Queen Anne, not only in 
 purfuance of the Treaties fhe Hood engaged in to her good 
 Allies, and in particular to his Imperial Majefty, for the 
 Recovery of the Monarchy of Sfain to the Houle of Au~ 
 Jlria, thereby to prefer ve a due Ballance of Power in Europe^ 
 but alfo from her juft Refentment again!! the Duke of 4njou t 
 who then ftiled himfelf King of Spain, and who, in Defiance 
 of her Majefty's Title to the Crown, had acknowledged 
 the Ptetender, as King of Great Britain^ and on thefe Juft 
 Foundations her Majefty had, in Vindication of the Honour 
 of the Crown, and in Juftice to her People, at a vail Ex. 
 pence of Blood and Treafure, and on the earneft and re- 
 peated Advices of her Parliament, profecuted a vigorous 
 War againft the faid Duke of Anjou ; And whereas in the 
 Years of our' Lord 1710, ITU, and iytz, the faid Open, 
 Bloody, and Expenfive War, was carried on between her 
 faid late Majefty Queen Anne, and the faid Duke of Anjou^ 
 and during all the time afbrefajd, the faid War d;d continue, 
 and for all that time the faid Duke of Anjou, ana the Sub- 
 jefts of Sfain > adhering to him, were Enemies of her late 
 Majefty, he, the faid Henry, Vifcount Bolinghokst then 
 being one of her Majefty's Principal Secretaries of State, 
 and of her Privy Council, and a Subjeft of her faid Maje- 
 fty, not confidering the Duty of his Allegiance, but having 
 withdrawn his due Obedience from her faid late Majefty, 
 did at feveral times, in the faid Years of our Lord 1710, 
 1-711, and i^iz, Falfely, Maliciouily, Wickedly, andTrai- 
 teroully, Aid, Help, Affift, and Adhere to the laid Duke of 
 Anjou, then an Enemy to her faid law Majefty,. and againft 
 her laid Ma'^fty, and in Execution and Performance of his 
 faid Aiding, Helping, and Affixing, and Adhering, and in 
 Confederacy and Combination with the then Enemies of 
 her late Majefty, and with divers other .wicked and evil 
 dilpoied Perlons, did at leveral times, in the Years afore- 
 faid, Advite and Counfel the Enemies of her late Majfty, a- 
 gainft her laid Majefty, and in fuch Counselling andAdvi- 
 iing, did concert with them and did promote the yielding, 
 anu giving up Sfain and the Weft -Indies, or tome part there- 
 of, to the faid Duke of Ari)ou, then in Enmity with her 
 Ma jelly, againft the Duty ot his Allegiance, and the Laws 
 and Statutes of this Realm. 
 
 AH which Crimes and Mifdemeanors, were committed 
 and done by him the faid //Hr)',VifcounH?0/w < j'0fe, againft 
 eur late Sovereign Lady the Queen, her Crown and Dignity,
 
 the Peace and Intereft of this Kingdom, and in Breach of 
 the ieveral Truits repofed in him the faid Vifcount, and he, 
 the faid Henry , Vifcount Bolingfaoke, was one of her Maje- 
 ily's Principal Secretaries of State, and one of her Privy 
 Council, during the time tint all and every the Crimes be- 
 fore fet forth, were done and Committed. 
 
 For which Matters and Things, the Knights, Citizens and 
 Burgefles of the Houfe of Commons in Parliament aflem* 
 bled, do in the Name of themfelves and of all the Commons 
 or Great Britain, Impeach the faid Henry, Vifoount Baling- 
 iroke, of High Trealbn, and other High Crimes and Mifde- 
 meanors in the faid Articles contained ^ and the laid Com- 
 mons, by Protection faving to themfelves the Liberty of 
 Exhibiting at any time hereafter, any other Accusations or 
 Impeachments againft the faid Henry, Vifcount Bolingfaoke, 
 and alt'o of replying to the Anfwers, which the faid Her.ry, 
 Vifcount Bolinghoke, {hall make to the Premifles, or any of 
 them, or to any Impeachment or Accufation, that ftiallbe by 
 them exhibited, according to the Courfe and Proceedings 
 of Parliament, do pray that the faid Henry, Vifcount Baling- 
 broke, be put to anlwer all and every the Premiffes $ and that 
 iuch Proceedings, Examinations, Tryals, and Judgments 
 may be upon the-.n, and every of them, had and uled, as 
 fhall be agreeable to Law and Juitice: And they do further 
 pray and Demand, That the faid Henry, Vilcount Bolingfojke, 
 may be Sequeltred from Parliament, an,d forthwith commit- 
 ted to fafe Cuitody. 
 
 No. C 
 
 ARTICLES of Impeachment of Higb'Trcafon, and otler 
 High Crimes and Mi f demeanors > againft James, Duke of 
 Ormonde. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 HAT whereas J.twa, Duke of Ormonde, in or about 
 . the Month of Apiil 1^12, being appointed General 
 or" the Forces in the Net berhndt of her late Majeity Queen 
 Anne, with Orders to profecute the War againil t't\ince with 
 all poITible Vigour, in Conjunclioa with her laid Majeity'.': 
 Alhe.^ and having, by her faid Mijeity's Direction, and in 
 he Name, given her faid Allies the molt folemn Ailurances t^ 
 thatPurpofe, was thereupon admitted into the Counfels, and 
 made privy to the moll fecret Deligns of the Gener.ils of the 
 Confederate Army againft the common Enemy, and of the 
 Measures they thought moil proper to carry on the War
 
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 with Success; and whereas, in the faid Year 17 ir, the faid 
 War was carried on between her faid lateMa jelly and the faid 
 French King, and during all the faid Year, the War did con- 
 tinue, and for all thatTime the faid French King and his Sub- 
 feds were Enemies of her late Majeity, he-, the faid Jamet^ 
 Duke of Ormonde^ the General of her Majefly's Army, and 
 aSubjed of herMajefty, not confidering the Duty of his Al- 
 legiance, but having withdrawn his true and due Obedience 
 from her faid late Majeity, and Aftedions from his Country, 
 did, during the faid War, falfely, maliciouily, wickedly, 
 and traiierouily aid, help, afiiit, and adhere to the faid 
 Fi encb King, againft her faid lateMajefty ; and in execution 
 of his faid aiding, helping, and adhering malicicoufly, falfely, 
 and traiteroufly, contrary totheDutyof his Allegiance, and 
 the Laws and Statutes of thisRe'alm, did, on or about the 
 26th of May i"]ii, fend private Intelligence and informa- 
 tion to Mareichai Pillar t, then an Enemy to her faid late Ma- 
 jelly, and General of the French King's Army, againli her 
 Majeity and her Allies, of a March the Army of her faid 
 late Majeity and her Allies was then going to make, and of 
 the Deugus of the laid Army in making the March. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 That whereas in or about the Month of May 
 traiterous Defign was 'carried on between Henry St. 
 Efq; One of her faid late Majeily's Pjiucipal Secretaries of 
 State, and other evil-dilpoled Peri'ons, ana the Miniilers of 
 France to defeat the juil Expectations of the great Advan- 
 tages over the common Enemy, her M..jsity and the Nation 
 had the icalon to hope for, from the great Superiority of the 
 Confederate Forces in the' Netherlands^ to obtain xvhich very 
 large Sums of Money had been cheei fully given by the Parlia* 
 mciit , .',nd to that end, the faid Henry St . John had given 
 lecret Ail'urances to the French Miniilers, that Her Majetty's 
 General in the Netherlands (tho' under the molt folemn En- 
 gagements to ad vigor^uily in concert with the Allies) mould 
 not ad againft France:, and hau allo engaged the laid James, 
 Duke of Ormonde, to concur in the laid wicked Puipofe, 
 which evil Pr.. dices of the faid Henry St. John and others, 
 when they were firft fufpeded, giving the greateil Alarm 10 
 the Minds of the Allies, to the Parliament, and to the whole 
 Kingdom, and being thereupon openly disavowed by all the 
 Ccufpiratursin the moll pubhck manner, he, the laid James, 
 Duke of (hmonde, in order to dilguife, and conceal from her 
 laid late M..jefty, nnd the whole Kir.gdom, ihe laid traite- 
 rous Detigns then carried on by the laid Henry St. Joln^ and 

 
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 other falfe Traitors to her Majefty and their Country, in 
 A id and Comfort of the French King, then in open War 
 with, and an Enemy of her faid late M.jefty, did, by his 
 Letter of the X5th of May i*]ix, to the laid Henry St. Join, 
 then her Majeity's Principal Secretary of State, called his 
 Pnblick Letter, becaufe prepared and intended to be read be- 
 fore her faid Majefty and her Council, wickedly, falfely, 
 and treacheroufly abufe and impofe upon her faid Majefty ani 
 her Council, by affirming and declaring therein, That if he 
 found an Opportunity to bring the Enemy to a Battel, he 
 ihould not decline it, altho' by a private Letter writ by the 
 faid James, Duke of Ormonde, of the fame Date, and to the 
 faid Henry St- Join, defigned to be read to the faid Henry 
 St. Join and the Confpirators only, he, the laid James, Duke 
 of Ormonde, did, on the contrary, wickedly promife and en- 
 gage, that he would not attack or molelt the French Army, 
 or engage in any Siege againft Fiance. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 That he the faid James, Duke" of Ormonde, in or about 
 the Month of June 1712, being at that time General of her 
 Majefty's Forces againit France, and a Subjeft of her Maje- 
 fty, not confidering the Duty of his Allegiance, but having 
 altogether withdrawn the cordial Love- and due Obedience 
 which every faithful Subjeft owed to her faid Majeity, and 
 devoting himfelf to the Service of France, and defigning to 
 give Aid and Comfort to the French King and his Subjects, 
 then in open War with, and Enemies to her faid late Maje- 
 fty, in Violation of the many Treaties of Alliance between 
 Cheat Britain and feveral other Princes and States, for car- 
 jying on the War againft France, and of the faid Inflruftions 
 to him on or about the ^th of Afril 1-712,, under the Sign 
 manual, in purluance thereof, and of the folemn Declara. 
 tion he had but lately before, by her faid Majefty's Com- 
 mand, and in her Name, made to^the Penfionary of Holland, 
 and the Generals of the Confederate Army, to pufli c* the 
 War with all poffible Vigour : And alfo in open and mjnifeft 
 Violation of the laft Order, fern him by a Letter from the 
 faid Henry St. John, on or about the ^th of June i^iz, 
 whereby the faid James, Duke of Ormonde, was directed to 
 make no Ceflation of Arms with the French, unlefs the Arti- 
 cles demanded by her Majcfly, and exprefly mentioned and 
 fet down in the faid Letter for the faid Ceffation, ftould be 
 complied with by France ; and whereby he the faid James, 
 Duke of Ormonde, was likewife further exprefly directed and 
 told, that in cafe the Conditions therein memion'd were not 
 
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 complied with by France, that then he was entirely free Frortl 
 Restraint, and at Liberty to take all reasonable Meafures in 
 his Power, for annoying the Enemy-, and at full Liberty of 
 afting againft France, did, on or about the i$th of Junt 
 aforelaid, falfely, maliciouily, wickedly, and traiteroufly aid, 
 help, afllft, and adhere to the French King, againlt her faid 
 lateMaj-fty, and then in open Warwithher Majefiy : And 
 in execution of the laid aiding and affiuing, helping and 
 adhering to, and in purfuance of a wicked Promife he had 
 fecretly made the fame Day to Marefcihal yilhrs, General of 
 the French Army, to that purpofe, maliciouily, fdfely, and 
 traiterouily, contrary to the Duty of his Allegiance, and the 
 Laws and Statutes of this Realm, did advile and endeavour 
 to peit'wade the Generals of the Confederate Army againft 
 France, and the Deputies of the States General, to rail'e the 
 Siege of ^nefnoy, a French Town then betieg'd by them j and 
 did then further traiteroully and wickedly refale to aft any 
 longer againil France ; and then alfo traiterouuy and wic- 
 kedly told tht faid Generals of the f.id Confederate Army, 
 and the laid States Deputies, that he could no longer cover 
 the Siege of Quefnoy, but was obliged by his Inftruftions to 
 march off with the Queen's Troops, and thofe in her Maje 
 fly's Pay : Wnereas in Truth, and the Commons exprelly 
 charge, that he, the t'aid James, Duke of Ormonde-) did trai- 
 terouily and wickedly make the laid Declaration, and refufed 
 to aft againft France, in manifeit Conradiftjon, not only to 
 his Original OrdefS, but alfo of the laid Letter to him of the 
 71!! of June, from the laid Henry St. Join, hnce none of the 
 Articles demanded by her Majefiy for a Ceflation of Arms, 
 and exprels'd in the Isid Letter to be the Condition without 
 which no Ceflation of Arms was to be made, had been com- 
 plied with by ihe French. And in further Execution of his 
 laid trail erousDefigns, he, the laid James, Duke of Ormonde 
 by a Letter to the faid Marefchal Villars, on the ^4th of 
 June aforefaid, did traiterouily, and wickedly fend Intelli- 
 gence to the faid Mare fchal Vi liar s of the beforementionM 
 Paffages, between the laid James t Duke of Ormonde, and the 
 Generals of the Confederate Army, and the States Deputies, 
 and how his Propofnious were received by them , and alt'o 
 of the Difpofition heobferved in the Foreign Troops to adhere 
 to the laid Confederates in cafe of a Separation by the 
 Troops of Ureat Britain. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 That he, the faid James, Duke of Ormonde, did not only 
 wickedly, and faliely affirm to the Generals of the Confe- 
 derate Army, and the States Deputies, that his Refufal to 
 
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 any longer againft France, and to cover the Siege of 
 was in pursuance of the Instructions he bad receiv'd 
 
 for that purpofe ;but alfo to induce the faid Generals of the 
 Confederate Array, and the States Deputies to comply with. 
 his Propofal to them to abandon the faid Siege j he the faid 
 James Duke of Ormonde^ did wickedly reprelent their Com- 
 pliance therein as the moft effectual way to induce her faid 
 Majefty to take care of the faid Confederates Interefts at 
 the Peace, whereby the faid James, Duke of Ormonde, did 
 in effeft, threaten her faid Ma jetty's good Friends aud Allies, 
 that unlefs they would difhonourably abandon an Enterprize 
 undertaken by common Confent, and thereby fave a ftrong 
 Fortrefs and numerous Garrifon of the Enemy, they were 
 not to expeft that her Majeity would take Care of their In- 
 icrefts at the General Peace. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 That he the faid James, Duke of Ormonde, having re- 
 ceiv'd a Letter dated on or about the I4th of July 1712 from 
 the faid Marefchal ViHart, the French General, detiring to 
 be inform'd what Troops remained with the Confederate 
 Army, or what Troops and Generals march'd off from him, 
 the faid Duke, and declaring at the Tame Time, that the 
 Realbn of the Enquiry was in order to fall upon, and at- 
 tack the faid Confederate Army i he the laid James-, Duk 
 of Ormonde, on or about the i6th of July 1711, did Iraite- 
 roufly and Wickedly, contrary to the Duty of a Good and 
 Faithful Subject, and contrary to his Allegiance, and the 
 Laws and Statutes of this Realm, aid, help, afUtt and ad- 
 here to the laid French King and his Subjects, againft her 
 faid late Majefty, and then in open War with, and Enemies 
 to her faid late Majefty : And in Execution of his faid 
 aiding, helping, afliuing, and adhering, He the faid James^ 
 Duke of Onnonde, on or about the faid i6th Day of July 
 17120 did traiteroully fend fecret Intelligence to the laid 
 Alarefchal ViUars^ the General of the French Army, of the 
 Number of the Troops that had left the laid Confederate Ar- 
 my, and alfo of the march the faid Confederate Army had 
 that Morning made. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 And whereas he the faid James, Duke of Ormonde* had 
 received Advice, that the States General, on or about the 
 Month of Oftober 17 n. had formed a Defign to furprize 
 and take the Towns of Newport and Furnes, or one of them 
 then in po lie (lion of the French King : That he the laid 
 Jamet) Duke of Ormonde-) intending to ftren^ihen the Hands 
 
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 of the common Enemy by declaring the fud Enterpnze ; 
 did on or about the nit D.iy of Ofttber l^it. in a Letter tci 
 the faid Henry St. John, then Vilcount Bolinglroke^ wicked. 
 ly and bafely luggelt 10 advife her late Majeliy to fend fecret 
 Intelligence of it to betray the faid Counfels and Deiignsof 
 her good and faithful Allies the States General to the French 
 General, then in War with, and an tnemy to her Majdty ^ 
 and did further wickedly and bafely iuggeit the means ofi 
 putting the laid Treachery in Execution, by giving private 
 Intelligence of the Delign to the Lid Marelclui l^ilhrs. 
 
 All which Crimes and Mifdemeanors were committed, and 
 done by him the laid J.unes Duke of Qvmonde, againft our 
 lite Sovereign Lady the Queen, her Crjwn and Dignity, the 
 Peace and Incerelt of this Kingdom, and- in Breach or" the 
 feveral Trulls repoled in him, the laid Duke. 
 
 And he, the laid James Duke of Ormonde, was General of. 
 her Mijeity's Forces in the Netherlands, and one of her 
 Privy Council, during the time that all and every the Crimes 
 before let forth were done and committed. 
 
 For whicn Matters and Things, the Knights, Citizens, and 
 BurgelTes of the Houfe of Commons in Parliament ailcinbled, 
 do, in the Name of themfelves, and of all the Commons of 
 Great Britain^ impeach the faid J'ames Duke of Ormonde^ of. 
 HighTreafon, and other High Crimes and MiLdemeanors in- 
 the laid Articles contained. And the Commons by Protefta- 
 tion favingto them.elves the Liberty ro exhibit at any time 
 hereafter, any other Aucufuions or Impeachments agamlt 
 the laid James Duke of Ormonde., and alto of replying to the 
 Anlwers, which the laid Duke fhall make to the Premifes, , 
 or any of them, or to any Impeachment or Acculation 
 that m.ill be by them exhibited, according to the Courfe 
 and Proceedings of Parliament, do pray, that the laid James 
 Duke of Ormonde, be put to anfwer all and every of the 
 Premifes; and that luch Proceedings, txamitutions, Trials 
 and Judgments may be upon them, and every of them had 
 and ufed, as fhall be agreeable to Law and Juilice. And 
 they do farther pray and demand, That the laid Jama Duke * 
 of Ormonde, may be lequeltred from Parliament, and forth- 
 with committed to lafe Cuitody. 
 
 The Earl of M A K'J Declaration. 
 
 OUR Rightful and Natural King James the Eighth, by 
 the Grace of Gcd, who is now coming to relieve us 
 fiOin our Opprefiions, having been plealedto intrult us with 
 B the
 
 the Dire&ion of his Affairs, and the Command of his 
 Forces in this his ancient Kingdom of Scotland : And Tome 
 of his Faithful Subjects and Servants met at Akoyne, viz. 
 The Lord Hitnthy, the Lord TuHibardi nc, the Earl Marifclal, 
 the Earl of Soutbejk, Glhgary from the Clans, Glenderule 
 from the Earl of Broaddbine^ and Gentlemen of Anglejkne, 
 Mr. Patrick Lyon of Aucbterlonfe, the Laird of Auldbair, 
 Lieutenant General George Hamilton, Major General Gordon, 
 and my lelf^ having taken into Confideration his Majefty's 
 laft and late Oiders to us, find, that as this is now the 
 Time that he ordered us to appear openly in Arms for 
 him, to it feems to us abfolutely neceffary for his Majeity's 
 Service, and the relieving of our Native Country fioui all 
 it.^ Hardmip s that all his faithful and loving Subject and 
 Lovers of their Country, mould with all poffible Speed put 
 themtelves into Arms. 
 
 Thefe are therefore, in his Majefty's Name and Authori- 
 ty, and by Virtue of the Power afoiefaid, and by the King's 
 fpecial Order to me thereunto, to require and impower you 
 forthwith to raife your Fencible Men, with their belt Arms, 
 and you are immediately to march them to jo-n me andfome 
 other of the King's Forces, at the Invor of Brae-mar-, on 
 Monday next, in order to proceed in cur march to attend 
 the King's Standard, with his other Forces. 
 
 The King intending that his Forces ihall be paid from 
 the Time of thejr fetting out, he exped. , as he pofitively 
 orders, that they behave themfelves civilly, and commit no 
 Plundering nor other Dit'orders, upon the higheit Penalties 
 and his Dilpleafure, which is expecied you'll lee obferved. 
 
 Now is the Time for all good Men to Ihew their Zeal for 
 his Majefty s Service, whofe Caule is to deeply concerned, 
 and the Relief of our Native Country from Opprtfiion and 
 a Foreign Yoke, too he <vy for us and our Poiiericy to bear, 
 and to endeavour the seflorijig not only of our Rightful and 
 Native King but alfo our Country to its ancient, free, 
 and independeal Conftitution, under him whole Anceftors 
 have reigned over is for to many Generations. 
 
 In to honourable, good, and jiul a Caufe, we cannot 
 doubt of the Afilftance, Direction, and BlelTing of Almighty 
 God, who has fo often refcued the Royal Family of Stuarts^ 
 and our Country from finking under Oppreflion. 
 
 Your punctual Obfervance ot thefe Orders is expecled, for 
 the doing of all which, this {hill be to you, and all you 
 employ in the Execution of them, a fufiicient Warrant. 
 
 To the BaiUie and, the reft of the Given at Brae-mar the 
 
 Gemlemen of the Lordfbip of oth of Sept. 2115. 
 
 KUdrurnaiy, MAR. 
 
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 N. D. 
 
 MANIFESTO ly tie Noblemen^ Gentlemen, and others, wlo 
 dutifully appear at this Time in averting the undoubted Right 
 of their Law fill Sovereign, James the Eighth, by the Grace 
 of God, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland, 
 Defender of the Faith> &C. and for relieving this his ancient 
 Kingdom from the OppteJJiom and Grievances it lies under. 
 
 HIS Majefty's Right of Blood to the Crowns of thefe 
 Realms, is undoubted, and has never been difputed or 
 arraign'd by the leaft Circumftance or Lawful Authority. 
 
 By the Laws of God, by the ancknt Constitutions, and .by 
 the pofitive unrepeal'd Laws of the Land, we are bound to- 
 pay his Majefty the Duty of loyal Subjefts^.No hing can 
 abfolve us from this our Duty of jubjedion ; nd Obedience. 
 -The Laws of God require our Allegiance to our Rightful 
 King, the Laws of the Land tecure our Religion and other 
 Interests ; and his Majelty giving up himielf to the Support 
 <jf his Proteflant Subjeas, puts the Means of fecuring to us 
 our Concerns Religious and Civil, in our own Hands. 
 
 Our Fundamental Conftitution has been entirely alrer'J, 
 and funk, amidit the various Shocks of unitable Fattion, 
 while, in the fearching out new Expedients, pretended for 
 our Security, it has produc'd nothing but daily Difappoint- 
 ments, and has brought us and our Polterity under a preca- 
 rious Depend/mce upon Foreign Councils and Iniereits, and 
 the Power of Foreign Troops. 
 
 The late unhappy Union, which was brought about by the 
 miftaken Notions of Lome, and the Ruinous and Selfifh De* 
 figns of others, has prov'd fo far fiom leffening and healing 
 the Differences betwixt his Majelty 'sSubjeds of Scotland 
 and England^ that it has widen'd and increas'd them } and it 
 appears, by Experience, fo inconliftent with the Rights, 
 Privileges, and Interests of Us, and our good Neighbours and 
 Fellow Subjects of England, that the Continuance of it muft 
 inevitably Ruin us, and Hurt them, nor can any way be 
 found out to relieve us, and reftore our Ancient and Inde- 
 pendent Conftitution, but by reitoring our Rightful and Na- 
 tural King, who his the only undoubted Right to Reign 
 over us j neither can we hope that the Party, who chiefly 
 contribute to bring us into Bondage, wilL at any time, en- 
 deavour to work our Relief, iince it's known how Itrenu- 
 oufly they oppos'd, in Two Late Inftances, the Efforts that 
 were made by all Scotfmen, by themselves, and tupported by 
 the Beit and Wileft of the Englfl, towards Co deU'rable an 
 End, as they will not adventure openly to diibwn the Ditlb, 
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 OurSubftance has been wafted in the late ruinous Wars, 
 and we tee an unavoidable ProfpeCl of having Wars coin . u'a 
 on us, and our Polieuty, to long as the Poffeflicn of the 
 Crown is not in the Right Line. 
 
 The Hereditary Rights of the Subjects, tho' confirmed by 
 Conventions and Parliaments, are now trea.ed a<= of no Va- 
 lue or Force; and pait Service? to theCr >wn and Roy.tl Fa~ 
 inily-) are now look'd upon as Grounds of Sufpicion. 
 
 A p ck'd-up ^ffembly who ^all theiiKel/' s a rit;/b Par- 
 liament, have, fo far as in them lies, inhumanly murderM 
 their own and our Sovereign, by prooiifing a gre-tt bum of 
 Money as che Reward of lo execrable a Crime. 
 
 They have ptolciib'd, by Unaccountable and Groundless 
 Impeachments and Attainaers, /i.e worthy Patriots of -Eng- 
 land, for thefr honourable and iucceisful Endeavours to re- 
 llore Trade, Plenty, and Peace to theie Nations. 
 
 They have broken in upon the 1'acred Laws of Both Conn- 
 -tries, by which the Liberty of our Perluns was fecur'd , they 
 s .have impowei'd a Foreign Prince (who, notwithftandjiig of 
 his >.ptftttiuns of the Crown fur 15 Ye.irs, is lull unac- 
 auaJHted with our Manners, Cuitoms, and Language^ to make 
 an abfolute Conqueit fit not timouiiy preventer) of the three 
 Kingdoms, by inverting himielf with &n uaairiited Power, 
 not only of railing unneccffary Forces at Home, but alio of 
 calling m Foreign Troops, ready to promote his uncontroU- 
 ble Dcligns: Nor can we be ever hopeful of its being other- 
 wiie, in the way it is in at prelent, for Ibme Generations to 
 coire. And the lad Contequences of thefe tiuexamplcd Pro- 
 "ceftd : ing:s have really been to fatal to great Numbers of 'our 
 Xinfmeii, Friends, and Fellow-Subje&s of Botn Kingdoms, 
 that they have beeii conftrain'd to abandon their Country, 
 Kouies, Wives, arid Children, or give themfelves up Pri- 
 ioneii, and perhaps ^ r ictims, to be lacnfic'tl at the Piealure 
 of Fo-eigneis, and a few hot-headed Men, of a reiUeis 
 Faction, whom they employ. 
 
 Ourlroops abroad, notwithftandiiig of their long and 
 reinaikable good Services, have been treated, iince the 
 Pea^e, \\ich Neglect and Contempt, and particularly in Hol- 
 land? and it's not now the Omccrs long Service, Merit,and 
 Biood they have iolt, but Money and Favour Ly whiJi they 
 can obtain j^ultice in theii Preferments j io that it i evi- 
 dent the Satcty of his fyiajsity's Petion, and. Independency 
 of his Kingcoms, call iouuiy for immediate Relief and 
 Defence. 
 
 'i ne CcniivJerstion of thefe unhappy Circumflances, with 
 
 the due Regard we have to common Juiiicje, the Peace and 
 
 Quiet of Ui, and our Poiteiity, and our Duty to his Maje- 
 
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 fly and his Commands, are the powerful Motives which hnve 
 engaged us in our.;pment Undert .king, wnich we are-.finniy 
 anu ne rtily refolv\;;to puui to the utmoit, and itand- by one 
 ano i;er to the lilt Extremity, as the only iblid and effectual 
 ir.e;uis or putting an end to lo dieadtul a Prolpedt ^ as by our 
 prelem Siuiation weii-ve before our E./es: And with faith- 
 ful He.rt?. true to our only Kighttul King, our Country, and 
 our Neighbour.-. We earntitiy beieecn and expect fas his 
 M^jeity Comm -nds) the Aifi.t uice of all our true fellow 
 Subjects to Second this our hut Attempt declaring hi-reby 
 our iinceie intentions thu u e vili promote, and concur in 
 all lawful means, for ictthng a Jailing Peace to thete Lands, 
 under ttie Aulpicious Government of our \acive Born 
 Kjgh:hil Sovereign, the Dirt&ion of our own DomeUick 
 Councils, and tne Protedion ol" our Native Forces and 
 Troops. 
 
 That we will, , in the fame manner concur and endeavour 
 to have our Laws, Liberties, and Properties lecur'd by the 
 Parliaments of both Kingdoms ; That by the Wifdom of 
 tuch Parliaments, We wiil end--;ivour to have iucnLaws e- 
 nacted v as ihallgive abtxjlute Scctir.ty to us, and future A- 
 ges, for the PtotejLint Religion, aga.jnd aii Efforts of Ar- 
 .bitrary Power, i^opery, and all jis other Enemies. Nor 
 -have we any region to be diiuuitt'ul of the Goocinelsof God, 
 the i rut and. Purity of our i;oly Religion, or the known 
 EXvelitncy of i>is Majefty's Judg;neiit, as not to hope, that 
 in due time, good- Example, and Convertation with our 
 Leuned Uivines, will'rernove thefe P'-ejurtices, which we 
 Xnow hi^. Education in a Bopijh Country, h.*s not rivetted 
 in his Royal dilcerning Mindj And we are lure, as Juitice 
 is a Vertue in ah Re.jgivns., and Piofcilions, lo the doing of 
 it rohnri, wilt not iefien nis good Opinion of ours, 
 
 Th>.c as tlieKngij. w.ill.ng to give his Royai Indemnity 
 foi' .til that i-> p,iU, lo h- will cueerfuily concur in pafTmg 
 General Acts of _ OUiiyioii; that our fellow Subjeds, v/iu> 
 h,p/e b,een millqd, may h*ve a f.ut Opportunity of livjng 
 -WKJiu:,, in tae (.tuie Encuaiy manner, we delign to live in 
 w;th them, 
 
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 at 
 as 
 thole of England. 
 
 Tn.it we will lincerely and heartily go into fuchmeaftires? 
 as lhail maintain effectually an.i ellabhlh a right, firm, a:i>i 
 laiting Union, betwixt his Majeily's ancient Kingdom of 
 Scotland^ and our good Neighbours and Fellow Subjects of 
 tiie Kingdom of England. 
 
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 . Tnat we will ufe our Endeavours, for redreffing^ frt I 
 .Uiage of our froops abroad, and bringing i he Troops 
 h ' i:c to be on <h-j iame Foot and EiUibhlumeiit of Pay,
 
 The Peace of thefe Nations being thus fettled, and we 
 freed from Foreign Dangers, we will uf our Endeavours 
 to have the Army reduc'd to the ufiul Number of Guards 
 and Garrifons j And will concur in fuch Laws and Methods 
 as fhail relieve us of the heavy Taxes and Debts now lying 
 upon us and at the fame time will fupport the Publick Cre- 
 dit in all its Parts. 
 
 And we hereby faithfully promife and engage, That every 
 Officer, who joins with us, in our King and Country's 
 Caufe, {hill not only enjoy the fune Poft he now does, but 
 fhall be advanced and p.-eferred according to his Rank and 
 Station, and the number of Men he brings off with him to 
 us, and each Foot Soldier fo joining us, lhali have Twenty 
 Shillings Sterling, and each Trooper or Dragoon, who brings 
 Hoife and Accoutrements along with him > Twelve Pound 
 Sterling Gratuity, befides their Pay. 
 
