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Number XXIX. 

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WEST-INDIES. 

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lOON after the AfrivaUf fr^wriV A7?^;^tf7» 
y&«, Efq; Go^vemorof this Province, His 
Exc^ileiicy indcfatigablyapplyM him* 
felf to regulate the Affilirs of this Go- 
vernment, which he fount! in -great Dir» 
order 5 and firft fettlM a go6d Under* 
ihnding with the IndUns^ callM Cheri^ 
kee^^ oti^harokee^i a very populous Nation^ living in 'the 
Mountains^ within^OO Miles of C^r/fi*7bn«n^ whither 
thefe Indians fcht Dejmties to aajuHfome Differences, 
immediately upon theli6tice they had of the Qovtraor's 
'Arrival; and foen^ iifterwarcts, they made a in^t^ nume- 
rous Deputation to perfefit what was begun by their' ^- 
mer Deputies. 'Tis a" Curiofity worth KnoWihg, the 
Way of treating between the S^bfh And the Inikws ; 
and therefote the following Sp^ches will, we hope, be 
acceptable to our Readers. 

The Speech of hij EMelleney Francis Nicholfon^ JE/^ Gof 
vemor cf fks frcvme^ to Woofatafttei' or Wootaffi- 

' tau, King^ anduth 'Heads of the l/mer atd MiddtH 
Settlements «/ {hi Chirokee MTiOfir . 

T X THEN you dellvtPd i^ur Acknowledgetrienti» 

V\ ^nd paid your Su^m^fion to this Qo^Ofament^ 

the other* fiiat^ X #hftrv''d yoU made Mtntion of 37 




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The Hifiorical Regifier N» XXIX 

\ TTTT ■ 1 I I I I III II 

Towns that had fcnt down their Chiefs for that Purpofe ; 
and flnce I am now ready td deliver my Thoughts to 
you, I am willing to be fatVsfy'd whether they are all 
here, that they may in their refpeftive Towns, exhort 
their People to obferv^ what I fay, when they ihail 
prefunie to take upon them to aft contrary. 

His moft Sacred Majefty, the King of Great Britain^ 
has honour'd me with his G)mmi<fUon, not only to go- 
vern the Chriftian Inhabitants of this Province of South' 
Carolina^ but alfo all' the Indian Nations that own Obedi- 
ence to his Government 5 therefore I fignify'tf tb yoti 
jny Pleafure, that the Chief Mdn 6f each of your 
Towns fliould come to me, that' fucli a lading Peace and 
Friendfhip might be concluded between us, as might 
Inviolably be kejpt, and had in Remembrance by us fo^ 
ever : And it is a particular Satisfaction to' ihe, t^ 
find. That your Nation fias remarkiCbly cHftinguifli'd it 
felf, in ihewing your early Obedience to this Govern- 
ment, and your good Inclinations to cultivate a right 
Underftanding with us : I do aflure you, that nothing 
fliall be wanting on my PUM-t to promote and maintain^ 
the fame \ and as the followii^g Propofitions will great-' 
ly conduce thereto, I expe£t you will confent and agree 
to^ and ftriclly obferve them. 

L That at all Times, and on all Occafions, you fh^w 
and acknowledge your Obedience and Loyahy to thi's 
his Majefly^s Government, and that yoU punftually ob- 
ferve and follow all fuch Orders, and Inlhru^ions as you 
fliall from Time to Tinde receive from me, or any oth^ 
of his Majeity^s fucceedis^ Governprs \ refling alTur^d, 
that they will be founded on the ht^ Methods for cat- 
ryingon a Trade with you, and for the Safety and Secu- 
rity of this Province. 

II. That you pay due Obedience to all fuch of your 
Chief Men as thi$ Government ihail think merit to be 
{particularly diltinguifh'd amongftyou 5 and who in Con- 
fcquehce of that, fhall receive the Favour of a Commif- 
iion from this Government to have the Command over 

. III. Thjkt you behave your felvcs kindly and civilly 
fX> all Rnglt^en^ coming to tf^de ansiongli you, and d»' 
them all the good 0£ces that lie in your .Power ; and 
that particular Care be taken, if at any Time any of 
^Uf ypung Men, or others;, ihAll injure any Trader in 
Aetr iSood^ ot Horfes, the Town t^ which the Offender 
%el9ngS).fluiU mske Satifil^ioa.t}« tliie,E!etfozi Injurtt, 



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W^ 2X ^11 Times profui^ j^ri>vifion& Aiit«blc fivr theTi^ 
dersj atjreafpDabJc PricQs. 

. 1 V. That foice your Nation is fo mountainoiis, that 
Piick-l^prTes c^nnpt trayei therein, you Qk^I readily aid, 
and aiCii ihe T^'^ders Ui carrying their Goods f^otsn Town 
tp Towpjfor Aich.-Pay.^s you and they &ali agree, -which 
lyill (end much .to t^e Encouragement of the Trade. 

V. :I fliajl give ftri€t Orders to all Perfons trading 
amongft you from this Government, to behavic them«- 
Iplves friendlily tp you, and th^t they do not prefume to 
abufe, or impoCe any H^dihlps upon any of you \ but 
ihould any cf them aft contrary to my' Orders in that 
Behalf, your ib^ft Way will be to difcourage.Oich Tra- 
ders, by buying no more Goods of them. 

VI. -Frequent G>mplaint6 have been made, that your 
people have often brx)ke open the Stores belongihg to 
pur Traders, and carryM away their Goods ; and alfo 
pillag*d feyeral of their Packs, when employ^ and en« 
truded to carry them up ; and Reditution has ;>ever been 
made, which are great Faults : We therefore recom* 
mend to you, to take all pofCble Precautions to prevent 
i\ich ill Praftices for the future, which certainly will 
gr^tly decreafe your Trade, i*|ither than procure you a 
^tter Supply. 

VII. I am now to tell you, that my beft Endeavours 
fliall be usM conftantly to i^Ipply you with Goods, as 
long as you continue to ufe our Traders kindly, as alfo 
the People of Vir^inia^ wihp are, as well as we, the Subr 
jefts qf his Brltannick Majefty % and to prevent any -InjU;- 
ry or Miflinderftanding, we have pafsM a Law, whicfe 
appoints Commiffioners that are to go twice a Year to 
the Congarei^ or Ssivam Garrifon, to hear and redrefs ail 
.Grievances that ftall hereafter happen between any of 
i>ur Traders and your People ^ and the faid CommifEo* 
;ners {hall have with them that Part of our Law that re- 
lates to yoU) and fhall caufe the fjume to be interpretc-d 
to you. 

VIII. WoofatafiUe being a Man in great Elteem amongft 
you, having given frequent Tedimonies of his Aife£tion 
and firm A4herence to this Government, and being 
appointed King over you by the forqier Governor of this 
Province; fo I, who am fent immediately from his Mai 
jeftv, having the fame Regard to fo deferving a Man, 

. ^d in Compliance with your own Rcqueft^^tbit | would 
cenititute fn^per Ccmunanders over you, do now de- 
flare the laid Wtofkta/ati^ yovx Leader tjad Coxsmmdi:! 



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4 *>The Htfiorkal Regifte* No XXIX 

5n Chief, over all the lower Settlements of therA^fo- 
ie«, and give him a Commiffion for that Office, under 
the Broad Seal of this his Majefty*8 Province ; and I do 
cxpc£t that you all pay him due Obedience, and give - 
htm :ril*i*« Aififbincc in your Power, when tht Irit*reft 
and Safety of this Government, and the Security, and 
Afliftance- of the Traders amongft you ai'e concern^ \ 
and that you preftnt him with Provifions of all Sorts, 
to enable him the better to entertain all the Chiefs a-^' 
mong you, when thev, or our Traders, have any Thing 
to communicate to him 5 and that you pay the ft me O- 
bedtence a^if I was perlbnally with you; Irccottimeild 
this to you for your own Intereft and Advantage, and 
expect you ftri6^1y obferve it. 

IX. I'cxpeft that you, WoofatafnU^ Commander of the 
Lower People, do, within a Month after your Return^ 
call together ail the Chief Men in your Diftrifit, and 
that you make them thoroughh' acquainted with what! 
now fay to you, and require of you, and fhall give Di- 
reftions ^ that all the EngUjhmen amongft you ihall be at 
that Meeting. '^ > 

X. That your ancient Government may be reftor'd, 
I recommend to you to keep your Voung Men ih that due 
Decorum they us'd to be; that they may be taught to 
obey their Superiors, and Men of E3lperience amongft 
them, and to behave themfelves orderly, which 1 am in- 
formed they do not do; and when you put in Praftice 
my Adviee, you will foon find your Advantage in 
it. ' 

XI. Some of your People having feveral Times' here- 
tofore come to this Government, to flipulatc Matters in 
Behalf of your Nation, without anV Authority from 
your Chiefs, which is of ill Confequence 5 I intend 
therefore to give' fome Tokens to the Commanders 
of the Upper and Lower Settlements to be kept by them ; 
that when they have Occafion to communicate any 
Thing to this Government, they may ffend down the 
Token ; by which Means we fhall fce convinced they arc 
Aifficiently authorized to treat with us ; other wife no 
Notice will be taken of thenu 

XII. When at any Time I fliall have any Propofais to 
make to you, I will fend them in Writing^ with the 
Broad Seal affix'd to them, which is the ikme as tha.t 
fix'd to the Qommiffion to fome of the Triaders,or others, 
which when you fec^ I eicpeft you will have great Re- 
gard to them^^and that you gi?e due Faith and Credit to 

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what fucK Trader, or others, ihall f«y ^ and when he- 
has oflfet'd to ^ou my Thoughts, he is to deliver to 
jhvi the'Aild Paper, together with the Broad Seti, wbl^ 
you at;?! to keep : And if any of them propofe to you my 
Affair relating to the Government, without producing % 
new Broad'Seai, you rnay look upon it as coming from 
themfelves, and not from me ; you are on no Account 
to make Complaints of any Trades by the PerfUafion 
of another Trader. ' 

XIII. The Prefent I now make you, i^ font to yoia 
from the King of Great Britain^ out great Maft«v 
which you are to divide amongA ^ur Iblves; and ther 
Piece of l)lack Cloth is tofhcw the Concern we have for 
the Lofs of your People thatdy^d on their -Return 
Home, the lafl Time they came to (he me, Irhick i» toT 
be given amongit the Families of the deooasM. 

XiV. As I have now declarM myfelf in publick tO: 
you, and told you what I expert from you, fo. all for-r 
mer Faults are now forgot, and the Remembrance ' of 
them for ever buryM between us, that n^e may Hire ift 
the Ariaeft Amity and Friendihip; and .ai .dveKiog^ 
my Royal Mailer, does always inviolably keep. laS$ 
Word, fo he experts that every Body thatare his FriendS($ 
and in Alliance with him, .will bejuit to theiri, uii 
therefore hope you will have great Regard to yours. 
' I wifh you well H6me, and recommend to you, fo 
to • govern your People, that there jtiRy never be «ny 
Unore Complaints, but that our Friendihip may remain 
as long as the Sun and Moon endures. 

In Council^ Feb. 3^^. • A true C^py^fp^andn^i 

' 1 72 1-2. Rfad March 19, i7ai<^ 

and a f proved. Far Char. Hart, Sea", 

After all Matters wtre agreed, the Indians took their 
Leave about the Middle of Marckj and their King 
made the following Speech to the Governor. 

Tht'Blfcourj^ of Wootaffitaw, Chief King^ or Governour of 
the Lovoer and Middle Settlements of the Charikees, 
to 0-fy-con-no^cskee {fpod Speaker to all our Tov)nsJ 
our heloved Either^ Francis Nicholfon, Ify'y 

W£ look upon you as one of the great King's (of 
the other Side the Water) beloved Children, and 
Jlinderlllind that the great King has fent us thefe Goods 
lihich you liave given us in his Name, and defire all 

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6 The HffioricMl Regifter U^ XKIX 

ovr harty Vb9idf» to be retuni^d to the great King for 
die lame. 

Kinr we defire youy being the great King^t beloved 
ChUd^ ^lat we hare made you our gteat Goyctnor, in 
tkc King's Steady and ihall now call you by a Name in 
otr own Language, which is O^Jy'Ctm-'nQr'weskeij to all 
<mr Towna* 

. Wedeiite, Mg we take ycvL for our Father, and.goeat 
Governor, that you will take that Care of us, that we 
inay notJvant fDruigood Trade of Goods from this.Coun* 
tfy^snd that for the future, we will be loving ^nd kind 
foadlfiich Traders as you ihall fend among us. 

*We have been down here fome con£derable Time, 
mA ftall be ready to iep$n from hence in two Day^ 
«(e«ckiu»i4edge to' have received Abundance of Qvili^ 
ties, more' tlum ever before, for which' 'we return you 
all xmr iicarty Thanks, and defife to know where we 
ftair'fet PjP0iiiiOD6tox:arxy usiiome; and alfo we beg 
la know what Traders are now going u{), and defire 
tfitt ^ptain Jbttw^ and Mr. Wigan may go with us in 
Gmm^y^i far 'we he%r the fSreeks tie in die Road wait- 
ing NT U5^ and do defire that we may be well fupply'd 
f|r|th AmmunStioh by the Traders that fure now .^oing 
itp^ that we may be at at! Times able to defend our 
feJves and you^ 

~ (Tow we bid you Farewel, and at all Times ihaJl be 
IVl^fe and imnAual in obeying your G>mmands, an^ 
4o expeft to fiear from you by cytry Opportunity thai 
prelbnts. 

^' We aak*d you &r fome of our People to go Home, 
«o fee our great King, but have not had your An- 
iWer. 

We defire to hear all News by every Opportunity thaj 
offers, and^all at all Times let you know what New$ 
there is among us. 

That all Times, >when you write us any News, let 
us know, if you are diAurbcd by any Enemies ; for we 
^all be at allTinies ready to come down in a Sody to 
»your Affiflance. 

A tNdtCoff^ EJfMjer Wigan Interpr. 

March 19, 1 7? 1-2. ExaminM by 

Char. Hart, Sec, 



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JAMAICA. 

TOwdrds the End of laft Year, tlie following ihel^ii- 
choly Advices were receivM from jAtncAca^ pub- 
lilh'd there by Authority. 



\ Kingjfoji^ September 3. 

ON the 28th paft we had here a violent Hurricane : It 
began at Eight in the Morning, and contfnuM un- 
til Ten at Night : The Height of it was from E Wven at 
Noon till One; during which Time, it rain*d vtiy 
Hard, and the Wind often fliifted : Near one Half of the 
Houfes arc thrown dowii, or fliattci^d to ftich a i)egre^^ 
that they are irrepairable, and few, or none, have 
cfcap'd without fomc Damage; infoittuch thai the 
Town appears in a r&inous Condition : Several People 
are wounded; but we hear Off no more than three te/- 
fbm who loft their Lives. The Wharfs are all deJftroy'd, 
and moft of the Sugars and other Commodhes that were 
there, are walh'd away. Ft'ora Li^uania we hcar^ that 
, xnoftof their Works and Houfes arc blown dO\vn, and 

( a Plantation entirely deftroy'd by a vaft Quantity of 

Sand being wafli'd into it. We Hkewifc hear, they 
have Aiflain'd great Damages at St, Marf%^ Vtagvkitef^ 
St. Ddvid\ and St. Thomas's in the Eaft ; but we have 
not the Particulars. We are informed, the Hurricane bc- 

tan at fomC of thofe Places, about Seven the Night be- 
>rc ; and the Damage they receivM, was between thkt 
Tiitie and Eight the next Morning, \^hen its Violence 
abated* 

St J ago de la Vega^ Septmher 3. 

WE have receivM confiderable Damage in out 
Buildings in the late Hurricane, partJcularfy 
I the King's Houfc, and Secretary's OiRce ; but we hear 

of very few that are any ways hurt in their Perfons. It 
if reniarkable, that thofe Houfes which were built by the 
SpanUtdt ftiftain'd very little Damage, though 'tis no^ 
M^tvfeven Year& fmce the Conqueft of that Ifland^ 
coniequently, thofef Buildings are of a much older Diat^ : 
•Fr6m when^ we may reafonably conclude, thte tK«hr. 
kavc met with Accidents of the Uke Nature, that put 
tliem upon that Manner of Building. We haVc tai Acr 
«aunt from Old-Harhour^ that th^ Houfes iM P^o^Ie 
Aere arc all deftroy'd except tv<^; and that tadft of 

tttir Workf «n4 Houfes at th^ Plantfttianr are t3ir6ilv^ 

downs 



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8 The Hi/ioricai Regifter N» XX IX 

down: Tlicy have likewife iiiffer'd very much at 5/x- 
teeh-Mtli'Walk^ ahd St. Thomas^ in ihe Vale. Ycfterday 
lits Excellency fate in G)uncil ; Tind this Day was 
publifhM a Proclamation, for fecuring and reftoring to 
the" right Owners, the Goods that have been embezil'd 
in this Calamity. ^ 

N 

„ i , . Port'Royfil^ September^ .5. 

TH£ dreadful Hurricane we had here, the 28th df 
iaft Month, we were under Apprchcnfiohs of the 
iDay before,, from the Weather appearing very un- 
fcttled, and the Wind often .ihifting: But the moft fun- 
prizing Circiimllance, which put us under the greateit 

^fcbnfternation, . was the prodigious Swell of the Sea 5 
tkroi^ing up fe vera Ihundrpd. Tuns of Stone^ and Rocks 

.bf a large SiJEe^ over the Wail, it the Eallward Part of 
tjie Town, though at the fame Time there was very lit- 
tie^ if any. Wind. In the Night, there was fome Rain, 

, Thunder and Lightning, the which, we were in Hopes 
woufd have clear'd the A.ir ; but before the Morning, 
tKc Town was overflowed with Water, occafionM by the 

. Continuance of the Swell of the Sea: About Eight, it 
began to blow with great Violence, at N. E. and con- 
tinu'd till Ten at Night, during which Time, it 
rain'd very hard, and the Wind own ihitted ; but the 
cxtream Part was from Eleven at Noon till One, when 
the Water was about five Foot high all over the 
Town, sind we expe6ted every Moment to be deftroy'd. 

'About Three in the Afternoon, the Wind abated by 
Degrees, and the Waters fell away; but a more melan- 
choly Profpeft fcarcely ever was feen, and is not to be 
defcrib'd : The Streets being cover'd with Ruins of 

-Houfcs, Wrecks of Boats and Veflfels, and great Num- 
bers <^ dead Bodies: The Inhabitants that were pre- 
fervM, reduc'd to great Extremity for want of Water, 

-Provifions, and other Neceffaries, which wae moftly 
deftroyM; infomuch that a great Number muft have 
perifliM, had it not been for the Affiftance of his Ma- 

jefty*s Ships that rid out the Storm. Fort-Charles has 

:fuffer'd very much, and the Eaft End funk fevcral Foot; 

• moft of the Cannon difmounted, and fome wafh^d into 
the Sea: The Church, and the Row of Houfes to the 

.Eaftward of the Town, are wafliM away;, infomuch 

rthat there is very little Appearance of any Buildings. 

'^Near 400 Perfons loft their Lives, and above Half 

, ^c Town i« deftroyU : In fliprt, the Dantage is Sh 

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conftderable, that it cannot be computed. The M^gJ* 
iiratcs. were very diligcixt on this unhappy Occafion, in 
burying the dead Bodies, and preventing *Provifions 
beijigfoldathijgher Rates, than thoy were at, before the 
Storiii. 

The Buke cf Yerh'^f-C^i^zixi Saunders of London, caft a- 
-way pear^Vfeff Bay^ the Mafter and Men, except three, 
l^rown'd. The Chrifiahlla^ Captain Griffin, of London, 
drove afhore, and troke her Back, the Men and Part o^ 
the Cargo fav'd. . The X/>^ It^iUUm, Captain Ruddock of 
BrlfioJ, ftranded, the Men and Part of the Cargo fj^vM. 
Frcderieh, Captain Good, of Briftol, ftranded, the Men 
fav'd. The Rohert and tienry of Eriftot, Captain j^onef, 
ftranded. Men fav'd, Carjo loft. The Kin^on, Captain 
Maftersj in the Service of the South-Sea Company, with 
200 f^ffroes^qn board, founder 'd, the Mafter, and moft 
of the Men aild Negroes drown'd. The Qnjlow, and, 
another of the Prizes tal^en by the S^voallovj, on the 
Coaft of Guiney from the firates, are loft 5 the other 
cali'd the Ran^er^ rid out the Storm, after cutting a« 
way her Mafts. Fourteen Sloops, moft of them belong- 
ing to the Ifland, are loft. 

Kingfiofi,' Sept, 10. . 

W£ hear ftom St, Anne\ they have had the Hur- 
ricane in as violent a Degree there, as on this 
Side of the Ifland, and have fuflferM. as much in theif- 
^uildii^gs and plantations. The Frofi Frhati of London^ 
Captain Jlinifion, drove afliore, and is loft, the Men are 
all fav'4. The Berjhua, Captain Fry, drove aihore, but 
gpt qff th« next Pay, and fails in a fe^v Days for Jjan- 
don. The Catherine, Captain Barnet, in the Service of 
the Country, wf? are informed, got into Davis^s Cove, 
and rid out the Storm. This Calamity we find to be 
ge<i\eral throughout the Ifland, tho' fome Pariflies have 
fuffcr'd in a greater Degree th^n others I'^t. Thomases in 
rkic Eaft, and St, Mary\ have fuftain'd the^leaft Damage $ 
and Port-Royal the moft, in all Rcfpefits. 

/i LIST cf the Ships that inere in our Harbour, and the 
Damage they fufiatn'd in the Hurricane; thofe that are 
marlCd 'with a Star, arefince come up. 

Of "London, 
The Bro'rnn, Capt. Myers, (^rove afhorc, near the Mouth 
»f Rio'Cohre^ and expeftedto be got off. 

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lO The Kiftorical Kegipr N»XXIX 



Wkidah^ Capt. Da^^, drove on tlie middle Gronad, 
l^randed, Men and Cargo fav'd* 

* DonCarolus^ Capt. Alrftf aj, cut avajlierMafe;, and 
rid out the Storm. 

* Portland^ Capt. iMkhxkj cut iway her liafts, and 
rid out tlie Storm. 

Eltjjiheth^ Capt. Skapt^ overfet. Men all kft. 

Prophet EJias^ branded. Men and Cax^go all GitVL 

Ferrer's GaJiev, Capt. AMk, ftrandcd, near Fmjm^e" 
Fort^ Men and Cargo (av'd. " 

Bridgport^ Capt. H^, ilranded on the middle Ground, 
Men and Cargo favM. 

* Dove-GmlUy^ Capt. Orely^ cut awav her Mdb, and 
rid out the Storm. 

Neptuncy Capt. ICB^ ihanded. Men fav'^d. 

Sruruo George^ Capt. Tkomf/oK^ ftianded. Men favM. 

* Dermis^ Capt. Lcane^ loft her Mafts, drove aflftorc^ 
and fince got off. 

Adventure^ Capt. Eafierfon^ overlct. Men all loft. 
Frincefs Amelia^ Capt. Ferry of VhriimtL, drove afliore, 
near Hunfs Btrf^ expected to be got ^ 

0/ BrifioL 

The Kingflon^ Capt. Thowuuj drove alhore near Fajfjie^ 
Forty expe^ed to be got off. 

Hartfordy Capt. LifltCj cut away her Mafts, drove over 
the middle Ground, rid out the Storm, £nce funk. Men 
iav'd. Cargo ail loft. 

CkarUsy Capt. Martin^ drove over to Qreen-Buy^ lOO 
Yards on dry Land. 

Miffordy Capt. Foy^ overfct. Men all favM. 

L/fton^ Capt. Tate<y ftranded, the Men and Part -of the 
Cargo fav'd. 

Richard and Mary^ Capt. Beal^ drove afhore, -and 
ftranded. Men fav*d. . 

Fcnfilvania Merchant^ Capt. Gordon^ drove afhorc, and 
ftrandcd, McnTavM. 

Dover Galley^ Capt. Harrh^ drove aihore, and ftranded, 
Men fav'd. 

Dove^ Capt. Scot^ ftranded, Men and Part of the Caf" 
gofav'd. 

Of LeverpooK 
The Greyhound^ Capt. Coppdl^ drove on dry Land, the 
McnalUoft. 



N** XXIX for the Tear 1723. 1 1 . 

lf<«ry, Oipt. Tl^tchzTy (tranded, the MeA and Cargo 

X Hannfik and Sarak^ Capt. Kerfoof^' drove aAiore, expcft- 
cd to get off. 

Willhim and Eetty^ Capt. Smithy drove alhore, and 
ftranded, tlie Men favM. 

William Snow, Capt. JSa i7/V, ftranded^ tbe Men favM. 

There were likewife in our Harbour ten Sloops belons;- 
ing to the Ifland, feven of wKkh are loft, and^ three 
drove among the Mangrovts^ into a Morafs. 

EMtrtt€^ of a Letter to the Lordf Commiffiojiers of the Ad- 
miralty^ from Captain Harris, Commander in Cnief of his 
Majefty^s Shifs^ at Jamaica. 

From on Board his Majefty's SA/>, the Falkland, //; Port- 
Royal Harbour in Jamaica, Seft. 8. 1722. 
ON the 28th palt, aibout Eight in the Morning, we 
had a very violent Hurricane, which held all the 
Day, fo that of about 30 Sail of Merchant Ships, but 
two are left fwimming ; and but one Sloop of many that 
were in This Harbour, is fav'd. The Ifland in general 
has fuffer'd very much, many of their Houfes, Mills, 
t3c, blown down, «nd I do not hear of any that have 
efcapM being much damagM. One third Part of Fort 
Royal is entirely deftroyM, and many Families loft by 
the Sea breaking into it. His Majefty's Ships here, v/z.. 
this Ship, the Snjo«//oT», Weymouth^ and Htipfy Sloop^ are 
fafe, ^but we have loft all our Mafis, and parted moft of 
our Cables '; our Boats are all gone, as are moft of thofe 
belonging to the Town, which hinders us -very much 
in looking for our Rafts of Mafts, (3c. We have got 
all our Anchors again, and our Ship^ into proper Birtha 
and moor'd. The Launcefton^ Adventure^ and Mermaid^ arc 
at Sea. -The naval Storehoufe is blown down : I have 
People there, clearing away the Rubbifh, and fecuring 
the Stores in the bcft Manner they can in the Vifitual- 
iing Storehouse, which ftands without great Damage. 
When we can get our Rafts together, we ftiall endeavour 
to fix Jury Mafts for the S-uw/Zotjo, and Weymouth^ to car- 
ry them Home. I fballbe getting this Ship mafted, and 
fitted aflbon as poffible. The Storm made the Hapfy 
Sloop complain & much, that the Captain was oblig'i 
to clear his Decks of all his Guns^ to keep her from foun- 
dering ; but as we have got Mafts for her, of fome 
of the Sloops that were loft, we hope we ihall get her fit 
ibs Sea, next Week, 

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N 



BstraH of a Letter to the Right Honourable tlie Lord C^r** 
teret, ons of his Majejfy^s principal Secretaries 9f StAtfy 
from Sir Nicholas Lawes, (Governor of Jamaica* , 

^^ J^^o de fa Vega^ S^ft. 20, 1 722. 

OiN the 28tH of Auguftl^iA^ it pleased Almighty Qod 
I to vifit this Colony with a mofl dreadful Stofm, 
which has blown down many of our Houfes, dcilroy*4 
mod of the Shipping in our Harboutrs, and many kuiti 
dreds of People, particularly at Fort-Royal^ have loft 
their Lives by the Fall of Houfes, and Inundatioa of 
the Sea. The Damage done to the Plantations throiagh- 
out the whole Country is inconceivable. I have, with 
the Advices of the Council, iifu'd Writs ifor calling a 
new Aflfcmbly to meet the 2 2d of OEioher next. 

Some Days before the Date of this Letter, Sir Nicho^ 
its Laines caus'd the following Proclamation to be 
publifli'd. 

Jamaica it By the King. A ProclamatiQii* 
T 7K 1 Hereas we are given to under(teud, that ftveral 
V V wicked Perfons, taking Advantage of tfce Mift 
fortunes of our Subjects, occajiioh^ by the lato terrible 
Storm, have barbaroufly ylykider'd Ships, and othfiB 
VefleU run on Shore, or branded on the Ceaft of out 
faid Ifland ; and that the Goods of the Sufferers of ovfs 
Town of Fort-Royal^ and other Places, have been iU 
the mod fcandalous Manner fecreted and embezird $ 
and we having nothing more at lleart than tiw Security 
of the Rights and Properties of our good Subje£ls, fon 
whofe late Loffes we are fenfihly affii^ed 5 and to dii^ 
courage the faid Practice which is fo abhorrent to Hki- 
inanity and ]uftice 5 and to the End that Re<titutlo» «iay^ 
as far as in u« lies, be made to the rightful Ownerss, o» 
their Reprcfentatives, We have, out of our Prificeiy 
Compaflion for the Miferies of our Subjects, thougiit ftt, 
by the Advice of our Council of the (aid lAaild^ to: iffue 
this our Royal Proclamation, hereby commanding our 
Provofl-Marflial-General of our faid lAand, to. ieizo 
upon, and take into his PofTe/fion, all fuch Gkiods ns 
fhall be found either on Ship-board, or on the Shore^, 
sind which were either Part of of the Cargo of any>Sliip, 
<)r Veffel, €0 ftranded, or run on; Shore as aforefaid^ otf 
vere by the Overflowing of the Sea, or Rivers, . waih'd 
outof aoy Pwelling-Houfc, Storehoufe, or Whatrf, and. 

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MIMBa 



call qn otlier Parts of our faid liland : And the better to 
enable our faid-Provoft Marfhal to obfcrve our Coal« 
mands herein, we do hereby iinpower him to go on fiooM 
of, and fearch, all Merchant-Ships ajid VeffcU iti any of 
the Harbours or Rivers of our faid Iflands ^ at allb ttf 
adminiftcr an Oath to any Perfon, or Perfons, whomiit 
ihall have Caufe to Aifpefit to have received, or ftiU to 
detain, or conceal, fudK Goods a? are herein before de- 
fcrib'd. And in Cafe of any Perfons Refufal to deliver 
afny of the laid Goods, or to take fuch Oath concerning 
the faid Goods, or any Part thereof, then to take him, her, 
or them into his Cuftody, there to be fafely kept utittt 
Ikrther Order. And we do farther authorise our faid 
Provolt-MarfliaL, to imprefs Slaves, Wains, and Boatfl^ 
in the Execution of our Commands herein. And ibr th* 
jnorefpeedy Redrefs of our Subjects, we do lieircby dirt8t 
our faid Provoi^-Marflial tp publiih an Invenitory, with 
the Marks or Numbers of all fuch Good^ a>sihali coaie 
Into his Hands by virtue of theie Prefents, xrhick, upon 
Affidavit, or other Proof of the refpefiitive Owner ot 
Owners Right or Property thereto, to the Sa^ft^iofv of 
our faid Provofl-Marflial, upon his Order, be. imnw* 
diately deliver'd to the faid Owner or Owners. And 
we do ftriftly charge and command all ottr JuiKcef, 
Coroners, Officers of our Cuiloms, and other our Sub* 
je€ls to be aiding and aflifting to our Provoft-Marihal in 
the Execution o£ the Premifes* And to the End that 
wicked Tranfgreffors may alfo fuffer the other Penalties 
infilled on tTicrn by Law, we do enjoyn all our Officers^ 
and Subjects, to put in Execution, in' the noftrsgid Man* 
ner (as far as the fame regards our faid Ifland y <mc JkJSt 
of I*ariiament pafs'd in the twelfth Year of the Reign 
of the late Queen Anne, intitled. An AElfor the preferring 
dll fuch STups and Goods thereof, iJuhiGh fiaii happen to hi 
fofc'A on Shore, orftranded, upon the Coaft of Mi Ksn^dt^m, 
or any other of her Majefty^i Dominions, 

Witnefs his Excellency, Sir Ni£h$las Lanmsy Knt. Our 
Captain-General, vtid Governor in Chief in and ovef 
our faid Ifland, at St. Jago de la Vega, the 3d. JDay of 
Sepfemher, in the Ninth Year of our Reigjo, Ainmy, 
Dominiiy 1722. 

By his Excellency's Command, 
J^fefhMapi'voeUj Secretary, NkJtoha La*aiej. 

Godfave the KJi7£. 

{ The 



14 The Hiftorical Regtfler N^ XXIX 

Tlic following Addrds having been tranfmitted by 
Sir NicioUs Lufms^ Governor of Jfinuticay to the Right 
Honourable the Lord Cmrfartf^ one of his MajeHy's 
IVincipal Secretaries of State, was by him prcfented to 
fiisMajefly, who was pkasM to receive it very graciouf- 

Tq the Kjn^s tmfi excellent Majefty. 
Tie hmhltAddrefs of the Gfyvfernot and Council of Jamaica. 

Moff ^acioui Sovereign^ 

WE your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subje£l?-| 
the Governor and Council of Jamaica^ having un- 
der G>nfideration the unhappy State and Condition of this 
3roar Majeily^s Ifland, do humbly beg Leave to repre- 
Icnt to your Majefty, the deplorable Circumftances we 
are reduced to, by a dreadful Storm which happened on 
the 28th q€ Auguft laft. The Violence of it is inex- 
preffible. It has thrown down and fhatterM all our Hou- 
ies to fuch a Degree, that for fome Time we were ex- 
posM to the Extremity of the Weather. It has blown 
down Part of your Majefty*s Fortifications, difmounted 
the Guns, deflroyM the Qirriages, and damaged mod of 
the Powder in the Magazines, and the Fire- Arms : And 
the Calamity has been fo general, and the Lofs fuftain^d 
fo great throughout the Ifland, that the poor Inhabitants 
are utterly unable to put themfelves into a Pofture of 
Defence, without fome Aid and AfBflance. Therefore 
we fly to your Majefty, as the Father of our Country, 
for Succour and Relief in this our Diftrefs ^ and humbly 
Jiefeech your Majefty to fend us fuch Aids of Guns, Car- 
riages, Fire- Arms, and Ammunition, and fuch a Number 
of Ships of War, as your Majefty iu^your great Wifdom 
ihall think necefiary ; and we (hall endeavour to repair 
the Breaches made in the Fortifications with all poffible 
Difpatch. 

The tender R^ard your Majefty has always (hewn to 
all your Subje^s, and the happy Influences we have felt 
under your Aufpicious Reign, makes us prefume to ap- 
ply in. this Manner, not doubting of Relief from your 
Majefty *s great Goodnefs. . We humbly beg Lcav^e to re- 
peat to yoiir h^jefty, the AfTurance of our Zeal and Af- 
fedionfor your &icred Perfoh and Government ; and that 
we (ball always, to the utmoft of our Power, endeavour 
to promote yourMajefty's Service and Intereft. 

yafs*d the Concil, Nicholas Lowes. 

Sep. 13, i7ii- 70/ Maxwll^Ql Concil, 



N^'XXIX for the Tear 17 i^, 1% 



O R EAT B RITA IN. 

The Frocitdinis of the Farlhimnt continued from Fa^e 337 
of the frtcedin^ RcgUler. 

ON the 26th of OEioher^ the Lord Vifcount T^njhend^ 
one of his Majeftv's Principal Secretaries of* State, 
fignify'd to the Houfe of Peers, That hit Majidfty ' 
hAd causM the Perfon of Thomas Duke of Ndrfcik to be 
fei2M, having juft Caufe to Aifpe^ that he was engagM 
in the Confpiracy now carrying 6n \ and his Majedy 
did therefore dcfire the Confent of the Houfe, to hi» be- 
ing committed to the Tower^ «nd detain^ on Sufpicion 
of High Trcafbn, according to the Aft lately paft'd^ 
for fuQpending the Haheas Corpus A£t. A Motion being 
'thereupon made, to confent tlut the faid Duke be com* 
mitted and detained accordingly^ the fame was ftrenu- 
oufly oppos'd by the Earls of AyUsford^ Cowfer^ ^H^^fiyi 
Strafford, Conlngshy, and Uxhridge, the Lords Batkurfi^ 
hechmne, and fome others \ but they were anfwer'd by 
the Lords Viitoimts HarcoUrt and To'm/hend, the Duke 
of Ne*mcafik, the Lord Cartarst, and fome others ; and 
after a very long and warm Debate, the QueHion being 
put upon the faid Motion, it was carry'd in the A£r« 
mative, by a Majority of fixty Voices againft twenty 
eight. Hereupon nineteen Peers, v/x. the Earl of An* 
gUfiy, Archbiihop of Yor)i, Bifliop of Chejhr, the Earls 
of ScarfdaicyJirlftol, Uxhrid^e, Oxford, Strafford and Cow- 
per ( and the* Lords Trevor, Lechmere, AJhhurnham, GuiU 
ford, Batkurjt, Bingley, Foley, Comfton, Osborne, and Hay^ 
iign*d and enterM a Proteft againft the faid Refolution, 
for the Reafbns following : 

Firft, Becaufe we apprehend it to be one of the ancient 
undoubted Rights and , Privileges, of this Houfe, that 
no Membei' of the Houfe be imprifonM or detained du- 
ring the Sitting of Parliament, on Suf^icion of High 
Treafon, Until the Caufe and Grounds of Aich Sufpi- 
cion be comntunicated to the Houfe, and the Confent of 
the Houfe thereupon had, to Aich Imprifbnment or De- 
tainer ; which ancient Right or Privilege is recogtiizM 
and declarM in plain, exprefs, and full Terms in the 
I Aa pafs'd this Scflion of Parliament, to which the MeA. 
(age from his Majeliy refers. 

Secondly ^ 



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1 6. ■ Tha Hiprkdl Regifler . .N** XXIX 

Secondly^ Boca^fe it appears clear to us, not o^ly from 
former Precedents, even when nofuch Law was in Being 
M that ^bovementipnM, but al& from the very neceflary 
Conftruftion of theProvifp ^tfein, concerning the Pri- 
vileges of Parliament, that the Houfe is entitled to 
have the Matter oS the Sufpicion communicated to them 
in fwh Manner, as is confident with the Disntty of thrf 
HQ^fe^d frill enable them to deliberate i^nd found a right 
Tu^^i^ntthereupon, for or againftthelmptifonixLeiit^of 
J>ctainer of the Perfon coiicerrn'd ; But to maintain, that 
whilft .that Law Ihall be in Force, it ftall be fuftcient 
inofrter to obtain the Confent of the Houfe, to.c^^itjmu- 
i^icate a general Sufpicion, that a Member of the Houfir 
is conjcem'd in a traitexou^ Confpiracy, with<iut dlA 
cl<»fing aJdy Matter, fix Ciroimi^ance, to warrant lUch 
SpfpiGion,. is^ in our Opinions^ . an unjuftifiable Cont 
ftruftion of the, faid PrOvifo, and fuch as wholly det 
mivcs the HouTe of the Liberty pf giving their free and 
impartial Advice to the ThroUc on this OccaCon \ and 
fuch t Gonilrufitioft being mad/e tipon a Law fp plainly 
intended by the Wiflom of this Parliament, to aifcrt the 
Privileges of both Houfes, appcjar'd to us, to pervert 
the plain V/ords land. Mfcaning of it in fuch a Manner, 
aii itand?i« it wholly deflruftive to thofe very Privilegef 
iiitended to be prefervM. 

- Thirdly^ . Bccaufe his Majefty having in Effeft required 
the Judgment and Mvide of tKe Ho«ffc, touching the 
Imprifoment and Detainer of the Duke of fiorfolk ; wtf 
eughtnot, a» we conceive, ^ther in Dtoty to hisMajdty', 
pr in Juftice to the Peer ooncem'd, to found our Opini? 
ons concerning the faoiW, on any Grounds, other than 
fuch only, as his Majefty had. beenpleas'd to i:ommunir 
cate in his Meffagc : And his Majefty, by his Meffage, 
having communicated only a general Sufpicion, we think 
we cannot, widhout the hlgheft Injuftipe to the Duke^ 
and tfvc fftoft palpable Viola/tion of one of the mo(ft valur 
able Pri^lege* belonging to every Member ef this 
fipkft, give our Confent to his Imprifonment or De* 
tainer, and thereby make themfelvce Parties to, and in 
feme Degree, the Authors (?f fuch hi* impriftmmeat, 
wnti! we have a more particular Satisfe^ion, touching 
the Matters of which he ftand-s fufpefted ; more efp&, 
tjially conlldering the long arid unprecedented Duration 
of the Aft abovementionM, whereby the Benefit not on-. 
iy of the Aa commonly calFd the Habeas Corpus A€t, 
but of Magna Charta it felf, and other valuable Laws of 

Liberty^ 



N» XXIX for the Tear 1729. 17 



MpHh 



Liberty are taken from the S^bje^^ of this Realm ; and 
^traordinary P4wets are given to tl^e Peifons therein 
mentioned, over ^ liberties of die People for -m- 
Twelvemonth and upwards . 

^ FouttUy^ Becauib yte think it tnconfiOent as well with' 
the Honour and Dignity, as with the }uftice of thiS' 
Houfe, in the Cafe of the meaneft Subje^s, to cpme^to Ret* 
foltttions for depriving them of their Liberty, upon 
other than clear and £tisfa6lory Grounds ^ but as the: 
Members of both Houfes of Parliament,, are hy the.' 
Laws and Conftitution of this Kingdom invefted witih. 
peculiar Rights and Privileges, of which the Privi-^ 
lege before mentioned is a mpit effentiai one, as weil- 
£br the Support of the Crown itfelf, as for the Goodi: 
and Safety of the whole Kingdom, we cannot, as wcr 
xx>nceive, without betraying thofe great Trufts which: 
are reposed in us as Peers of this Realm, agree to a- 
Refolution, which tends to Hibje^ every Member of 
i)f this Houfe, even fitting the Parliament, to unwatf. 
rantable and arbitrary Imprifonroents ; and we have the 
greaifr Reafon to be jealous of the Infringement of this 
Privilege, on this Occafion, becaufe it had been eafy, za^ 
we think) for thofe who had the Honour to advife the* 
framing > the faid MefTage, to have communicated** 
to this Houfe the Matter of which the Duke of Nor'* 
folk (iood fufpe£ted, in fuch a Manner as might be con«; 
fiftent with the Privileges of this Houi^, and at the* 
fame Time to have avoided any Danger or Inconveni*. 
cncc to the Cirown^ with Regard to the future Profccu-? 
tipn of the (aid Duke, (if any fuch ihould be) 

Fifthly^ Becaufe it is the known Ufage and Law of Par-u 
1 laments, that this Houfe will not permit any Peer to. 
be fequrfler'd from Parliament on a general Impeach«r< 
nient of the Commons, even for High Treafbn, till the 
Matter qf the Charge be fpecify'd in Articles exhibi^^ 
ted to this Houfe, which explained tp them the Niature 
of the Privilege intoxded to be fecurMb^y the Provi- 
fp, and is the highefl Indance of the jCare of this Houfey 
to preferve it from being violated on any Pretence! 
whatfoever^ but in our O^inions^ itMttuft create the 
greateft Inconfiftence and Repugna;icy ^ the Prooeed<»^ 
ings of the Houfe, to confent that a Peer of the Realm, 
ihould be imprifon'd or detained, fitting the Parliament^ 
on a Sufpicion of High Treafon only, not warranted, for 
oi}ght appears to us, by any Information gi ve;i againii him. 

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»a Thrffrfhricatltfpfter N^XXIX 

nyoaOath^ nr ofTi»nwifr| and n^ partictt l ur CivcuaaftaiMe 
cf fuch Stti]f>ieidit ttti»s ComiacriilidMA t^ ttie lidttfte . 
« A?i«ri^, Beooife^ a/ Refohftitfn fb IM gftuivKd asr tflf» 
apnpars ta u«, niigftt pfo<ue^ ve¥5r ill Bffsltgift th« 
prefent unhappy Conjunftuft ^'Maifi, hy creating 
&^ Jextott^esi In tIkelMiiide <^ ills Mtfjdfly'& Subje^s, 
who coutd lUMi f«il oF enterMinlhg <Main HoipM ^ th«f 
S#foty of hf s iAt^&Ry^^ t^efttm miA dovemmcnt, ag»ltili 
aU his Majefty^s EMmies^ iftAiL the Advice aitd AM- 
ante of beth Hoitfea of ¥»(iidmtAt^ vfhilA they c«n^ 
tiimM in the fall Enjoyment md free Exercife of theif 
aaiLcrenf and kgftl kight€ aivd IVi\^ilegeg ) but on the o<» 
thet Haftd^ might be al«rm?* v^kH ntvr Fe^rs ftw* thtf 
Honour and Safi^ty ^ hi» Majefty, knd hi« Gotrerfimeiit^- 
il^ a Relbiuttojv taken by this: Hotif^, for the Imfrrifon- 
ment of * Peer «f f he ResrliA, in foeh a Maniter »» 
ifi our Op$«loti, 1^ highiy ifljurioua to his Perfon^ and 
a*foto the PHvi)«ges of evtry other Peer of this Realms 
and "tiliicH may ffove of fettfl Confeqfuence to the Con* 
flftution of both- fioufe^ of vParHament* 

Oh the jrftDiiJr of M^«**eK, Mf. Kirr^ reporte* 
1» the Houfe «f Commone the Refoitiiion of the QtmS^ 
e<Htimittce^ our W^ya and Mea»^ to raffe the Supply^ 
«k. Th^ ttm Shmings %n the Pound be raised in the> 
Ye»r ry^fj, upodr slli Lands, Tenements, PeAfion», OiR- 
ctfS^ I3c, Wh2d» Refoltttioa being agreed to, a Bill wa9 
etrfer'd to be brought in thereupon, whkh Mr. Fatret 
^M accin4iiigly>, the next Dfty, when it waa read the 
§t^ tlaie. Aket ^h^, lUe Commons went Into a Conr 
mittec trpoA tN^ fapply-i rfiid reftlv'd, TO'^, That- 
^^^ia/. 4i. be^ gran^ t(y his Majefty, for defraying 
h^nm esctfaoc^dNMlry Eitpences tatd Service^ incurr'd, 
aifd tfo« i^ren^ldMfbr by Fa«4fl«tAeht. 
' ^r(»«i^:l^«lPirtfThOU4todfP(yuffd'a Upon Account for 
<Stol-lHm«onef»of C9k^Hof]^ita»l, for the Ycari723. •- 
' i thirdly^ %imy4iwt AwilJttk* fo^r !mndred twenty two* 
pMmtb ilM<^ ^lirfhg^ an)§ nine* Peilice, to make good' 
tile ^Meiu^f )tf thei dr^tta fi>t the Seririce of the 

vMbM-i^ TU» the 9eMi> eione Mrlliod, which hy^ 
Mf of tie^ toft lefiUtt* of »idi*rt!cn=t- la payable by the 
Mik^SeaConfpMf^ «d or be(bre the ft vei*»fh t)!ry of TflMf, 
>r2^, >jrltk a» Itttiff^eft rflfet t*e"R«c^ of ^/: per Cent. 
flftAmmm^. murHfc tttiehfd^ fttfn the iJfidf.GompMry in 
Ai€l^ I'roporaoiitt jH^ ^Ylnie) on- o& befbre the faitf Tih 



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Pay pf Jim, as tK^ CommiffiM^^ni ©jfliis Miyolo^ll 
Tar^fiiry, or thfi: High Trwfurer, ftr thf Tiane beluga 
Ih^il think ta !;« ^p^ fit «n4 convcff^ent Ibr the Service 
<rf)thj»P*Wick; And ^lut upcu^ the P^ymmt of^c* 
fiH^pprtion 0^4 mportiQj)« withia t^Titneb«^eAI(ti 
that the Intereft^ for fp mv^h fl^t Peaft, 

fy/4/jij JHx'f^ A^:?^t of the 'Smii'pf ^»e MtUton 
j^yAlc py tl^c ^^^'NSei Cpippaay, ^ fn* befoirc tbe-Ttk 
iHy, q£ 5^«b<', 17^311 ft all be bwvght. inxci the Earch» 
fiueT* . fu^ Part or prfipartion of the Monies & brouglkt 
yxj^ {hgdl and xn4y Jhe forthwith f^pjpl^'^i t«w«i>d« ptyv* 
iAS offy end <^ancdii#g the Eacchequtr jfUUs^whidklnrerfe 
^oiade forth by th^ &id M of the 1 a^ Se&» tf Pj^ 
linn^ntf r ' . ^ ^ • 

Theft RerolutioHs beinig the nf^t {)»y j-q^otted^ «cfrf 
^eed to by the Hqu^^ who, af tcrwluiie prooefioed tt 
^ hieari»|the Mat«er4>f the Petition of ITi/IUm l^a0Ri«ir 
£^} touching the El^^lton fwr the City 9fWfftmhifter^9aA 
«fter h«»rin£ Gounfel^aAdcimttinlniK Witnefes^dfarther 
iJkarwg^of the iai4 QMtion was ftdjouf»*d until Tmfibtjf^ 
thp ^th of JNpvmb^i^i when» after Higher hearing of 
CoiM^^fel OA both Sidei, h&ch JDetiaftearoft, which IbMI 
from Six till about Nine in the Erenini^. It wat begail 
hy Mr. mUum 2%7»jy^», fe«ea4ed by Sir fllfred Ljn^on^ 
who fet forth the ufHifual JXfovd&Bs and oatragcodi 
Rum t\»x, attended this Eieakui: ; and^ hinted as if the 
fanie were a Bew/ch of the prefesnt Cottf|»iracy, and iii^ 
Glided to^ vaif^ a RebeUioaiiL the Metropolis and Htoait 
of this Kingdom. They were anfVer'd by Mr. Euigm- 
jMi Mr. littmijfAK mAHr* KUty^ Lawyers;,' and by 
^r. Frimd^ a Phyftpiaii, whc^ on the oantf ary, BSJirmt^ 
That tim had been aa iietceabW anOSMtion, at any had. 
heen in W<^m$»fi0r^ ear ifideed .cottld heeatpe6ted inlh 
l^oi^Mloys a Qty. Thole Gentjbfflaen were ffepi3^d' to by 
the Attorin^' and SoJricitor-CBenenil^ Mr. Yas^e^ Mr. ¥ih 
hsm^ Mr. Suhmi% andMjr. EAirt Waippk ^ after whicfi^ 
^be Qsiwftim being ptt, k was ttSUy^ii by a MMovkir 
of ao3 Votes,. ae^inlt 159^ That it afpeae^d to ^isBxmgL 
that thefe were outregfotui ^RiDt8 and Tiunuhs sc 
ths late Ek^ton of Qti2fli)8 to fefve in Parlhoieiit 
lor t)ke City of Wj^rnnflttty m Ilefiaiifir of the Laws «f 
t}^ E.mi»i, and in Vioiatioo of the Freedom of EkS^ 
ions ; That ArchihaVd HuUkefon Efq; and Jnhn Cotton E% 
were not Auiy eledfid «o fhrnt m. Paadiaio»nt lor eh^ 
Uxi City^ and thft^ the iatt Zit»m^ vmm vedd 16p 



i*««*MrfliH«M4M» 



50 The mprical Regifier N^ XXIX 



y — 



The fame Daiy, ( Novemher 6th) the Commons V^d 
n ftcond TifAe, atfid committed to a Committee '6f the 
whole Houfe, the Land-Tax Bill, and ordex'ed the 
Thanks of their Houfe to be given to T^r. Btiffcougk 
for the Sermon by him preachM before the Houfe the 
Day before, being the Anniverfary for the harppy De- 
liverahce from the Gun-Powder Treafon. 
•' llienext Day, November 7, a Petition of the Uhi- 
verfity of Camhrid^t liiras prefentcd to the Houfe of 
Commons, and read 5 praying. That they im^ht he eas^d 
cfthi Arrears of the Land-Tax^ they having l^en over^rated 
for feveral Years faft 5 and that ^ yntk Regard to the enfu^ 
ing Year^ there might he a Frovifion made in the Land*TaH 
Bill nov9 depending^ that the Sum no*viy to he imposed there^^ 
in on the Univerfity and * Tov>n of Cambridge, might he 
gqually raised in both of them^ without any DiJfinSlton he^ 
tween the Univerfity and Tovon^ or in fitch other Manner 
eis to the Houfe Jhould feem meet : But a Motion being 
xoade, and the Qucftion put, that the laid Petition be 
referred to the Grand Committee, to whom the Land- 
ZTax Bill was committed, it pafsM in the Negative by 
ft Majority of 99 Votes againll 80 ; and then the Houfe 
iBLvihg refolv'd it felf into the faid Committee, made 
fbme Progrefs in that Bill. 

