as I'm told, was, that her Majefty was forry there was fuch a perverse fpirit in fome, in oppofition to what was fo much for the intereft of both kingdoms; that she was refolved to leave nothing on her part undone, &c.; that the hoped none of those bad confequences which the Duke apprehended would infue, but if they were to happen, fhe would rather they did fo in her time, fince God had put in her hands the proper remedies, &c. Your friend defires me to put you in mind that two letters were written to you in the beginning of the Seffion; one to defire you not to make haft, and the other the next post to make haft. He defires to know if you had both thefe, or only one of them, and which of them. Farewell. CLXXV. FROM THE SAME. December 7th, [1]706. I WROTE laft poft, and have your's of the 30th. I'm glad to find you fo full of hopes, which, with better reasons here, makes me begin to believe the Union; for hitherto, I own, I rather wished it than expected it, and I still fee how it may fail. You have not time to answer particulars in my letters, as about 241* (Tweedale's) money and 255's (Annandale's) expreffe. Pray do it. 25 (The Court) yields, I think, but hates 47 (the New Party), and pr3q2hb duxhm7fb3w 1d3xh4w ba45u5hw8wh there's every day a new scene of artifice; now 48 (the New Party) were tricking, being indeed 101 (against the Union), but are so far dip'd, that 242 (Roxburgh) and others cannot retreat; upon which 178 (Harley) fays that 274 (Johnstone), who is obftinately 100 (against the Union), has broke with 244 (Roxburgh). Pray get 243 (Roxburgh), without taking notice of this, (for it must not be known,) to write the truth in a letter which may be difcretly shown. Some men stick at nothing; even 143 (Poulett) asking me seriously if 47 (the New Party) would infift, was the moft furprised in the world when I told him they would; and 25 (the Court) make even him doubt of 274's (Johnftone's) being 98 (for the Union), and of his being in any terms of friendship or correspondence with 244 (Roxburgh). The nearer 58 (the Union) comes, 243 (Roxburgh) and others will be perfonally This in the original is decyphered Court's, having obviously been read 24's instead of 241. kuhdxhu gdqkhu in greater danger. I fpeak not without book, but fome things must be left to meeting. The Lower Houfe of the Convocation is become wife and dutifull at laft, and have declared the Church in a flourishing eftate and no danger, nemine contradicente. Thus, in effect, Church, Lords, and Commons, as well as her Majefty, have declared for the Union. Your Miniftry, laft flying packet, wrote that the Prince of Wales, with 200 officers, was expected in the Highlands. CLXXVI. FROM THE SAME. December 10th, [1706.] YOUR laft was of the 19th and 30th, and mine of the 7th. The Union, it feems now, will goe faft on by what you write and what you do; and the Dukes write as giving up the caufe. However upon information from your Miniftry,* that the Prince of Wales, &c. is coming, the troops are marching, both here and in Ireland, near you. I wish this do not irritate, and raise the ferment again which you hope is abating; but others write rxlhuzmwh eyx rxlhuw zumxh otherwise, and which furprises me. 122 (Somers), &c., whatever they give gryexri out, ftill doubt of 59 (the Union); and 164 (Nottingham) is pofitive with your qrx gr 7bry5 ohww lhuh friend that it will not do even with you, and lefs here; but this is unintelligible to me, for by all that appears, it will pass here without oppofition; dux gmwxuywx lhuh but there is fo much art and diftruft here, that I'll give you bare facts to and fro,-make the beft of them you can. wtlqydgurqb qhz pdq To begin, he says rzhw xlhp 229 (Atholl) is now to be a new man, fay his friends. dfhg omnh dqkhoow the Squadrone have acted like angels, and 3 (the Queen) owes to them 58 (the Union), and not to 90 (the Scottish Miniftry); that he knows 272 (Johnstone) to