 And in general, we fhall concur with all our fellow Sub- 
 jefts, in fuch meafures, as Ihallmakeus flourifli at home, and 
 be formidable Abroad, under our Rightful Sovereign, and 
 the peaceable Harmony of our ancient Fundamental Conlti- 
 tution, undiiturb'd by a Pretender's Interests and Councils 
 from Abroad, or a reftlefs Faction at Home. 
 
 In io Honourable, fo Good, and Juit a Caufe, We do not 
 doubt of the Affiitance, Dire&ion, and Bleffing of Almighty 
 God, who has fo often Succour'd the Royal Family of 
 Stu.irts- and our Country, from finking under Oppreffion. 
 
 Mr. Walpole's Report from tie Committee of Secrecy. 
 
 TH.it the faid Committee having, purfuant to the Orders 
 and Powers given to them by this Houfe, proceeded 
 to examine Thomas Harley. Eiq, (who was fworn by fuch 
 Members of the faid Committee, as are Juitices of Peace 
 f.r the County of Middlefex and City of ffettminsler.) And 
 thi; ( omnuttee conceiving that the faid Mr. Hurley had very 
 much prev.Tic;ited in hi* Examination, the faid Committee 
 h<u directed, That tome Extrads of Letters relating to the 
 faid Mr. Haihj (which g-tve Occafion to the laid Examina- 
 tion) and likewiie a Copy of the Depofition of Mr. Hurley^ 
 fhouid be laid before the Houfe } which he read in his 
 Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where the 
 fame was read, as follows ; 
 
 &X4
 
 Extraft of a Letter from Mr. St. Johnfo tie Lords Plcnipotc&- 
 tiaries at Utrecht, the i6tb of February 1711-12,, 
 
 THO' I have a great deal more to fay, in order to explain 
 clearly to your Lordfhips the pretent Situation of the 
 Queen's D,meftick Affairs, and the Mealures which Ihe pro- 
 poles your Lordfhips fhould puriue towards effeding your 
 great Work, under all the Difficulties which are thrown in 
 the Way, than can be contained in the Compafs of a rea- 
 fonable Letter, yet I fhould by this Mefieiiger have enter'd 
 into all that Detnil, had not the Resolution been taken of 
 finally intruding Mr. Hurley on Monday^ in the View of 
 difpatching him on Tuefday. 
 
 It were to be wifhed, that this .Gentleman could have 
 been fooner fent both lo.Utreclt and no Hanover ; bur "the 
 Hurry which we have been for fome time in is inexpreffible, 
 aiK> he was too ufeful to be (pared, till the Houfe of Com- 
 mon^ was perfectly lecured to the Queen's In te reft, and to 
 the Mealures of Peace. I think I may fay they are abfo- 
 lutely fo now. 
 
 Your Lordfhips will have this Matter fully opened to you 
 by Mr. Harley, 
 
 ExtraS of a Letter from tie Lords Plenipotentiaries to Mr. Se- 
 cretary St. John, tie $tb of March 1711, N. 
 
 Y Our Favour of the i6th part, under your own Hand, 
 gives us Hopes of feeing Mr. Harley here very foon, 
 and of receiving by him fuch Oi'ders as may en.-blc us to fix 
 on fomething more certain than hitherto we could do. 
 
 ExtraS of a Letter from Mr. Secretary St. John to tie Lor Js 
 Plenipotentiaries^ the qtb #/ March 1-711-11. 
 
 Find your Lordfhips, in the private Letter of the Fifth of 
 this Month, which you honour'd me with by 
 
 I 
 
 under fome Impatience for the Arrival of Mr. Harley. And 
 I am very far from wond'ring at you for it, iince, in your 
 prefent Situation, you run the Kifque of having the Game 
 taken out of your Hands by others, and are in no tort able 
 to play it on your feives. 
 
 This evil Circumfiunce will new be very foon cured. Mr. 
 
 Harley goes away tomorrow, and your Lordfhips will be 
 
 much better informed of the Queen's Intentions by what he 
 
 will have the Honour to fay to you, than you could poffibly 
 
 have been by ten Reams of written Inflrudions, 
 
 S 4 *
 
 (24) 
 
 Extratt of a Letter from Mr. St. John to Monjievr de Torcy, 
 Secretary of State to tie French King, the Fourth of March 
 i-ji i i) 0. S 
 
 I Should be afhamed, Sir, to have fo long deferred an- 
 fwering your Letters, if [did not believe I was able to 
 alledge in my Juftification a good Reafon, and which you will 
 not difapprove. In a Word, I was willing to write to you 
 with Certainty, and for that end 1 was obliged to ftay till 
 the Mimflers of the Emperor and of the Republick of Hol- 
 land had more openly fhewn their Game, till the neceffary 
 Difpolitiotis were made among our People , and in fhort, 
 till the Queen had taken the only Reiblution which could 
 bring us, in a little Time, to a good and [olid Peace. 
 
 I have now the Satisfaction to teH you, That this Refolu- 
 tion is taken, and that Mr. Harley will fet out^ this Eve. 
 ning, or to morrow-morning, with the Final Inflruftions of 
 the Queen to her Plenipotentiaries. 
 
 You \vjll give me Leave to refer my Celf to the Sieur 
 Gaultitr to explain to you more at large the Subject of this 
 Gent'eman's Cominiffion, and what the Queen hopes His 
 Most Christian Ma jetty will do to co-operate with Her. 
 
 Extract of a Letter from Mr. St- John to the Lords Plenipo- 
 ttntiaries, the ^6th of March 17 ii. 
 
 MR. H.irley is, I make no doubt, long before this, with 
 your Lordmips, and I hope he has fully explained the 
 Queen's Dehres and Views to you, at Jeaft he is amply in- 
 ftrufted in rhem as I ?m able to inform him. The Condud 
 of tliis Matter is in lo good Hands, that I am hopeful an 
 Antvver.ible tvent may be expeded. 
 
 fxtrafl of a Letter from theLords Plenipotentiaries to Mr.St* 
 jo;in, ilc 6th of April 17 iz. 
 
 MR. H.ivley has been here thefe Three Days, and Ye- 
 iterday Mr. G r caine to fee us, having arrived 
 
 the Njglu before. 
 
 Extract of .1 Letter from the Lords Plenipotentiaries to Mr. St. 
 John, the #tb of April 17 iz. 
 
 OUR. laft of the rfth acquainted you, that fome People 
 hid been diUppointed that Day in their Expeditions 
 ot Lie-iking this Congieis, which we hope may be carried 
 on, and produce the good Efix&s jnteiided. 
 
 That
 
 That Evening, after we had received amp*e Tnformatioris 
 from Mr. Heirley-, and alfo fpoken with ivlr. Gnultier-, we 
 had a long Conference with the French Plenipotentiaries 
 upon the Projeft that was Cent you the jid, where f we a- 
 gain incloled a Copy, with fuch Remarks as, .tftei all we 
 could urge, the French Minifters infilled on. 
 
 The 15 fer Cent, they will by no means allow to extend 
 to other Goods, than Luch as come into Sfain in order to be 
 t rant ported into America. 
 
 Mr. Harley thinks it may be requifite to let fall that 
 whole ^retention, and fettle Commerce on the Fo.ot it flood 
 itt theTime of KifigCbarlct the Second of Spring and that 
 the only Ule we need make of the Fifteen fer Cent, is to 
 get fometning for it another way, which we fhall be glad 
 to he .r from you, for in that Cafe our Work with the Dutch 
 will become a good deal caller. 
 
 Copy of tit Examination of Thomas Harley, Efq; taken be- 
 fore the Right Honourable Hugh Bofcawen, Efa, Comp- 
 troller of His Majesty* t Houjkold^ and one of his Majejty's 
 Justices of the Peace for the County of Middiefex, at the 
 Committee of Secrecy, 
 
 THE Examinant faith, That when he firfl was fent A- 
 broad, in or about March i7ii--iz, he was fent by 
 the Queen* s exprels Commands, who was pleafed to fpeafc 
 Her telf very particularly to him : That her M-i'jelty order'd 
 the Secretary of State to m.ike fuch Powers as were necef- 
 fary to be given to him, but would make it eafy to him, 
 and without any Formality: That Directions were given 
 for full Powers, which this Examinant left in the Office, 
 where he thought they would be mofr. lafe : That he never 
 received any Powers, nor ever faw the ; m but at his own 
 Choice went Abroad without Powers : That the Queen or. 
 desed thit this Examinant mould have an Account of the 
 State of Affairs, to be communicated by him to fuch Per- 
 fons as he was to Difcourfe with Abroad : That he received 
 from leveral Offices feveral Papers relating to the Revenue, 
 and other Matters touching the then Situation of Affairs, 
 from which the Queen was pleafed to order him to inform 
 himlc-lf as well as he could, that he might be able to explain 
 hiinfelf when he went :, and, in particular, when he came 
 to the Hague, he was to giVe the Penfionary an Account of 
 the S ate of Affairs, and toufe the bed Arguments he could 
 to haiten the Peace i but he does not know whether he has 
 aoy of thofe Papers now by him, and does not remember 
 that he had any particular Inilructions for himfelf, except 
 
 from
 
 from thofe Papers, but what he receix'ed from the Queen's 
 own Mouih, the Particulars whereof he cannot at preient 
 charge his Memory with, except as above mentioned: That 
 he did not produce at the Hague, or At Uttecht, any Creden- 
 tial Letter from the Queen or any of Her Miniiters : That 
 he had no Orders to tranfad or negociate any thing relating 
 to the Peace with any Foreign Mimller ; and that he did 
 not tranfad or negociate any thing relating to the Peace 
 with any Foreign Minitter j That he did not, to his Know- 
 ledge, carry over any Plan, Projecl, or Scheme of a Peace ; 
 and that he did not tranfaft any thing at Utrecht with Ab- 
 bot Gaultier, nor confer with him either there or before 
 he went from England: That he doe? not remember lie had 
 any Orders from the Queen, or any of Her Minifters, rela- 
 ting to the Fifteen fer Cent, and that he doth not remember 
 that he did fignify any Orders to the Queen's Plenipoten. 
 tiaries concerning it ; and that he does not remember any 
 thing at all about the Fifteen fer Cent. That he ftaid in 
 Holland till he had the Queen's Order to go forward, fignified 
 by the Secretary of State : That he icceiv'd feveral Letters 
 Vhilft he was abroad, but from whom in particular he can- 
 not remember j and that he wrote feveral Letters, but to 
 whom he cannot remember j and that he doth not know that 
 he has either Copies or Originds of any Letters that he 
 either wrote or receiv'd : That he had no fettled Allowance 
 or Appointment, but at his firft going over the full time he 
 jfpent his own Money, which the Queen was afterwards 
 pleated to order fhould be allowed him : That the firft time 
 ne went abroad he receiv'd under Three Thoufand Pounds, 
 and in both Journies together he received in all about Five 
 Thoufand Five Hundred Pounds j and that what he received 
 the Queen ordered for his Expences and the Trouble lie had 
 jbeen at : That no Body negociattd any Money for him upon 
 the pubLick Account, but Mr. Decker, and that he does not 
 remember that he had any publick Money but for his o.wn 
 Expence, which did not in the whole exceed the Sum of Five 
 Thoufand Five Hundred Pounds. 
 
 Jurat ai Junii 1715. T. Hurley. 
 
 Cor am mt 
 
 Hugh Bofcawen.
 
 N. F. 
 
 Articles of Impeachment of Jfigl Crimes and Mifdems&'aoun 
 againft Thomas Earl of Strafford. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 He the faid Thomas, Earl of Strafbnl, being of her Ma- 
 jelly's Privy Council and her AmbatTador Extraordinary tc 
 the States General, and appointed one of her Plenipotemi- 
 ries to treat with the Minitfers of France, of a good and 
 General Peace, in Concert with the MiniUers of her Ma- 
 jefly's Allies, who for that purpofe were affembled ziUtrecht 
 with thofe of France, with full Powers to tranfa-the fame, 
 having no regard to the true Ends of his faid Commifiions 
 and Powers, to the Honour or Safety of her Majeity or her 
 Kingdoms, to the many foleinn Engagements (he was under, 
 to the Old and Faithful Allies of this Nation, or to the 
 Common Liberties of Europe'-, but being devoted to the In 
 tereft and Service of the French King, the then Common E- 
 nemy, in defiance of the Tenour of the feveral Treaties be- 
 foremention'd, or fome of them,. as well as of the frequent 
 Advices of Parliament, and the many Declarations of her 
 Majeity from the Throne but more particularly in defiance 
 of the folomn and mutual AfTurances, which had been fo 
 lately renewed, between her Majefty, and the States Gene, 
 ral, to ad in perfe& Concert with each other, in making 
 Peace, as in making War ; and of the fevefal Inftruftions 
 from her Majefty, under the Sign Manual to him the faid 
 Earl, in puriuance thereof, was not only wanting in his 
 Duty and Truit to her Mayfly, by not advifing againfl, and 
 as far as was in his Power, by not oppofuig the going into any 
 private feparate Negotiation with France, but on the con- 
 trary, when a leparate, difhonourable, and deftruftive Ne- 
 gotiation of Peace, was entred into, between the Minifters 
 of Great'Britain and France, without any Communication 
 thereof to her Majefty's Allies, according to their feveral 
 Treaties, he the laid EarL did not only take upon himfelf, 
 and p re fume from time to time, to advife and exhort, that 
 the fame Ihould be continued and carried on, but did likewife 
 frequently Concert private and feparate Meafures, with the 
 Mjnifters of France, in Order to impofe upon, and deceive 
 her Majefty's good Subjects and her Allies, and was Inftru* 
 tnenrai in promoting the laid feparate Negotiation, exclu- 
 liveof all the Allies, and to their manifelt Prejudice and 
 Detriment. 
 
 Ami
 
 ( 28 ) 
 
 And furher, he the faid tarl, when the Minifters of 
 France at Utrecht, refufed to anfwer in writing, and on ma- 
 ny other Ocoaiions proceeded in a fal.icious and unjuftifi able 
 manner, in trancing tiie Negotiation* of Peace, was not 
 only wanting in his Duty, in not reprei'enting to her Ma- 
 jeity and her Miniilers, againft the lame, and in not itip- 
 porting, in the manner he : ought to have done, herMajefly's 
 Good Allies, in their re.ifon.ible demands from France, but 
 n tne contrary, commendeu the French Prudence, in taking 
 fuch Meaiures, and even luggefled himlelf the Methods for 
 France to make ufe of, to create Diffentions among the 
 Allies, and teparate Negotiations between eaoh of the Allies 
 and France, theieby to diflblve the who'c Confederacy. 
 
 By which wicked and treacherous Practices, he the faid 
 Earl, proihtuted the Honour of her Majeily and the Impe- 
 rial Crown of theie Realms ; and groiiy violated his Powers 
 and tndrudions, the many Treaties, which her Majeft; then 
 ilood engaged in 10 her Allies, and the repeated Ailu ranees, 
 which the laid Earl, had, by her Majeity's Order, and in 
 her Name, given to the laid Allies, to kt in perfect Concert 
 with them, throughout the whole Negotiation of Peace, 
 thereby rendring the deftgn of the Confeueracy, and the 
 inutual Support expected from the fame altogether ufelel's, 
 and giving up the Affairs of Europe) into the Hands of France. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 
 "Whereas the maintaining a perfect Union, and good Cor- 
 refpondence between her late M-ijeity and. .the llluitrious 
 Houfe of* Hanover, was of the utmoii Importance for pre- 
 iervmg to thele Kingdoms, the invaluable BleiUngs of their 
 Religion, and Civil Liberties, by fecunng the Succeflion .to 
 the Crown to a Race of Proteflant Princes, ever renowned 
 for their great Juftice and Clemency, and thereby defeating 
 the TraferoUs Uefigns of the Pretender, and for that pur r 
 poie,.'the great Wudom of divers Parliaments, whicn iud 
 fixed and confirmed the faidSucceflion, had alio laid the Ob- 
 ligation of an Oath upon the Subjects of theie Realms to 
 fupport and maintain the tame, to the utmoft of their 
 Power. 
 
 He the faid Thomas Earl of Strafford, not regarding the 
 many ill Consequences to her Majeliy and thele Kingdoms 
 which would naturally enfue from a Disunion, or Coolneis 
 of Affection, between Princes ib nearly allied in Blood and 
 Intereit, initead of doing what in him lay to prevent tne 
 fame, did, on the contrary, in his Letters from Holland, to 
 her Majeity's Miniiters of State in Great-Britain, by uivers 
 
 fulfe
 
 falfe Reprefentations, and fcurrilous Reflexions, upon his 
 j-j i-f nt moil Gracious Ma jelly, then Elector of Hanover, 
 enui vniu 10 alienate htt Majefty's Affections, from his laid 
 Eleftor^l Highnefav : and to create, or widen fatal Diffe- 
 rences or Milunderftdndings between them. And when by 
 .the wicked and pernicious Advice of him, the faid Tbom.Ts 
 trl or Sti afford, and divers other evil Counfellors, her 
 -late Majfity, was at .laft prev. il'd upon, to make .a fatal 
 Ceflation of Arms, with the then common Enemy, without 
 any concert with his laid Electoral Highnet's, and againlt the 
 content, and con my to the moft earneft Reprefentations of 
 all her Allies, for the Execution of which, he, the faidEarl> 
 was lent over to the Army in the Netherlands, where the 
 GeneraUof the Auxiliaries paid by her iv a jelly, whofe Hon- 
 our and Consciences would not permit them to abandon the 
 Confederates, a,nd leave them as a Sacrifice to France-, refil- 
 led to withdiaw with the Duke of Omond, without particu- 
 lar Orders, from their reipeftive Mailers, which Proceedings 
 of the Confederate Generals, being wickedly reprefented 
 by the faid Evil Counceilurs in Conjunction with the Mini- 
 iters and Eimfiuries of France, as an Indignity offered to her 
 Sacred :.lajeUy. 
 
 He the Uid Thomas Earl of Stra/ord, to create Uneafinefs 
 ana Diffentiou between her late Majefty, and his then E- 
 ledoral Highneis, did by his Letter, on or about the i7th 
 of -'fitly, 171 2, to her M.. jelly's then Secretary of State,.Ma- 
 Jiciouliy and wickedly Suggeil, and affirm, that the faid Se- 
 paration of the Confederate Generals, from the Duke of Or- 
 moiui, ought to be imputed to his faid Electoral Highnefs. 
 
 And further, he the faid Earl, by frequently affirming, and 
 fometimesm the moflfolemn manner, to the Miniflers of his 
 laid Electoral Highnefs, as well as others, the mod notori- 
 ,pus and mauifeit Untruths, contrary to the Intentions and 
 . Intereitsof her Majefty, and vainly intending thereby to de- 
 . ceive ar.d impoi'e upon his laid Eledoral Highnefs, and the 
 reft of her Majeity's good and faithful Allies, in Mat- 
 , ters of the higheft Importance, and particularly, by folenm- 
 Jy affirming, on or about the i6th of July I7ii, to Mori, 
 iieur fiuleau, General of the Hanover Forces, aud the reft 
 of the Confederate Generals, that her Majefty had made 
 no Truce with France, whereas he the faid Earl then well 
 knew the lame was made and concluded feveral Weeks be- 
 fp,re, did thereby, as well as by the foremention'd Proceed- 
 W^i not only prolbtute and difhonour the high Characters 
 he was then invefted with, but, as far as in him lay, did 
 diflolve the mutual Confidence and good . Underilinding, fo 
 necefl'ary to be maintained between her faid late Majefty and 
 
 the
 
 the Illuftrious Houfe of Hanover, for the Safety and Profpe- 
 rity of Great -Britain, and the common Liberty of Eurofe. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 Whereas in the pernicious Negociations of Peace carried 
 on by him the fa id Earl and other evil Countellors, with the 
 Mm liters of prance, the French King had propofed to ac- 
 knowledge her Ma jelly's Title to the Crown of thefe 
 Realms, and the Protejl.rnt Succeffion in the IlluHrious Houfe 
 of Hanover, when the Peace fhould be figned between Great- 
 Britain and France, and not before : Whereupon the Houfe 
 of Lords, by an humble Addrefsto Her Majefty, on the ijth 
 of February 1711, begg'd Leave to repreient rheir juit Indig- 
 nation at that difhonourable Treatment of Her Majetty, as 
 allo their utmoit Reientment at the Terms of Peace offered to 
 her Majertyat.d her Allies by the Plenipotentiaries of France, 
 for which Addreffes her Majelty was pleated to return them 
 her hearty Thanks, for the Zeal they had therein expreffed 
 for her Honour. 
 
 He, the laid Earl, was not only wanting in his Duty to 
 her Majefty and Zeal for the Proteftant Succeffion, in not ad- 
 vifmg her Majeity againlt treating with Franc* upon fuch 
 diihonourable Terms, but did himtelf, with other evil 
 Counfellors, privately, wickedly, and treacherouily, concert 
 and agree with ihe MtflMeKJ of France^ that the fuid Propo- 
 fals, to derogatory to the Dignity of ner Majefty, and dan- 
 gerous to thefe Kingdoms, fhouW be the Conditions upon 
 which Prance would agree to treat of a Peace with Great- 
 Britain. 
 
 And further, he the laid Earl, in Contempt and Defiance 
 of the Judgment of the Houfe of Peers, which had receiv'd 
 her Majelty's gracious Approbation, and a&ing the Part o 
 an Emiffary of France iiiteadofa Plenij otentiary of Great- 
 Britain, being thereunto encourag'd, and founding his Pre- 
 fumption on a Letter to the then faid Riftjop of Bnftol and 
 him the faid harl, from Henry St. Join Elq; then Principal 
 Secretary of State, on the loth of February xy.ij-, the next 
 Day after the f id AddrelV of the Houle ot Peers was made, 
 and informing them of the indignation expreffed in Great- 
 Britain at the Offers of France ^ bat that by the Manage- 
 ment of Mr. The mas Httrley (then Secretary of the Treafury) 
 the Houfe of Commons was perfed.y and absolutely tecured 
 to the Mealures or Fe^ce i diJ v/ickecilv, deceitfully, and 
 perfidioufly concert and ?gree wah the Minifter of France and 
 Utrecht, that the faid/V^r/; Al.,i;Uirs lliouid write a collu- 
 five Letter to him the faid hurl, ana the then laid Bifhop of
 
 Brijlot, wherein her Majefty fhould be filled Queen of 
 Great- Rritain ; which Letter was not to be made any ufe of 
 at Utrecht, or taken as an Acknowledgment by France of Her 
 Mdjeiiyr's Title to the Crown, but was agreed to be tranf. 
 mmed to Great -Britain, thereby to deceive and impofe upon 
 Her Majelty and the Parliament, as if France had thea 
 adu illy uckinwledgM the fame ; which faid Letter wasfac- 
 coraingiy written by the Ministers of France^ and tranfmit- 
 ted to Great Britain by him the faid Earl. 
 
 Whereby her Majefty, the Parliament, and the whole 
 Nation, where molt grofly and fcandaloufly abufed and drawn 
 into the faid destructive meafures of Peace, to the great Dif- 
 honour of her Majelly and thefe Kingdoms^ and to the ap- 
 parent Danger of ihe Protestant Succeflion. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 That he faid Thomas Earl of StraforJ, in Defiance of 
 the many Treaties between her Majelty and her Allies, for 
 the Recovery of the Monarchy of Spain to the Houfe of 
 Juftria, thereby to prelerve a due Ballance of Power in 
 Europe ; and in Contempt of the Advice and Opinion of 
 Parliament, 'I hat no Peace could be fafe, honourable, or 
 laftirtg, to long as Spain and the Weft-Indies continued in any 
 Branch of the Houfe of Bourbon ; and alfo in direct Vio- 
 lation of her Majefty's Initiations of the $d of December 
 1711, in puriuance thereof ; whereby he the faid Earl was 
 exprefly commanded to infill, in the Conferences of Peace 
 with the Minifters of France, that the Security and Reafon- 
 abJe Satisfaction which the Allies expected, and which his 
 Moft Cbriftian Majefty had promis'd to grant> cou'd not be 
 obtain'd if Spain and the Weft-Indie* be allotted to any 
 Branch of that Houie, did riot only prefume to treat about 
 the Peace with the Minifters of France, without infifling, 
 as he ought to have done, that Spain and the Weft-lndies % 
 Ihould not be allotted to the faid Houfe of Bourbon, but 
 alfo when the Minifters of his Imperial Majefty and of the 
 King of Portugal, in Conformity to the mutual Obligations 
 and Treaties between her Majefty and them, and with each 
 other, demanded of France, that Sfarn and the Wesl-Indiet 
 Ihould be reftored to the Houfe of Austria, and requefted him 
 the faid Earl to join with them to Itrengthen that Demand, 
 did decline and refufe to do the fame. 
 
 By which perfidious and unwarrantable Praftices of him 
 the faid Thomas arl of Stafford, incurable Jealoufies and 
 Difcords weie created between her Majefty and her Allies $ 
 that mutual Confidence which had fo long and ib fuccefs- 
 
 fiillf
 
 fully been cultivated between them', and which was fo ne- 
 cell .ry for then com HI on Safety, was ablolutely dillblved ^ 
 the juft Balance of Power in Europe was wickedly betray M ; 
 ard Apparent Advantages were given to the common Ene- 
 my, to in^o;e what Terms of Peace he fhould think fit, 
 upon her Majeity and the whole Confederacy. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 Whereas her late Majefty, on the yth of Decoder 1711, 
 having earneilJy recommended from the Throne, That Pro-' 
 vifion might be made for an early Campaign, in order to 
 carry on the War wrh Vigour, and as the bell Way to ren- 
 der the Treaty of Peace eft-: >ual j and accordingly Supplies 
 were granted and Magazines provided, at a great Expence : 
 and in purfuance ^hereof, her iMajelty hiving given early 
 Affurances to her Allies of her finer re Intentions, and like- 
 wife exproily jnftrudcd her General tne Duke of Ormond, 
 not only to renew i he lame Aflurances, and Oeclafe her Ke- 
 iolution of pufliing on the War with the utmoft Vigour, 
 but to concert with the Generals of the Allies the proper 
 Meafures for en '.ring .upon Adioq j which Affurances were 
 accordingly given by the laid Duke, and the Confederate 
 Army was thereupon ordered to be.aflembled, which at that 
 Time was the buongeft th *t had been in the Service during 
 the v hole Courie of the War, and greatly fuperior to that 
 of the Lnemy. 
 
 Notwithftanding which Premifes, he the faid Tbomat Earl 
 of Strafford, tnen of her Majeilv's Privy Council, being 
 informed of the reafon.ibie ProlpeA which, by the iilcffing 
 of God, the Army of the Confederates then had, of gain- 
 ing n>'W Conqueih over the Army of^f'rance-, .in order to djf- 
 apoint tne x' t ,cd:atious of the Allies, and to give Succefs 
 to the fee ret ana wicked iNegociations then carrying on by 
 himielf and orhei evil JouuLellots, with the Mimiters of 
 France, on divers very Falie ^nd Groundless Suggeitions and 
 Allegations, and in violation of many Treaties then fub- 
 tiiHfig between her Majeity and the Siates General, as well as 
 ieveral other Princes at. ' ieveral Times,, and particularly by 
 his Letter of tne 3 nh of A^vil i-j n, to Henry Vilcount 
 Eolingbroke, then Hemy St. frhn Eiq^ one of her Majefly's 
 Principal Secretaries of State, did wickedly and treache- 
 roUily iuggeit and advift, That a CelTition of Arms mould 
 be in .01 witu France by Hjr Majeity, wichouc and even 
 againft the Content of iier good AiLei and Confedeiates. 
 
 In pursuance of which v/jcked Couu.eio and Advices, Di- 
 reftious were afterwards privately ieur, ju Her ^vjajeity's 
 
 Name,
 
 . 
 
 Name, to the Duke of Ormonde in Plunders, to avoid enga- 
 ging in any Siege, or hazarding a Battel, till furthei Orders, 
 i'Jthough nothing had been then lettJed in the laid p.jvate 
 jVegociation, for the Intereft and Security of Great- Britain. 
 ' And further he the faid Thovias Earl of Stratford, at that 
 Time alib of her Majefty's Privy Council, did ad vile Her 
 late Majefty that he himielf fhould be Cent, and accordingly 
 he was afterwards lent from England to the Army under the 
 Duke of Ormonde in Flanders, with Directions, in Her Ma- 
 jefty's Name, to caute a CeiTation of Arms to be made and 
 proclaimed between Her Majefty's and the French Army, 
 and Separation to be made by the Troops of Great Britain, 
 from the Confederate Army, which were accordingly jer- 
 formed and executed, by the Advice and Direction of him 
 the laid Earl, without the Content, and contrary to the earn- 
 eft Representations of her Majefty's Confederates, and in 
 open Violation and Defiance of the many Treaties then Sub- 
 iilhng, between her Majefty, and her Good and Faithful 
 Allies. 
 
 By which wicked and perfidious Connfels, and Praftices 
 of him, the laid Thomas Earl of Stt afford, the Progrels of 
 the Victorious Arms of the Confederates was itopped, and a 
 molt favourable Opportunity loft, for Conquering the Ene- 
 my, all hopes of Confidence between her Majefty., and her 
 Allies were entirely deftroyed, and the French King made 
 abfoiute Mailer of the Negociations of Peace. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 That he the faid Thomas Earl of Stratford, having, in 
 concert with other Falle and Evil Counsellors, Wickedly 
 advifed and procured the faid fatal Ceffation of Arms, ani 
 likewil'e obtained for France, the Separation of the Troops 
 of Great Britain, from the Confederate Army, in further 
 Execution of his Treacherous Purpofes, to advance and pro- 
 mote the Interests of Prince^ and being determined, as far 
 as in him lay, not only to render all future Correipondence 
 and good Harmony, between her Ma jelly and the States Ge- 
 neral, utterly Impracticable, but deiigning by all poflible 
 means, to weaken and diftrel's the faid States, in order to 
 bring them under an abfoiute Neceffity, of complying and 
 fubmitting to the Mealures of France^ and well knowing, 
 that taking Po ffeflion of Gbe nt and Bruges, was the readielt 
 means of erfeding the lame, did wickedly and treachevouily 
 advife, that a Party of the Queen's Troops, ihouid be lent 
 to March through ibme of the Towns belonging to the 
 States General, in hopes, that the Commanders of the 
 C laid
 
 f aid Town-, incens'd by fuch unjuft and unneceffary Pro- 
 . vocations, and through the Apprehenftons of the ill Confe- 
 quences that fuch Attempts and Proceedings might fubj eel 
 them ta, would be induced to refufe them admittance, and 
 thereby give a pretence, for putting in Execution, the perfi- 
 dious Defigns and Resolutions, which had been concerted by 
 him the hid Eavl, and other evil Councellors, with the Mini- 
 fters of -France, in pur f nance of which wicked Advice, a Party 
 of her Mijeily 's.Troops-, was accordingly lent with Orders to 
 march through tome of the Fortified Towns, belonging to 
 the States General, and on pretence of their being denied 
 PaiTage through the fame, the laid Treacherous and De- 
 ft ruchve Delign was immediately put in Execution, -and 
 Ghent and Bruges, were feized upon by the Troops of Great 
 Britain, whereby all means of Communication, betv/t^a 
 H'jUand^nd the Confederate Army being entirely cut off, or 
 put into theHandj of thole, who had io lately and fhamefuU 
 ly betrayed the common Caufe, apparent Advantages and 
 Encouragement Were given to the French Army, and her 
 Majeity's good and 'Faithful Allies, were deterred from 
 forming, or prolecutiuft any Defigu againft the Common 
 Enemy, fmce the fame could not be put in Execution with- 
 out their Knowledge ajid Conlent, who on many Occaiions, 
 had given the moft evident Proof of their Difaffeflion to the 
 Confederates, and of their firm Adherence to the Intereus of 
 France. 
 