. .The next Day, Novemher 8, the Commons order'd 
their Speaks to iffue his Warrant for a new Writ for 
£le6ting' Citizens to ferve in this prefent Parliament, 
for the City of Weftminfter^ in the Room of Archihald 
HsUchefon^ and John Cotton^ Efqrs; whofe £le£Hon for the 
faid City had been declared void. ' 

' On the 9th of November^ another new Writ was or- 
^er'd for the Electing a Burgefs for the Borough 
ijf Wamttick^ in the Room of William Colemore jun, Efq; 
deceasM ^ after which, the Commons went into a grand 
Committee on Ways and Means to raife the Supply, 
.dnd refolv'd, Firfi^ That the Sum of 18243 1 is. 2 d^\^ 
remaining in the Exchequer, on Arrears of former 
l-and-Taxes, be appiy'd towards raifing the Supply^ 
Second: That the Dutits on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and 
Perry, be farther continued frwn the 23d of yune^ 1723^ 
to the 24th of June^ '724« Thefe Refolutions being 
the next Day reported, were agreed to by the Houfe, 
and a Bill or BilTs^ordVr'd to be brought in thereup* 
on. 

- On the 1 2th of November^ a Petition of the Mayor, 

' ,«BaitlS9) and^ Burssffes, of the Towiit of Cambridge^ was 

;.;i prefented 



W9XXIX 'fortbeTearij3:i. ." 21 

prefented. to the Houfe an4 read, prayiug that no A.lt«- 
ratlon might be made on the Rates of the Land-Xai; 
6n the faid Town and V^i veiTiiy\of Camhridie f which 
Petition was ordffr^d to lie on the.Tabk. 

The nex; Tkiyy\ November jIj, the Malt-Bill was 
brought in, read the iirft Time, and ordered to be read 
a fecond ^ and then a new Writ was order'd to be iitu^'d 
but, for elefting a Burgefs for the Town of Femhroke^ 
fix the County of F^mhroke^ in the Room of Thomas Fet". 
rers^ Efq; deceas'd. .* 

On the 14th, the Comraonis, in a. grand Coniittee^ 
made ^ome farther Progrefs in t^.e Lfind-Tax Bill, and 
on the 15th, the Hpufe proceeded' to ;the hearing *pf .the 
Matter toiiching the Election for the City of Co-u^w^rj^ 
and after fome Time fpcnt Aerein^.the fame was ad- 
joum'd to the iyth. . ..:f,;. 

. On the i5tli of November^ r^he Lord Vjfcouht Totjoh- 
J^e«i deli vcr'd to the Houfe. of; F^'^^ the following; 
Meffage; (Tgn'd by his Majefty, -^/su ' 
GEORGE R. , ; 

HIS Majefiy having heen inform* d^ That many fcariia- 
lous Declarations in Frint ,Jiave Men hy fever al fo* 
ir^ignFofis tranfmiited into this Kingdom^ in order to he, 
differ s'^d among his gwd and piithfiil St/t^jeSfs^ to foifirt 
:fkeir Minds^ and [educe them from tlikir Allegiance, x fever al. 
of thofe Declarations have^ hy hjs^ Majefty^s Oriiry^^eyeik 
fince His Majefiy received from hoth Houjks of Farliament^ 
the laft moft Jolemn and acceptable AJfurances of their Fidelia 
^, heen intercepted^ and amongfi them an Original in 
Writing^ fign^d^ as his Majefiy has good Keafon to believe^ 
Vy the Fretender himfelf This^ together voith one of the 
rrinted Copies^ his Majefiy has order'^d to he laid before. 
you^asa Matter not unvoorthy of your Confideration. 

After the Reading of this Meflage, and of th^ Decla- 
ration therein mention'd, the Earl of Scarborough mov'd^ 
that the Houfe would come to fome vigorous Refolu- 
tions, to fhew their juft Refentment of the high Indig- 
nity offer'd in the faid Declaration, to his Majefiy, 
and the whole Britijh Nation ; and being feconded by 
the Lord Harcourt^ a Committee was appointed to draw 
up the faid Refolutions, which were immediately re- 
ported and agreed to as follows, viz.. 

Refolv'd by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, (^and 
Commons3 in Parliament aiTembled, That the Paper this 
Day communicated by his Majefiy, entitled. Declaration 

of 



L ' *'' 



t 




it The Hiftorical Regtften 

^ James the Tkirdj Klrt^ of England, Scotland, and Ir#^ 
l|n<L to all his loyipi SubjeHs of tke Three Nations^ and t^ 




Kis moil Sacred Majefty King Qeorge^ our Igwful and un<^ 
doubted Sovereign, f\ill of Arrogance and PrcAiinption^ 
in lUppofmg the Pretender in a Condition to offe^Tern[x$ 
to his Majeily ; and injtirious to the Honour of the 
BritiJJt Nation, in imagining that a free Prqteftant P^o- 
jie, fcnppy under the Government <>f the beft of PruK«5j 
can be (o infatuated, as, without the utxnofl Contempt aud 
Indignation, to hear of any Term$from a Popifli. Dij^^p* 
t^ Pretender. ... 

Refblv'd by the Lords Spiritual and Xc.mppr^l, C^ndi 
Conuj:ions]l i^ P^rliapient alTembled, Thai the Printed 
Copy of the Pretender*s Declaration, mention'd in hif 
Majefty's Meflkge, be burnt hy. the Hands of the eonoL^ 
mon Hangman, at the Rojal Exchange in iMridon^ upoii 
TufijdAy next, at Opc of the Clock ; and that the 9hd.« 
rilfeof London^ do [then attend in their own proper per* 
fo^s,. an43 caufe the fe^ie to bp burnt there accoidin^T 

This done, the Lords fent a Melfa^e to defire a Con- 
fferencc with the Coip.monsj, which being readily agreedl 
to, the Lord Prefident, one erf" the Managers for the Lorda| 
acquainted the Manager^ for the Commons, (who wer^ 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Ed^ecomhj. Mr* 
Controller, Mr. Pelham^ Mr. Hutchefon^ Mr. Yonge^ Mr* 
Bromley^ and Colonel Bladen ) That the Lords being der 
firous always to keep a good Corrcfpondence with the 
Commons, they had thought proper tp communicate t^ 
them the Meffage their Lerdihips had receiv'd from hi^ 
Majefly, together with the Declaration, therein nj^n- 
tionM, as alfo their Lordfliip^ Refolutions upon this ex» 
traordinary Occafion, to which they defirM the. Concur-* 
cence of the Commons. The Managers for th^ Com* 
mons being return'd to their Houfe^ Mr. Felkam report- 
ed the Conference, and that it was to communicate to 
this Houfe a Meffage fent to the Lords by his Majefl/, 
under his Sign Manual, concerning an original Ikt^lara« 
tion in Writing, fign'd by the Pretender himfelf ; to* 
|:ether with the faid Declaration, mA a Printed Copy 
thereof; and that the Lords had come to fome Refolu^ 
tions thereupon, to which their Lordflitos defir'd tfce 
C9ncurrence of this Houfe. And the faid Report, and 

alfo 



N^XXlX for tb^ Tear 1723. 2% 



l^^mAmmm^mu, li'i^.ii fcwi«< 



atC) the tii^m^ttzge from his Majcffy to tKc Houfe rf . 
X^flt, and tht Dcelaratlort ({gn'd by the I>r«e/i4cf , aM 
the Ptttite^ Ciofry tlhet eof, aitd the kefdutidfti ot the 
lordi thttr^tlfport, trete f ead. MereUj56h Mf. 5««^;f^ IhoS^'i 
Ibr igfeeing .^ith the Lord^ in* the fitfk RefolUti^W, aiid 
J^iAg ikohded hy C(;ld/ifci Biftf^^, the fstm^ w^s tn^nii 
jtfNmfly agreed to. Ithtfa the ftttjfid RefoJutiori b^iifi^ 
teadaftcpndTime, Mf. y(^«5[;^'tti(K^d fbf ^Aweiidmeht 
to it, vix^ That the two Sheriffs of Landgn fhouldthen i ^ 

attend in their pwn proper iPeffo'rtg, and ca^ft the faid ^ 

eeckfation to ie burnt by the Mafids 6f th^ tpitiftti#n 
angman 5 ^hich Relbltitfon fb aiftended, vtra? agreed 
to Nemtni contradkente : On this Occafloft, Mr. Itonie in 
t long Speech, tun over the Pretender's ttefeMr^tiori, 
«id exposed the InfbleftcJe, Weikneft, ^hd Abriirdities df 
^rhat Libel. Si|? IfiWam Thmpfan^ ReCoi'der' of London^ 
fpoka alfo with great Vehamence oh the faifte iTopick, 
^« cfid alio the Bfcmoiirable Mr. Ftiham^ Brother to tlitf 
j&uke of l6^*oocaffle^ who ftip\^'d,' that an Addteft ^6 
^refented to his Majefty upoii tfhat Sttbjefif. tee was fii- 
cortdted by Mr. Arthur Oftjl^^ \^ho riejpfefehted the Caii- 
get of Popefy^ afrd fevetely artihiadverted on the Au- 
dacfoufnefs elf the ]Pf etehdet, and his Adherents : tere- 
Upott, it wairrfoJ^^d I^etfifne contradlcente^ That shihurii- 
Mc Addrefe be jpfeftnted to his H^jefty , cxptcffing thetif 
utitfdft Aflohiffimefit and indignation at the furprhs- 
iftg lAfblertce'of the Pteteiidet-, iri hfi'late traiterous 
iand pVefumptitotis Deckfatioii 5 and to aiture hfs Mat* 
jefly, that his faithftil Subje«*8 being fully fatisf^M they 
^t no othet Purity fbrtheif Rcli'gious and Civil 
Rights, bu( the Prei*ervati<>ft of Kli^ Perfpn arid Gove^n^ 

lAem, and <he proteftafet Succeflidii, are determined to 
ftrpport Willi thek U^es?awd fortunes^ his mdft jtif! tu 
tie to the Cfowii of fheii Reaf nas, agaXnlt the Pretender, 
afftd alf his opew- aiid ftcret Abetftev^. And ^ Cortiniittcc 
mt apbointetf t(fdw^ up asi Addreft, putfuant to thq 

md Refoiutfcrt. • :^ ^ 

• The next thy^ Nbi^emtf^ t-j^ Mt\ fetkam r^povtad the 
the feid Addtm, which bfeing uriaiiiriioufly agreerf tOr^ 
a'^ Conference lOP-a^ defir'dj and mandgU with the LOrdfs, 
titm Ae Sul^ect 6i the Itaft Conference, in which, the 
icfa«agers of the CotiftnoJi^ having delivered to the Lord^ 
the fe'i^eral Papers communicated to the Commons hy 
their Lordffei;Js, delit^d thelf Lof dflllp^ Concurrence both 
t* the Aittendtfietot to one of thefir RefolutiOns beforeiVien- 
tlOii'dl an4 to the Addrefs tte Coxtiimons had agreed tipon 

it' 



84 The Hijiorical Bfigifter N^XXIX 

to be prefcnted to his Majefty. The Lords haTin^ 
readily concurrM in both, and fent; to know his Ma« 
jcfly's Pleafure when he would be attended with thefaid 
Addrefs^ his Majedy was pleasM to appoint that very 
Afternoon ; whereupon, both Houfes, with their Spea<* 
kers, went immediately to the Palace *t St. Jam€s*%^ and 
prefented to his Majedy the faid Addrefs a^ follows. 

Moll graciou s Sovereign, 

WEyour Majejiys mofi dutiful and faithful Suhje^s^ 
the Lords Spintual and Temporal^ and Commons m 
Tarliament ajfewhUd^ being deeply affe^ed 'with the Senfe of 
ihofe many Blejftngs vihich lue have , confiantly enjcy*d^ and^ 
hcpe long to enjoy^ under your Majefty^s moft juft and gracious ^ 
Government 5 and being throughly convinced that our Eeligious 
nnd Civil Rights^ as 'imll as the very Being of the BritiiH 
Kame and Cvnfiitution^ do^ under God^ entirely defend J^ipon 
the Prejervation of your Majejlys Sacred Ferfon^ and of 
ihe Frotejfant Succeffton^ as fitted by Lavo^ h your Royal 
Line, are fiWd ^ith the utmofi Ajlonijhment and Ind^gna-^, 
tion at the unexampled Frefupiption and Axtogance of the fft^ 
tender to your bominions^ in daring to offer fuck an Indigo 
nity to your Majefty and ^4^ Britifti Nation^ as to declare- 
to your Subj^Bs^ and to all foreign Frinces and States^ that 
he finds him] elf in a Condition to offer Terms to your Majefty^, 
and even to capitulate 'with you for the abfilute . Surrender 
of the Religion and Liberties of a free Nation, 

Ho^joever great the Infatuation of his Advifers may he^ 
*uoe are fenjible nothing could have rais'*d his- or their Hofes 
to fo extravagant a Degree of Frefumpiitn^ hut repeated 
'Encouragements and Affurances from the Confpirators at 
Home^ founded on the mofi injurious af^ :^<^ Wfreprefen* 
tat ions of the Inclinations and Affe0^ of your Majejfy*s 
Subje6fs; and a raJhConclujion^ tjfat fiea^fefime^ from 'whom 
it ought leafi to have been eitpeCfed^'lSad broke through the 
filemn Refiraint of reiterated Oathi^0fder to raife them' 
/elves on the Ruins of their Co^ntf^Sherefore the 'whole Bo" 
dy of the Nation 'was ripe for t^Mme fatal Defe^ion^and 
ready to exchange the mild and /g^ Government of a moft 
indulgent Frince^ for the boundlejl Rage of an attainted Fu^ 
gitive^ bred up in the Maxims of Tyranny and Superfii- 
tion. 

But *we^ your Majefifs moft dutiful and loyal SubjtSffy rf- 
folve^ by afteady and conftant Adherence to your Government^', 
to 'wipe off this Strain and Imputation from the NameofBri'. 
ta|ns i and ti) convince the World^ that thofe mchd Dejigns^ 

formed 



JornCd againfi your Majefly^s Sacred Firfon and Govern- 
^memty njoliick the Infolence of this Decl»ratmn. proves to kf 
mojt real^ yohtle it ciffeEls to treat them as imagtruiry^ are 
indeed imfra^icahle a^ainft a Frince relying on and ftipport* 
ed hy the Vigour and Duty of a Brhiik Parliaments and 
the Affections of his People. 

And owe heg Leave, in the mqft /olemn Manner^ to ajfure 
your Majefiy^ that neither the impotent Menace of foreign 
AJJlftance^ nor the utmoji Efforts of Domefick Traitors Jkall 
ever deter us from Jianding hy your M0JeJfy *with our Lives 
and Fortunes^ and fupporting your Majijiy^s moJt juft Title 
to the Crovon of thefe Realms^ againft the Pretender^ and all 
his open and feeret Abettor s^ hoth at Home and Abroad* 

To this Addrefs his Majcfty was pleas'd to return tlu^ 
following mdH gracious Anfwer. 
• My Lords and Gentlemen^ 

JGivf you many thanks for the juft Refintment you han?e exr 
f^^fi ^lainjf the Indignity offered to me and the Britifli 
Nation, 

I Jkall continue to protect and Jupport my goodi Feople in 
the full Enjoyment of their Religion^ LJheriies^and Fropet'^ 
tyj againft all that jhall endeavour to Juffje6l. them toTytan* 
ny and Superjiithni 

. On the 19th of iS/bwml»ef, after the ^p^akrr.ha^d re* 
ported )iis Majcfty's moft gracious Anfwcr, the. Com- 
.moas proceeded to the farther hearing 6f the Merits of 
the Eleftion forj the City of Coventry j andjhaving heati 
.Counfel^and exajninM Witnefles, on bpth Sides^ touch* 
ing the Tumults and Riats which interrupted th^^t £- 
leftion,- the further hearing of that Affair was again ' 
adjourii'd to the next Morning* 

Accordingly, on the 20th, the Commons proceeded 
in it, and after further hearing, refolv'd, That the 
•Right of Eleaion of Citizens for the 'City 0^ X^yentry^ 
is \n fuch Freemen as have ferv'd feyen Years Appren- 
tio^O^p to one and the fame Trade, in the faid City 
4md Suburbs, and do not receive Alms or weekly Char 
rity, fuch Freemen being duly fworn, and enrolled* 
Tlwt there were notorious and outrageou? Riots, Tu»- 
mults, and Seditions at the late £le6tion of Citizens for 
the City of Coventry^ in Defiance of the dyjl Authori- 
ty, and in Violation of the Freedom of EJeajon^, caused 
by the Agents and Friends of the Petitioners, who werp 
.tiip Authors, Contrivers, and. Promoter$ of the faid ^ 



■\ 



»6 - Tbd mpncal Regi/ler S^ X%lX 



mm* 



\v i ' I 



Riots, Tttmtxhs, a^d Seditions. That Sir Adpifkta Ot^h- 
t8», Kt. and Bart, and John Neal^ Efq; are not duly e^ 
leaed for the lliid City. That Cl9arUt Bugis^ George iSTeiu- 
e^mhe^ Sir Thomas Gery, Kt. Mr. Tbgrnas KimherJy^ Mr. 
-Thorns Wright^ Mr, George AUridge^ Praaitioiicr irt Phy- 
fick, and Benjamin Holden^ the Pcrfons principaHy con- 
cern'd in the faid Riots and Tumults, be takea into the 
Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending the Houfe ; 
and that William W'^lls^ one of the Principal Contrivers 
and Promoters of the faid Riots, Tumults, and Sediti- 
ons, and who was llfo guilty of uttering IMitious and 
fcandalous Words againft the Government, be committed 
Pri Toner to the Gatehoufe. 

The fiffxi Day, Novemher 21, upon the Report made hy 
Mr. Yonge^ from the Committee appointed, tp cpnfld^jr 
ei the landing Order made the i8th Day of FehriMirj^ 
1707, relating to the leaving of Petitions, touching con- 
troverted Elections and Returns, with the Clerfc pf 
this Houfe, upon every new Parliament, to be by him 
kid upon the Tabic, before thie Speaker be chofcn; it 
was order'd, that the faid Order be difchargM from be- 

*!ngone.of the landing Orders of this ftoufe. Then 
th^ Ciimmons went into a Grand Committee on the Sup- 
ply,, and ciime to Refoiutionsf^; they affo made fome 
Progrefs, in a Committee of the whole Houfe, in thte 
Land-Tax Bill i^ and then order'd their Sgcaker.to caufe 
a new tVrit to be made outfbr'de^ihg Cidzens fbr the 
City of Coventry^ iii the Room of Sir Adotphus Oughtan^ 
Bart, and yokn*Nea!, £^^ whofe Election had been de- 
clared void. ■ 
- -On the ^tA ttf November^ Mr. Farrer reported to th^ 

^ ^u& the two Refoltttions on the Supply, which were 
«iSi:$«d to^ vh^ 1. That 82000/. be granted to his Msr- 
jefty, upon Account to reduc'd Officers of the Land 
Forces, 4nd Marines, for the Year 1723. And irf/jf, 
the Sum of 84,252/. 45. €d. for making good the DeS- 
aciciicy of the general Fund of 724,849?. 6 s, 10 d. fer 
Annum^ for the Year ended at M/fArt^/iwtff, 1722. 

On the 23d, Mr. Speaker was order'd to caufe tnofhef 
•new Writ to be made out for the electing a l^urgeft for 
•Ae Borough of Neviport in Cbr«*uw/, in the Room of 
•^r William Feile^ Baronet, who being indifpos*d, had 
iRrrit a Letter to the Speaker, defiring to make hts f^ 
ieftion to IfeiVe for the Borough of Honiton in Deyonjhhre. 
^tlicn, in -i grand Committed, the Commons confider'^ 

'<>nWays and Means to rpfe the Supply, and a Motion 

J. .. ..... _.* ... - was 



N» XXiX fdr the Tear 1723. VJ 

• « 

wa^ made, Tliat towards raiCng tte Supply^ and rcim* 
burflrig to the Publlck. the great Expcnces occa/ionM by 
the iate RebeHlons aiid Difovders, the Sum of oneHun* . 
di*ed Thoufand Pounds be raised arid levy'd upon the real 
and perfonal Eltates of all Papifts, Popifh Recufants, . 
or Perlbns educated in the Popifli Religion, or whofc 
Parents are Papifts,. or who (hall profels the Pepifli . 
Religion, in. lieu of all Forfeitures already iricurr'd for^ 
or upon an Account of .their Rccufancy, and in Hcu of , 
the Rents and Profits of two Thirds of their regifterM.' 
Eftates, for one Year. This Motion was opposM by Sir 
Wilfred Law/on^ Mir. dnjlov)^ Mr. Hungerfori^ and Dr. 
frkndy who fuggeftcd that Axch an extrkordinary Tax 
-would carry tke Faccof Perfecution, which, was inco^- . 

iiitent with the Principles and Temper Kji the Protc- f 

ifant Religion; and Pr. Friend added. That fome of. 
thofe that had their Education in foreign Popifh Se* 
minarifs, provM fome of the hkA Friends to the prefent , 

jSovcyrninent. To this, Mr. Yon^e anfwer'd, that he 
knew very little of foreign Education, but he doubted . 
very ^uch that Loyalty to King Qeorge ^as taught by I 
Priegs anj} JefjiitjB in Rmijh Seminaries^ The Lord Gage-t 
who w^s hij^ a i^w^n Catholick, and has feverai Rela- 
tions of tibfit Rfligion, thought it a Duty fnpumbent up- 
on him to^peak in their Favour, which he did feverai. 
Times, and among other Things faid, that he believ'd* 
rnoft of them to be ve^y loyal Subje€ts,tho' by their Prin*. 
ciples th<y cannot 1^^ the Oath of Supremacy ; and 
therefore his Lordftiip proposed that a new Oath of Al-. 
legiance might be f^am^d for them^ WtllUm Thompfon^. 
Efq; ipoke o^ the fame Side, and declared his Abhor* 
rence of perfecutij^g any Body, on Account of their- 
.Opinions in Religion. Jhis was anfwerM by Sir WiU 
ham Thompfon^ Recorder of Lcndon^ who dated the true 
Notion of Perfecuxion, which, in his Opinion, was on**. 
Jy^ when aiiy one is punini^4 ^^^ ^' particular Opinion , 
in Religion, and for ferving God according to that O- 
pinion, and the Di£hites of his G>nfcience : But he ad* 
ded, that was not the Calfc here, for the extraordinary 
Tax now intended to be raised upon the PaplXls, was 
not a Puniihment for their being i^0Mfti» datholicki^ 
but on Account of Penalties they had at divert Times 
incurred, ftr being Enemies to the Civil Gk>vernment^ , 
faifing Rebellions, and contriving Plots againd 
the State. He was anfwcr'd again by the Lprd Gage^ 
who was replyM to by Mr. Horatk Walfole^ Ani he 
by Mr. Hunierford, At lad Mr. Chancellor of the Ex« 

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chcqi^cr flood up, and reprefented tlie great Dangers , this 
Nation had been in, ever fince the Reformation, froii^ 
the conftant Endeavours of Popery to fubvert pur happy 
Conftitution, and the Protcftant Religion, by the moft 
cruel, violent, and unjuftifiable Methods ; that he woujct 
not take upon h}m to charge any particular Perfon a^ 
mpng theria with being concern'd in the prefent horrid 
Confpiracy: But that 'twas notorious to the wholij 
"World, that many of them had been engag'd in the Fre-: 
Jfon Rebellion, and fomc ycre executed for it ; and the 
prefent Plot was contriv'd at liome^ and countenanced 
in Popilh Countries 5 that many of the Papifts were not 
only Well-Wilhers to it, but had contributecl larjgc Sums 
oir Money towards carrying of it on ; and tlierefore he 
thought it very reafonable, fincc they made Aich ill 
y fe of the Savings of the Incomps of their Eftates, t'hat the 
famefhouldgo towards tiie great Expenccthiey, and th<j' 
Pretender's Friends, had put the Nation to. Then the 
Queftion being put upon'thp Motion abovemention'd, 
the fame was carried in th^ Affirmative by 217 Votes,, 
againft t68. And this Refolution was arder'd to be rer, 
ported the 26th; r 

In the mean Time, the Friends and Agents of the 
Roman Catholicks beflirr'd themfelves Very much in 
tjieir Favour 5 fo that, on Monday^ the 26th of Novemher'^ 
when the faid Refolution was reported, and the Queftion 
being put, That the Houfc agree with the Committee; 
the ikme met with a very vigorous Oppofition, not on- 
ly from my Lord Gage^ Mr. Lutifiyeh^ yiv. Hunger for d*^ 
and Mr. Skper^ but alfp from Sir Jofeph Jehyl^ the Ma- 
imer of the Rolls, who km6ng other Things, took Notice, 
That thb' the Law for taking away two Thirds of the 
£ftates of Popifh Recufants, whicih was mSide in Queen 
lEiiTMheth's Reign, ^as a juft Punifliment the 'RomanC^' 
thblicks drew upon themfelves by their frequent Con- 
fpiracies againft hpr Life and Government 5 yet neverthe- 
liefs, fuch was the Wiftlom and Moderation of that excel- 
lent Princcfs, and of her Miiiifters, that they never put 
that fevere Law in Execution ; and fince th<5fe great Vir- 
tues'fliine no lefs brightly in his prefent Majcfty, than 
in Queen Elhiahethy his Royal PredecelTor,' he wiih'd he 
could fay the fame of thole who have the Hon'o\:tr to 
ferve him. Mr. Wefl^ and fome others fpoke likewife 
againft the Kefolution, but they were anfwer'd by Mi". 
Lt^xndes^ Ca^ptain Vernon^ and by Mr. Chancellor of the 
Jlxchequer, /o that, the Qjieftion teing'put thereupon, 
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it w;is carried by i88 Votfs, againft J725 and a Bill 
was order'd to be brought in accordingly. ' "^ 

On tlie fame Day {Novemher 26) the Commons read 
a' Petition of feveral Merchants and Traders to Carolina^ 
Sfain^ and rortugal^ complaining, that (as tl)e Law now 
is) they are oblig'd to import Rice of thejSrowth 
of Carolina^ direStly to Great Britain^ which occafions a 
double Expence, and endangers the fpoiling thereof, and 
praying that* a Bill might Wbrought ki tor their Re- 
lief, which Petition was rcferr'd to a Committee. ' 

The next Day, Mr. Speaker was order'd to ilTue out. 
his Warrant for ^ new \Vrit for electing a Burgefs for 
the Borough of Bunmch in Suffhlh^ in the Room of Ed- 
'Ward Vernon^ Efq; who had made his Eleftion toferve for 
the Borough of Fenryn in Corn^wal. After this, a Peti- 
tion 9f feveral Merchants of London^ trading to F/r^/wV,. 
and Maryland^ in Behalf of themfelves and others, was 
prefented to the Houfe and read, fetting forth. That 
fjnce tHe Vnipn yith Scotland^ vaft Quantities of To- 
bacco have been imported Ihither, from Virginia and 
Maryland J great Part whereof has been brought into that 
Part of Great Britmn cM'd Eniland^ and there fold at 
fuch Prices as give juft Ground to believe, that the fe- 
veral Duties payable thereon have not bfeen duly col- 
lefted ; and praying, that fome Method may be taken 
to fettle the Tobacco Tr^de, and that Leave may be 
^iven to bring in a Bill for the better Regulation there- 
of. This Petition was referred to the Confideration of 
a Committee, which w^s thereupon appointed with Pow- 
er to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records 5 and feve- 
ral other Petitions, rejating to the fame Afiiair, being 
afterwards prefented and read, were aftb referr'd to that 
Ciommfttee. Then Mr^ Gyhhon reported from the Com-, 
mittee of Pdvileges and Eleftions, the Matter as it ap- 
6ear'd to them, touching the Eleftion for the Borough of 
Stafford in Staffer dJJure^ and the Refolutions of the 
fcommittee thereupon, which were unaiiimoufty agreed 
to, vix,. I. That the Right of Eleaion of Burgeffes to 
fervd in Parliament for the faid Borough, is in the 
M«yor,' Aldermen, and Burgeffes Refi'ant within the faid 
Borough. II. That Thorns Foky^ Efq^ and John Dolphin^ 
Efq^ were duly elefted for the faid Borough. 
' On the 28th, a Petition of feveral Perfons concern'd 
ift making and promoting the Sail-Cloth Manufacture 
tn Great Britain^ pitying that the faid Manufa'fiture may 
be farther encourag'd, vas read^ and referr'd to a Com' 
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sltttee. It yfrtL$ refblvM ^0 addr^fs liis Majc^y j^r all 
C^^lert an4 Inftniftions given by the L^rds iComm^li<>r 
jittsjot his MaJeAy^s Treafury, and ail Rep(^ts ^4 P^* 
]per8 laid before tHevr Lordfliips, rejatii^g t^ tjvc ,Gom- 
|)lainu of the Bftlifi Merchants, concerning ^o^^^^^ 
Imported into Scotland^ and carryM from thence and fold 
Ift En^Und. And then t)ie Malt-Bill .was ;read a fepond 
IFime, and c^cmiinitted to a Coinmittee of the whole 
ptoufe. 

NovmUf t^nikt (commons appointed a Committee 
to \pfpt^ what Laws are expirM or near expiring, and to 
re^rt their Opinibn t6 the Houfe, which of them are fit 
to' be fevlvM or tontinuM^ and then in a grand Commit 
tee fi^me Progrefs was inade in the Land-Tax Bill. 

On the laft Day of ffovemytr^ upon a Motion made 
by Mf . trehy^ Secretary at War, a Bill was order'd to 
be brought in for puniiliing Mutiny dnd Defertion, (3c, 
Then t Petition of the Town aiid County of SoMhamf* 
ion^ complaining of the infamdus Practice of Running 
of Ooods, and praying tHat a Stop might be put to tha| 
pernicious and deftruaive Trade, was read, and referred 
jTO a Comiftitfee : But a PetijRol^ of the Shipwrights (pray- 
ing, tittt a Bill be brought ' in to enable his Majefty's 
Subjects to import any uniawed flreight and Compafs fb- 
rtign Oak Timber, free from Duty in Britijh built 
^ips, And for fuch fhort Time as the Houfe ihall judge 
fit) was rejefted. After thi^, a farther Progrefs waa 
macfe in a grand Committee, in the Land-Tax BilL 

December i. The Commons did nothing materia^ | 
but oA Monday^ the gd of Decen^er^ after they had or- 
dered the CommiiTioners of the Cu^oms to lay before 
the iJoufe feveral Papers relating to the Tobacco Trade, 
f torn Au^ujf tyiC>y to Auguft^ 1722. Mr. Trel'^ prefent- 
ed to the Houfe the Bill for punifliing Mutiny and 
Difertion, (2c, which was receivM ^ and then, in a Com? 
mittcc of the whole Houfe, the Land-Tax Bill was gone 
Jhvottgh. 

On the 4th of December^ Mt, Frec\ery from theTrea* 
fury, laid before the Commons feveral Reports and Pam- 
pers relating to Tobacco imported into Scotland^ and ex« 
ported from thence; which were referred to the Com* 
mittee appointed to examine into that Affair. Then 
^ Petition of WilUcim (late Lord) Wlddrington was prefent- 
ed to the Houfe, and read, fetting forth. That his real 
and perfonal Eftate, to the value of above one hundred 
thoufand Ptound^, being foi'fei ted by his Attainder, had 

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been fold for the Ufe of the Publiclc, that for fcveaa 
Yeafs pftfihc had contrafted ftveral DeSts for the ne- 
ccflary Subfiftence of himfelf and Family ^ That one 
Fart of the faid Forfeiture^confiflcd of an EAatc of at)ove 
twelve hundred Pounds fer Annum^ which, if the ut* 
moft Severity of the Law had p^ft upon Wm, would 
liavc gone immediately to his Children, being t>eir 
f^other^s Inheritance ; that the Sum pf two tl^Qx^fknd 
four hundred eighty four Pounds and ten Shillings, fbr- 
mcrly granted him (for which he returned his moft 
hiunble Thanks) had enabled him to diftharge fome 
Part of his Debts, and contributed to prcferve i5m anA 
ills Family from finking into the loweft Dej;ree of Mi- 
fery, to which, nevertheiefs, he mtiff fooi) unavoidar 
bly be reduc'd, by his Want ^f Subfjflence, and the re- 
maining Burthen of his Debts, iinleft this Hpufb, in 
Compaifion to his Dii^fs, will pleafe to enuat hji)^ 
Tome farther Relief; and pi-ay ing t1!at his deplorabl» 
Circtfmflances might he taken into Confideration ; an4 
ofut of his large Forfeitures, fome Relief might be grant- 
^ him towards paying the Remainder of his Debts, 
and ibr the future Support and Maintenance of him 3tul 
Ills unhappy Family. And Mr. Chancellor of the E^phc-^ 
qucr acquainted the Houfe, that the Petitioner's Ca^ 
liaving been humbly prefcntcd to his Majefty, his M^- 

efly had commanded him to acquaint this Houfe, that 
Compaffion to the Petitioner and his numerous Fk- , 
mily, his Majefty gave his Confent to f\}ch Relief us this 
Houfe fliould think fit to giv« the Petitioner. Hereypoji 
it was ordered that the faid Petition be. rcferr'd to the 
Committee of the whole Houf^, who were to confidcr 
Hirther of the Supply. 

~ Dectmher y The Commons ordered their Speaker to 
iffuc his Warriuat for a new Writ for eleftiijg a BurgefV 
ibr the Borough of ivfichejter in the County of Som^rfit^ 
In the Room of WilUm Burruiifjks^ £fqf who had accept* 
«d the Office of Auditor ef the^ Accounts of the ibv^al 
IXitits on Leather, now under the Klani^ement of the 
Cominifltoners of the Excift. Then Mr. %rrtr reported 
from the Grand Committee, the Amendments made tp 
tfie Land-Tax Bill, whith, with fotne otfecr Amend- 
ments, were agreed to, and the further Conlidemtion of 
thp 5|id.RepQrt. wj^ «djourti'd \\\l Friday tjie 7th, 
>ir^ the faid l^"! "^^ order'd to be ingrofs'd. 

DHti$her 6. The Bill for punifhing Mutiny and J&e- 

u wt^reiidthe firftTijnej audit was order'd, 

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3 2 The Hiflorkal Regifie t K^ XXIX 

III H ■■ I I I I ■ — ^M» I ■ ■ ■ *■! Ill I M, ' 

That the proper Officer do lay before the Houfe, an Ac- 
count of all Annuities at five per Cent, per Annum^ re- 
deemable by Parliament, and not Aibfcrib'd into the 
South-Sea Company. 

This Account was accordingly prefented to the Houfe, 
on the loth, by Mr. Chocke^ an Officer of the Exchequer 5 
and then the Commons made further Orders for the pro- 
per Officers to lay before them, ift, An Account of all 
Annuities for Terms of Years, fubfcrib'd into the Sba^fc* 
Sea Company, 2. An Account of all An](iuities for 
Terms of Years, which were not fubfcrib'd into the 
South-Sea Company ; 3. An Account of all fuch rede^m^ 
able Annuities at 5 /. per Cent, .per Annum, or at^ 4/. per 
Cent, per Annum, as have been fubfcrib'd into the Soutk^ 
Sea Company* And 4. An Account of all Annuities at 
ll.'per Cent, per Annum, redeemable by Parliament, not 
fubfcrib'd into the South-Sea Company- Then theHoufe 
.went into a grand Committee to confider farther of the 
Supply, particularly in Relation to the Lord Widdrtng'^ 
ton's Petition, and refolv'd, iirft. That out of the Mo- 
nies arifen. or to arife frdm the Sale, or Produce of the 
fprfeited Eftatcs, his Majefty be enabled to grant unto 
William (late Lord) Widdrington, the Stfm of twelve thou- 
fand Pounds, for the Pa^rment of his Debts, and ifor the 
Maintenance of himfelf an^ Family. 2dly, That for 
the defraying the Charge of his Maj^y's Mints, and 
the Coinage of Gold and Silver Monies,^ and other inci- 
dent Charges of the Mint, and thereby to euncourage 
the bringing in.of Gold and Silver to be coinM, a Reve- 
nue not exceeding 1 5000 /. ./ffr yiwwMw be .made up, fet- 
tled, and fecur'd for (even Years, from the ill I>ay. of 
Jtdarck, 1722, and till the End of the firft.^eifion of Par- 
liament then next enfuing* • ; .- 

Lee. 1 1. Thefe Refolutipns were reported and agreed to 
by theHoufe, and a Bill oriBiirs ordcr'd.tp ,be brought ia 
thereupon. The fame Day,, i^c MutfnyJBiU was read 
afecond Time, and committed . to a Commit,tc;e of the 
whole Houfe 5 after which, a Committee^ was appointed 
to enquire into the Project commonly .cjiU'dtJ^e Harhurg 
Lottery, and all other foreign Lotteries no^y; carrying 
on in the City of London^ [with Power to .fend for Perr 
foris. Papers, and Records-- . , . 

On the 1 2th of Decemher,. Mr. Choche frojii 4:he Exchcr 
quer» laid before the Commons fe veral Accou|its of An- 
nuities 'fubfcrib*d, and iiot fubfcrib'd into., the ;59«/A-5m 
Company 5 after which," it wa's refolv'd to aSdVefs his 

Majefly^ 



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Mtjefly^ ift. for an Aceoimt of all ^epablkk Debtt^ 
doe orflan4ingQutat Mic^lmasy 1722, diflinguiiWng 
t]M>fe which are ptovided for^. from thofe which are not 
provided for by Parliament, with the annual Jntercll 
or Slims paid for the fame, adly. An Account of the 
^eat Produce ibr. the Year ending at Mkluiehtms^ ^7^t^ 
of all the Duties appliable to the Payment of the 
fifd Debts, and to the 700,000/. per Annum^ common* 
V tti^l'd the Civil Lift, And jdly. An Eftimate of thm 
Debt of the Navy, to Ckrrftmas ijtt. It was al(b o^- 
der'd. That the Commiiftoners of the Debts due to the 
Army ihould lay before the Houfe an Account of the 
Certificates by them iiTuM, f^nce the laft Accounts by 
thetai delivered into Parliament^and a Panicuiar of the 
Demands yet 0ndetermjn*d. * Then' -1 Petition of the 
5btf*A-5iftt. Company was, by jjir J6hn"BfUf^ their Sub« 
Governor, prefented to the Houl^^ ^and read, fetting 
Ibrth, That they labourM undcir an inAipportatle Bur- 
den, from which they pray M I to be relieved by thia 
Houfe ; and' that they were conilent to convert Part of 
their Capital into Annuities, reaeemabhef by Partiameift, 
transferable at, and payable by, the laid Gompi(ny* Her^ 
upon Mr. Chan<^ilor 4£ the Exchequer .jwfuainted the 
noMft^ That his Mi^efty had been acquainted with thie 
Su1>{tance of the fk\i Petition^ And hadcommanded him ta 
acquaint this Houfe; That his Majefly gave his Con- 
fent that this HouHb ffaould proceed to the Confidera^ 
tion of the faid Petition, upon Condition that the Aid 
Company . ihould' coffVert one Moiety of their Capital in- 
to Annuities. Then* Ibnle Claufes In the Aa of ParUa- 
ment of the Seventh Year of his Majefty^s Reign, en- 
titled An AH for mahng fever^l Provifwns to refiore ilii 
fuhlUk Crtdit^ 'Mick fuffifs hy the Ftauds and MiftMnage- 
ment <ff the iat^ Dlre&ors of the South-Sea Company and 
others^ wete vead, and a Petition i)eing made, that the 
Petition abovementionM be referred to the Confider4« 
tion of the Committee of the whole Houfe, who wdre 
to confider of the State of Publick Credit, and of the State 
of the National Debt, the faid Motion wa^'oppos'd by 
Mr* Skper^ Sergeant Fenielly^ Mr. Hutchefon^ Mn Fne* 
matu^ the Mafter of the Rolls, and fbme other Gentk* 
men 5 but being anfwer'd by Sir John Eyiesy Mr. Mr- 
thtien^ and the Chancellor of the £x5:hequer, the Ikid Mp- 
tion was carry'd, without Ai^fj^0, Then the Bbii^fe 
^ pnt into the faid C6mmittee,^htf a;Motion being made 
^or remitUng the two MilUons due from the South* 



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&« Q(im|)|in>f ijt^ ,:^e: i6o1rf rjw»e»V and ; fori, ^o^^BRjrtM 
^teiAnnwhi^ 9*« Mpi«iy of theirXapital Stpc)^^Xhif 

i^'iTrfiV^^K4^ Sit Wilfred L^on^ L«r4 IVfoww^f^ttd 
,iPW otW.lnt^mbejif ^ Btit being vjfrrf;ifW hy Mn H«m- 
%irf(il^y^VnJiAnJ^ylet^ Hh Qotf^ Wf, Kpn^e, Mr.^- 
-t^w ^<i/fgfe^ ' Wr-^^ncejl.lot of ^f Sxcbequer, and M» 
^jUimJ^Mlf^nej iit^ter a Dcblte .tlfat Jtflcd till Sev^qf 
.jl^e.Cdjpck $n the ^ychifig^jtkrtiu^ftJon being, put^«tpc|i 
»he,j^i4^gjil§M!iwafl|C|yr/<f iiv the Afirmativ^r by^f-Ma- 
'5^hy .^ILaipL Ypicefit 4ga4»ft-hi7ii and tl^^nuthe fai^ 

:^4J^iifikJQi^i% ky miectniHB ftupt oC f Hct Mnuities n^ 
JtWcrib'd ffitfihc^SMthrS^a Gojjipany. ; • . . * 

• ;- Deten^hfi^ri^. A Kllfef f^plainilig an^ ^^dfiig the 

• Ac Ui^^«f«lating: to;ti»fc»l^ajt and JBrnpHrytnent .^f 

4^e Pooit* ^a$ rc»d thetfccoi^ TJj^c,rand co^waiittcd,: 
•jAttd thef^l\fo,.^jJ*oaHirQrttithc Conj^jhittije o€. Privileges 
,t!»5).KIffti|>]«6il!tf#tniQdft1tt M4U<9(asit app^r^d to ^tn^, 
-Wiching ^h^iSljeWonfor theiforQugh of M^i/wj^wry in 
T^miltfiirt^ and tfcc. ^dojiutitffiy -tf th< Committee tlier^ 
:Mf9tiy whJ$h.ir^agWBd m ; ^Kt. i A.That Ricked Wither ^ 
r^lIU J't^j^/i^'ftsT'ii^ t^voie. as Gapl- 

• MBurg^ftes at^life.Ute EJeftion. adly. Th^%Trwr 
.^rd YijTc^Hitv Hi/jiwro^jA o£. the Kingd9ra of Ireliin^^ 
^iiid Sit ^attn iJfyt^fioui^ 'Barter werejnotjd^iy e)teaj?d Bi|f- 

tfiSst. W^f^M. Parmnfefvt for Ac laid Boroug?^- 3d Jy. 

-Jy elected JWjSj^fcs ^ferve i |br tN,iaul 

>J|)roiJtih*. ,••: v' ■"• • ' ' ' ■ 

' -^.O^tU^^tltof Def<i»i2'fr, upbatKe Re^dmg of s:tlic.ft- 
' Wf tvpeidiiftfts of t^e,Jcven.-f*erf0flyB committed into 
dCnftody, i^pon ^co^nrbftHe Tumults an Riots at the 
•/Gl»tMiirry»EicSfti©n,'it liiii feverallyorder'd, that; tbc faid 
\ Berfwife -flurtikl ' 6n t\k Monday And Tnefdfiy following, be 
r. St?aiigh6 -vtb tlve .Bar of the'Houfe, in ordcf to theif 
vbe^g.^^ftharg'd; vhicfi t^a« xhtji a4<^ordii:igiy Ofder'd, 
<^^3^in^ their Fets^ after they had fec«y 'da JReprinui||l 
•ftooi Mr* Speakcrl ^Thc fame EMiy ( Jiffew^er jthe 1 5th) 
**?kc lMd-Ta£BtU n^as -read tfarthird Titne, pafs'd^ aa4 
' Ibut up fft the Ipordf, for their Cthcurrence. 
*"' ofih the iTtWof Iktemhtt^ Mr/ JD«mVI Fulteney repo^ft^d 
from':the'Comnniittce,whawcre appointed toinfpfiftwhat 

^Law«^ cnP^'dft>r:neart"<S|tt)ktRg,:^^ tl^ 

%,<^ ;^.. i ": ; . ' ' B*S-' • ., ' Opinion 



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l^fe^XXDC^ fir ^^'^iar ^^r ^ '35 



minrr 



OpMte to tbe Hduftv ^l^icti <^ AAn^irt 4lI to Wre- 
TivU (n £onnikvM\ that Uicy Md'^t<^^f ^a tlie NTftt^/r 
to tliem itIci^, arndMd co»fi?t^ i^lfal Reibl%tioh1siV 
wJbioKlie iM. in his Pkce^^and ^aft^nrarSs delly<fr'& 
laTattlieTable^.wliere'tht flrine w^e^i^d^ aiid;theRe^ 
^JMtiaiiS' wete agvecd uRt»^ t'Ae IBLoalb, ^M' are Irk 

uv^alti Tluit inr tn kJStniuSk In^^'Fd^rk 'an¥ l^fA 
^Ynrt of theReign of 1Cing:lf^ft;i}^ aiid^Qlh^n Mori, tiL- 
Mtled An AB for re^jitfing' c^fntinufn^^ ^iniexphlmrig hhmhSl 

-tbere are feveraigbod Claufta anU'Prd^Afiolif f^itifc 
«i JtMtesft i wUcli Cimftii and Ptovfft*! ^^^%^^ MK 
ASt to cOkitinve in*Fofte-for throe Y^!tffi; aflef tie A 
of May, 165^9, and to tlieEnd' of tife tlten next StW<ni 
of Parllamenrs wliieh jfkfd Glatil^ Uit t>f6>^ifo*tf ft'^' 
t>y an A£t tetde ki the Sevemli and'Oghth Yea/s . 
King WiHidm %\ic Third^, entitled, Ak\Aafir ty'Eafe 







yurctit, Mtid heiiir Regulating •f Jd^s^ continued ^m fj^ 
▼en Years froih the ift of Mayi, f^J^, ahd- ffom t^idric^ 
to the End of the riexc SM^ti of FflrliM^nt ; whit( 



^e!%>bjf nA'^ Aa IntM In tfie Fidt^«ftr' ofthr JRelgA. 
4Qf Qudto ^site, entitled; .^.H *AR for continutrig fbrn^, 
^BsfiKexfnrHng'lMkirVandfbr Ekfit^Jur^sy andfSir 
. rtwing^^attd ipr«fc^ msrt'^pi&tMl an'AB fmting to Va^anii^ 
continii*d.ftrt1ier for fev^n Y^arir, andtb the End^of dfe 
^e^^rSeiion of ParflfNnenr; which OlM Chufei^nd Provt- 
fUsMyM well ais other %^veirat C&nfeft ifttd Pro^jfidiis Vd|- 
. lanfflo the Returns «ad Sefiice of Jt&rcSrs, mad<f i^ anotfi^ 
Ad of the 3d and 4th Years of Queen AnAt^ entitl^^ 
An AM for niM^f&fthat dH Alt for the mirf eafie Rteo^ 
jwry hf fmall Tytkn^* AAA alfo An Atf for thi\nore,ia% 
^htuii^ Psrtf»lo»x>firkknds InCopdteenkt^; Jbrkf Tehkn^y 
mnt TtnkMty in Coimm >i And aiibs f6r iMpng wfte^^jj^i^ 
^ aidra%ienjiiftg/i^md AitPreiaifff to tfie Rttum of ya" 

Continuance of the faid AB: All whicW Clauffes ^ 
ibyt to Aft' of ^ttoT^llA'of>QudeWyA«e, "fehtkled/y^ 
lAStfarthi fwMngani cMlntiin^'fpyiritAEts thef^thm&i- 
-Skn'it^pr^ht'fr9i>€ktls^])i^^ 

/or ^mlding ttni r^jkhtr^ Gounty, €lu?^ ^ for eke^ifting Apd- .. .^ 
^tliMari^. from firvi^ ^^P *rA Ifkrd Ojfkh^ "and > nv ^ 

-ing ufah Jurtn^ and rddthg Hthtyimrmhg^f'^urortMk' 
l£& d and put in ¥oet^ for ' eleven Yeats^ tteivi the Expi- 
'^^loi^ tlMiof} wMbh beingi »ea» Apir)jlJ5,^atH» !k to ^e 

jiKMiimc^ ::'..:?;.,•;••.>..>-..•' •'■^•-.•' ' '' ^ ,'^- 



36 The Ktfior'ualjiegifiet N» XX13^ 

Idly, That an-.AA auide In tht SIzdk and .Smnth 
Yean of tbe keign of King WHUim the Third, ntkled, 
Aa Ad ff ttttmpting AfttJiKdrltt fnm fervinx tke Ofieerttf 
^onfiahlf and Stavei^gfr, and other fmrifit and Ward Oj^tty 

.-Aidfrtm ferving upn yurUs', whkk AA wu tocontinue 
for &vea Yeiir*! and irom tbcnceto the End of the next 
SelEcNi of Parliament^ which was by an AEt nude intte 
f irfi Year of the R«ign of Queen ^w, entitled; An-ASt 

for rtvivini tkt Ael tntitUd^ An ASi for extmftlnsAfotk- 
tarUtfrom firving tht Off its of Gmfiitk^ Scavenger, mda- 
tker Fmljli and Wflrd Officti, and from firing upon JWW, 
continu'd for the Space of ffeven Yean, and from Aenoe 
to t hcEnd of the nex^ Scfliw of Parlkmeat $ Whick AaiwM 
by an Aft eniUled, ■An Att fir rraJvAq^ and tontim^ 
ftveralAHs tlurtiti i>ieiitian'd,forfrt9entitis MifiMtfi iuhteh 
may happen hy Fire : For the huifdaig ami rtpairitig Omntf 
Goals : For estmpting Afothecarlei from Jiromg Ferijh ank 
War-d Offset, and/erving ufon yuritt, andrelating to thert' 
turmag of Jurort ; coatinu'd for eleven Yeari, and to this 
End of jhe next Seffi<ni of Parliament, which it near ex- 
jiir'd, ought to be made perpetotl. 
, 3dly. That an Aa made in tiie Firft Year of the 
Reign of hia prefent Uajefly, entitted, An AS far M- 
flaimng an AH for tie better preventing the ImietJlmtat of - 
iis Myejbf't Stores of War^ andfreve^g Cheats, Frmtdt, 
.»ad Ahujts in paying S*'"''*f "ages% and fir reviving 
mnd eontiaidiig an 'A^ fir. lie more efftSual f»ppre^tg^ 
tiracy ; tvkich wis to be in Fmce £»- five Yean, and to the 
£nd of the next Scffion of Parliament, be refivM and 
made perpetual. 