be an honeft man, and had always believed him to be fuch. lh ldw irukrx zldx (He has forgot what he fay'd a few days before, both of him and the rest.) Add to this what 166 (Nottingham) [faid] to 274 (Johnftone), that there nqhz qr pruh are not three men in the island whom he knew no more than he does 241 * Above the word " Ministry," in the original, are the cyphers 230 xr 130, meaning " Mar to Sunderland," these being at the time Secretaries of State for Scotland and England. A rsmqmrqw qr frqfhux xlh euhdfl (Tweeddale), 243 (Roxburgh), and 267 (Baillie), for whom he would have zdushg zhhgohg iurp xlhmu fooner undertaken, that they should neither be warped nor wheedled from their opinions. Your friend told him the plain truth, that 59 (the Union) was their opinion had always been fo-and that they were in no concert with either 88 (the English Ministry), or 90 (the Scottish Ministry), and gave him proofs of this, but which had only this effect, that he believed 48 (the xuywxhg qr pruh New Party) trufted no more 275 (Johnstone); for the belief of the breach with 274 (Johnstone) is spread: 205 (Dr. Skean) too was made believe it, and tells me that his authors, I fuppofe 154 (the Bishop of Sarum), or 156 (his Lady), infinuated that it came from 15 (the Lord Treasurer); but 205 xr pdnh (Dr. Skean) fays, the cause is his undertaking to 8* to make 244 (Roxburgh), &c. 98 (for the Union). But 178's (Harley's) is, that he was 100 (against the Union), which he defired to be kept fecret at present, but all would appear in time. I fay'd enough in my laft, that it must be a fecret, what 178 (Harley) fays; but 274 (Johnstone) defired letters from 243 (Roxburgh), and 241 (Tweeddale) too, if you please, which, without taking notice of any wsuhdg zmxl bry slrzq dqg nqrfn wyfl uhsrux lhdg ohxxhrs ohxxhuw iuop dqb fuch report, (if not as spread with you,) may be discreetly shown, and knock it on the head. If I get not fuch letters, I must conclude 282 (Baillie) frqfhdow wrpxlmqk conceals fomething from 272 (Johnstone), and that fo much smoke is not Ihuh nhhs xlh whfuhx xlhmu lrqryu without fire. My point here was, firft to keep the fecret of 47 (the New ph rzqh suhmygmfh Party), even to my owne prejudice, next to preferve their honour by main frqfhux zmxl taining that they were in no concert with 87 (the English Ministry). This dqkhu ysrq ph krx eb khx eb mx has brought all the anger upon me; and what other am I to get by it? pryxl eryqg and pray what has 48 (the New Party) got by being fo mouth-bound in orug zmomdp yhkmphqz whfrqghg that matter? Lord William had had the regiment, &c., had I been feconded, tho' he himself is to blame too. 163 (Rochester), 164 (Nottingham), and 167 (Haverfham) will be 101 (for the Union), but the body of 41 (Jacobites) seem to be undetermined whether to goe all into it or oppofe it. In fhort, the state of the question is, whether it will goe unanimously, or not at all. The firft is the generall opinion. Great ufe is made of 43 (the PresbyThis figure signifies the Duke of Marlborough, but in the original it has been decyphered the Court." xlh dgguhwwhuw dqkyw terians) being the addreffers, and not 42 (the Jacobites), farther than Angus. mqthuhqfh reymryw pmqfhg (Pray is the fact true?) The inference is obvious, and not minced, that 58 whxohg pdmfqtdmqhg wysuhummq suhwehxhub (the Union), when fettled, must be maintained by the fuppreffion of Prefbytery. xlhmu pdqqdkhuw nqdyhub I wish God punish then not the knavery of their mannagers in 1704. I'm bry fdq eh as much 99 (for the Union) as you can be, but I love to be for any thing Imqghurx with open eyes; not to hinder it, but to do it with as much precaution as the nature of the thing will bear. Farewell. Let me know that you have got this. CLXXVII. FROM THE SAME. December 14th, [1706.] My laft was of the 10th; and your's of the 5th and 7th, and your friend's of the 5th; but it seems he had not mine of the 26th, for he does eyx rqh dguhww Xr Imp not answer what concern'd himself. I have but one addrefs to him, by 6zurxhg Sbhd7uw dguhwwhw which I wrote. You may use the last yeare's addreffes. My last was a verie 5dqk6ub4 angry letter. do40 lhugh Sometimes I wish you all here; at other times I think I zhd7ubrigi fhould be as easy were I with you. 24 (The Court) grows very weary of M zmxl bry 7hqg rqh zdb ru rxlhu eywm8qhw5w the bufinefs, and wish for an end, one way or other. 