 All which Crimes and Mifdeineanors were committed, 
 and done by him the faid Earl, againll our late Sovereign 
 Lady the Queen, her Crown and Dignity, the Peace and In- 
 tereit of this Kingdom, and in Breach of the ieveral Trufts 
 repoled in him, the laid Earl. 
 
 And he the faid Earl of Strafford, was of Her late Majefty's 
 Privy Council, her Ambaflador Extraordinary to the States 
 General, and one of her Plenipotentiaries, to Treat of a good 
 and general Peace with France, during the time that all and 
 every the Crimes before fet forth were done and commit- 
 ted. 
 
 And the faid Knights, Citizens, and Burgeflesby Protefla. 
 tion laving to themlelves the Liberty to exhibit at any time 
 hereafter, an 1 / other Accufations or Impeachments againftthe 
 laid Thomas Esrl of Strafford, and allo of replying to the 
 A: f .vers, that the faid ZYiOHW.Earl of Str afford, Hull make 
 tinio the I'aid Articles, or any of them, or of Offering Proof 
 of the Premises, or any other Impeachments or Acculations, 
 that mill be exhibited by them, as the Cafe irull faccord- 
 ing to the Courfe of Parliament) require : Do pray that the 
 laid Tbvin.is Eail of Sir afford-^ be put to anfwer the faid 
 
 Crimes
 
 ( JJ ) 
 
 Crimes and Mifdemeanours, and receive fuch Condign Pu- 
 iiiihtnent, as the fame fhall deferve. And tu.u I'uchFjooeeJ- 
 ings, Examinations, Try.tls, and Judgments, may be upon 
 every of them, had and ufed, as are agreeable to Law and 
 Juftice- 
 
 N. G G. 
 
 An Older for an j/e/ment ly the Earl of MAR, Sec. 
 T)Urluant, and conform to an Order from the Right Ho- 
 JL nourable John Earl of Ifir, Coatmairider in chief of. 
 his Mrijeily's Forces in Scotland, dated at the Camp at Path^ 
 the 4th of O.'-fober 1715. Th'eie are commanding and requi- 
 ring every Heretor, Fewer, or \Voodletter, now attending 
 the K rig's Standard, or that may beexcus'd, or their Fatfors 
 or Doers in their Abfence ; and likewile ail Life Renters, 
 do immediately proportion and raile, among their Tenants 
 and PdOTeffjrs of their refpedive Etbtes, and Life-Rent- 
 Lands, the Sum of Twenty Shillings Sterling on each Hun- 
 dred Pound of Scots-! of valued Rent : And fuch Heretors 
 as do riot immediately, nor fhall, betwixt the ixth of 086 - 
 ler iniiant, attend the King's Standard, if not excuied by the 
 laid noble Earl, irwll immediately ])roportion and raile out 
 of their icfpedive Eiiates, the Sum of 40 s. Sterling on each 
 loo 1. Scots of valued Rent; which t'e ver.il Proportions, 
 according to their refpeAive Cafes aforet'aid, are, by the 
 faid Order, ord;ined to be paid by every Heretor, Fewer, 
 "VVoodletter, and Life Renter to Collector, a- 
 
 gainlt ihe i2th Day of thislnit.mt October^ at 
 
 Some Days after, the Duke of Argyls made the following 
 Counter-Order. 
 
 N. GG. - 
 
 e p/Argyle, General, and Commander in Chief 
 of bit Majejly's Forces in Scotland. 
 Hereas I am certainly jnform'd, that the Earl of 
 Mar, and the other Rebels, have, in Profecution of 
 their treafonable Pr^dices, adventured to impofe a Cefs upon 
 fome parts of the Shires of Fife-, Clnckmanan, Xhnofs and 
 Perth ; and whereas tii- paying any Money to the Rebels, oc 
 complying with any of their Orders or Demands, wil. 
 High-Treafon againft fuch as do the lame, as being Aiders, 
 Comforters, and Abettors of tlie Rebels: Therefore, and 
 that ail the well- affected People may know, and prevent 
 C z theit
 
 their Danger in this Matter, I hereby, in his Majefly's 
 Name and Authority, ftriftly prohibit and difch.irge all his 
 Majafty's good Subjects, in the Countries above-mention'd, 
 or any other where \vithin Scotland-, to give or furnifh 
 the Rebels with Money, Provifions, or any other Aid and 
 Affiitance-, or Comfort whatfoever, direftly or indirectly, 
 under the higheil Pains and Puniihments of the Law. And 
 this I appoi'it to be intimated at each Parifh Church-Door, 
 after Divine Service, and before Diifolution of the Congre- 
 gation, the Sabbath immediately afrer this, or a Copy hereof 
 comes to your Hand. Given at Stirling the i5th of Ofto. 
 ier, 1-715. Sign'S, 
 
 ARGYLE. 
 
 Two Days after the Duke of A>iyle ifTued out alfo the 
 following Order. 
 
 N. HH. 
 
 By John Duke of Argyle, General-! an dComm inter in Chief of 
 his MJ jetty's Fore a in Scotland- 
 
 T .Ty"Hereas our gracious Sovereign King GEORGE has 
 V V been pleas'd, for the better fupprelfinj; the prefent 
 Rebellion, to order and appoint Two Companies to be added 
 to each Regiment of Foot now in has M* jetty's Service in 
 Scotland, and to appoint each Company to be augmented to 
 the Number of Fifty private Cent.'neLs And firice it rnult 
 be evident to all well-~ffeded People, that the lengthening 
 and augmenting the regular Troops, is the molt effectual 
 way for Supprelfing ihe Rebellion j and th.it the lame will 
 bring no Charge or Burthen upon the Country now the Har- 
 veft is over whereby many People that were that way em- 
 ployed, are now at Liberty : And in regard the Officers of 
 the leveral Regiments are fo employed in his Maj'ity's Ser- 
 vic.s th;it they cannot conveniently attend the Recruiting 
 in thi Country j I hereby intreat and require all well affect- 
 ed Noblemen, Gentlemen, Juftices of Peace, Magiltrates, 
 Minilters of the Gol'pel, or other well-affeded Subjefts, to 
 cohiribute their belt i.ndeavours, to perfwade and encou- 
 rage all the able body'd well-afttcted Men, in their re fpe&ive 
 P;.rcchii)i in Toxvn and Country within Scotland, to inlilt 
 themic.ves in the regular Forces. And 1 in his Majeily's 
 js .me, do promiie, that the Endeavours of liuh as ihall be 
 lifeful in i his Matter, ihall be If.oked upon as good Serx-jce, 
 k-iid ei. title them to his Majeliy's Favour and Prottftion. 
 ' And
 
 And for the Encouragement of fuch as flnll Inlift themfelves 
 voluntarily in Compliance herewith, I, in his Mayfly's 
 Name, promife, that each Volunteer t'o inlifting and iiKur- 
 porating himfelf in any of his Majeily's Regiments of Foot 
 now in Scotland^ lhall not only receive his Majefty's Bounty. 
 Money of Forty Shillings Sterling in H^nd, but lhall, at the 
 Eud of Three Months, after the prefent Rebellion is flip- 
 preU'd, draw and receive his Pafs, ditcharging him from 
 the Service, if he require the f..m,e \ each Man who lhall Ib 
 defire to be dilcharged always giving Two Months Adver- 
 tifement before drawing his Discharge, to the commanding 
 Officer of the Regiment for the Time, to the Effedt he may 
 provide another Maa in his room. And I appoint theSheiiffs 
 and Stewards of the feveral SherifMoms and Stewar- 
 tries, and the Magiftrates of Royal Boroughs, forthwith to 
 difpatch Copies hereof to the Miniiters of the feveral Paro 
 chins within their Jurifdidion, as they mill be antwerable 
 at their Peril. And I appoint the iame to be inthruteJ at 
 each Paroch- Church from the Pulpit, after Divine Service, 
 and before Diflblution of the Congregation, on the Sabbath 
 immediately after this, or a Copy hereof comes to the re- 
 Ipeftive Minifler's Hands ; and do recommend to the feve- 
 ral Miniiters, earneltly to exhort the People to their Duty 
 in this Muter, for the Service of their King and Country. 
 Given at our Camp at Stirling the lyih of Oflober ITIJ. 
 
 ARGIL . 
 
 A few Days after the Earl of Mar publifhed the following 
 Counter Order. 
 
 N 9 . H. 
 
 By John Earl of Mar, General^ and Cwimanfar in Chief of 
 his Majeflfs Forces in Scotland. 
 
 WHereas by the ll.ws of God, the Right of Kiood, 
 and the ancient Conftitution of ihe^c Kingdoms, our 
 Saveraign Lord James the Vlllth, by the G;ace of God of 
 Scotland, England, France, and Ireland^ King,' Dder.Jer of 
 the Faith, &c. has the undoubted Title to the Cro'.vn of 
 thefe Realms i and whereas his Ma jelly's Reilomion is the 
 only way left to retrieve the unhappy C&nfequeuc^siof the 
 Union, disburden the People of their heavy Taxes and Mort- 
 gages they now groan under, and to prevent our Polteiity 
 from being involved in endlefs Mifery ; and whereas many 
 of his Majelty's loyal Subjects of all Ranks, have Jti:ifully 
 aflembled themfelves to the Royal Standard, in order to re- 
 C 3 llore
 
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 fiore our Rightful Sovereign to the Crown, and thefe King- 
 doms to their ancient raid independent State. And I ha- 
 ving feen an Order publifhed by the Commander in Chief of 
 the pretended King's Forces in this Kingdom, letting forth, 
 that the Forces under his Command were to be augmented, 
 and inviting all able-bodied Men to inlift themfelves in 
 that Service } and requiring all Noblemen, Gentlemen Ju- 
 Ihces of the Peace, Magiitrates, Minilkrs of the G of pel, 
 an<i others, to contribute their beft Endeavours to perfwade 
 and encnirage Men thereunto. Thele are, therefore, in his 
 Majefty'sName, prohibiting and diilharging all Noblemen, 
 Gentlemen, Juilkes of the Peace, Magiitrates, Minifters of 
 the Gofpel, and all other Subjects \\hatfoever, to pub! ifh, 
 execute, or obey the fa id Order, and that under the higheft 
 Pain. 
 
 And whereas I have promis'd, in his Majefly's Name, 
 protection to all Miniiters that behave themselves dutifully, 
 and do not acknowledge the Eleftor of Bninfveick as King, 
 by praying for him as iuch, in their Churches and Congre- 
 gations, nouvithflanding whereof, feveral of them continue 
 in that Abufe : For preventing whereof, and that they may 
 not by to doing, involve and miilead innocent and ignorant 
 People into trauerous and feditious Practices : Thele are 
 therefore expielly prohibiting all Mimfters, as well in 
 Churches as in Meetirg-Koutes, to acknowledge the Elector 
 of Entvfrvick. as King, and that upon their higheft Peril. 
 And all Officer?,- Civil, as, well as Military, are hereby or- 
 der d to fl;ut up the Church Doors where the Miniliers acl: 
 in contempt heieof, and to apprehend their Perfons, and 
 bring them Priibners to the King's Camp, wherever it ihall 
 be for the Time. And I do by thefe Preients, promife Pro- 
 tection to all 1'uch Minifters as do behave themfelves duti- 
 fully to wares his Majeiiy, and I do appoint the She rifts and 
 Stewarts of the ieveral ShenfFdoms and Stewartries, and 
 the Magillrates of the Royal Burroughs, .forthwith to dif. 
 patch Copies hereof to theMbn'fters ot' th-i feveral Paroches 
 within their jurii'diOions, as they ihall be anfwerable upon 
 iheir Peril; and I alfo appoint the lame to be intimate at 
 each Parifh-Church, by the Minifter, Precentor, or Keader, 
 Lefoie Divine Serv'ice, immediately after the Mimfter enters 
 tlie Pulpit, on i he Sabbath next after a Copy hereof comes 
 to their Hands. 
 
 Given at the Camp^ atPeu/j the ift of November, 17 1 5. 
 
 M A R. 
 N . I.
 
 NO. I. 
 
 Memorial to their High Mightiness the States-General, 
 
 TH E underwritten Ambaffador and Plenipotentiary of 
 his Britannick Majeity to your High Mightmeffcs, 
 having received Advice from diver? Places tint the Pre- 
 tender, Jamet Butler late Duke of Ormond-, Henry ,y/. juhn 
 Jrtte Vilcount Bolingfadke, and other 'Traitors, finenn : to 
 their Country, have form'd a Defign to endeavour ..o pats 
 thro' 'he Countries which are under the Dominion of your 
 High MightineiTes, in order to go to Greit Britain and joyn 
 the Rebels there ; he defire? your High MigntinefTes will be 
 plealed to give Orders to all the Governours of Place* upon 
 the Maes, in the Low-Countries, and other Places uiiuer y m.r. 
 Dominions, to examine ti.e Stranger in at p.iis ,heie ; and 
 to flop all the Subjects of his Britanmck iVbj-ily, wiio come 
 from Germany^ Lorrain, or France-, or thofe who are going 
 thither j and to lend him Information of theie Perlons, their 
 Names, and their Qualities, keeping them in the nieanTime 
 'till his Anfwer thereupon can be received. The under- 
 written defires moreover, that your High Mightim fTes will 
 be pleafed to give Orders to all the Towns and Port.s upon 
 the Sea Coait, to all the Captains of Ships, Matters of Ships, 
 or other VeiFels, that they do not take on Board any Sub- 
 jedirs of his Britannick Majefty, who are not provided w.ith 
 P,.ffports figned by his Hand. And as the under-written 
 AmbafTador cannot doubt the Affeftion arid fincere Friend- 
 ihip of your High Mightiqeffes for the King his Mailer, and 
 your eariitil Deiire to defeat the Defi^nsof the Pretender ^ he 
 is fully perfwaded that yoiir High Mi^htinefles will, as foon 
 as poiiible, expedite Orders according to the lenor of this 
 Memorial, and will take t'uch other Mealures, as in your 
 great WiTdom ihill be thought molt proper, for hinJenng 
 the Pafl'age of the iaid Pretender and his Adherents. 
 
 Done at Antwerp 
 
 William 
 
 K.
 
 (4o) 
 
 N. K. 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 GEORGE, by the Grace of God, King of Great 
 Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith,^c. 
 to our Right Trufty and Right entirely Beloved Couzen and 
 Counfellor Our Lord Lieutenant of our 
 
 County of Greeting : Whereas feveral of 
 
 our Loyal Subjefts in our County of and divers 
 
 other Counties, have testified unto us their earneft Defire in 
 this time of common Danger, to enter into Aflbciations for 
 taking up Arms at their own Charges for the common De- 
 fence, and have defired our Royal Approbation and Autho- 
 rity for fo doing, we therefore, having a juft Senfe of fo 
 commendable a Zeal, and being defirous to encourage this 
 feafonab'e Inftance of their Loyalty to us, and their Con- 
 cern for their Religion and Liberties of their Country, have 
 thought fit hereby to give you Power and Authority j and 
 we do hereby auihorile and.empower you to fignify to our 
 \vell-afteded Subjects our Royal Approbation of the faid De- 
 ijgn, and to form into Troops or Companies fuch Perfons 
 as fhal) be willing to affociate themfelves tor the Purpofes 
 aforefaid, in the faid County of And to grant 
 
 Coiruniffions in our Name, to fuch of them as you ihall 
 think proper to exercife and command them. And for your 
 executing and performing the Power and Authority hereby 
 given and granted to you, this Ihall be a lufticient Warrant, 
 Given ar our Court at St. James's. 
 
 By His Majejty's Command^ 
 
 TOWNSHEND. 
 
 K*. L. 
 
 A Declaration of the Arcbbijbop of Canterbury, and the Bijbops 
 in and near London, tejlifying their Abhorrence of tie P>e- 
 fent Rebellion ; with an Exhortation to the Clergy and Peo- 
 ple under their Care, to be zealous in the Difchatge of their 
 Duties to His Majefty King George. 
 
 WH E R E A S an unnatural Rebellion has been raifed 
 againlt our lawful and rightful Sovereign King 
 George, in feveral Parts of the Kingdom, and is Itili threat- 
 ued in more, we have thought it iiKimibcm upon us, out of
 
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 our Duty to G d, to our King, to our Country, and to oar 
 holy Religion, in this publick Manner to declare our Ab- 
 horrence of it, and to warn both the Clergy and People un- 
 der our Charge, of the great Obligation they lie under, up- 
 on all thele Accounts* to ihew a he.uty and an upen Zeal 
 for the Government in this Conjundure, 
 
 The Providence of God has indeed fo wonderfully ap- 
 peared hitherto, both in timely discovering the Treafon, 
 and in disappointing our Enemies of leveral Advantages 
 they expected, that we have great Kealon to truit in him, 
 that the Everu will be to the Confu(ici) of the wicked 
 Aftors in this Rebellion : Hut however in. a Matter of this 
 high Nature wherein our Diuy and our deareft Intereilsare 
 fo deeply concerned, no Endeavours ought to be thought 
 Super riuous, nor Zeal unncceffary. 
 
 We are the more concerned, that both the Clergy and Peo- 
 ple of our Communion ihould {hew themfeives hearty 
 Friends to the Government upon this Occafion, to vindicate 
 the Honour of ^he Church of England, becatiSe the chief 
 Jlopes of our Enemies ieem to anle from Discontents arti- 
 ficially railed among us: And becaufe ibme, who have valued 
 themlelves, and have been too much valued by others, for a 
 pretended Zeal for the Church have joyned with Papills in 
 thete wicked Attempts ; which as tiiey muft ruin the Church 
 if ihey Succeed, So they cannot well end without great Re- 
 proach to it, if the reft of us do not clearly and heartily de- 
 clare our Delegation of Such Pra&ices. 
 
 We are not furprjztd, that Papifts ihould life up againft a 
 Government which they would never yet own, and endea 
 vour to Set a Perfon upon the Throne, who will eftabljfh 
 their Religion, and ruin ours : (tho' Rebellion is but an ill 
 Return for the Quiet they have enjoyed.) But that profefs'd 
 Members of the Church of England fhould joyn with them 
 in this, and out of Private Djfcoments, attempt to Set up a 
 PerSon whom they have So often and So lately Abjured, is fo 
 vile and deieilible a thing as may juftly make them Odious 
 both to God and Man i but at the Same time to pretend a 
 Z^.ii for the Church, that is, to joyn with Papilts, to fee 
 up a Popifh Pretender to Support the Church of England, is 
 Su-h an Impofition upon tne Common Senfe of Mankind, 
 th.it nothing even in Popery it Self can be more abturd, and 
 nothing bin an Infatuation from God, juiljy inflided for out 
 Sins, c;,n Suffer to p-Us upon the Nation. 
 
 How much Blood this any coll, or what Ruin it may 
 bring on our Country, God only knows i but we think pro- 
 per to obSeive to you, that the more clearly and openly we 
 declare our leJvss for the Government^ the Jels it will pro- 
 bably
 
 bably be : And that all thofe mult have a Share in the Guilt 
 of the innocent Blood that fhall be fpilt, not only wha 
 adually joyn in the Rebellion, but who do any way promote 
 it 5 or even by their Silence at this Juncture, fhall give 
 Jfopes to the Pretender and his Friends, and juit Caufe of 
 Jealoufie and Sufpicion to the Government. 
 
 And is this a Time taftand Neuters when all lies at ftake ? 
 Or is Popery become fo innocent of late, th.it it is indiffe- 
 rent whether a Popifh or Proteftant Prince be oa ihe Throne? 
 This we fpeak to thole who have owned the King's Title, 
 and have fworn to maintain it, and are ready to do it again, 
 as occafion offers ; who, we have reafon. to believe, are fo 
 many, that if they are true to their Oaths, the Government 
 (humanely fpeaking) cannot be in any Danger. And is it 
 not fit for all fuch Perfons to coniider ferioufly what thofe 
 Oaths are, with which they have bound their Souls? they 
 have not only abjured the Pretender, and his Title ; but have 
 fworn to defend King George to the utmoft of their Power, 
 againft all Traiterous Conspiracies and Attempts whatlo- 
 ever, which fhall be made againft his Person, Crown, or 
 Dignity ; and to the utmoftof their Power to maintain and 
 defend the Succeffion of the Crown againft the faid Pretender^ 
 and all other Perfons whatioever. 
 
 Thefe Words do not only import, that we will not Rebel 
 againii the King ; But that we will be Aftive for him accord- 
 wig to Our feverai Stations, efpecially in T;mes of Danger, 
 when Rebellions are raited againlt Him : They who are called 
 to be Soldiers, by fighting Couragioully for Him : They who 
 are Magifhates, by Ufing their Authority for his Support : 
 They who are Miniilers, by their Prayers, by their Preach- 
 ing, and by their Admonifhing thofe under their Care, of 
 their Duty to Him , and all of us, by a cbearful ready De. 
 claration of our Resolution to Hand by him. 
 
 Such a Conoud would difcourage the Rebels, and animate 
 the Government, would put an End to our Troubles, and 
 IJupport his Majefty in the Juft Poffeffion of the Crown, 
 which was fettled upon his Family with very mature Gonli- 
 deration, and for juit and weighty Reafons, as being the next 
 Family of the Royal Blood that were ProtelUuts; from 
 whom only we couid expeft Protection in our leligious and 
 civil Liberties, which are the Birthright of the People of 
 England, and which no Man has a Right to invade. This 
 Settlement was eltablifhed by the wnole LegiiUture, and 
 confirm'd by many Afts of Parliament made ii; Two different 
 Reigns, and under the Prevalency of each of the uni. t . y 
 Divilions of Parties among us , ieveral of them, in the lail 
 Years of our late Gracious Qiieen, and has been, from time 
 
 to
 
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 to time, fworn to by almoft all, of all Orders and Degree^ 
 of Men among us, 
 
 As this Settlement was made for the Security and Benefit 
 of thefe King icnrus, to have we all the Reatbn in the Worl4 
 to think our felves hippy in that Pert'on, who, by all this 
 Authority, at prefent Reigns over us. Even his Enemies 
 are forced to confefs, that he is a very good and gracious 
 Prince: He lives in the conftant Communion of the Church 
 of England-, and has given us both his Oath, and his repeat- 
 ed Royal Word to prated it : And he has not, by anything 
 he ha; (Jone, given us the leaft Reafon tqfufpeft, but that it 
 will Flourjfh at lealt-, as much under his Government, as 
 under that of the Kelt of his Roy.il Predeceffors. 
 
 But if the Pretend^- Ihould prevail, what can the Church 
 of England, exped, but Rum and Dcftrudion ? A Popifh 
 Prince upon the Throne, Bigotted to his Religion, and 
 Heated wi;h what will then be called 111 Ufage, together 
 with a long Train of Papifts in the Succeffion, can boae no- 
 thing, but Fatal and Irrecoverable Ruin to it. May not we in 
 this Matter appeal to the Experience of all Countries, whe- 
 ther a Succeffion of Popifh Princes have not Ruined the Pro- 
 teftant Religion where ever it has been planted. They are 
 obliged by the Laws of their Church, to Extirpate out of 
 their Dominions what they call Herefy, which their Ca- 
 nonifls treat as a Crime more Heinous than either Murder 
 or Rebellion. And thefe Laws they never fail to put in 
 Execution when they have full Power to do it } as we may- 
 be iatisfied from what was done in FlavdcYs, where, accord- 
 ing, to the Account of Writers of that Communion, above 
 Fifty Th.oul.4nd were put to the moft miserable Deaths. 
 
 To pit's over the M.>fftcres and Horrible Persecutions in 
 France, favvy, an,\ other Foreign Countries. Let us call to 
 mina how much this Church and Nation buffered in the 
 Bloody, tho 1 Ihorr Rtign of Queen Mary, contrary to folemn 
 Promifes j when nq.t; only many were put to Death, as He- 
 reticks Convict, but the Torture was Ordered for all whom 
 they iufpsded, ana who wou'd not Confefs , according to the 
 Bub.uity of the Inquifition ; which Horrid Court, or fnme- 
 tliiiig very like it, wouM probably have been let up in this 
 Kingdom, had thu Popifh Reign lafied but a little longer : 
 And we have Realon to fear it woula LtfeduaUy be tfta- 
 blifli'J here, if ever God, for our Sns, Ihm.d fuffer another 
 Popnh Punce to be Sctt^-d on this Throne. 
 
 'li;e Progv.ls th u was made toward the Bringing this 
 Yoke of Bondage upon us, and theMiienes with which we 
 were 1'iire.itned tmcer the late Uiihuppy King Junes^ are 
 too fi'Cih in cur Thoughts to be forgotten: And what befel 
 
 that
 
 ( 44 ) 
 
 that Unfortunate Prince will certainly be remembred and re- 
 fented by him who claims an indefeaLble Right to his 
 Kingdoms. 
 
 But befides this, How muft the Pretender look upon the 
 Clergy of the Church of England^ after all that they have 
 been doing for near Thirty Years together ? They were 
 the Clergy, that in the time of King James , did 
 jultly alarm the Nation with the Dangers of Popery j from 
 whence followed all that was done at the Revolution. And 
 the Clergy have every Year fince that, upon the Fifth of 
 November, given God Thanks for what was then done, for 
 m.iking all Oppojitionfall before him (the Prince of Orange) till 
 he became our King. They have not only taken all the Oaths 
 Eftablifh'd by Law, but have ufed the daily Piayers, and 
 thofe of the feveral Fails and Thanksgivings, for the Pro- 
 iperity of the Government. They have frequently, from 
 time to time, in the^r Addrefles from the Convocation, and 
 from their refpeftive Dioceles, promifed to ibnd by the Pio- 
 teitant Succeffion. How muft the Pietender look upon Per- 
 fons, that have done all this ? That have prayed againft 
 him, that have addrcffed sgiinll him, that have iworn a- 
 gainft him, and abjured him for fo many Years together ? 
 . What a Reproach will this Matter then be to tne Church 
 of Engl.in.I ? Such of us as (land true to our Oaths, will 
 then be called Rebels and Traitors ; and ftuh as do not (if 
 any fhall be fo wkked) will be call'dAtheUts and Infidel; for 
 taking Abominable Oaths againft their Consciences. What 
 Scandal will this give to our People ? And how will they be 
 apt to turn Papifts in great Numbers, when we, that mould 
 direft and ftand by them, lhall fall under fuch Reproaches ? 
 But we hope better, tho' we thus fpeak i and that God will 
 nbt inffer thefe fore Judgments to come upon us, and our 
 Country. 
 
 We do therefore, in the Name of God, call upon all thofe 
 who are under our Care, in the firft place to humble them- 
 ielves before God, for the great and crying Sins of the Na- 
 tion i for that Spirit of Infidelity and Liberunilm ; of Uii. 
 diankfulnefs for the Mercies of the Gofpel : of Funrulity 
 and Hypocrifie ; of Strife and Envy, of Hatred and Animo- 
 lity, which are fo rife among us : And whic i are generally 
 the Forerunners of the Dettruction of any People. Let us 
 all cry mightily to God, to avert the Judgments, which we 
 have fo juitly deferved j that he would fave his People, lo 
 often and fo wonderfully preferved by hirri, and not give Us 
 Heritage to Reproach j that he would not fuflfer his Church 
 to be over run with Superftition -uic 1 Idolatry, or leave us to 
 the Mercies of them, wlofe Mercies are cruel. Let us par- 
 
 ticularly
 
 (4* ) 
 
 ticularly pray for the Prefervationof the Perfon and Govern- 
 ment of our moft gracious Sovereign King George, that Gcd 
 would cover his Enemies with Shame ; hit that upon himfelf 
 and his Pofterity tie Crown may ever flonrijb. We do alto 
 charge both Clergy and People, as they will be anfwerable 
 for the Deftruftion, that may otherwife come both upon 
 the Church and Nation ; that they endeavour to ftrengthea 
 the H.iiids of the Government in this dangerous Con- 
 junfture : The Clergy by plainly admonifhing their Flocks 
 of their Duty, both to their King and Country; and the 
 People by a cbearful Declaration of their Readinefs to 
 Hand by the Government. And let all of us, forgetting 
 all Differences and Animofities, make this the great Con- 
 tendon, who lhall aft with the trueit Zeal againlt the com- 
 mon Enemy. 
 
 Jnd God grant, flat we may all, in tlis our Day, fee tie 
 Things that belong to our Peace before they are hi 
 our Eyes. 
 
 Novemb. 3. i")i$. 
 
 THO. CANTUAR* fo Lincoln. 
 
 Job. London. C. Norwtch. 
 
 Jonathan Winclejler. W. Ely. 
 
 Jo. Lit ch field 8c Cov. Tho. Cbiclefter. 
 
 Rich. Peterborough. Rid). Glocefter* 
 
 W. Sxntm. John Jfapb. 
 Jo. angor. ' Jo. Oxon. 
 
 N 9 . M. 
 
 A Lift of tie Nollemen and Gentlemen, Englifh and Scotch, 
 taken at Prefton. 
 
 MR. Forjler, General ; the Earl of Derwentwater, Lord 
 WMrmgton, Mr. Edward Howard, Mr. Charles Rat- 
 el;/.. Charles inddrington^ Gent. Per. WiAdrington, Waiter 
 Tankard, John Thornton, John Clavering, Wilham Clavcrhi^ 
 Nicb. JTogan, Charles Wogan, John Talbot, Robert Talbot-) 
 Roger Salked, George Collingwood, John Hunter, Edward Ord, 
 William Tnnjlill, Paymafter-Geiier.il, William Shaftoe, John 
 Shaftoe, Edward Shaftoe, John Shaftoc. e Edward Swincurn, 
 James Swintnrn, George Gibfon, Edward Byers, Richard Stock- 
 art^ William Charltton^ Edward Charleton, Charles Clatiey^ 
 Richard Charley Ra. titandijb} Francis Merton^ Richard Ton.
 
 ley, Join tialton, John L&ybom, Gab. Hefledt, CutUeit 
 Heftedt, Thomas Walton, Edward Te/Iey, Thomas Erin^ton, 
 Philip Hudfon, J.wies Talht, Mexander'DsaKnes, LyonWaUtn, 
 John Meslerfin, George Sanderfon, George Budding, John Cot- 
 ton, Robert Cotton, Richard Gaffcome-^ John Hunter, William 
 Hardveick, Tho. Butler, Robert Pat ton, William Cafton,Thomas 
 Lille, Thomas Forfler, William Raine, Thomas Riddle, Henry 
 Widdrinxton, Richard Or*/, William Sandtrfon, Join Towle, 
 John Hotherfalt, Francis Jhornhtck, John HecJe, Edward 
 Mackey, Henry Oxborougb^ William Dob f on, Join Beaumont , 
 and John Crofts. 
 
 Scotch. The Earl of Nithfdale, Earl of Wintoun, Earl uf 
 Carnwath, Vifcount Kenmure, Lord Nait n } Maifter of Nairn, 
 Lord Charles Murray, Ma. Bajil Hamilton, George Seton of 
 fame, Capt- James Delfel, Brigadier Mackintofo, Colonel 
 Stewart, Mr. William Erring, Alexander Forrefler, Witiiam 
 Gierfon- William Cbalderrvood, Robert M. Clean, Rolwt Cru- 
 then, Jndrev. Cafae, Mr. Lockart, Jo. Skeen, Walter Riddle, 
 and Richard Harris. 
 