4lhly. That an Aft made in the Fitft Year of htf 

Srefent Majefty'a Reign, entitled Aa jftl firwakii% tie . 
(ilitia of that Part q^Great Britain ealPd England, mare 
vjefid ; mi for obligftig an Aitmtal Aceoma to he made of Tro- 
fhy iSoneyi which wai to continue only for five Yeara, 
- and to the End o^thc notSeffion id Parliament, ought 
to be reviv'd. 

' Sthly. That Co much of the Aa nude In the Fifth 
Year of his prei^t Majefly's Reign, entitled. An Alt 
Agoing clandefiim RxHiiiag of nmetifiawrd deadly and fir tie 
moreeffeHtLal preventing of Fraudt rtlatitig to tieCufiimfy 
as reiates to {\ich foreign Gosda, Wares, and Merchan- 
.dizea as Ihall be taken in at Sea, out of any Ship or 
.VefTel, inorder to be landed or put into any other ^i|i, 
^VdTel, or .Boat; «nd (b much ai nlatet to fuch ibretgn 
Goods, Waret, and Merchandizes, ai IhaU be ttteniaat , 
.-.■■■i ■ " Sea, 



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K^ XSlK for thenar 172^. 37 

Sea^ afirfDUtjof injT SHIp or V«IKI,> Unorder 'm^bel^tfl 
cA9:or ptttimosair od^r Sbf{^ Yeffsl, or Boat^^MUlntt 
much of the fkid A£t as relates to Goods not fepAnei| aiid 
found after clearing Ships ; and fo much of the (kid Aft 
as l»r6yideitbttKer Remedies 4^aJbft*re:kmdiikg<^^ 
prohibited to be ^rore in thi« Kii^dom ; and foreign 
GBodtihtispUiutior Parts be>te(\ the Seas*, and ibmkch 
of the frid Aa aatdates to-^the <^eniiig or 'altering 
the Fackage of €oods on Board Ships outward bvund ; 
and to. much of the faid Aft ^^ relates to Hovering 
Ships or Veflels, ^ the Burthervdf fifty Tttiis 4r under ; 
and ti> much of the faid Aft as concerns the Bales or 
Vtf:kage, in which Coffee fhall be exported, as was to 
continue in Foite for three Years, from ttie twenty- 
fifth Day: c£ Iiar£i^ 1 719, and til the End ofUhenhct 
SeflUm of Fai^iament, being near expiring, ou^t to te 
^sntinuM^' and foimuchof the faid. Aft as delates t6 
i^ttm impdrtdOflnXIaslcs, or.'Veffeianot' tfDmaining^twtn^ 
ty iiaiiona it'the leaR, which wsb tv continue in ¥(»ce'ftk 
^hree Yeavs, Irom -the twenty^ninth^ Day c£ SeptiJtdtef^ 
1719, being expirM, oUght to be riBvivM; and (Wmueh 
tif the faidiAft aa relates to Certificate Good f^ entered, 
teord^to be exported lor Irf/^iuf, %hich was io^oifV 
^biue in Foice ior three Years, Ifom the f it^ of Mi% 
ii7i4^ being -expired, 4>ught tobeTeviv*d« Ajid-lt if was 
order'd, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to 
^bfi faid Heibiutions. l^en^ the . Houfe refoftr^d \k felf 
intoa Colnmlttee of the whole iioolb upon the BUI ibr 
continuing theDiities on Malt. ' ^ 
.. On the i8thfef Denwihfr^ the Cbmmom ^rdi^rM'thte 
ComaliEoliers '6f the Guflditfs to lay before the Hottfil, 
mn Aceoruntiof' the Produced '«if* the 'Duty upon bourtd 
Books, fori ib« Years paft-; and Mr. i^ttn^er/or^^ from -the 
Committee, appointed to em^fvb into ' the Harhutgh 
Ijottery^jandJdl other ibreigtt lottevies, acquainltedfithe 
Houfe, that they having AmJbfnomM'aWitnefs toatftnll 
'them, he. very rmnch prevaricated, and would* not <glye 
n diMft or clear IbiiWer to an^ Qtiefiiona ask'd \i\tv^ 
«nd^that*he -was dareft^v bytheCommitttee'tb mov^ 
theHoufb, that they might be .Impbwei^d to examine 
Witnefles in liie'tnoft (blemn Manner: It wa% tfi^re- 
Upon ordered. That flich'Members; of' the faid Commit- 
teev who were Jufiices ofi-^ftade for the County of Mid' 
^fix^txA City f^Wefiili^pif%^\x\A Examine in thc^ iiioft 
Jblem^Manner^ <ftich l^eri(0n$fas they thoughtlit, at tht 
T' ', '\:.i :',..>« . - ' :' fait 



j'x'S^mttam 



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iSiSSSSST?nrs^SSgaammmmmmmmm 



38 The Hifiorund ^pftp>^ JfP/XXiX 

ftM Committpe^ toudkiiii jChe S^bjeaMattenflr'nliefkM 
fin9|»iv/« Then tlue ^Ufirvrliig Petkaotptr^ oferM > ^o 

di« Gkuft, vflBi,- • . . t'/A \A-\ j.ii •'.;••.. 

, . i . Ikmfentdflffdibkd, ? r 

'mko fmve Stotk; ^tb'm'i them in the .Sottth^Set Cmfdf' 

my^ in ReffeH of thehrfivferal LOerefts in the rtieetmh 

. Me DOftiBnd Fanis^ ■ • •• • ^ '. > ^' " . • / -. -. • : 



(.• 



THAT your Petitioners findins tint the Provifiont 
hitherto « made for their Reliefv have prw*d'iti!^ 
cCeaual, Uiink themfeives obi^^d in ConlUlentiaii . of 
the Qrealnefs' asWelilas the laeqitaittyiofnh^rSiiim 
lag, to becQflie. Suitors; to. this JioncPurable Htmfe, f^ 
bme particular Relief in' Behalf of theibfeivesaiKi tht 
many innocent l^lims'vhofe Fortunes iwere iavolun^ 
aarUy involv^4 in the S^uthSea Conipahy. . : . ; . 

Your Petitioners are too fenTibly affeOM vilh thdr 
tfwn Loffes aoid HMihips, r aot to hare a 'tender :R^ 
gatd'for th€ Misfortunes. of others^ ; nor do your Pct|(- 
ti<m^s herd>y feek any dEle&itUtiioii ii'oin the &id Com* 
■jpany* ! .'^! .'i. *• ^ '''.^ y. j*«r' T . 

But fVomthe latiHgenerous Remittaiise fiy thePariltf- 
^leiiraf above £ve:MiUtcna to the't^niMh5M.€oJD{Nuiy, 
found^^ your Petitionca^ humbly icoiieelve) oh the 
Unreaftnablenefs or«xadingthe Petlbniu^e <^ fo Un- 
fortuna^.a Contraa, your Petitiona*s«have.GaoiiUMlst^ 
lu>pe, that the firnit indulgent IMfpofi tlon i .irHi eftteni 
it felf to the Renuttaiice of the remalhing Bart.oi fhb 
^wimitm roJbrv'a to th^ Pttblick. . i : , ^ 

And . your Petit ioRfirs conpeivlng thatt the gn^ateft* Suf- 
ferer^ Wf the jufieftand fkireft Bi^tentetothegveav 
cii RJelief^ do beg Ij^ve to Iay<bc6ar<^:this .honoucsble 
iio^fe the vnhappy > State of theiriCafey with rRe^nl 
•10 the^CbVeii^i PedbiiB whofcf particular interctfis' itse^eis-. 
•gag'd in the iaid.Coaipairty; ..':.-''• * 

The Old Proprietora of the faidiCoodtpaiiy^notwIfH- 
Handing (hey had AipulatgA. tQ pay'aUbvi'4Ht>oo,oo9/. 
whether your Petitioners c&^es were lUbfi^tb^i or not^ 
for each one looU origfti^^siirttt) ha'yc.{n6^ the A4^ 
di tions ^re made) 1 4^ /. i y^ f^4- CapitM Stpdit v ^hert- 
Miheutmoit your Petiuoners are aUow*dfor the like 



have for each lool. ^r yi«n«^^Af Stocji^ toiSh^i'^t. 
xd. and la Bimd9 57s ^* P^J%^^^^ Subfcribers of^fuch 
Anntilti^ liave'in Stock, 144]! U S-f,' loV. whereaa your 
jPetUioAert liiure,for {bcir lOQUf^ ^^^'i Qxil/ inStfck 

.your Pf^^ttw aijd. tie. fcyeral ^j^ofi^ Subfcpbcra lE^n^ 
tW Borrowfr^^) out tlic fsMue is not infiftpd 011, iu Rit^ 
^arfl ^Jcv vblui^tarily cng^ag*dL tK/enifclveii) .and,V)hav« 
1^9!; ^ij!^f^rt ('your Pcti]tio|>cra huiftl)ly co)w:ej^vc) fo 
j^ft a ckim to your Favour, as Qoycrnment Creditors^ 
to whom former Parliaments have paid thpi tendered 
l\<%ar<L > « ■ • : ) > ' [ < 5 

r.^your Petitioneijs alfo cr4yc.,^Yc ^td, obfefve, thi^k 
^y femititing the two Milli^J^ IQ tHe faid (^mjpanjr 
in geiKtral, the old Prjpijiie^orai, yKofe Property ( as bc^ 
IfMoe is ibe^Vl^ jo ^rettly increased, and the New,Pror 
4pri^ars, ^hp^ns^Ye. purchased Stock at ea(y Rate^^' wil) 
jcqually and if^mifcuoufly parukf of the Bencpt there.- 
xif witli' ypiiit, ftiffet;ing Petitioners^ a^d many pf you^ 
Tetitjon^rs, wt^fe Exegencics &nd^^^eilt.tii{s .b%ve^ con,- 
ftrain'd thm.to part with the titilel^t^cJitWWh. been 
aXktVj^^f^i^ vill receive no iBcndfit it all. ' ^ 
\ . \wx PetitiogjjrsuJfQ^beg Leave tP pbferve. That bcr 
dd^! the befoi^ei^tTon^d Ren)ittance already obtainM by 

Jhath ^ainjo^^tjetwcen feven and ?ight lyiiilions fcom your 
Petitioners \ , wj^^ith . Lpfs, and th<? Kedtiaio)^ of . you^ 
Petitioners intereft^to 4./>#rr(p»^i.a,tM/<(^iiifer, 172,1^ 

%rill make^x^^e Buirtheii i^fyjppbrt^Jc to infinite Nunw 
bers of your Petitiohers^'^'pllfst^is honourable Houijp 

'ihoul4 in tender Regard to your Petitioners particvr 
lar and very difproportJonM' Lolles^ t>^ iiiducjd.to appro- 

"gri^ate thc^ remaining Part of thie JPrfwijJw to. the foUB 

^ieikiefit of yo^ji[ Petitioners j under which Circumfiance, 
your petitionees ^ill .be far j^r^ater Sufferers than any 

•others. 

, ^yppn Jhcfe ConfKjerati6ns,,xpur Petitioners, who. havfe 

fo deeply tailed rf Relate d(eftru&|vc i:hen;e, 

do mo^ humbly h<^, Ithat this honourahje Hbi^re 

' "^i 11 think them the mod deferv^j; OBje£ts of Coni- 



4x^ The I^o^^ilkegifhr N^" XXIX 

'*' ' ^ng Part of tVeifkid Frtmwki or ttdk bther R^idf 

as to your great .Wifdom, fhall f^gi^mcet; and will 

. "^ " be t^leas'd to intercede with hii tddBi ^ticious Ma? 

' U^^y ^^' *^^ Purpofc. 

5 And jour Fethknfers JkMB evtr ftaj^ fite; 

- 'ftit the Qucflion: being put, tluit'tlielkfd ;Petftioii 
t>e brought upon the Table, it pafs'd in tke N^atWe. 
Then Mr. FSrrer', fh>m the Committee bf^thc witole 
Houfe, who were to cpnfider of the State of thePubifck 
Credit, and of the State ,of the National f>ebt^ reported 
the Refoiutions the Committee had directed Jilm. to re* 
jpbrt to the Houfb^ which he read in^iis Place^ and 
afterward^ delivered in at the Table^ where they were 
read, and are as follow, v^' . . :. 

I ft. That it is the Opinion, of thia Committed 
Itlut towards reftoting the Publick Ci^it, as well 
as the Credit of thfe South-Sea Coxipany (whith hadi 
fuffer'd an immenfe Lofs and Daniage bythe maiiy 
Frauds; Abufes, and Breached of Ti^ft, which were 
commiired' by. th<g late Sub<Goverjior,;^l5i}puty-iGat^^ 
itor," anxi Dirraors^or the^faid Conl^ahy, and others in 
Confedenty with t^eiiffi or foine of thejii)' fo much of 
the Aft Of Parliament 6f the Seventh ^e£r of his. Mi- 
jefty's Reign;, as relates to the reducing, fiiikfAg, and an- 
nihiiating the fiiU'Sum* it two Millions of Poi^ntff 
Sterling, Part of the Capital Stock thch/beldnginj^ to 
the l^id^ Company 5. and fo much of the ITame A€t as 
iifipidits, that a pvoportfonal Part of the Annuities or 
yearly' Funds of .the faid 0)inpany, p^able it the E:^- 
chequer in Rcfpe^ o^ two Millions, ftoiifd from, and 
ifter the Feaft ot the Nativity of St. jjokn Baft/ft^ 1722, 
yie no longer piayalilid, b6t fliould from, thenceforth for 
ever ceafe and determine, ifor the Benefit of^ the Publick, 
he repeard and made void ;. and that the laid two Mllli* 
oh$ 'mall again be VevivM, and added to the Capital 
Stock of thefaid. Comjpahy; and that the faid propor- 
tional Part or Part's of their Annuities or yearly Funds 
in Refpea of the faid two Millions, fliall alfo be re- 
vived, and again made payable at the Exchequer, as If 
the -faid Aft had not been made. 

idlyj, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that 
the, whole Capital 5tock of the 5o«fA-Sf^i Company, and 
the Shares of the refpeftive Members and Proprietors of 
.and in the fame, be divided and feparated into equal 
Parts or Moieties; and that one of the faid Moie- 
ties of the faid Capital Sto^k fhaii be^ and remain 

•^ ' OiplUl 



«• 



MK^b 



N« XXIX for the Tedr 1^53. 41 

Capital Stock of thip faid Company, and ont Moie- 
tv of their Annuities or yearly Funds, in Refpe^ 
thereof, that may be ftiil continuM in the faid Compa- 
ny, with all Profits and Advantages to attend the fame: 
according to the Laws and Statutes now in Force ; and 
that the refpe€tive Members and Proprietors, their Exe- 
cutors, Adminiflrators, and AfTigns, fhali have their 
proportional Shares in the faid Moieties of the faid Ca- 
pital Stock, and Annuities of the (aid Company, and in 
all the faid Profits and Advantages to attend the fame s 
and that the other Moiety of the faid Capital Stock, ana 
of the faid Annuities or yearly Funds, te converted in- 
to Annuities, payable at any Rate not exceeding fivfc 
Pounds ^er Cent, per Annum^ until Midfummer-Day^ I72 7> 
and from thence, at any Rate, not exceeding four Pounas 
fer Cent, per Annum^ until Redemption by Parliament. 
The fame Annuities to be payable out of the othet 
Moiety of the faid yearly Fund, which the Company 
fliall receive at the Exchequer, and pay to the refpe- 
Ctive Annuitants, their Executors, Adminiflrators, and 
Affigns •, and that the whole Capital Stock now belong- 
ing to the faid Company, and the Annuities attending 
the fame, may be redeem'd by Parliament, according to 
the former Powers of Redemption contain*d in the A£l or ' 
A€ls of Parliament for that Purpofe. 

3dly. That it is the Opinion of this Comlhittee, 
that towards leflening the Publick Debts and Incum*- 
brances, ail the Annuities payable after the Rate of five 
Pounds /^r Ce«/. per Annum, ^ul of the Duties, Reve* 
nues, and yearly Funds, fettled, and eftablilh'd by the 
AGt of Parliament which was made and pafs'd in the 
Third Year of his Majefty's Reign (entitled. An AEl 
for redeeming the Duties and Revenues 'Vohlch 'were fettled 
to pay off Principal and Inter eft on the Orders*^ made forth 
on four lottery A6ls J fafs^d in the Ninth and Tenth Years 
9fker late Maj'eftfs Reign, and for redeeming cerain Annuities 

?fayah!e on Orders out of the Hereditary Excife, according 
the former Azl in that Behalf and for eftaUiJhirg a general 
pearly Flthd, not' only for the future 'Payment of Annuities at 
fev£ral Rates, to he payahle and t\-^nsferrMe at the Bar!k 
of Englandj and redeemaUe "hy Parliament, hut alfo to-rdife 
Monies for fuck Proprietors of the faid Orders, as Jhall chufi 
to he paid their Principal and Arrears of Intcrcji in ready 
Money, and for malting good fuck other Deficiencies and Pay* 
ments as iw. this AEi are mentioned, and for takDig off tie 
Duties (Pi Linfted imported^ and BrltiiK hlnnen Exported), 



I m 1 li 



4a The Hiftorical Kegifter N^ XXlX 

Other tfian and except fucK of the faid Annuities, fo 
payable after the Rate of 'five Pounds fer Cent, fir Art" 
num^ as have been fubfcrib'd into the Capital otock of 
the South-Sea Company, be redeem'd according to the 
Provifo and Power of Redemption contained in the faid 
Aa of the Third Year of his Majefty's Reign, fop that 
Purpofe, and that tiie Monies arifen or to arife at or be- 
fore Lady-Day^ 1723, of or for the Surpluffes, ExcelTes, and 
overplus Monies, commonly call'd the Sinking Fund, 
and tien remaining in the Exchequer ( over and abovcf 
fo much thereof as by any Aft of this or any other Sef- 
fion of Parliament is to be apply'd to any other par- 
ticular Ufe or Ufes) ihall be iffu'd, apply'd, and dif- 
posM, fo far as the fame will extend, towards redeeming 
the fafd Annuities after the fame Rate of five Pounds 
fer Cent, per Annum 5 and that Exchequer Bills bear- 
ing an Interefl not exceeding two Pence fer Cent, fer 
Diem (when they are not in the Exchequer, or in the 
Publick Receipts) may be iffu'd for fo much as will 
compleat the Redemption of the fame Annuities, and 
that fo much of the faid Duties, Revenues, and Funds, 
fettled, and eftablifli'd by the faid A€t as will be fav'd 
to the Publick by Means of fuch Redemption, be made 
a Fund for circulating, paying off, and difcharging fuclv 
Exchequer Bilh, till they fliall be all difcharg'd and 
cancell'd. 

4thly.' That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that 
Notice be given or left at the publick Office of the Go- 
vernor and Company of the Bank of England^ on the 
25th Day of this prefeht Month of Becemher^ purfu- 
ant to the Aft of the 3d Year of his Majefty's Reign (en- 
titled. Am ASi for redeeming the Duties and Revenues 
which *were fettled to fay off Frincifal and Intereft of the 
Orders made forth en four ILottery ASls fajs^d in the Ninth 
and Tenth Yean of her late Majefty^s Reign 5 and for re- 
deeming certain Annuities^ fayahle on the Orders out of Here^ 
ditary Escife^ according to the former AEt in that Behalf^ 
and for eftahlijinng a general yearly Fund^ not only for thefu^ 
ture Payment of Annuities at feveral Ratesy to he fayahle 
and transferrahle at the Bank of England, and redeema- 
hie hy Parliament^ hut alfi to raife Monies for fuch Pro- 
frietors of the faid Ord^rs^ as Jhall chufe to he faid their 
Frincifal and Arrears of Intereft in ready Money ^ and for 
making good fuch other Deficiencies and raiments as in this 
' ASl are mention^d^ and for taking off the jDuties on Linfeed 
imfortedy ^nd Bsitifli jLinnen enfortedj That this Houfe 

do 



N^ XXIX fpr the Tear 1723. 45 

do redeem all fuch of the Annuities payable by that 
A€t, after the Rate of live Pounds ^er Cent, fer An- 
WW, as have not been fUbfcrib'd into the Capital Stock 
of the Soutk'Sea Company. 

Sthiy. That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
tliat purfuant to the Aft of Parliament made and paf- 
fcd in the Firft Year of his Majefty's Reign, for rai- 
fing 910,000/. for Publick Services, by Sale of Annuities^ 
after the Rate of five Pounds fer Cent, per Annum^ re- 
deemable by Parliament, Notice be given that this 
Houfe will redeem all the Annuities purchas'd on that 
A€t (which have not been fubfcrib'd into the Capital 
Stock of the South'Sea Company) at the End of iRfie 
Year. 

The fiff! of the faid Refolutions being read a fecond 
Time, and a Motion being made, and, the Queftion be- 
ing put, that the faid Refolution be re-committed, it 
pafs'd in the Negative 5 and on the contrary, it was re- 
folv'd, that this Houfe do agree with the Committee 
in the faid Refolution. The reft of the faid Refolutions 
being feverally read a fecond Time, were agreed uiito 
by the Houfe, andorder'd that a Bill or Bills be brought 
in, purfuant to the ftid Refolutions. It was alfo or- 
der'd, 

ift. That Mr. Speaker do on the 25th Day of this 
prefent Month of December^ give Notice in Writing to 
tlie Governor and Company of the Bank of England^ that 
this Houfe will redeem all fuch of the Annuities pavable 
by Virtue of the faid KSt of the third Year of his Ma- 
jefty's Reign, after the Rate of five Pounds fer Cent._ 
fer Annum, as have npt been ftibfcrib'd into the Capital 
St^ck of the Soutk'Sea Company. 

2dly. That Mr Speaker do on the faid 25th Day of Dr- 
tmhery giye Notice in Writing to the faid Governor and 
Company, that this Houfe will at the End of one Year, 
redeem all fuch Annuities as y/f^xe puTchas'd after the 
Rate of five Pounds fer Cent, fer Annum^ purfuant to the 
faid Aft of the firft Year of his Majefty's Reign, and 
vhich have not been fubfcrib'd into the Capitai Stock of 
the South-Sett Company. 

On the 19th of Decemher^ a Petition of between three 
and four hundred infolvent Debtors in the Mnrjhal/ea 
Prifon, prayinig that they might be" reftor'd to their Li- 
berty, was read, and order'd to lie on the Table. Then 
the Houfe was order'd to becall'd over, upon Tnurfda^ 
the i7t^ of January tkc^i And after fome Progrcfs had 

F 7^ been 



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44 The Hiftorical tegifter N*» XXIX 

•be^n made, in a Grand Committee, ip.tlie Mutiny RJ 11, 
a MelTiige was brought by the Gent leijian-tJlker of the- 
BiacI<-Rod, that xh$ King commanded that honourabl^^ 
Houfe to attend his Majcfty immediately in the Hoi^fq 
of Peers. The Commons vith their Speaker, attending 
his Majcfly. accordingly, his Majefty vas pleas'd to give 
the Royal Affent tp 

An A^i for granting an. Aid to his Mnjejly hy a Zjund-Tai^ 
t^ ht r<^is'd in ^reat Britai^n, for the Service of tAe Year 

An AB to enable Darey Dawes, Efq\ (Son to hig Grace 
the^ Archbiflaop of York) ayid Mrs. S^rah Roundell^ t9 

make Settlements upon their Intermarriage^ of their feveral 
TjPaies^ not*withJl.andin^ their refpeciive Minorities* 
And to two Naturalization Bills 

. Dec. 20. Mr. Frehr from the Treafury, prefented to the 
Houfe of Comrnon§ feveral other Papers relating to thci 
Tobacco Trade, which were referred to a Committee 5 
and then Mr. Gyhhn from the Commijttee of Privileges; 
and Elections, reported the Matter as it appeared to them^ 
touching theEi^e^tion of a^ Copimiflioner for theDiftriqi: 
of Burghs of Kilrenny^ Ahfiruther-'Eafier^ Sic, And th6. 
Refolutions of the Committee thereupon, which- were 
agreed to,a?iz,. jft. That fhijip Anjfruther^ itq-^ was dul}i^ 
eleSfed a Cpmmiflioner to lerve in Parliament for the 
fejd DiflriSt: zdiy. That the Petition o£ David Scott^Efq-^ 
complaining of an undup Ejection and Return of JP/w- 
Up Anjlruthtr^ Efq^ was groundkfs, frivolous, and vexa- 
tious : And S^lly* That David 5coff, Efcjj (hould make 
Satfsf^iftion to Fhilip Anflrutker^ Efq^ for the Cofts and 
Ex peaces he had been put to, by Reafon of the faid Pe- 
tition. Then in a Grand Committee, the Commons 
went throuch the Mutiny Bill, the Report whereof w.aft 
order'd to be receiv'4 oa Tuefdayi the if^ll^oi January 
next. -•'!':■■ ■ • . . - • - .' •" 

f Dec. 2 1 , Mr. Hunger ford, acquainted this HouJre,£rQm th^ 
Committee appointed tq enquire into the Harhur.^h^ and 
other foreign Lotteries, that Mr Geitr^e Ridj^atki an4 Mt. 
Cafe Billingsly^ i>Mng fiynmonM to attend the laid Com- 
initt^e, the' Conginjtte^'.yas inforra'di, they were in. fo 
ill a ^tate of Heajth, tl>at they coiiH not attead- tM 
Conftmittee-, and therefqre th^ Comriiittee had directed 
hijn* to move the Houfe, that the faid Comixiittce, ot 
kny five of them, might b^ impower'd tOh esK^xpin^ the 

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fyi^ Mr. J^idf^th und Mr. BilUnisJy^ during tlie Intended 
Recefs: Wl^ercupun it was orderM, That the faid Com- 
mitter, or Any live of them, be impower'd to examine' 
the (kid Ri4pfitk toid BUUngsly^ at their owi^ Houfes, at 
any Tiii}e tnat the faid Committee, or any &ve of them 
fbould think fit. And then the Commons adjourned 
themft Ives till the 14th Day of Janfiary next. The Houfb 
pi Peers adjourned themfelves to the 17th of the faine 
Month. 

The Commons being met again on the 14th of yanu^ 
ary^ 1712-3, purfuant to their late Adjotirnment, the 
Committee appointed to enquire into the Harhurgh^ and 
other foreign Lotteries, was ordered to fit dt die in diem* 
It was alfo ordered, that Mr. Speajker iiTue his Warrant 
ibr a new Writ for electing a Burgefs for the Borough of 
Chipftnham in Wilt/hire, in the Room of Ednoard Kolt^ 
£0^^ deceasM. And that the Committee of the ^holiq 
Houfe upon the Malt Bill, have Fewer to re(;eive % 
CJaufe for raifing the Money to be granted by, tl^e (Kiid^ 
Bill, by Way of a Lottery. Then the idoufe refolv'd ii>- 
to the laid Committee, and a Clauli^ for that Purpofi) 
-was accordingly inferted in the Malt Bill. 

January 15. After the Reading of divers Petiiions, 
vhich were feverally referrM to the CJIonfide ration 9$ 
feveral Committees, the Commons order'd. That th^ 
Rev. Dr. MichaelStanhope be defir'dto pi^each before their 
JiouiTe on the 30th of Jamary Inftant^ after which, up^ 
bn a Motion made by Sir John Rujhout^ it was rcfolvM, 
liiemine cantradicente^ That a Coin mittee be appointed tQ 
examine CAr(/?q^/wK Layer^ in Relation to the Confpiracy 
itiention^d in his Majcfty's Speech? i^t the Opening of 
Ihis Parliament, to be carrying on againft his Perfon 
and Government,; and order'd. That fuch Members of 
ihe Houfe as were of his Majefly^ moimpnourable Pri« 
yy Council, be the faid Committee, v/x,. The Right 
Honourable Spencer Compton^ Efq; Speaker ; Robert WaU 
jpo/f, Efq; Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir Jofeph Je- 
jfey/. Matter of the Rolls ; ?aul Metku$n^ Efq; Controller 
tJf his Majeily's Houfhold; William. Fu\feney^ Efq; Jok» 
hmitk^ Efq; one of the Tellers • of the Exchequer, RIt 
chard Hamhden^ Efq; Lieutcnant-Qcneral Wills^ i^nd Sir 
Rohert Sutton, After this, upon another Motion iT)a4e by 
Mr. Rohert Walpole^ it was alfo refolv'4, to addrefs his Mm' 
iefty, for the feveral Examinations antl Papers relating 
to Chriftojfher l^ayer : And thpn Mr. Treky^ Secretary a|: 
War, having reported the' Aw^cndmcnts made ia a 

jjrand Committee, to the Bill for punifliing Mutiny an4 

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4 6 The Kijiorical Regifter N «» XX IX 

Dcfcrtion, fomc of them were agreed to by the Houfc^ 
«»d the Confideration of the reft put off till the ijth, 

yanuarj i6. The Commons ordcrM their Speaker to iffue 
Bis Warrant for a new Writ, for clefting a Burgefs for 
the Borough of Malmshury in Wiltjhtre^ in the Room of 
Jokn Fermor^ Efq; deceas'd. Then Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer (purfuant to the Addrefs of the Houfe 
to, his Majefty) prefentcd to the Houfe fevcral origi- 
nal Papers relating to Mr. Layer ; and having deli- 
ver'd them in at the Table, feal'd up, Mr. Shippen mo- 
▼ed, that the Packet be open'd, and the Papert read. He 
•was feconded by Mr. Winnington Jeffreys ; but Mr. P«//e- 
fiey having reprefented, That as thofe Papers were t# 
be a Guide to the Committee appointed to examine Mr. 
Layer ^ it was improper to make them publick before 
the iaid Examination was over ^ it was thereupon orderM,' 
I ft. That the faid Papers be refer r'd to that Commit- 
tee. 2dly. That the faid Committee meet and fit at 
Aich Time and Place as they thought fit, 3dly. That 
three be the Quorum of the faid Committee. It was 
afterwards order'd, That George Etdpatk attend the 
Committee appointed to enquire info the Harhurgh^ and' 
other foreign Lotteries : And then, in a Committee of 
the whole Houfe, the Commons went through the Malt- 
Bill. 

January 17. Mr. Farrer reported the Amendments 
made in the Grand Committee, to the faid Malt-Bill, 
which being agreed to, and another Amendment made, 
the Bill was order'd to be ingrofs'd ; as was alfo the 
Bill for punifliing Mutiny and Defertion. The ^Call of 
the Houfe was adjourn'd to that Day Seven-night. 

January 18. A Bill for continuing fome Laws, and 
reviving others, (3c, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read the firft Time ; and then, upon a Complaint made 
by Mr. Hungerford^ from the Committee appointed to 
enquire into the Harhurgh^ and other foreign Lotte- 
ries, it was refolvM, That Mr. Cafe BilUngsly having 
been fummonM to attend the faid Committee, and ha- 
ving neglected to obey fuch Summons, was guilty of 
of a Contempt of the Authority of this Houfe ; and or-* 
der'd that the i2i\^ BilUngsly be, for his faid Contempt, 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms. After 
this, in a grand Committee the Commons con flder'd of 
Ways and Means to raife the Supply, and came to a Re*? 
iblution, the Report of which was put joff to the 21ft. 
Then the Houfe proceeded to tajce into Confl^etfl't'oa 

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N^XXIX for the Tear 1725. 47 

tkc Matter touching the Perfons who were ordcr'd to at- 
tend that Day^ in Relation to fcvcral Returns of Mem- 
bers to ferve in this Parliament, for feveral Diftritis of 
Burglis in Scotland^ and Exceptions being taken to a Let- 
ter from Dr. Fitcairn^ and to a Certificate from Dr. Ruf 
fel^ cxcuilng the Abfence of Robert Gordon of Haughs^ 
on Account of his Indifporition, that Matter was fkr- 
ther adjourn'd to that Day five Weeks : But Hi4gk Bail- 
lie^ CJerk of Invernefs^ George Ireland^ common Clerk of 
Kingkorn^ and Rohert Hay of Hauton^ Sheriff Depute for 
the Shire of Fife^ were declared guilty of a Breach ef 
Privilege, for prefuming to aft as returning Officers, in 
three refpeftive Eleftions ; and for the faid Offence^ 
were order'd into Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms ; as 
was alfo WilUam Youngs Clerk, for not attending the 
Houfb upon^the 15th Inflant. The fame Day Mr, Spea- 
ker yf^2iS order'd to iffue his Warrant for a new Writ 
for clefting a Burgefs for the Borough of Beverley in 
Yorkjhire^ in the Room of Sir Charles Hotham^ Bart, de- 
ceased; and then the Houfe adjourned till the 21ft of 
January* 

On Saturday^ the 19th, fix of the feleft Committee 
sippointed to examine Mr. Layer ^ (vix^ Mr. Robert Wd" 
pole. Sir Jojeph Jekyl^ Mr. John Smith, Mr. miliamfuU 
teney^ General Wtlh^ and Mr. Hampden) went to the 
Tower for that Purpofe, and fpent feveral Hours in the 
faid Examinination : The faid Committee had before ap- 
pointed Stephen Fointr^ Efq; to be their Secretary. 

On the 2ift of January^ the Earl of Angle fey made a 
Speech in the Houfe of Peers, wherein his Lordlhiy 
took Notice, ' That at the Openning of this Seffion, his 
Majefty, in his Speech from the Throne,had been pleased 
to acquaint both Houfes with the Difcovery of a dan- 
gerous Confpiracy, which for fome Tim(^ had been 
form'd and was ft ill carrying on againft his Majefty's 
Perfon and Government ; that fome of the Confpira^ 
tors had been taken up and fecurM ; end that Endea- 
vours were us'd for the Apprehending others— That 
one of the principal Plotters having fince that Time, 
been try'd and condemned, it was Ibmewhat ftrange, 
that no Particulars relating to the faid Confpiracy had yet 
been communicated to that Houfe, the rather, bccaufc fcr 
veral of their Members- had been apprehended, and were 
ftill confinM, on Sufpicion of being coriccrn'd in it:** 
And therefore his Lordlhip mov'd, ' That the Judgef 
of the King's Bench b« order'd to caufr the Tryal of 

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48 The HiJloricM Regifier K» XXIX 

' Chr tfiaf her Layer ^ Elljj to be forthwith printed and pub- 
' liihed, being firftperusM by the King's Counfel :" Thii 
JMotion was backed by the Earls Copper, Strafford^ and 
Aylesford^ the Lords Trevor^ Bathurjfj Lechniere^ and 
fome others, who among other Things, urgM, * That 

* there had been an extraordinary, and in their Opinion, 
' an unneceffary Delay in the Printing and Publiftiing 

* the faid Tryil, it being two Months fince Mr, hayer 
^ was try'd, and Direftion having been given to Satfiuei 
' BuMyj for the fpeedy publilhing of his Tryal, (h 
^longfince, as the 27th of November iaft, as appear\l 
\by an Advertifement printed by Authority in the Cir- 

* TLette, That ho Step having been taken for obtaining 

* the Jufticc due by the Laws of the Land to any of the 
' other COnfpirators, the Publication of the faid Tryal 
^ ought in their Opinion, to have been quickenM, where- 

* by the Nation would have received flich Satisfadliori 
' concerning the faid execrable Confpiracy, as could ht 

* collected from the faid Proceeding ; and that Houft 

* have been Enabled to make fuch Ufe of it, as IhouW 

* appear neceffary in their Wifdom, for the Honour, In- 
' terefi, and Safety of his Majcfty and his Kingdonis." 
To this it was anfwer'd by the Lord CartareK one of 
his Majefty's principal Secretaries of State, ' That the 

* Order mov'd for, was altogether unneceffary. Directi- 
ons having long before been given by the Judges of the 
' Court of King^s-Bench, for the printing and publifti« 
' ing of the faid Tryal, with all convenient Speed: That 

* the iiid Tryal being of a very l^rge Extent, and fc* 

* veral Parts of it that were taken down in ihort Hand, 
' requiring a great deal Time to be put in Order, and 
' revifecf and reftify'd by the Judges, and the Counifei 
' on both Sides, had occafion'd the Delay complain'd 

* of; but that the Printing of the faid Tryal being now 

* in great Forwardnefs, the fame would be publifli'd in 
'a few Days." His Lordfhip was fupportcd by the 
3Dukes of ArgyU and Nenjocajfle^ and feveral other Peers j 
and a Queftion being ftate4 upon the Earl of /inglefey*^ 
Motion, after lome farther Debate, the previous Quefti- 
pn was put. Whether the faid Queftion fliould be now 
jput? The lame being carry 'd in the Negative, by ^^ 
Voices againft 32 ; fixteen Lords enter'd their ProteAs, 
containing in Subftance, the Reafons abovemention*d^ 
Jo which their Lordfhips added, ' That they were ap- 
^ prehenfive that the Delay inpublifhing the faid Tryaf^ 
jTmight hj^ve'ioiitrtbuted tor have* created jealofies con-r 

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K*»XXIX for the Tear XTii, 49 



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* ccrning the faid Cdnfpi racy, and might haveenobtinig^d 

* ill-afFefted Perfohs to fbment the fame, tq the great Pre^ 
^ judice of his Majefly's Government ; and as in their O-* 
f pinion; the fpeedy Publilhing if the faid Tryai, if 
\ the falne hi^d been done, might have conduced to the 

* prevcntiiig of thofe Mifchiefs. They alfo concciv'd 

* that the further Growth of them might have been 
*.chcckM, if the main Queftion had been put, and car* 

* ry'd in the Affirmative. That they thought it of 

* great Confequence tb his Majefly's Service, that thd 

* Publication of the faid Tryal fhould have been made 

* under the ftrifiteft Security againft ail Partiality, or 

* other Abuie relating thereto t And therefore, they 

* thought the main Queftion ought to be put, whereby 

* the Care and Infpeftion thertof woul :! have befen lodg- 

* ed by the Authority of that Houfe, in the Hands 
• * of the Judges,* to whom it properly belongs, and its 

* falling into any othet Hands, notfo pi'opei-, or not fo 

* imihediately rcfponfible to that Houfe, would Kavc 

* been prevented." After the Queftion abovemention^d 
Ws over, the Lord Bathurft made another Motion, i^it^ 

* That thejudgfes of the King's-Bench Ihould attend in 
^ their Places, on the 24th, and that the King's Counfel 

* who were concern'd in the Tryal of Chrfftopker Layer^ 

* and alfo the CoUnfel for the faid Layer^ at the faid Try- 

* al ; and Mr. Samuel Buckley, and the Perfon or Per- 

* fons who took the faid Tryal in Short-hand, fhould at* 

* tend at the Bar of this Houfe, at the fame Time.'* 
This Motion was fupportcd by the Lord Lechmcre, th<J 
JEarls bf Strafford, Coningshy^ Bripol, Coviper, and fomc 
ethers 5 but was oppos'd by the Lords Cartaret, and ()«- 
fiovD, and the Duke of Newcajfle^ and Ibnje othe^ Court- 
Lords ; fd that the Qufeftion being put thereupon^ it 
was carry'd in the- Negative, by 48 Voices agf inft ^. 
Hereupon lixteen Peers entered their Dlflhit, Firjt^ 

* Becaufe they thought itneceffary for the Hoiibaf of that 
^ Houlfe, that the Occafion of the Delay fhould bfc cn- 

* qmr'd into. Secondly, They thought it the Right of 

* that Houfe to enquire into all Neglefts .Knd Abufes 

* that concern the Publick : And tho' it was objearf 

* in the Debate, that fuch Enquiry might carry fbme 

* Imputation on the Judges, or other Pdrfbns concernTd, 

* yet their LoMfhips thought, that that Objection m|ght 
^ be equally afTign'd Againft all Inquiries ; but wa$ ia<« 
^ confiftent with th^ Hon^tir and Dignity cf thi^ Houfe^ 
*and the Publick Scfvicfc. 

a this 



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50 The Hifiorieal Regipr N9 XXIX 

this Dctacbaftca'dtlie Pdnting of Mr. Lajir'sTryaJt 
vihiClsL was publifk'd oa Tuefday^ the 29th of Janmry^ witn 
this Title, The ijohoie proceedings upon the Arraignment^ 
Tryaly Convi^on^ a^ndf Attain^xr c/ Chriftopher Layer, £/§^^ 
for Ifigh Treafon^ in. compufftni and imagining the D$atk of 
iM K^ng. In the Cmrt of Kings-Bench^ Weftxninfter, in 
Michaelwas Term^ in the Year 1722. Fer^us^d hy the SJgkt 
Honourahle the Lord Chief Juftice^ and the reft af the Jiudg/es 
of the [aid Courts and hy the Counfelfor Idf Majefty^ andfov 
thi Prifiner. This Tryal contaiaips 39 Sheets in Print, or 
156 Pages, in Folio^ it cannot be ezpeSed that we whoiire 
co^Wd to fo narrow Bounds, fhould give our Readers 
^ ^xa6l Ab£lra£t of the whole Proceeding, and therefore 
vc ihail content our felyes,with prefervingin thi&jRf^/* 
^«r,fuch remarkable Pafiages as may betnoft ufeful to fa«> 
^re Wr i tei^s^towards iUuftrating the Hiiloryof thefe Tin^Sk 

The Trytd of Chriftophcr Layer, jE/55 
^ On Wednffday^ thp 31^ of Octpierl 1722, when Mn 
Xfayer wafr, ^ougjkt to tM Cowt of KingS'Bench, and 
thepe arraignM, after the Jleading o£ hi9 Indj£tinen.t ibr 
lijgh Trcalbn, he defit'd th^ Loi4 Chief Juftice tA in* 
4ulgehim, and then complainM, Tliat he was brougfht 
t^ere in Chains and Fetters ; that he had been us^^d 
aiore like an y^/^mA^e Captive, than a freeborn 'Evghjkman 9 
that Ke had been draggM through the Streets by the 
Bands of Gaolers, and had been niade a Shew and. » 
Spe^acle of. I am now, added he, in a. Court of Juiiica 
before your Lordfliip, and I hope the Time willcome^' 
when I ftiall have a candid and fair Tryal,. and not br 
made a Sacrifice to the Rage and Fury of any Party,, 
or the Neceflity of the Times. My Lord^ I had not faid 
tjllis, but I have been infultied fmce I came into the 
Hall: A Gentleman c^e and told .me. Either you mufi- 
die^ or the Flot nrnft die. My Lord, this is Ufage infuf- 
£$rable in a Chriftian Nation \ and I think I can lay my 
Hand on my Heart, and fay, I have done nothing againfb 
my Confcience. Hereupon Mr. Serjeant Fengelly fuggefied, 
T^ hat if Mr*^ Layer had any Obje^ions*to the Indidment, 
ke might make them, but fhouid*not go on in that Man* 
ner : In Anfwer to which, the Prifoner addreffing him- 
(elf again to the Court, faid. He hop'd he fhould have 
his Chaips taken off, that he might have the free Ufo 
of that Reafon and Underftanding which God had giveii> 
ibim. That his Chains had given him the Strangury 
to that Degree, that it was very painful ; and when 
t2ley were taken oS, hehopM he^ftould haveafai^ ajida 

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N^ XXIX for the Tear 1723. 5 1 

tender Tryai. Here niy Lord Chief Juftlcfc interjjos'd, 
and told the Pf ifonef, that rtiahy things had by him 
hecn ikid, M^hich this Court could not examine into; 
that he had glvtn. a general Charge of fome Perfon^ 
ufmg him ill 5 but that his Expleflions were not |u(! 
and right ; and as he chargM no particular >Per(bn, they 
could tak^ ho Notice of them. That as to the Chains 
he comptein'd of, it mult b^ left to thofe to whoih the 
<j%x&x^y c€ him vf^as cominitted by Law, to maktf that 
Security, thkt ht might not make hi^ £fcape: But 
whtfn h* Cam^ to his Tryal, his Chains might b^i ta- 
ken off; that if he had any Objeftions to the Indi£lment 
th< Coun would hear them, if not, he muft plead. Herc/ii 
ttp^n, Mr. Attorney-General fkld, he was fure nothing 
was intended, but that he ihould have a fair Tryal \ 
but that to complain in that Place of hatd Ufag^ o^ 
Chains aAd Imprifonmeht, carry'd with it a Reflefition 
of Cruelty, and they icnew what Effea thefe Things 
might have abroad. My Lord, added he, I clon't believe 
there is any Occafion for faying any Thing more in An- 
fwer to this, than that the Prilbner hath been kept, as 
^^cty lody in his Circumftinces a^e, when they have 
been afttempting to make anEfcape: There was an At- 
tempt of that Nature made by him, and I believe no 
Body will fay, but on fuCh an Occalion, there is Rea- 
fon to^ take* particular Care that he may not efcape. My 
Lofd, as to any other Matters of Hardfliip, I hope what 
lie fays is not fo ; I verily bdieve it is not, but that 
ht hath as much Freedom and Liberty as is proper, anci 
Bfull. And as to what is f^id in Relpeft to the Man 
that inftthed him in the Hal!, I l^now nothing of it, 
nor hearM of it before ; but can't but obferve, that it 
i« an eafy Matter for People to contrive fuch a Thing: 
In xConcert together, with fome particular Views, and 
l<ldn't know, but if the Faa was fo, it might.be fome 
Body fbnt by himfelf that cfidf it. If there hath beeii 
an Attempt to efcape, faid the Lord Chief Juftice, there 
^n beno-Pfetertfion to complain of Hardfliip: He that 
haih attempted an Efcape once, ougAt to be fecur'd in 
ftich Manner, a* to prevent his elfcaping a fecondTiirel 
The QfeAtleman-Gaoler, what doth he fay? TJie GeAtlel 
*lan-fiauler averring, that the Prifoner never attei^iptcd- 
to efcape firice he i was iii hi^ Cuftody: Mr. Attornev- 
Gerieral aniWcrM, he did it before. After which, x\e 
Solicitor-General fpoketothis Effea, v/z*. My Lord, this 
Complaint i^ Jtoade v^ith no orhevPurpofe, but to cap-^ 

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53 Tbg Hijiorical R^gifter N? XXlX 



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tlvatc the Min4s of the By-ftanders, without any juft 
Grounds in the World 5 frr Jf the whole of the Com^ 
plaint made a/^d aggravated in this fojcmn Manner be 
Cqnlider'd, it amounts only to this, tjiat a Prifoner whb 
(lands charg'd with €0 gjeat an Offence a^ High Trca- 
fon, (who I admit, notwithftanding the Weight of that 
Charge, ought' to have all the Juftice, and all the Oppor- 
tuniij/oif defending himfelf, which the Law allows) I 
fay^ ;t amounts to no more than this, that a Prifoner 
in thefe Circumdances is brought up hither under a 
ftrong Guard', and in Fetters, as Perfons in his G)nditi- 
on ufually i^rc. It is well known that when this Gen* 
tleman was in the pullody of a Meffenger, he not only 
made an Attempt to efcape, but aftually efcap'd, got 
out of ^ Window two Pair of Stairs high, and from 
thence, over the Water, into Southfwarh ^ and fince that' i« 
fo, Can there be any Colour to fay, that what was dorid 
afterwards was unwarrantable ? I cannot help faying oi^ 
this O'ccafion, that it does not become the Candour a 
Pei^fon in the Prifoner's Civcumfhmces ought to (hew, 
to aggravate and make fuch a Mifreprcfentation of thct 
XJfage he has received : As to what has happened in. 
the Hall, we know nothing of it, nor can poflibly tell 
how true it is : If any fuch Thing was faid, it is not 
•impofiibte to have been by fome Body that was fet there 
by the Friends of this Gentleman. I Iky thus much^ 
mv Lord, not becaufe I think it material to the Bufi- 
nefs of this Day, but becaufe I would not have it gone 
away with, that there has been any Hardfliip put upon 
the Prifoner, contrary to Law. No, His Majefty who 
mikes the Laws of the Land the Rule and Meafure of 
all his Anions, iho* he will have Juftice done to him- 
felf aiid his 'Government, againft any Perfon that ihall 
confpird to overthrow it, yet hp will fuffer no Hardfhips 
to be done even to fuch Perfpns, contrary to Law ; and* 
iioihing has been done in this Cafe, but what was legal, 
And abfolutely neceflary. 