273 (Johnstone) was dorgh eb fldqfh zmxl yesterday allmoft an hour alone by chance with 16 (the Treasurer) but not one word past of 38 (Scotland). 275 (Johnstone) was as long with 9 (the Duke of Marlborough) alone, and talked over 59 (the Union) very freely. 272 (Johnstone) told him he had been allways 98 (for the Union); but, for pqp7qhug the manner, he would have liked better that of 64 (Limitations), and by ehm5qk 6qrz 7mpsudfxmfdeoh ghk3uh4hw dqb degrees; but all that being now impracticable, he was for the Union, any zdb7 mx 6fryog eh ldg way it could be had, and tho' all the confequences of it could not be foreseen, the obvious confequences were for the good of both kingdoms, and nothing more for the glory both of the Queen and her Miniftry. As for the remhfxmrq ri kmymqk ys ohkmwodxmyh cru mx mw wdin qr iuhh shrsoh objection of giving up the legislative, for it is faid no free people ever did zm7xlryx iruth it without force, (which is 178's (Harley's) ordinary difcourfe, I tell you,) zh ldgqrgh xr kmuh ys 272 (Johnstone) faid 6 (Marlborough) knew we had none to give up, for the frq7xm8qyh wygemhfx true state of the matter was, whether 38 (Scotland) fhould continue fubject zm5vlryx xudgh eh wyemhfx xr dg to an 88 (English Miniftry) without trade, or be fubject to an 21 (English 7xudgh8 Parliament) with trade. He faid it was the case. borough)," you muft owne 3's (the Queen's) great goodness in preferring, wlh gmd mqxhuhux ri lhu shrs5oh xr as it thus appeared fhe did, the intereft of her people to other confiderations." 7 (Marlborough) commended 243 (Roxburgh), and said he had a great gmw4srwm7xm9rq xr omnh 5lmp difpofition to like him. 274 (Johnstone) faid both 244 (Roxburgh) and others qywhg 7dixhu 8d p5dq6qhu 7pdgh xlh9p dqkub had been used after a manner that should have made them angry and 101 ru ryx xlhb (against the Union); but it was their opinions, and hitherto, in or out, they had kept to their opinions in every thing. I have no more time. 275 frpsodmqhg pmklxmob (Johnstone) complained mightily of 17 (the Lord Treasurer) as to himself. imqh zrugw 272 (Johnstone) had fine words and a good dinner, but I expect mifchief. k7rrg gm9qqhu 7gryk5odww8 pomwqflbmhu Pray let me know if there be any ground for what Douglafs writes of a fryqxhu kmix xr pmqh counter gift to mine. Pray make whom you please in my name speak to 255 (Annandale) about the exprefs. 273 (Johnstone) has now ground to xlh hasuhww dq4 ha7su9hw8w wx zdw xr Im5p4whoi think there was an exprefs, and that it was to 18 (the Treasurer) himself. Some of 32 (the Whig Lords) know the ftory, and would gladly have this laft point fixed. You may reft affured that thofe 100 (against the Union) eu7hdnh mx mi wlyq xlh ho9mrx here, and with you too, will break it, if they can do it fo as to fhun the eodph ri mx blame of it. 274 (Johnstone) fays he has ground to believe that Eliot is g7yxfl fet on by 270 (the Lord Advocate), and that both of them have Dutch 8prq7b rxlhqxmfn sdshu 9x1h 5srwx money. 274 (Johnstone) has an authentick paper in his hands, but dare not xzr myqxrhw rqh dx Wx Kh3up2dqw venture it by the poft. In fhort, there are two parties, one at St. Germains, dx hgmqeyukl whxxohg uhkyodu fruuh wwsrqdqfh and another at Edinburgh, that have a fettled regular correfpondence, and it srmqx. zldxhyhu mx eh feems are at a point, whatever it be; but fo it is that 51 (the French) and 25 (the Court) appear mightily pleased. Farewell. Ꮓ |