 The Names of trie other Prifoners being not material 
 ire mail content our i'elves to infert the Total of the faid 
 trifoners as follows : 
 
 Noblemen and Geitt'emen of the EnglijB ^ 5 
 
 Their Vaffals, or Followers and Servants ^3 
 
 Private Men in the Church 303 
 
 Total of Englijb 463 
 
 Scotch Noblemen, Officers, and Gentlemen 
 Their Vaffals, Servants, ani others 
 
 Total of Scotch 1005 
 
 Englijb in Prejlon 463 
 T^ken in Laneafter 4 
 
 467 
 
 Scotch in Pre ft on 1005 ^ 
 Taken uLanctfcr ^f lC 
 
 Tbul 1489 
 
 X". N.
 
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 N". N. 
 
 An Account of the Engagement on tie SherifF-muirw^r Dum- 
 blajn, 13. Nov. 1715. betwixt tie JCs Army, comn.wded 
 by the Earl of Marr, and the Z>. of B k'j, commanded by 
 Argyle. 
 
 'T~ t HERE being various and different Reports induftri- 
 ouiiy fpread Abroad, to cover the Victory obtained by 
 the King's Army over the Enemy, the beft Way to let it in 
 a clear Light, is to narrate the tine Matter of Facl, and 
 leave it ro the World to judge impartially thereof. 
 
 Thurfday Nov. 10. The tail of Marr review'd the Array at 
 -jAuchterwder. 
 
 Friday i\. Refled. 
 
 Saturday u- The Earl of Man order'd Lieutenant-General 
 Gordon, and Brigadier Ojilvie, whh Three Squadrons or tile 
 Marquifs of -Hunt ley, and the Mailer of Sinclair's Five 
 Squadrons of Hone, and all the CLns, to march, and take 
 Polfeffion of Dumblain, which was order'd to be done Two 
 Days before, but was delay'd by iome Interruptions, and all 
 the ttfl of the Army was order'd, at the fame Tune, to 
 parade u ^on the Miiir of Tullibardme^ very early, and ,u> 
 march after General Gordon. The Earl of Mar went himfelf 
 lo Drumwond Castle-, to meet with my Lord Broadalbin, and 
 order'd General Hamilton to march the Army. Upon the 
 March, General Hamilton had Intelligence of a Body of thfc 
 Enemy's having taken poffeflion of Dwnblam^ which Ac- 
 count he fent immediately to the Earl of Mar. A little af- 
 ter, General Hamilton had another Exprels from General 
 Gordon, who was then about Two Miles to the Weft ward of 
 Avdocb^ that he had Intelligence of a great Body of the E- 
 nemy's being in Dwnblain j upon which General Hamilton 
 drew up the Army, lo as the Ground, at the Roman Camp 
 near Ardocb, woul i allow. A very little after, the Earl of 
 Mar C:me up to the Army, and not hearing any*more from 
 Lieutenant-General Gordon^ wno was m.uch'd on, judg'd it 
 to be only lo'ne fm.-dl Party of the Enemy to dilturb our 
 March, order'd the Guards to be polled, and the Army to 
 their Quarters, with Orders to aifembie upon the Parade 
 any Time of the Night or Day, upon the Firing of Three 
 Cannon. A little after the Army was dil'mils'd, the Earl of 
 Marr had Accjunt from Lieutenant-General Gordon-, that he 
 had certain Intelligence of the Duke of Argyle's being at 
 .Dumb lam with his whole Army, Uuon which the General 
 was ordered to halt, till the Earl ihauld come up to him, 
 
 and
 
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 and ordered the Three Guns to be fired ; upon which the 
 Army form'd immediately'-, and rnarch'J up to Lieutenant- 
 General Gordon at Kinbuck, where the whole Army lay un- 
 der Arms, with Guards advanced from each Squadron and 
 Battalion, till Break of Day. 
 
 Sinilay the I3th, the Earl of Ahrr gives Orders for the 
 whole Army to form on the Moor, to the Left of the Road 
 that leads to Diimblain, fronting to Vumblain ; the General 
 perfons were ordered to their Polls. The Sterling Squadron 
 with the King's Standard, and Two Squadrons of the 
 Marquifs ofHuntle/s, form'd the Right of the ift Line of 
 Horfe, all the Clans form'd the Right of the firit Line of 
 Foot, the Pertljhyre and Fife/hyre Squadrons form'd the Left 
 of the firit Line of Horfe-, the E^ri Marthal's Squadron on 
 the Right of the 2d Line, Three Battalions of the Marquifs 
 of Swforf*s Foot, Two Battalions of my Lord Huntley^s^ 
 the E-:rl of P.iwmire's, the Marquifs of Tvllihariimf t the 
 Battalions of Dnimmond, commanded by the Vilcount of 
 Stratbr.lan, and Logic jtlmvnd, the Battalion of Strowan, 
 and the Angus Squadron of Horfe formed the Itcond Line. 
 When the Army was forming, we dilcovered fome Imall 
 Number of the Enemy, on the Height of the Weil End of 
 the Sheriff muir, which looks in.o Dumblain : from which 
 Place they had a full View of our Army. The Earl of 
 Man call'd a Council of War, confuting of all the No- 
 blemen, Gentlemen, General Officers, and Heads of the 
 Clans, which was held in the Front of the Horfe, on the 
 Left, where it was voted to fight the Enemy Nemine contra' 
 dicente , upon which the Earl of Marr ordered the Earl 
 Marjbxlj Al;.pr General of the Horle, with his own Squa- 
 dron, and Sir Donald Mac-Don.ild's Battalion, to niar^h up 
 to the Height where we law the Enemy, and diitodge them, 
 and lend an Account of their Motions and D.tpoiitions. 
 No fooner the Earl Marjbal begun his March, but the Enemy 
 difappear'd, and the Earl of Mar ordered the Army to march 
 up afier them. By the other Generals Orders, the Lines 
 march'd off the Right, divided in the Center, and march'd 
 up the Hill in Four Lines. After marching about a Quarter 
 or' a Mile, the Earl M.irftil lent back an Account, that 
 he discovered the Enemy forming their Line very near him, 
 to the South of the Top of the Hill, upon which the Army, 
 particularly the Horfe was ordered to march up very c,uickly, 
 and form 10 the Enemy ; but by the breaking of" their Lines 
 in marching off, they fell in fome Confulion in the forming, 
 and lome of u,e iccond Line jumbled iiuo the firir, on, or 
 near the Lef;, and loine of the Horfe formed near me Center, 
 
 which
 
 
 
 which fcems to. have been the Occaflon, that the Enemy's, 
 few Squadrons on the Right were not routed as- the relt. 
 
 The Earl of Mar phc'd hithfdf at the Head of the Clans 
 and finding the Enemy only fprming their Line, thought fie 
 to attack them in that Pofture, fern Colonel William Clepbam, 
 Adjutant^General to theMarquifs of Dnimmoiid^ Lieutenant - 
 General of Hor.ie, on the Right, and to Lieutenant-General 
 Gordvn.on the Right of -the -Right of the Foot, and Major 
 'David Enkine, one of the Aids Ue Camp to the Left, with 
 Orders to_ march, up .and attack immediately :- And u on 
 their return, pulling off his Hat, waved ic with a fhizza, 
 and advanced to the Front of the Enemy's for.n'd Batta- 
 lions; upon which all the Line to the Right be'ng of the 
 Clans, led on by Sir Donald MaC'Donald's Brothers fJlengary^ 
 Cap t. of Clan Ranald, Sir John Mxckltan Glance Campbcl of 
 Glenlyon, C:>lone : .l of Broadtlbirfs, and Brigadier O^ilvy of 
 Boyue, with Colonel Gordon of Genback, at the lieaci of 
 Hunt toy's Battalions, made a moil furious Attack, fo that in 
 Seven or Eight Minutes, we coti'd neither perceive the Form 
 of a Squadron or Battalion of the Enemy before us. We 
 drove tne Main Body and Left of ih'c Enemy, in tbis man- 
 ner for about half a Mile, killing and taking Priicners all 
 .that we couki overtake. The Earl of Jlfai>' endeavoured to 
 tfop our Foot, and put them in Tome order to follow the 
 . jpnemy, which we law making off in icnne ttnall Bodies, 
 from a little Hill below., towards Dumb I tin,- where the Eari 
 of ALm refolved to fcllo-v them to compleat the Victory: 
 When an Account w$s brought hinij that uur Left, and 
 ffioil of our i'ecund Line had g'\veii way, ?nd the Enemy \vas 
 purluing them dov/n ;he back of the HU1 V and had taken 
 our Artillery. Immediately th* Earl of Marr-give Orders 
 for the Horfe to wheel, and having put the Foot in order, ;j 
 faft as cculd be, mar,h'd back widi them. When he was 
 again near the top of the Hill, Two Squadrons of the Ene- 
 my's Grey Dragoons Wi;re perceived marching towards us. 
 When they came near the top of the Hill, an;i law us ad- 
 vancing in order to attack them- ^ they made much fa lie* 
 down the HilJ, than they came, up, and-joyned at the Foot 
 of the Hill, toafmall Squadron or Two of the .Black Di*. 
 goons, andaimall Battalion of Foot, winch we judged, had 
 march'd about. the Weft end of the Hill, and joynld them. 
 At firit they again leem'd to form on the Low Ground, and 
 advanced rowards us, but when they faw us maiching down, 
 the Hill upon them, they lied very fpeedily to Ditmttain. 
 The Earl of Man remain'd pofifcls'd of the Field of, Battle, 
 and our own Artillery, and iiood upon the Ground till Suu- 
 D let 5
 
 (So) 
 
 fet i and then coniidering that the Army had no Cover, or 
 Victuals the Night before, and none to be had nearer than 
 racO) AvUocl^ and Adjacents, whereby his Lordfhip ex- 
 peded the Left to rally, and the Battalions of the Lord 
 George Murray's, Innernybe, ArPberfotu, and Mac Gregory 
 to joyn him, refolved to draw off the Artillery, and march 
 the Army to that Place, where were tome Provifions ^ there 
 were Two Carriages of the Gunsbroke, which we left on the 
 Road. But thele Battalions did not joyn us, till the next 
 Day Afternoon, before which the Enemy was return' d to 
 Stirling. 
 
 We took the Earl of Forfar, who was dangeroufly wound- 
 ed, Colonel Laurence, and 10 or 12 Captains, and Subalterns, 
 and about xco Serjants and private Men. and 'the Laird of 
 Glenkindy, one of the Voluntiers, 4 Colours, feveral Drums, 
 and about 14 or 1500 Stands of Arms. We compute that 
 there lay dead in the Field of Battle about f or 800 of the 
 Enemy, and this is certain, that there lay dead upon the 
 Field of Battle, about 15 of the Enemy, to \ of ours ; 
 bdides, the Number of the Wounded muft be very 
 great. 
 
 The Prifoners taken by us were very civily us'd, and none 
 of them ftript. Some are allowed to return to Sterling upon 
 their Parole, and the Officers have the Liberty of the Town 
 of Perth. The few Prifoners taken by the Enemy on our 
 Left, were moil of them ftript, and wounded after taken. 
 The Earl of Panmute being firfl of the Prifoners wounded, 
 after taken, They having refuFed his Parole, was left in a 
 Village, and by the hafty retreat of the Enemy, upon the 
 Approach of our Army, was refcued by his Brother and his 
 Servants, and carried off. 
 
 Mindjj i^) the Earl of Marr drew out the Army early in 
 the Morning, on the fame Field at Ardocl) they were on the- 
 Day before : About 1 1 a-clock, we perceived fome Squa- 
 drons of the Enemy on the top of the Hill, near to the 
 Field of Battle, which march'd over the top cf the Hill, and 
 a little after, we had Account of their marching to Sterling ; 
 upon which the Earl of Marr march'd back with his Army, 
 who continued about Auchter aider. 
 
 Tuefday 15, relied. 
 
 Wednefday 1 6, the Earl of Mm left General Hamilton 
 with the Horfe, to canton about Duplin, and Lieutenant- 
 Gener.d. Gordon with the ClanS) and the rdt of the Foot 
 about Porgan and Adjacents, and went into Ptrtb himfelf to 
 order Provifions for the Army. 1 he want of which being 
 the Reifon of his returning to
 
 . 
 
 llnrfdiiy 17, the Ear! of Marr ordered General Hsmih-.n 
 to march with th Horle, and fome of the Foot to 7V>/7;, 
 and Lieutenant-General Gordon with rhe Clans, to canton 
 about that Place. After writing the former Narrative, \v 
 have an Account from Sterling, that the Enemy loft uoo 
 Men, and after Enquiry we can't find above 60 of our Men 
 in ali kill'd, among whom were the Earl of Stratlmore, the 
 Captain of Clan Ranald, both much lamented, j 
 is miffing. Very few of our Men are wounded. 
 Printed by Robert Freebairn-> 1715. 
 
 M.ror-General Wightman'j Account of the B.ittte. 
 
 Stirling Nov. 141!!, 1715. at Eleven at Night. 
 
 LA ft. Friday I arrived from Edinburgh, where IhadfinifhM 
 all the Works and Barricades that I had orders to do 
 for the Security of that Town ; and affoon as I came to his 
 Grace the Duke of Avgyle^ he told me he was glad to lee 
 me, and that as he intended to make a March towards the 
 Enemy the next Morning, he had lent an Exprels to Ed\n- 
 burgh for me. Accordingly on Saturday the izth Inftant our 
 whole- Army march'd over the Bridge of Stilling towards the 
 Enemy, who lay at a Place call'd Ardoch, about 7 Miles 
 from this Place, and in the Evening our Army came within 
 about Three Miles of the Enemy's Camp. We lay ailthac 
 Night on our Arms, and the next Morning, being Sunday ^ 
 by Creak of Day, I went with his Grace where our ad- 
 vanced Guard was polled, and had a plain View of the Re- 
 beis Army, all drawn in Line of Battle, which confifted of 
 9100 Men. They feem'd to make a Motion towards us : 
 Upon which the Duke ordered me immediately back, to 
 put our Men in order ; and, foon after, his Grace ordered 
 them to march to the top of a Hill againii die Enemy: But 
 before all, or not above half our Army, was form'a in Line 
 of Battle, the Enemy attacked us. The Right of their Liue 
 which vafUy out winged us, lay in a hollow Way, which 
 was not perceived by us, nor pofiible for us to know it, the 
 Enemy having Poffeilion of the Brow of the Hill ; but the; 
 Left of their Army was very plain to our View. The Mo- 
 n.ent we got to the top of the Hill, not above half our Men 
 were come up, or could form ; the Enemy, that were with- 
 in little more than Piftol-Shot, began the Attack with all 
 their Left upon our Right. I had the Command of the 
 foot: The Enemy were Highlanders j and as it is their 
 D a Cuftoai,
 
 (SO 
 
 Cuftom, gave us a Fire ; and a great many came up to our 
 Nofes, Sword in Hand ; but the Horfe on our Right, with 
 the conftant Fire of the PJotoons of Foot, foon put the Left 
 of. their Army to the Rout. The Duke of Argylc purfuing, 
 as he thought, the Main of their Army, which he drove be- 
 fore him above a Mile and a half over a River. As I 
 march'd after him, as faft as I could, with a little above 
 Three Regiments of Foot, I heard a great Fire on our Left ; 
 and lent my Aid de-Camp to lee the OccaUon of it, and 
 found that the Right of the Enemy's Aimy, that lay in 
 the hollow Way, and was tuperior to that part of their 
 Army which we had beaten, was fallen upon the Left of our 
 Line, with all the Fury imaginable , and, as our Men were 
 not torm'd, they cut off juft the Half of our Foot, and our 
 Squadrons on our Left. The Duke, who purfued the Enemy 
 very faft, was not apprized of this : And as he had ordered 
 me to march as fait as I could after him, I was obliged to 
 flacken my March, and fend to his Grace to inform him of 
 what had happeu'd. I kept what Foot I had in perfeft or- 
 der, not knowing but my Rear might foon be attack'd by 
 the Enemy, that had beat our Lett, which proved to be the 
 Fiower of their Army. At iaft, when the Duke had put 
 to Flight that part of the Rebel Army he was engaged with, 
 he came back to me, and could not have imagined to fee 
 fuch an Army as was behind us, being Three times our num- 
 ber ; but as I had kept that part of our Foot which firfl en- 
 gaged in very good order, his Grace joyned me with Five 
 Squadrons cf Dragoons, and we put the belt face on the 
 Matter, to the Right about, and fo marched to the Enemy, 
 who had defeated all the Left of our Army. If they had 
 had either Courage or ContlucT:, they might have entirely 
 deftroy'd my Body of Foot; but it plealed God to the con- 
 trary. I am apt to conje&ure, their Spirits were not a little 
 damped, by having been Witneffes, iome Hours before, of 
 the firm Behaviour of my Foot, and thought it hardly pof- 
 fible to break u. . We march'd in a Line of Battle, till we 
 - came within half a Mile of the Enemy, and found them 
 ranged j-t the top of a Hill, on very advantageous Ground, 
 and above 40:0 in number. We polled our lelves at the 
 b-.itsm of the Hill, in foaie advantageous Ground, where 
 tneir Horle could JK>t well attack us: For we had the ad- 
 vant geof ibme Earth- walls, or Ditches, about Breaft high; 
 and, as I.vumig grew on, we inclined with our Right to- 
 wards the Xuwu of Dumelain, in all the Order that was 
 poffible. 1 he hnemy behaved like Civil Gentlemen, and let 
 us do what we plesled, to that we palled the Bridge of 
 UtwM.vn j polled our (elves very fecuiely, and lay on our 
 
 Arms
 
 (fj ) 
 
 Arms all Night. This Morning we went with a Body of 
 Dragoons to the Field of Battle } brought oft" the wounded 
 Men i and came to this Town this Evening. General WeWs 
 late Regiment, now M.orrifon % s, is one of the unfortunate 
 Regiments that were not formed, and fuffered moft. M^jor 
 Hamar is kill'd, with young Hillary, and many other O$i-- 
 General Evant and I, had the good Fortune to be on 
 
 the Right Wing, with the Duke. General Evans had his 
 Jlorfe (hot dead under him, and efcaped very narrowly, as 
 well as my felf. 
 
 P. S. Our whole Army did not con/ijl of ahvc a Thoufand 
 Dragoons, and 2.500 Foot ; and but little more than half of 
 them engaged. However, I mujl do the Enemy the Jujlice to 
 fay, I never faw regular Troops more exactly drawn up in 
 Line of Battle ; and that in a Momen- \ and their Officers 
 behaved with all the Gallantry imaginable. All I can fay, It 
 will be of the lafl Danger to the Government, if we have' 
 not Force to deflroy them foon. -Tie Lofs on both Sides I 
 leave for another time, when we have a more exaf} Account- 
 
 N. P. 
 A Lift of the Prifoners at DumlLiin. 
 
 LOrd Strathallan-^Earruw field, Logie Drmnmon^Mr. Murray 
 of Auchtertyre, Mr. Tho. Dmmmond, brother to the Vil- 
 count of Strathallen,Mr. Dnimmond of Dmmqiihany, Captain 
 William Creigbtin } Mr. John Rofs, Son to the Archbifhop of 
 St. Andrews, Mr. Nairve of tialdwtile, Mr. William Hay, 
 John Gordon Captain, William Forbes Lieutenant, Archibald 
 I'jtbiinghame Lieutenant, Alexander Garrijch tnfign, James 
 Catntgie Surgeon, Nicholas Donaifon tnfign, Alexander Steii- 
 art of lenerjlavfie Forreiler to the Duke of Athol, Neil M, 
 G/aJfon, Chamberlain to the Duke of Afhol-, James Steunr't 
 Lieutenant, John Robert fon Lieutenant, James^ Gordon Sur- 
 geon, David Gjrdm Captain of Pammire's Regiment, Kenneth 
 Mackenzie Nephew to Sir Alexandtr Mackenzie of Cor///, 
 Charles Gatdin of Bittiflern^John M. Lean, Adjutant to Col. 
 Mackenzy's Regiment, Conn Mackenzie of Kildin Captain of 
 Fjirbonic's Regiment, Mr. John Rattray, Mr. Peter Stenxn, 
 Mr. George Taylor, Mr. James Lyon, Mr. Anchte>lony, Lewis 
 Cr amend ^ William Steuart, George Mear t Hittor AVltan, Alex- 
 ander Mill, John ATIntoJb, Robert M'htoJJ;, Hugh Calder, 
 James Innss, Donald M ' Pherfon, John Morgan, Donald Ro- 
 fartfon) Robert Menziss, William Menzies^ Jvhn Menzics, 
 D 3
 
 <J4). 
 
 William Menzies, William Steu.irt, Alexander M'LacJnan, P<t- 
 ttfck Campbell. .Hugh jlf&aw, D'on'ald A1'^.7)P, Cbrijlipber 
 4f Rac, John Lijly, Junes Edgar, .James Monday, James Hill* 
 John Gordon, Donald AVMnr tie, Murdoch NTFberfon, Alex. 
 C.inuron, D :nald M'Navchite, EwaQJ&'Lqcblan, Donald Ro- 
 /V//07J, Junes Keicb, Thomas Rolertfon . Alexander Morifon-, 
 Andrew J.imif<)n, Robert Miller, Adam Gr'infell, Angus Steuart.y 
 John Robeitjon, Ducan AVIntofl)^ James Pendie, John Forbes^ 
 jftcxand. Stu.ntt Donald Mitchel, Francis Finlay^ John Cotti- 
 n.ick-, Jjhn Nitchie Merchant in Edinburgh , Captain Charles 
 Cbalwcri) -iate of the Foot GuardSj one of A/.iy'e Ma- 
 jors. 
 
 ".This Vicl'ry WAS not acq'iir'd without the Lofs of fome 
 Lravc- M'-fl on uur Side, a Lift of whom, as printed at Edin- 
 i>tit'g/J, follows. 
 
 Ci. PGrtaiioic's Regiment, Captain Rolertfon and a Quar. 
 ter Mailer, wounded , i Dragoons kill'd, and 4 wounded. 
 
 Of EVMI'* Regiment; himfelf wounded by a cut in the 
 Head ; Captain I'.ver his Thigh-Bone broke ^ Colonel Haw- 
 ley ihot through the Shoulder ; a Cornet and a few private 
 Menkjll'd. 
 
 Of Lord Forfar's Regiment ; himfelf Ihot in the Knee 
 and cut in the Head, and recetv'd 10 or 12, Strokes after he 
 had got Quarter from the Rebels ; he is dead fince j Enfigu 
 Jirtmcb and tight private Men kill'd. 
 
 , Of tPigbtiua*** Regiment ; Eniign Mark wounded } 3 Gre- 
 nadiers, and i or 3 Men kill'd. 
 
 Of Shnnons Regiment, Captain Arnot and 5 or 6 killed 
 and wounded. Tnefs, with a Squadron of i9/.7/r's, were the 
 Troops that were upon the Right, and continu'd with the 
 Duke of Aigyle, and beat the Rebels. 
 
 On the Left. Of Mori foil's Regiment :, Lieutenant Co- 
 Jonel H.immerst 2 Captains, 4 Lieutenants, and 3 Enfigns 
 njiffing, and a good many private Men. 
 ^ Of Montague's Regiment ; Lieutenant Colonel Laurence^ 
 Captain I'mbell, Captain Bernard are taken Prifoners ; a 
 Lieutenant wounded, and a good many private Men killed. 
 
 Qf Claton's Regiment j Captain Ratio. 
 
 Of the Fufi leers, Captain Cbiejlie-^ Lieutenant /T.ry, and 
 Lieutenant Mitcbclfon taken Prifoners, and Captain Uraubart 
 \\ ounded. 
 
 Of F gar film's Regiment; Captain Dano&T bruis'd with 
 a hoife, and aicw piivate Men k^Ud. 
 
 At
 
 (55) 
 
 Order of Council for tend ring the Oaths in the City of 
 LONDON. 
 
 At the Court of St. James's, the $th Day of December, 1715. 
 Prefent the King's moft Excellent Majeity in Council, 
 
 WHEREAS in and by an A& of Parliament made in tie 
 Firft Tear of His Mijejly's Reign, Intituled, An Aft 
 for the further Security of His Majefty's PerJbn ;;nd Govern- 
 ment, and the Succefiion of the Crown in the Heirs of the 
 late Princefs Sophia, being Proteftants ; and for extinguifhing 
 the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wiles, and his open 
 and fecret Abettors : // was Enacted, That it Jbould and might 
 be lawful to and for any Perfon or Perfons, who Jbould be by 
 bis Majejly, for that Purpofe, fpeci.illy appointed, by Older in 
 tie Privy*Council, to adminijler and tender tie Oaths of Alle- 
 giance and Supremacy, and the Oath commonly called-, The 
 Abjuration Ouh, thereby appointed to be taken., to any Perfon 
 or Perfons wbatfoever, whom tley foouid or might fufpett to be 
 Dangerous, or Difaffetted to Us Majejly or his Government ; 
 and that if any Perfon or Perfons to whom the faid Oaths Jbould 
 le fo tendered^ foould neglett, or refufe to take tie fame, fuel 
 Perfon or Perfons, fo efpecially to be appointed, tendring tls 
 faid Oaths. Jbonld certify tie refufal thereof to the next <j%uar- 
 ter-SeJ/ions of tie County, Riding, Liberty, City, &c. in which 
 fuel Refufal JbonU be made, and that the faid Refufal Jbould be Re- 
 corded among the Rolls of that Sejion, and Jbould be from tlencs 
 certified by tie Clerk of the Peace into his Majejly' s Court of 
 Chancery or King's Bench, to be Recorded in a Roll there 
 to be kept for that purpofe ; and that every Perfon fo neglecting or 
 refitting to take the faid Oaths, /hould be from the Tune of his Ne- 
 glefl or Refufal taken, ejieemed and adjudg'd a Popifh Recufant 
 Convitt, and as fuel to Forfeit and be Proceeded aga:njt : 
 
 tie Intent and Purpofe th.it no Perfon might avoid taking the 
 faid Oaths upon any Pretence whatfoever, it is thereby further 
 Enatted, That it Jbould and might bs lawful to, and for any fuel 
 Per fans or Per funs for that purpofe fo Specially to be appointed, 
 ly Writing under his or their Hands and Seals, to fummon any 
 Perfon to appear before him or them at a certain Day and Time 
 therein to be appointed, to take the faid Oaths (which Summons 
 is by the fold Alt to be ferved upon fuel Perfcn, or left at his 
 Dwellin^'Houfe-, or ufual Place of Abode, with one of the Fa- 
 mily there) and that if fuel Perfon who Jbsuld be fo fummoned^ 
 jbould Neglect or Refiije to appear according to fuel Summons, 
 D 4. that
 
 tint tlen, upon fas Proof to be made, upon Oath, of tie J "er~ 
 ving the f aid Summons, fuel) Per font or Perfons fo fpecially to 
 bi appointed, is, and are thereby required to certify the fame at 
 the next General Quarter Refflons of the Peace-, to be holden 
 for fuel} County, Riding, Liberty, City, &c. there to be entred 
 upon the Rolls of the faid Se/tons ; and if fuel Perfon wJjo 
 fimidbe [nmmoned to take tie faid Oaths, ftjould neglect or re- 
 fufe to appear, mid take the faid Oaths, at the fait General 
 uarter-tefir>ns (the Names of the Perfons fo certified, being 
 f:ibiic^]y read at 'the firjl Meeting of tie faid.SeJ/ions) that 
 then and in fitch Cafe, fnch rifjvR jbauld be taken, efteemed and 
 adjudged a -Popijh Jfecnfant Convict, and ns fuel to forfeit and 
 be Proceeded bgainfk t as if fiicb Per fan lad aclually rsfufed to 
 take the faid Oaths ; and the fame is to be .from thence certified 
 by the Clerk of the Peace in the faid Court of Chancery or 
 King's 'Bench, there to' be Recorded as aforef aid: His Majefty* 
 iy Advice of his Privy Council, piirfuant to the faid recited 
 Aft, dot I' hereby appoint the Perfons herein after-named, for the 
 reflective JPardt, to be Comwij/ioners for the admrnifliin% to tie. 
 nfpfflive Inhabit ant s> of the faid refpecT-ive Wards, the Oaths 
 nciit:fn'd in i he f aid recited Jtt, giving to them refpeftively, or 
 /:.'v .'n'y, three, fir more of them, within their refpeclive Wards 
 
 frtH VAvtr and Authority to tender, adminifter, and to fummon 
 ihe faid IrJiahlLints tn take the faid Oaths, and to perform and 
 execute nli^nd every tie Matters and Things direcled by tlefaia 
 recited Ciaiifes to be (xeait-ed, by avy Perfrn or Perfons to be 
 /;Y- ;>//}> appointed by his Majefty for that Purpofe , and tie faid 
 ''ttferlive Ptrfons are hereby required and commanded, to proceed 
 the* en fan according to the Direclionsof tie faid Aft, viz. 
 
 J 
 
 f'sr tie Tfoyd of Alderfgate within^ London. 
 
 O H N Cartlich, Thomas Gouge, Efquires. 
 
 For tie Ward of Alderfgate, without. 
 Captain William Smith,- Captain Chriilopher Parkinfon, 
 John Maud, John Whitaker, Francis Hole, Gentlemen. 
 
 Fjr the J^ard of AkVate 
 
 Sir Randolph Knipe, Kmglt* John Eyles, John Gore, 
 William Chyton, John Carbonnel, John Ludlow, Bfptiret; 
 Richaid'JHoUircb, Francis Brown, Gentlemen.. Sir Benja- 
 jnin Ayloffe, Robert Heyfham, Efq; Mr. John Morphew, 
 Will am Cole, Eft; Mi. Micajah erry T Air.. Henry Petty, 
 KU. L'avid i>muh. 
 
 For
 
 (57) 
 
 For tic Ward of Bafliefhaw 
 
 Lieut. Col. John Sherrey, Deputy John Eyer, Jeremiah 
 Powell, Ef$ John Baker, Samuel Ball, Gent. 
 
 For the Ward of Billingsgate 
 
 Deputy William Jenkins, Jofeph Chaplin, Efq\ William 
 Smith, Orange Merchant. Charles Ruffell, Andrew Phillipsj 
 Edward Bellamy, Richard Ives, Richard Maundrell, Gent. 
 
 For the Ward of Bifhopfgate within. 
 
 Sir Jofeph Lawrence, Knight, Alderman. Samuel Shep. 
 herd, Sen. Edward Norman, /if ; Roger Atlee, John Lloyd, 
 Richard l Pi*tridge > Ef quires. Thomas Hall of St. Helens^ 
 Merchant. Edward Brown, Charles Burdett, Chriftophef 
 Aftley, Thomas Griffin, John Shott, Gentlemen. 
 For the Ward of Bifhopi'gate without 
 
 Richard Chifwell, Charles Cooke, Jofeph Huntman, Sa- 
 muel Webb, Richard Hopkins of Devoiijhire Square^ Efquires. , 
 Captain Jonathan Parker. " Jofeph Eyles, Henry Lovell, Gent. 
 
 For the Ward of Breadftreet 
 
 William Proftor, Robert Baylis, William Billers, Jerome 
 ICnapp, James Church, John Wormlayton, Samuel Marfh, 
 
 Ef quires. 
 
 For the Ward of Bridge 
 
 Sir George Mertins, Knight, Alderman.' .Arthur Cutten, 
 Henry Neale, Samuel Buck, Richard Saville, James Browne, 
 Kipjwrd Clay, Richard Durnford, Gentlemen. 
 