Hereupon, Mr. J/tt/7»^r/ori begging to be indulged a 
fbw. Words, faid, Thar he is in Chains now Is demon- 
ilrable ^ and he hath told me, when in the Tower with 
Wm, that they are fo grievous to him, that he cannot 
fle^p but in one Pojfture, ' viz*, upon his Back, and that 
ht hath not attempted to efcape out of ^he Tower, is 
given in Evidence by the Gentleman»Gaoler^ who hath^ 
and will, I verily believe, execu^ his Authoritv wit^k 
iil Humanity, forJie now helps to hold up his Chai]^^ 
• .'.,.; -...,' ,. » •:■'■ "., othefwife 



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1 ^^'^ XXiX for the Tea r 1723! ' 53. 

otherwifc the Prifoner could npt ftand. My Lord, it is 
faid, it is notliing but what is ufual |n Cafes of this 
Nature : My L^rd, I believe I might challenge them 
to give an Inflance where any Prifoner yras fhacki'd with 
Irons in the Tower, before Mr. Layer : His Majefty's 
. Prifoners in the Tower are fuch Strangers to this U- 
I fege, that they had not the very Materials there ; they 
[ vcre fci^t for from Ne'wgate^ and I hope they will be car- 
' ry*d back again thither. Your Lordihip hath hinted 
it as an Indulgence intended to him, when he comes to 
hisTryal, that his Irons fliall be taken off: but I hum- 
bly infift upon it, that by Law, he ought not to be 
caird iipon, even to plead, till his Fetters* are off: 
My Lord CoJte is clearly of tljiat Opinion, in his P/e<if 
0/ the Crown-y and it is admitted on all Hands, that 
wheii he comes to be try*d, his Shackles mud be off $ 
and upon a Debate, it was fo determined in Cranhurn^^ 
Gdfe. The only Reafon affign'd for putting of Irons at 
all upon a Prifoner, is to keep'him in fafe Cuftody (f«r 
the Laws of England allow of no Tortures) and the Rea- . 
fon why they are tak^n off in the Courfe of Proceeds 
ing againft him in a Court of Juftiiie, feems to be, that 
his Mind ihould not be difturoM by any Uneafinefs his 
Body or Limbs ihould be under* Aad as .to the Dillin- 
• ftion that his Chains Ihould be on when he pleads, be* 
cjftife but for a Moment, or a flaort Time, and off 
when he is try'd, becaufe that will be of a longer Du- 
ration ; it is poflible that what we hav^ now to fay, 
I may be as long as fome Tryals. I fliould (with Submif- 
fion) think, that fomething of the Dignity of the 
Court might be confiderM in this Matter 5 for a Court 
of Juftice, the higheft in the Kingdom for Criminal 
Matters, where the King himfelf is fupposM to be pcr- 
I ibnaily prcfent, to have a Maia plead before them in 
I Chains, feems to be very unfuitable. He is now befor^ 
S the fame awful and juft Tribunal which he will be 
before, when he is try'd, and why not therefore with** 
out Chains as- well now as then ? And as to the iafe 
Cuflody intended hy the Irons, is the man like to run 
away here ? Is he not here too well gifarded to efcape I 
' To this Mr. Ketelbei fubioinM, bn the fame Side : 
My Lord, what hath Deen his Ufage in bringing him 
up hither, I cannot tell^ what the -Ufage of the Tower 
I k) with refp^ to the putting Chains upon Prifoners, 
I am ignorant of; biit this I. m\ifl: beg Leave to fay^ 
that h^ is entitled to have his Chain:s off^ before he 
[>.•«; w. •-• \;.. •'^•,'-- * • *^' • ■ -•■ plead§j^ 



54 The Hiftorkal Regifler N^XXIX 

^" ^ ^ — 

pleads, in Point of Law : TKe Autboritief for it are 
my Lord Ceke^ in his 3d Infiit. Fol, 54 5 who ftyi, that 

ir<4f « Frifamrs come in Judgment to anjyatr^ thtyfiudl he out 
ef IronSy and all Manner of Eonds^ thut their tain nay mt 
take avMy their Reaf^n^ nor eonfirain them to anpuaerj hut at 
their free Will\ and in Foh 3V he cites the Words out of 
thf Mirraur^ Chap. %, Se&. i. It is\anAhufe that Fri^ 
famrt h$^ clear ^^d vtttk Irans^ or put to arty F^in^hefore they 
be attainted. At the Tryal of Cranhurn^ when he was 
brought up before my Lord Chief Juitice H^lt^ he inilil« 
ed that his Chains ftould he taken off befbre he plead** 
cd, and it was order'd : This was likewifc mdntionU 
in thf Tryals of Dorrel^ Gordon^ and Kerr ^ when they 
came up in their Irons to plead \ it wis mav^d at firH^ 
that thofe Irons ought to be taken off; the Court de- 
clared, that if the Prifoners infilled on it, it oufght ta 
ho done : But they did not infift on it, they rather cho£b& 
to wave that Privilege, than undergo theXroutk of. hit-* 
^ing them knockt otf in Couft. There is a iiefolu- 
tion in this Caiet, in the lOth FoL of Kelynge^ It is ejr^ 
preHy declared oa a Confultatloit of all the Jtidges iit 
ta^latd^ that a Priftmer ought to have his Iroflis taken 
off be^rehe pleads^ Hereupon the Lord Chief Jniiietf 
made the fodbwiiif Determinatioit : The Cafe of Cran- 
huwn^ iaddt hb Lord&ipv yoM. nmy fiad thalt Authority is^ 
vhen the Party was «al k'd upon to plead, and was xx^^ • 
«;• tine Chnae Time: No Doubt, when he comes i»pto 
his Tryal', the Authority is, that he is. not to be w vrmt^t 
during his Tryal; bat fhrHjLA be; fo fer free, that he 
&ould have this U^ of his Reafbii, and all Advantaged 
to clear hiis innotence: Here he is only cai^'d upoB ta 
plvad, andi to^ pkad b^ the Ad\>ke of his Co^nfel ; he 
is not to be try'd' new ;. when ke comes to be try'd, i£ 
he makes that Complaint,, the Goart will take Cane her 
ftiali- be in a Condition proper to make his Defence ; hue 
when he i's. only called upoa to pdeady and his Counfel 
hy hrni to adviJfe hiait wh^t to plieadj^ Why are hie Chains 
to be taken 'off this Minw»t«, and to be put on again the 
ntort ^ It hath been faid. (I cannot underftand the Mesoi^ 
inf^of it) he is too well guarded : I dont think a Maw 
chsir^'d with High Tteafon of thia Mature, can be faid 
jjudly to be too wej*i giiJwdfed, cfpeokrily, if it be true 
what had' been fu§gefted, rhat he hath cndesrwourM to 
iTiake his Efrape; that wiHjuftify more than: what the 
l-aw allows in other Cafes* 



K°XXPC for th^T^ar 172:^. 55 

Mr. Hunierford having begg'd Lcgve to explain himfeli^ 
ftid, tliat oy the Prifoner's being too well guarded, he 
only meant fuffiQiently guarckd,: But having a^in hum- 
Wy mov'^dji that Mr. Layer^ the better to prepare him- 
felf for his Tryal,^ might continue without his Chains 
till that Time, he was told the fame could not be grant- 
ed, becaufe if he (hould make his E^^^ape, the C^ourt 
miglitbe charged with it. After this, the two Xoua- 
ftl for thQ Frifoner made feveral Objections to thd Com* 
tniflion of Oyer and Terminer^ and to the IndlUment \ 
carticuliarly that Mr. layer wa$ mifnam'd jn Latin^ 
Chrijfofkerus^^ inltead of Chrifiothorus 5 which (after tht 
reft had been anfwer'd by the K.ing**s Counjfel, and fully 
canvafs'd and over rurd 'by the Judges) was. put in a 
Plea in Abatement,, and' receiv'A by the Court. Here- 
upon, Mr. Serjeant Fengelly^ one of the King's Counfel, 
deCr'd Time to draw up a Replicatioa, which was grant* 
ed till Saturday^ the 3d of November. 
. The Prifbner being oh that J^y-^ brought to the KingV 
Bench Bar,^Mr. Attorney -General faid, He had demurred 
to the Prijbner'^s Plea in Abatement,, and pray'd the De- 
murrer might be read, which ^as done accordingly i 
and then tSic Attorney-General pray'd, that the Prifo»- 
iier*s Counfel might join in Demurrer immediately. 
Mr. Hunger ford having reprefented, that it was impolCbfe 
fbr them to take the Subftance of this Demurrer, and de- 
fringe to be allow 'da few Days to confidcr of this Matter ^hc 
was told, that the Courfe of the Court in Capital Matter^, 
did not admit of it ; After a great many Argument* 
fro and con, about that Matter, all the Judges having 
oeclar^d] their Opinion, that the Prifoner's Counfel ought 
to join in Demurrer immediately; Mr. L^jffr-addrefr 
ling himlelf to the Lord Chief Juftite,, faid,. he knew- 
not how confiftent this Rule of Court might be, that iii 
a. Capital- Cafe of the higheft ffature whatfbever, he 
. fhould not be allow 'd Time to join in Demurrer, when 
in criminal Cafes of an inferior Nature, there is a Four- 
Days Rule given. That the Counfel for the Kingwcrd 
indulgM from Wednefdayr to Sfiturday,\ and therelbre' he 
liopM he ihould have the fame Indulgence on Bis Part^ 
to consider whether he ihould. join ia Demurrer or not ? 
That he was fo far from defiring to give any Delay, tho' he 
was fatlsfy'df how walicioufly this Profecution was carry'd 
on, and was pretty well acc^uainied with every Step tikea 
In the Management in jE//fx; but that,he was willing, ra*- 
ther thau to cpntjnue to be thus hunted up and doNtrn the 

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56 The Hiftorical Regifler N'^XKIX 

IflTorld, to redraft his Pica, and plead generally Abf 
Xu/7fy. 

Mr. Attorney-General faid thereupon, that if he 
underftood the Prifoner right, he p|:etended to be d&- 
firous that the Tryal might come on, and therefore he 
•was willing to withdraw his Plea in Abatement, and 
abide by his Plea* of not guilty: That 'twas what 
they (the King's Counfel) defirM likewife; and he 
wi&'d they could go on this Cafe as they ought, in a 
decent Mann^, without hav^ing groundlefs Refid^ions 
Continually made : That fomething had been faid of the 
Maiicioufnefs of the Profecution, and indirect Manage- 
ment by fome Body in the County of £/^x ; but that 
he .defy*d any Man to fliew any iiilgle Step taken in 
carrying on -this Caufe, but what was pcrfeftly right 
and juftifiable. That he wifhM out of Charity, thait 
the Prifoner would coniider the Circumiflanceslie was in ; 
and if he did, }ie would not fay this Profecution was 
carry*d on by Malice ; for if he (the Attorney-General) 
knew any Thing of the Evidence, he had no Reafon to 
doubt, but at the proper Time there would enough ap- 
pear againft him to convict him. . To this, Mr. Hunger* 
ford anfwer'd, he duril fay the Prifoner did not enter- 
tain any Thought of refie6ting upon any of the Profeffion^ 
concemM in carrying on this Proftcution: But he 
^cgg'd Leave to rcprefent, that the Man's Cafe was hard, 
being in Chains , and in great Pain, and therefoie he 
eameftly wifli'd, that he were easM in that Matter: 
That he did not pronounce thefe Words out of any Af^ 
fe^tion of Popularity, or to captivate the Audito- 
ry, as was infinuated in the Beginning of this Proceed- 
ipg, but in mere C9mpafEon he had to the Prifoner, 
and to all Mankind; which Temper he had (hewn through 
all the Stages of his Life. The Lord Chief Jufticc rejply'd, 
they had .alreacly been told by the Court, that itwa# -^ 
not in their Power to take off his Chains ; and the pro* 
pereil Meafures he could take to knock them off^ Wai 
to make his Innocence appear. 

Mr. Layer faid thereupon, that if he thought it wa4 
contrary to the Law total^e off his Chains, he fhould not 
mention it. That he defir^i to obferve, that thefe Chains 
were not put on till after a fourth or fifth Examination. 
That as to the Efcape out of the MelTengcr's Hands, te 
(the Meffenger) never Ihew'd hini his Warrant, and M did 
not know any Authority he had to keep him. That a4 
to his efcaping out of the Tower,, it was not in hii 

Pawer^ 



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N^XXlX for the Tear iTx:^. - 57 

Power, neither was it in his Inclination : aitd therefore 
he de/IrM to be eas^jd of thofe :Chains : And that another 
Thing hedeiirM^' was, tjii^t he might hav^ an Opportii- 
nity to fee His Relations, and in fiarticuiar, that his 
Wife might come to him, and that his Sifter, might at- 
tend his Wife. After fome arguing upon that Matter, 
.the C^urt was wiilin^ to allofw the Prifoner's Wife to 
come to him, provided^.fhe fubmitted to be fearcVd. 
And xhltxk the Lord Chiefs Juftice appointed the Day of 
kis Tryal to be on the lift of November. Hereupon, 
Mu Layer defirM a fe,w Days longer^ iM leaft till the 
a6th{ to prepare for his Defence; ailedginig, t^at hp had 
a great Number of Whnefles, twenty or. more, moft of 

S'em People of the firft Quality. That he hop'd, he 
ouid have the common Proceffes of the Court to bring 
them there, particularly the. Lord North ahd Grey, and 
the Lord Orrery *, and that he had a Witnefs that was. 
to come from Edinburgh, ai)d he could hardly have him 
here, by t}ie 21ft, for. which Reafon he dffir'd a longer 
Day. He was told by the Lord , Chief Jufticen the Court 
could not do it without making an Error ii£ the.Proeeed^ 
ings; that he had a great Deal of Time already. Time 
fu£cient to bring his Witnefs frpm EdMurgk, or any 
other Place; and that to put off his Tryal ta the iaft 
Day of the Term, was to do a manifeft Wrong to the 

food People of England. Mr., Layer infiiiing that his 
ifter might conae to fee him with his Wife, it riot being fo 
pat>per for. a fingle \Yoman to come through the Courts and 
the Guards, r to be examin'd,by herfe^f: The I-ord. Chief 
Juflice told him,he ihpuld have a Rule from the Court for 
his Wife ; z» for his Sifter, they muft leave that to the Di^ 
reStien from another Place : That they muft not be too 
forward in granting Women to haye Accefs to Prifoners ; 
for they reinember'd an Efcape occafion'd by a Womaa 
coming to. the Tower. . ... ^ 

., Ojji VTednefday the 21ft of Nbvemher, the Pay appoint- 
ed for Mr. Layer^$ Try^l, he was brought up to. the Bar, 
in Cuftody <>f the I,ieutenant of the Tower :; and upon & 
Motion made by Mr., Hungerford^ the Lord Chief Juftice 
order 'd his Irons to be taken off. Then Mr. Hungerford^ 
fuggefted, that, the poor Man had been fo opprelVd by 
thele Cha5,08, ihat he was not able to prepare his Birief: 
that he had it not till late the Night before, and .that it 
was ten Sheets of paper. TheAttorney-Qeneraf a^k'd wl^ofe 
tault i% was?.i|fiddUig, they had pnie enough— —Mr. 
Hunger ford anfwcr'd, It was the Fault of the Irons, and 

li that 



58 The Hiftorical Regifief l^» XXIX 



«*Nki 



that the Brief was not brought to him till Elevtn of the 
Clock the Night before: Upon this, the Lord Chief Ju- 
ftice faying, it was an Omiffion, and that the Chains 
ihould have been taken off before he came to the Bar z 
cThe Attorney-General reply'd, that there was Direftion. 
given before ; but he could not tell how they came 
liot to be taken off. 

^ The Prifoner and his Counfel having defirM ,an4 in- 
fiAcd, that th3 whole Panel might be once call'd ov<5r, 
before the Jury-Men came to be fwom, the fame^after fomc 
Pppofition, was comply'd with 5 and then the Jury-Men 
being call'd fingly, in • order to be (Worn, three were fet 
a fide, as not being Freeholders, and one by Reafbn of 
Infirmity; the Prifoner challengM 35 peremptorily, and 
two for Caufe ; the King's Counfel challenged nine, and 
jhen the twelve Jurors that were fwom, were counted, 
and their Names were as follow, vtx^ 

i Thomas Oarh^ Gent, ) ( WtMiam Nicholfon^ Efq; 

Ifaac Potter^ Gent. / \Ckriftofher HIH^ Gent. . 

Herjtkiah Haynes^ Gent. \jKohert Barnard^ Gent. 

yokn Loyry^ Gent- f N Thomas Waters^ Gent. 

T Thomas Frat^ Gent. V ) Richard Gray. Gent. 

Francis AyUtt^ Gent. } ( WiiUam Wheatly^ Gent 

The Clerk of the Crown having as ufual, read over 
the Indi6tment, Mr. Wearg^ and Mr. Sergeant FkngeUy^ 
two of the Counfel learned for the King, open'd the 
iame in long Speeches, wherein they aggravated the Pri- 
foner's Crime, and fet it forth in all its heinous and 
odious Circumftances. Mr. Serjeant PengeUy iii particu- 
lar, faid, that the Indiftment contained a Charge of High 
Treafon againfl the Prifoner, for compaffing and intend- 
ing the Depofing the King, and alfo his Death and De- 
ftrufition. That the particular Fafts laid to prove this 
traiterous Intent, were five, v/50. ift. That the Prifoner 
with other Traitors, did confult, confpfre, and agree 
to raife a general Infurfeftion and Rebellion in this 
Nation, againft his Majefty. adly, That he did publifh 
^ fcditious and treafonable l)eclaration, containing In- 
citements, and Promifes of Rewards, whereby to ftir 
tip his Majefty's Subjects to take up Arms, and to levy 
War againft hi$ Majefty within this Realm, jdty, That 
he tonfpir'd and agreed with other Traitors, 'by an ai m- 
€i. Force, to exalt, and bring the Pretender to his Ma- 
jafty's Crown, to the Throne of thefe Kingdoms. ' ^thly, 

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N^XXlX far the Tear 1^7^. 59 

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t^at le had provided, levyM^ and retained feveral Pcr- 
£QnSy to take up Arms, and to levy War, for tKecxccu- 
ting thefe traiterous Purpofes. And ^tlily, That the' 
laft Overt-ASto finifli this Coufpiracy, was to feize up- 
on, and to imprijfbn tKe facrcd Perfon of his Majefty ; 
An Attempt of wliich Nature, if it had fiicceeded, would* 
have bee^ the Subversion of the prefent happy- Efta- 
bliflimeat, .and the Proteftant Succeffion, fo often conr 
firm'd by the G)nfent of tne whole Nation, and the on- 
ly Security of our Religion, and Civil Rights and I-i- 
bcrties ; which would all have been expos'd to the Af- 
bitrar^ Power of f^ Popifli Faction, wnder the Tyranny 
of the J^retender ; tie added, that they (the King's 
Counfel) had- been fo» fortunate as to difcover, and ihould 
produce before the Jury, the very Plan itfelf, upon which 
tliefe Confpirators proceeded, and which was to be 
put in Execution ; that they Ihould produce this Plan 
under tW Priitner's own Hand-writing, and ihew his 
A^ing correspondent to that Plan, which would have 
htcn a total Overturning of the Government and Conili- 
tution. 

. Now becaufe this Scheme is the moft material Piece 
in this Tryal, 5 we fliall infert it here at length, aft 
fpUOvs. 

The SCHEMA, 
Au defdut deJa Fhrce^ il faui em^oyer la Rufe, 

I. T ET the General, and only. one Officer of Note in 
\y the Camp, agree upon a Day for Execution. 

2. Let the Officer .that Day ,put himfelf on tlie Towet- 
Quard 

3. And as therc'are eight Serjeants f«k;/z, J three of the 
ftrft Regiment of Foot-Guards, three of the fccond, and 
two of the third, all ready at an Hour's Warning to o- 
bey Orders, early that Morne, let the Officer fee a flngle 
Perfon, namely, George Wilfon^ who manages theffe'Ser- 
jeantsi and give him pireStions to bring them all to 
fomc convenient Place, at four that Afternoon. 

A, Theft 'tjie Officer mufi give each Serjeant Money 
fuftciientfor the |*urpofe, and direfit'em, that each Ser- 
jeant order twent^-five Men (making together 200, 
which they have ready) to go iingly out of the Camp, 
and meet together at * * 'i^hurch-Yard, exaftly half an 
Hour paft Eight in the Evening, when and where ano- 
ther Officer that they know, mult meet 'cm^ and take 

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fo The WJJorical pgijie'i ' NP'XXl^ 

tKc Coinm^d, give them Muskets ready loaded, and 
march ifriiYi them in a Body to the Towcr-Ckte, at 9 that 
Ni^ht «aaiy. 

5. ^)ur Friend, the Officer withjn, jnufl precisely at 
that Hour of 9^ be on the Guard at the Tdwcr-Gate, arrd 
feeing this Body of Men Sppcar, order the GaTrifoti to 
Jet them in, as a Recruit fent to the Towcjr-Guat;(d:. r 

6. As foon as ever' they have ent^r^d^' to feize the 
Arms at the ToVer-Gate, fhut the Gate up, j^nd fecure 
every one in the T.o-wer, that ^he Officer * on Guard 
gives thtm . Ordbrs *to fecure, but not tp fhed an^ 
Blood. ' ■ ' ' . 

7I The Tower being thus fei2'd, to leave only a ftnall 
Guard thei-e^ under that Officer who Jet« them in, and 
then with ail thofe that join you, march dire€tly to xht * 
Exchange, where the jgreat Doors muil be ready open*d^ 
and the jGeneral there in Perfon. ' \ 

8- At the exaft Hfour of 9, that the Tower fliall be 
thiis feiz'd,' the Pcrfohs of fome great Men' td bie ir^ 
refted at their Houfbs, brought dirjsCtly into the City^ 
arid deliver'd to the General. 

0. That upon .our Meeting at the Exchange, the an-* 
ncx'4 Proclamation to be fpread abotit ^ the G^t^s'of 
the City to be fliut up, and Pieces of Cannon broUg^^ 
down againd them^ but every Man that de/ires to en- 
ter the Gates, before any regular Force appear, to be 
admitted to come in : And after the General has appoint*^ 
cd a Guard at each Gate, and Inlets of the City, with 
proper, Officers to command there ; let hjm march baok 
to Towr'tiiil^ Tor a Place cf generalKc^idezvous urt-* 
i^r tlie Cannon of the Tower, and order the LoVd-Mayor 
a good Guard to watch -o^er the Baiik, but firft take 
^oney from thence to the Tower, in order to pay the 
Men. 

10. That on thp Morne of this fame Day, our Gene- 
ral to have ah Interview with fome other principal Offi- 
cer of tjhe Camp; and bidder him to engage all Friends 
io attend at their refpeftive Pofl^ and expeft a* Tolqph 
to be fent to each of them thkt very Night; on Re- 
ceipt of which Token they arc to draw their Men outj 
and march dircftly to the Artillery in the Camp, as 4 
Place of general Rendezvous 5 and that the Captain of 

the 

* It may he a Note in Writing thusy Sir, Vll mtet you at 
fi fo I^f£iit, don't fiiil me. ]. S, 

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N^ XXIX for the Teat 1723. 61 

tK^ Artillery ragy not be alarmM, let this principal 
O^^ previouity fend a Mcflage to him, that Orders are 
<riiic from thfc General (QicganJ to double the Guard of 
the • Artillery, on a Rumour that is fpread of the MoV 
being -up jn the City. * 

,;* 1 1, '^ic Pafty being come to the Artillery with the 
faid principal Oficeraf the Head of them^ let them im- 
mediately dVaw th9 Guns rpund 'em, and ftand upon 
their Drfence, without making any Declaration, until 
the faid prii)L^ipal Officer, who commands in Chief there, 
deceives certain + Intelligence from our General, that 
the Tower is feizM upon, and the City all in Arms ; 
and then under a Pretence of fecuring the King's Per- 
fon from the Infults of the Mob, let this Officer nuke 
a JJetachmcAt to take iiim into Cuftody, and fend him 
into the CitJ' to tlie General at. the Tower. 
• 12. To facilitate thefc Proceedings, let the General 
the fame Day fpeak to the Horfe-Officers in the Camp, 
who he knows to be our Friends, and upon the very firft 
Alarm of the City's having revolted, let them march 
fheir Men td' either Ludgate 6t Ne^uugate^ on Pretence to* 
ftipprefs the Mob 5 apd when they are at the Gate, as 
a Token of their being Friends, let the Watch-Word 
be T/as Mornings and upon giving us the Word there, to' 
open the Gates and let them in, and as foon as they are. 
enter'd, to march direfitly to T<rwcr -Hill ^ and join them- 
iclvej Vfth the General there. 

13. Let the General alfo the fame Day, order four 
of the Half-pay Captains to take upon them the follow- 
ing Commands, i/z*. 

lAi Firft Gaptaih to go into Soufk^wari^ and exa6tly 
at the HpuV of 9, to make a Bonefire in the Fields there, 
and give Yome Money among the Mob, and when you 
have got a Number together, fend * an Account to the 
General, take ^he Armjj that muft be lodged there, and 
(fiftribute tKit amongft them, to your Acquaintance in 
the iirfi Pladr, and to thofe which they recommend, and 
then iffue out the Declarations, and after the Receipt 
of a Token from the Captain next mentioned, who is to 
command in Falaa-Yard^ to ferry over thither in Ligh- 
ters, with the Watch- Word, This Mornhij and join tho 
Captain in Fkhce*Yardi 

iS» Second 

•f A verbal Mejfage hy a third Ferfon that muft he hy^ 
v)ken the General and this Chief Officer confult together in 
fhc Morn^ 



i 2 The Wprical Reglfler N XA IX 

15. Second Captain exactly at the Hour of j, to be 
an Frivy-Garden^ -f adjoining to Whitehall^ with a few Gen- 
tlemen arm^d, and feize uf>pn the great Guns there, and 
then fpread the Declarations, and «ay there under the 
Cannon, till a greater Body join you from Southwark 5 
or. otherwife nail up the Cannon, and. inarch diredl^ 
to the next Captain in St. ^ames\ Fark, with the Watch- 
Word, This Mornings and then fend the Token, as aboye, 
to the firft Captain in Southmark^ and let the MeiTenger 
>^ou fend, c«)ndu£t him and his Mon to you in Su 

J 6 Third Captain, at the faid Hour of 9, to go int© 
St, ^am^sh Fark, with the Key that is given you of the 
privat^ I>oor out of ArUnf^ton^treet^ and appoint oniy 
ibme few Gentlemen to meet you there exa^ly at. that 
Hour, und ready, one to havethe Watch ^Word you give 
tljem, which ifiuft be This hiomini* JLet your firft Ren- 
dezvous be at the little Grove under the Wall near the 
cite leading to SyHe-Faykji and there you'll meet Fire- 
Arms. ready charg'd. ifheii march "down to the Parade 
next the Horfe-Guard, and ifeize upon the Cannon thofc, 
iind Ammuftition in the Stote-HoufCy and the, bet^r 
to fecure St. yames^s Fark fgr 4 Place of general Rendcz* 
vous, you ihali have ah Officer out -of the Camp exa£t-. 
]y at the Hour of 9, come to your A.fliliance with fome 
Men, as he and you fhall agree in the ^orhe of th^s 
X)ay ; and as foon as you have feizM the C&hnon here, 
and Ammunition aforefaid, you are to pufypiir pelves 
in a Pofture of JDefence, and publilh the D^larktion, 
and fend forthwith to the <ieneral at theTpV^^Olct 
him know of your Situation, and alfo fend to the Cap- 
tains in t^dilace-Yard^ Seutkinark, and Tuttk-Fklds^ that 
they imiiied lately come and join you, •• • 

17. Fourth Captain, exactly at the Hour of 9, thp 
Evening of the fame Day, to be in Tuttk-Fields ; raii^ 
the Wefimhfier Mob there, and with the Arms that ar^ 
there lodg'd, equip them as you can ^ publifh the De* 
ciarations, and march direftiy to St. Jsim^s^s Fark^ and 
join with them there, who, on your giving them the 
Watch-Word, are to admit you into the Park. 

18. So here being two Bodies of ^Men thus gotten to- 
gether the firft Night, vix.. One on Tovxr-Hill^ and the 

other 



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interlined. 



^^5CXIX for tk^ Tear I y 2^. 6g 

other in St. Jtames^s ParJfj (befidcs our Friends at the Af 
tillerj in Jf^de Park) the next Morning, if not foon- 
cr, let our General order a Detachment to Lmcein^s-Inrt'^ 
Fields^ and fome Cannon to be plac'd on the Tensas of 
the Garden there, left the Enemy come in there, be^ 
tween St, yames\ Park and the City. 

19. A proper Captain muft be appointed to head the 
Watermen belonging to the Thames^ and previous to the 
I)ay of Execution, he muft agree -with the Duke's 
Bargemen, that upon the leaft Notice to be givai them, 
that they alarm all the Watermen, and bring them to^ 
Rendezvous, the ftme Hour of 9 that Night of Execu- 
tion, and this Captain's Rendezvous muft be at* Green" 
*unch^ where he niuft ftize the M«g?5slne of Powder, 
and take out IVch Part of it as each Man will carry, 
then blow up the reft, march from thence to the Tow- 
er, and join his Men with the General there, to whom 
he muft firft fend a Meifenger with the Watch-Word, and 
an Account of his Numbers. 

' 20. Some Time before E^^ecution, the General to (bnd 
a McflTenger to particular Men iix the Country, that they 
rife in their r.efpe€tive Countries upon the firft News of 
•what is done here. 

21. An Officer, Gr^to go to Rtckmondy and at the ex- 
a€t Hour of 9, to feize uppn Prince Pritty Man^ and 
bring hini away to Soutkuoark^ to fome particular Place 
appointed, where an Agent from, the General muft meet 
them with his further Orders. 

To proceed : After havmg hinted at this Plan, Mr. 
Serjeant PerigeUy obfervM to the Jury a Regularity going 
thro' the whole Scheme ; That the Place of Aftion was 
to be in the City of London^ at the Breaking up of the 
Camp of his M«je(h^*s Forces in Hyde Park j that the Plan 
contalnM a Dif^pofition of ftveral Officers, who were ap- 
pointed to their particular Stations ; that from the Ma- 
llagenfient of the Confpiracy, and the Hopes they had en- 
tertained, the Confpirators concluded, they ihouM have 
the Number of two hundred Men ready in one Body, 
to be commanded by proper Officers to make the firft 
Attempt, ancf the firft Stand 5 that they were to arreft 
the Perfons of feveral great Men 5 that a Declarttiom 
was to be difpjers'd, to excite People to come in to 
the Rebels 5 the Gates of the Ctty of London vere to be 
ftut up, and Cannon brought dawn againft them. 
That they were to fet a Guard over the Bank j but 

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64 .The Hiflorical Regifier N<» XXIX 

in tbe firfl Blace,. they were to take out Money Aiffici- 
cnt to pay their Men. That their feveral other Parties 
-were, .to fecure.the Artillery in the Camp, the Guns in 
the BrJvy-GArden^ the Cannon and Ammunition near the 
Horfe-Guards in St. James^ Park, And that to finifh 
this vUlainous -and execrable Defign, at the Time the 
Tower was fciz^'do and the City in Arms, they were to 
lend a Detachment to feize; upon the Perfon of ^the King, 
to be deliveB^d to their Qeneral at the Tower, under 
Pretence .of fecuring him £h)m the Mob 5 and thus the 
i-ifc of his Majefty was to be. in their Power. TTiat 
the Witneffes they fliould call, and who were engag'd 
with the Prifoncr, were Stppken Lynck, and Mdttheiu 
tlunhtt (which, laft had. been a. Serjeant in the Army) 
yr\x}i' whom the Prifonen confulted, and whom he en- 
gag'd iathis.djefperate^ Attempt ; and "that they fliould. 
9all fomfe other Witneffes to confirm feveral Circum-. 
ftances of their Evidence. That Mr. Lynck^ having been 
irecommended - to the Prifoncr by DV, Murfhey^ who" 
w^s. in the laft Re^llioix^i had feveral Meetings andXqn- 
fultations, ^at^iveKS J'iines and Places, particularly on 
theisth of Augitftj at the Green Man, a Publick Houfe 
zt JLayton^Stone^ At the Entrance .upon £/>/>/»j: Fore/?, 
•yhere they din'd in their Way to the Houfe gf the Lord. 
North mdrGreyg to^whom Layer was to pteferit L^^^ A, as 
a particular t^riend. of his. ;< JThat at ^his Place (the 
Green Man) there was between, the Pxifoner*and Lynck, 
a Repetition of the wtiole 6elign and Confpiracy : 
T)iat I^nck engag'd to. attempt the Xci^ing of the Earl 
Gadogan, and was like wife; to have the fole Direction 
of apprehending the . Lords. 2J»n««^en^ , and Cartarety 
and Mr. Walpole. Andthit ^t>that T^me and Place, the 
Overt- Aft laid in the Indiiament,..oif publifhing the 
ta*eafonable Writing, was committed; which was a De- 
claration fram'd in. the Hand- Writing of the Prifoner, 
to be publifh'd on the firft Breaking out of .the ^Confpiracy, 
to excite the King's Subjefts to take up Arm^^ a^nd that 
it might have an Influence on tfce Army, "wh^r^ their. 
Hopes were plac'd, it tooK Notice that tlj^ King's. Gene- 
ral was feiz'd, and in their Cuftody; and pro mi s'd' par- 
ticular Rewards to the Horfe and Foot. But here Sir 
X^m%: Fengelly obfefv'd, that tho' ^their Expefta-. 
tions were founded on corrupting and debauching the 
Army, yet he mcation'd it only as their Defign, :rith-, 
out anylmpuution on the HonQur and Fidelity, of ,t,tie 

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Gentlemen of tKe Army : For Pcrfons who undertake 
an A&tir of this Nature are always forward to expert? 
that their Defign will be fuccefsful. That aficr the Pri- 
Ibner and hynch had fettled their Affairs at the Qrt^n , 
Man^ they went to the Lord North and Crf/s Houfe 
at Efphi^^ where they flaid all Night, and din'd the 
next I3ay, jind Lynch was prefented to, and civilly re- 
ceiv'd by his Lordfliip. That the Prifoner and Lynck 
met afterwards there a fecond Ttme ; and Lynch^ who 
was impatient of Delays, declaring he would' withdraw 
hlmfelf, if Things were not put in Execuiion, the Pri- 
foner reply'd, they -vt^ould be fooner put in Execution, 
Xhan Lynch imagined. 

After this, Mr. Serjeant tengelly proceeded to acquaint. 
th* Jury in what Manner the other principal Witnefs, 
MattheiX) Flunket^ was cngag*d by Mr. Layer to bear a 
Part in the Confpiracy, That they had irfeetings at fe- 
veral Times, when Layer informed him, that Things 
■were in a great Forwardneft, tho' it was not yet a Time 
to put their Defign in Execution 5 but it went on fo 
well, that it could not mifcarry: That the Duke of 
Ormond was to come in a fmgle Ship, with fome Officers ; 
and that the Defign had been difcoverM to the French 
AmbafladOr, who had given Intelligence of it to his 
Majefty, or elft the Affair had been done before that 
Time. That this flunket was employed to prepare Lifls 
•f, and to colleft and cyoll fit Perfons to go on witit 
this Defign \ and particularly a Number of Serjeants, 
about 15 J being difmifsM from the Army, the Prifonei: 
engagM Flunket to go immediatelyjto thofe Perfons, and! 
take Care to fecure them. That the Prifoner told jp/««- 
fcf,* there would be an Army of Dutch to come over in 
Aid of his Majefty, but that Flunket ihould fee a Num* 
ber of Half -Pay Officers, efpeciaAly thofe of the Name of 
Titx^erald^ on the Side of his King (the Pretender) that 
they could not doubt of Succefs. 

Sir Tkomns Fingelly added, that befides the Evidence 
that ihould be giveh by Lynch and Flunket^ confirmed by 
the Confeflion of the Prifoner, (upon his Examination 
before the Lords of the Privy Council) prov'd by two 
WitneiTes, the Counfti for his Majefty ikouid iikewife 
prove, that the Prifoner had been.atiJow, and by his 
own Confeffion, that he" had feen the Pretender, and 
had Cqnfcrencei with him : That the Prifaner had Blank 
^ I PrQmiffory 



66 The Hiftorical Kegipr N« XXIX 

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PromiiTory •* Notes, or Receipts fox Money, fjgnM with 
the Pretender's own Hand, by tlie aflumM Title of Jamu 
Res^ found among Layer*s Papers, which were remitted 
to^ him from Rome^ and which he had acknowledge 
were fent over to him for the Raiiing of Money to car- 
ry on the Caufe of the Pretender. That beCdes thefe 
Receipts, the Prifoner had furnilh'd himfelf with Lifts 
of the Officers in the Army and of the Tower, in 
order to confider what Advantage he could make by any 
of thofe in the lifts. And that Letters would be pro- 
duc'd that pafs'd between Sir William Ellisj an Adherent 
of the Pretender's at Rome^ and Mr. Layer^ by the Name 
of Fountaine ( which he went by) encouraging hira to go 
on with this Defign. That they had the Cypher^ and the 
Explanation of .the Cant Words tis'd in thofe Lett^s. 
That in one of them there is particular Mention of Mr. 
Layer''s inten^d General : That he, who the. Prifoner 
caird Simmons^ and defcrib'd as a Tenant, tho' his Name 
was not then found in the Rental, this Writer believed 
he fhould fee call'd Simmes^ and faid he was 9f the Nortk^ 
a grey-hair'd ancient Man, for whom his Friend had a 
particular Efteem and Value as a very good Tenant. And 
that Mr. Layer was not wanting in other Preparations 
for this Attempt ; for he had provided Arms Ia his own 
Houfe, more than he could have Occaiionfor, as a pri- 
vate Subject ^ .having feveral Mufquets, and other Fire- 
Arms, and forty or fifty Cartridges loaded with Bullets, 
ready made up for fo many tBfcharges, which might 
be delivered out to the People who fhould come in to 
them : And that Mr. haycr was fo confcious of his own 
Guilt, that, after he was apprehended, he made his E- 
fcape out of the Cuftody of the Meffenger, and offered a 
great Reward to Wateripen to carry him off. Concluding, 
with telling the Jury, they did not apply to their 21eal, 
as they were Proteftants and EngVtJhmen^ but upon the 
Weight of tlie Evidence, they fhould appeal to their 
Juftice, to their Oaths,* ajd' to their Confciences, whe- 
ther upon the whole Prow Ao be laid before them, they, 
would not remain fulfy fatisfyM, that the Prifoner 

was 



** The faid Notes were in F^rm as follows, vrx^ 

JAcht&voIedie to have received from 
tJte Sum cf vihich Sink I promt fe to repay 

"Mith an Jnttreftfor it at the Rate of per Annum. 

Janes R. 



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N^ XXfX for the Tear 172 3. ^7 

was guiity of the High-Treafon, whereof he ftood in. 

After this,, Mr. Attorney-General made alfo a long 
Speech, wherein, in a very eloquent Manner, he difplay*d 
the Heinoufnefs of the Prifoner's treafoniCbJe De/igns; 
and open'd the Nature of the Evidence 5 talking Notice 
in particular, that the hordi North and Grey would be 
mention'd by the WitneiTes, as the Perfon thought on 
to be the General in this Undertaking. 

Then Mr. S^icitoVrQerierai dellrM, that they might 
proceed to examlijie Witneffes, and calTd for Mr,. Stephen 
Lynch.' But be/bre ke was fworn, the Prifoner defir'd, 
^athe might fee jexamin'd upon a Voter dire ^ whether 
he had not a Promife of Pardon, or Ibine other Reward 
for fwearing againft him? And Mr. Hungerford repre- 
fented, that if a Man be in the fame Circumftances 
with the Prifoner, and the Prifoner led* in to the f^^me 
Circumflances by the Perfon . propos'd as a Witnefs, and 
afterwards by him involv'd in the fame Offence, and 
if the Perfon proposed as a. Witnefs, has a Promife of 
Pardon, or forae Reward, uport Condition that he 
would fwear againft tKe Prifoner, he cannot By Law be 
a good Witnefs : For the Pcribn propos'd as a Witnefs, 
muft be a credible and a legal Witnefs, not convifiled of 
Perjury, or any other notorious Offence, a free Witnc% 
that is, not under Reftraint foi»»the Offence \e accules 
another of. That therefore he hop'd, they had a Right 
of asking whether Lynch a6led under the Influence of 
any Promife of Reward or of Pardon; and that thJB 
Right of examining him to the Promife of a Reward 
or Pardon, was fupported by the Authority of the Lord 
Chief Juftice Hale^ fee forth at large in Kelynge\ Reports. 
This Deinand, founded upon that A^uthority, was alfo 
infilled ®n by Mr. Ketelhey^ who inftanc'd in feveral 
Precedents in that Court : But they were anfwcr'd bySir 
Thomas Fengelly^ and Mr. Attorney-General ; that the Au- 
thorities produc'd, were no more than that the Judges 
direfted, that no Promife ihould be made, but if fuch 
a Promife was made, they agreed it did not di fable 
the Perfon from being a Witnefs 5 that the asking the 
Witnefs the Queftion propos'd, as 'twas irregular, fo 
if it was anfwerM in the Affirmative, would be of no 
Service to the Prifoner, fince it would not difable Mr. 
I^wrA from being a Witnefs: That it wa^ not like KJo- 
ncy given, which is an atlual Corruption 5 whereas the 

I 2 Promife 



68 The Hiftorkal Regifter N«» XXI X 

Frjmifc ci Pardon was a Thing voluntary in itfelf. 
That every Man is bound in Juftice to give Evidence, if 
required, and a Promifc to have a Pardon, if he gave 
Evidence againft the Prifoner, could be look'd on only 
to induce him to do that which by Law he ought to d# 
according to the Truth : And that the greateft Ufe the 
Prifoner could make of this, if fuch a Promife waa 
jnade to the Witnefs, (which was not admitted) Vouid 
be only againft the Credit of the Witnefs, but not cn^ 
tircly take off his Tcftimony^ for his Credit as well as 
the Credit of alt Witneflcs, muft be left to the Confide*- 
ration of the Jury. Mr. SoUici tor- General having fpoke 
ojl the fame Side, they were reply'd to by the Counfel ibr 
ttie Prifoner; but the latter were ovcr-rulM by the 
Lord Chief Juftice, who told them, that their Objection 
went onl^ to the Credit of the Witnefs, which muft be 
lefj to the Jury, and therefore he muft be fworn, and 
be examined as a legal Witnefs: That if he gave Evi* 
dence according to the Truth, he would be entitled as 
much to his Pardon, as if he ga^^c Evidence of that 
which was not true. That the moft they could fay, 
was, he had a Pro'mlfe of Pardon, if he gave Evidence ; 
and could they conclude from thence, that he could give 
no Evidence except a falfe Evidence? That if they who 
ask'd the Queftion, infinuated any Thing like that, it 
ought not to have an Anfwcr : But if he had a Promife 
of Pardon, if he gave tnie Evidence, it was Jio Objedl- 
ion either to his being a Witnefs, or to his Credit. That 
ibveral Afiis of Parliament have been made to give En^ 
couragement By a Reward of forty Pounds, and a Pardon^ 
for diicovering, apprehending, and convicting of every 
falfe Coiner, Highwav-Man, or Houfe-Brdfaker. That 
yet ever fmce the making of thofe Afts, the Perfons fo 
promis'd and cncouragM, have upon thofe Tryals, been 
admitted as good WitnelTes, even before a Pardon. And 
that indeed, there could not be too much Encourage- 
ment given to Criihinais, to become honeft, and to come 
in and impeach their Acomplices, it being often impoffi* 
Me fuller to difcovcr thoffc fecret Confederacies, but by 
fome of the Accomplices and A€tors therein. 

Upon this full I>e<termination, Mr. Stephen hynchw^s 
fa^orn, jrnd being e^amin'd, gave Evidence to the Ttwt- 
ral Fa^s mrntiohM before, in Subftance, by the King's 
Co'infel ; (and too tcdioUs to be here repeated ; ) after 
which, he was crofp-exa mi n'd by the Counfel for the 
Prifoner, who by the By, objc£ted that the Tranfa^ion 

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N° XXIX for the Teari7i^» 69 

In Efftxims not an Overt*a£) at all of the High Treafon laid 
in the Indifitnient. After Lyoch's Examination, MattJuvB 
flnnket was fworn, and among other Particulars, deposM, 
That Mr. Lay^r esk*d him if he knew any Serjeants in 
the Guards, ror he wanted AichSoldiers as this Witnefs, 
that could difcipline a M«b; for they had other Men 
enough amongd them ^ but if they could get fome old 
Soldiers, they would be finely rewarded. 'That then 
they began to reafon about the Pretender, and this IV it- 
nefs, objecting he was aPapift, Mr. Layer anfwerM, ITAaf 
Difference is there ket'wen a Fafifi King and a Lutheran 
King ? Adding^ thtft as it 'was^ the Nation vfosenJUiv^d^ and 
the Feople v>ere oUig'd to he Slaves. That this Witnefs 
then asking the Prifoner, who was the Promoter of this, 
that might join them? Mr, L^yfr faid, You fee 'what In- 
juftice is done teyou^ you have fervid ahroad^ and others have 
been put over your Head ^ you have had and found great Hard" 
jkips. That the Witnefs dill asking him who promoted 
this. Layer faidj the Lord North and Grey^ who was a 
fine Genera^, and that he alfo mention^ the Earl of 
Strafford \ and ask'd this Witnefs, what he thought of * 
them ! To which he reply'd, that they were great Men, 
and Peers of the Land : That then Mr. Layer ask'd him. 
What he thought of General Primrofe, and General Webb ? 
That as to the former, this Witneft anfwerM, That he 
n»as €n old Man ; and as to the latter. That he had heard 
of his Fame. That afterwards Mr. Layer fent to this De- 
ponent one Mr. Jeffreys^ a Nonjuring Clergy-Man, who 
told him, he was employed by Mr* Layer to go to fuch 
as the Witnefs was, who were old Serjeants, to get a Par- 
cel together to difcipline Citizens, ai^d other Mob in thte 
Country. That hede/lr'd him to get Men in Readfnefs, 
and gave him a Hal/-Guinea as a Token which Mr Layer 
had fent him to gij^e this Witnefs Encouragement.That at 
otherTimcs MrX^^r gave him Money to encourage him. 
That be brought td the Prifoner one JohirChildy an old 
Soldier, as thinking he might be of Service to them. 
That having toW the Nonjuring Minifter, he had got 
twenty-five Soldiers, Mr. Layer prcfs'd him to give him 
a Lift of them, that hfe might know where their Habi- 
tations were, and that they might be in Readinefjs at the 
Time : And that this Deponent asking what they would 
do for Arms? Mr. Layer faid, No Fear of Arms ^ and that 
Arms vfould he provided for them' 

The Prifoner and his Counfel having crofs-examin^d 
Mattheia Flunket^ the King's Counfel proceeded to Ihtfw 
how Mr. Layer\ Papers taken in Mrs. Mafon\ Houfe, 

i^ame 






I 



1 



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70 The Hiftorkal Re^ifter N« XXIX 

came to be in her Poffefllon, and to prove that the Scheme 
of the Confpiracy abovementionM, which was found a- 
mong thefc Papers, wa? Mr. Layer^s own Hand- Writing. 
T^^efe Particulars were made out by the Evidence of 
John Turner^ sm&Ed'uoard Sfear^ two of the King's Mcf- 
fengers, who were eraploy*d to feixe Mrs. Cook and Mrs. 
Mnj^n } of Mrs. £/iac. Majon, with whom Mr. Layer had 
lodgM two Bundles of Papers that were found in hcK. 
Culiody ; and of Mr. Doyley^ a Country Attorney, whofe 
Clerk Mr. Layer had formerly been, and who faid, he 
bciiev'd, that the Paper he was Ihewn, v/x.. the.Schemc 
of the Confpiracy was Mr. Layer^s Hand- Writing, and 
that he founded his Belief upon comparing that Writing 
with the Letters he had received from Mr. Layer ; and in 
the laft Place, of Mr. Delafaye and Mr. Stanyan^ two 
Under-Secretaries to the Secretaries of State, who at- 
tended- the Lords of the Council, when Mr. Layer was 
examined before them, and who deposM, that when Mr. 
Layer was there fkew'd thePaper^ the Scheme in Queltion, 
as his own Hand*Writing, which faid, Armi that are 
' there lodg^d^ lie was fo far from difowning it, that he 
infinuated the contrary, anfwering, He fliould have.nmit 
Arms tkatjhould there he lodged. 

It is obfervable, that in-the Crofs-examining Mrs. Ma- 
y5ff, the Prifoner ask'd her, whether £he ever went by the 
Names of Herhert^ Corhety or Bevan ? Which unlucky 
Queftious nettled that Witnefsj and gave Occafion to 
Mr. Attorney-General to ask her what Names the Pri- 
foner at the Bar had gone by ? To this ihe anfwerM, that 
Mr. Layer had given her Orders that if any Letter came 
directed in the Name of Fountaine ihe ihould take it in ; 
accordingly in two or three Days Time, there came a 
Letter directed to Mr. Fountaine^ which flie took in, and 
when he canle, gav? it to him, and he open'd it and 
read it; which Part of her Evidence went a great Way 
toconvift him. 

Mr. Attorney -General having priy'd that the Papers 
might be read, Mr. Hungerford faid, hc'hop'd they ihould 
not, becaufe the Evidence which had been given for the 
King> had not brought them Hoine to the Prifoner: 
That there was no legal Proof that the Papers were of 
his Hand-Writing, and confequently he could not be af- 
fected by any Thing that was in them : That what was 
faid of the Likenefs of Hands was no Evidence aX all. That 
the firft Witnefs, Mr, DoyJey^ had indeed faid, it was like 
bis Hand ; Jbut that he gave that Opinion of his, on 

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N°XXIX for the Tear 172:^, 71 

the Knowledge he had of the Prifoncr's Hand fourteen 
Years ago, and by fome Letters he receiv'd from him 
about five Years iince : And that Men's Hajjds may dif- 
fer and vary even in five, much more in fourteen Years. 
What follows, added Mr. Hungerford^ is the Evidence 
that Has . been given by the Gentlemen belonging to the 
Settetarics-Office : I perfonally know them. to be Gentle- 
men of good Senfe, Integrity, and Honour; and for my 
Part I believe every Word they fay, which is more 
than I can fay of the other Witneffes hitherto produced : 
But what thefe fay, doth not with Submiffion affefit the 
Prifoner: They were prefent when the Prifoncr was 
examined before the Lords of the Council; none of 
them heard the Prifoner acknowledge that the Papers 
were writ by him, or that he did own them as his; 
neither was he ask'd any Queftion to that Purpofe, nei- 
ther did the Nature of the ExamiMtion the Lords of 
Council were th^n upon, lead them % fuch a Queftion: 
The Lords were not askiAg Mr. hayer Queftions to fix 
an Evidence upon himfelf. But the Lords having fome 
Papers before them, and according to the Duty of 
their high Stations, being intent upon difcovering what 
might be of Danger to his Majefty and the PublickL 
they ask'd Mr. hayer^ where the Arms were depofited 
at Weftmirjfer ? He anfwers, that he knew of none there, 
or to that Purpofe. It cannot in Law, or Reafon, be 
hence inferr'd, that he did own the Papers to be his own 
Hand -Writing. The only Evidence therefore which can 
be infifted on, to entitle thfefe Papers to be read, is the 
Evidence of Likenefis of Hand, which is no Evidence at 
all in a criminal Cafe. In my Lady Carr\ Cafe, it was 
not allow'd to be Evidence ; and yet that was not a Ca- 
pital Cafe, but a Cafe of Mifdemeanour only, it was 
Perjury. But there is an Authority beyond all that ; 
we have the Afitof Parliament for the Reverfal of the 
Attainder of Colonel Sidney^ who had been conviftcd up- 
on Evidence given of the Similitude of Hands, and 
that a much (Ironger Proof than what appears here ; forCool! 
and Cary^ two famous Goldfmiths, fwore they beliey'd 
the treaionable Libel laid to Colonel Sidney^ to be writ 
by him ; and aifign'd that for a Reafon of their Belief, for 
that they had receiv'd feveral Bills of him of the like 
Hand-Writing, which they conflantly paid. Nay, one 
of the Goldfmiths fwore, (as I remember the Tryrfl) 
that he faw the Colonel write a Receipt, Some other 
Cafes of this Nature might be quoted, but we depend 

»p«ii 



7a The Hijlorical Regifler N<* XXIX 

upon tKe Authority of the Lady Carres Cafe, and the 
Aft for reverling the Attainder of Colonel Sidney^ which- 
%% infistr omrSum'y for in that A61, the Reafon aifign*d for 
reverfmg -the Attainder, is, for that the Conviction and 
Attainder was founded upon a Similitude of Hands. We 
lave an altefled Copy of the Aft here rca3y to be read. 
In Confequencc of this Aft, my Lord, Similitude of 
Hands is never to be given ^s Evidence in a criminal 
Cafe : And therefore we humbly hope, that this Paper 
is not fo prov'd, as to be rejid in any Court, but muil be 
rejefted ; It is not provM to be his Hand by any that 
ever faw him write, neither hath any Body heard him 
•wn it to be his. 

Then Mr. Ketelhey begg'd Leave to fay a few Words 
in. Support of this Objeftion, and faid. We don't know 
what is the Purport of this Paper. I dare fay, Af r. 
Hungerfordj as wcB as my felf, hath not feen one Tit- 
tle relating to it whatfoever j« but I hope, for the Sake 
of Evidence, the facred and eternal Rule of Evidence, 
that Similitude of Hands fliall not go for Proof, where 
m. Peflbn is charged with a Capital Offence. We fhall in 
due Time endeavour to lay before the Court feveral ma- 
terial Objeftions XO0 the Credit of fome of the Wit- 
nefles ; but at prefent we mufl fuppofe them unexception- 
able, and confider, withrefpeft to this f^ngle Point, 
whether this Paper is fuificiently prov'd to be his Hand* 
Writing, fo as to be read? Mrs. mafon and the Melfen* 
gers have cndeavour'd, by a jumbling * Evidence, to 
prove the Identity of the Papers, and to hand them 
down from one to another ; But how do they appear to 
be of the Prifoner^s Hand-Writing ? Mr. Boyley fa^s, 
fourteen or fifteen Years ago he was his Clerk, that nve 
Years ago he received Letters from him, and that he 
chiefly founded his Opinion that it was the Prifoner's 
Hand-Writing, becaufe lie had compar'd it with thofc 
Letters, and that the Hands were alike : And yet thofe 
Letters with which he comparM this Paper he hath not 
in Court to produce. This is the Suoftance of Doy* 
Uy\ Evidence. My Lord, I humbly infift that this 
is not fufficient; and if Coi&parifon of Hands was 
to be Evidence, furely this would not do, unlefs he pro- 
duced thofe Papers, on which he owns he founded, his 
fipdnion. 1 refer it to the Jury/ whether he may not 
|ioi&bly, nay probably, , make an erroneous Judgment. 
Shall a Man be believM out of his Life, becaufe the 
Witi^fs faMT him write fif teea Years ago ? And received 

Letttts 



l4^ XXIX for the Tear 1723. 73 

Leuers from hini five Yetrs ago? Is any Thins ^^tt 
changeable i]ian' a Mah'< Hand-Writing ^ Can eftlier of 
you^ Gentkmen, tak6 u'pon you to (ky what is, or is 
not your Writing after fo great a iJength of Time? 
Wou^il not the difereiit Subjefits, the^one a common 
Letter of Bufm^s, the other & treafonable Scheme, make 
<^ fekfibie Vstriation even in a Man's uftial Charafter? 
The Cftfe of tny Lady Carr M teponed in Siderjin^ Pol. 
419. and was tipon an Indifbnent of Perjury, an Ofi 
fence of a much loyrer Nature than what this Gentiemih 
|s now tried for t There a Witnefs fwore he believed the 
Paper produced in Court to be her Hand ; but the G)urt 
declared,. thit Evidence was infufEdent, and ought riot 
%o be admitted ). and atcoi-dingiy flio was acquitted. But 
the higheft Authority is what Mr. Hunger fir d hath ha- 
. med, the Aft of Parliaanent for the Reverfal of the At- 
tainder of Colonel Sidney ; and we have a Witneft here 
ready, that examined it with the Record^ that proves it 
to be a true Copy. Algernoon Sidney was attainted of 
Qigh*Treafon by Similitude, of Hands, and tliat was the 
Reafon of the Reverfkl. The two next Witneflbs ai*e 
Mr. Delafrye and Mr. StMtydn^ Gentlemen of Honour, 
and that would not flrain a Point upon any AccoUiit 
whatfoever. Ml*. J^lafkye doth not know, whether this 
I'aper was on the Tabic, when Mr. l^jtr was examined 
J^efore the tord$ q\ the Council^ or no : Mr. Stdnymh 
fays, he wa« fpmewhat nearer the Table, and he takes 
the Paper that is now produced to be the fame Paper 
that was upon the Table in the Room before the Lord's 
of the Council, wh«n.Mr. Laytr was there; betauft, 
when it was produced there, and ihewn to him| . te 
4Siid, IJhou^d have 'wrote Arms ffuu jhou'd he hd^i* Mr., 
Stanyan owns, that he never was askM the QueHloriy. 
Whether It 'tms Jits Hand-Writing or no f How then fhou*d 
he deny it, if it was never put to him ? And therefore 
to fky^ becaufe he did not deny a Queftlon that was ne- 
ver asked him^ thdt that (hall import, as to this parti<« 
^ular Matter, a ConFefBon, is to me lltrange and unac- 
,tx)untable I The natural Senfe of the Prironer's Words^ 
•Ai proved, is no more than this : NOy if I had fxrit H^ t 
Jkou'd have .f-mther *wrote^ Arms that ihouM be lodg'd, 
than Armi thii wei« lodged. Therefore, my Lord, we 
humbly a|)pt«hend.they have not given fcvidence in tKU 
Cafe, fufficient Evidence to fupportthe Reading of thofe 
P^pers^ Yodr Lordfhips are now to lay down a perp6* 
mal'Rulc of Evidence : For lateft Posterity will pay a 

K juft 



74- ' Tb^Hiftorica l Rggifhr H^ XXIX 

■ ^ ■ ' i i 

juft. Regard, to tkf prrfcnt Dctcnninatron ; and if Cmb* 
f^tifoti of Hands in tliis Cafe be allowed as Evidence, 
the fame Rule muft lor ever Ifld in ail paxallel Cafes, 
and God ka6ws wJiaC may be the Confequence of fuch a 
Reil^lution, or who may be afford by it ! 
I Mr, Serjeant* jP^njjefij^imiirer'd, Tfcat notwitliflandiBg 
what had been objeded to the Reading of that Pa|^, lie 
hoped that k was^ proper to have it' read. That the* 
the Prifoner^s Gmnjel: had mentionM £>me Cafes to 
maintain their Objection; yet the later Authorities, and 
the conilant Courie of Evidence fince, were dirc61y *witk 
the King's Counfel, particularly, the Cafe, of my Lord 
Preftofty where eight or nine of the Judges were preient. 
Mr. Attorney-General urged, that they had given very 
proper Evidence to entitle them to read that Paper. 
That what was ailedged, in the Lady Carr*% Cafe, about 
a Letter, did not appear at all to relate to the Cafe 
there ; and if any judge did lay down fuch a Pofition, 
as had been mentionM on the Prifoner's Side, the Mean- 
ing muft be, that an Anfwer on Oath ihall not be falii> 
fyM by a Letter only under the Party's Hand, and that 
fuch a Letter ihould not be a fuficient Evidence to con- 
vift him of Perjury. That as to the Cafe of Colonel 
Sidney^ it was very well known, that it was generally 
thought txtreamly hard, to make his having by him a 
general Trad, wtit in Anfwer to a particular Book, and 
kqpt private in his Clofet, an Overt;Aft of High-Trea- 
.fon, for which he was found Guilty and attainted. And 
ther^ore it was no Wonder, when this came into the 
Parliament^ that they refented this Proceeding, and re- 
vcrs'd his Attainder. That the Reafons recited in the Aft, 
mere accumulative; every Step taken in that Proceeding 
betAg.<:omplaln'd of, and no Strefs> laid only upon the 
Proof of that Traft. And that, if the Nature of the Evi- 
dence they (the King's Counfel) had given to prove the 
Paper {thi Scheme) in Queftion, to be the Prifoncr's 
Hand, .was confider'd, it flood clear of any material Ob- 
jeaion that could be^raifed from that Aft. My Lord 
Chief JuftUe having given a full Determination for the 
King's Counfel, the whole Scheme, zf above fet down; 
was read by the Clerk of the Crovojt, as was alfo one of the 
Notes or Receipts fubfcribed James R. to which the Pri- 
foner's Counfel raifed Objeaions; tho' they had before- 
hand been told by ray Lord Chief Juftice. That thefe 
Papers were not read as if the Hand was proved, but on- 
ly as Papers found on the Prifoner as had been adjudg- 
ed 



J ■ ' V ^ ' 



NO XXIX for the Tear 1723. 75 

cd in the Lord frefiovCs Cafe 5 tho* the Proof wa& not fo 
ilrang tKere, as the Proof of the Scheme againft the Pri- 
loner. 

.AfjFer this, Mr. Stanyan was again examinM by the 
King's Counfel, as to the Prifoner's G>nfeffion before the 
Lords of the Council, and depofed, that upon the Lords 
asking Mr. Layer the Meaning of thofe Receipts, flgned 
by the Pretender, and what Ufe he made of them, he 
faid, that during the Time he was at Rome^ he had fet- 
tled a Correfpondence with Sir William Ellis^ and fome 
Time afterwards he writ to Sir William Ellis^ according 
to the Dire^ions he gave him, and he told him, // he 
cotdd fend any Receipts finned hy his Majefty^ or the King^ 
as he calVd him^ his thought Money might he raifed upon them 
for carrying en the Caufe, That thefe were near the Words, 
a^ leafl, he was fure they were the Purport of them, as 
it was reduced into Writing, by this Deponent and Mr. 
Delafaye- That Mr. Layer's Examination lafled about 
four or five Hours. That lAr. Belafaye took the Heads • 
of the Queilions propounded, and this Deponent fate 
nrtir the Table, lookM over Mr. Delafaye^ attended to 
tl^e Queiiions and Anfwers ; fo that they could 'fet one 
another right when they came to confider them : But 
that what they wrote was not read over to Mr, Layer. 
Mr. Ketelbey obferving, whether it was ever known for 
one to take the Queflions, and the other the Anfwers, 
and then to compare them together, in order to make a 
Confeffion? Mr. Stanyan tLnCwer^d in the Negative, ad- 
ding, that Mr. Delafaye wrote down hoth the Quehions 
and Anfwers. That what Mr. Delafaye and this Depo- 
nent wrote was the Minutes of an Examination to be 
drawn out in Form. But the Lords finding Mr. Layer 
not fo candid and ingenuous as they thought he would 
havf ^een, did not a^k him to fign it ; and they (this 
Deponent and Mr. Delafaye) only made ufe of it to re* 
freih their Memories. 

The Counfel for the Prifoner having obje£ted to his 
Confeffidn being given in Evidence againft him; with- 
out having been read to hhu or figned by him ? And ur- 
ging, that a Cbnfefllon to a Juftice of Peace, in Cafes of 
Felony, unlefs read to, and figned by the Party, muft 
not be given in Evidence: They were told by my Lord 
Chief Juftice^ that they feem'd to miftake what was con- 
tencled for by the King's Council } that they were not going 
to. oflfer any Thing to beu;ead in Evidence, ^that \vas nei- 
ther read to, nor figncT by the * Prifoner j bm that if 

K 2 'V tbcrt 



7.6 The Hifforkal Ke0er *N« 3^X1X 

there is no Examinatioii reduced into Writing, and fignM 
b/ the Party, the Cohfequehcc of that is, that the Wit- 
ncfs IS at Liberty to give an Account of what was faid, 
and he may look to his Notes to refrefh iiis Memory. 
Upon tt is Determination VLr.' DeUfaye was alio exi- 
minM, and confirm'd Mr. SUnyarCs Evidence, a? to Mr. 
Layer'' t receiving the Receipts iii Queftion from Sir WtU 
Jiam EJliSy adding, that Mr. Layer'^s Intention was to 
have tried his Friends, and to have railed Money on 
thofe Receipts ; alledging for a Precedent, that a littU 
before the Reftoration of King Charles II. a Method of 
this Kind had been ufed. ' ' ' ' 

After this, the King's G)uncil proceeded to read Ibinc 
of the Letters, that were lent and pafs'd between ^ir 
William Ellif and Mr. Layer ; and in the firfl Place lat^ 
before the Court the Cyphers they made ufe of to explain 
fevcral Cant Words, and Expreffions whic^i they ufed in 
their Letters; the principal of which wcrt as foHows : 



Bsirhara^ 

Workmen^ 



'Eufiace yones^ 
James FiMntaine^ 

Surfirdy. 

Tanners^ 

Rogers^ 

Mrm Aihins^ or Mr. 

^mmens or SiwtmeTy 
Hental^ 



St. 



u 

.e 



the Army, 
Soldiers.- 

Huihis^ vAofe Wife iiwjr 
Nurje to the P'retender^r 

Child. *': ' ■'' 

Sir William EJlis. 
Ckrijhfher Layer. 
Dillon, r . 
Orrery. 
Regentf 
Tories. 

Wi^T. 

Phnhtt. 

the Fretender, 

the Lord North and Grey^ 

the Cyfher itfelf. 



The firft of the Letters that were read, was figned £«- 
fiace Jones dated the 30th of January^ direfte^ for James 
Fountaine Efq; to he left at Howcfj Coffee-houje in great 
Wild-flreet, London; and having acknowledged the Re- 
ceipt of a Letter of the 24th of I^kvemher from bis Friend, 
added, / am- entirely of his Oftnion^ as to the Method of car- 
rying, on He Manufaftory 5 the trocuring of gpod Workmen 
is the firji Step to be made, and if kf ean get fuch^ the reft 
V3illheafy^ and particularly if he m-dgainfome oft'Ji Mifi 

of 



N^^^IX- for the Tfar iji^. 77 

of Mrs. Barbara SmitliV, I knoyf it vjouJd he very affreeahl^ tq^ 
ali concern* i^ an4 particularly to Mr, Atkins, to- Vibom hf 
Jfoike of'Writiiii\ ^and nx^ich' iMtfai'nffd^ wlihe very 
Mccef table \ stndif(e tMnks fit to inciofi it to wr. IJhall car}* 
pey it fafely into hi f J(fands^ w/w,' I find., ijoas very ghd to 
hear o/ii/n, countti^er^ much i^on his Friendjhip^ and hopes 
for the (Continuance of ^, I made his^ Compliments to J8(r, * 
Timothy Watfon*s V^fij 'who, took them very Vndly^ undre* * 
turns her\ yoith )ter moft h^mhl^ Service. She and her Charj[p 
0re very vkH^ Gttdlfe prais^d^ as are alfo all Friends her^. '" 

TJ>e ^pnd Letter d^ie4 tlie i jth of yuly^ 1722, fign'd 
KX. O'c. dht&eit atsthe former, fo^ yalh^s Vounfdirie^ El^S 
3r.i$^ follows: ♦ . .». 

Dear Sir, 

T Received v»th aH poJfihU Sathfa^on yout mojf affeSlkmate . 
Letter of the %th of May naftijr, its inclos'^dy niohkh wt 
frefently delivered to Mr, St. John, njohg took it txtream 
iindly^ hut could^ not^vieU underfland *\»kat relates to Mr, 
Burrord 5 he hope 5^ your Anfwer to 'mfiat I nxrit in the Be 
linning of lafi Month^ may foori char that : You vuJi have] 
Jeen hy vshat I then told va«, that theform& came fafe to' 
kff Stands^ and the Reafin of yimr not having had a diftinif 
Anjvoer to it. Me had the Stockings you fent for him, and 
returns you many Thanh for them \ as alfo for all other Marks 
of your AffeEiion and Concern fir him and ids, and 'wll it 
r^aiy tojhe^ his Senfe thereof on aH Occafions. I am in ear* 
nefi 'Exf elation of heating foon again from you^ and am, v^k 
all poffihle Afftition andJEjieem. 

Dear Sir, 
For James Fountaine, Efq; Your moft faithftil and - 
to be left at ~Ho^r% Coffee'^ moil humble Servant 

Tloufe in Great. Wild'Street^ N. C 

London. 

m 

The third Letter dated the 27th of May, fignM by 
no Body, nor dire6)ed to any Body, was rcaa as fbllowf, 

Dear Sir, 

I Received viith a great deal of Fleafure.^ the Favour 6f 
your moji ohligtng Letter ofiidof March, wth an inclosed 
for our friend, voho 'uoas very glad to heanf^om you \ and 
is veryfrnfihle of, and takes very kindly the Care you take of 
his little Concern* there \ hut fays, he doth not fufficiently 
Underfiand the State you fent, Jo as to he ahli tio make a far^ 
. '' '. tlindat 



\ 



7^ The Wftoricai Regifter V^ XXIX 

tkular Anfwer^ till yot4 JhaU further explain it f there he^ 
ini fame Tenants mention d hy you^ lahofe Names he does not 
find in the Rjentai^ as Bur^rdf Steel, Digby, the little 
Soldier, and Simmons \ the letter ^ ht helieves^ Jhould he 
Slmmes, he is of the North, ^grey-hair^d Ancient Man^ ^hom 
kit. very vjell rememkers^ and has a fartiadar Efteem and 
J^al^for^ as aver^ load Tenant^ and averyhonefiMan, 

. Jill Friends kere^ are in ftrfeif fpifd Health^ God he thank- 
ed^ Mtd rememher them/elves hndly to youy, fs^d I am mojf en- 
tireiyyoursj &c. 

After having given f ihort Explanation of theie Let«^ 
tcrs, by the Cypher, above-mentionM, the King^s Coun^ 
iel caufed feveral Papers to be read, being Liits of the 
Officers Nam^s, (with Marks and Numbers to fome of 
them) and Acc«iui);t6.of the Number of the Pfficers and 
Soldiers in the fird, fecond,. ai^d third Regiment of Foot-n 
Guards; of, the four Troops of HorfcHCiuards, of the. 
t^o. Tioops of Horff -Grenadiers ^ and o£ the great 0&* - 
cers in the Tower : But Mr. Attorney-General prcvi- 
©ufly obferv'd, that infotne of the Lifts, there were the- 
Naracjs of feveral ;Perfoa5X)f very great Honour and Loy- 
alty to his Majefiv J but that the reading of them was 
to fljew, that the Prifoner :was confulting how he might 
get an Account of the Number of the Forces. To which, 
My'L<?rd Chief Juftice added, he fujpposM the Prifo- 
ner was taking a Survey of the Perfons that were of, 
the. Guards, that he might be capable of making a 
Judgment. 

After this, in order to fupport the Evidence of Lynch 
and Flunket^ in Relation to fome particular Fa£ts, the 
King^^ Counfel offered to produce Witneffes,*to prove that 
the pjifoner had been at Rome^ 4Uid corresponded with 
the Pretender and his Miniflers. This was opposed by 
Mr. Layer's Counfel, on Pretence, that the correfpond- 
ing with the Pretender, being made High Treafon by 
another AJSt of Parliament, not by the Aft of Parlia- 
ment upon which the Prifoner was indicted; therefore 
his being at Rame^ or corref ponding 4kth the Pretender, 
could not be offered as an Evidence of High Treafon up- 
on this Indiftaient. They were anfwer'4, that it was 
only to fliew tha Probability of his receiving thofe Re- 
ceipts above-mention'd ; and Sir WiUiam ^///Vs Letters ; 
* and the Lord Chief Juftice having deteyminM, that as 
thif Evidence was offered, it was very proper- Mr, Sta- 
nyan gave Evidence, that when Mr. Layer was cxaminM, 

he 



■ N^XXIX for thiTp^fJj^^. - JB 

■ ■ ■ ■ ^mmmim^m^ » I « li > ^ > I l nQ > . « « ■ . \ ■ ♦■111- 

he acknowledged he had been at Remt^ -tnA rctumVlfrom 
thence in July ^ 1721; and th^itive Kadtiiro Contoences 
with the Pretender. ' vi '.".j^^rfj' • 

Mr. Ktttlhey^ one of theCourffelf<j«» thcr PfiObher, 
faid thereupon. That Mr. Stariyan hal^iAg'takeh MiittDCek 
of Mr. Layer^s Examination^ he had fradierftif: the Mi- 
nutes, than truft to his Memory^ that in the Ttyal'oC 
the two Bailiffs in this Court, the ' Subflance of what 
the Deceas'd faid was reducM "into Writing, and tlierd- 
fore the Parole^Evidence was rejected ; that he hat 
not the Icaft Difref^)e6t for Mr. Stanymn^ and could take 
his Word for any Thing but his Client's Life; and t 

therefore he hop'd he fhould produce thofe Notes; which ^"^ 

he had referrM to. Mr. Hur^erford having alio infiiied up- ' 

on it, my Lord Chief Juflice askM Mr. Stanyan whether 
he had thofe Minutes in Court ? Mr. Stanyan anfwer^d, 
he had^ but the King*s Counfel did not think fit to pro- 
duce them; alledging, that the Prifoner's Counfel dcfi- , 
ring to have thofe Minutes read, was not fo much for 
the Sake of their own CHent, as ibr the Sake of other 
People ; and that there might be many Things that were 
not material to the prefei^ Cafe of Mr. Layer. 

Then the King's Counfel proceeded in the Hirther 
Examination of Mr. Stanyan^ who deposed, that the 
Lords having askM Mr. Layer^ if he had feen any De- 
claration? He faid, No, he %ad only the Heads of one, 
irhich he drew himftlf ; that he believ'd one Wilfon had 
it, and that the only Perfons that had feen it,' were 
that Wilfon^ one William J^ffreys^ a nonjuring Far- 
fon, and one Lyncht 'Mr. Stknyan gave alfo in Evi- 
dence feveral other Parts' of Mr. Layer^s ConfefCon, 
before the Lords of the Council 5 particularly, that • 
Lynch having told Layer^ he would fcize the Lord C<r. 
io^an^ Layer recommended him to the Lord iVbrfA and 
^rey^ as a proper perfbn for fuch an Attempt. That fe- 
veral Healths were drunk (whether juft at Dinner or 
afterwards, he could not be pofitive) which were begun 
by the Lord North and Grey^ and after Dinner, there 
came in a Man they callM a Citizen, and they drank the 
Pretender's Health, his Wife, and the young Prince.— 
Tliat in the Conference Mr. Layer had with the Preten- 
der, he took Occafion tofpeak oi' the Difcontents of 'the 
Nation, which had been ocpafion'd by the Loffes fuftain'i 
in the South-Sea. That * e Pretender asking him if he , 
)mew any Perfons of Diiiinaion in that Cafe ? He Af id, < 
that he knew a great many that were well affected to his 

t • Inxereft^ 



% Tbi Hi/iericat Rk^i fter J^I^X XIX 

Xotereft, tkat lie wiis not aCqiiAiiited wirh People of Quift^ 
lit/^ but tlittlM knew feveral of good Eiiates, thatweee 
ireit «iiB6Mll»lih Interrft. Tliat upon this, the Pre- 
ttaost ask'i him feveral QucAlona ; ffiye he^ it niuft be 
Tfety fexpdniiye to:^DOiC to come hither to Komi., itlnujt 
coft you %ooL No, faith he^not abo^e half fo milch. That 
iteiithePrJrteiidet.ptiVd nis Zealand commended hijoi : 
That after that, Mr. iit^ isk'd the I*retertdcr to give 
liidi Ibme Tokens, or Credentials, that he migiit have 
Ibmething ftom his Majefly^ that wou'd. be a Means of 
his sainiisg Credit amon^ his Friends here^ that he 
fcld, the PretcAdcr fcrupied that? that, Mr. lAijir 
f«o^*d afterwardfe that the Pretender'^ Wife .fli(ni'4 
fland Godmother to his Daughter^ (to Mr. Layer* s DaUgh^ 
.ter ) that afterwards Colonel jfiTty, to ^hom he wa^ in- 
troduce at the Pretender's Court, bf ou^ht him Word 
that the Pretender's Wife would (land as Godmother to 
his Child : But then the Queiiion was. Who (hou'd t^ 
prefent her ? And after fome Time, it was proposed to 
Mr. Z^jFer, to find out a fit Prefon to reprefent hef. 
Mr. hgyer proposed the Dutcl^pl^! of Ormond,, which wm 
«gfced to 5 after that, the Prctcnder4^grced toftandGod- 
fathier witb his Wife,tind then the Point was, who (hourd 
rept-efent him ? And Colonel Hay told hi^, that hemufl 
take Care of that, to find a proper Perfon to reprefent 
iiis Majefty. That' in Pilrfuance of this, when Mr. Layi 
er came into England^ he zppXy^d himlblf to one Mr. 
Thmnffinj to fpeak to mv Lord Orrery^ to (Und to repre- 
fent the Pretender^ with the Dutohefs of Ormnd : But 
thatfthe Lord Orrery declln'd it; and afterwards he got 
the Lord Nftrth and Qrey ts^ iUiid« That Mn Tk%mpfon 
did chrifien his Child^ the Lord North and Qny and the 
3Dutchefs of Onwovu^ ihmdiilg as Proxies for the Preten^ 
der aiid Ms Wife^ that When he was ask'd by the Lords^ 
Who were in Company at the Chriflening ? He faid, on)/ 
the Dtttchefs of Ormnd^ the Lord N^rth and Grey^ M^. 
Thompfin the Nf inifter, himfelf^ and his Wife, and ano- 
ther Woman, at whofe Houfe the Chridening was per^ 
form'd ; but he faid, ihe was not prefent in the Rooni^ 
tho' ihe aifiiled at the Chriftening. 

Mr. DeUifaye confirmed Mr. StanyatCi Evidence, and 
depoa'd, that Mr. hayer declared to the Lords of tKo 
Council, that he had b^en at ^omt ; that he had had two 
Cl^onferencea with the Pretender i;?hpm he. had acquainf^ 
ed with the Difa&aion of the Nation, wit)i rei(pe6t t9 
pie Lofles that had been fufiaih'd by the Soutk-Sea : He 

faid. 



N'^* XXIX . . for the Tear jji^. ' . ^i 

(aid, in general' the Nation was well aflFc£ted, that he 
knewPerfons df Eikte,not Qual Jty, that wercln'hisln- 
terieil : That then he proposed to .ha>^e Credentials or T<i- 
keils of the Pretender's Regard to hlrti, whfch not befng 
granted him, ' then* he deiired the 'Pfetender*s Spou^ 
ihould ftand Godmother to his Child. The Pretender 
faid he would con^de'r of it j that Colonel Hay afterwards 
brought him Word that flie confcnted, and then there 
were fome Conferences, who fhould reprefent her : That 
it was agreed the Dutchefs of Ormond fhould reprefent 
her; that Mr. Layer delirtng a Credential or Token to 
the Dutchefs of Ormytd^ Hay told' him, without that fte 
would ftand 5 only^ faid he, carry a Mejpige^ that the Dukfi 
h "uv//, and gone to Madrid. That Layer defircd to know 
who fhould ftand as Godfather ? ^/?jy, the Kini himfeff^ 
that is, the Pretender; and Layer deliring to know who 
was to reprefent him ; he defircd to be excufed, but 
Layer would find out one upon his Return into En^Jand^ 
that was proper for that Purpofe : That when he came in- 
to Enilandy being at a Lofs for a Perfon to reprefent ihi 
Pretender, he went to Mr. Thompfon to advife withhini 
about it, who went to the Lord. Orrfrj^, to defire him to 
ftand as Proxy for the Pretender : That the Lord Orre^ 
ry declining it, then he went to the Lord North and ^rey^ 
who accepted it j that the Child waschriWen'd at Cheljea^ 
fas this Witncfs took it) at a Houfe, where there was a 
China-Shop. That it was in the Spring, what Day, the 
Deponent could not tell. That he faid, there was hi« 
Wife; the Lord , North and drey^, who iiood for the Pre; 
tender; and the Dutchefs of Ormndj who flood for th6 
Pretender's Wife ; the Woman of theHoufe, but fhe wa's 
not within the Room at the Chrfltenlrtg. Mf. Layer 
ownM, he had drawn Heads of a Declaration ; and thslt 
when he was going to my Lord North and Grey^n, he 
did fhew it . to Mr*. lywrA, at the Green Man^ as he was 
op his Way thither. That Mr. Lynch having told him^ 
he would feite upon the Lord Cadogart^ he did recommend 
him to the Lord TVbrfA and Gyey^ as a prpper PerfonTdf* ' 
that Attempt. That the fcfeond Time he recommended, 
him, he had propos'd carrying Lynch to the Lord North 
and Greft ; he having told him, x^tlX he was a very ho- 
nieft Man, fit to be. concerned in an InAirreftion ; and 
that L^i^er having told Lynch his Lordfhip was to beat ^ 
theHead^f the Defign, Lyn:h was inpatient tb wait vp» 

imhim. 

L» - Then 



If The Hiforical Regipr' N<» XXlX 



mm 



. Thf n the King's Qounlel proceeded to prove that tliere 
were Arras at the Prifoner's Houfe, when he wasfeiz^d 9 
and Mr. Stanyan and Colonel Huske fwore to two or three 
"Sfwords, two Cafef of Piftols, two Fu2ees, a fiiunder-* 
1)ufs, all ready iotded^ fome other Arms, and about 40 
Cartridges, with a Bail, or Bullet made up at the End. 
of each Cartridge, which Colonel Huske believM would fit 
the two Fuzees he faw. 

Two other Witneffes, Mr. Smeyhert, and Mrs. Hay^ 
were, afterwards fworn, and depos d, that they faw the 
pPrifonerat Rome^ about Year and half before^ and that 
be was there a Week or a Fortnight. In the laft Place, 
the King's Counfel produced Mr. Squtre^ one of thp 
King's Mcffengers, and other Witneffes to prove that 
Mr. Layer had made his Efcape out of the faid Meflen^ 
jger's Cuftody, as was opcn'd before 5 and then Mr. Ser- 
jeant Fengelly declar'd, they had gone through their E- 
viclehoe, and Ihould reft it here. 

Thereupon Mr. Hmgerford addreffing himfeif to the 
Court, and the Gentlemen of the Jury, made a long and 
learned Speech, wherein he reprefented, that the Prifo- 
tier was indi£led upon the Statute of the 25th of Edward 
tIL comnionly call'd the Statute De frodstionthus ^ that 
by that A6t it is declar'd Treafon, to compafs or ima- 
gine the Death of the King, as alfo to.levy War againft 
liim. That it is not faid, that to defign or contrive to 
levy War only, ihall be Treafon. That • the Treafon laid 
to the Prifoner's Charge, was comparing and imagining 
the Death of the King; and the Overt- A£ts laid to hia 
Charge, were, that he did confult and confpire to levy 
iVar; thathe did publifha treafonable Libel, to incite 
an iifurrefilion ; that he confulted to put the Pretender 
upon, the Throne, and toTeize and imprifon the King;, 
lliat there was no Evidence of ajiy of thcfe Overt-A.£t^ 
attempted to be given in Evidence agafnft him in SJfex^ 
iave only that of publifhing a treafonable Libel, which 
khe 'King's Couniel would infinuate to be the Preten* 
der's Declaration. That the Evidence of the other O 
vert-Afiis were attempted to be prov'd in Middle fex^ 
and that in Truth, thegreateft Part of the whole Traal^ 
H^ion was by the King's own Evidence provM to be in 
that County^ That therefore he wonder'd the Indi^ment 
was^not laid there : But that the Indictment being Uid in 
MJpiXy if an A6t of High Treafon was not proved to have 
been committed by the Prifoner in that Count|i^ he muft 
Jbe^'dBquitted. That he (Mr. HungerfirdJ might In/ift, 

that 



N«XXIX /or the Tear 1723. 8^ 



iJtoJUtf' 



that an actual Levying of War, and not deiigning to Je-^ 
vy War, being made Trcaf6n by the Statute of Trea'-' 
Ijons, the publiihing a Paper, which purports at the ut-. 
naofl, but an Intention only to levy War, or raife a Re-. 
]?cllion, 18 not Treafon, and confequently not a legaf 
Overt- A6t within that Statute 5 to warrant which Opi- 
nion, he quoted feveral Authorities : That he only hint- 
ed this Matter, for he well knew what Determinations, 
the Judges had of late Yer.rs given upon this Obje^ion :' 
But he hopM, in this Cafe, therp would be noOcca- 
fioB for an entire Dependence upon this Objeftipn, an4- 
that it would appear, that no fuch Overt-Aft as was. 
laid in the Indiftment, that; is, publiljiing the Preten-' 
tender's Declaration at the Qreen Man^ -was at all 
provM. That the Evidence given touching that MatJ^ 
ter,^ was only^by Mr. hynck ; that he gives an Ac^ 
<;ount, that at the Qreen Man^ before Dinner was- 
brought up, the PriCbner. gave him a Paper, which Mr. 
Lynck, 4md not the Pxifoner, call'd the Pretender's Iter. 
claration. That Mr> XywcA read only one Paragraph in^ 
it, whereby, as h^ faid, the Soldiers wt re attempted to- 
be allur*d from his Majefty's Service. ' That this was the, 
whole Evid^nct given,- touching any OflFence committed 
in the County of E^fef^ : For as to any jtreafonable Dif- 
courfe (between Lynch and the Prifoner) between AldgaU 
and the Qr^en Man^ they could not in Juflice, and '^ith* 
out 2L particular proof to that Purpofe, be chargM upoa 
the Prifoner tp be done in EJJex^ a great Part of the 
Way, v«u from jiUgate to JBoa»-Bii<(gje, being in Middies 
fex^ and not in thp County of EJfex. That therefore 
theyhop'd, li^. there was no Evidence to convince the 
Jury that finy fuch Declaration was publifliM at all, 
2dly. That jif there was a Paper, read there, the Papei: 
read was not an Aft of High Treafon. That the Timd 
that the Prifonejf and M.T. Lynch (laid at the (?rff9 J^9^ 
was fo ihort, that whatever was tranfafted, was admit* 
ted on all Han4^, to be dojae before a Beef-Stake was diih*d 
vp, and therefore ^here could be no Time for fo folemii 
an A€t as publiAilng a Declaration to overturn three 
Kingdoxxx«. But that in the laft Place, if the Prifoner 
gave Mr. Lsnfk any Paper to read, a Paragraph whereof 
was to the Purpofbs Mr. 'Lynch related ; yet lUch a Pajper 
coujld not beimpvited to the Prifoner as an A£t of Hjigh 
Treafon : For jthierc was but a few Lines of the PaperTOid^ 
aa(i thetcft were not read at all, either by Mr.ZLynri&,«r 
the Prifoner I a^ he (Mr. Um^erfcrd) never knew that 
Part of a Deed or Writing was ever allow'd to be givei 

La 2A 



84 The Bifiortcal Regipr N"> XXlX , 

ia. Evidence, without producing or reading the whole- 
Cih.it be faid, added he, that tjic Prifoner giving Mr. 
Lynch a Paper, of which, he read only a few Lines, an4 
then the Prifoner takes it up again, is a Publiihing 
i tf eafonable Paper, or in Truth a Publifliing of a- 
tiy Paper at all? Declarations for Rebellions are com- 
monly publiflfd in publick PlAces, to Captivate Multi-' 
tudes, and not handed from one Man to another when. 
they are expelling a Beef-Stake. There was no appointed 
or folemn Meeting, at thfe Gnen Man ; no Concourfe of 
People there, neither in Truth, by Mr. Lynch's own 
Evidence, can it be taken to be a real Declaration 5 for 
Ke fays, as I remember, that in that Paper it was men* 
tipn'd, that the t-ord Qadogan was In Cuftody 5 that 
Fa£l is utterly falfe, his Lordfhip neither was, nor isfo* 

I muft fubmit to the G)nridQration ofc my Lords the 
JxldgeS, and the Jury, of how dangeroii^pConfeqiience 
CoiAruStions oi this Nature may prove to be. Before 
the Statute of Treafops, thel'eopie of. £w^/tf77i laboured 
iiadet' yaft Mifchiefs by the great Uncertainty there 
was. of what was High Treafon, aad wh$t was not. The 
tai'Mament thereupon, to eafe the t*eople of that Per- 
plexity, ;n the Twenty fifth of Zdnmrd III. pafs'd the 
taw of Treafons, for which the People then paid a great' 
Sum of Money 5 and for which, that Parliament was" 
call'd Bleffed, (Farftamentum heatumjm^i., now^ if every' 
A£t a' Man. doth, though perhaps teridiiig to Sediti^'' 
/lull be interpreted ta be 'an Overt- j^tt of High Treafon,' 
the Subjeft will labour' uhder the fame Incjonvenience. 
and under the fitme' Perpiexlrtes, as ^hey were before 
the-Statute of ^Treafon: .ThisPraaice-iiiay be fo far im- 
proved, that, if a"^ Man cl^Hvers a fe^itious' Ballad to a- 
nother tc^ be read, that fhail be interpreted, ah Overt- Aft. 
of H.igh Treafon, miicJr more if PeopW in their Cups; 
fliouid 'drink. fuch,. Healths^ as were faid to be drank' 
it m^ Lord , North 'md Grey's Houfe; for no 'Man 
c^dehy but that Bihere efi a^ere^ . whatever Sirihert i s., 

Mr* KeteBey en.forcM What had been oiSfer'd by Mv\ 
JPf««^tfr/(Jr<f, in Behilf 6f' the Prifoner, adding what.fbl-' 

I'oWs.. ■',.."' '^ • *■ "' • •"'.■ : ^ ' • *"■ 

. Wh*at'have they ta , charge him with fnch; an Ove¥t-' 
Aft ? Nothing but the t^^lt ;;Evidence of Lynch f He- 
h the.-ohly Perfon that^ftfeKlcr to" this'Poiht.7--- 
ftys, that they fet'bt^ritcrm /Sf/^^if^ in orderto rid*^o* 
t^e Lord North nnd'.'GVf/s, and alighted "at' the'Grcek 
^an\ that what Difcou^ftr pafs'd between them there, 
was .pefojre Dinner t He 'owns he went d^own Stairs twice 



N'^' XXIX for the Tear \i%%. 85. 

before Dihner, and fpcnt fomc Time in looking out oZ 
th^ Window, to- fed fomc iPerfons witK vhom he was* 
acquainted ^ and when the Dinner (which was foon got' 
ready) was brought up, Mr. Layer'^s Servant came a6d 
waited^ and no Difcourfe palsM there during that Time." 
He tells you, that Mr, Layer puU'd a Paper out of hi» 
Pocket, and fhew'd it to the Witnefs, who read Part o£ 
it, and that it contained treafonabl^ Matter, as laid in 
the Indiftment: This is the Subftance of what Lynch 
fwears, I took it as well as I could in Writing from 
^is Mouth. ■ • - - 

Now, my Lord, this is fufiicient to convift this Gentle- 
man of committing an Overt- A£t of High Treafon in EJfen ? 
A bare pulling a Paper out of his Pocket, and giving- 
it him to re^j where fuch and fuch a Thing is fct? 
forth, as ^^dV ^s callM a treafbi>^ble Declaration! 

My Loroffniie had pulPd out^ of his Pocket the moft 
trcafonable Paper that ever was invented, is it any mote 
than publifliing a Libel? Is that an Overt- Afit of Tret- 
fim? I will fuppofe it a Copy Of the r Pretender's Dc-* 
claration, or an Original, fuch a one as was burnt by 

(the SheriiBFs of London^ two Da^ ago; If a Man had 
that, arid pull'd it out of his Pocket, and gave it to ini^ 
other to read. Is this High Treafon ? I dare fay, if. 
any fuch Perfbn fails into Mr. Attorney*s Hands, he^ 
that always docs his Duty to the Crown as Jie ought, 
#iii go no higher than an Information for publifhing 
a Libel; and all this, my Lord, is upon a Suppofition 
that the Fa£ts are true which have been fworn by Lynch : 
But on the other ^and, there are fo many unaccounta- 
ble Circumdances in the Rektion, that an Affair of that 
Confequence fhould be tranfafted in fuch a Place, in to 
fhort ' a Time, upon fuch an accidental Bait ; whea 
one of the Confpirators was either gazing at the 
Window, or running up or down Stairs the greatell Part 
of tlie while, and- other PeKons were continually going' 
backwards *nd foVwards into the Room, or within hear- 
ing e^cry: Word -that pafs'd there; we thiiik it carries 
with it fuch an Ait of Impoflibility, that no reaibnable 
Man can give Credit to it, much lefs convift a Pcrfon of 
fo great a Crime upon fuch Evidence. 

But fuppofe what pafsM at the Qrem Man (which I am 
very far fronr admitting) fhou'd be adjudged an Ovcrt- 
Aft <if High-Treafon : How is it provM? Only by one 
Witnefs ; one fingle Witnefs to the Faft in this County ! 
Thfe'Law requires two WitnclTes to convift a Man of 
High-Treafon, and that the Jury ihou^d be returnM out 

1. ;.:i of^ 



$6^ The Wflorical Re^ifier N*' XXIX 



■w 



of tliAt Coumy whejre the Fa^t^ ^ro laid, ie winetoy be* 
caufe tke Law fuppofes them more conuiant of the Cir- 
cumAances of a Cafe which arifes in their Neighbour- 
hood : But if the Proof of one Overt- A6t in the County 
where *tis laid, by one Witnel^, A^ouM be fufiicten^ to 
let them in to prove othn* Afts, in diftant Counties, or 
la Foreign Kingdoms, thefe fundamental Rules of Law 
wou'd be totally fubvetted : How is it poiEble for a Man 
to provide or defend himfolf againil fuch an Attack ^ 
'Tis fpringing a Mine upon him ! Sudden and unexpe£l- 
od Rttin ! 

Mr. Attorney won*t ihcw any Precedent, where it ever 
was allowed to be good, that one Witnefs might prove 
the Overt'Aftin the County where it Is kid, and that 
theri they might give Evidence of Overt J^^committed 
jbi any oither County ; If your Lordfliip ^Hk^pinion ar 
^inft ttf in this Particular, then we mu(t%cg Leave to 
go farther, and d?ferve upon the reft of the Witneifcs 
they have called; not only to take off. their Credit, but 
to contradid them in *a great Mea(ure< 

My LordCfeV/ ^m/Jw. having direaed the Prilbner^a 
Counfeito goon, ULr.. Hunger fordfyo)sfi in Manner fol- 
iowing. 

Since it is your Lordlhip^s Pleafure that we ihould 
now go on, I fliall proceed to make fome Obfervations 
upon the reft of the Evidence given againft the Frifotneio 
out of the County of EjJeM. The Ob^rvations which I 
ifaall make will be in the general only, for I cannot def- 
cend to all the particular Inftances ; ii^t tke^ leafned Gnen- 
tieman who is joined w£|;h me^,ha.tn taken very exa^St 
Notes of the whole Evidence, and thenefore what I omit,' 
I am aflured he will abundantjiy fupply^ 
• The fecondWitnefs produced agaioft tjie Prifimer,1s Mr. 
Fhr^et, whofe Evidence I think <night to weigh but vcrjr 
little with any Judicature wfiatfoever. The Prifonei^^ 
meeting -with this Man was very accidental m lAnc^ltC^ 
Jm-fieids^ when they did not know each other, and yet 
they ittmodiatefy entted into a Dtfiiourie of raifi^^ a 
Rebellion, and over*turm«g two Kingdoms; :md that 
great Secret of knowing who was to be the General ; tho* 
Mn Lynch^ after long Aoquaintaace with the Prifoner, 
could not get ft out of him, yet it iwafi Jitnnnufticated 
to the eminent Witnefs Mr. FlurAet at the firft Intefi* 
View, with an Addition of mehtlontng the Names of 
twa very great Men more, the Earl of Strafford^ and <3o- 
ntxsdWebt, as inrell zSiSt^d to tke Underotking : But that 

noble 



NO XXIX for the Tear 172^. 87 

■ * 11 ■■ ■ I , , , , . 

noble EarFs and great Geaerars Services to their Countrj 
are too well known to be blemiihed by fuch an incredtr 
ble Evidence. After fome Difcourfe betwixt the Priro«i 
ner and Fiunhet about the Undertaking, in which ther^ 
was an Incident of another Nature^ whether the iMkej 
ran Religion were preferable to the Fofi/h •, and -after (a^ 
Fluriht fays) the Priibner had comx^unicated to hian att 
Intention of invaddn^ the Kingdom by fome Perfonji^ 
from abroad, the Prifoner, in ^Vcfy great Fitt)f Bou^ 
^ prefents Mn Flunfiet with the Sum of half a Crown. 
This Relation (eems to be fo improbable^, and, in Truth, 
is delivered (or rather i^nmered out) in fo wretched 
and incoherent a Manner, that I believe that no one that 
heard it, believes a Word of it. 

The Trut^^ the Scheme it felf feems rather to be s 
Chimerical jPm of fome cra2y-pated Politicians, than • 
folid Proje£lH3l' any Men of Senfe, or in their Witfc 
IVhat Undertaking can theire be Xb improbable, as that 
laid down by this Scheme, vix^ Seizing the General of 
the Army, feizing the Tovier^ feizing the Exchange^ and 
fei2ing the Bank of En^Und ; and all this with a Force 
which do not appear to con£ft of above three or foujc 
Men ? And for Money, the Sinews of War, there feeoi^ 
to be no gjieat Stock of that ; fiunhet hath about Half a 
Crown at one Time, and Half a Guinea at another ; for 
|s to the Guinea J^eys ^ve hijn, it doth not 9&Et the 
Frifoner. Mr. hynch^ indeed, who feems to be a Man ctf 
greater Weight, u^xm his frequent repeating himfelf to 
be very unea&r, got about feven or eight Guineas. -I 
mention thefeThings, Gentlemen, of the Jury, to ihen^ 
kow improbable this Part of the Evidence is of itfell^ 
and we hope to make it a^ppear to you to be the more fo, 
by the Evidence we >{hall produce to the Reputation of 
theWitnefles. ' ' 

As to the Papers of all Kinds produced as Evid^ice 
a^inU the Prifoner, we hope he cannot be afEefited by 
them, none of them being proved to be of his H^ndr 
Writing 5 as to the Arms found in thePrifoner's Houle^ 
they are no naore than what Gentlemen ufually ha^refor 
the Defence of their Family, or their Recreations ; and 
as for being at Rome^ it is admitted that that Evidence 
is not given as a Fa£t of High«Treafon ; fo ought not to 
be coafider^d as any Ingredient in the Prifcner-s Guilt: 
As to the Priibner^s endeavouring to efcape, it is no £• 
vidence of the Prifoner'a Guilt; Irfo not «iitcr into thi^ 
Coniideration, whether the Cuflody of a Meflhiger is a 

legal 



88 The Hiftorical Regifter N° XXIX 

legal Prilbn, or no; but thene is hardly a Man that is 
under any Confinement at all, but would willingly e- 
Icape into Liberty: Befides, tbe Prifoner Kith fufifcr'd 
already for that Offence, if it be one^ he hath been 
{>uf into Irons, and his attempting to efcape is the only 
Reafon that is affignM for it. 

- There was fomething (poke in the Introduction to this 
Accufation which was very remarkable, viz.. That it was a 
Defign, if it had took £fi^, that would have engaged the 
whole Nation in Blood, and would have defiroyM our Civil 
and Religious Rights : We who are of Counfel for the 
the Prifoner, have as great an Abhorrence of a Thing 
rf that Mature as any Men can have: But yet we hope, 
that Mankind is not to be led away with Shew and 
Colour, but to be guided by Reafon and'Matters of Faft. 
Is it poffible that People comid have been raised into a' 
Rebellion by a Proclamation which was never publifli*d^ 
but. by Mr. Lynches reading two or three Lines of it ? 
And which, by Mr. Lyrtch*s own Evidence, (which I for- 
got to remark before) was imperfeft 5 for he fays, that the 
Prifoner told him he intended to put in the Pretender's 
Name, which it feems was not then done; and therefore 
what was produced, was at the utmoft an imperfect 

Piece only. -— Or that the Prifoner at the 

Bar, a Man of Gentleman-like Family indeed, but of 
no great Figure or Eftate in the World, and having m^ 
Dependents or numerous Acquaintance, having no Pror 
Vifion or Men, Arms, or Ammunition, ihould, with the 
Affiftance only of a Bundle of Papers, and of Mr. Lynch 
nnd Flunket^ overturn andenflave this Kingdom. God 
.be thanked, the Protefciht Britijh Government is not fo 
eafily to be brought to Deftruftion : They might much 
fooner, (and yet I think that very difficult too) have bor- 
rowM 100,000/. of the Bank of England^ upon the blind 
Notes which they have producM, fent by Sir William EJ- 
'///, than have brought about a Revolution in this King- 
dom with fuch Materials as they feem to be pofiefs'd 

Theft Things therefore, my Lord, I urge, are Cir- 
cumilances which render all, or the greateil Part of the 
Evidence given, very improbable. 
* I ihall clofb the whole with two Paragraphs of a 
SpefcK made by one of your Lordfhip^s Predeceflbrs, 
my Lord Chief ]n^ice Scrorgs^ fitting In the fame fkcred 
Seat of JufUce^Srher^ your Lprdihlp fits : The Words are 
thefe: 

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F ona OUT Courts of Juftice comf to he aijo'd orfiMafd hy vuU 
gar Noife^ and // Judges and Juries Jhould manage themfihif 
fi^ as w>uld heft comply njoith the Humour of the Times^ 'tie 
fafjly fdld^ that Men are trfd for their Lives orFortunes ; 
thiy live hs Chance^ and enjoy 'what they have as th^ Mind 
tlovos^ and with the fame Certainty, 

Let us furfue the Flot^ a^God^s Name^ and not haulk any 
Things 'where there is Banger or Suftieion ufon reaJinaJfli 
Grounds ; hut not fo overdo it^ as tofiiev) our Leal^ vf$ vuHl 
fretendto find 'what is not \ nor Jiretehetny Thing heyond 'what 
it 'Will kear^ to reach another. 

Mr. Ketelhey having beggM Leave to go on where he 
left off with Mr. Lynches Evidence, fpoke ai foUowi: 
All Ptunket faith, was in MiddlefeM^ but whether he. U 
a credible Witnefs, you fliall hear by and by. I cannot 
but take'Notice of one Thing which is unaccounubie 1(1 
fiis Evidence, and renders it Impolfibie to be true: He 
jglves you an Account of a Letter which he received a- 
kout teh Weeks ago; he is very pofftive as to the Worda 
of the Letter, I ask'd him over and over again to it, 
lie repeats it as (\ich ; when we examinM him farther, it 
appears that he could neither write nor read ; and hov 
tit came to remember fo perfeftly^ when he could not 
yrite nor read himfclf, is very Grange. Why, faith hf^ 
it was read over to me twice, and we have beard himi 
repeat it three Times \ and I appeal to the Jury, if any- 
one of them can take upon him to repeat it again with 
that Exafitnefs the Witnefs pretends to do. 