 For the Ward of Broadftreet 
 
 Sir Gerrard Conyers,/fMfg-/;/ -,Alderman, Deputy George Frye, 
 John Tovpvjbend, Etqi William Aftell, John Dickenfon, 
 RiAiid Turner, Henry Bedell, David Heywood, Henry 
 Mertins Robert Burchall, Richard Skynner, Gentlemen. 
 Captain Tho. Cartwnght. 
 
 For the Ward of Candlewick 
 
 Sir John Ward, Knight, Alderman^ 'and one of the Sheriffs. 
 Deputy' Sutton Sharpe. Benjamin Henfhaw, Edward Matters, 
 Peter Fofter, Robert Hayes, William Willcox, Thomas Hill, 
 DavjJ Cooke, Nathaniel MicklewaytCj Matthew Brandon, 
 Gentlemen. 
 
 For the Ward of Cafllebaynard 
 
 Dr. George Paul,, Awnfham Churchill, Effc Capt- Francis 
 
 Hoiton. William Hayfordytpiirainr. Crow r AtkinfonBugby, 
 
 : William
 
 "William Territt, JohnPaitfield, John Rowland, John Peachy, 
 Thomas Walters, Timothy Child, John Young, terdinando 
 Burleigh, Gentlemen. 
 
 For the Ward of Cheap 
 
 Befuty Henry Colchefter, Henry Cornifh, John Young, 
 Samuel Spragg, Ef quires. John Moore, Robert Keynton, 
 Robert Smithi'on, Benjamin Hill, Robert Norri?, George 
 Wilcock r , Chriitopher White, John Morgan, Gentlemen^ 
 
 For the Ward of CpJemanftreet 
 
 Deputy Simon Andrews. William Barnelly, Thomas Gib- 
 fon^ 'Efquires. Philip Conftable, Daniel Garret, James 
 Nutcher, John Newman, Robert Lovick, Gentlemen. 
 
 For tie Ward, of Cordweyner 
 
 Deputy Samuel Hayward. Samuel Trench, Henry Clarke, 
 Efquhes. George Morley, Henry King, Benjamin Hatley, 
 Richard Froome, Gentlemen. Doftor Zachariah Giblbn. 
 
 For tie Ward of Cornhill 
 
 Sir Thomas Scawin, Knight^ AUeiman > Deputy Richard 
 Chauncey. John Ellwick, John Blunt, Robert Garbrand, 
 John Wood, John Daye, Gabriel Glover, Joteph Goddard, 
 John Smith, William Pate, Gentlemen. 
 
 For tie Ward of Cripplegate within. 
 John Egleton$ Efa\ Major Robert Crofhaw. Thomas 
 TJvedale, Robert MitcheU, Thomas Warren, Edward Hulfe, 
 Mich. Bovel 1 , William Weitfield, Robert Foylc, John Wade, 
 Jof. King, Samuel Lavarick, Zachariah Gisburne. 
 
 For tie Ward of Cripplegate witlout. 
 Samuel A&on, John Harri?, Edward Buxton, Richard 
 Fsrrington, Gentlemen. Captain Thomas Catmore. 
 
 For tie Ward of Dowgate. 
 
 Sh Francis Forbes, Knight, Aldermaii 9 John Kendrick, /j; 
 John Harris, Abraham Foifter, Jofiah Nichollon, William 
 Hughs, William Jolly. 
 
 For the Ward of Farringdon witlin. 
 
 "William Fawkner, Efa Major JohnHatley, Humphrey 
 Thayer, Anthony Kingfley, William Birkes, JohnEdwaifls, 
 Thomas Simpfon, Daniel Midwinter, John Baskett, Samuel 
 Afhurft of Pater-NoJler-Rovty John Evans, Francis Mufteir, 
 John Williams of Black-Fryer s> John Taylor, Ibid. Samuel 
 
 Hoole,
 
 ( 59 ) 
 
 Hoole, Jofeph Pfcachcroft, Nicholas Toke, Thomas Rofe 
 William Hulls of Newgate Jlreet> Gsntlemen. 
 
 For 'tis Ward of F:tringdon wit lout. 
 
 Sir Robert Child, Kniglt, and Ai 'derma*, Lieut. Col. Robert 
 Cower, Henrt Sherbrooke, James Seamer, Efquires. Captain 
 John Lewis, Captrin George Jenkins. John Nichol, Natha- 
 niel Rokeby, John Tayleur, Edward Edwards, Thomas 
 Platted, John hibbert, John Darby, Richard Rider, Nath, 
 May, Willi-im Gardiner, Timothy Goodwin, Anthony Keck, 
 Richard Hodgtbn, Herbert Herriot, Richard Badcock, Gentle* 
 
 For. tie Ward of Langborne. 
 
 Sir Peter Delme, Knight and Alderman* Henry Herring, De- 
 puty John Cooper, Jonathan Miles, Lawrence Hat fell, Henry 
 Hankey, Ej mines. John Lloyd, Jeremiah Marlow, Williaof 
 Ingram, William Potter, Gentlemen. 
 
 For tie Ward 0/Lymeftreet. 
 
 Deputy Lancelot Skinner. Jnfhua Bagmaw, Benjamin Afh- 
 wood, Henry Tombes, Jeoffry Staines, Gentlemen. 
 
 For tie Ward of Port token. 
 
 Samuel Perry, / ?i Cap*. John Hawkins, Cap. John Will!, 
 ams, William Bralfey, John Dodlbn, Gentlemen- 
 
 For fta/T^c/Queenhithe. 
 
 Sir John Fryer, Bart. Alderman^ and one of tie Sheriffs. 
 Francis Foiter, John Gram, Daniel Bockeril, Gentleman. 
 
 For tie WurcL of tie Tower. 
 
 Sir Peter Eiton, Sir Harcourt Matters, Knight s- Deputy 
 John Langton. Peter Godfrey, Thomas Gkre, Ef quires. 
 Charles Savage, Samuel Beachcroft, John Britton, Richard 
 Harris, Francis Porten, James Paitfield, Stephen King, 
 Rich. Merry weather, Robert Jeffs, Robert Godfrey, JohnBlyy 
 Jof. Wincmills, Gentlemen. Major Richard Lechmere. 
 
 For tie Ward of Vintry. 
 
 Lieutemnt Colonel William Gooke, Deputy. Lieut, Gol. 
 Samuel Weilall. Henry Greenaway, Kfq^ John Samwaies, 
 Robert Smith, Jof. Wrigglel'worth, Bartholomew Clarke, 
 Edmond Trench, John Cooper, Gentkmn, 
 
 .For
 
 ( 60 ) 
 
 For tie Ward of Walbrooke. 
 
 Sir Samuel Moyer, Bart. Deputy John Weft. John Lane, 
 Robert Stockdale, Efqrs. Richard Weil, Samuel Key mo n, 
 Nathaniel Tarriano, - Math. Shepherd, Francis Jackfon, 
 Gentlemen. 
 
 JA. VERNON 
 
 N. R. 
 
 The KING 's Letter to the Earl of Sutherland. 
 St. Jamcfs Jan. 13. 1715-15. 
 
 GEORGE R. 
 
 Sutherland, having been 
 
 we* find, of tie. 
 
 MY Lord Earl of Sutherland, having been inform d from 
 feveral Paris of the good Services you dp we and of tic 
 wife Diffofitions you have made to maintain the Important Psjl 
 of Invernefs, / would not 1st flip the Occafion that offers it f elf, 
 to ajfurtyou, that I am very fenfible of fo ufeful Set vices, and 
 vhich, you may defend, IJhall not forget ; I hype you will con- 
 tinue them with more Attention than ever, now that my Army 
 is upon the point of marching againft the Rebels- I do not 
 doubt but that the Ship which carries to you Arms and Money'-, 
 has reached you by this Time. So I pray Gafamy Lord Earl of 
 Sutherland, to have you in hisfafe and holy' Keeping. 
 
 N*. S. 
 
 Ccmmijffioner: for Building Fifty New Ctmrcles. 
 
 T Homos Lord Archbifhpp of Canterbury, Primate of all 
 England and Metropolitan, and the Arch-biihop of 
 Canterbury for the time b^ing , William Lord Arch bifhop of 
 2prk, Primate of England and Metropolitan ; John Lord Bi- 
 fhop of London ; ana :he Bifhop. of London for the time be- 
 ing i Jonathan Lord Bifhcp of Jfinchejier, John Lord Bifhop 
 of LitcbfieU and Coventry, William Lord Bifhop of Saiijburf t 
 jfrbn Lord Bilhop of Bangor, William Lord Bifhop of Lincoln* 
 Lord Almoner j Qharles Lord Bnhop of Norwich, William 
 Lord Bnhop of Ely, George Lord Bifhop of Brijlil, Ricbird 
 Lord Bjfhop of Gloucejler, John Lord Bifhop of St. Jfaplt i 
 George Stanhope Doftor in Divinity, Prolocutor of the Lower 
 HouTeof Convocation, and Dean of the Metropolitan Church 
 of Canterbury Henry Godolfhin Doftnr' in Divinity, DeanoJ 
 the Cathedral Ciiurch of St. Paul, London \, White Kennes 
 Dodor in Divinity, Dean of the Cathedral Cnurch of
 
 (6, ) 
 
 Peterleirttogh ; Robert Mo/i Doftor in Divinity, Dean of the 
 Cathedral Church of Ely ; Francis HarcDoftor in Divinity, 
 Dean of the Cathedral Church of Worcefler ; Thomas Sherlock 
 Do&or in Divinity, Dean of the Cathedral Church of Chi- 
 chejler ; William Stanley Do&or in Divinity, Arch-deacon of 
 London \ Thomas Lyndford, Lilly Butler, Samuel Bradford^ 
 Robert Cannon, Join Waugh^ Edward JTaddrington and Thomas 
 Good Doctors in Divinity; Sir Thomas Parker Kt. Lord Chief 
 Juftice of the Court of King's Bench ; Sir Peter King Kt, 
 Lord Chief Juilice of the Court of Common fleas ; Sir Samuel 
 Dodd Kt. Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer ; Sir 
 Robert Eyre Kt. one of the Juitices of the Court ot King's- 
 Bench , Sir Cbaries Peers Kt. Lord Mayor of the City of 
 London, and the Lord Mayor of the City of London for the 
 Time being, Sir Jofefh JekyllKt. his Majeftyfs Firft Serjeant 
 at Law; Sir Edward Nortley Kt. his Majefty's Attorney 
 General j Nicholas Lechtoere Efq; his Majefty's Sollicitor 
 General ; Sir Gilbert Heatheoat Kt. and Alderman of the 
 City of London ; Sir John Ward Kt. and Sir John Fryer Bart, 
 Aldermen of the faid City, and Sheriffs of the laid City 
 and County of Middlefex, and the Sheriffs of the faid City 
 and County for the Time bting; Sir John Philips, Sir George 
 Markbam Bans. Sir Randolph Knife, Sir Ifaac Newtov, Sir 
 Hart court Maflers Kts. John Bettefworth Doctor of Law, 
 Official Principal of the Arches, and Judge of the Preroga. 
 tive Court of Canterbury^ George Paul Doclor of Laws, Vi 
 car General to the Arch-bifhop of Canterbury ; Sir Natha- 
 niel Lloyd Kt. Dodor of Laws, his Majeily's Advocate- 
 General; John HiccockS) John M.eller El'qrs. Mafters in 
 Chancery ; William Melmoth Efq; Barrifler at Law ; John 
 Pultney, George Naylor, William Falkner, William Clayton, 
 John Ellys, John Hoskins^ John Aijlabie, William Farrer* 
 Thomat Pitt Senior, Thomas Mieklethwait) and Edward 
 feck Efqrs. 
 
 M*.T 
 
 The Pretendtr's Declaration. 
 
 I. ijMES VIII. by the Grace ofi God, of Scotland, E*g- 
 J land) Fiance, and Ireland, King, Defender cf the 
 Faith, &V. To all our Loving Subjects, of what Degree or 
 Quality loever, Greeting. As we are firmly refolved never 
 to omit any Opportunity of averting our undoubted Title to 
 the Imperial Crown of thefe Realms, and of endeavouring 
 to put our lelf into the Poffeffion of that Right which is 
 
 devolved
 
 .(*> 
 
 devolved upon Us by the Laws of God and Man ; fo muft 
 We, in Juftice to the Sentiments of our own Heart declare, 
 That nothing in this World can give Us fo grrat Satisfaction, 
 as to owe to the Endeavours of our Lo, al Subjects, both 
 our and their Reiteration to that happy Settlement, which 
 can alone deliver this Church and Nation from the Cala- 
 mities which they^lie at prefent under, and from thofe fu- 
 ture Miferies which muft be the Confequences of the pre- 
 lent Ufurpntion. During the Life of our Dear Sifter of 
 Glorious Memory, the Hap inefs which our People enj oy'd, 
 ioftned, in fome Degree, the Hardihip of our own Fate. 
 And we muft farther confefs, That when We reflected on 
 the Goodnefs of her Nature, and her Inclination to Juftice, 
 we could not but perfwade our felf, That fhe intended tD 
 eftablifh and perpetuate the Peace which fhe had given to 
 thefe Kingdoms, by deltroying for ever all Competition to 
 the Succeifion of the Crown, and by fecuring to Us, at 
 laft, the Enjoyment of that Inheritance, out of which we 
 had been lo long kept j which her Conference muft inform 
 Her was our due, and which her Principles muft lead Her 
 to defire, that we might obtain. 
 
 2. But fince the Time when it pleafed Almighty God to 
 jput a Period to her Life, and not to fuffer Us to throw our 
 lelf, as we then fully propoled to have done, upon our Peo- 
 ple, We have not been able to look on the prelent Condi- 
 tion of our Kingdoms, or to confider their future Profpect, 
 xvithout all the Horror and Indignation which ou^ht to fill 
 the Breaft of every Scotfm.in. 
 
 3. We have beheld a Foreign F-.mily, Aliens to our 
 Country, diftant in Blood, and Strangers even to our Lan- 
 guage, afcend the Throne. 
 
 4. We have leen the Reins of Government put into the 
 Hands of a Faction, and that Authority, which was de- 
 figned for the Protection of all, exercifed by a few of the 
 worlt, to the Opprefilon of the beft and greateft Number of 
 our Subjects : Our Sifter has not been left at Reft in her 
 Grave: Her Name has been fcurrilouily abufed ; her Glory, 
 as far as in thefe People lay, inlblently cefaced, and her Faith, 
 ful Servants inhumanly perfecuted : A Parliament has been 
 procur'd by the moft unwarrantable Influences, and by the 
 grofTelt Corruption to ferve the vileftEnds, and they, who 
 ought to be Guardians of the Liberties of the People, are 
 become the Inftruments of Tyranny. Whilft the, principal 
 Powers engaged in the late Wars, enjoy the Bleffings of 
 Peace, and are attentive to dilcharge their Debts arid eafe 
 their People, Great-Britain, in the midlt of Peace, feels all 
 the Load of a War^ n.-\v Debts are contracted, new Armies 
 
 are
 
 are rajfed at Home, Dutch Forces are brought into fhefe 
 Kingdoms : And by taking pofieffion of the Dutchy of 
 Bremen, in Violation of the publick Faith, a Door is open'd 
 by the Ufurper, to let in an Inundation of Foreigners from 
 Abroad, and to reduce thele Nations to the State of a Pro- 
 vince, to one of the mofi inconfiderable Provinces of the 
 Empire. 
 
 ^. Thefe are fome few of the many real Evils, into 
 which thefe Kingdoms have been betrayed, under prerence 
 of being Refcued and Secured from Dangers purely imagi- 
 nary : And thele are fuch Confequences of abandoning the 
 Old Conftitution, as we perlwade Ourfelves, very many of 
 thofe, who promoted the prefent Unjuit and Illegal Settle- 
 ment, never intended. 
 
 6. We obierve with the utmoft Satisfaftion, that the Ge . 
 nerality of our Subjefts are awakened with a jult Sente of 
 their Danger, and that they fhow themlelves diipoled to 
 take fuch Measures as may effedually refcue them from 
 that Bondage, which has, by the Artifice of a few defigning 
 Men. and by the Concurrence of many unhappy Caules, 
 been brought upon them. 
 
 7. We adore the Wifdom of the Divine Providence, 
 which has opened a Way to Our Reiteration, by the Succets 
 of thofe very Meafures that were hid to ditappoint Us for 
 ever. And we mod earneftly Conjure all our loving Sub- 
 jefts, not to lufler that Spirit to faint or die away, which 
 has been Co miraculoufly rais'd in all Parts of the Kingdom; 
 but to purfue, with all the Vigour and Hopes of Succels, 
 which to juft and righteous a Caufe ought to inlpire, thoi'e 
 Methods, which the Finger of God Teems to point out to 
 them- 
 
 8. We are come to take our part in all the Dangers and 
 Difficulties to which any of our Subjects, from the greateifc 
 down to the meaneit, may be expofed on this important Oc- 
 cafion, to relieve our Subje&s of Scotland from the Hardihips 
 they groan under, on Account of the late unhappy Union 5 
 and to reltore the Kingdom to its Ancient, Free, and Inde- 
 pendent State. 
 
 p. We have before our Eyes, the Example of our Royal 
 Granfather, who fell a Sacrifice to Rebellion ; and of Our 
 Royal Uncle, who, by a Train of Miracles, efcaped the 
 Rage of the barbarous and blood-thirfly Rebels, and lived 
 to exercife His Clemency towards thofe who had waged 
 War againft His Father and Himfelf ; who had driven him 
 to feek Shelter in Foreign Lands, and who had even let a 
 Price upon his Head% 
 
 IQ. We
 
 <6 4 ) 
 
 10. We fee the fame Inttances of Cruelty renewed againft 
 Us by Men of the fame Principles, without any Qther Rea- 
 fon than the ConfcipuLnei's of their ownGui : t, and.che im- 
 placable Malice of their own Heart; For in the Account 
 of fuch Men, it isCri r.e fuificient to be born their King. 
 But God forbid that We mould tread, in thefe Steps, or that 
 the Caufe of a Lawful Prince and an injured People mould 
 be carried on like.-that of Usurpation and Tyranny, and owe 
 its Support to AiTaflins. We ihall Copy after the Patterns 
 above-mentioned, and be ready, with the Former of our 
 Royal Anceltors, to Seal the Caufe of our Country, if i'uch 
 be the Will of Heaven, with our, Blood : But we hope foe 
 better Things : We hope, whh the latter, to lee our juft 
 Rights, and thofe of the Church and People ; of Scotland* 
 once more fettled, in a Free Independent Scats Parliament 
 on their ancient Foundation : To lucha Parliament. [which 
 we will immediately Call J fhall we entirely refer both our 
 and their Interests ; being ienfible that thefe Interests, right- 
 ly understood, are always the lame: Let the Civil as well as 
 Religious Rights of all our Subjects receive their Con- 
 firmation in fuch a Parliament ; Let Cdnfciences truly ten- 
 der be indulged i Let Property of every K:nd be bet- 
 ter than ever iecured : Let an Aft of General Grace and 
 Amnefty extinguifh the Fears, even of the moil Guilty : Jf 
 poffible, let the very Remembrance of all which has pre- 
 ceeded this happy Moment be utterly blotted our, that our 
 jjubjefts may be united to Us, and to each other, in the 
 ilricleit Bonds of Affection, as well as Intereu\ 
 
 11. And that nothing may be omitted, which is in our 
 Power, to contribute to this defirable End, we do, by thele 
 Prefents, abfolutely and effectually-) for us, our Heirs and 
 Succeffors, Pardon, Remit, and Difclnrge all Crimes of 
 High-Treafon, Milprifion of Treafon, and all other Crimes 
 and Offences whatsoever, done or committed againlt us, or 
 our Royal Father, of Bleffed Memory, by any of our Sub- 
 jects, of what Degree or Quality foever, who fhall, at or 
 after our Landing, and before they engage in snyA&ion 
 againlt us, or our Forces rrom that Time, lay hold of Mer- 
 cy, and return to that Duty and Allegiance which they 
 owe to Us, their only Rightful and Lawful-Sovereign. 
 
 By the joint Endeavours of us and of our Parliament, 
 urged by theie Motive:-, and directed to th.-le Views, We 
 may hope to fee the Peace and rlourifhing Eitate of this 
 Kingdom in a ihort time reltored i and we mall be equally 
 forward to concert with our Parliament, inch farther Mea- 
 fures, as may be thought necefiary for leaving the fame to 
 future Generations. 
 
 And
 
 .(.$.) 
 
 And we hereby require all Sheriffs .of Shires^ Stewartc of 
 Stewartries, or their Deput es, and Magistrates of Burghs, 
 to publish this our Declaration, immediately after it Ihall 
 come to their Hands in the ulual Places and Manner, under 
 ?a.in of, being proceeded againft for Failure thereof, and 
 forfeiting the Benefit of Our General Pardon- 
 
 Given under our Sign Manual and Privy Sigmt, at our 
 Court at Commercy tbez^th Day of October, and 
 tie Fifteenth Year of our Rti%n 
 
 N. IT. 
 JLddreffes to th Pretender, 
 
 . To the KING'S moft Excellent Majefty. 
 
 The bumble Addrefs of the Epifcopal Clergy of the Diocefe of 
 
 Aberdeen, frefented to hit Majefty by the Reverend. DoBors 
 
 James and George Gardens, Dr. Burnet, Mr. Dunbreck, 
 
 Mr. Blair, and Mr. Maitland at Fetterofie, tie z$tb of 
 
 I December 1715. Introduced by hit Grace the Duke of Mar, 
 and the Ri$ht Honour able the Earl Marilchal of Scotland. 
 
 . SIR,. 
 
 WE your Majefty's moft faithful and dutiful Subjects, 
 the Epifcopal Clergy of the Diocefe of Aberdeen, do 
 from, our Hearts render Thanks to Almighty God for your 
 Ma jelly's fafe and happy Arnval into this your ancient 
 Kingdom of Scotland, where ,your Royal Prefence was fo 
 much longed for, and fo neceffary to animate your loyal 
 Subjefts, our noble and generous Patriots, to go on with 
 the invincible Courage and Resolution which they have 
 hitherto fo fuccefsfully exerted, for the Recovery of the 
 Rights 'of their King and Country, and to., excite many 
 others of your, good Subjects to join them, who only want- 
 ed this great Encouragement. 
 
 We hope, and pray that God may open the Eyes of fuch 
 of your Subjefts, as malicious and felf-defigning Men have 
 jnduftrioufly blinded with Prejudices agairift your Majefty, 
 as if the Recovery of your juft Rights would ruin our Reli- 
 gion, Liberties, and Property, which bythe overturning of 
 thele Rights have been highly encroached upon j and we 
 are perfwaded, that your Majefty's juftice and Goodnefs 
 will fettle and fecute thofe jutt PriviledgeSj to the Con- 
 vi&ion of your moft malicious Enemies. 
 
 Almighty God has been pleafed to train up your Maj'efty, 
 
 from youi Infancy* in the School of (he Crois j in which 
 
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 tile Divine Grace infpires the Mind with true Wifdom and 
 Virtue, and guards it againft thofe falie Bhndifhmems by 
 which Prolperity corrupts the Heart: And as this School 
 has fent forth the moft Illuftrious Princes, as Mofes, Jofefh, 
 and David-, fo we hope the fame infinitely wife and good 
 God defigns to make your Majefty, *not only a Blefling to 
 your own Kingdoms-, and the true Father of them, but alfo a 
 great Inftru'.v.ent of the general Peace and Good of Man. 
 
 ' kind. 
 
 Your Princely Vertues are fuch, that, in the Efleem of 
 the befl Judges, you are worthy to wear a Crown, tho' you 
 had not been born to it , which makes us confident, that it 
 will be your Majefty's Care to make your Subje&s a happy 
 People, and fo to fecure them in their Religion, Liberties, 
 and Property, as to leave no juft Ground of Diftruft, and to 
 unite us all in true Chriftianity, according to the Gofpel of 
 Jefus Chrift, and the Practice of the Primitive Chrittian?. 
 
 We adore the Goodnefs of God, in preferving your Ma- 
 jefty amidft the many Dangers to which you have been ex- 
 pofed, and notwithftanding the hellifti Contrivances form'd 
 againltyou, for encouraging AiTaffms to Murder your Sacred 
 Perfon, a Pradice abhorr'd by the very Heathens. May the 
 fame merciful Providence continue ftill to protect your Ma 
 jefly, to profper your Arms, to turn ihe Hearts of all the 
 People towards you, to fubaue thofe who refiir. your juft 
 Pretenfions, to eltablifh you on the Throne of your Ance- 
 flbrs, to grant you a long and happy Reign, to blels you" 
 with i Royal Progeny, and at laft with an Immortal Crown 
 Of Glory. And as it has been, ftill is, and fliali be our 
 Care to inftil into the Minds of the People true Principles 
 of Loyalty to your Majefly, lo this is the earnefl Prayer 
 of, 
 
 (M.iy it $leafe your Majefty) 
 four Majeflfs moft Faithful^ most Dutiful 
 
 and must Humlie Siibjefts and Servants. 
 
 To which Addiefs his ^pretending) Majefty was pleafed to 
 give the following Anfwer. 
 
 T Am very fcnfilk of the Ztal and Loyalty you Live exfre/ed for 
 _ me, and Jbzll be gldd to have Opportunities of giving you 
 Mvks of my Favour and ProteSion. 
 
 The Efifcopd Laity of Aberdeen followed the Example of 
 their Clergy, and, at the fame time, addreffed the Pretender 
 in the following manner; 
 
 To
 
 N. W. 
 To tie KING'S moH Excellent Majetty. 
 
 \ T JE your ever Loyal and Dutiful Subjefts, the Magi- 
 VV ftrates, Town Council, and other your Majelty's 
 Loyal Subjefts, Citizens of Aberdeen , do heartily congratu- 
 late your Arrival to this your Native and Hereditary King- 
 dom. Heaven very ofcen enhaunces our Bleflings by pifap. 
 pointmeius ; and your Majefty's fafe Arrival, after luch a 
 Train of Difficulties, and to many Attempts, oukes us not 
 doubt but that God is propitious to your juft Caule. 
 
 As your Majeity's Arrival was t'ealbnable, (o it was fur- 
 prizing. We were happy, and we knew it not. We had 
 the Bleffing we wiihed for, yet inlenfible till n.)W, that your 
 Majefty has been pleas'd to let us know, that we are the 
 happieft, and, as Ib, we (hall always endeavour to be the 
 moil Loyal of, 
 
 My it f leaf e your Majesty, &c. 
 
 The Pretender's Anfwei. 
 
 I Am very fenjible of the Duty and Zeal you expreft for 
 me in this Jddrefs ; and you may ajjure your f elves of my 
 Protection* 
 
 N. X. 
 The Earl ol MAFs Letter. 
 
 G lames, Jw. 5. l-]i6. 
 
 I Met the King, at Fetterofle on Tuefday Sennight, where we 
 Jtaid till Friday ; from thence we cams to Briechm, then 
 to Kinnaird, and Tefterday here. The King dcjigned t ) have 
 gone to Dundee to day, but there is fuch a faHof Snow that he 
 js forced to put it off tiU to Morrow, if it be prafticable then 5 
 and from thence he dejigns to go to Scoon. There was no hafte 
 in his being there fooner, for nothing can be done thiiSeafon^ 
 elfe he had not been fo long by the way. People every where 
 as we have come along, are excejjively fond to fie him, and 
 exprefs that Duty they^ougkt : Without any Compliment to bim t 
 and to do him nothing but JuJUce, fettmg afide his being a 
 Prince-) he is really the fine'd Gentleman I ever knew : He has a 
 very good Prefence, and refembles King Charles a great deal. 
 Hit Prefence) however , is not the bejt of him : tic has fine 
 E
 
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 Parts, and difpatches all 1m Sufinefs limfdf with tie greatest' 
 Exaftnefs. I never faw any Body write fo finely. He is a/a- 
 lie to a great degree, without lofing that Majejty Tie ought to 
 have, and has the fleetest Temper in the World. In a word^ 
 Tie is every way fitted to make us a happy People, were his Sub- 
 jefts worthy of him. To have him peaceably fettled on his 
 Throne, is what thefe Kingdoms do not deferve, but he deferves 
 it fo much, tint I hope there is a good Fate attending him. 
 lam fure there is nothing wanting, to m.tke the reft of his 
 Subjects as fond of him, as we are, but their knowing him as 
 we do i and it will be odd if hiiPrefence among us, after his 
 running fo many Hazards to compafs it, do not turn the Hearts^ 
 even of the moft obstinate. It is not fit to tell all the particu- 
 lars, but I affure you, he has left nothing undone, that well 
 fould be, to gain every Body, and I hope God will touch 
 their Hearts. 
 
 I have reafon to hope, We flail very quickly fee a new Face 
 of Affairs Abroad, in the King's Favour, which is all I dare 
 commit to Paper. 
 
 MAR. 
 
 N*. Y. 
 The Pretender's Speech to his Council. 
 
 I Am now, on your repeated Invitations come among you \ no 
 other Arguments need be ufed of the great Confidence I 
 flace in your Loyalty and Fidelity to me, which I entirely re- 
 ly on. I believe you are already convinc d of my good Intenti- 
 ons to reflore tie Ancient Lave: and Liberties of this Kingdom, 
 if not, I amflill ready to confirm to you the AffurAnce of doing 
 all thai can give you SatisfaSion therein. The great Difcon- 
 ragementt which prefented^ were not fufficieni to 'deter vie from 
 coming to put my f elf at the Head of my faithful Subjefts who 
 were in Anns for me ; and whatever /ball enfue, I JJjall leave 
 them no room for any Complaint that I have not done the vt- 
 mojl they could expeft fram me. Let thofe who forget their 
 Allegiance, and are negligent of their own Good, be anfwerable 
 fortheWorft that may happen : for vie, it will be no new thing 
 if I am unfortunate t my whole Life, even from my Cradle, hoe 
 jbewn a conftant Series of Misfortunes, and I am _prepared (if 
 it fo pleafe Godi) to fuffer the Threats of my Enemies, and 
 yeiirs. The ^reparations which are making against us, will, I 
 hope, tpiicksn your fafolvtions) and convince others from 
 
 whom
 
 horn 1 have had Jj/iirances, that it is now no time to difpute 
 what they have to do. If otherwife. they JJjall ly their Remif- 
 uefs be unmindful of their own Safety, I jba.ll take it at my 
 greatest Comfort, that I have acquitted my felf in whatever ( 
 could be cxpefted from me. I recommend to you what is necef* ' 
 fary to be done in the frefent Conjuncture $ and-, next to God> 
 rely on your Council andRefolution, 
 
 N. Z. 
 Mdrefs, of the Houfe of Lords. 
 
 Moft gracious Sovereign, 
 
 WE your Majefty's moft Dutiful and Loyal Subjefts, 
 the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament 
 Aflembled, do return our moft unfeigned Thanks to your 
 Majefty, for your moft Gracious Speech from the Throne, 
 and do with great Joy, lay hold of this Opportunity, to 
 Congratulate your Majefty, on the Succeffes, with which it 
 has pleafed Almighty God to blefs your Majefty's Arms and 
 Counfels againft the Rebels. 
 
 "We are fo truly lenfible of the Happinefs, which the Na- 
 tion enjoys under your Majefty's Government, that we Ihould 
 be wanting to our own Intereft, as welJ as to the Duty we 
 owe to your Majefty, did we not Exert our felves with 
 the utmoft Spirit and Vigour in the preient Time of Dan- 
 ger, to the Confuh'on of all fuch as are either A&ors or A- 
 kettors, in the prefent Wicked and Unnatural Rebellion, 
 and to the Reproach of thole, who affeft to appear Luke- 
 warm or Indifferent, in the Caufe of their King and Coun- 
 try. 
 