Is it not Equally nrange, my Lord., that Jejfreys^ % 
Man of Letters, the firft Time he faw him, an ignorant 
common Serjeant in the Army, fhould immediately lali 
into Dlfcourfc with him about a Plot, and raifing a Ro* 
btfiUon, as if he had before been intimate with him i 
So iikewlfe he faith of James tlunket^ the fame Day, the 
"firft Day he came to him, he came to his own Houfe, and 
there talked to him about this AHairv as if they had 
nothing elfe to talk of but Rebellion againft the Go- 
vernments And I Aibmit it to your Lordfhip and the 
Jury, whether it ii likely or poIEbie that any Mfin of 
common Senfe would fubjeSt himfclf to fo dangerous an 
Affair to another that was tn utter Strang,e4- to him i 
But here he gives you an Account of two feveral Perfons 
under tHe ftme Imprudence, the fame Infatuation, Jawes 
YlmMet^ and tKe'Nonjuring Parlbn. Bcfidcs, there is a 

M- snanifeft 



yo The m ft oric^l Regifler N^ XXl"%' 

Biasiifcrft ContmdiftTon in his Evidence ; for at iirfl. Be 
faid, that the noniuring Parfon told him his Name was 
Jeffreyi^ the firft Time he faw him ; and afterwards be-' 
ihg crofs-examin'd, he faid, the firfl Time he knew his 
Name to b^ fo, was upon the Receipt of his Letter, and 
finding the Name fo fubfcribM'. 

The. next Witneffes gave an Account of the feizing 
the Papers, and then Mrs. Mafon. We ask'd her if thofc 
•papers had been feen b/ atty Body fince fhe had then*, 
and whether (he had Ihcwn theni, or any other Papers, 
to Str John Meers^ or any of his Servants I She pofitive-^ 
ly denies it, and faith, they were not. 

I don^t know whether thefe Papers were feen by any 

Body, for we have not one Word of 'em in our Briefs, 

"and' the' vety producing them is- a Surprizie to i^; but 

we fliail prove, that this Woman Aiew'd fome Papers to 

Sir yokn Mbers, or his Man^ and that thereupon Notice 

'was given^ and the Papers loon after feiz'd :' But whether 

'thefe are they or not^ I cannot tell. I obferv'd before, 

upon the Evidence of Mr. Delafaye^ Mr. Stanxan^ and Mr. 

Doyley ; and tho* ydur Lordfhip was of Opinion, that k 

-was iufficient to havcf the Paper call'd the Scheme read, 

yet we hope, 'tis fiir frdmbeinga conclufive Evidence, a- 

gainfl the Priioner, it not being found in his CujRo- 

dy^ and we fhall produce ft vera 1 who now are, and 

for many Years have been wdl acquainted with his 

'Hand-Writing, who will give y6ur* Lordihip their 

Thoughts of it. I believe, Mr. Attorney would not 

have endeavour'd to call Witneffes, that it was 

ffgn'd by him, and was his own Hand-Writing^ if li 

had thought it material ; yet we hope, that when our 

*Witn€ffcs arc heard, no Credit will be given by the J\^- 

Ty to- it, as a Faft to charge the Prifoaer. We fhall give 

j-ou an Account that Plunht^ Lynch^ and Mrs. Mafon^ 

'^•ifrho.are thePerfons chiefly concer h'd in the Courfe of 

this Evidence, are of fo fcandalous and vile aChara€te|r^ 

that no Regard ar all is to be had to their Teftimony. 

The moft honeft Men may miftake in their Evidence, as 

Mr. Stanyttn is pleas'd to fay j if he made any Miftakes, 

I am fatisfy'd they proceeded from a Defe£^ of Memory, 

and no Defign, and he is certainly excufable 5 but as 

for the other three, Lynck^ Flunket^ and Mafon^ wjben you 

ihall have heard Half what we have to fay againllthem, 

I dare fay they will not have the lead Credit, tho' they 

had given a much more probable Evidence tlian they 

have done : But fureh', as it is, their Evidence cannot 



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K.J. " *i. ■ II 'I . . I "I . I I I I M P 



^N^ XXIX for the Tear 1 7 23. 9.1 

•kaye ftifficknt Weight with you, to prevail Againft ttm 
Jnfe, E(!atei,and Family of the Gentlcmanherc before you, 
and to fix a perpetual Stain upon «him and hia Pdflcrity. 

■ After this, the Prifoner*8 Xounfirt proceeded to caH 
their Witneffes, and began with Mr. Machrctlu thg Ma* 
%r of K\i€Qt€€n Mc\n^ \^ho up6n Oath dcclar'd, that he 
did not know thiU Mr. L^y^r was ever in, his Houlb^ 
and' that he never faw him before in his Life. The 
very fame was deposed by 4iis Wife, who being aaJc'd 
bciides, if ever ihe heard any Thing of a Declaration, 
anfwer'd, ihe never heard any Thing of it inher f)ays. 
"John F aid freeman^ a Servant to Mr. Mackreth^ .being alfo 
ftvorn, and ask'd, whether he remembered any Thing 
of Mr. Layers being at his Matter's Houfb on the ?5tK' 
of Angufi lad? Anfwer'd, he remember'd nothing at all 
of it ; nor that he ever faw him before. 

Then the Lord North and Qrey being fw^ra, and de- 
fir'ri to give the Court and the Jury what Account be 
had of Lynch^ his Lordfkip fpoke to this Effect, 

My Lord, that Gentleman that goes by the Name o£ 
Lynch^ 1 faw twice J he came twice to my Houfc in £/• 
fesi .' I Jittle thought that my having feen him twice in 
my Houfe, ihould be t-he Occafion of my .coaning here 
in fuch a Manner. The Gentlea;^ was wlioliy aStran* 
^er 10 me, and 1 have never ieen him fmce. As to my 
felf, I cannot fay I know any Thing of him pcrfonaJiy- 
l^e ordy Thing! can fiiy, is what hefaid of himfelf. It is 
a little hard for a Man of Honour to betray Convcrfotion, 
what pafs'd over a ^ttle of Wine in Difcourfe ; b^t iince 
yoilr Lordfhip requires it, I mud fubmit. The cheif ofour 
Difcourfe was — He was rcprefentcd to me,as a Stranger 
newly come to ErgUnd^ and had a Mind to fee my Houfc 
and Gardens. Ue wm introduced and brought thete ac 
cordingly %y Mr. La^er^ and I receivM him civilly. In 
Procefs of Time,* he toid me the Hiftory of his Life, 
thus, That he was not a Spamjh butan IriJJmatj ; . and my 
Lord, I think,, educated in theCamp^ under an Uncle rf 
his.. He told, that when he was a Young Man, ht had 
taken a great many Liberties." — r- 

Here, his Lordfhip was interrupted, and told, he n)u(t 
not enter into Particulars, but only acquaint the Court 
with the CharaQer, in geneul, which Lynch gave of 
himftf tohis Lordfhip; whereupon. the Lord AV/A.and 
Grey fpoke to the Efficft following, a»/x.« I don't know 
how to anCwer it, as to his Riving a general CharaftBt 
pf himfelf. Thus ^uch I muft f^, I ffcv hiix) |F^i?#• 
r ., U ^ Ihe 



mmmimmt^mmmiammf'^fmmm^mmtm 



92 the Hiprisd Kegifter N<» XXlX 

"y. ■■ ■ . ■-'■■■ ■ . f - " 

Xhe Hrft Time he was brought down by the Gentlc- 
tnan at the Bar ; the fecond Time he came, he was ill 
receiv**; and I order'ii it Ihould be told him, that in 
Cafe he dcf^n'd to ftay there, that I had no Room or a* 
ny Legging for him* As to particular Things, I don't - 
i»re to fpeak of them. I fhall be very forry' to fav it, 
when it w'aS faid in my Company, and under my Roof, 
r His Ijordlhip having faid thus much, he defir'd that 
he toight r<Stum to his Prifon \ and then the Counlei fqir 
thePrifoner went on with their Evidence, and Qeorgt 
Talh^ Mr. W'tnchman^ Jams Darc% Mr. John Blahe^ Mr, 
Collins^ Mr. French^ Mr. Kelhy^ Mr. Blah^ Terryy and 
'Mr. Hamilton declared upon Oath, that Mr. Stephen Lynch 
(the. principal Wimcfsagainft the Prifoner) had been (b 
extravagant, that he had brought himfelf to Neccflity 
by it ; that he kept very infamous Company, was a Man 
of a. vile and bad Chai*aaer ; not to be belie v'd ; and that 
he marry'd two Wives. Mr. Elake^ a Gentleman of the 
Middle-Temple^ dcpos'd, in particular, that going to tec 
Mr. Lyncky on Account of Money lent him, when he 
was taken up in Mmchefitr Court,, hynch b^a^ to talk of 
the Lord North and Gr^aftd the Lord Orr^ry^and Mr. L«y- 
ir\ that the latter he beiiev'd he ihould hang ; but as to 
the two Lords, he knew nothing of them. That he kiiew 
nothing of Layer ^ but what he had from himfelf. That hi« 
Circumftanccs were very poor, and the Motive that in- 
duced him to <^o this, was to favc the Lives of a thou* 
fa»d People. That this Deponent ask'd Lynch freely for- 
his M<)pey 5 as alfo ask^d him, how he got Money and- 
fcweralfine Clothes which he had? To which «£y«r^hn* 
fwwr'd, that a Lady us'd to come twice or thrice a Week 
to viiit him, and this Lady was the Miftncfs or Daugh- 
ter of one of the cheif Miniiters oi. England! He^vs^uld 
ilk ve gone on in tWs Story, but was ijitcrrupftd. 

Tliea theCounfei for .the Prifoncf caii'd other Wit- 
neffiwto in^wilidtte Pi»iito*sTeftimo»y; and Mr. TAd- 
mai By9nm, and Mr. lUating dcclaf 'd upon Oath, that he 
&ad a very bad Chaiiiffor ^ that he was a druAken,idie Fel« 
low J that he always keptCompmy wiih other Women ^ and 
%fcat thci>e w^s hoCr«fit. to be given to him. Sir Pamt O- 
tkntr^^ who ttqitad^D ^ixanmin^l on Oath, having atMed, Me 
n»>ttltf^tt4^Us E^imcthhengM Bog ."Mr.iiutiierjbrddkid 
thwcMfoHyAttd htfig k^^tmfts t$ JimigJt Fmtefidnt ! Hew-^ 
^C'ver it appcafe-'d'"!^ tfie t>epofititm bf tSic Txxt Witneft^ 
Vit^ Thorn xt Spdman^ that j^xcve had been a .DifpitteJjct 
-tw6ei^ &mlta4Kii $ir J^Miel Q-Cnrrd^ atou a £br£r^^iK| 

r 1 . ;•,..■.; that 



N« XXI^ for the Tear 1723. 93 

— *— I I " n il.. ■! ...ii L , Mill •■III1IIII— M III ■— — — I '» 

that he defir'd the Lawyer to fue Sir J>anUh After this, 
Mr. Barwineli (a Sgldier of eighty Yearj of Age) depos'd, 
that he bro\x$\iXfiunket to be acquainted with Mr. jUy^r\ 
thai Mr, Layefi Goods being feiz'd wrongfi^Uy, he fent 
Fiunktrt to the Savoy ^ for two Soldiers, who turn'd the Bai« 
JLifffi out of the Houfe: Upon which, Mr. Layer save 
hiiji half a Crown. That about eight Momha before, 
Fluriket told this Deponent, he bar} met Mr. tay^r in Lin^ 
coln's-lnn Fields^ and that Mr. Layer did not know him 5 
but upon FJunht^B faying, he was oneof thofe that ierv'4 
him at fuch a Time, and had given half a Crown ; thea 
Mr. Layer reraember'd him, and gave him half a Crown, 
in Kindnefs for the Service he had formerly done him, 
in turning the^'^fliccrs out of his Houfe. To this Pur« 
pofe, yohn Richmond^ Servant to Mr. Layer ^ depos'd, that 
in Diicourfe with Kunket^ he ask'd him, if he had ever 
received any Money of Mr. Layer^ for the Ufe of the Pre- 
tender? Upon which, Clunker kncel'd down uppn his 
Knees, and ftruck himfelf upon his Breaft, and &id, he 
had never receiv'<| any Money of Mr. Layer for the Vff. 
of the Pretender in his Life-Time. 

After this, Mr. Layer\ Counfel pall'd and examined 
fcverai Witneffes to Mrs. MafinH Reputation and Cha- 
racter ; and Mrs. Clayton^ Mrs. P/Vr^, Mr. IVilhinforij Mr. 
Dysr^ Mr. Basketty Major Barrfuoetl^ and Mr. Lehatt de- 
pos'd that Mrs. Mafon (who alfo went by the Name ot 
Buda^ Bevajfiy &c.) got her Living by deluding ywing 
Women, and carrying them abbut for Money ,j which 
was readiJy agreed to be a Bawd : That flie was a vile in- 
famous Woman„ that did not care what ihc faid or what 
Ae did. That flie robb'd Mr. Dyer's Shop, who Cent her 
to ^r/iMug//; and that flie would taKe any Body's Lif<^ 
awayn ^or the Value of a Farthing. 
• In the next PJiace, the Prifonei- call'd and examined fe- 
veral Witncffea, as to the Fire-Arms, he had in hif 
Houfe i and jy[r. JSowry, a Gunfmith, dppos'd^ thatMn 
Z^y*r having a Note of his for fix Pounds, he imjportutf^ 
him to isptie a Catbine, fo«r a Man to ride witn, SipA i 
Blundexbufs for.his Houfe^ in order to fet off this .Pebt, 
And Mr. Samitel Stewart fwore. that Mr. Layer was an- 
ji-uiJed ,friib, great Sums of Moncfy, put put pn Mortga* 
£C», (to the Value of thirty or forty thoufand Pounds^ 
within- theic two Years : Whereupon, Mr. Layer ask'd, 
Whetjicr it was not reafonabl^ that he ihguW have thofe 
Ar.m;BtO£t^xdMs Houfe? i 



.< 



94 The Wftorical Regifter, H© XXlX 

■ ■ ^ ■ 

• The ftmc Deponent ( Mr. Stevmrt) being afterward 
#iewM the Scheme in Qucftion, and ask^d, ifhcbeJiev'd 
it to be Mr. Layer'' s Hand ? He anfwer*d in the Negative, 
amd that Mr. Laytr wrote a Ihoner Character : Mr. Bennet^ 
Mr. Layer*s Clerk, on the other Hand, depos'd^ that he 
hadfeen himwriteaihoufand Times, butnever fawhim 
write fuchi a Hand as this, (the Scheme foiund in the Bun- 
dle of Papers) and that he beliey'd it to be his own* 
(this Deponent's) Hand-Writing ; and that he wrote it by- 
Mr. Layer^s IXreftion, but being askM for what Pur- 
pofe ? He anfjver'd, he could not remember. 

Hereupon, the CounfeJ for thePrifoner fa id, they ap- 
prehended, thev had prov'd this Scheme not to belong 
to Mr. Layer. That the Main of tfee Charge againlt hint 
wras, that he was concerned in defigning to raife an Infur- 
feetion : But whatfoever Defolation and ill Confequenc^s 
might have enfu'd, it muft be allow'd, that there has 
teen i\o Blood fhed, n<y Armies rais'd, or Invafion at- 
tempted ; and therefore they thought, upon fuch Evi- 
dence as" nor came up to the Charge of the Indictment, 
t;he Blood of this GentleiTr?in oug^t not to be reached, at' 
Jeaft they humbly hop'd it itouid not. ' 

Then Mr. Layer fpoke in his own Defence, to this Ef- 
feft : My Lord, as to Lynch^ it appears, our going down 
into EJfex\srsLs merely accidental 5 when we came tq the 
Green Man^ wedidnotftay there three Quarters of an 
Hour J and he fr/s!, he went down twice in the Time. 
All this mighty Bu/inefs, this publifhing a Declaration, 
talking of an InfurreStion, which is the Treafon, and 
laid as an Ovcrt-A.6t in Ej]c% ; all this was done before 
pinner by his own owning. It was not three Quarters of 
an Hour, from the Time we went in till the Time we 
came out. We went on to the Lord North and Grey's : 
«nd when he \v'as there, he was ask'd, if there was any 
bifcomfe there, about any fuch a Defign ? He fays, 
there was nothing faid of it there. Is it poffible, when fuch 
a Defign was on Foot, he and I alone ihouid go together 
to the Green Ma>i^ and thorowly recapitulate the Affairs ; 
which when we came to mv Lord North nnd'Grey\ no- 
ising fhoul^ be faid of it / " 

When wc come to Tlurief^ he faid, he became acquaint- 
ed with me firil of all, by kcafon of fome Goods that 
were feiz'r! in a HouCe, in QuctH'Strctt-y That he" never 
faw me till five Yearsafter thif, in l.tL^ohiy-Im Fields, 
JPlimket did not at firft know r.':c':Wc iooki'ng-*ipr;n onl? 
*^.()thcr, then he renew'd his Acquaintance with me, 
and toid me of the former Service he had done me; and 

thereupon 



N ^ JCXIX for the 2\a r 172 3. 95 

thereupon, I gave him half a Cvown, vhich, he tfaid, 
WHS given him by me to UffMcn into the Pretender's Ser- 
vice* 
He confeft'd, as I prov'd y>y Mi\jor Barnvxll, that I 

f;avc it ^im for former Service. As to the thirteen Shil* 
, ings, he was askM, whether he did not come to borrow 
iVick a Sum of Money of me ? He faid, he did ; it was 
in ordeir to relcalb Major BarnvifU out of the Mtirjhajfea, 
Being nsi^M, whether he was not acquuimed with Sir 
Dtffiiel O'CHrroiy a^id whether there was not fome Differ- 
ence about a Horfe in Sfah^ between them, he fuid there 
waa, and that he came to advife with n^e ^ whether he 
could recover the Money of Siv DanUl O-Ctorol, I.5 it 
not natural, that the Guinea he talks of, might be an- 
other Man's Money, that was told him by one [^tj^rryr, 
was fent to him by me ? He talks to him as to that Guinea^ 
when he comes to be ask'd, whether it was not pure- 
ly out of Kindnefs and Charity, that I did lend him 
that Guinea \ he doth not dcjiy it, and now would in* 
iinuate that it was given him to lift Men for the Preten- 
der. From the Improbability of the Thing, from his 
©wn owning, no Perfon could believe him. I believe, 
there arc ninety-nine out of a hundred, that cannot be^ 
lieve one Word that cither Linch or FhuiUt fworci 

Then the next Matter they talk of, they produce 
a Scheme: How hard and difficult was it to give 
any Evidence, that fb it iliould be ready ; and I humbly 
apprehend it did not liridUy amount to iej^al Evidence. 
Mr. Doyky^ he fa id he knew my Hand fourieen or fifteofi 
Years aj50, and that he hath received Letters from me a- 
bout five Years ago, and hath compar"*d this Scheme with 
thofe Letters, and therefore he believes it to be my Hand. 
When he comes to be ask'd, whether he haih thofe Let* 
ters here, with which he com par Vi this Scheme ? A'o, 
I kivcthem mthcre: Yet chiefly his Belief was, that it 
was my Hand-Writing, by comparing thcfe Letters and 
this Scheme iogether,This amounts to nothing more,whca 
it comes ftrifi^ly to be conildcrM, than ouiy a Jimilitudc 
of Hands i and (Urclv Similiiudc of Hands, with Sub* 
iniflion, is not Proof in criminal Cafes : Aiid when it a- 
mounts to no more, it oug,ht not to bercceiv'd. 

Here is, fay they, a Ciruumft:iuce that whal Lynch and 
liiinket fwore muft be true, becauTe there was a Scheme 
for an Infurrci^ion. In this very Scheme gr Paper, as I 
tooft Notice of, not one Mun is mentioned by Name ia 
it, only Soldiers to be had here ; xUfli Tovv;v tc be feiz'd.* 

the 



96 theHilioricalRegifier N^ XXIX 

the Bank tnd tKe £ jtcKange to befei^M; and the World 
to be turnM npfide down : But by whom ? There it no 
Time mentioned, there is no Date to it. This Thing, if 
it be fuctr a Scheme, if it had been written by me, which I 
ab(blutcly deny that It was Writ by me, it doth not ap- 
pear but that it was written fevcral Years ago. When they 
eome to ask thoOs Gentlemen^ the Under-Secretaries, if 
this be lb remarkable, that they lay the whole Strefs up- 
on this Paper, whether I acknowledgM it to be mine, 
^ey Could not fay I ownM it to be mine. One of the 
Lords lays his Fingers on a Paper, ami faith, JDo»'f you 
fry tins ahout Arms ? Which I deny to be lb. How comes 
it that none of tholfe Lords directly oferM the Paper to 
me, and askM me. Is this your Hand-Writing ? There was 
tny Lord Chancellor, my Lord Hmrcwrt^ and ibveral o- 
thcr Lords prefent, that very likely, would ha^ ask'd 
that Queilion : but either they did not think it material, 
or they had not the Paper there, or they, did not 
think it of that Confequence, or they knew I would de^ 
THyiX, 

When we come to call Witnefles to tMs Wovum, this 
Tile, this infamous Woman, I could (hew you (he hath 
t^een privy to Forgeries. If it was not to take your 
Lordihip^s Time, I could fhew that this is a Contrivance 
t>etween a Qentieman and her, I am very loath to name 
film, to carry on (lich a Paper as this to get Money of 
the Government. 

Here have been five or fix Witnefles, whofe Credit 
Dands unimpeachM, who tell you, her Word is not to 
be taken for a Groat. Another fays, he would not hang a 
Dog on her Evidence : This Scheme muft come from 
tier : She (kys, (he had two Bundles of Papers that were 
deliver^ by me to her, fealM up, and (he fays, this 
Scheme was amongft them ^ and fiie can the better fwear 
it, becaufb (he hath fet her Mark upon it. One of the 
Meflengers doth not know whether Ihe was in the Room, 
or no. If this Woman is not to be believed, then all 
the other Evidence relating to this Paper, £il Is to the 
Ground. It is a Maxim in Realbn as well as Law, Tult 
'm»Aythi Fmnduthn^ andtki Work wmfifaU. 

Gentlemen of the Jury, I would have you take Ite- 
tice of tMs Evidence, and not go away with a miftaken 
l^otion, becaufe here is a valt deal of Talk about the 
l^retender, going to Rume^ lifting of Soldiers for the Pre- 
tender^s Service, Gr. . Your Lordfhip will tell them all 
that is nothing, unlefs diey bciicTC an Overt- A6^ to be 

done 



K^ XXIX fbr the Tear 1733, 97 

#cmt in ]^0» / Tktt is the true Stite of tKe Cafe, :«ritl| 
fKasible Alnniflion. Therefore I hope Aich Evidence tf 
vKis' Evidence of Lynch and Flunjket (but only to con* 
fine it to that of Mr. Lynch) hath prov'd nothing at all 
againfl me $ and .if what he ha^ fwom doth not affeft 
me, then all the other flands for nothing $ that's the true 
State of the Cafe. I would not have the Jury think a 
Man is to be hunted out of his Life by fine Speeches, far- 
fetched Inuendo^ and the like. You will confider the 
Chandler of this Man, that he is not to be believed. Til 
leave it to you, an4 I hope God Almighty will direct you. 
I ask you no more than Jufticet If a Man^s Life is to be 
tliien away by Atch' fcandalous Evidence as hath appear* 
ed againU me, there is an End of your Liberties, your 
Wives maybe taken from you, your Children made Slavey 
and ail that is valuable to you, your Lives and Eitates 
will be but very precarious. 

Mr^ JL«y#r having done fpeakiftg, Mr. Solicitor-General 
made a long Speech, (that lafted about two Hours) where* 
In he Aimm'd up the Evidence, and fu|ly replyM to the 
Objeftionsthat had been madeon-the Behalf of the Prifo- 
ner, both by the Frilbner himfelf, and his Counfel ; 
and in Clofe of all, callM fome Witnefles to fupport the 
Credit of Mr. Ljnch and Mattktw tlunht : After which, 
my Lord Chief Juftiee with great Candour and £xa£l* 
neft, recapitulated the Subftance of the whole, and^ave 
jDlrefitions to the Jury, who being withdrawn for about 
keif an Hour, to Confider of their Verdift, when they 
ffetumM into Court, brought Iq Gkriftofhir Layer guilty 
•f the High Treafon whereof he fiood indicted. 

The following Proclamation is infertcd as an Hiftory 
Af a very extraordinary Adventure. 

By the Kinf « PrQclam^thn* 

GEORGE R. 
\ "K THERE AS by an AQ of Parliament nude in 
VV the Firft Year of the Reign of our Royal Pre- 
deeelTor King Henry VIL (entitled, An A& firjhenxini 
the Penalty for Hunting in the Nighty or wth Dlfmifinf) 
reeiting. That foraftnuch as before that Time, divers 
Ordinances and Statutes had been made in divers Parlia- 
jsents, Ibr the Puniihment of Inordinate and unlawful 
Huntings, in Forefls, Parks, and Warrens, within this 
Realm t Notwithitending which Statutes and Ordin^^* 
cex, divers Perfoas in greet Numbers, Ibme with, paint- 
ed Faces, fome with Viibrs, and otherwife difguisM, to 
U« Intent they ihould not be known, rietoufly, and in 

H Manner 



98 The Hiftorteal Regijier N^ XXlX 

Manner of War arrayM; had oftentimes then (^ kte^ 
hunted as well by Night as by Day, in divers Forefts^ 
Parks, and Warrens, in divers Places of this Realms by 
Colour whereof, had enfu^d great and heinous Rebel- 
lions, Infurreftions, Riots, Robberies, Murders, and o- 
ther Inconveniencies ; which Offences in certain Cafes 
in the faid Aft fpecify'd,are thereby declarM to be Felo- 
ny; and that if any Perfon or Perfons ihould thereafter. 
be ConviSt of any fuch Huntings, with painted Faces^ 
Vifors, orotherwife di^uit'd, to the Intent they ihould 
not be known, or of unlawful Hunting in the Time of 
Night ; that then the lame Perfon or Perfons fo Convift,. 
ihould have like Punifhment, as he or they ihould have, 
if he or they weie Convifit of Felony. And whereas we 
liave receivM Information upon Oath, that in Defiance 
of the Aft before, recited, aAd of feveral other Statutes 
and the Laws of this Realm, which provide fevere Pu- 
nifiiment for fuch Offenders, great Numbers of diforder- 
ly and ill-defigning Perfons, having of late aifociated 
themfelves under* the JJame of Blach^ and being arm'd 
with Swords, Fire- Arms, and other offenfive Weapons, .ta 
the great Terror of our Subjefts within the Counties of 
Berh and Southamfton^ and other Places, feveral of them, 
in difgiiisM Habits, with their Faces blacked, have en" 
tred into our Forefts, broke into the Parks and inclos'd 
Grounds of feveral of our good Subjefts, and kill'd 
and cafi'y'd away Deer, fome belonging to our felves, 
and feveral to our faid Subjects; that fome of the 
faid Perfons have refcu,M by open Force, Offenders . 
from the ConHables, intowhofe Hands they have beei> 
committed by our Juftices of the Peace, and have fre- 
quently fent menacing Letters to Gentlemen, Owners oS 
Parks, and to their Keepers, demanding Venifon and 
Money to be fent them to certain Places therein appoint- 
ed, and threatning, in Cafe of Failure of Performance of 
their illegal Demands, to murder the Perfons to whom 
they fent fuch Letters, or to burn their Houfes, Barns^ 
and.Hay^Stacks; and that fome of them have actually 
alTaulted feveral Perfons with the utmod Violence, ihot 
at them in their Houfes, m^im'd their Horfes and Cat- 
tle, broke down their Gates and Fences, .and cut down 
Avenues, Plantations, and Heads of Fiih-Ponds, and 
robb'd them of their Fiih. T othe Intent therefore that t, 
fpeedy and effectual Stop may beTput to all fuch outrageous 
Prafticcs, we have thought fit, by and with the Advice of 
our Privy Council, to iifuc this our Royal Proclamation, 
hereby ftriftly charging and commanding all our Officers 

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and Miniflers whatfoever, and all other Perfona whom it 
may coilc^i'A, to take Care, that the Laws againft fuck 
illegal Pra£ticea be put in Execution with the utmolt 
Rigour: And we do hereby charge and require all out: 
loTing Subjefts, of what Degree or Condition foever, 
not to aid, alTift, harbour, or protect any fach Offenders \ 
but on the contrary, to ufe their utmoll Endeavours to 
oppofe and refift ail Perfons concerned in (bch unlaw- 
ful Attempts, and to ufe their utmoil Endeavours t9 
difcover, feize, apprehend, and bring before the next 
Magiftrate or MiniAer of Juftice, iUch Perfon or Per- 
fons, that are or ihall be guilty of any of the Offences 
aforefhid. And for the Encouragement of all Perfoni 
to be diligent and careful in' endeavouring to difcover 
and apprehend all the Offenders abovementionM, we do 
promife and declare, that whofoever Ihall difcover and 
apprehend any of the Offenders aforefald, orwhofhall 
difcover and apprehend any Perfon or Perfons, who, at 
any Time hereafter, ihall commit the like Offences, in 
Manner as aforefaid, or their Aideirs or Abbetters, fo 
as Aich Perfon or Perfons be convicted of the fame OP* 
fences, ihall have and receive, for every one of them f9 
apprehended and taken, and convicted as aforefaid, th^ 
Sum of 100 /. Sterling ; which faid Sum of loo /. for e« 
'Very one of them, the Commi/fioners of our Treafury 
are hereby required and directed to pay accordingly: 
And if fuch Perfon fo difcovering and apprehending, 
diall have been an Accomplice with any or the faid Of- 
fenders, and by Reafon thereof Aands in Need of our 
moft gracious Pardon, we do hereby further declare, that 
lUch Per&n (hall have our molt gracious Pardon. And 
to the End that none of bur loving Subjects may, through 
Ignorance, fubjc6t themfelves to Profccutions, we do here- 
by give Notice, that all Perfons whatfoever, who ihall 
aid and abet, or encourage any of the faid Offenders 
in the faid Offences, or ihall harbour, proteft, or con- 
ceal them, in order to prevent their being brought to 
Jul^ice, will thereby make'themfelves Partakers of tl^eir 
Crimes $ and that in fuch Cafes, they ihall be profecu- 
tcd with the utmoft Severity of Law. 

QHtn atQwr Court tit St. James's, the id Bay of Feb. in 
tkt ^th YeMf of our Reign. God fa ve the King. 

On Tuefday^ Dec* 1 1, his Majefty in Council was pleas'd 
to appoint the following Sheriffs for the Year enfuing. 
feerks, WalterTyrrel of Standford in the ^tf/^jEfq; 

Bedftrd, Robert AiHtt^ Efq*, - ^ 

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Bucks, John Fulkr^ Efq; 

Cornwall Eigkard Polinheele of PoIvtheeJe, E% 

Canub. and Hunt. Church of Shelf or gL, Efqj 

Sir Thomas Afion of Afton^ Bart. 

Peter Brougham^ Efqj 

Hugfi Stafford of Pyne$^ Efqj 

Richard Henvttt^ Efq; 

Henry Eyre^ Efq; 

Sir William Wenttuorth^ Bart. 

?'^iif Kinfman^ Efq; 
<b»f«^ fl^rwr, Efq; 
Thomas Carpenter ot Ham^ E(q; 
Thomas Kemijh of St Alhans^ Efoi 
WilUam Glanvill^ Efq; 
Francis Ednmrds^ E(ii; 
Sir >i&» Tibra/^, Bart. 
7o/>w 7o«w, of JPowfy Gaytree^ Efqj 
jRol'f r/ Mitfordj of Mttford^ Efq; 
Edinard Hutchinfon^ Efq; 
Grejham Fage^ Efq; 
jFflWff Bancks^ Efq: 
Benjamin Svteet^ Euj; 
Francis Browne^ Efq; 
^w. CW^f of Or/#fo« rtfw Ortf/o«, Efq- 
Walter 'Rohinfin of Henton Ahhey^ Efqj 
yames Venahles^ E(q; 
ife-nry Goring^ Efq; 

yoAu J5o!^«^ of Finhorougk Marn0^ Efii; 
7oA» iVw/f, Efq; ' ^ 

yc^w M/7fe/ of Waldron^ Efq; 
Thomas Wehh of Sherhorn^ Elqj 
Francis Sheldon^ Efq; 
jRAVifeFreke, Efli; 

South-Wale«. 
fliwrjF Rum/ey of Crichhowelij Ef<K 
Francis Price of Lanedy^ Efq; 
Jtfw^^ Griffiths of iVby^/A, Efq; 
EdtJoard Evans of Eaglehuflij Efq; 
jFoAn Lorf of Prickefion^ Efq; 
(?//^f Whitehall of Preftef^^ Efq; 

North-Wales. 
^7/iVi« Own of Fenrhos^ Efq; 
Thomas Rowlands o£ Nant^ Efq; 
J^w^i Huj^hes of Northop^ Efq; 
Geor^tf ^«» of Mouldy Efq; * 
David Uoydy of Kernhodig^ Efq; 
iCo^^rrt PA/fi«j of 5<i/a/, Efq; 
FINIS. 



Cheftcr, 

Cumberland, 

Devon, 

Dorfet, 

Derby, 

Ebbr, 

Eflex, 

Gloucefier, 

Hereford, 

iHertford, 

Kent, 

Lciceftcr, 

Lincoln, 

Monmouth, 

Northumb. - 

Northampton. 

Norfolk, 

Nottingham, 

Oxford, 

Rutland, 

Salojp, 

Somerfet, 

Southampton, 

Stafford, 

Suffolk, 

Surrey, 

Suitex, 

Warwick, 

Worceftcr, 

Wilts. 

Brecon, 

Carmarthen, 

Cardigan, 

Glamorgan, 

Pembroke, 

Radnor, 

Anglefea, 

Carnarvon, 

Denbigh, 

Flint, 

Merioneth) 

Mpntgomcry, 



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Hifiorical 'ReoiSer. 

WEST-INDIES. 

TOWARDS the/End of January Idh ire re<Seiv'd 
the following Accounts from tlic Weft-lniUs. 

St Chrifiofh€r*9. 
The Speech Qf*hi$ Excellency John Hart, Efcu CdpUln'-Ceri-^ 
rtil and Governor in Chief in and over all his Majefty*^ 
Leeward Chtit'ibhte IJlands in America, fo the t^mtU 
rnndAJfembly of St, Chti^fhtrs^ Nov. 7, 1722. "^ 

Gentleme n of the Council and Affemirlf^' ' ' ' * ' * 
N my Arrival, I had tHfi Honour to fignify 
his Maiefty's Pleaflirfe thkt your Laws 
'fliouid,be reviVdj IHit as I find ♦thetv is 
not that Progrefs made as I kop*d would 
[[ have been, in fo ufeful arid necelTary a 
■ Wof-k^ I mifft again retoMmend to you to 
•give the necefliry Difpatch to it, that you and yoiir ' 
■ Pofterlty' mav reap the Benefit thet'eof. 

The iHpnour ahd Safety of ^ thii Ifland depending fo 

much on thePublick'Credit, it willdeferve your earneft 

und conilant Attention, to (be that a proper Application 

is made of thofe Funds which are rais'd by yiu, and 

that arc imploy'd to thdfe Ends oiily ftr ' Vjfilct they 

jire dcfignM. On my Part, I fliall notice wanting^ 

'what is incumbent on me, and fliall always b* rea-; 

dy to in-omotc - what ' may be fufther advi&abk fbr 

'thfe' better Security and Eftabllfhment of yoUr Qi^iu 

Beitdea the Obligations of Duty, Affection 'foi this 

Ifland excites m« to endeavour, that th^ poorer Inha* 

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ion The Hifiorical Regifttr N«» XXX 

bitants fliould have . al) imaginable Encouragement to 
remain here. Numbers being imdoubtedlj the Strength, 
I may add the Wealth, of any Country. And, I hope, 
when thif is duly weigh'd and^confiderM, nonfe will 
be found ^pngK you, who for any Confideration^ will 
|nefer hit ' pf ivate Intereft to the Publick Good, hut 
that your own JuHlce and Prudence will render you (b 
indulgent .to your poor Neighbours, as to prevent any 
Caufb of Complaint, or put them on thinking they can 
better themfelves by removing to another O)lony. I 
have the more Reafon to hope, that you. Gentlemen, 
will vigoroufly contribute your Endeavours, to promote 
the Service cf your Country in this Particular, by the 
Readinefs you have fhewn therein, in the late A^you 
have pafsM for the Encourageih^t of Artificers and 
Servants : And I muft aflure you, that as on the one 
Band I fliall purfue the Intereit of his Majelly,in fup- 
porting the Poor in their juft Rights, fcon the other, I 
mall TO i^r from encouraging them in any unjufl or un- 
realbnable Complaints, or taking from any Perfon, who 
is by his Majeily^s Favour poffefs^d of a legal Grant, 
the Benefits Vhich with any Judice they can hope to 
receive thereby. 

Gentlemen of the Ajfemhly^ 

I deiire you will take into your Confideration the two 
Bills now lying before you, the one for enjoining Vel^ 
Ihls coming from Countries infected with Pedilentiai 
I>iflempers, to perform Quarentine ; the other, for regu- 
lating of Veftries, and for erecting Bajfetejie Quarter iA- 
to a Parifli. 
Qentlemefif 

I do earneftly recommendito you the Continuance 6f 
that Unanimity, with which you have hitherto, pro- 
ceeded from my firft Meeting this Affembly ; the hap- 
ipy Refult of which, was the obtaining thofe good Laws^ 
you have the immediate Advantage of, and which, I 
have Keafbn to hope, by a Letter of the 14th of June^ 
that I am honour^ with from the Right Honourable 
the Lofds'Coinmiffioners for Trade and Plantations, wUl 
be confirm'd to you. 

The honourable Provifion you have voluntarily made 
for my Support, leaves me wholly atLeifure, andentire^ 
lydifpos^to do the beflOfEces in my Power, fw^rp- 
"moting the Welfare of St. Chrifiophers\ but that Aofe 
I>uties may be raisM with all imaginable Ea(b to the P)$>« 
plCj.I gave former ©irefiiions, and have again repeated 

them 



N^'XXX for the Tear 172s* 103 

tkem tp the Treaftirer, tkat all Perfons'fliipping above 
50 Tearces in any one Year, may at the End of it, 
pay the fame in Bills of exchange at the current 
Courfe. 

The humbU Addrefs ofthi LleuUMHt'Gettiral anddiunciJ of 
St. Chriftophcr*«, to his ExfW/e«ry John Hart, Efq^Cat* 
tain-General and Governor in Chief in and over all his l£ir 
jf/y; Leeward Charjibbee IJlanas in America 
May it fJeafi your Excellency, 

YOUR Excellency ever ilnceyour Acceffion to the 
Government, has jto^ays reminded us of our own 
Good, and contributed fRir n^hole Tower to that End^ 
we cannot be fQ wanting to our felves as not to Join, 
in every Method tfiat mav tend to revi/ing the Laws 
of this Ifland, flrengthening the Put>lick Credit, and 
encrea/Ing our Numbers, and to our being-ever unani- 
mous for the Service of his Majefly and this Co-^ 
iony. ♦ 

The Provi/ion this Ifland has made for your Support, 
wfis checif ully and with Unanimity done 5 and we are ftill 
fo convinced of your Excellency's true Inclinations to ftrvd 
us, that we want but Power to give your Excellency grea^ 
ter Proofs of our Duty. 

We return your Excellency our hearty Thanks for the 
renewed Affuranccs you are pleas'd to give us of your Af- 
fection to this Ifland, and for the Manner inwhfchyoa 
have directed the Duty on Sugars (hipped to be received, 
an4 M^ with great Refpea:, 

Your Exceltency*s 

Mojl ohedl$nt humble Servants^ 
William Matthew, 
John Bourryan, 
Jofeph EHrldge, 
TohnWiUett, 
St. Chrijfophers^ Charles Naync, 

Nov. 7, 1 7 2 2 . Will iam Mac-Dowall. 

pu hHrnlle Addrefs 0/ thf Anembhof St. Chriflopher> H 
' Ins Escefiency John Hart, E/^5 Caftain^General and Gor 
pernor h Chief cvet hit Majejiy^ Leewar^ Charibt)^ 
* JJlands in America. " . 

^«y it tleafe your Excellency, * 

WE his Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjeftp, 
the Affe&bly of it. Ckrijfophers, ni Old Road .^- 
€139^ led, begL^ve xo return your Exc^pUency our moH 

' O a ' hearty 



104 Ti2tf Hiftorical Kegifier N® XXX 

hearty and unfeignM Thanks for the Care and Gm* 
ocrii you have exprcft'd in the Speech, -which you 
have this Day been pleasM to make to us, for promo- 
ting the Happinefs and fecuring the Interefls of this 
Ifland. 

^ Amottgft' the many Bleffings derivM from his Majefty's * 
Reign to us his remote Subjects, it is not one of the leaft 
that he has been pleas'd to appoint a Governor to. pre- 
fide over ns, who hath not only Wifdom capable to dif- 
cem, but likewifc a Vigilance never to be wearied in 
intending the Publick Good. 

This we have difcover'd injBur Excellency from the 
iBtrhole Series of your Condu^nlnce you fiiil took the 
Government upon yrfu, as well as from your Exhorta- 
tions of this Day ; and we afTure your Excellency that 
we (hall purfue the feveral Matters you have recom- 
mended to us with a Zeal equal to the Importance of 
them. 

The Prcfervation of all our Properties in Cafe of a 
foreign War^ fo ylfibly depends upon the Numbers which 
we can form to defends them, that we ihall never be want^ 
in^ to contribute our utmoil Endeavours both in ou* 
imblick and private Capacities, to encourage the poorer 
Sort of People, by all proper and reafonable Means to 
fettle amongA us : This hath been our conftant Aim ; but 
at this Time we think our felves more' efpecially caird 
iipon to be watchful in guarding this Part of our Secu- 
tlty, when we ifind them invited by publick Declara- 
tions to defbrt us, and laid under Teihptations to fettle 
in other Colonies. / ' 

The Provilloa this Ifland ha« made to Aipport the Ho- 
nour and Dignity of the RepreDbntative of fo good and 
gracious a Sovereign, as now fits upon the Britljk Throne, 
iits flowM from Hearts iiU'd with a juft Senfe of the &. 
^ligations we have to a Prince, to whom we, and all 
Britain owe the Prefervation of all our Civil and Re- 
ligious Rights : And as we think your' Excellency has 
done al} that can be expe^ed.on your Part to defervc 
ft from us \ fo we are confident, that !n providiiig i 
fx^ for the Payment of it, ^e have had as great t 
tllegajrd'to avoid affe^ing the Poor, or the Trade oi.Guat 
2n'#«t}t,aB in any that could be provided for it : An3 
^e have hithertp found that no Tax was ever paid wit]^ 
more Alacrity, or lefs Pifcontcnt from any Sort if 
People amongft u#, 
,DldrR^d^ N9vm» (Um^r.t Cre^he^ Speaker. 

hrj^ 1722. NEV* 



N*» XXX fir the Tear I7%3. lof 

I i ft II II ■ . 1 . 

I 

Their Excellencies the Governors of Nm^York, Vi^^ 
prua^ tnd Penfilvanla^ have lately held a Congrefs at 
Albany^ which is in the iirft of thefe Provinces, with the 
feveral Sfiiekims^ or Kings of the Indians ; callM the Fhjje 
Nathns^ or Riv0r Indians ^ in which all formcfr LeagUit 
and Ties of Friendihip have been reiiew*d between inbdfe 
Governments and the Indians who live in the remote 
Parts of thefe Colonies : The u^al Pledges for the fa* 
cred Obfervance of Covenants, according to the Indiw. 
Cufion^, liave been exchang*ci to the mutual Satisfaftio4 
of both Parties, and the great Joy of thofe in particu^ 
lar, whofe ^rlements border neareft upon the Indian. 
Domini6ns. Sir WlilUm Kiith alfo, Governor of the laft 
of thefe Provinces, has, fmce his Return from that Con« 
gr«fs, met the Chiefs of tfie Safyuehana Indians^ with 
whom the Fenfilvaniam are obligM X6 a. more ftnft Cor« 
s«f)pon4^ce than ordinary ; and that Meeting has not oiw 
ly had the fame good £ffe£t with the former, but thoft 
Indians who have always livM in a State of Friendihip. 
with that Province, as a Proof of their Refolution tft 
continue the fkme, and to evince the Pleafure it is to 
them to fee the flourifhing Sute and Growth of xhni 
ILngliJh Planters, iiave refolvM and agreed to remove back 
lixto the Woods, and leave a Trad of at leaft 100,000 
Acres of Land, for the futbre Advantage of thofe who. 
Ihall iVom Time to Time fettle in that Country. The 
Commiflioners for the Affairs of Trade and Plantatlona 
have receivM the following particular Account of wh9>t 
has been thus advahtageoufly txanfaSted in Nortk-Am- 
ri^a. 



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TAtf Anfvuer madi hy tke Indians of the Five Nations^ viz. 
the Maquafe, Oneyde^, Qnnonda|;es, Caycmges, and 
Sinnekaes, to tke Fropojitions made hy the Momurahle Sir 
William Keith, Bart. Governor of Penfilvania, &c. im 
Albany^ the ioth Day of ^ptember. Anno 1722, 

« 

PRESENT 
Tke Honouirri)ie Sir WtWam Keith, Bart; Governor of^ 
< ^ • • » * Penfilvaniay' (3c. 

Kkbktd Hitt,' Col. J9kn French,'^ Efqrs. Members of the. 
ipuw N^rri^, Andrefoi} Hmtiiton, 3 Council of Penfihania. ^ 
Q^l. feter Schuyler^ Imrt Banker, '^Efqrs^CQm^ 
P»f^ Van Brughj PhiMlMngfion, ( miffioners ' of. 

j9^CayUr. Jok^leeek^r, /xhtlMwnK^^ 

Hind* M^nfe, JohnCelUns, Jrfeirs. : ' > 

Tnterfketea hy I^wrence Claefe into Dutck, 4nd rtndr»4[ 
^iMfo BiigUik ^ Robert livkigfton ^ Tax^chaka M^|$ 
Sf4(ditr^ 

- ' BmtKer Onms, ♦ 
If '^XTO U told us in .your Propofitioa> fbme Days agi>^- 

"^^ X that you were come t great Way to fte «fi of th^ 
Fjve Nations ; we thank you for your good WUlte u^ 
aftd are fvery glad to fee you here in good Healthy itfid w^ 
hofta good Underflanding and Agreement wtii beftiade^ 
'£id concluded between vs. - . -:* 

'• Vou told us alfi>, that you are come to vetusw the Co^ 
^Mnant Chain that has> been made between « tfs ib longf 
aige, e^n «t the firH 'fettling th6 Province of Fenfilvmm^ 
a^ to bilghten the Chain, and to remove and do away 
any iSpof oir Rufl thai^ ma/ be grown upon it ilnce our^ 
laft Meeting and Conference at Conefi^m. ' 

- hic^lhffr Ona9, j . 

II. You have told us, that at that Time you bright 
tcn*d the Coyeijiant Cham between us, that it might be 
clear and laHlng as the Sun and Stars in Heaven : For 
which we thank you. And we being now all prefent, do^ 
in the moft folemn and publick Manner, renew the Co- 
venant, and brighten the Chain made between us, that 
the Luftre thereof may never be obfcurM by any 
Clouds or Darknefs ; but may ihine as clear, and laft as 
.long, as the Sun in the Firmament. 

, . Brother 



* Which Jignifies a Fen in tke Language of the Five Nations, 
Ify 'mkick Names they call the Governors of Penfilvaniai 
fince it vjasfirft fettled hy William Pen* 



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III. You have ISkewife told us^ how IVUlim JPmn, who 
was a good Mai}, did at his iir(t Settlement of the Pre- 
vince of P^Jh^^^ia^ maice Leagues of Friendftij^ -^rith 
the Indians J and treated them like Brethren % and 'that, 
like thie fame good Man, heieft it in Charge to all hit 
Governors who fliould Aicceed him i and ta all the Fee- 
ble of J^fnfihunh^ that the/ fbould always keep the C#- 
▼enant and Treaties he had made with the Five Nstiefl^ 
and treat them with Love and Kindnefs. We >acisnow- 
ledge that his Qoveruors aad People have aluiiyt Jtept 
the fame honeflly and truly to this Day ^ So.we en«Vt 
Fart always have kept^ and for ever ihall keep finU 
Peace and Friendfhip wldv a good Heart, to ail th^l^ee- 
pie of PenfilvMia. We thankAiily receive and appro^ 
of «11 the Articles in your Propofition to us, and acknow* 
ledge them to be good and full of Love ; We recei^ 
and approve of the fame with our Vhoie Hearts, be- 
caufls we are not only ma^ one People by the Covenant 
Chain, but we. alft afePeoplr^mited in one Head, one. 
Body, and one H»art, by 4he ftrongeft Ties ^ Love and 
Friend fhift. > 

Brother. Q«w* ' > . ' 

IV« You deiro there niay be a perpetui^ Peace aad 
Friendfhip bcrtween yotv and the Five NatiOfeis^ and (be- 
tween your CMldrenmnd our .Children, andthat .the Ame 
may be kept as long as the Mountains andRiv^M cildisre. 
All which we like well, and on our Part defire, that 
the Covenant and Unionvmade with a clean and true 
Heart, between y6\i an A itis, may ItA as long as the Sun 
and Moon ihall continue to give Light. And we will de- 
liver tMs in Charge to our Children, that ftf mai^ Ik'hfpt 
in Remembriince tvlth ^AAAi Chiklren and Children's 
Chiidten to » the latisft Ages/ Aft* tre deflne*,' th«^'t!!!e 
Pence %nd Tt*anqtivl'ity»that Is nov^ ejftabl4(h«'falTMNf!f^Uf, 
may be as clear as ^he S«ib, iUnIng In it! 4A\|fM^'ii«lt!h- 
out any Cloud or Darknefs, and \hat the fame may con* 
tUiuefcrevWi' •M:':'i>fl^> 

• 'Bt-o^erOM*, . f. lU c 

V. We have ^eli oonfiderM ell ih«t you hH^i^e'lipSl^, 
end llfce ft well, becaulb it Is only thel^wMewiiyr d^^- 
tner LesHie^-' W»d Treaties, tnicde between the Boiw^hi* 
ment mFifrfitvatii4*mi w of the "Five riatiw^t *<HW*h 

w<e airways "bellev^a we wei-e obKg'dtokekp. *AW»s'to 
«Ke Ac<Aitm df^ (Me cf ^r Friends being 4cUl*f -by ^e 

ef your People, whioh has happen*d by Misfortune, 

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ind againft your Will % we tky^ tHat as we are all la 
Peace, we think it hard, that Perfons who killM our 
Friend and Brother fhould fliffer: And we do in the 
N;u&e of all the Five Nations, forgive the Offence, and 
defil« you will likewiib forgive it \ and that the Men 
•who did it, may be rH^sM from Prifon, and ibt at 
Liberty to go whither they pleafe. And we fliall e- 
lleem that as a Mark of Regard and Friendfliip for the 
PiveVations, and as a &nher GoAfirmation <^ this 
Treaty. 