 Our Satisfa&ion in obferving the Juft and Wife Ufe of 
 that Power, with which the Parliament entrufted your Ma- 
 jefty in this great Conjundure, can be equall'6 by nothing, 
 but our Joy for thole remarkable Succefles, which have been 
 the Natural Confequences of Jt. 
 
 We cannot luftiaently Praife the Fidelity and Bravery 
 xvhich your Arnoy have Ihewn on this Occaiion, and affure 
 our felves, that all your Faithful Subjects, who are influ- 
 enced by the fame Principles of Honour and Duty, will be 
 ;is Active in their leveral Stations, to promote the Service 
 of your Majefty, and the Safety of the Publick. 
 
 The Landing of the Pretender in Scatland, \\ ill only ferve 
 to Animate this our Zeal for your Majefty, and we doubt 
 not but it will prove his laft Effort for Difturbing the Peace 
 of your Maje fly's Reign. 
 
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 \Ve are highly fenftble of the Security and Honour, which 
 redounds to the Nation, by the Treaty for fettling the far- 
 tier in the Netherlands under your Majefty's Guaranty, and 
 of the Advantages which will Accrue to your Subjects, by 
 the Treaty of Commeice with Sfxin, and by the Negocia- 
 tion?, which are now on foot, for the Renewing of all Al- 
 liances, with the Antient and Faithful Friends of this 
 Kingdom, the States General. 
 
 It is with Pleafure and Aflonilhment, that we fee 
 your Majeitjr has been able, in a Time of Inteftire Trou- 
 bles, to recover in a great rr.eafure, the Reputation and 
 Commerce of the Britifb Nation, and that you have gained 
 more advamagious Terms of Trade for your Subjects, than 
 what were procured, by any of your Royal Predeflbrs, who 
 had fo much fairer Opportunities of demanding them. 
 
 We want Words to exprefs our Gratitude to your Ma. 
 jefty for your Gracious and Unparallel'd Refolution, to 
 give up all the Ettates, that mall become Forfeited by the 
 Rebellion, to theUfeof thePublick, and promifeour ielves 
 that all your faithful Subjects, will with great Cheer&ilnefs 
 do their part towards enabling you to Reftore and Secure 
 the Peace of the Kingdom, to which your Majefty contri- 
 butes in fo Generous a manner, out of the Profits Inherent 
 to your Crown and Royal Dignity. 
 
 That endearing Tendernefs and Clemency, which your 
 Majeily expreffes towards all your Subjects, very much 
 Aggravates the Guilt of thofe, who have taken up Arms, 
 agamit fo good and gracious a Sovereign ; and we cannot 
 think, without the unnoil Horror, of thole who Rebel a- 
 gajnft a Prince of Ib much Goodnefs, or fpread Falfnoods 
 and Calumnies againil your facred Perfon, at the fame Time 
 that you are Studying to advance theirWelfare and Hap- 
 pnefs. 
 
 We cannot cefu'e a greater Inllance of this your Maje- 
 . fly's Afiediion to your People, than the Senie which your 
 Majefty expreiles of thofe, whofe Evil Couniels, laid the 
 Foundation of all our Mifchiefs, and whole Self- mterelied 
 Views, have deluded fuch Numbers of unwary Men into 
 their own Deilruclion. 
 
 We heartily pray Almighty God, that he may grant your 
 Majefty a Long and Happy Reign over us, and iJiel's your 
 Endeavours \vith Succeis, for the procuring of a firm and 
 Jailing Eilabliihinent, of our excellent Coni:uution in 
 Church and State. And as e lhall always op o.e the At- 
 tempts of fu-h Men, as would iubjed he Nation to the 
 Revenge sndT} ranny of a Popifh Pretender j fo we lhall al- 
 ways Value, beyoua any Honours orTitles we can Enjoy, the 
 
 Cha-
 
 Chata&er of being Faithful Subje^s to your Majefly, zea- 
 lous Affertersof the Liberties of our Country, the prcfent 
 Eftablifnment and the Proteftmt Religion. 
 
 To winch Addrefs Us Majefly was pleafid to make the fo!kw~ 
 
 ing Anfwer. 
 My Lords, 
 
 I Thank you heartily for this Dutiful -tnd Loyal Addrefs j 
 I depend entirely upon the Atfurance you gjv , e - 
 fhall everfteadily purfue lueh Me.iiures, as may bell tupj'ort 
 the Conftitution in Church and State i .\nd I doi.br. .<;ot, 
 but by the Blelling of God, and your Affilt.- nee, I lhall De- 
 feat the Deigns of our Enemies. 
 
 N-. Z. 
 
 The Addrefs of tie Houfe of Commons. 
 
 Mofl gracious Sovereign^ 
 
 WE your Majefty's moft Dutiful and Loyal Subjefts, the 
 Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament afliemblcd, 
 retuin your Ma jelly our unfeigned Thanks for your moft 
 Gracious Speech from the 'I hrone. 
 
 We beg leave moft heartily to congratulate your Ma jelly 
 upon the Succefs that has artended your Anns, and it is 
 with the greateft Satisfaction we oblerve, that the Officers 
 and Soldiers of the Army, have, by a brave and faithful 
 discharge of their Duty, delerved your Majefty's Approba- 
 tion j and that the jult and neceitary Meaiures taken for 
 llrengthening your Majelly's Hands, have had fo good an 
 Efted, in preventing Inlurre&ions in f^veral Parts of tne 
 Kingdom. 
 
 The wife and feafonable Provifion which your M ;jefty 
 iias made, both at Home and from Abroad, for the Safety of 
 the Nation j your Goodnefs in giving all i'uci. hiiates as 
 Ihall be forfeited by this Rebellion, in Eafe of >our People ; 
 and the tender Regard and Concern which you have been 
 pleafed to exprefs for their Sufferings, call for all the Re- 
 turns of Duty, Zeal, and Affection which Faithful and 
 Loyal Subjects can owe or pay to the belt of Kings. 
 
 This Rebellion (Tor which not the lealt Coiour of Provo- 
 cation has been givui,) as it ought very jultly to be the Ob- 
 ject of your Majefty's Contempt, fo it rajl'es in your truly 
 Loyal Commons, the highelt Refentment and Ir.digiunon 
 ag.'.iuft thole ungrateful defperate Rebels, who e peimcious 
 Principles, private Dilcontents, and Difar/poimraems, have 
 engaged them to involve their Country in Blood and Con- 
 E 4 We
 
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 We look with Pity upon thofe unhappy deluded People,, 
 who by falle Pretences, an4 malicious Infmuations, have' 
 been betrayed into their own Deftrudion j but we deteit, 
 and will do our utmoft to confound the Devices of thofe, 
 \vho, profefling an unlimited Obedience, have llirred up a 
 Rebellion agajnft your Majeity, and under the Difguife of 
 the Danger of the Church, are endeavouring to introduce 
 Popery^ And when we refled that nothing lefs than our Holy 
 Religion, your Majeity's Crown, and the Liberties of our 
 Country are concerned in the Event of this wicked Under- 
 taking, we cannot but with Aftonifhment obferve the In- 
 difference of fotne in this great and important Jundure: 
 
 But your faithful Commons, with Hearts full of a due 
 Senfe of the invaluable Bleffings, which they enjoy under 
 your Majefty's mlt Aufpicious Government, offer their 
 Lives and Fortunes, in defence of your undoubted Title to 
 the Crown, in lupport of the Proteftant Religion, and in 
 Maintenance of the Liberty and Property of the Subjed 5 
 which, as they were wonderfully preferved to us, by your 
 Majefty's Happy Acceflion to the Throne, can only be feeu- 
 red to Poftwity, by the Eye of Heaven watching over, and 
 guarding your Sacred Peribn and your Royal Family. 
 
 And that this Nation may Jong continue to be a Proteftant 
 and a Free People, your moft Dutiful and Loyal Commons,, 
 dp rnoft readily promife to grant iuch early and effedual 
 Supplies, as may enable your Majefty to put an end to this 
 Unnatural Rebellion ; to confound and extinguifli for 
 ever, all Hopes of the Pretender, his open and fecret Abet- 
 tors ; and fecure the future Peace and Tranquillity of your 
 Kingdoms; being well allured, that your good People w.ifl 
 think no Burthen grievous, that is neceffary for the Prefer- 
 vationof all that's Dear and Valuable to them. 
 
 But yourMajeily's Care and Concern for the publick Wel- 
 fare, has nor been confined to your own Kingdoms ; and how- 
 ever your Enemies might flatter themfelves, that tliele inte- 
 liine Commotions, would leflen the Influence of Great Bri- 
 tain in Foreign Parts, your Commons with Admiration lee, 
 and with Gratitude acknowledge, the Effedof your Wifdom, 
 which has been able to furmount thefe Difficulties, in fet- 
 tling the a?tier Treaty for the Netherlands, between the 
 Emperor and the States General, under your Majefty's Gua- 
 ranty j in having made fo great a Progrefs towards renewing 
 all former Alliances, between Great Britain and the States 
 General^ a-nd particularly in delivering that valuable Branch 
 or our Commerv-e with Spain, from thole grievous impoii- 
 tions anJ Hardfhips, to which it was IW/tfted by the Trea. 
 chery of the laic tMale-Adminiftranork 
 
 And 
 
 I
 
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 And as the fame fatal and pernicious Counfels, have been 
 the Caufe and Source of all the Mifchiefs and Calamities, 
 that mult attend this Unnatural Rebellion ; and as your 
 Faithful Commons, defnous to teftify their Zeal and Duty 
 to your Majefty, and their Abhorrence of this treafonable 
 Emerprize, have already exerted themfelves in endeavour- 
 ing to bring to fpeedy and exemplary Juftice, the open and 
 declared Inltruments of this Rebellion, they think them- 
 felves obliged, in Juftice to their injur'd Country, to con. 
 tinue in the moft vigorous and impartial Manner, to pro- 
 fecute the Authors of thofe evil and deitruftive Counlels, 
 which have drawn down thefe Miferies upon the Nation. 
 
 Jo winch Ins Majefly was plesifed to make tie following An* 
 J'wer. ' 
 
 I Return you my hearty Thanks for the kind and warm 
 Affu ranees of Loyalty contained in this Addrefs^ from 
 which I promife my telf the moft happy Confequences, iince 
 nothing can to effectually reflore the Feace and Tranquility 
 of the Kingdom, as the commendable Zeal you have ex- 
 prefs'd upon this Occafion. 
 
 N. A*. 
 
 ARTICLES of Impeachment of High Treafon exlibited a- 
 gamjl James Earl of Derwent water, William Lord Wid- 
 anngton, William Earl of Nithifdale, George Earl of 
 Wimoun, Robert Earl of Carnwath, William Vifcount 
 Kenmure, and William Lord Nairn. 
 
 WHEREAS for many Years laft, a moft wicked De. 
 fign and Contrivance has been formed and carried 
 on, to fubvert the ancient and eftablifhed Government, and 
 the good Laws of thele Kingdoms ; to extirpate the true 
 Protefbnt Religion therein eftablifhed, and to deftroy its 
 Profeilbrs ; and inftead thereof, to introduce and fettle Po- 
 pery and Arbitrary Power ; in which unnatural and horrid 
 Confpiracy, great Numbers of Perfons of different Degrees 
 and Qualities have concerned themfelves and aftedj and 
 m my Proteltants, pretending an uncommon Zeal for the 
 Church of England, have joined themfelves with profeffed 
 Eapifts, uniting their Endeavours to accomplifh and execute 
 the aforefaid wicked and traiterous Defigns. 
 
 And \vhereas it pleafed Almighty God in his good Provi- 
 dence, and in his great Mercy and Goodnels to thefe Na- 
 tions,
 
 (74 ) 
 
 tions, to Crown the unwearied Endeavours of his late Ma. 
 jetty King William the Third of ever glorious Memory, by 
 making him the Instrument to procure the Settlement of 
 the Crown of thefe Realms in the illuftrious Houfe of Hano- 
 vsv) as the only Means, under God, to preferve our Reli- 
 gion % Laws and Liberties, and to fecure the Proteftant Inte- 
 reft of Europe; fince which happy Eftablifhment the laid 
 Confpirators have been indefatigable in their Endeavours 
 to deftroy the lame, and to make way for the vain and 
 groundlefs hopes of a fpurious Importer and Popifh Pretender 
 to the Imperial Crown of thefe Realms. 
 ^ And to accomplilh thefe Ends, the moft immoral, irre- 
 ligious, and unchriitian-like Methods have been taken, but 
 more particularly in the laft Years of the Reign of the late 
 Queen Anne^ during which Time all imaginable Endeavours 
 were ufed by the laid Confpirators to prejudice the Minds 
 of the Subjects of this Realm againft the Legality and Ju- 
 ftice of the faid Settlement of the Crown : And for that 
 purpofe the Holy Scriptures were wreited, and the moft 
 wholfome Doftrines of the Church of England perverted 
 and abufed by Men in Holy Orders, in the moft publick 
 and fcandalous Manner, in order to condemn the Juflice of 
 the late happy Revolution ; and thereby to fap and under, 
 mine the Foundation of the faid happy Eftablifhment ; and 
 the moft notorious Inftrumenta of thefe wicked Purpofes 
 were countenanced by particular Marks of publick Favour 
 and Djftuidion j falle and dangerous Notions of fole Here- 
 ditary Right to the Imperial Crown of thefe Realms were 
 propagatea and encouraged by Perfons of the higheft Truft 
 and Employments, contrary to the ancient, undoubted, and 
 eftablifhed Laws of thefe Kingdoms ; Jefuitical and Scanda- 
 lous Diftinftions were invented and publickly inculcated, to 
 enervate the Force and Obligations of thofe Oaths which 
 had been contrived in their plaineft and ftrongeft Terms by 
 the Wifdom of Parliament, for the Security of the faid E- 
 Itablifhment ; and to conceal their Defigns, and thereby the 
 better to enable them to carry on the lame, great Numbers 
 of the faid Confpirators of all Ranks and Conditions, 
 pretending a Zeal for the Proteitant Succeffion, open- 
 ly and voluntarily took the faid Oatns ; groundsel's 
 Fears of the Danger of the Church of England were fo- 
 mented throughout thefe Kingdoms, to diforder the Minds 
 of well-diipofed Proteftants. By all which, and many other 
 fuch ungodly Practices of the laid Confpirators, the molt 
 caulelef., and dangerous Jealoufies and Diffatisfadions were 
 created in the Minds of the gcod People of thisKingclom v 
 ano great Numbers of well-meaning, but deluded Proteitants,
 
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 were much difquleted. But reverthelefs thefe difhoneftMe* 
 thods were purlued by the faid Confpirators with indefati- 
 gable InUuftry, as the only means to weaken the Foundation 
 of the Uid happy Eftablifhment. 
 
 And whereas the Diffolution of the late glorious Confe- 
 deracy againft France, and the Lofs of the Ballance of Power 
 in Europe, were farther Steps neceffary to compleat the De. 
 iigns of the faid Confpirators ; and the fame being effe&ed 
 by the late ignominious Peace with France, the French King 
 was rend red formidable, and the Proteftant Succeflion was 
 thereby brought into the moft imminent Danger ; and by 
 thefe and other pernicious Meafures, the Deftruction fo long 
 intended by the laid Confpirators for thefe poor Nations 
 feem'd near at Hand. At which Time, and under which 
 moft deplorable Circumftances, it pleated Almighty God in 
 his infinite Wifdom, to call to himlelf the late Queen Anne t 
 and by a Concurrence of many moft wonderful Providences, 
 to give a quiet and peaceable Acceffion to his prefent moft 
 gracious Majefty to the Throne of his Anceftors, to which he 
 was received with one full Voice and Confent of Tongue 
 end Heart, and the united Joy of every good Subjecl and 
 good Proteftant, as their only lawful and rightful Liege 
 Lord j and altho' from the Moment his Majefty afcended the 
 Throne to this Day, his Reign has been one Series of Wif- 
 dom, Juilice and Clemency j his Labours Conftaat, Unwea- 
 ried and Succefsful to retrieve the Honour and Reputation 
 of thefe Nations ; to re-eftablifh the Trade, and recover the 
 Wealth of his Kingdoms ; and although all imaginable En- 
 couragement has been given to the Church of England, and 
 ajl Tendernefs fhewn even to his Popifii Subjects, and his 
 conftant Care has been to procure the univerfal Good of 
 his People j Neverthelefs the faid Confpirators have, by the 
 molt vile and impious Methods, renew'd their Endeavours 
 to throw thefe Kingdoms into the utmoit Confufion, and to 
 entail endlefs Miferies on us and our Pofterities : For thefe 
 Ends many of the above-mention'd moft wicked and danger- 
 ous Practices have been repeated with the utmoft Induftry 
 and Inveteracy, to delude, dilorder and corrupt the Minds 
 of his Majefty's good Subjects : the moft groundlefs Jealou- 
 fies have been fomented againft his wife and happy Admini- 
 ftration, and in many Parts of his Kingdoms the moft unna- 
 tural, unexampled Riots and Tumults, by the fecret and 
 malicious Endeavours of the faid Confpirators, have been 
 procured, ftirred up, and encouraged againft his peaceable 
 Proteftant Subjects, under falfe Pretences of Zeal for the, 
 Church of England, and thereby more effectually to delude 
 his good Subjes, and feduce them from their Allegiance, 
 and prepare them for an open Rebellion. And
 
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 And the fai4 Confpirators having at length refolved to 
 deprive thefe Nations of the invaluable Bleffings which 
 they now enjoy under the wile and gentle Reign of his pre- 
 ient moft gracious Majefty King GEORGE^ and of the cer- 
 tain profped of Happinefs which they have for their Pofte- 
 lit'y, in a Succeflion o'f Princes derived from himfelf, did 
 contrive, confederate and refolve to put their moft malicious 
 wicked and traiterous Defigns inVo immediate Execution j 
 for which Purpofe, James Earl ot Derwentwater, William 
 Lord Widdrington, W'llliam Earl of 'Nithifdale-, George Earl of 
 W'intoun-, Roben"Lzi\ of Carnwatb, William VUcount Ken- 
 mure, and William Lord Nairn, together witn Thomas Forfter, 
 Jun. the Lord Charles Murray, Edward Howard, Thomas Er- 
 yington, John Clavering, William Sbaftoe, Sir Francis Anderton, 
 J'alph Standijb, Richard Townly, Thomas Butler > Thomas Wai* 
 ?97i, Gabriel flasket, Richard Gafcoi^ne-t ajid divers other 
 Perions, as falle Traytors to his preient moft lacred Majefty 
 King GEORGE^ the only lawful and undoubted Sovereignof 
 theie Kingdoms, having withdrawn their Allegiance, and 
 cordial Love, and true and due Obedience, which they as 
 good and faithful Subjeds owed to his faid Majefty, did, in 
 or about the Months of September ^ Oftoberot November 17 15, 
 molt wickedly, malicioufly, falfely and traiteroully imagine 
 and compafs the Death of his laid moft iacred Majefty , 
 
 And for the accomplifamg and executing their fa-j'd trai- 
 terous Purpofe, they the laid James Earl of Deryentwater, 
 William\jQi&Widdrington) JPHIiai]La.rl vVNtibifdale. George 
 Earl ot Wintoun-, Robert Earl of Carnwath^ William Vil'count 
 Kenmure, and William Lord Nairn, did, in or about the laid 
 Months or fome of them, and at divers other Times, and in 
 divers Places within this Kingdom, wickedly and traite- 
 rouily agree, confederate, contpire, and reiolve together, 
 with many other evil difpofed Perlons, to rajfe^ excite, and 
 levy within the Counties of Teviotdale, Northumberland* 
 Cumberland^ and the County Palatine of Lancafter, ana ejie- 
 where within this Kingdom, a moft cruel, bloody and de- 
 Itruftive War againft his Majefty, in order to depofe and 
 murther his lacred Majefty, and to deprive him of his 
 Royal State, Crown and Djgnity. 
 
 And the faid Jams: Earl of Derrventwater^ William Lord 
 Widdiin^ton^ William Eztl of Nitbifdale , George Earl of Wiii- 
 ioun, Robert Earl of Carnwatb, William Vilcount Kenmure, 
 William Lord Nairn, their Accomplices and Confederates, in 
 or about the Months aforefaid, in the Counties aforetaid, 01 
 fome of them, did gather together great M umbers of his 
 Majefty's Subjeds, and with them did ailemble in a warlike 
 and traiterous Manner, in Order to raife Tumults and Re. 
 
 bellion
 
 < 77 ) 
 
 bellion within this Kingdom ; and having procur'd great 
 Quantities of Arms, Ammunition, and warlike Inftruments, 
 at the Times and Places aforefaid, or feme of them, did 
 form and compofes or did affiil in the forming and compo- 
 fing an Army of Men confifting of his Majefty's Liege Sub- 
 jefts, in order to wage War againit his faid Majeity, for and 
 in beh >lf and in Favour of the faid Pretender to the Crown 
 of thefe Realms j and the laid laft mentioned Confpirators, 
 their Accomplices and Confederates, at the Time and Times 
 and Places aforefaid, and at divers other Times and Places 
 within this Kingdom, did malicioufly and traiterouily make, 
 levy, and nife War and Rebellion againft his molt facred 
 Majefty, and in a warlike and hoftile Manner did march 
 through and invade feveral Parts of this Kingdom, and 
 did unlawfully take and feize the Hoifes and other the 
 Goods and Chattels of many of the peaceable and good 
 Subjefts of his Majefty ; and in other Places, did take 
 and feize from his Majtity's faithful Subjects, Guns, and 
 other warlike Inftruments, for the carrying on their traite- 
 rous Purpofes. 
 
 And the laid laft mention'd Confpirators, their Complices 
 and Confederates, during their March and Invaiion aforefaid, 
 in open Defiance of his molt facred Majefty's juft and un. 
 doubted Title to the Imperial Crown o'f thefe Realms, did 
 wickedly and traiterouily caufe and procure the faid Pretender 
 to be proclaim'd in the mod publick and folemn Manner, 
 as King of thefe Realms ^ and in feveral Places in the 
 Counties aforefaid, or iome of them, did unlawfully take 
 and feize from his Mr.jefty's Officers of the Revenue, the 
 publick Money, for the Ufe and Service of the faid Pre- 
 tender i and tho' many of the faid Confpirators are vowed 
 Profeflbrs of the Popilh Religion, yet the more effe&ually 
 to cover and difguile their molt wicked and traiterous De- 
 figns, and to delude his Majeity's Subjects, they did prevail 
 on and procure feveral Men in Holy Ordeis, Miniilers of 
 the Church of England^ and who had before that Time ab- 
 jur'd the laid Pretender^ to accompany, Countenance and abet 
 the faid molt traiterous tncerprize, and in leveral Places in 
 the Counties aforefaid, whete the faid Confpirators, their 
 Complices and Confederates then were, to pray for the faid 
 Pretender in the publick Churches, as King of thefe Realms. 
 
 And the faid lait mention'd CoiUpirators, their Accom- 
 plices and Confedrates, did, on or about the Ninth, Tenth, 
 Eleventh, Twelfth, or Thirteenth of November aforefaid, 
 traiterouily feize and poflets themfelves of the Town of 
 Prefton in the County Palatine of Lancajler againft his Ma- 
 jetty, and did then and there in a warlike and hoitile Man- 
 ner,
 
 (78) 
 
 fisr, levy War, oppofe, engage, and fight againfl his Ma jelly's 
 Forces ; and did then and there caule and procure a milera. 
 ble Slaughter and Murther of many of his Majefty's faith. 
 ful Subjefts. 
 
 All which Treafons and Crimes abovemention'd, were 
 contriv'd, committed, perpetrated, aded and done by the 
 faid James Earl of Derweritwater, William Lord Widdrington, 
 William Earl of Nitbifdale, Getrge Earl of Wintoun, Robert 
 Earl of Carnwatb, William Vifcount Kenmure^ William Lord 
 Nairn, and other Confpirators aforefaid, againft o ,r Sove- 
 reign Lord the King, his Crown and Dignity ; and contrary 
 to the Duty of their Allegiance, and againft the Laws and 
 Statutes of this Kingdom. 
 
 Of all which Treafons and Crimes, the Knights, Citizens, 
 and Burgefles in Parliament affembled, do in the Name of 
 themfelves and all the Commons t<f Great Britain, Impeach 
 the faid James Ezrlof Derrvent water, William Lord Widdring- 
 ton, William Earl of Nitbifdale, George Earl of Wintoun, 
 Robert Earl of Carnwatb, William Viicouat Kenmure^ Willi- 
 am Lord Nairn, and every one of them- 
 
 And the faid Commons by Proteftations faving to them- 
 felves the Liberty of exhibiting at any Time hereafter any 
 other Accufations or Impeachments againft the laid James 
 Earl of Dertventvpater, William Lord Widdrington, William 
 Earl of Nitbifdale, George Earl of Wtntoun, Robert Earl of 
 Carnwatb, William Vifcount Kenmure, and William Lord 
 Nairn, or any of them : And alto of replying to the Anfwers 
 which the faid J.imes Earl or Derwent water, William Lord 
 Widdrington, William Earl of Nitlifdale^ George Earl of Win- 
 jfown, Robert Earl of Carnwatb, William Yil'count Kenmure, 
 and William Lord Nairn, or any of them, fliall make to the 
 Piemifes, or any of them, or to any Impeachment or Accu- 
 fation that fhall be by them exhibited, according to the 
 Courfe and Proceedings of Parliament ; and do pray, that 
 the faid Jfames Earl of Derwentwater, William Lord Wid- 
 drington-) William Lord Nitbifdale, George Earl of W'mtoun, 
 Robert Earl of Carnwathy William Vitcount Kenmure, and 
 William Lord Nairn, be put to anfwer all and every the Pre- 
 mifes ; and that fuch Proceedings, Examinations, Tryals, 
 and Judgments may be upon them, and every of them had 
 and ufed, as fhall be agreeable to Law and Jultice. 
 
 AFTER the Lords had read thefe Articles, they order'd 
 that the feven imfeacWd Lordt fhould be brought to the Bar 
 of their Houfe the next Day. Accordingly, on Tuesday the 
 joth of January, they were under a Guard, earned from 
 the Tower to the Bar of the Houfe of Lords, where the Av<* 
 
 ticks
 
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 tides of Impeachment exhibited againft them by the Commons 
 were read j and then it was ordered that they fliould have 
 Copies of the lame, and that they Ihould put in their feveral 
 AnTwers the Monday following- At the fame time that 
 Auguft Affevillyi to fhew all poffible Favour to Perlons of 
 their own Rank, under fuch unfortunate Circumlhnces, was 
 pleafed to let them know, that not only what Council they 
 Ihould think fit to pitch upon, but alib fuch other Perions, 
 either Peers or Commoners, whom they would name to affift 
 them, and ibllicite for them, fhould have Leave of the Lord's 
 Honle to have free Egrefs and Regret's to them. The Earl of 
 DerwentTvater named the Dukes of St. Allans and Richmond^ 
 the Lord Longville and the Lord Lumley ; and the other (IK 
 impeacb'd Lords chole others, lome of whom being Members 
 of the Houfe of Commons, had alfo their Leave to attend 
 them. 
 
 On the l<5th of Jmuary their Lordfhips petition'd the 
 Houfe of Peers for longer time to put in their Anf'.vers, and 
 had till Tburfday the ipth granted them. Upon which Day 
 all of them, except the Earl of Wintoun (who upon h s Peti~ 
 tion, had till the i^d allow'd han^) were brought from the 
 Tower to the Bar of the Houfe of Peers, where they iereraliy 
 pleaded Guilty to the Articles of their Impeachment j but 
 urged fome Things, by way of Anfwer, to extenuate their 
 Guilt. 
 
 The Earl of Dertventwater's Anfwer was in Writing, as 
 were alfo the Anlwers of the Lord Widdrington and the Earl 
 of Nhbifdde : The Anfwers of the Earl of Carnwath^ and 
 the Lord Vifcount Kenmure were deliver'd Viva Voce ; and 
 the Lord Nairn delivered in a Petition to the Lords in 
 Writing. 
 
 TheirLordiflips having thus pleaded Guilty tothe Articles 
 of their Impeachment, the pth of February was appointed 
 for their receiving Sentence. Upon which Day they wew 
 all brought to the Bar of the Court erc&ed in Wejlmrtfter- 
 ball, having the Axe carried before them ; and being leve- 
 rally asked by the Lord High- Steward uhat they had to fay, 
 why Judgment mould not pafs upon them according toLaw } 
 they made the following Speeches : 
 
 Earl of Derwentvxtter. 
 
 IOnly humbly beg Leave of my JNoble Peers to repeat a 
 few Circuvnitances mentioned in my Aniwer to the Ar- 
 ticles of' impeachment exhibited againfl me by the Honour, 
 able Houie of Commons. 
 
 But the Terrors of your Lordfhips juft Sentence, which 
 at once deprives me of my Lite and EUate } and compleat 
 
 the
 
 (8o ) 
 
 the Misfortunes of my Wife and Innocent Children, are fo 
 heavy upon my Mind, together with my unexperience, that 
 I am Icarce able to alledge what may extenuate my Offence, 
 if any thing .can do it, I have confefs'd my felf Guilty ^ 
 but, my Lords, that Guilt was rafhly incur r'd without any 
 Premeditation, as I hope your Lordfhips will be convinced 
 by one Particular. I beg Leave to obferve, I was wholly 
 unprovided with Men, Horfes, Arms and other Neceff.iries, 
 which in my Situation I could not have wanted, had I been 
 privy to any formed Defign. As my Offence was fudden, fo 
 my Submifiion was eariy ; when his Mijefty's Generals 
 thought fit to demand Hofiages for fecuring the Terms of 
 the Ceffation, I voluntarily offered my lelf, without which 
 the Ceffation might poffibly have proved ineffe&ual : And 
 whilft 1 continued Hoftage, the great Chara&er of his Ma- 
 jelly's Clemency, and th- repeated Encouragement I had to 
 hope for Mercy, by lurrendring to it, foon determined me j 
 and I accordingly declared my Refolution to remain with 
 hisMajefty's Forces, and from that Time fubmitted my felf 
 to his Goodnefs ; on which I fhll entirely depend. I hum* 
 bly hope to obtain the Mediation of your Lordfhips, and of 
 the Honourable Houfe of Commons, in my behalf $ tblemn- 
 ly protecting, my future Conduct mail fhow me not altoge- 
 ther unworthy your generous Compaffion for my Life,which 
 is all 1 can beg of his Majelty. 
 
 Lord im&nngton. 
 
 MY Lords, I have abandoned ail manner of Defence ever 
 fince I firft furrender'd my felf tohisMajefty's Royal 
 Clemency, and only now beg Leave to repe:'.t to your Lord- 
 ihips fome Circumftances of my unhappy Cafe, which I have 
 already fet forth in my Anfwer. ^ 
 
 Your Lordihips fee before you an unfortunate Man, who 
 after leading a private and retired Life for many Years, 
 has, by one ram and inconfiderate Aftion, expoted himlelf 
 and his Family to the greateft Calamity and Mifery, and is 
 now upon the Point of receiving the fevereft Sentence di- 
 rected by any of our Engiijb Laws. 
 