Brother Onas^ 
VL We fay farther, We» are glad to h«if the farmer 
Treaties made with WtttUm Fem^ repeated to us again, 
^uid renew'd by you ; and we eileem and love you, 
as if you were Wtlliam Ptnn himfblf. We are glad you 
have wipM away and covered the Blood of our dead 
Friend and Brother ; and we deiire the (ame may be 
forgot, fo as it may never be more menticm'd or rts 
member*d. 
It is neediefs for us to anfwer every Particular of 
* your Propofition, becaufe we acknowledge the whole to 
he good and acceptable to us ; efpecially your good Ad- 
vice, which we will always remember : And in Tcfti- 
snony thereof, and as a full G>nfirmation of our Agree- 
ment, Conftnt, and Approbation of all that you have pro- 
posed, and we have here faid and promifed, we lay down 
a ftw Beaver, Bear, and drefs*d Deer Skins : And 1# , 
conilttded. 

JAMAICA, 

TH S following is an ExtraS of a Letter d^ted the 
ijth of November^ 17**9 ^^^^ Forf^Royd in ^^i- 
makti^ containing further Particulars of the terrible 
Storm wUdi happened in that Ifland, of whibh. Account 
. wtt given to the laft Keglfier^ Page 7. . 

SI NC E my lail to' you, the Afl^its of this IflaM are 
altered infinitely for the wor/bl This Change has 
Win made by a moft terrible Storm; that happened the 
. aSdi «f Auf^fi laft. The Damage which the Ifland has 
lUfbrM by it, is too great to be eafily repaired again. 
A^iadance of People have loft their Lives by it, in oiie 
.Part or other of this Iftand: Some of them were da(h VI 
ii^ pieces by the fUdden Fall of %eir Houfes | but the 

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xnudi greater Part were fwept away by the terrible Inun- 
4ati€NBL of the Sea, which, being rais'd by the Violence 
«kf the Wind to a much greater Height than was ever 
kjaow;^ before, in many Parts of the lAand broke over 
4t4» anciest Bounds, and of a (Udden overflowed a large 
Xraft'^of Land, carrying away with an irrefiflible Fury, 
Men, Cat^lie, Houfes, and, in fhort^ every Thing that 
Aood ;<in, its Way. In this lai) Calamity, th^ unfortunate 
Town.^ Fort'Roya! has had at lead its full Share. And 
bere-j confefs my felf at a Loft for Words to give a juft 
jbeicription of thje Horror of that Sce^e tliat we the Iti- 
liabitants faw before our Eyes^ when the Terrour of the 
Sea that broke in upon us from all Quarters, with an im- 
petuous Force, confpirM with the Violence of the Wind 
to cut off. all Hopes of Safety from us; and yre had no 
otHer Choice before us, but that difmal ^neof periih- 
ing in the Waters if we fled <mt of our Hpules, , or of 
being. buryM under their Ruins if we continuM in them* 
In this fearful Sufpence we were held for feveral Hours; 
for the Violence of the Storm began about Eight of the 
-Clock in the Morning, and did not fenlibly abate MU 
between Twelve and One : Within which Space of Time, 
the Wind and Sea together denjolilh'd a confiderable Part 
4>f the Town, laid the Church even with the Ground, 
d^ilroy^d above 120 white Inhabitants, and 150 Slaves, 
befides ruining almoft all the Store-Houfes in the Town, 
together with all the Goods that were in them, which 
amounted to a coniiderable Value. We had at fortRoy^l 
two vtxy formidable Enemies to encounter at the fame 
Time, viXm the Wind and the Sea. The Situation of 
the Place, it being on all Sides furrounded with the 
Sea, rendring it more expos'd than other Places to the 
Fury of that boifterous Element. Our only Defence 
againft the Sea, confilis in a great Wall run all along on 
the Eadern Shore of the Town \ the Side where we ap- 
prehend moil Danger. This Wall is raisM aboi||: nine 
. Foot above the Surface of the Water, and may be a- 
bout foi or feven Foot broad : And for ihefe 20 Years paft, 
for fq long the Wall has been built, it has prov'd a fuf- 
ficient Security to the Town. But in this fatal Storm, 
the Sea fcornM to be rcflrain'd bv fo mpan a Bulwark v 
for the Wind having, as I obferv'd before, rais'd it very 
much above its ordinary Height, it broke over the 
"Wall with fuch a Force, as nothing was able to with- 
Aand. Two or three Rows of Houfes that were next to 
the Wallj and run parallel with it, were entirely waih'd 

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no The Hiporicar Re^ifter N^ XXX 

'«iway 5 among which was the ChurchJ a handfome Build- 

^ing, and very ftrong j which yet was fo perfectly dc- 

" iTiolifh'd, that fcarc6 one Brick was left upon another. 

* A confiderable Part of the Wall of the Caftle was throwh 

' down, notwithflanding its being of a prodigious Thipk- 

' iiefs, and founded altogether upon a Rock; and tKe 

^ whole Foi*fcwas in the utmpft iDanaer of being jfoft, the 

^Sea breaking quite over the. Walls of it, thb* they 

; are reckonM to ftand 30 Foot above the Water. TJiis lij- 

foriViation I had from the Captain of the Fort, and o- 

ther Officers that were in it during the Storm, who all 

toJd me, that they expefted every Minute tof have the 

/F6rt wjlHiM away, and gave up themfelves and the whole 

Garrifon for loft. In the higheft Struts of the To^wrt, 

'and thofe that are moft remote from the Sea, iheWa- 

j \ ter rofe to between fiy^ and ITx Toot. And at^ the fame 

▼ 'T!'?^^ ^^^ Current was fo rapid, that it was fcarce pof- 

*ifjble for the ftrongeft Perfoh tb keep his Legs, Of to prc- 

; yent himfelf from being carry 'd away by It. In thefe 

' Circumftances, we were oblig*d to betake our felves to 

our Chambers and upper Rooms, where yet we ran the 

' 'utmoft Hazard of perifhing by the Fall of our Houfes^- 

which trembled and fiiook over our Heads to a Degree 

that was fcarce credible : The Roofs were for the moft 

part carry *d off by the Violence of the Wind % and 

'particularly in the Houfe to which mine, and fcveral 

other Families had betaken our felves, the Gabel End 

was bearen in with fuch a Force, that a large Parcel 

of Bricks fell quite through the Garret Floor into the 

Chamber where we were, and had they fallen upon any 

Of us, muft infallibly have beaten out our Brains: But 

God was pleas'd to order it fo, as that not a Soul recciv'J 

Tiny Hurt. 

There was the Morning on which the Storm happened, 
'** ^ood Fleet of Ships riding in the Harl)our of fort- 
Roya!^ molt of which had taken in thefr full Frieght, 
and were to have returned Home in a few Days, had 
they not been prevented by this terrible Storm, which 
left but one veflcl in the Harbour, befidcs ibur Sail of 
>Ien,of War, all whiph had their Mafts and iRigging 
blown awav, and the Ships themfelves, tho' in as fe- 
cure a Harbour as any in the Wefi-lndtes^y were as near to 
Deftruftion as it was poffible to be, and efcape it. But 
the moft fen fible Proof of the unaccountable Force of 
iheWind and Sea together, was the vaft Quantity of 
Stones that were thrown over the Town-Will x which, 

Her 



H^ IpiX fof the Tear lyajw 1 1 1 

•slobftrt'd before, Atindt nine Foot above the Surface' 
of itbe Water) and yet fuch .a prodigious Number of 
Stonev/were forced over it^ that' ialmoft an hundred Ne- 
groes were employM for near fix Weejcs together td 
thvow them buck, again into the Sea ^ and Tome of theA^ 
Stones were fo vaUly big, that it was as much as nine 
or ten Mjsft could do to heave them back again over the 
Wall. I am fenfible this Part of the Relation willfeem 
a littleiHrangev but yet Ldoubt not of obtaining ybur 
Belief, wh^n I a$rii) it to you for a certain Truth- 
Bat Bort-Raya} was .not the only Place that fuffer'd in 
the Storm. --At ^f^n^ftoH alfo^ great -Damage was done: 
Abunciance of Houfejs were blown quite down, and m<4 
My tpore were fo ^mifei^bly broken and fhatterM, as to 
be 4ittk better* than notie : Abundance of rich Good« 
wreTpoii'd by the Rain, the Warehoufcs being either 
blown df3fwn or juncov^M* < But they had only one £• 
oemy-to ei^ounter, v/a;,.. : the /Wind, and were* nots 
pre,verit»d by the Sea ftam forfaking . their Fallings^* 
^iid.. betaking themfelves to the Savannahs, or open 
Field*^ where they, were oblig'd to throw themfelves all 
alpngiupo^ the Gt)ound, t6^ prevent being blown away y 
an4 yt% even in KingfiQff^ (bme Peribns ^ere kilPd i 
among -whom was a very worthy Gentlewoman, thci 
Wife of the Revei'end Mr: May, Minifter of the Town^ 
and the Bifhop of Lgndon's CommiiTary : She was kill 'A 
by the Fall of their Houfe, as iht lay with het IHus^ 
band UQder a large Table, who had alfo the Misfortune 
of having his own Leg broken All the Veifels that rode 
in the. Harbour ^ of Kin^fion^ which were between 40 
and 50 Sail, were either driven on Shore, or overfet and 
funk. Abundance of the Men and Goods were loft^ aiid 
one could not forbear being furprii'd to fee large 
Shipf, with all their Lading in them, thrown quite up 
upon the dry Land. And nothing could afford a more 
difmal Proflpeft than the rHarbour did the. next Day* 
which was cover 'd over with nothing but Wrecks aad 
dead Bodies. At SpaniJkrTofmn, no Body indeed watf 
kiird, but a great many had very narrow Efcapes, 
fome Families having fcarcely quitted their Hou* 
fes before they fell down flat at once, without giving 
any Warning. The King^s Houfe Hands indeed, but it 
is all uncovered, and. the Stables, Coach-Houfe, Or« 
are quite demolifh'd. The* River, near to whichf tho 
Town is fituatedy fweird to ftich a Degree as was ne^ 
ver before known ^ and I was afiiu.r^d by the Mini« 

Pi ' ftcr 



1 1 i 7b€ Hiprical Re^ipr N<^ XXX 

ji I w I I II m i ■ ■■! ■i|i n ii M >i— J*— >l I I I |i 1^ > II I I »l ' I I t p^mi^y^m^mmmf^fmmfmmtm 

&er of tbe Place, the Rieverend Mr. Srcii, ttrnttk hfBt 
full fbrty Foot perpendicular ^bov^ its ordiitary l^^r% 
and did incredible Damage to the Efl^tes thft iajr 
bordering upon it. From otticr Parts of. the Cowntjfyi^t 
had alfo very snelancholy Aiccounts of i^e :gt«at Loff^ 
they had fuftain'd, and - particularly at Oid-'H^rhom'^^iL 
Village built at a littk Diflance from that Shore, MtUd; 
Sea made fuch Baile to devo'Ur, as moft fxr\^zpe&cAiy: td 
intercept many poor CreatureB before they, bwd/ Time td 
make their Efcape ; and alittoft 40. poor.So^U periAiTiil 
together in one Boufc, ^nd whilft they only tmt^t 
Security? fi-om the Wind, expoaM themfelves to tJiej.fi- 
ftroyM by the Sea^ fwm which they apptehended xi^ 
Danger. In Clarendon alfo, and Ven ParlfteSy gi-dtt 
Mtfchief Vas done; in the latter, the.Mli^fier, A^. 
WJiite, had his Leg broke by die Fall of tlie Boul^ 
vrhere he was, not to mention feveral Perfons tjiat wei» 
Jkiird outright. But I fhould quite tire out your Pat!,^ 
ence, fhould I underake to gite you a particular Ac- 
count of the Damage that was done .by .the.Stoinn idi 
•U Parts of the Ifland. It Ihali therefore^blke «t:Q tay^ 
tliat the Damage which the Tk'ading Patt JE>t th^lianili 
has fViftainM by the Lofs of their Shipping ^d tSod^ 
is not to be valuM ; and on the other Haiid, it Isiis^ 
fioffiblo to fay how deeply the Planting Interell harfliar^d 
In this common Calamity^ by the Lofs of their Dwel>» 
ling-Houfes and Sugar- Works, and many other Wayj^t 
And in ihort, had the Fury of the Storm iatted much j^n^ 
ger, the whole lAand mu^hare been one general Wrecks 
and nothing but Enal and univerfal Ruin c^ui4 havi^ 

Troaedings if the FarlUmeni of Great Britain c9rirSnn'*d 
from f^ie 50 (^ the' loft Rejifter. 

ON the naof 7*«««ry, Mr. Speaker acquainttd tie 
Houib of Commons, that, ]^urfuant to theil' Order, 
kedidon. the 25th of Ikttiiiher laft, giveHotktf in 
Writing, to^^theBank of England^ of ttieRtfolutfioHs of 
this Houfe, to redeem feveral Annuities 5 and then the 
ingrofsM Bill for continvdng tig Dufks on Malt; S(c. 
was read the third Time, pafs'd, an* fent up to tkt 
Xords, Mr; Mteney^ from the Cdmhi^tee appoint^ tt> 
examine CArl/?(i^Aer Layer^ having acqlinted the fiouib 
.that upon thei^Perufal of the Papers. i^elatittg to thtfaid 
Lyer^ and on their Examination of him, frequcrtt Mrfft. 

ft 






• 

I* 



riioil' "Ml Ikiaie or one yames Tluriit^ now in ttie Custody 
,^.<mt of hi^MaJeft/s MeiTengers: It was ordered, tim 
tWe ftid G>niAiltteo be impowcr^d to examine the faid 
y^iw^ Flunkrt^ and refblvM to addrefs Kis Majefty for the 
Scaminatioas uitd Papers relating to the (kid Jam^ 
Wufiket. After th&, Mr. Furrer^ frojm the grand Coni- 
iixrit^ee oh Way^ ana Means^ reported a Refolutioh, which 
"writs agreed ta, wXs* That towards ralfing t^Sum of 
i^cxx)/* fftr Annumy, for fevtn Years^ fbr defraying the 
<iaf^s of his Majefty's Mints, Oc the Aft' which 
was made in the iirft Year of his Majeliy'a. Reign, /<»r 
fonttnuh^^JDuties for encouraging thi Coinage of Mpnej^ (lb 
iar as the fame relateis to the Coinage of Money) be far- 
ther contihuM for feven Years. Then the Houfe took 
into Confideration the Amendments made im the Com- 
initVee, to the Bit! for txfiainfng And amending the Laws 
yekting to the Setnement and Emfloyment of the Boor^ 
which being agreed to, the faid Bill, was ordered to 
kMftih6h>fsM. 

Jan. 22. Several Accounts and Eiiimates were laid 
mott the. Commons \ as was alfo a Packet of Papefs 
relating to Jatmi Flunket^ fcaW up, which were re- 
fsrrM to the Commitee appinted to examine Chriftofhet 
Ldjferj and others. Then Mr. Gjhhon^ from the Com- 
mittee of Privileges and Elections, reported their Re^^ 
Iblutions about the Eleaion for the Borough of Hert^ 
fordy in the County of that ^ame, wh\ch were agreed 
to ^ being in Subflance, xhtLt Charles Cafar^ Efq; was not, 
ind that Sir Thmas Clark^ Knight, was duly eleQed for 
Ihef^id Borough. 

yanuarj 25. Mr. Speaker was ordered to iffue hik 
Warrant lor anew Writ for the ele^ing a Bur^efsfor 
the Borough of Leverfool in haneajhire^ in the Room 
of Sir Thomas yoknfon^ Knt. who had accepted the 
Office of Colleaor of the Cuiloms in Raxahamock RU 
irer in t^trginia. Then upon a Complaint made to the 
Houfe, that the Debates and Proceedings of this Houfe 
^cte f|«quently mifreprefented in written and printed 
Ifews Letters and Papers, (commonly call'd Minutes J it 
iiras reiblv'd, ift. That no News-writers do prefume in 
Letti^rs or other Papers, that they difperfb (as Minutes, 
or uhder any other Denomination) to intermeddle with 
tA pebates, ot any other Proceedings of this Houfb. 
idly. That no Printer or Publilher of any printed Newa- 
Papc^rs do grefume to ihfert in any fuch Pajpers any De- 
b|itra> Qt imy other Proceedings of this Houfe, or any 

Committee 



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^mmamm^tsuFrmmmtF^i^t^ii 



i 14 The Hiftorical Re^ifler )4.^ XXjt 

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' .Committee thereof. Aftjerthis^Mr. ^l>pn)from^tH^Coii|* 
jnittep of Privileges aud Ele£lions, reported the Matter t^ 
at appear*d totliem, touching the fiie^ion for the Borougb 
ti^ famworth in the County of Sjfa^r^ with their Re** 
foludons thereupon, which being read a fecond Time^^^ 
Jwere agreed to, in Subftancc, as follows, v«^ !• .That 
"the Right of Eleaion for the faid-Bbrough is in the Lir 
*l\abitants^ being Ho;ifholders, paying Scot and Lot, an^ 
'not receiving Alnis. 2. That- the Honourable Fwiyif 
WiUoughhyy Efq; and' Richurd Swinfen^ Bfq; wexc-, ai^ 
*that Samuel Bracehridi£^ Efq; was not, ^yx\y ele^^ 
^for the (aid Borough. ) . 

On the 24th of Janmrj^ another new Writ ^asrOcdct^^ 
for elcfting a Burgefs for the Borough of Saltajh in Cbrnr 
<wa/, in the Room of T^oMai .^lAnyi/o^, £f<5 dece^s!^ 
JLn4 thfn^ a Bill to coHtinue the Duties for Encouragement 
9f the Coinage of Moneyi and for the R^lirf of ^yfi\lum lat^ 
^'Xor^ Widdrington, was -read thetfirft, and <>r«ier'd to i?f 
read a fecond Time, After this, Mr.SaKdysr^^nc(i 
(the RelQlutions of the Committee, to wiiomrthe ^ti- 
tions of .the.lliw^n'and j^rf/o/ Merchants^ imding t4^ 
Virginia^ were-jreferr'd, whic^ Refolutions 'vere agr^d 
.to^ 'yiz-'K -That grear^d notorious Frai^dfi have t^en 
committed . upon the Jm^prtation of Tobacco, in tha{ 
Part of (^rpit Britain call'd Scotland^ by not 4uly^. pay- 
ing, tfie Cuftoms thereon, 2. That great Qua^titic8 of 
Tobacco^ on which the Cuiloms. have not been duly 
paid, have been bjought by LaHd-Carringe, and Coaft* 
.ways from Scotland into England^ to the very <; great 
Prejudice of the Revenue, and great Lofs and Damage 
to 4he fair Importers of Tobacco from Vh^ma and Ma- 
ryland^ into England- g. That fome fpeedy-and effect* 
ual Remedy be provided to prevent the like Frauds for 
the future. 4. That a Bill be brought 4a for pre- 
venting Frauds and Abufes in the. Tobacco*Tradc. This 
flone,* the Call of the Houfe was adjourned to that Day 
fev"*nnight. 

yan. 75. The fngrofs'd Bill for csplaining and amending 
the Lavos relating to the Settlement^ Impioyment^ and Relief 
of the Foor^ was read the third Time, pafs'd,-and fent up 
to the Lords; and then a new Writ was orderM for e- 
jcaiiig a Knight of the Shire for Nartbumherland^ in the 
Room of Algernoon Seymour^ Earl of Hertford^ now J-oW 
Ftercy^ (by the Death of his Mother the late Dutchefs ©f 
Somar/etJ callM up to the Houle of Peers. Sir John 
fyhs having prefentcd to the Houfe a Report from the^ 
. , ' ' ^ ■ " truftecg 



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H»* XXfX for the Tear 1 703. 1 1 5 

Trufkfs of xiitSifuth'SiA Company, the fame wai ordeiC 
ed ta lie on the Table *, and lipoii feveral Motions made 
by Mr; Fultenty^ from the Committee appointed to ex- 
umine Mr. L^yer and others, it ^as ordered, that the 
fftid Committee be impowerM to examine Mr. Gnrg9 
Kelly^ and Dfnnh Ki»l/y, Efq; Prifoners in the Tower of 
, London^ and refoJv'd, to addrefs his Majeity for the ft«- 
I veral Examinltions and Papers relating to Mr. George 
KiUyj and Hich other Papers as relate to the Confpf- 
racy. 

This done, the Commons adjourned to the i8th of 
Jurmary^ when Mr. O^eftford^ from the Commiflioners ^ 
the CuAomt, laid before the fiouft ftveral Accounts 
•and Papers relating to the Importation of Tobacco, and 
the Aeat Produce of the Duties thereupon, which were 
referred to the Committee. The fame Day, the King 
came to the Houfe of Peers, with the ufual State and 
Solemnity \ and the Commons being ftnt fbr up^ and 
attending;, his Majefty gave the' Royal Aifent to the 
A&for eontlnutng the Duties on Mt^it^ &(c« and to thros 
private Bills. 

jMn, 29. Mr. Chohy from the Exchequer, laid bdfore 
the Commons an Account of the pubHek Debts, due, 
or ftanding out at MickMelmas^ 1722. And then in a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, they confider'd of Heads 
of a Bill for preventing Frauds and-Ahifes in the Tohace^ 
Traie ; which Bufmefs took up afterwards feveral 0- 
thcr Sittings. 

The 30th ofJanuMTyy was obferv*das the Anniverfkry 
of the Martyrdom pf King X^rles the Firft, and the 
Commons being; met the next Day, ordered the Thanks 
of their Houfe to be given to the Rev. Dr. Michael Stan* 
Inpe, fbr the Sermon by him preach'd beforethem at 
St. idirgarefs Weftmnfter : Ana the Houfe agreed to 
the Refolutions of the Committee of Pri>rileges and 
Ele£tion8, touching the Election for the ' Borough of 
Warwick^ in the County of that Name, vfct. I. That 
the Right' of Election of BurgeiTcs for the fald Borough, 
is in fuch Pcrfons only as pay to Church and Poor in 
the fald Borough. 2. That Sir VTiliiam Keyte Bart, was 
duly elected for the Aid Borough • 

On the firft Day of Fekruary^ a new Writ was ordered, 
fbr the ele£ting a BurgaA f»r the Borough of CaJne In 
the County of Wilts^ in the Room of Benjamin Maskins 
Styles^ Efq^ who being choftn for that Place, and likewise 
for the Borough' of. JDivf&fi, in tbe'fald CoUnty, made 

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i|^ The Hiftorical Re gifter N«,XXX 

Idfl EJe^ion to/erve for tKe latter. Then Mr. Hwig^ford 
icported from the Committee appointed to. enquire! into 
the Pro) eft commonly called the Harhurgh Lottery, and 
lAi other foreign Lotteries now carrying oninthe.City 
iat LandoHj the Matter as it appki-'d to thf^m : Which Rq- 

ert beipg t^iqe read, the Hoofe canie to the foUowim^ 
aj^imous Kefolutions^ ' vrju 

1. That the ProjeCI: cali'd ^cHdrhtrgb Lottery, cai- 
ty^d on in, the City of l>otiddn^ is an infamous' and frau- 
dulent Undertaking 5 whereby feveral unwary Perihiis . 
have been drawn in to their great Lof» ^ and;^ that .^he 
banner of carrying the fame on, hath been a mimi- 
ftil Violation of the Laws of this Kingdom . 

2. That it appears to this Houfe, that the Managers 
of, and Agents for the faid Lottery, did frequently, 
without any Authority for fo doing, malce ufe of his 
iS(tajefty^6 Royal Name, thereby to give Countenance to 
the faid in^mous Project, and induce his Majefty^s 
Stibje€ts to ei^gage, or be concerned therein. After which, 
it was ordered, 

That a Bill he hrought in to fupfrtfs f A^ Harburgh lof- * 
ttry^ and to present am foreign Lotteries from being carrfd 
on in this Kipgdom^ and to oblige the Perfons concerned in tkft 
Management of tbe /aid Harburgh Lottery^ to make Refiitur 
tion and Satis fa6lion for the Money they have received from 
She Contributors to the faid Lottery. 

The Lord Vifcount Barrington (^the Kingdom of Ire^ 

tandy appearing by the Report before mentioned, to 

have been one of the principal Agents and Promoters of 

thp Harburgh Lottery, and being jufily apprehenfive of 

l)eing ccnfur'd, if tbe IJoufc ihould immediately take 

:his Cafe into Confideration^ his Lordfliip defirM the Houfe 

to allow him three Weeks Time to prepare for his Dc- 

Ifence, alledging, that he had fome material Papers at 

clivers Places in the Country ^ but the Hpufe thought 

•proper to adjourn thq further Confideration of the faid 

^Report, only to the 14th of February. 

'^ The Commons did not thi^k fit to order thePublica.- 

ctlon of the Report of the Copimittec about the Harburgh 

l,ott;ery * gut the Subftance oif the faid printed Report ir 

•s follows, viz,. 

^ • 

THat the Committee have w.ith the utmoft Diligence. 
endeavoured to find out by what Authority, and 
by Virtue of what Inftruments the (aid Lottery was c- 
reacd, and to mgke the faid Lottery^ and the Xfanagc- 

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K® XXX fof the Tear 1755* 117 

meitt thereof thtf more intelligible: But the Com* 
mittee finding they ihould' meet with great Dificul* 
ties in obtaining fuch Infhruments; and the more, 
Ibr that one of the Pcrfoni who^ aa they were inform VI, 
was capable of giving a material Account > of the Crea* 
tion of the faid Lottery, wai withdrawn \ and the Com- 
mittee being unwilling to enter into the Examination 
of any Inftruments or Writingi, which might be inter- 
preted to be Part of his Majefty'g Qnmm Adminiftra- 
tion, had contented themfelves to lay only before the 
Houfe the Scheme of the faid Lottery itfcJf, with fome 
Remarks thereon, and the Examinations of Witnei&s, f^i- 
v« Voct^ relating thereto. 

That the Scheme propofes, that 1,500,000 /. Sterling, 
or 16,500,000 Guilders ihould be fubfcrib'd} and that 
it was to be drawn at Harhurih^ in five ClaiTes, 100,000 
Ticicetsto be drawn in each Clafs, at 3 Lfer Ticket ; and 
that every Perfon Aibfcribing, was to pay twelve Shil- 
lings, or fix (guilders for each Ticket, before the draw- 
ing each Clafs of the faid Lottery. That 200,000/. of 
390^,000/. in each Clafs was to be divided into Lots to 
the fortunate Adventurers, which amounts to x,ooo,ooo/. 
to be deduced out of the whole Sum, which was to be 
paid the fortunate Adventurers. 

That it would be necelTary, in order to inform the 
Houfe hpwthe other 500,000/. was to be dlfposM of, 
to acquaint them with Aich Knowledge, as the Com- 
mittee could gain of the Nature and E^abiifhment of 
the Company, not being able to fee the Inltrument, by 
which it was granted. That it appeared to the Com- 
mittee, that a Sum of 1,000,000/. was fubfcribM for, 
to carry on a Trade between Great Britain and his Ma- 
Jefty*s German Dominions ^ and that 2 per Cent, was a- 
greed to be paid in upon the Stock fo fubfcribM, of 
which, aSumdf 13000/. or more, was a6tually paid in 
Money, and 7000 /. or more was fecur'd by Note* j 400,000/. 
whereof was /ubfcrib'd. At firft, 100,000/. Stock was 
fold at 15 /. 3 #. fer Cent* of which, 2 fer Cent^ was on- 
ly paid in to the Company, and the reft difpos'd of as 
follows, vt%» 13/. 3#. per Cent, which amounted to 
13150/. loooo/. of which was given to Mr. Nicolai^ 
and 3150/. to Mr. Joules, for their Services 5 and as to 
1300/. paid in Money, at %U per Cent, for Stock, as afore- 
faid, in Money, and 7000 /. in Notes, the Committee 
could get no Account what was become of it, not be- 
ing able to fte their Bopks; nor could the Committee 

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ti8 The Hiflorical Rggifter N? XXX 

learn wltat Naniber (tf Tklcets tiad been deliiirierM o«t^ 
or what Money tlicreufon had been Tecerr'd, or wlitft 
was become of what they had receiv*d. 

That the Committee thought it neceflaiy Jo lay thfi 
Matter before the Boufe, XA inform them what was to 
l>e done with the other 500,000 1 That in the firftPkce^ 
^ perOnt. ttpon 1^500,000/. which amounts to 75,000 #• 
was to be deduCkdfor Management ; which being takei^ 
out of the (kid 500,000/. leaves 425,000/. which Sum 
was to be incorporated into the Stock of the firft Com- 
pany, and to make a Part of a fepitai of 1,500,000 A 
as they apptvhended ; of which they eould get nv pofi* 
tive Information. But whether the former Capital waft 
intended to be fo great, or only to confifi of this 42 5,000/. 
and the 1,000,000/. which was before fubfcribM; it ap- 
peared to the Committee, that a plain Fraud was intend- 
ed in joining this real Sum with an imaginary Sub- 
fcription ; of which, 2 per Cent, only was paid in or fl>- 
curM, and that, probably, imbefeil'd. ^ 

That in order to inform the Houfb more fully of the 
Subjeft Matter of the Lottery, the Committee had thougitt 
fit to lay before the Houfe the moft material Pant 
of the Examinations themB^lves ; which are as follow, 

VIZ*. 

Mr. Benjamttt Joules informed the Committee, that he, 
the Examinant, had not the written Scheme of the /ftfT- 
Ifur^k Lottery, for that Mr. Ridpath (who is Secretary 
to the faid Lottery) has all the Writings and Accounias 
relating thereto- but that he has a Primed C^py of the 
Scheme of the iaid Lottery, (which he dcliver'd to the 
Committee.) That in the iixth Article of a Charter 
for Commerce granted by his Mafefiy, as Duke ant 
Eleftor of Brmfwck 5 there is a Grant givwi for ftt- 
ting up a Lottery, whicii Grant the Examinant be- 
lieves was made to feveral Gentlemen, in Truli, for the 
Benefit of the Examinant. That he has feen thfe Ori- 
ginal Charter ; that it bore Date about* the latter Entt 
of November^ 1720, and that it fpecifies the Lottery to 
be drawn at Hanover ; that the Grant of the Lottarjr 
was made to the Examinant about this Time twelr6- 
montji. 

That when Sir Thomas Wehfier proposed to make the 
Examinant Recompencefor his faid Right in the Chap- 
ter, as to the Grant of the Lottery, Sir Tfiomis fiiid, 
that they were agreed to give the Examinant a Gratuity, 
itnd offered him xofioo h and he tn^de !kx}S?ftT^ lie would 

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N^XXX far the Tear 177^. 

leave it to them, and did accept of tke 10,000/. far af» 
figning his Rigbt^ vrhicli Alignment was made to feve« 
ral Perfbne in Ti^ifl for the Company. That there were 
five ClaJRes in the faid Lottery; and that he was to re* 
ccive the 10,000/. at live ft veral Payments at 2000/. 
each Payment; before the drawing each Clafaof the faid 
Lottery. That the Payments of the Money is fecur'd 
to theExaminant by Articlea in Writing (bearing Date 
Olfol^ the 1 6th, 1722, which He delivered to the Com- 
mittee) under the Hands and Seals of the Perfons to 
whom the Profits of the Lottery are conveyed in Truft 
jbr the Company, and that it appears thereby, that the 
Estaminantwasto be paid 10,000 /I as befbre mentioned* 
T|iat it likewlib appears by the Reeital of the fkid Arti- 
cles, that the Profits of the Lottery, which are purcha^ 
ftd of him for the Sum before mentionM, were, by an A«- 
greement made at Hanover^ bearing Date Nwemhir the 
14th, 1720, N. S, previoufly granted to the laid fixaml- 
nant Benjamin Joules. 

Being (hewn ohe of the Tickets of the faid Lottery, 
N* 1 7 M 2 n, to which the Examinant's Name is print- 
ed as Treafurer; faid, that the Tickets were iffu'd by 
his Privity and Confcnt ; and that he believes, they are 
not deliver*d out numerically. That he is notTreaftirer 
to the Truftecs for the Lottery, for they aft themfelves at 
TreaAirers alternatively in Manner following, vix^ That 
there are two Iron Chcfls, and that two of the Trulieeg 
have each of thenx a Key, and the Secretary has another , 
and that the Truftees deliver over their Keys to the next 
that wait, and then they are anfwerable no longer. That 
the two Truftees and Secretary, when in waiting, had it 
in their Power to takeout the Effefti that wereinthofc 
Chefts. That there are twAty Truftees 5 but fome 
of them are in Germany^ and thofc that are here now 
are. Lord Barrington^ Sir jKihn Hartoff^ CkurUs'Fredervk 
Krenhergh^ John London:, Fiennes Harri/on^ Peter Hartoff^ 
William S^ufre^ Ednjoard Richier^ John CafviaUy WlUiamSter^ 
llng^ ^Benjamin Smithy Benjamin 'Burroughs^ John Thomffon^ 
Henry Bendiflt^ ■ Pofter^ Benjamin Joules^ John MaU' 

ley. 

That every one of the faid Truftees have accepted the 
Truft ^xeept Mr. Manley, Mr. Henry Bind^ and Mr, 
Foft(r)'hy figning the Counter-Part of the Alignment 
of the Lottery ; but that. Lord harrington^ Sir John HoT' 
tofp^ and Mr. Henry hendijh, never a^ed. That he be- 
lieves, that all the Truftees he has nam'd, who have 

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120 TbeBftorical Regipr N^ XXX 

^^ed, have had the Keys of the Cliefts. That there 
^ere to be printed 500,ocx:> Tickets ; that the Bxaminant 
believes .moft of them are primed, and th^t they were 
printed upon Tovoer-HHl ; and that the Exaii^hj^t be* 
lieves Mr, Billinifly did agree ibr the Printing themi. 
That the Tickets were brought to the York-Buildings . 
'Houfe, and locked up in the Iron Cheils by the faid 
Trudees, who deliver them out, and receive the Money 
£br them: That he docs not know what Number of 
Tickets hath been iffued out, nor what Sum of Money 
received for Tickets delivcr'd, for that he never (aw any 
Account of it. That he believes, Mr. Kidfath keeps 
the Account of the Money received. That if the Lot- 
tery ihould take Place, the Stock would be worth 29 per 
Cent, That the whole. Stock fubrcribM,iscaird i^oo^ioooL 
Stock ; and that it was as large before the new Proprietors 
came in; that 2 /. /«^ Gf»^ is paid in upon 1,000,000/. 
VxMoney^ 13000/. in Notes, 7000/. of which were paid 
<9 the Examinant, as Treafurer to the Company. 

Being ExaminM by what Authority he was Treafu- 
rer ? faid, he was appointed Treafurer by the Charter 
of the King, and that his Name' is in the War* 
rant of the King, as Treafurer. Being askM how he 
came to take Notes ? declarM, he receivM Orders from 
fome of the Directors to take them ; and that the 
Notes are fome of their own. That the Notes are in 
the Cudody of Ridfath^ for that he (the Examinant) has 
accounted with the Company, and dcliycrM the Account 
to the faid Ridfatk 

Mr. Georie ^idfath^ Secretary to the Trudees for the 
Marhurxh Lottjcry, being examined as to the Scheme of 
the faid Lottery, faid, that the Calculations of the Lot- 
tery agree with the Scheme th^t was approved by his 
Majefty. That thefc is a Power to ere© s^ Lottery by 
the fixth Article of a Charter gr^nt^ by his Majcfiy ; 
that it was in order to clear the River EJke\ that he 
can't be pofitive, who formM the Lottery ; but that he 
heard, that Mr. BilUn^y form'd the Scheme of it. Bc^ 
ing askM^ who was the Perfon that fiiH handed the Scheme 
to the Examinant, faid, that he fiiw it iB Company, but 
can^t tell who brought it to tbe Company | that Lord &r* 
riigton and ibme others were th^n prefent, sn^tbat ft 
did appear to have his Majefty's Sign Maniui, and Se^ 
pf the Eledorate, when it was firft handed to the Com- 
ity, as a Company ; but that the Examinant, previous 
19 ^H ^^ ^ Scheme i|» thp Ih^is oX Mr, Billi'sjky^ 

whom 



N^XXX for the Tear I73g. |ai 

w|iom he takes to be the chief Projeftor ^ and that he is 
not certain, it was the. fame Scheme as imprinted; and 
that then it neither had his NAjeAy^s Sign Manual, 
nor Seal of the Electorate . That when this Scheme was pro- 
jecteti,the Profits of the Lottery were Mr. Joules\hy an A* 
^retfment made at Hanover-^ fo^* which he was to clear and 
deepen the EJhe ;• and that Lord Barrlngton^ Sir Alexander 
CairnesyMr. Nicolai^Mr* kldertn^ji Bayiis^r* Fiennes Har- 
rifw^ and Mr. Mounts made that Agreement with hlm^ 
livhich was cenfirmM by the Company) Nem^ ron. and is en- 
tered in the Minutes : That Mr. Joules petitioned his MajeAy 
for an Order to i/Tue the Lottery ^ but that it was previa 
oufly granted to him by a Vote of the Company. That 
iince he was Secretary, there have been Minutes kept ; 
which is fince the Charter was granted for the Com- 
merce-Company, in which there is a Power to ered a/ 
Lottery. 

Being deijr'4 to produce the Charter, and Books, and 
Papers relating to the Lottery,' faid, that he has not his 
Majeily^s Leave to produce them, and delir*d the Com- 
mittee would not put him upon DiiBcuities. Being a- 
gain ask'd ,whether he wouW not deliver the Papers, fald, 
that he was very willing to deliver the Papers, if it was 
not for the DiiEculties he has before mentioned. The 
Abftrafil of the Scheme of the Harl'Krjf A Company's Lot- 
tery for 1,^00,000 /. or x6,$oo,ooo Guilders in the i^(y- 
Iwj5 Pofty from Tuefday^ November 13, to Thurfday Novem* 
her,i^^ 1722, being read to the Examinant, laid, that 
it was printed by his Direction, and that the Scheme ia 
the fame agreeth with that which is fign'd by his 
Majelty ; and that the Warranty ^nd Approbation of the 
Scheme recited in the faid' AbAra^Y, are fignMat Su 
yames\ as mentioned in the faid Paper. The Advertifc- 
ment relating to the Harhurih Lottery in the Flyini Pofi^ 
Tm[day^ JDecemher 4, to Thurjday^ December 6, being read to 
Examinant, he declares, that he believes he fent it to the 
Printer's. That he drew the Advertifement himfelf, and 
afterwards ihew'd it to fcveral Gentlemen, and particular* 
iy, as li^ believqs, to Mri hutrougfn and Mr. Squire^ who 
areTrufiees and Dired^ors, at a Meeting at the York-BuiU 
d^ngs Houfe^ and th^t it was not ordered either by a 
Court or the TruAees. Being ask'd what was meant hy 
thefe Words, vix. Part of the Advertifen^ent^ as 'mil 
fonvitice their Enemies^ and rather thofe of his Majejh^ and 
the Trade of the Nation \ faid, that thofe that are Enemies 
to his MjMy^i have ottos'* d the Lottery. That the Ex^- 
,sninantt>^Iievcj the Tickets were printed at Tower-HiJ!^ 

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m , Th* HiJ^oricai Rtgifter N° XXX 

nnd ttint tlic Examinant never heard that any of tkem ve|p 
printed at Hanover ^ or Harhur^k. That the Perftns that 
aire appointed Agents to deiiver out the Tickets were no» 
nunated by the afting Troftees, who are Mr. Bw^rm^ks^ 
^r. Squire^ Mr. Richier^ Mr. CaJ^KktU, Mr. Thomffon.' 

That there are fome of the Truftees at Harhurgk ; hu( 
that no Conomittee of them hare met there ^ nor has them 
been any Orders or DiredUons fent from thma that 
this Examinant knows of. That Abundance of Gen- 
tlemen have Aibfcrib'd fbr Tickets, to the Amount 
of about lOOjOOO Tickets, which they are to pay for, 
when they take the Tickets out ; and that there was a 
CommiiTion fent lately from a Gentleman in FrMce for 
looo Tickets \ that he can't tell how many are deliver^ 
cd 5 for that the Truftees keep the Accounts, and haver 
the Books now in their Cuflody ; that the Examinant 
bas heard they havcj recciv'd about lOoL for Tic* 
kets. 

The Examinant further 6ys, that Lord Marr/ngton did 
not giv^ him Directions to publish the Abftraft of tho 
Scheme in the Flyh^ Foft of November the 13th, nor 
any of the Advcrtlfemeritsnowih^wn to the Examinant. 
That the -Lottery has been under the Confiderarton of jfe- 
veral Meetings of Dircftors, and general Meetings of 
Proprietors, and that it has . had their Approbation in 
general. That he don't remember he ever heard any 
one, at any Meeting, complain of the Lottery, as taking 
too much from Adventurers, and giving too much to the 
Proprietors of the Stock. Being asKM whether there was 
ever ten Votes againft the Lottery? Said, that there. was 
not half ten. That the \^ general Meeting ordcr'd, 
that Endeavours fhouid be us*d to HI] the Lottery with 
all poflible Speed ; and that all the Deputy-Governors 
^n^ Dire£tors were Aimmon'd to that Meeting 5 and 
that it was there alfo agreed, that Endeavours fhouid be 
us'd to obtain an EniUfi Charter for Trade ; but that 
he never heard that any Application was defign'd to 
hf made for a Charter for a Lottery; that there are 
Minutes taken of the Order, to apply for an EngUJh 
Charter. 

Being ask*d whether he has ever heard the Lottery, or 
the Company by which the Lottery is granted, treated 
as a Bubble, by thofe that arc conccrnM f Says, that he 
has heard it fo treated by Mr. Hope^ and Sir Thomas 
Webfier 5 the laft of whom, declared at a Meeting of Di- 
reftors, he would wafh his Hands of it, and that what 



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N®XXX for the Tear 1729, 12 j 

I0«4e It B Cheat, -was, that there was no En^Hfli Char* 
ter granted. That the Stock'will be worth, according 
Co the Calcttlatioiii he has Iben, 20/. pr Cent, if the 
Lottery if flill; but if not, the Value trill decline 
in Proportion to the Number of Tickets that ai'e not 
Ibid. That he has heard it treated as a Thing for the 
Benefit of the Trade of GrM Britain. That the Sub- 
Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Biredbrs, have no 
Salary, or other Allowances, Cinder this Chatter. Be» 
fng askM whether Mr. Jpules Is TreaCUrcr, fiiid, that he 
is not ible TreaAirer for the Lottery ; for that the Tru*- 
flees, of whoa he (Mr. Jovks) is one, afit as TteafUrer. 
Being askM how it comes, that the Tickets are printed 
in his Name as TreaAirer ? Said, that he is appointed 
TredUrer for Life by his Malefty's Patent, ^nd the Tic- 
kets ai« order'd to be printed in the Name of the Trea- 
fViWfr, by Wurrant of his Majefty: But that^fome of the 
Gentlemen not liking Mr. Jtmies^ there is an Ordet 
made in the Minutes, that he fliould not receive any Mo* 
ney *till he has paid the Company what he owes them ; 
that the Truftees would not permit him alone to receive 
any Money, but received it themfelves. That the Money 
that was to be received for the Tickets, was to belodg*d 
In the Bank of England^ and at the TreaAiry-Chimbcv 
at Hartover $ ai\d that tint Charter gives the > DireStors a 
Power of meeting either at Harhurgh^ or in Engiand, 
Being askM to produce the Minutes referring to the Ap- 
plication for the Engl{fh Charter, and allb the Minutes 
that wei'e made ibr Jouies not to t^ceive any Monev, ss 
before mention'd, fiiid, that they are in theftmcBook 
as the Minutes relating to the foreign Charter ; and that 
IkO has not thofe Minutes now in his Cuitody ; fbr thirt 
they were locked up by theTruflees Cnce he was ill. 
That the Patents, Warrants, and Minute-Book, were lock- 
ed up Yeflerday-Night. 

The Ejtaminant own'd, that he did acquaint the Tru- 
ftees -before they locked up the Papers, that the Com- 
mittec had fent him Notice in Writing, that they would 
examine him the next Day, Being ask'd whether the 
Directors did not take any Oath ? Said, there are Oaths 
"prefcrlbM by the Charter, but not taken ; for that ihey 
cannot adm!nif!er them hei*e, -except they have an En^IiJIj 
Charter. The laft Day of the Committee's fitting, Mr. 
'Ridpathhuvinf; attended the Committee, he /Ince his 
•faid Examination, was defir'd to produce, or leave with 
Ihe Chairman, tlte Minutes relating to the Application 

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124 The Hiftorical Regifter N*» XXX 

Sir the Brltijk Charter y which he accordingly has fern to 
the Chairman. 

Mr. Nathanael Brajfey faid, that in 17 20, a Project was 
going on for a Charter for a Manufa^ure-Company. 
That there was a Letter of Attorney made, in order 
to give Power for Perfons fubfcribing for the Stock 
of that Company at Harhurih ; and 4bo,ooo /. of that 
Stock was fubfcrib'd- for at 2 per Cent, and loo^ogo/. 
Stock was fold at i ^ /. 5 ^ . per Cent, whereas iLper Cent^ 
only was paid to the Company, as the Ezaminant has 
l)eett informed. 

That afterwards feveral Gentlemen went over to^ic- 
waver ^ endeavouring to obtain a Charter for Commerce, 
which was to be united with the Manufafture-Charter, 
and that there was fubfcrib'd 2 Lper Cent, for 540,800/. or 
thereabouts, of the Stock of that Company ; that when 
they were return'd. Gentlemen were caird together, - 
and were informed of the Benefit, that would arife by 
the afbrefaid Charter. That fome Time after, the Exa- 
minant went with Sir John Hartopp^ Mr. Bendf/k^ Mr. 
Eichiery Mr. Henry Cairnes^ Mr. Joules^ and Mr. Ridpatky 
to Baron Botkmar^ to follicite the Warrant for the Lottery, 
of which the Scheme now lhew*d to him is a Copy. 
That;jirhen he heard the Lottery was to* be granted to Mr. 
youlesy the Examinant appiy'd to Baron Bothmar^ who 
told the Examinant, that a private Lottery was askM 
for, but* would not be granted ; that tho* this Lottery 
was granted to youles^ it was intended for the fole Benefit of 
the Company. That after the Warrant for the Lottery, was 
obtain^, the Scheme was laid before the Examinant, and 
ibme others, at a' Meeting as Directors, who defir'd of 
Lord Barrlngton to fee the Warrant, but could not obtain 
the Requefl. That the Examinant did not only object to 
the Scheme itfelf, as not being a fair Adventure, but 
did difaporove of it, and declare he would not come 
into it, b^ufe Lord Barrington told them at that Meet- 
ing, that 75000/ was to be given for the Management 
of the Lottery 5 and propos'd, that 75000/. more ihould 
be given to Mr. Joules^ for reftgning his Right of the 
Lottery to the Company, and for making the Port of 
Jfarhurgh, That the Examinant had a further Obje€tio» 
to it, becaufe it was o£FerM by Mr. Alderman Billers^ to 
be managM for 20,000 inllead of 75000^ and the Rea- 
fon that was given by the Lord Barrington not to- accept 
of that Offer was fettled by his Majefty*s Approbation of 
the Lott;.ery for the Management thereof $ anid as it was 

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N^ XXX for the Te^r 1723. * laj 

lb fettled, it mud fo remain, and the Company could 
have it upon no other Terms. Said, that vhen the 
Truftees for the Lottery were namM to the Dire^ors, 
Lord 0ArHr7j;fo» faid, ' That he belie v*d that fomeGen* 
' tlecoen that were there prefent, were uneafy that the/ 
* were not made Truftees for the Lottery, and faid, that 
' thofe who had attended conftantly, if they would cOme 
' into the Scheme, need not to be uneafy, for they fliouid 
^ have 200 /. a piece, if they would agree to it.* That 
Lord Barriniion oficr*d the Money, but that they refused 
it, and declared they fcornM to tift^ Money upon fuch 
^iTerms. * 

That the Offer was made by Lord Barrwf^tcn^ in a lit- 
tle Room at Haherdaflters-'HaUj where were prefent Mr. 
Cre/nor, Mr. Billers^ and feveral more that were not Tru- 
ftees. That the E^aminanf faid, he was in that Room 
from the firft of their Meeting, ifor that he had fome 
Convcrfation with Mr. Crefnor^ That at the laft gena- 
ral Meeting, the Examinant was at, it was concluded^ 
that Mr. Joules fhould have 10,000 /. for conveying his 
property in the Lottery to the G)mpany $ but that it 
was not to be paid out of any Part of the 75,000 /* which 
was to be given to the Trudees for the Management of 
the faid Lottery. That the Examinant'askM whether if 
the whole 75,000 /. was not expended in the Execution 
of the Lottery, the remaining Part of Money ihould not 
go to the Company; he was told by {jord Barrlngton^ that 
a great deal of that Money was to be given to private 
Ui^s. The Examinant defirM to know what thofe pri- 
vate Ufes were \ Lord Barrlngton told him it was not 
convenient ibr him to know, and he fliould not know. 
That he never could get Sight of the Company^s Books, 
nor fee any Account, but upon Scraps of Paper ; that the , 
]E)xaminant takes it, that they lay under the immediate 
Dire£lion of the Sub-Governor, who is Lord Btirrington ; 
that if they ask^d for any Books or Accounts, they were 
told by Lord Barrtngton^ it was not proper they Ihould 
fee the Accounts of \he Commerce Charter, and they 
ihould not. That there was a Balaiiee of an Account 
from the Manufacture Company to the united Company^ 
which iie faw ; but as to the Account of the 100,000 /• 
Stock that was fold at 15/. per Cent, by Lord Burring* 
ton\ Order, as Joules has informM the Examinant, he 
could never fee it : That he, the Examinant, being in- 
form*d by Jwles, that 10 /. ferCeiuoi the 100,000/. 
Stock, fold at. 15 /. 3 f. ferCtnt was to bi^apply'd topri- 

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I2g The Hiporical Regifter N** XXX 

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vatc Ufcs , h^ did apply to l-ord Barrington^ to fee the 
JLcco\in^ pf t]tat Money, and his LordiGhip told him it 
tras not convei^Jent he mould, ^d hcfliouid not. That 
Jo«^x to^d ijie Examinant, that he had Orders to buy at . 
lieirhirgk^ ^ pretty large Quantity of Stock, which he 
boug^ht <rf the \.oxA Barrington^ that there was a Note of 
^^OJ/. Lord Barrir^ton had giveji to foules for Part oC 
2 ffr Ciiit. that ha4 been i\ibfcribM for Stock, and that 
joules had deliver^ that Note up to Lord Barrtngton^ in 
Fart of Payment for the Stock he bought of his Lordfhip 5 
that the l^xaminant don^t know the Quantities uf Stoc)^ 
Joules bought, or »t vhat Price it^was fold. That 
fouUs told the Examinant he was orderM to buy that 
Stock by Dr. Calamy. That the Examinant and o- 
thers were frequently toltf by Lord Barrlngton^ that an 
Engl\[h C|iarter was promisld, and would certainly be 
granted. 