 I do proteft to your Lordfhips, that I was never privy to 
 any concerted Meafures againit his Majefty's Royal Perlbn, 
 or the Eftablifh'd Government. As to the Infuneftion in 
 Mortbumberland, I only heard of it accidentally the Night 
 before it happened , and foon after being informed that all 
 my Neighbours and Acquaintance had met in Arms, a crowd 
 of confufed and miftaken Notions hurried me at once into a 
 precipitate Refolution of joyning them; a Refolution, which 
 I mult own } I could never iincc calmly refii.lt upon without 
 
 part
 
 .(.80). 
 
 part of that Confufion I find my feJf under in the pubJick' 
 Acknowledgment of ib much Raihijet's and Folly. And 
 thus plunging out 6f my Depth, as unprepared for'l'uch aA 
 i.nterprize,as the Aftion was unpremeditated, I cannotr, for 
 my own particular,, upon the- iincteil Recollection, charge 
 Cry felf with. any Violation -of the Properties of my Fellow- 
 Subjefts : But, on the contrary, I always endeavouieci to 
 en.-ourage Humanity and Moderation, dunog the whole 
 Courle of our miferable Expedition j and in order to m.,ka 
 the beft Atonement in wy Power for the great Fault I had. 
 been guilty of, I can juiUy fay that I was in no '.mail De- 
 gree inftrumentai' in procuring a general .Subuaifljon to hjsf 
 Majefty. But, my Lords, however willing or delirous, ei- 
 thtr I or any others might be, to put a ipeedy End to thole 
 unfortunate Troubles ; belf'-prefervation, the fiift and moft 
 powerful Law of .Nature, would have rendered the Propofal 
 vam and fruit let's, had not the Qiiic^rs, who commanded 
 the Royal Forces, given us Hopes of Mercy, and aiuued us 
 we lubflfutted to a Prince of the greatcit Clemency in the 
 Wo/Id. Thefe Hopes, and this Allurance, aniwered the 
 faongsil Objechoiii., overcame all remaining Difficulties, 
 and gave the finifhmg. Stroke to a general Surrender; where- 
 by tnc further tffulion of fyitifff Blood was prevented, and. 
 perfed Tranquility rellored to tuefe Parts .of hjs Majeily'j 
 Dominions. 
 
 My Lords, as this my' -firft Attempt was rafh and unpre- 
 meditated, as I always ufed anJ promoted Moderation and 
 Humanity towards my Fellow-Subjeib, anJ as I did not ub- 
 llinately" periift in my .Fault,, but was the fijft who proposed 
 * nearly SubttiUIiQii IP his Majeily, I humbly hope my uu- 
 rui. py Cafe, and the deplorable Condition of my unfortunate 
 Children, already deprived of their tender Mother, will railc 
 a 'generous Companion in your Lordlhips, and the Honour- 
 aL>le Houfe of Commons j and I moft earneilly entreat both 
 your Lordfhips, and that Honourable Houl'e, to become Jn. 
 terceilors with his Majelly 111 my behalf, for tiiat Mercy 
 which I was encouraged to hope for when I, firit furrendred, 
 and which I have ev^r iince, with the utmoic Confidence re- 
 hed upon- 
 
 I h.tye only to add, my molt folemn Affurance before this 
 Auguit Affembly, that no future Tia.e fhall ever find me 
 wasting in the molt inviolable Duty and .Gratitude to that 
 merciful Prin:e who gives me my Life, and reitores a Fa- 
 ther to five miferable and diitreffed Orphans j and I (hall 
 always retain the higheil Elteem and Veneration for your 
 ps and the Honourable Houle of Cwrunoas. 
 
 F Lord
 
 Lord Nithifdale. 
 
 MY Lords, I have confeffed my felf Guilty, relying on 
 his Majefty's Mercy ; and I beg Leave to allure your 
 Lordfhips I was never privy to any Plot or Defign againit 
 his Majefty's Perlon or Government, and was unprovided 
 with any Neceffaries for fuch a Purpofe 5 but rafhly and 
 inconfiderately, with only Four of my Servants, joined 
 thofe who appeared in Arms in my Neighbourhood, and was 
 one of the laft who went unto them. 
 
 At Prefton, my Lords, his Majefty's Generals gave great 
 Hopes and Encouragement to believe, that furrendring to 
 his Majefty's Mercy was the ready way to obtain it, with 
 repeated Affurances, that his Majefty was a Prince of the 
 greateft Clemency. 
 
 Upon thofe Hopes and Affurances I fubmitted my felf, and 
 ftill entirely depend on his Majefty's Goodnefs 5 earneftlybe- 
 t'eeching your Lordfhips and the Honourable Houfe of 
 Commons, to intercede with his Majefty on my Behalf. 
 
 And I folemnly promife jour Lordfhips I fhall, during 
 the remainder of my Life, pay the utmoft Duty and Grati- 
 tude to his moft gracious Majefty, and the higheft Venera- 
 tion and Refped to your LorJihips and the Honourable 
 Houle of Commons. 
 
 Lord 
 
 MY Lords, I fhall not trouble this great Affembly with 
 a Repetition of what I faid, when formerly before 
 your Lordfhips and his Majefty's Council. 
 
 I hope thefe noble Lords entertain that favourable Opi- 
 nion of my fincere Dealing then, as to believe, that want 
 of Experience and Knowledge of the Laws, was the great 
 Inducement of engaging me in this fatal and unhappy Un- 
 dertaking. 
 
 The only thing I can hope or wifh for is, his Majefty's 
 Mercy j he has the Charafter of a merciful Prince : Should 
 it pleafe him to think me a proper Objed for it, (tho* I 
 muft confers my lelf a very unworthy one) all I can fay, 
 my Lords, is, that the Remainder of my Life mall convince 
 his Majefty, and all the World, of my true Penitence and 
 Gratitude. 
 
 My Lords, I am yet an unworthy Member of this great 
 Body, the Peerage, now expecting ycut Lordfhips Judgment, 
 as to Life 01 Death. Should it be for Life, my Demeanour 
 and Carriage, for the future, will be Inch, as none of your 
 Lordfhips (hall be afhamed of having fhewn me Compaffion ; 
 but fhould it be for Death, God's Will be done : To my lait 
 
 Hour
 
 (8?) 
 
 Hour I ftuil pray for the Nation's and your Lordihips Pro- 
 fperity ; having this Comfort in my pre'ent Diftreis, That 
 your Lordfhips are my Judges at this Tribunal : And yet a 
 greater Comfort have I, that I am loon to appear before a 
 Greater, where I can't Defpair of finding Mercy and For. 
 givenefs for all my Sins. 
 
 I beg God Almighty's Pardon for them ; I have already 
 ask'd his Majeiiy's, and I do it now : And I do humbly beg 
 Leave once more, and perhaps 'tis the Jail Occahon that 
 ever I fliall have, to defire that your Grace, this noble Houi'e, 
 and the Honourable Commons of Great Britain^ who are 
 now here, would intercede with his Majelly for me. 
 
 I take my Leave of your Lordihips, and v/iih you ajl 
 Happinefs. 
 
 Lord Kenmure. 
 
 A \ Y Lords, I am truly fenfible of my Crime, and want 
 iVJL Words to exprefs my Repentance. God knows, I 
 never had any pertbnal Prejudice againft his Majetty, not 
 was I ever accefiary to any previous Deiign againlt him. I 
 humbly beg my noble Peers, and the Honourable Houfe of 
 Commons, to intercede wiih the King for Mercy to me, that I 
 may ihew my felf the dutifuleft of his Subjects, and to be 
 the Means to keep my Wife and Four i'mail Children from 
 ttarving ; the Thoughts of which, with my Crime, makes 
 me the moft unfortunate of all Gentlemen. 
 
 Lord Nairn* 
 
 IAm very fenfible how unfit I am to plead my own Catlfe 
 before your Grace (my Lord High-Steward) and this 
 Augulfc Affembly ; and theiefore, tho' I could lay much to 
 extenuate the Crime for which I ftand Impeached ; yet I 
 chute rather to lay my whole Strefs upon the King's Mercy 
 for which he is lu renown'd, and which I was put in hopes 
 of at the time of my Surrender. In eonlideration whereof, 
 and in Companion to an afflided Wife and Twelve Children, 
 I Hill hope, by the Mediation of your Grace, my noble 
 Lords, and the Honourable Houfe of Commons, I may ob- 
 tain it ; folemnly proteftifrg, that in Gratitude for ib fignal 
 a Deliverance, I will, to the End of my Life, remain a duti- 
 ful and obedient Subjed to his moir. Gracious and Sacred 
 Majeity King George. 
 
 Then his Grace the Lord rfigh-Steward, upon Proceeding 
 to Judgment againft James Earl of Derwenfte.iter, If^illiarii 
 Lord tntirington) William Eari of Nithifdak^ Jtohrt Earl of 
 
 F *
 
 (8 4 ) 
 
 William Vifcount Ke'mnure^ and William Lord Nairn ^ 
 made the following Speech unto them. 
 
 JJmes Earl of Derwentvater^ William Lord Wi&fai-ngton, 
 IPlltiam Earl of Nitbifdale,- Robert Earl of Carxwat?*, 
 'WilHwi Vifcount Kennnivc, William Lord Nairn. 
 
 You iland Impeach'd by the-Comm -.ins of Great Britain in 
 Parliament afiembled, or" Higli-Treafon,iu Traiterotiily Jma- 
 giriiAg, andcompjiiui* the Death of his moft Sacred Maje- 
 ity, and in confpiring for -that End 10 levy a bloody and de 
 itruclive War againit hi-v Majetty., in order to Depote and 
 Murder liim , and in levying War accordingly, and pro- 
 claiming a Pretender to his Crown to be King of thefe 
 
 Which Impeachment-, though one of your Lordfhips, in 
 the Introduction to his Pica, luppofes to be out of the ordi- 
 nary and common Courle of the Law and Juilice, is yet as 
 much a Courle oi Proceeding according to the Common Law, 
 as any other whaifoever.' 
 
 If you had been Liididted, the Indiftment mud have been 
 removed -and brought before the Houfe of Lords (the Parlia- 
 ment fitting.) In that Cafe you had ('tis true) been accufed 
 only by the Grand Jury of one County; in the prelent, the 
 whole Body of the Commons of Great-Britain, by their Rc- 
 jirefentatives are your Accufers. 
 
 And this Circumltarioe is very obfervable (to exclude all 
 poflible Suppofnion of Hardfhip as to the Method of pro- 
 c>:eding agunit you) j '1 hat however all great AlTcmblfeJ 
 amongft us are apt 10 differ on other Points, You were Im- 
 peached by the -unanimous Opinion of the Houfe of Com- 
 mons (not one contra Jifting.) 
 
 They found themlelves, it feems, to much concern'd in 
 the Preservation of His moft truely Sacred Majefty, and the 
 Protellant Succeiliou (the very Life and Soul of thefe King- 
 doms) that they could not omit the firfl Opportunity of ta- 
 king their proper part, in order to Ib iignal and necelTary 
 an Aft of his Majeily's Juitice. 
 
 And thus the whoie Body Politick of this free Kingdom 
 h.is in a manner role up ifl its o^n Defence, for the Punifh- 
 mHt-of thuleCrimes, which 'twas rightly apprehended, had 
 a dfrfcl Tendency to the everlaiiing Diirolunon of it. 
 
 To this Impeachment you have fever^lly pleaded and ac 
 knowledged your ieives Guilty of the High-Trealon therein 
 conram'd. 
 
 Your Pleas are accompanied with Tome variety of Matter, 
 to mitigate your Oltences, and to obtain Mercy. 
 
 Part
 
 Part of which ; as fome of the Circumftances faid to have 
 attended your Surrender (feeming to be offered rather as Ar- 
 guments only for Mercy thaw any thing in Mitigation of your 
 preceding Guilt) is not proper for me to take Notice of. 
 
 But as to the other part which is menu to extenuate th e 
 Crimes of which you are convicted, it is tit I ihould take 
 this Occafio.il to nuke feme Obfervatidtis to your Lordihips 
 upon iti To the End that the Judgment -to be given agninft 
 
 Cu may clearly appear to be Juit and Righteous, as well as 
 gal ; and that you may not remain under any fatal Error 
 in reipect to a greater Judicature, By reflecting with let's 
 Horror and Remorfe on the Guilt you have contracted than 
 it really deferves. 
 
 It is alleiged by ibme of your Lordfhips, that you en- 
 gaged in this Rebellion without previous Concert or Delibe- 
 ration, and without iuitable Preparations of Met;, Hori'es 
 and Arms. 
 
 If this ihould, be fuppofed true, on fome of your Lord- 
 ihips averring it; I delire you to confider, that as it ex- 
 empts you from the Circumftance of contriving this Trea- 
 Ibn, fo it very much aggravates your Guilt in mat part you 
 have undoubtedly born in the Execution of it. t 
 
 For k ihews, that your Inclinations to Rebel were fo well 
 knowii'(which could only be from a continued Series of your 
 Words and Actions,) that the Contrivers of that Horrid 
 Detign depended upon you, and therein judged rightly : 
 That your Zeal to engage in this Treafon was fo ftrong, as 
 to carry you into it on the leait Warning, and the very tirit 
 Invitation : That you would not excufe your fe lyes by want 
 of Preparation, as you might have done: And that rather 
 than not havs a Share in the Rebellion, you would plunge 
 your itilves into it, almoil naked and unprovided for inch an 
 Enterprise : In ihort, that your Men, Hories and Amu 
 were not to well prepared, as they might, and would inve 
 been on longer Warning ; but your Minds were. 
 
 It is alledgMalfo as an Extenuation of your Crime, that 
 no cruel or harfh Action ('by which I luppofe is meant no 
 Rapine or Plunder, or worl'e) has been committed by 
 you. 
 
 This may, in part only \K true. But then your Lorufliips 
 ':fi\\ at the fame Tune confider, tiut tile laying, waitt- a 
 i iuct of Land bears but a little proportion in point .of Guilt, 
 compared with the Crime of which you Hand convicted , an 
 open Attempt to deftroy the beU of K,in^.s, 10 ruiu the 
 vhole Fabrick, and IMS the very Foundations of a Govern- 
 ment, the bell fuiud of any, in the World, to ptruct tha 
 Hippinefs, aoi fupport the Dignity of Hum. me Nauive : 
 F 3 the
 
 (86) 
 
 The former Offence caufes but a Mifchief that is foon re. 
 covered, and is ufually pretty much confined ; the latter, 
 had it fucceeded, mufl have brought a lading and universal 
 peftruftion on the whole Kingdom- 
 
 Befides, much of this was owing to Accident > your 
 March was fo hafty, partly to avoid the King's Troops, and 
 partly from a vain Hope to ftir up Infurredions in all the 
 Counties you pafs'd through, that you had not Time to 
 fpreid Devaluation, without deviating from your main, and, 
 as I have obferved, much worfe Defign. 
 
 Farther, 'Tis very furpnzing that any concern'd in this 
 Rebellion mould lay their ingaging in it on the Government's 
 doing fe neceffary, and ufuai Aft in like Cafes, for its Pre- 
 lervation ; the giving Orders to confine fuch as were moft 
 likely to join in that Treafan : 'Tis hard to believe that any 
 one fhould rebel, merely to avoid being retfrain'd from Re- 
 belling ) or that a gentle Confinement would not much bet- 
 ter have fuited a crazy State of Health, than the Fatigues 
 and Inconveniencies of fucli long and hafty Marches in the 
 Depth of Winter. 
 
 Your Lordlhips riling in Arms, therefore, has much more 
 juinfy'd ti*e Prudence and Fibefs of thofe Orders, than 
 thole Orders will in any wife ferve to mitigate your Trea- 
 lon. Alas ! happy had it been for all your Lordfhips had 
 you fallen under lo indulgent a Reitraint I 
 
 When your Lordlhips fhall in good Earned apply your 
 felves to think impartially on your Cafe, furely you will not 
 v our f elves believe, that 'tis pollibie, in the Nature of the 
 '.Thing, to be engaged, and continue fo long engaged, in 
 inch j. difficult and laborious Enterprize, through Ralhneis, 
 Surprise, or Inadvertency: Or that, had the Attack at 
 Prcftov been lefs fudden, (and confequently the Rebels bet- 
 ter prepared to receive it) your Lordlhips had been reduced 
 the fooner, and with lets, if not without any Bloodlhed. 
 
 No, my Lords : Thele, and luch like, are artful Colour- 
 ings proceeding from Minds fill'd with Expectation of conti- 
 nuing in this World -, and not from fuch as are preparing for 
 their Defence before a Tribunal, where the Thoughts of 
 thf Heart, and the true Springs and Caufes of Adions, mult 
 be laid opsn. 
 
 And now, my Lords, having thus removed fome falfe Co- 
 lours you have ufed 5 to affifl you yet farther in that necel- 
 fary Work of thinking on your great Offence as you ought, 
 I proceed to touch upon feveral Circumllances that feem 
 ^reatty to aggravate your Crime, and which will deferve 
 you? moft ferious Conjideration. 
 
 Thff
 
 The Divine Virtues ftis one of your Lordfhips own Epi- 
 thets) which all the World as well as your Lordfhips ac- 
 knowledge to be in his Majefly, and which you now lay 
 Claim to, ought certainly to have with- held your Hinds 
 from endeavouring to depofe, to deflroy, to murder that 
 moil Excellent Prince : fo the Impeachment fpeaks, and fo 
 the Law conftrues your Actions ; and this is not only true in 
 the Notion of Law , but almoft always fo in Deed 
 and Reality: 'Tis a trite, but very true Remark, That there 
 are but few Hours between Kings being reduced under the 
 Power of Pretender: to their Crowq, and their Graves. Had 
 you fucceeded, his Majeity's Cafe would-) I fear, have hard- 
 ly been an Exception to that general Rule, fmce 'tis highly 
 improbable, that Flight mould have faved any of that lllu- 
 ihious and Valiant Family. 
 
 'Tis a farther Aggravation of your Crime, that his Ma- 
 jefty, whom your Lordfhips would have dethroned, affected 
 not the Crown by Force, or by the Arts of Ambition, but 
 fucceeded peaceably and legally to it } and on the Deceafg 
 of her late Ma jefty without Iffue, became undoubtedly the 
 next in Courie of Delcent capable of fucceeding to the 
 Crown by the Law and Conflitution of this Kingdom, as it 
 flood declared fome Years before the Crown was exprefly li- 
 mited to the Houle of Hanover. This Right was acknow- 
 ledg'd, and the Defcent of the Crown limited or confirmed 
 according to the whole Legifluure in two fucceffive Reigns j 
 and more than once in the latter, which your Lordfhips Ac- 
 complices are very far from allowing, would biafs the Nati- 
 on to that Side. 
 
 Ziow could it then enter into the Heart of Men, to think 
 that private Perfons might with a good Confcience endea- 
 vour to lubvert fuch a Settlement by running to tumultuary 
 Arms ; and by intoxicating the Dregs of the People, with 
 contradictory Opinions, and groundless .Slanders ^ or that 
 God's Providence would ever profper fuch wicked, fuch ru- 
 inous Attempts ? 
 
 Efpeciaily if in the next Place it be confider'd, that the 
 molt fertile Inventions on the Side of the Rebellion, have 
 not been able to allign the lealt Shadow of a Grievance as 
 i he Caule of it : To fuch poor Shifts have they been re- 
 duced on this Head, that for want of better Colours, it has 
 been objected, in a foJcmn Manner, by your Lordfhips Aflb- 
 ciates, to his. Majcity's Government, That his People do not 
 enjoy the Fruits of Peace as our Neighbours have done fince 
 the lafl War. Thus they firft rob us of our Peace, and then 
 Upbraid us that we have it not, Tis a monftrcus Rebellion 
 F 4 that 
 

 
 (88 ) 
 
 that can find no Fault with the Government it Invades, but 
 xvhat is the Eneft of the Rebellion it felf. 
 
 Your Lordfnips will likewife do well to confider what an 
 additional Burthen your Treafon has made neceffary on the 
 People of this Kingdom who wanted, and were about to 
 enjoy ibme Refpite : To tins End, 'tis well known, that all 
 flew, or Encreafe of Taxes, were the -laft 'Year carefully a* 
 voided, and his Majelly was contented to have no more 
 Forces than were jult lufficient to attend his Perfon, and 
 ihut the Gates of a few Camions. 
 
 But what hisMajefty thus did for the Eafe and Quiet of his 
 People, you moft ungratefully turn'd to his Disadvantage, by 
 taking Encouragement from thence, to endanger his and his 
 Kingdoms Safety, and to bring Oppreflion on your Fellow 
 Subjects. 
 
 Your LorJfhips obferve I avoid expatiating on the Miferies 
 3f a Civil War, a very large and copious Subject ; I fhali 
 but b-.rely fuggeft to you on that Head, that whatever thole 
 Calamities may happen tube in the prefent Cafe, all who 
 are at any Time or in any Place Partakers in the Rebellion 
 Tefpecially Perfons of Figure and Diitindion) are in fome 
 JDsgtee retpor.fible for 'erJi : And therefore your Lordihips 
 mint nnt hold your felves quite clear from the Guilt of thole 
 Barbarities which have been lately committed, by fuch as 
 are efjgfged in the fame Treafon with you, and notyetper- 
 fe&ty letluced, in burning the Habitations of their Country, 
 men, and thereby expoling many Thoufands to Cold and 
 Hunger in this rigorous Seaibn. 
 
 I mult be io jult to luch of your Lordfhips, as profefs the 
 Religion of the Church of tfonie y that you had one Tempta- 
 rjon, and that a great ,oce, to engage you in this Trealon, 
 -chich the others had not } in that 'twas evident, Succeis 
 'Mi your Part muft for ever have efiablifhed Popery in this 
 Kingdom, and that probably you could never have again (e 
 fait an Opportunity. 
 
 B.ut then, good God ! how muft thofe ProteiUnrs be co- 
 t'ered with Confufion, who entered into the fame Mealures, 
 xvithout fo much as capitulating for their Religion (that ever 
 I could find from any Examination I have leen or heardj or 
 fo much as requiring, much lefs obtaining a frail Promite, 
 that it fhould be Preterved, or even Tolerated. 
 
 It is my Duty to exhort your Lordfhip^ thus, to think of 
 the Aggravations as well as the Mitigations (if there be any) 
 of your Offences j and if I could have the Jeait Hopes, that 
 the Prejudices of Habit and Education would not be too 
 ftrury tor the moil Earned andCharitable Entreaties 5 I would 
 no i to rely any longer on thole Directors of your 
 
 Con*
 
 Confciertces, by whofe Conduft you have, very probably, 
 been led into this miferable Condition ; but that your Lord- 
 fhips'would beailiited by fome of thofe Pious and Learned 
 Divines of the Church of England, who have conitantly 
 bore that infallible Mark of iincere Chriftians , Univerfal 
 Charity. 
 
 And now, my Lords, nothing remains^ but that I pro- 
 nounce upon you, (and forry I am that it falls to my Lot to 
 don) that terrible Sentence of the Law, which muft be the 
 fame thatisufually given againft themeanelt Offender in the 
 like .Kind. 
 
 The mnit ignominious and painful Parts of it are ufually 
 remitted by the Grace of the Crown to Perfons of your Qua. 
 Jity j bin the Law in this Gale being deaf to all Diftin&ions 
 of Perron?, requires Ifhould pronounce, and accordingly it is 
 adjudged by this Court. 
 
 That you, James Earl of DerwentwJtcr, JPiV/ww Lord Widdring- 
 ton-, William Earl of ' Niibiffale, Rob en Earl of Carnwath^ 
 JPilliam V'jfcount Kenmure, and Trillion Lord Nairn) and 
 every of you, return to the Prilon of the Tower from 
 whence you came ; from thence you muft be drawn to the 
 place of Execution.; when you come there, you muft be 
 hang'd by the Neck, but not 'till you be Dead j for you 
 muit Le cut down alive, then your Bowels mult be taken 
 out, and burnt before your Faces : Then your Heads mult 
 be levered from your Bodies, and your Bodies divided each 
 into four Quarters j and thele muit be at the King's Difpofal 
 And God Almighty be Merciful to your Souls ! 
 
 The Loids Mifrefs to tlit King. 
 
 Moft gracious Sovereign) 
 
 \\J^ y ur Majeity's moft Dutiful and Loyal Subjefts,the 
 W Lords Spi r it ai and Temjioral in Parliament Affem- 
 bled, beg Leave to.: Allure your Alajeuy, That the Landing 
 of the Pretender tu thisKingdoai, hath increafed our Indigna- 
 tion againit him and hb; Adherents j and that we are fully 
 Convinced that it is not pniy mjuilite for the Security, but 
 alfo for the future Eale'Rnd Inteieil of your Majefty's Sub- 
 jects, to exert themielvfes . on tliis Occalion in a more than 
 ordiuary m inner, ro put a Ipeedy hnd to thele pret'ent Dif 
 orders, and to prevent thole Cal,;mities, which muft attend 
 a ling'riiigRebeilionAvithan the Kingdom, and to difcourage 
 itsbiing luppo/ted. by,ay Ailiiti-nce from Abroad : And 
 that we will, tu jheuiroptt.Qt'6u.r Power, afliil yowr Majefty,
 
 wot only in fubduing the prefent Rebellion, but in defttoying 
 the Seeds and Caufes of it, that the like Difturbances may 
 never arife again to impair theBJeffings of your Majeity'sReign. 
 
 To vl)ich Mdveft bis Majefty was pleafgj to return tie falh*. 
 
 ing Anfwer* 
 My Lords, 
 
 '"TpHis Addrefs is a frefb Inftance of youtDuty aadAffeftion 
 Jt to my Perfo and Government, and or your juft and 
 tender Concern for the Safety of my People. The Vigour 
 and Refolution you expjefs on this Occafion will, I hope, 
 contribute very much to the putting a fpeedy and efteftual 
 End to this Rebellion. 
 
 N. B*. 
 
 The Addreft of tit Houfe of Commons. 
 
 filofi Gracious Fivereigit, 
 
 WE your Majeily's moft Dutiful and Loyal Subje&s, the 
 Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament aflembled, 
 cb, with all Humility, return our unfeigned Thanks for 
 your Majeily's moil Gracious Speech from the Throne, and 
 for your great Goodnefs in communicating to us thole im. 
 ponant Advices which fo highly concern the immediate 
 Safety of your Kingdoms. 
 
 We can never fufficiently exprefs our grateful Senfe of your 
 Majefty's conftant Care and Tendernefs for your People, on 
 every Occafion, fince your Acceffion to the Throne of your 
 Anceftors j but 'tis with the utmoft Satisfadion of Heart 
 that we now experience the happy Effe&s of that juft Con- 
 fidence which your Loyal and Affectionate Commons have 
 already repofed in your great Wifdom, for making fuch 
 Augmentation of Troops as your Majeity fhoulJ find necef- 
 fary for our common Safety: And tho' the Growth of the 
 Rebellion has already neceflitated an Increafe of Forces, 
 yet we muft ever acknowledge your wife and tender Concern 
 for your People, in having made Provifion for our Defence 
 in fuch manner, at this Time of common Danger, as mult 
 convince the World that it is with the utnaolt Heiuftanc? to 
 your Majefty that any further Burthens are brought on your 
 Subjects, and that your Majeity has nothing at Heart but the 
 Security and Welfare of your People. 
 
 Your dutiful Commons ao '. .k- wife acknowledge, with the 
 higheft Gratitude to your Maj^lty, that to the prudent Dii- 
 poiition of your Forces, not only the Defigns of our Ene- 
 mies
 
 / 9 ) 
 
 mies to have raifed Infurre&ions in many Parts of the King. 
 dom have been entirely fruitrated, and the Peace and Tran- 
 quilly of thele Nations thereby, in a great Meafure pre- 
 lervedj but to that we owe, under God, thofe fignal Suc- 
 celfes which have check'd the Progrefs of the Rebellion, 
 and which have given us, your faithful Commons, fo early 
 and jult an Occafion to exert our felves in the moft vigorous 
 and effe&ual Manner, for bringing fome of the chief Aftors 
 to condign Punimmeur. We are ailoniihed at the daring 
 Preemption of die Pretender and his Adherents ; and do 
 mo/t iiiicerely and heartily affure your Majelty th.it our In- 
 dignation is hereby heighten'd againft them ; and that we 
 cannot fo far forget our Duty and Affection to yourMajefty, 
 and our Concern for our Religion and Liberties, as not to 
 take, at this critical Juncture, fuch further Resolutions as 
 will effeftually enable your Majefty, with ths Blelfing of 
 God, to defeat their Deligns. Your faithful Commons be- 
 ing therefore firmly and unalterably reiblv'd to fpare no 
 Expence, and to decline no Hazard, for the Support of your 
 Majeity's Title and Government, whereon all that is dear 
 and valuable to us and our Poilerities, under God, entirely 
 depends; and being molt earneftly defirous to give all ima- 
 ginable Proofs of our conftant and unfhaken Zeal and Af- 
 redion for your iacred Perfon ; and being throughly con- 
 vinced that we Cannot more effeftualy confult our own Se- 
 turity, than by teliifying our entire Confidence in your 
 Ma jeily '^ known Juftice, Wifdom, and Goodnefs, do mcil 
 humbly beieech your M;ijeity, that you will be gracioufly 
 plea fed to give Directions, from Time to Time, for fucft 
 further Augmentation of Troops as the Exigency of Affairs 
 lhall leader neceliary. 
 
 And we do farther affure your Majefly, That we will 
 grant luch Supplies as fhall be fufficient, not only to main- 
 tain fuch Additional Forces, and to defeat all the Attempts 
 of your Enemies both at Home and Abroad, and to prevent 
 thofe Calamities which muii erifue, if this uwarural Rebel- 
 lion be (ufter'd to Ipretd j but aho to enable your Majefty, 
 with theBlefling of God, efteftually to ftiew yofir Relent- 
 ment againft any foreign Power, tliat mail prefume direftly 
 or indirectly to abet or fupport the Pretender or his Adhe- 
 rents. 
 
 To flit Mdrcft bis Jk:--*y yas fle.ifed to return tie follow- 
 ing Anfwer. 
 
 Gentlemen^
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 I Thank you heartily for this Adirefs. If any Thing 
 could add to the good Opinion this Houfe of Commons 
 dflferves from me, it would be the Zeal and Unanimity you 
 have {hewn upon this Occafion, You may depend upon 
 my continuing always, as I have hitherto done, to iake 
 ute of the Confidence and Powers you put in me, .only far 
 restoring and fecuring the Peace and Quiet of my People. 
 
 N'.C*. 
 The Mot$erator r s Speech at Opening tfa Affembly. 
 
 May it flea-fe ymr Grace, 
 
 AMong the many remarkable Difpenfations of kind Pro- 
 vidence toward the Church of Scotland, of old, and 
 of late, the peaceable Accefiion of our only Rightful and 
 Lawful Sovereign King George to the Throne, is what we 
 in this Generation, and <*ur Pofterity after us, ought to 
 acknowledge with great Thankfulnefs to God,, a-s a. 
 Bleffing that came moft feafonably to prelecve us, 
 when our R^ligio-n, and all that was valuable and dear to 
 us, was expoled to the g.reareft Danger, and that gives us- 
 the hopeful Profped of uulpeakable Advantages under the 
 anfjrigSious Reign of lb good and wife a Prince. 
 
 And, may itpleafe your Grace-, at the Opening of this Af- 
 1 stably we cannot but obferve, and be deeply affected wan. 
 the Scene of Providenoe i iince our lait, a wicked Kebeilio^n 
 fiath been railed and carried on to the throwing of a great 
 part of the Country into Confufion, whereby no lets was 
 projefted than the Dethroning of our Gracious Sovereign 
 Jving GtorgC) the fetting a Popifh. Pretender upon theThrone,, 
 aaii ( in confeqiKiice, the involving very fpeediiy the whole 
 P/oteitant' Intereit iu Ruin, had God for our Sins permitced 
 die Attempt to fucoeed. And yet before the Approach ot' 
 the Day to which this Atfembly wasludited, it hath pleufed 
 an infinitely gracious God to I'eitter that Cloud, and lb re- 
 markably to blefs his Majeity's Co^nlels, and Anns, that 
 all is retrieved, and luch a happy turn given to Affairs, as 
 may, by the' B letting of God, produce more fettled Quiet 
 than if that Difturbance had never been given, and may 
 have Effects quite contrary to what was projected, even the 
 better fecuring of the Protefhnr Succeflion, and the Peace 
 of his Mijefty's Government. And in all this, fuch ami- 
 King Wonders of Providence are to be feen, as may route 
 ihe m^ft carelefs Obferverj of tiwie Things j and as for us, 
 
 the
 
 the Minillers and Elders of this Church, whofe deareft In- 
 terefts are to nearly affected by thel'e happy Turns of Provi- 
 dence, we Ihould be wanting to our Duty, fhouki we not be 
 the more concern'd to approve our felves faithful and dutiful 
 Subjects of a King fo much the Object of Divine Care, and 
 in . our Stations, zealous promoters of our Holy Religion, 
 for which God hath appeared fo figmlly, and particularly, 
 ihould we not be careful to improve the prefent Opportu- 
 nity ot a National AlTembly for advancing the good Ends 
 of luch a Meeting. 
 
 May it ple.ife your Grace, The Ministers and Members of 
 this Church have, upon proper Occaiions, made open and 
 fincere Profeffions of their Principles, of their Zeal for trie 
 Proteitant Succeffion, of their Aversion to' the Pretender, 
 and their firm Loyalty to our only Rightful and Lawful 
 Sovereign King George^ audit gives us a particular Plea- 
 luxe to reflect, that upon Occafion of the late Rebellion, 
 we have been helped of God, in feme Meafure, to give 
 Proofs of our Duty and Loyalty to the belt cf Kings, an- 
 iwerably to our former Profeffions and our own tnielnteielr 
 and it greatly heightens our Satisfaction, in having, by God's 
 Afiiltance, been enablsd to do our Duty, that his Majefly, 
 out of his great GoodDels is pleated to takr Notice of it in 
 his gracious Letter to this Affcmbly. 
 
 M&y it fleafe your Grace, The good Afrject of Affairs after 
 fuch a Storm, fills our Hearts with Joy, as promiling 
 peaceable and undilluib'd Reign to cur gracious Sovereign, 
 whom God long prelerve, and that our Church, io entirely 
 in his Intereit, Hull be protected and flourilh under his Fa- 
 therly Care, and that froitt the Goodnefs of his Adminiftra- 
 tion, and the "Wiidom and JuiUce of thole employ 'd by 
 him in the Managesnent of Affairs, we fhall in due Time be 
 eat'4 of the Hardfoipt put upon us by the Procurement of 
 thole who bore us no good Will upon the Account of our 
 Zeal for tbe Protejtant Succeflion. 
 
 May it fleafe your Grace, We have an Inflanct of his Ma. 
 jetty's Favour-to this Church, by the renewingbf his Com- 
 million to your Grace, wheieby you are clouwed vith fo 
 high a Character. We have had many uncontiftable Proofs 
 of your Grace's Zeal for the ProteiUnt Inteleil, by your 
 ading io vigoiouily in all Times ior that Sucoellion, uport 
 whkh our All, under God, doth depend. Youi Grace has 
 evidenc'd your entire Affection to. the Church of Scotland-) 
 by openly eipouling her li^tereit, to the drawing upon yoiu 
 fclf the ill Will ot thole who ftand not \vcll-artcded to u>. 
 Tour Grace's late Behaviour in being io reaJy with the firft 
 to expole your Noble Perfon in Delence cf the Glorious 
 
 Caul"e>
 
 (94) 
 
 Caufe, muft needs endear you very much to us, and to all 
 good Men. Thofe Confiderations, together with your wile 
 and kind Conduct in the laft Affembly, cannot but render 
 his Majefty's prefent Choice of your Grace, to reprefent his 
 Royal Peribn in this, molt acceptable unto us, and engage 
 us to be heartily concerned in our Prayers to God, that his 
 beft Bleffings may be bellowed on your Gxace, and all your 
 Noble Family. 
 
 The repeated Affurances his Ma jetty has been pleas'd to 
 give in his gracious Letter, of his Favour and Protection 
 to this Church, put us under new Obligations to exert our 
 felves to the utmoit, in Zeal for his -Service, and in the 
 vigorous Prolecution of the great and good Things his Ma- 
 jelty hath recommended unto us. 
 
 What we have heard from the Throne, pointing out untu 
 us that which is fo much our Duty and Interert, wall have 
 great Weight with us r and is a frefh Proof of your Grace's 
 kind Concern. 
 
 N. D*. 
 
 lit David Dalrymple's Memorial of tlx State of tit -Rebel 
 Prifoners. 
 
 TJAving the Honour to be employed iri i is Majefly's 
 JF~1 Service in Scotland, and to ferve for that Country in 
 Parliament > I prefume, with great Submiilion, to offer a 
 few Obfervations concerning the State of the Prifoners, on 
 account of the lite Relellion, who beirt^ in very different 
 Cafes, feem to require different Kefolutioris. I offer thele 
 Obfervations the rather, becaufe there is not in all the 
 daffies after mentioned, nor indeed was there in the Rebelli- 
 on, any one Peribn, with whom I am nearly concerned as 
 a Blood Rektion, or by any other Alliance or Tye. 
 
 Firft t *Tis cert.iin that the Rebellion breaking out of a 
 fudden, when there was no Army in the Country, the Peo- 
 ple on the North iide of Tay, were loon under the Feet of 
 the Rebels, and many were forced, not only to fubmit to 
 them as a government, but in many Places, Men who had 
 not at any Jjme fhewn the leaft Marks of Ditaffeftion, were 
 directly forced into their Service, and were dragged to the 
 Rebels Army from their Houfes and Families, and even 
 from the Churches, where his Majefty was publickly prayed 
 for. 
 
 Some
 
 (95) 
 
 Some of thefe unfortunate People, as well Gentlemen as 
 Commons, took the firft Opportunity to defert, and fur- 
 render'd themfelves, or were taken in their return Home- 
 Others not having Courage enough, to incur the Hazard of 
 being treated as Deferters by the Rebels, and as Enemies by 
 the King's Troops, were carried along in the Rebellion, till 
 they were taken at Vnmblam and Prejton : But the Original 
 Motive of their coming into the Rebellion, being the Fear 
 of a Force they were unable to refift, and which continued 
 to the Time of their Deferting, or-being Taken j they leein 
 to be proper Objeds of Royal Clemency. But more efpe- 
 cially the Cafe of thole who deferted is to be pitied, who 
 have been expofed to the Hatred and Negled of the Rebels, 
 and to Puniihownt at the Hands of the Government. And 
 'tis evident that the Cafe of the common People, who have 
 flood out to the End of the Rebellion, is more Criminal 5 
 and yet fuch are allowed, upon the Delivery up of their 
 Arms, to enjoy their Liberty, and purfue their private 
 Callings. But the common People, who have been taken at 
 l*resion and Dumblainy are kept under miferable Imprifon- 
 ment, until they are glad to beg to be fent into Baniihment; 
 without Difiindion of thofe who have been forced, from 
 thofe who have not been forced into that wicked Service. 
 
 A &roWCiafs, which deferves to be diftinguiflied from 
 the reft, is that of Boys under Age, from 14 to zr. who 
 have been engaged fiom the Misfortune of their Education, 
 the Situation of their Eilates, or the Errors of their near 
 Relations, before they came to that Maturity of Judgment 
 which the Law requires, to make good their Obligations 
 or Covenants in Civil Cafes. It is true, that in Matters 
 criminal, the Law has not the fame Indulgence for the 
 Weaknefs of Non-age, and if fuch as are under Age could 
 be convicted of any Fads atrocious, their Punifhment could 
 be lefs regrated: But where Infants under Age have been 
 engaged, by the Ralhnei's of Youth, or Errors of Educa* 
 tion, into a Crime that became too common in the Place 
 where they lived j it may perchance feem hard to lubjed to 
 the Severity of the Law, tho' it may be ufefui to take tome 
 Surety for their good Behaviour. 
 
 A Third Clafs, is that of Children, in Famijy with their 
 Parents, who went out with their Fathers into the Rebel- 
 lion i menial Servants, who followed their Mailers : As to 
 \vhom, the Maxim in the Roman Law appears to be full of 
 Humanity : Veli non creditor, gui olftquitHr vn^cris I'M r if 
 
 vel
 
 (96) 
 
 vcl Domini. And tho* that Maxim, in its full *te nt 
 chiefly concern private Tranlactionr,, it affords lome Abate- 
 ment. from Guilt in Gates criminal, and prefects luch Of- 
 fenders to the Royal Clemency in a more favourable Gale. 
 
 A Fourth Clafs may be of thofe, who having haftily join'J 
 the Rebels, did leave them when the Rebellion was yet fub- 
 iifting: And thele are in different Gates : Some of them 
 \vere not prefent at any Act of Violence or Rlooifhed. 
 Their Crime confiits precilely in having joined the Rebels, 
 in Arms, and having been prefent at Proclaiming the Pre- 
 tender: And of thel'e, many, efpecially fuch as were on the 
 South Sde the Forth, having eafie Accefs to do ic, came in 
 and delivered themfelves up to the Government. Others 
 did continue longer with the Rebels, but deierted them, 
 and lurked, or returned to their own HouLes, whiift the. 
 Rebellion was on Foot, without making Terms for 
 themfelves, and when the Rebels flatter'd themfeives with 
 no detpi-able Hopes. All thefe, in my humble Opinion, 
 feem lefs criminal thin thole who ftand out to the l.ifi, and 
 may be feparated and diitinguiihed from them. Wken ail 
 the Perfons, that fall within thele Claifes, are feparated 
 irorn the reft, there will remain a very great Number in 
 the common Gate. 
 
 Where thefe different Fafts are atteiled by probable Evi- 
 dence, 'tis humbly tubmitted, if it may not be for hisMa- 
 3efty's Service, That of his proper Motion, and Royal 
 Goodnel's, Perfons in thele different Gales .fhould be l'epa. 
 rated from the reft, and have Clemency fnewn them. The 
 Cries of thefe People, whole Gales are not unknown, pierce 
 the Hearts of his MI jelly's molt faithful Subjects with Pity ; 
 arid the Summer Sealbn coining on> their cjminuance in 
 Prifon will be more terrible than Death it felf to the Peo- 
 ple who fuffer : And tho' Bamfhincnr will be a Unall tempo- 
 ral Eafe to the Sufferers j yet it will be no comfort to their 
 affli&ed Families, nor Satisfadion to the Mindo of many 
 faithful Subje&s, wliote Companions ar moved from being 
 confcious to their Circumllances. On the other lunJ, the 
 Bounty of the Gjvermenc dilpens'd, of proper Motion; 
 without being detired or requeued, would foften the MiuCs 
 of the Difaffected, and cncrrale the Zeal of the Loyal Sub- 
 
 There is another Point which appears to be of very great 
 Confequence, and that is, 3 or 400 Noblemen and Gentle* 
 
 Mm
 
 < 97 ) 
 
 jn^n.of Birth ;afld,Intereft in the Country being chafed to 
 the Hills and Jflands, and ready to eicape to Frvice, or 
 WJne other Catholick Country, it may afford fuch. as arc 
 nemies to hisMsjeity, and the Reformed Religion, anOp- 
 j ortunjty to form' Bodies of Britifo Subjects, as they have 
 foinetime fince done of Irift, which, by the great intereit 
 and Influence; i which thefe People will hare for many Gene- 
 rations in the Country tvhere they have been born, will be 
 recruited, and, .kept 'up full. .To- which the fending of 
 fu many People to the Plantations, or into Bamfhment, who 
 may" eafily efcape from thence, may poffibly not a little 
 contribute. 
 
 j\nd this,' with SubmifRon, in my humble Opinion,. might 
 be .prevented, ..by' 'giving Power to treat with fuch of tiiefe 
 People as '(hall come "in by a Time limited, with promite of 
 Security for .'their 'Lives, on Condition of Confinement, or 
 Bail for their, gaod' Behaviour, where "the Persons are of '.that 
 Condition as to defe'ive To much' Notice. Which Confine- 
 ments or Securities may be continued for a certain Number 
 of Yeais, or- io much longer as the King ^ha 11 -fee Caufe, 
 and fuch Qualities may be alfo addedjn the Gale of Papifts 
 being in the Rebellion, as may fequre the Su^ceffion of their 
 jfcitates to Pfioteftints, as to their Eflates that tend to a Con- 
 fideration of greater Extent. Concerning which, I p re fume 
 ih'umbly to offer 'my Opinion in a fw,Words: 'Tis neither- 
 agreeable to the Difpofition of the Government, nor will it 
 indeed be for his Mafefty's Intercil and Service, to take the 
 lives of all who have forfeited them by the Rebellion, tho* 
 it is very ju/i; that 'ipme Examples fnould be made, to the 
 Terror of others, to .commit the like in' Time coming ; and 
 if great Number's of "Men of Birth and Intereft Ihould be 
 turn'd adrift as Beggajrs, the Life that is Ipar'd in Mercy, 
 will become a Burden to them and then Relations. 
 
 The univerfaj Forfaulture of Eftates will produce nothing 
 material to' the Publick, for the Commiflion of Inquiry, 
 which in that Cafe will be neceffary, and muft continue fome 
 Years, will be an Expence on the Government -, and befides, 
 the Fees of Stewards, and Sequestrations, with thelnterefts 
 of Debts and Burdens within that Time, go near to Exhauft 
 the Value of the Eftates forfaulted, which no Care or Pene- 
 tration of the Commiflioners of Inquiry can prevent, with- 
 out the Affiftance of the Offenders themfelves, feeing the 
 Titles to Eftates will be fupprefs'd and carried away, Debts 
 ' in whole or in part, will.be revived, and faife 
 
 G r
 
 br.es made up, whereof there is one known Inftance in the 
 Cafe of the Family of ' DowgLtt-t who having got the 
 Gift of Dundee's Forfauittore in 1691^ have never been able 
 to make anything of it, tho' many confiderable Sums hav 
 been befto\ved in profecuting that Right, and that becaufe 
 the Tithes were fupprelt, and the Initruftions of Payment 
 of the Debts were in the Hands of the Rebel and his 
 Friends, and could never be recovered.- Befides, this Way 
 of Sequeftration will make a Hop to the Payment of Debts, 
 and Intereft thereof, due to lawful Creditors, and extent! 
 the' C rLrrhity of the Forf Cultures much beyond the Cafe of 
 the Criminals, and, in Proportion, encreafe the Cries of 
 the People,, and Intereit them in their Sufferings : The 
 veiling of the Commiiiioners with judiciary Powers would 
 break in upon the fettled Judicatories, contrary to the ipth 
 Article of the Treaty of Union, and extreamly dif quiet 
 thole who depend upon the ordinary Courts 5 a kind of Men, 
 who, in all Countries, have no Imall Influence upon the 
 Body of the People. 
 
 To all thefe Confiderations, it may be added, that many 
 of the.Eflates of the Rebels, and thofe of the molt confide, 
 rable, are fecur'd by Entails and Contrafts of Marriage 5 
 and the Eftates of a great Part of the Vaflfals, that will 
 fall under Forfaulture, may accrue to great Families, in Vir- 
 tue of the late Aft 'of Parliament ; ib that the very Subjeft 
 of thefe Forfaultures will' not be by much [b conliderable 
 as is imagin'd. And on the whole Matter, the Publick 
 will have nothing but Expence and Murmuring, Tenants 
 and Creditors will be ruined, the Nation mov'd with 
 Companion, and the Cries of the Miferable, whilft no Bo- 
 dy lhall profit, but a few Conimiflioners, and thole em- 
 ploy \i by them in the Management of fequelhtfd Eftates. 
 
 For preventing of which Mifchiefs, with great Sub. 
 million, I humbly propbfey That a Claufe 'may be brought 
 in to the Attainder-KJll in theHoute, or into the Inquiry- 
 Bill, to this Effeft. 
 
 ^ 
 
 That whereas H4s M.^efty was gracioutly pleas'd to 
 declare, That he would freely give lip 'ajl the 'Eftatps 
 1 that thould become forfeited to the Crowjj, by the Rebef- 
 4 lion, to be applied towards defraying of the 'extraorcli- 
 c nary Expence inctirr'd on that Occaln.ni. And whereas 
 it may appear to be' i'' t his -Mujerty's Service, and the 
 "Settlement and Quiet ci* the Kingdom, to graiit 'his Royat 
 
 Pardon
 
 (99) 
 
 Pardon and Grace to fuch Offenders as he &all, in his 
 Royal Wifdom, think fit. Be it therefore ena&ed, &c. 
 That the faid Commiffioners ihall have Power to compound 
 wjth t'ueh of the Rebels, and their Heirs, to whom his 
 Majefty fhall extend his gracious Pardon, for their Effetes, 
 and under fuch Conditions as he ihall dire&, no Compofi- 
 tion being under a Sum equal to Year^jyxe-Rent," or 
 
 Income of the Eftates that did belong to fucH Offenders, 
 after Dedu&ion of annual Burdens, and Intereft of Sums 
 due to any lawful Creditors. 
 
 By this Means, the Prerogative will be preferved to be 
 encreafed under the befl: Prince that ever filled a Throne, 
 for the Quiet and Tranquiiity of his People ; His Royal 
 Promife at the opening of this Meeting of Parliament will 
 be made effectual in the eafieft and befl Manner ; and the 
 Proprietors being to have an Advantage, will come in and 
 diicover the Value of their Eftates, and owing their Mercy 
 to the King's own Bounty, will be tied to him- by the 
 firicleft Rules of Gratitude. 
 
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 THE 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 A: 
 
 jDdrefTes, Common-Council , Lieut e~ 
 nancy + Church-Clergy, Diffenters, 
 and Articles added to the Impeach- 
 ment of the Earl of Oxford, page 
 
 4, 5* 6, 7, 9 
 
 Ads, receiving the Royal Affent^ 
 II, 1,7, 213,245,259,278,299,333 
 Amals, juftly called the Hiftory of the Rebellion? 21 
 Acdrefs for Scaffolds in. Weftminfter-Hall, 65 
 Afociations, begun, 124. Co on, 173. Taken by 
 he Parliament 0/Ireland, 195 
 
 AiEjlefea, Lord, addrefs'd againf by the Parliament 
 f Ireland, 196 
 
 A, for trying the Rekls in London, 241 
 
 Adirefs, for Mercy to the condemned Lords t 249 
 Aftmbly, General, in Scotland, meet, 293 
 
 Argyle, arrived at Edinburgh, 57. ^iffifled by the 
 Gentry of the South, 53. Orders the Country to 
 jlrm,tf. Receives Troops from Ireland, 117. 
 Advances againft the Rebels, 145. Fights them 
 tit Dnmbhin, 149. His Bravery. 150. Nnm- 
 btrs 'of the Slain, 154. Marches for Perth,22o. 
 G Takes
 
 The INDEX. 
 
 Takes the Town, 224. Purfues the Pretender, 
 22%. Comes to Aberdeen, 229. Puts his Troops 
 into Quarters, 234. Arrives at Londpn, 235. 
 Turned out of all, 335 
 
 Bolingbroke, Vifcount, impeached, 12. 'Attainted, 
 
 J S 
 
 Bath, the Confpirators affembled there ', 79 
 
 Blood, firft drawn, 1 1 3 
 
 Barrier Treaty, figned, 1 5 5 
 
 Burnt-Ifland,T0w, retaken*, ^16 
 
 c. 
 
 Commons, Houfe, called over, i ] 
 
 Cattle of Edinburgh, like to have been furfrizty 
 
 38 
 
 Cadogan, General, prefents a Memorial to rhe 
 
 States, 123. Lands with 6000 Dutch, 155. Ges 
 
 to Scotland, 248. Finifles the War there, 2)1 
 
 Commiffion of Oyer and Terminer, for trying he 
 
 Rebels in Lancafhire, 235 
 
 Cafe of the Presbyterian Minlflers, in Scotland, T- 
 
 fufwg the Oaths, 143 
 
 Condemned Lords beheaded, ;49 
 
 Commons, Houfe, their Proceedings, :66 
 
 Carpenter, General, advances againfi the Rekls, 
 
 127. They give him the Slip at Kelfo, 118. 
 
 Follows them to Prefton, 1 36. Routs them, 1^7. 
 
 Goes back to New-Caftle, '144. Is made Gme- 
 
 ral in Scotland, in Argyle'j Room, 340. Mfc 
 
 G over now of Minorca, &c* ,39 
 
 D. 
 
 Bahiel, Captain, executed, 1 7 5 
 
 Dorrell, Ker, and Gordon, executed, 176 
 
 Dutch,
 
 The INDEX. 
 
 Dutch, agree to the Demand of Succour s, 17. A- 
 gree to flop their Ports and Frontiers, 1 22. Dutch 
 Forces arrive in Scotland, 217 
 
 Darwent water, his laft Speefh, 251. Beheaded, 
 
 2 S3. 
 Debate, in the ffoufe of Peers, about the Preamble 
 
 to the Land-Tax Sill, 256 
 
 Duffus, Lord, felled at Hamburgh, 261. And, 
 
 committed to the Tower. 
 
 E. 
 
 Emperor, offers Affiance, 17 
 
 Epifcopai, Minifters in Scotland, their Cafe, 327. 
 
 F. 
 
 Forfar, Earl, died of his Wounds, 1 77 
 
 Forces, the Kiug's, how weak in Scotland, 89 
 
 Fight, at Haddington, 113. At Prefton, 139- At 
 
 SherrifF Moor, or Dumblain, 1 49. At Dyfert, 
 
 217. At Faulkland, 217 
 
 Forfter, General^ efcapes out of Newgate, 280 
 
 G. 
 
 Gordon, General, his Story, no. He alarms Glaf- 
 gow, 1 12. Takes on him the Command of the 
 Rebel Army, 226. Separates them at Aberdeen, 
 
 228, 232 
 
 Gentlemen^ make their Efcape, 23 3 
 
 Gordon, Sir Will, quarrels with LordLovat, 297 
 Gordon, Alex, quarrels, and duels, and kills Ma- 
 jor Cathcart, 298 
 Gafcoign, Richard, executed, 318. His laft 
 Speech, 319 
 
 H. 
 
 Harvy, of Comb, taken up, 34. Stabs kimfelf, 34 
 G 2 Ha-
 
 The, I N D E X. 
 
 Habeas Corpus Att-tfnfpended afecotid time, air 
 
 Hall, John, executed, 342. His laft Speech, 347 
 
 Hicks, Dr. dies, ry8 
 
 I. 
 
 Intelligence, oft be Pretender's Affairs, 18 
 
 Jacobites, make Rabbles and Tumults at Oxford, 
 Briftol, &c. 77 
 
 Invernefs, taken by the Loyalifts in the North, 155 
 Journal, of the Men of War, Tranfaftions on the 
 Coaft of Scotland, J 230 
 
 Juftices, Lords, Speech to the Parliament of Ire- 
 land, 159. Another, 200. Another, 310 
 Impeachment, of the Rebel- Lords, voted, 210 
 Judges, fet our for Lancafhire, 236 
 Interceflion,/ir the condemned Lords, 245 
 
 K. 
 
 King George, his Accefiion begins this Wor\, 2. 
 His Forces Rendezvous at Sterling, 53. His Ex- 
 pedition in counteracting his Enemies, 53. Speech 
 to the Parliament, 67. Vigilance of his Agents, 
 119. Refents the Condutt of France, An- 
 fiver to the Irifll Parliament's Addrefs, 170. A- 
 nother, 205. Speech to the Englifh Parliament, 
 205. Another, 214. Anfwer to the Addrefi 
 for Mercy, 249. Another Speech, 259. Sends a 
 Mcffage to the Houfe of Commons, 278. Letter 
 to the General Affembly, 294. Speech to the Par- 
 liament of Britain, 330. Embarks for Hol- 
 land, 340. Arrives there, 341 
 
 Kenmure, Lord, beheaded, 255 
 
 L. 
 
 Line, of Battle, of tht Xw/s Army, 
 
 March,
 
 The INDEX. 
 
 M. 
 
 March, from Sterling, of th whole Army* 220 
 Mackintofh, joins Mar, 86. Pajfes the Forth, 91. 
 Marches towards Edinburgh, 92. Turns to 
 Leith, 93. Quits it, and marches to Seaton- 
 ffoufe, 97. Advances to the Englifh Border, ioc. 
 Is joined by the Northumberland Rebels, 101. 
 And by Lord Kenmure, 102. Taken at Prefton, 
 139. Brought to London, 180. Efcapes out of 
 Newgate, 212. Proclamation to apprehend him 
 and others, 313 
 
 Militia, put int o a Pofture of Defence, 4 
 
 Mar, Earl, his Offer of Service, 21. Letter, 22. 
 He arrives in Scotland, 25. Summons the No- 
 bility, 26. Begins the Rebellion, 28. Strength- 
 ens himfelf to make a Stand, 37. His Forces, 41. 
 Seiz.es Perth, 41. Receives his Commifion of 
 General, 42. Extends himfelf to the Sea'-Coafts, 
 43. Takes Brunt-lfland, 44. Surpriz.es a Ship 
 with Arms, 45. Troops join him, 47. Ships ar- 
 rive with Supplies to him, 48. Reviews his Ar- 
 my, 86. Sends a, Dttachment over the Forth, 
 91. Raifes Taxes^ 102. Forbids Men to lift 
 with Argyle, 105. His Letters to Lord Ken- 
 mure and General Forlter, 109 
 Morton, Earl, died, 177 
 Meath, Biftop, died, 179 
 
 M 
 
 IN. 
 
 New- Cattle upon Tine, in Danger, 75. Secu- 
 red by Sir Charles Hotham, 78. General Car- 
 penter arrives there, 79 
 
 Nottingham, Earl,fpeaksfor the condemned Lords, 
 
 247 
 
 G 3 Ormond,
 
 The INDEX. 
 
 O. 
 
 Ortnond, Duke, impeached, 13. Attainted, 15 
 Oxford, Ear It farther Articles agtinft him, 9. Hit 
 Anfwer to his Impeachment, 62 
 
 Oxford, City, their Addrefs refufed, 7. Tumult 
 " there, 8 1 . Surprized by the Dragoons, 84. A- 
 nother Tumult, 85. Handafyde'j Regiment quar- 
 tered on them, 86 
 Oxbnrgh, Colonel, condemned, 313. His laft 
 Speech, 315- Executed, 314 
 
 P. 
 
 preparations, to oppofe the Pretender, 3 
 
 Yerfons,apprehende4 in England, their Names, 3* 
 
 Ditto in Scotland, 35 
 
 pofture of Affairs, in England, when the Rebellion 
 
 began, 37 
 
 Preparations, of the Pretender, in France, 49 
 
 Parliament, adjourned, 69. Meet again, 205 
 
 Phips, Sir Conftantine, made Dr. of Laws at Ox< 
 
 ford, 77. Reprimanded by the Peers, 269 
 
 Pepper, Colonel, fnrpriz.es Oxford, 81 
 
 People^wmi/ty difajfttted, 123 
 
 Prisoners, at Prefton, their Number, 142. Four 
 
 ofthemjhotto Death, 143. Sr ought to London, 
 
 180. Tryals begun, 279. Many break Prifon, 
 
 Si 3 
 
 Parliament, of Ireland, meet, 158. Their 7V*- 
 
 cee dings to 172. Adjourned, 173. Meet a- 
 
 guin, 193- Their Proceedings to the next Ad- 
 
 jonrnment,2O<$. Mett again, 301. Proceedings 
 
 to the End of the Sejfion, 312 
 
 Prifoners, of State, bailed, 322. More efcape ottt 
 
 p/Kewgate, 325. Some pardoned, 326 
 
 Paul, Parfon, executed, 341. His loft Speech, 34 2 
 
 Pre-
 
 The INDEX. 
 
 Pretender, ^reclaimed at the Braes of Mar, 28. 
 At Alnwick in Northumberland, 73, At St. 
 Colomb in Cornwal, 80. Lands at Peterhead, 
 182. Falls III of an Ague, 188. Publics his 
 Declaration, 189. Enters Perth, 188. His 
 proceeding) while be flayed at Sooon, 192. 
 Quits Perth, 224. Takes flipping for France, 
 226. Attainted *fl Ireland, 199 
 
 Proclamation, to apprthend Forfter. 280 
 
 R. 
 
 Removes, at Court, 337, 338, 339 
 
 Regent, of France, declines the Pretender, 50. 
 
 The Jacobites reproach him, 5 1 . His Prvdence^ 
 
 51. Difavows their aiding the Rebels, \ 25 
 
 Recefs of Aft ion , by the Severity of Weather, 157 
 
 Rebels, Mafters of the Sea-Coajt of Scotland, 52 
 
 Rebellion, breaks out in Northumberland, 72 
 
 Rebels, in Northumberland, at Warkworth and 
 
 Alnwick, 73. Take Holylfhnd, 74.. Lofdt 
 
 again, 75. Their Defgn on New-Caflle mif- 
 
 carries, 76. They retreat to the Border, and 
 
 join the Scots, 127. Draw up on Hawick- 
 
 Moor, 1 28. Give Carpenter the Slip, and come 
 
 for England, 130. Come to Lancaster, 131. 
 
 To Prcfton, 133. Are routed, 137. Some 
 
 brought to London, 180. Others executed in 
 
 Lancafhire, 240. The reft petition to be tran- 
 
 fported, 241 
 
 Rothes, Earl, made Commiffioner to the Affembly, 
 
 290. His Speech, 295 
 
 S. 
 
 Secret Committee, prefent Impeachment, 1 1 . Their 
 Report about Mr* Harley, 59. Ditto Mr. Pri- 
 or, 6$ 
 Steel, Sir Richard, 177 
 
 Stair,
 
 The INDEX. 
 
 Stair, Earl, his Manorial to the Regent: of France, 
 
 183. Another , 262 
 
 Strife, about Addrtfling, in London, $ 
 
 Scotland, State of the South Party 5 $ 
 
 Sutherland, Lord, bis Story, 113. Parts from E- 
 
 din burgh, 1 1<5. Retreats fro vt Scaforth, 1 17 
 
 Seaforth, Early fubmit s 3 2,16' 
 
 T. 
 
 Trained Bands, vide Militia' 
 
 Tumults, at Oxford and Briftol, 77. Stafford- 
 
 {hire, 175. Cheapfide, 17$ 
 
 Triennial Bill debated, 281. Carried to be re^ 
 
 pealed, 283. Lords froteft againft it, 284 
 
 Townley, o/Townley, acquitted, 317 
 
 Trials, ofTrif oners, 313. More, 314. More, 317. 
 
 More, 318. More, 323. More, 324- More, 
 
 3S l 
 
 V. 
 
 Vivian, &> Richard, MJ&OT ;//?,' 80 
 
 W. 
 
 Wyndham, Sir William, ordered to be taken up; 
 but efcapes, 33. Proclamation with jooo/. Re- 
 ward to take him, 35. Surrenders, and is fent 
 to the Tower, 71 
 
 Winton, Lord, brought to Tryal, 26 '7. F0//W 
 gutlty, 268. Receives Sentence^ 272 
 
 Y. 
 
 Year, beginning with Riots and Tumults, the Fore- 
 runner of Rebellion, 2 
 
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