Mt- Alderman Bajlls being fti^wM the printed Scheme 
rf the Lottery hereunto annexM? feid,*ihat there was 
a Scheme open'd by Lord Barrlngton (he cannot ijpeak cer-^ 
tainty as to the Time) at a Meeting where Lord Bar^ 
rtngfon and others affembled, which he believes is the 
Ikme as that now fliew^d to him* Being ask^d, whether 
he remembers he . did difhpprove of that Scheme, faid, 
that he believes, he might then (ky, he could not un- 
derfiand fome of the Particulars, th^y never halving been 
communicated to him $ but that in general, it appear*d 
lb unfair, that hewasagainft it ; and efpecially, becaufe 
there was to be a Deduftion of 5 fer Cent, upon 
1,500,000 /. to be rai$'d by the Lottery, which amount- 
ed to 75,000 /. to be given to thofe that are Truiiees oC 
the Lottery : That a Day or two after, there was a 
Meeting at HaUrfaJherS'Hally where the Lord Barrhgton 
did again open the faid Scheme for a Lottery,* which 
his Lordihip fkid, was agreed to by all the IMre£ior$^ 
Nemtnt contrttdhente ; and the Examinant obje^cd to it, 
9^s not being agreed to by all the pire£tors ; for he nei- 
ther had, nor wQuld give his G)nfent to that Scheme : 
And that then the Lor4 Barrington call'd out to the reft 
of the Pcrfons aflembled there, and fiiid, he hopM they . 
would not fuffer him to be fo treated by the Exaihinant, 
That fome Tinpe after, when Sir Thomas Wehfier^^CtSlT 
Charles VTager^ aftcd as Deputy -Governors, thefei^mi- 
naint^ heird there >yas AppHcation making to the f^^^JJt 
Miniftry^ to ge.t an EngUJh Charter; and th$it Kgrice 
was given .to the Examinant, *to meet Lord Barrington^ 



f 

N^ XXX fir the 2)far 179s* '^7 

jind theft two Gentlemcn^tt (bme EniHJh Minifter*t Houfe; 
^ but he couid not go. That aftei*w4rds^ tht Exateintnt 

' wt8 tt ft Meeting of Direftors, at which was prefent 
Sir Tlnmas Wehfter ; and as this Examinant believes, Sir 
Chxrks Waitr^ and Sir Thonuts told the Exanfiinant, that 
upon the Application aforefald, an EngUjh Charter could 
not be obtain'4 ; and that there had beeh a Refolution 
come td, which was to difprovt fome Notice that w«s 
pnbliih'd of a Lottery, and ^o fighiiie that the fiim^ wSs 
not publifh*d by the Approbation and ConHmt of the 
}>i rectors. 

To which Refolution, the Exaftiinant immediately 
gave his Confent % that at the next Meeting, the £xa- 
minant was at, at which Lotd Barrir^ton was prefoit, 
the afor^faid R^folation was read, and it wa^debated^ 
«hd afterwatds^ the major Part of th^ Dire6tors prelVnt^ 
came to another Refolution, which was to quafh the M» 
$tt6r, againft the Confent of the £xatninant« Thatupoli 
this, the Examinant ixlfided, that there fhould be a ge- 
neral Meeting of Proprietors forthwith ca]rd,t<racquflint 
them, that an EngHJh Charter had been refusM, that Peo- 
ple might not be drawn in : Being ask^d, whether Lord 
Barrin^on did ndt give his Confent to call that general 
.' Meeting ? Said, he did« and the Examinant believes^ n 
general Meeting wascallM, at which general Meeting thp 
£xamihant was not prefent, nor has been at any other 
Meeting fmce. 

Mr. Alderhian fillers being ih^wn a printed Scheme of 
the Lottery, ikid, that he had a Schens fbAt to him by 
Mr. Ridpatk ; but that he never toolt out a Ticket, not* 
ihw one, *till he came to the Speak^'s Chambers. That 
as foon as he ainderAood, that the 75,000/. was to be 
given to the Managers, hft defit'd to know of th* Lord 
Barrlngton^ how the Money was to be .difposM of,>h6 
told the Examinant, that there w6uld be grei^t Expencea 
in going over to Hanover^ and that 30,000 /. . was to be 
given to the Perfon that made the^Scheme. The EAaAiI- 
naat was (Virprlx*d, that fo great a Sum was to begiveh 
to the Perfon that made the Scheme ^ at which his Lord* 
fhip faid, he Would not have htm fo m\<cH furprlK'd, 
for that he had been offered 40,000 /• for a worfe ; and 
Ihid, he belicfvM the Examinant's Diflike to the 
Schenie wa8,beoauffi he was not a Tfoftee ^ but he hop'd^ 
to live to ftp the Examinant ft Truf!ee. That Ite 
^und a PHpeRf Minutes, which pitt the Examinant in 
M^^ of what the Lord Barrington had told him, That 

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the Lottery was to be given to the Company gratis^ 
which made him fay to his Lordfhlp, What is- this to be 
given sratis^ when 30,000 L is given to the Pcribn that 
made the Scheme? His Lordfhip made anfWer, thit 
the Examinant might fuppofethat was not all fbr the 
Scheme. 

Being ask^d, whether he was not at tl^e G>urt of Dl- 
reftors, when the Lord Bgrrington reported the Scheme ? 
Said) he might be there, and if he was, he was agiinll 
St ; that he had declared fo much againft it, that for fer 
veral Months paft, he has not been fummonM to attend 
any one Court. That 500,000 /- of the Profits of the 
Lottery was to be put upon the whole Stock, except 
75,000 /. Part of the Profits, which were to be deduced 
for the Managers. Mr. Mo fas Rafer being fhewn the 
printed Scheme of the Harhtrgh Lottery, ikid, that he 
had fuch a Scheme lent to him, and that there were 
fome Obfervations made upon it, which he lent by Mr^ 
Sitmn^ a Bookfeller, to Mr. Retid^ in order to be printed ; 
and Mr.S/imn came to the Examinant in a Hurry, and 
brought the Examinant the folRywing Letter, and the 
.Examinant was obligM to promife the Printer to 
indenmifie him, before he would print the laid Obfer- 
vations. 

•-5fr, London^ OSeher 26, 1722. 

THERE being an Advertifement in Yeilerday- 
Night's St. Jumes*s^Evening Poft^ relating to the 
Harhurgh Lottery, and a Promife of the Scheme of 
the Gain and Lofs of the faid Lottery, to be infert- 
ed in rhtWeekli JourfuU^ or Britifi Gtautetr of Saturdmj 
next. 

You are defirM to take Notice, that iio Refiefiions 
upon the faid Lottery, which is approved by his M»- 
jcfly, under the^ign Manual, and Privy-Seal, be iniert- 
ed in the Wteldy Journaf^ ot Britrfli Gaxjeteer^ or any other 
Paper wherein you are concemM, as you would avoid 
Profecution, befide the Lofayou may fufiain by the Com* 
pany's AdvertiHng in your Papers: ByOWer of the 
Truftees, appointed by his Majcfty, From fSirJ 

your hoMe Servmnt 

Gcof^e Ridpath^ 
Secretary to tie Harburgh Camprnj midLatttr% 
J>ireaed.to Mr. Rjttti^ Printer. ■ . - , .^ i /T 

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Slid, thftt Lord Barrin^ton told hiiii) the Examinant, 
that the King had promised to grant a Brltijh Charter^ 
and that It -would be obtained ; and that they could not 
A6t at Dire6tori well, without it could be obtainM ; and 
the Examinant f]poke to Sir Thomas Wehfter^ and Sir Charles 
Waier^ about it \ who told the Examinant, that they, toge* 
ther with Lord Barrhigton^ had Waited upon Lord Tcv>n/* 
htnd^ Lord Cartaret^ and Mr. WalfoU^ who told him at that 
Time, that an £ti|///% Charter for the Advantage of the 
fidd Lottery could not be granted, becaufe it was ille- 
gal and impraaicable. Sir Thomas Wehfter told the Exa- 
minant, that Lord Harrington defir'd that the Minillry*« 
refufingto grant «n £k!|/(^ Charter, ihould be kept at a 
Secret, upon which, Sir Thomas immediately ordered 
mdfatk to call the Dlreftors together ^ that he might 
acquaint them, they were to have no Enilljh Charter. 
The Eicaminant askM Sir Thorrlas^ ^Vhy it was kept ^. 
Secret ? Me (kid, writhout an Enilifli Charter, the Lottery 
isri^kaCheat, and therefore he would have nothing more 
to' do with hikn.' Said, that his Objection to the Scheme 
of the Lottery, was, that after 1,500,000/. was rais'S 
on the-faid Lottery, one third of the Stoc^ was to he 
given to the old Proprietors \ 1,000,000/. of the Money 
fo raisM, was for the foHunate Adventurers ; out of the 
remaining 509,000 /. 75,000/. was to be giv^h t6 tne 
Truftees, for Management of the faid Lottery \ that the 
Sum the preftnt Proprietors of the Stock of the /f^trl^Mr^A 
Cempany would have gainM from the Adventurers ir^ 
the Lottery, added to the 75,000/. makes 2 10,000 /• 
Nvhich will more fully appear by the Calculation. ' That 
he defir*d Lord harrlngton to fee the Accounts of the 
Money paid in upon the Stock \ and his Lordihip would 
not let him. Said, that 100,000/. Stock was fold at 
1 5 /. ftr Cent, for the Benefit of the Company % and that 
•he was told, it was never brought to an Account, for that 
he had askM Sir Thomas Wehfitr^ and Sir lAowaj faid, that 
he fiever iliw any Account of that Stock. 

Mr. Aridre*^ Hope (kid, that there was a Claufe in the 
Charter for a Lottery ; and that the Lottery was talked 
t>f in Jufie^ or July 1720, or before. That the firft Sub- 
Ibription was 500,090 /. that when 400,000 /. was Aib- 
feriVd, and 100,000 /. was to be fold, he was unwilling 
to buy any of the Stock that was to be fold, but joules told 
this Examinai:^t, that it he would' not, others would; 
kind thereupon he bought 10,000/. of it, at 15 /. 3;. per 
C^fnt, That he ask^d fouht what was become of the Mo- 
ney, he faid, the Lord Barrington^ and Sir Alexander 
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ijo The Hiftorital Regifttr ■ N^XXX 

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C<umts hvi it) that the Examinant askM Lord Bartifigtony 
•whether he fliould not know what was become of it ; attd 
Lord Barrifigton faid, it was not Ht he (houldicnow, and he 
/hould not That the lo^ooo/. Stock coft him above loooA 
and that there was no Books to which his Name was p«t 
for the Stock; that then there was only 2 per Cent, paid 
.in upon 400^000/. Stocky ot^thereabovts^ and he was to 
be- upon the Foot with them, and have no other Advati" 
tag!^. upon the lo^ooo/r Stock. That Mr. Lloyd bougjht 
30^0/. Part of the loo^ooo/. Stock at 15 /. 3^. /er 
Cent, and that' the faid Lloyd fold fome of it again for 
jBo, 609 and none under 20 and ^o per Cent* and fbmc 
of that at 20 and 30 per Cent, was fold to one EJchard 
yaeli/on. That there was m Transfer made of the StocK, 
nor any Receipt given. That L<jrd Barringtoh had ofttn. 
declarM to the Examinant at feyeral Meetings of the 
j)ire£tbr6 or Jruftces of the Lottery^ that aa £12^^ 
Charter/ was ppmi$*d| both by ^heKing and theNfiir 
niftry, " ' 

fohn CkrlftUn jy/^/^, being examinM as to the Sale of 
the icx)^ooo /• Stock at i^l.per Cent* and the io,006 /. paid 
him* the faid NitQlai by Mr. Joules. Said, that Joules 
iold roo,oo6/. Stock fdr 1 5^000 /. and that he did not de- 
ceive of Mr. Joules J any n^ore than 8800/. (the moil 
Part of which tSie Examinant lakl out in Scuth-Sea Sub* 
fcriptions) tho' he^ the faid Joules^ was ordered to gi\f^e 
the Examinant 10,000/. as a Prefent^ he having beeki 
d>ncernM in that Affw, ever fince 171 6, and travMr 
led feveral Times to Hanover* That the Examinaht 
ask^d Joutes for the i2po/< remi^ining Part of the (kid 
10,000/. and he faid, he would pay htm, ^ That Sir Jolln 
fryer^ and Lord Barringion ordered foules to make thi5 
^Examinant the Pre(ent of 10,000/. and. that he re? 
ceiv'd it as a Prefent for his Own Ule and. Advantage, fot 
the Trouble he has had in that Affair^ for the 4 Ycara, 
Ttiat by one of the Articlfs in the Charter of his Ma- 
jelly, a Lottery is granted ; that Ibxtoe Perfqns made % 
.Motion^ that the Management of the Lottery fiiould[ 
be aAign'd to fome on^ particular Per&n^ D^hich the Ejt^' 
aminant and Mr« Baylis was againll $ but that the other 
JPerfons concern'd, thought fit to convey it to Mr. Joielei^ 
Mr. Benjamin Joules being agam examtnM as to th^. 
iOQ,ooo/. Stofk of .the Harhurgh Compaiiy being fold 
it 15 /. fir Cerk. either for the Uft of thf Company, or 
iny -other Perton, rfai'd, t^iai 't\s tf ue, that \^€ fold 
^oCXjOCo/. at 15/. %s. per Cent* and that Btrtjttmln S^lth^ 
4nc of t)ie Truitees^ was pne Mi the firfl Petfbini wltit 



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wliom that Affiir vat traiiira£leG|, who itftt'd to h«vf 
icsDoo/. Stock of the Evamina&t^ an4 told hlsn> li» 
W0UI4 give Kim 300 Guinea* $ the Examioant faid h9 
was fb generoui he would mot make ai^^ Demand. That 
Mr. Smith acquainted Mr. Things firo<iiiw of it, who 4e- 
iirM he might have 30,000 i> or 40,000 i. of the Stock | 
tod then it being come to be known, Mr. An4renf>$ dc» 
iirM 30,000 /• Mr, fahn Floy4 and Mr. Br/uiy (krir'4 
30^00/* that they gave the Examinant Earneft for k, 
ind made him give th<*iU a Note to deliver it, to them 1 
that he defirM them to part with fame of it for that if 
they did not, ho could not make good his Promifts to o« 
ther People; but none of them would. That 2 fer 
Qnt, upon the 160,000 /• was paid to the Companyj 
which is 2000/. 

That 3 Guineas fer Cent which if 3000 Guineas, tho 
Examinant received for his own Ufe^ and that lo/^ fer 
Cent, which is 1O9O00/. he paid to Mr- ATiVaiU/ ; that 
it was Ibid by Order of Sir Alexf^nder Cairnesj and that 
Sir Alexander came to the Examinant from another Room, 
ind gave him the Orders by Word of Mouth to fell it, 
and told him that the Gentlemen had agreed that ib mucb 
fliould be fbld ; that the Per(bns thait were then in the 0- 
ther Room, were Mr. DeaeU^ Sir Thorns Ahnev, and Mr* 
London, Being askM, whether he thinks himftlf indem* 
nifyM by the verbal Order of Sir Aleaander Cairnest 
Said, there was no Secretary, and therefore no Order in 
Writing was given, and nothing was afiled regularly § 
and that he look'd upon it as an Order from all of themt 
Being ask*d, whether any Perfon gave a Difcharge £br 
the Money he*receiv'd ? Said, that he has ho Difcharge, 
and that the 2 fer Cent only was taken as the Company ^s 
Money. 

Mr. Benjamhjoulef hting again examined \ faid,thatLor4 
Urrlniton di4 not, dire^iy or indirectly, order or give 
pirofilions to the Examinant to fell the 100,000 /• or to 
pay NieoUi 10,000 /. and that he did not make Ufe of Lord 
"B^frrington^ Name when he gave NicoUi the 10,000/. 
That he has own*d to feveral People at feveral Times^ 
that Lord Barrington never gave him any I^ireCtions ar 
bout the 100,000 /. Sipck, or the 10,000/. given to Nico' 
hi ; and that ail the Gentlemen that are Truflees have 
heard him fay fo, and he has faid it to no lefs than forty 
or fifty People more. That Lord Barrh^ton was neither 
Governor, Sub-Governor, nor Director, at the Time 
when 1.00,000 ir Stock was fold, and Nicoki received the 

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1 32 The Hijiorical Regifler ««» XXX 

f ©5006/. ()ut whether his Lordfhip had CgnM the Letter 
of Attorney before or after he was a Proprietor of th® 
St6ck, the Examinant could not fay. Being askM, whe- 
ther he told Mr. Hofe that Lord Harrington gave him Or- 
der to fell the 1 00,000 /.Stock, or any Part thereof. Said, 
Ee.did not tell Mr. Ho/e fo; for that the Direftioa. 
was given to him to fell 100,000/. 9t9ck) a« he has mcn-^ 
tion*d in his former Examihation % and SirAlexanderCairnet 
ordcr'd the Eicamiifant to give 10,000/. to Nicolai^ that 
thfc Stock was fold in Jurje^ lyzo^ That he has paid AT/^ 
€cldi 8800 /• and he can prove by wh6m NicbUi h^ tt» 
cei^'d the 1200/. the Remainder off the 10,000/. 

To returh to the Proceedings in Parliament; 

On the 4th of February^ The Bill to continue the Duties 
for Encoiiragemeni of the Coinage of Money^ &tc. was read a 
lecond Titn^, and committed to a Committee of thd 
whole Hotile, on that Day fevcnnight ; and the next 
Day, the ingrofs'd Bill for pim/hmg Mutiny dnd Defer-i 
tran^ Sec* was read th^ third Time, pafsM, and fent jxp 
to the Lbrds ; as was aKb an ingrof&^d Bill for continuing 
fome Laws^ and reviving others^ &tc. 

On the 6th, Mr Serjeant Birck^ from the Commf ffionerft 
andTrudees appointed to enquite into the forfeited £-> 
flates' in England and Ireland^ ' and elfewher^ (except 
Scotland) prefented t6 the Houfc the further Report of the 
.Ciid CommiiSoners and TruHees $ and then a Bill to ena* 
hie Lordf of Manors more eafily no recover their Fines and 
fo eseempt Infants and Feme S'^^ert from Forfeitures of their 
Copyhold Lands in f articular Ca/es^ was by Sir Thomas 
fianmer prefented ta the Houfe, and read the firftTime. 

February 7. Mr. Munro^ from the Commiffioners and 
Truftees appointed to enquire into the forfeited Efiates in 
Scotland^ laid before the G)mmons the further Report of 
the l^id Commiffioners. And,then,upon the Report made 
hy Mr. Walfole^ from the Committee, to whom the Pe- 
tition of the Borough of Great Yarmouth in the County of 
Norfolkw&s referr*d,a Bill was order'd to bebrought in for 
continuing an A6f 10 aftd 1 1 Gulielmi III. for the clearing^ 
repairing^ preferving^ and maintaining the Haven and Tiers 
of Great Yarmouth. After this, the Call of the Houfe 
was further adjournM to that Day Fortnight, and or- 
dered, that the Houfe be then call'd over, and nothing 
to intervene. 

On the 8th of February^ Mr. Lo'wndes prefented to the 
Commons a »f// /or redeeming certain Annmties noipp^^^ 
ble by the Cajliier of the Bank of England, at the Rate rffivt. 

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Founds per Annum | ir<Klc1i was read the firft Time, and 
•rder'd to be read a fecond. A new Writ was after« 
'vtrards order'd for the electing a Burgefs for the Borough 
of Br Amber ^ in Suffe)<^ in the Room pf ^lUiam-CharUs Van 
Hulft^ Efq; deceased ) and then the Houfe went into a; 
grand Committee, to prepare Heads of a mil far frt* 
'Ofnting frauds €tvd Ahufss in tht Tohacc9 Trade^ and t4 
confider of the J^utUs and Allovnanfts upon Tohaeco^ and 
*what Abatements of Regulations might be made there- 
in. Among the reft, Mr. Trtnchard movM,that in order 
to prevent for the future, the Frauds and Abufes com- 
mitted in the faid Trade, tnere might be a Re-entry 
of all Tobacco that was removM froift one Port to an«' 
other, both \Ti Eyigland and Scotland \ but that Mo- 
tion not beinj:; feconded, was dropt. Then the Ikme 
Gentleman took Notice, That tho' the S^ots ^wctt^ in 
many kei^efts, great Gainers by the Union of the two 
Kingdoms, yet they were very deficient in paying their 
Proportion of the pubiick Burdens^ that by the Treaty 
of Union they were to pay $0,000/. fs^Annum^ to- 
wards the Malt-Tax, but that, if he was rightly in- 
formM^ for feveral Years pad, they had not paid abovd 
10,000/ and therefore he mov*d, that it might be 
an Indruftion to the Committee to enquire into that 
Matter. He was feconded by Mr. Hungerford : But an 
eminent Courtier having reprefented, that Aich an In- 
quiry was very improper, in the prefent Juncture, and 
might inflame the Nation, Sir Nathanael Gould made a 
Motion which both -Parties ftem'd to come into, v/ao. 
That all Tobacco imported both into England tind Scot' 
land, be put into W^rehoufes, and not to be removed from 
thence without a Permit, to prove that the Duty was 
paid : But it growing late, the further Confideration 
of that AfFair was put off to that Day fevennig)it. 

Feh, 9. The Commons ordered a Bill to be brought 
in, for better qualifying the Manufacturers of Stuffs and Yarn 
in tkiCitH of Norwich, ^nd Liberties thereof, to bear the 
Offices of Magiftraey in the faid City, and for regular ' 
ting thi EleSfions of fuch Officers \ and then a Bill for re» 
deeming certain Annuities^ tat, was read a fecondTime^ 
and committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe. 

On the It th of February, a Petition* of (bveralthou- 
fands of his Majefty's Subje^s undeif Infolvency, in 
'Suffol\L*Flace, in tlie Borough of South'warlt, was preO^nt- 
ed to the Houfe, and read, imploring fiich Relief as 
*<koukl be moft' agreeable to the Goodnefs und Wifdom 
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«E tbf Hopifllv ^mt a Motion being mtdo^wl t^^Qy^ 
/Si9np«t7 tWir tho Petition ke vefcrrM to tQim^^l^tfesy ^ 
,gft(«*4 i» tiM KeigaidTe, and not only rttft^V^ tlk«t |Kt 
Pttiticm be fc^efited, but ai thc) Sui>« Titxtf^ ;^ Coix^miT- 
V« ira« osder'ii ao^ afpointcxl la eiHi^re ii>|o pise^ 
tfiMed pvivikg*^ Ptoon, aiud to rc|^ort their Qpin^ 19 
Ike Hoi^. ^ wtah. FoHrtx to fend fix FofTorv^ Ftpeir^ «94 

ins tM^Hvenn w^^Biets o/Gxeat Ylarjoouti, W4^ ^r^^m> 
eft to tbo Hottfir, roceiv'd, read thQ Mi Times eftd qf- 
4qc*4 to. bo ccftd e feeond. Tbca Compj^ift^ being v^Af^ 
to tbe liwfiB o£*o primteil PampbJetji en«ttM, Ttf R<^ 
for A of the Commute t^fotnied to etiquire ifitft thf ^r^fs^ 
mmmpnlyi cMd. the. Httburgh Lottery : TtM r%B»e w4f 
iirottsbt uft to tbe Tablxs, vbece the TiUe x\fiv^^ ^a> 
ceed> end eifo fbnifi Paragraphs tbeteim e^U'd ^^f^ 
\m\m% <A d^e Honfe o£ Commona: Wliftr«u|)OB it ifa# 
ovdor'd^ tbajt a Cbouftittee be appointed: to enquire^ iat^ 
tbi? PeinKr aiid. Puktifiioc& of tivO) faid printeil^^ Vaipr 
phic^ Mtbick was. rcfen'd to the Cud Conaoii^ttye. Aa4 
tiioo, ia a Coilunittee of tbe whole. Houfe^ the C^P^ 
OV>itt woftt liiQOttgh the BUI'fbr redAfmkoi i;nitain .4i**fWr 
tkn^ Si€; ondf made fex^rai Amendme^tts thereto. 

F4k 13, X hili ta fufLfrefo the Harburgb L^fteicy^ ^ni 
ta pjpeven^ any fareiffs ^ette^ies- ftom^ heing ctixrytA Qfi 
In., this Ikini^bntj^ . 8«c. i«as. rea4 the fii ft, and oi:4er^d tQ.be 
xead a ftcood^ Time. . Coii^plamt being msrie to tb^ 
lioufe of the great Bifficuity the Membei?$ moot with 
m coming fo and going from tbe Houfe^ chiefty oeQU- 
fionHUy Rea&n of the fcequent Sloops of Coachear meet- 
ing in the narrow Paffagea leading to thff Ho^ \ o 
Gomviittee wa» theneupon a}>fx>i^d to con fider <tf pn^ 
per Methods, for preventing the faid lacon^enienpiea to 
the Mconbers. in. theiir coming, to and' g^^ing from the 
Houfi?'. 

Then tha ifoufe? di&g^reed to thjs Heft^lutioil of the 
Cbmmittoe of- Privileges and Eiie^^ions^ touching the 
Eleaion fov tbe.B<poiigk of Dovchtjhr in the C<wnty of 
Hwfit^ vix^ That Edtm^d-^Msrp^n.FUydsJk^ Bft^ ^sdlKr 
ly eledisd .fortlie M± Bbrough v ^tt<i on^thb contrfrt^A, • 
it was refblvM^ that WHliamChaf:pley ESfv **^ ^^iy 
choirn. a Ruvgeft &f the faid Borough., 

On the T 4th of Fthruary^ the GoniinoBS.TeAx2&\i'thr 
•ftitther Condcferation of the Repoct of the CosDmittet ^ 

appointed to^onquit^' into th&fikrkff^^AiLotte^*;. and 

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N*XXX for thereof i72%, igj 

l/]fra Vifbdunt BarHnjrton of the felngdoih of h^ttkrtd, k 
Wcittb^ of thik Houffc, #crc i^afl, iihd theft Hehfj 
BtttdyJL B(t]i Mf . (?forJ:f Rlifkfk, Mt, ThohfUs Mktthtiw^ 
anil mjit kijf&^ Efq; fiftving been fbrtMly M\% 
Md ^iramteM, tlv^ ftirth^ Gonficth-iltion df thedild R%- 
Iport iv*8 «djotirnM to th* next MorhinJ;, ifcrhirn ftteral 
Pw-R)tt8 #e^e oMefldi t6 attctad. 

Accordingly, on the lUh, the Common* ffcfiifh*d thfe 
^ATth^ Cohfidcratlort of that Affair ; And Mr. Qecr^i 
RHfAth hating btfeh eiamin'd, \ht Lorid Barrlhiioh war» 
ftetrif in hl^ Piace, ahd^ in his own Jn^fficdtibn At- 
'ledg'd, that his t)efign was hoheft iM difhltereif^d ; 
thit hf* had nothihii ih View but the Good df tfr^ Nai 
<ibn 5 tMt the Hathurth Cort^ny^ if diUy mana^'d* 
and encourag'd, might have been t'ery WVanttfgtoul to 
the Navigation and Trade ; Ind that xht Lottery in Qfce- 
fffoh, ^a* Intended to raife Mori*^, irt OMcr fo tt^Mh 
the Company effefihially to tarry 6n f heir Trade. But 
hit Defence made littte oV no Impfr^fflon on thi Aifem- 
bf^, fo that ft was refoH'/l, ATf^///^ tsnfradlcenh, that ft 
ipt^afs to this Houfe, that jSkh l-ord Vifcou'nt Bartirjjt- 
fbi of ^he Kingdom pf Irktartd^ a Member of ihisHou'e. 
lias bcin notof ioufty guilty 6f ^6hioting, abutting, kni 
taf ryinj^ on the fraudulent Uncfcrtaking caird the Mar* 
furgh Lottery. 2. Thnt the fticf Lord Vifcbtmt Bar'" 
rhgm^ be, for hris fatd Offence, exfjeJl'd this Boufe. 

Fehritary t6. Mr. Fb^jj acquainted the Commons, from 
the Committee Jtppofhtcd t6 en^ti-Trc fAto th^Priftter and 
fubltftier of the Report about thfe tiarhur^h Lottery; 
t'hat feveral of thi WltnfcffeB Aify had ftimmon'd to at- 
•tend them, had prevaricated, aim wofuld not give direflf 
•and clear Anfwers to any Qucftion^ ilVk^d thcAi \ and thrt 
he was direftcd by the Cothmf ttee to move ,the Hduffe: 
that they might be impbwdr'd to ei^amineWithctfcs iff 
th* mofl folcmn Manner; whcfreupoh it waa ordfr'd^ 
that Aich Members of the faid Cortirtiittec who wiri 
Tttflices of the Peace for the Cbuiit!y Of Mlddtefe^, ana 
City of Weftmlnfler^ fhouW ctamiftc in thrf moft fole^tf 
Wanner, fuch Pcrfbns as di^y ththiglrt fit,' at the^irf 
CdAiniitte'e. 

ft:h. 18. Mr. Yong^ frdt^ tU filid:6ynfimitted,ad)uaihfe9 

tBc Houfe, that Rkhdfi Prdtickfin^ Bbokfdler in freiijireef^ 

(who in hh Exa'iViin^tibns before them on SaiUriay hti; 

had own''^ that the faid R^poilt ^as printed by hfs Dii 

.ite£t!on) having fmce been mmmon'd ta attend the fkitf 

8 2 Committee^ 



J 9 6 7 be Hiftorical Re^ifter f\9 XXX 

^Committee, in order to his being further exami&M that 
Motning, had fent a Letter to the Chairman of the faid 
Committee, acquainting him that he would not obev tjje 
faid Summons. Hereupon, it was refolvM, That Krchard 
Fr«»f l2/i«,Bookfelier,having refused (when dtily fummon'd) 
to attend' a Committee of this Houfe, was guilty <>f 
^, notorious Contempt of the Authority and of a Breach 
of the Privilege of this Houfe, andorder'd, that the faid 
BJckard Francklln be taken into the Guliody of the Serjeant 
at Arms, Then the Bill to fufprefs the Harburgh Lottery^ 
&c. being read a fecond Time, and comAiitted to a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the /.ill to con- 
tinus the Duties for Encouragement of the Coinage of Monty ^ 
and for the Relief of William Jate Lord Wi^dringion^ -whfi 
committed ; with an Inftrufition to the faid Comittce^ 
^0 alter and make both the faid Bilis into one 

Fehruvry 19.- An cngrofsM Bill to enable Lords of Ma* 
nors wore eaftly to recover tlteir Fines >'y and to exempt In* 
fants and Femes'Covert from Forfeitures of their Copyhold 
Eftates in particular Cajis ; was read the third Time, pafsM, 
and fent up to the Lords. Then upon.a Complaint made 
to the Houfe, that notwithftanding the Order of this 
Houfe of the 2^d of yar/uary laft, feveral written Pa- 
yers were difpers'd in CofFee-Houfes, and elfewhere, at 
Minutes of the Proceedings of this Houfe, in Breach 
^ the Privilege of this Houfe j the Committee who 
were to enquire into the Printer and Publilher of the 
Report touching the flarhurgh Lottery, were thereupon or- 
der'd to enquire alfo into the Writers and Difperfers of 
the faid Papers, and report the fame to the Houfe. Af- 
ter this, a new Writ was orderM to be ifTu'd for the c- 
le6ting a Burgeft for the Borough of Calne in Wiltjhire^ 
in the Room of Qeorge Ducltet^ £(q; who fjnce his Ele^ion, 
had I ccepted the Office of one of the Commilfioncrs of 
fiis Majefty's Revenue of Excife. 

Nothing material was done the 20th, but the next 
Day, the Hill for reviving and adding tvx> Milfhns^ to the 
(^apttal Stock of the South-Sea Company^ Stc. was read a fe- 
cond Time, and committed to a Committee of the whole 
Houfe. Then the Houfe, according to Order, was call'd 
over ; and the Names of fuch Members as made Default 
to appear, were noted down ; and the Names of the De- 
faulters being calFd over; many of them appear 'd, o- 
thers were excus'd, but feven of them, whofe Excufes 
were notallow'd, were ordcr'd into the Cuftody of the Ser- 
geant at Armsj v/z- Sir li^illiam Carevf^ Bart. Henry Earl 

of 



V X > 



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N** XXX > fortheVe-art^2^.^ ri37 



j i' j i 



••f JDrogkedn in the Kingdom««f Inland^ NkM^a Yl^ 

ctnty Efq; Sir Cepplefton-lVaru^di Eampfylde^ Bant. TJto- 

mas de Grey^ T£,iq% John 'Earl fitTJOxUMi^ in t&e'iKinj^- 

dom of Irehndf itnd the Honoiftfahle J)od4i:np$rh^rt^iltey 

JEfq; * ' .. • - ., • ^t - -\ 

Chi the 2 2d of Tth the Commons made a RefolitlJoB, 

that Rohert Gordon of Haughes^ Sheriff Depute: for tbe 

Shire of Invern^Jpt^ having accepted and returj&'*4 to ;tte 

Clerk of the Crown ii^ Chancery^ ^nlndentureof Ketum 

of a Bui:gers'to ferve in this prefent Parliament for ^rtc 

iDiftri^ of Burghs of Lmrhsff'e^ Naitn^ fortes^ and For- 

trojiy (the faid Ihdenture of Return not being ftgnMI^ 

tKe Common Clerk of the prefiding Burgh of ihe !)!• 

ilrid of Burghs) had a6ted firbitrarily and illegally, la 

Defiance of the haws of this Realm, and in' Breadi.fif 

the Privilege of this Houfe : And it was order'dttwiC 

the faid Rohett Gordon^ be, {cm* the faid Breach of Priyf- 

lege, taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at ArD«a. 

Then in a Committee of the whole Houfe, fome:Pff^ 

^refs was made in the Bill. in Favour of the SquthSm 

Company. 

FeU 2 V Upon the Report made t>y Mr. Ypng^ Chaifmaa 
of the Committee abovemention'd, it was refolvM, th^ 
Henry Farker^ Vrinltr in BiJhopJx^t^'Strfet^ having, bjr 
Direaion of Rjchard Vrancklin^ Bookfeller in FleetJireH^ 
prefumM to print, and that Natkamel Dodd^ having pre- 
fumM to publilh in Print, the. Proceedings of the Com- 
mittee of this Houfe, contrary to the Order of t\A$ 
Houfe, were guilty of a Breach of the Privilege pf thif 
Houfe ; that the faid Henry Parker mifl Ntithanael Ihd4 
be, for the faid Breach of Privilege, taken into the Co- 
ftody of the Serjeant at Arms. Then Mr. Fulteney^ from 
the Committee appointed to examine Chrtftopher Layer 
and others, acquainted the Houfe, that the Committee 
had prepared a Ret>ort to be laid before the Houfe, an4 
. defirM the Houfe would appoint a Day ffl^r receiving the 
fame: Whereupon it was orderM, That the faid Report 
be rccciv'd upon the ift Day of March After this, the 
Houfe was ordered to be caird over on Tuefday come 
Fortnight, the 12th Day of March next 

On the 25th of Fel^ upon the Report madetQ the Com-* 
mons by Mr. George Berkeley^ of the Matter of the Peti- 
. tion of Sir Bafil Dis'well and others, as it appear^ to a 
Committee, to.whom the faid Petition had been referred, 
« Bill was ordered to be brought in for compleating the Re* 
fairs of thi Harhmar «/ Dover irfthe County 0/ Kent \ and 



-*58 The mjidriiiai Rsgyier N^XXX 

__ ^ — - ,. ■ ■ ■ ■ — . . ^ 

'fi^ f^t/kHni f0 hi Mkciknt Q^oihefi the H^hMtt (f ftyc fit 

■rit Ctimh (jr Snftot. --Hi«n Mr. Qjl^ytn ktf^iei At>m tK^ 

•Cttdimi jbe ^f Prl^ilegei «nd Bkaiotis, tlie ^t^ lA It 

4)kpcarM tl> tti^fii^ faa«MAg ^ EidOfon Iby" tik SklFtf df 

&itherUnd^ with the Rcfolutions of the Comntlttde 

.i^enriij^A*) wBlclk w«fe ^rgf^d % tit^ I. thit tl^fc Right 
iteMtifi^ 9 66militd^ni!¥ t* i^vd in PicHiliii^eHt ftr tlib 
'flfiie ^SmktfrlMd^ U !fl the HerHore^ Fe^^Ktt, "Wftdli^t. 
tnpi, flttiH Llftf-Rdhtbf»5 ]^dfl^ft*d of the Liitds in th^ f3ii(l 
6bii«^ *#Keth^r hoidlhg of the CtfNfn*^ h^ 6f a Su^jd^^ 
'3. Thit Sir IT^/lM G(^d'ofi^ B^rt. ir«$ dulV elefiied a 
^flbikimiflioAef td feH« iA thU irefent Pkrlifthieht fei" the 

? By tkUTIiiw, the Billjfbf fm^tfl^fig M&fifiirtin4 6efir^ 
4foK, S(c. h^tf leen fi^^t tack frtftn th^ Htifufe df Peters, 
%(fcefcf i< Md Oi^affon^'ci gfe^^ De1$«te^,^ pUffkvitMy ah 
•hmdndPaetit lilade by th«ir Lordfliipis f6f infei^ifTg lb 
•tte l^retimbl^ thtf t^ftib^ of Fdree» thti«^ht pfilp^ to 
•W taJpt oit fow fdf the ehfttift^ Yeitv toftfiHiftg 6f 
''tJ449f efft^lite MtVif OjKcel^ included,^ ^md ifis Ihvi^ 
lids 5 ajainft which Amendment, eighteen Lords ehter'd 
^tfitnuor^biet^roteft&tK^. Tmfd'ty the i!6t1b of Fel^. be* 
^g| aj^tntea t6 t^ke thi^ fa^id Ami^^dtticfilts \^^ fZonCidS- 
t«ti»n^ tlfi€y wew l^cfally f*Ad. irtcLi Motion b^in^ 
<i^ide^ that the tiw^ do a^ree wkh tid Lotds, the A* 
-xt^hdttitfilt belbi^nftemfo^^cf bbcafionM 4 ve?y Wdrm ahd 
-WttgB^ite, »iwy Irf^riflWrs Urging, tUat itiAtlrdKh'd 
5tfjitlv6^pWper P^ogatifV^e of the GomiAoft<ff«o graiW Sup*. 
^rtb^ t i^t ftt l«ft thte Qtiertioft leiHl piift, whether to 
Ibgriefe W !iOf ? It thte eir^/d In the Affif^atlvie by a Ma« 
•jSrtiy of «30 Votes aga^ttA 1 1^ 

'The fah^e Dtty, the Coflimons tefiJi5^*d to ^dli^fs his 
tHjtjHty, * Tha* h« Woitid be grattteufty^lefe^'d tog1v6 

* Dff^efloh^ for the ^irtditfilfaig the iiatik»r Fafl^es leatf- 
•^ iflg to m$ Hotffe ; itnd 16 ifkit^ hi« Wrfj«Vy, that thtii 
^ tf 3u^ ^^rouldteiake go<k! aiiy Exf^fice Hl4 MajeAv ftotiftf 
^ be atj ki puVcldflAg ike I*rt>pei»ty df the Eart of ifwilif- 
^fierftSt that l^urpOft/ouf of tkd n^tt Aids to^be grant- 

* eif by >arliai*enl. Aftef thi^, it wa« rclblv^d, iVfi^;»^ 

* contradicevie^ i. That fttt huntble PlAAHV^ be j^eftnted 

* t«^ hi^ Miijdly, t^^ oongrtltuktd his SCaJerty oil the In- 
^€t^f% of hi« Royal Fam«y, by hei» Rdyal Highrieft'i 

* be^n^ happily dei'verrf of t( Prfrfcefs* 2. That rf cori- 

* emula«>ry KeHsigi? be (cnt to tft^lr Royal Highne(l 

* fc« 



tm 



H<» XXX /(W the Tear 1 79 3. .1 if 



T*. 




* Occafion. 4 . 

Feh. 27. Kft Q^nceH^ of t^ic ]&?hfiqw rej^ortfif t* 

jefly Qii the Ii^r^afe of Ms RQy4 F^nuly, t^y |i«: Rq; 
alHighnefs's being happily (i^livcr'4 <*f a ?riniWn fe« 
lwnprefttttc4 tQ-hi^Jlijefty, mi X^^t bl^ Ui^^ b« 
qomxi^iiiif dhiw tQ acqiwin,!; t\d^ HgU;^^ 3[%tf ^(1 -M^^ 
t^rns, hfs Tfu^h to. tkfs. UquJi^Qr their /li4r6fS'(^Qi%r§^ 
tidation^ and for the Zeal and Affefihn 'whffh thA ha9>0 e^ 

fr^fi^d tR hfm nn4 his Fmily Then M^ J^^h^m yow^rtcd^ 
that the Qeatflemen appQintcd.tQ.attw4tVAr Rqjf»JlHit8)tif 
vs^9^ th^ PrtJVQa a;^ Pi:incefs of W^Us^ wilh % c^Qfi^ 
t:uUtoi;y Rfcl^ej v^ the b^ypy IJclivf ry of hff R^)?4 
BUehftcft of a fH wcfs, ha4 |ittq^de4 Wf RQy4 Hi^ 
115U accord in^X ; ^d that his Rqy^ HiE^uaefs wMi.|gl^ 

jfSHon vfkich th^ Humfi of Qommns havA jhfvfd to himufis^ 
all Occajionsy and returns his Thanks for this fartici^r Irtj 
puict of it, Mif, Chancellor of thft Exchcfuer aifo re- ^ 
|K>rted to the l^o})S^ that their A^drrfs for tke "wridwaf 
the nari^oiRf Parages leading tQ thi&HonTe, hnving \^x$. 
prefent^ to his Majefiy, hU Majefty woujd giyc ^ iwr 
ceiCiry jpyiv^ftioas, th^t the faid Pi^^gea m>$bt i?e.n)4di^ 
w44»« pMr^uant \o the D^re of this !l^oute* 

The fame Day, a new Writ "vw ordct'd Aff the e- 
]e£i\^ a Durge&ifbr the Towa of Bevwick HP^A, T^wged^ 
in the Room of fohn Lord- Vifcount Barrivgtcn ^n \hc 
Kingdom of Ireland^ expelPd this Houfe : After i^hich, 
^. C(m4f^^ i^9^.(^4 froin the .Committee %ppointe4 to 
enquiry into pitex^dedpri'Vil^g'd P'i9i:es^ and to rsp^itt. 
their .Opinion, to t^e Hou|e<^ what might be the tc^ 
Means to abdiifli them ; the Matter as it appear^d^ 19 
iheni, li^ith tk^ Refo^tions of the ComiAlttee therpupp"^ ; 
-nd^t^h, VQre^agyre^ x^xp by the^Houfis^ Nem* ^ofl^ 4n4 ^f;f 
^ follows, v^a;* 1^ -V w 

1. Thait xh% Pwvifion nj^de. b^ the Aft of th^ iSlgb* 
%vA ^N^l^th of King mUiam Ovc -Thii;d, imitle4,. At 
^fffir the^mr^ effeBml Jf^^VfJ <lfCre4ftorslnX0fe^ofEj^'- 
jc4ffs^ and for fre.ve^tini^ Akufes in frijbns ar4/;pltpte,nde4 
piviUg^d Fkf^fj has not prov'deffe^uaJi, TyithiA the piac^ 
commonly call'd the; Mintj and that further f'l^qyi/joH^ 
.iJb^uMi bc/.B|adf^ iw4 the fewe to tie, cxtervi«d ;6.t^e,JP6n* 
>t»iver|j/^^r^>a4 y^beUprs.of;an4 in the Offences n^cn- 



feWHHMM* 



y4<^ . The Hiprical Regifier WoXAX 

iien*<f int tliat .Part of the faid Aft which relates to pre* 
Vndedprivilcg'd Places. 

.z. "Hiat farther Powers be yelled in the Juflices of the 
yeac# for the County of Surrey^ for the more effectual 
"fxecniion of their Warrants, and Efcape Wairilints withia 
le faid Place callM the Mint. 

3. That fome ProviCon be made fbr defraying the 
fcharge of raiflng the PoJJe Conutatus^ or any other Power 
that fliall be requifite to execute Frocefs or Warrants^with- 
latheCiidAfiVzf. . '♦ 

' 4. That AfTeniblies of Perlbns taking upon themfelvet 
\i> regiitate and deterniine Matters within the faid Place 
Irtirdlhe Mint^ greatly contribute to the Support of the 
toifdrder^ and illegal Praftices committed therein ; and 
that (*£fe6lual Provi/Ion be made againii the Contrivers, 
Aftors; Aiders and Abettors of and in fuch AlTemblies. 
-5." That fome proper Encouragement* and Reward 
be given to the Profecutors upon their convifting fuch 
Offenders. ! ' ' . ' 

" 5JThat the grcfnting fome Relief to fuch infolvent 
3Debtors as have been for a certain Time ("to be limited) 
\tithin the M/w?, and fliall appear to be Objefts of Com- 
panion, tinder proper Rcgvlatjons and Reflriftions, niay 
conduce to the difpcrfmg the great Numbers that have rei 
lyrted thiiher, and to the abolilhing the pretended Pri- 
vileges of the fame Place. 

And^^ Bill was ordciM to be brought i|i purfuant to the 

faid Rfcfoiutions. 

••• ^ . ' 

^ On the laid t)ay of Fch. theC6mmons in a Committee 
©r.the whole Houfe, -^ent through the ^H/ /or rtvMrti 
mnd adding ivjo Millions to tkeCafitai Stock of the South'Sta, 
Company^ &c. '■ ' 

■ On the 4tlr of !^?irV^, the Commons read the 3d Time, 
jfitfs'd and fent up tb tht^Lords, an-ingrofs'd Bill for, char- 
in^, defthjutfMrepairing^ e^tending^ maintaining^ and impr^ 
wnithe Ha^tmf^d Fiers of Great Yarmouth,,Gr.Then the 

tebufe' took into Confideration the Reports of the-Gtiind 

*(J6mmittee, to whom the 'BUI for rediemfng- certain yik" 
nuitits^ Rtc. as alfo this Bill pr reviving and adding fuoo 

^MUUomtoth Capital Stock of the ^MXh-Sei Company, Ahd 
navijig a!«reed to the Amendments made tb the faid Bills, 
they Were both otder'd to be ingrofsM. ' 

March 5. An ingrofsM Bill /or better qualifying the Ma* 

'iiufagurers of Staffs afid'Yarn inthcKity of Norwich, Wf. 

-'** was 



iMMMi 




N^XXX for the Tear 172^. 

W9% read the 3d Time, {Mifs'd, and fent up to the Lordf* 
Then the Houfe being njov'd, that the Handing Orders of 
the Houfe, (Sahhati 1 5 DiiRk i J Gut. III. and of the 1 2th 
of Decern, 5 Anna,) relating to private Bills, might be 
read, the fame were read accordingly \ and thereupon it 
was ordcr'd and dcclar'd. That the faid Orders be ftand* 
ing Orders of the Houfe. After this, a Petition of the 
Inhabitants of .the City and Liberty of Weftmtr\fier^ com- 
plaining of the ill Paving, Cleaning and Lighting the 
Streets, was rcferr'd to the Confideration bf a G}mmit- 
tee, who were empowered to receive Propofals for the 
better paving, cleaning and lighting the fnid Streetl. 
Then iita grand Committer, the Commons confiderM fur- 
ther of Heads for a Bill for preventing Frauds and Ahufe^ 
In the TohaccOfTrade^ (3c. and came to feveral Refolu- 
tions. 
M On the 6th of March^ Mr. Sandys reported the faid Re^- 
^ folutions, which were agreed to as follows, «fc, 

ifl. That there be but one CommiiEon of the Cufiomt 
lor the whole united Kingdom. 

2. That the Importer of Tobacco from the Brltljh Plan- 
tations ihairpay down the old Subildy of one Penny 
ftr Pound, with an Allowance only of 5 pr Cent, tis 
uAiai. 

3. That all the other Duties, amounting together to. 
five Pence, and one Third of a Penny />^ .Pound, fhali" 
be paid down, or Security give^ for the Payment within 
1 8 Months. 

4. That in lieu of alt former Encouragements, Alloiif* 
a^ces, and Difbounts, 25 per Cent, or one full fourth 
Part of the faid laft recited JDuties ihall be deduced and 
•liowM upon the Entry, of the Importer. 

5. That every Importer, not paying down the faid 
Duties fliaU be, chargeable, from a certain Time after 
Importation, with an Intered at a certain Rate per Cent 
fer Annum^ until the fame is paid. m^ 

6. That no Allowance be made for dllhag'd Tobacco^ 
but the Importer ilull have Liberty to feparate (VxcK 
damag*d 7obacGd, and the Officers of the Cufloms ihail 
caufed the fkme*to beburnt and deflroy'd. 

7. That upon the Exportation of Tobacco into any fo- 
reign Parts, the whole Duty paid inward or fccurM ihall 
be drawn back. 

8. That further Encouragement be given to Atch as 
ihall difcover fraudulent Drawbacks upon Tobacco ex- 
ported* 

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142 Thg Hiflorical Regifter N'' XXX 

9. That any Tobacco coming Coaftwife from one Port 
to another in Great Britain^ may be detained by the Oft- 
cers of fuch Port, upon Svtfpieion, uniii Proof be made 
that the Cuftoms^ and Duties of fuch Tobacco have been 
|Niid or fecur^d ^ and in Cafe fuch Sufpicion be found 
groundlefs, the faid Oificers to be liable to Cods and 
I>amages. 

!©• That in Cafe any Tobacco coming Coaftwife from 
che Port to another in Great Britain^ fhali have been ta- 
ken on Board in any foreign Part, or from on. Board any 
Ship or Vefliel at Sea, or in any Place otfiep than .the. Port 
•*rhence it was certify 'd, fuch Tobacco, and the Value to 
be forfeited. • 

« A Bill was order'd to be brought in purfuant to the 
fkid Refalutions, and then the Houfe adjournM to the 
8 th of March. 

• March 8. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted 
theHo\ire, that fince the Report from the Committee ap« 
^hited to examine Ckrifiopher Layer^ and others, in Re- 
lation to the Confpiracy, a Letter froto the Bifliop of JJo- 
ehejievi^ in yM laid Biftiop's own Hand-writing, had been 
feizM upon his Servant who attended him ; and that his 
Majefty had comniiinded him to lay the faid Letter be- 
fore the Houfe. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer alfa 
tcquainied the Houfe that Willimm Woad^ the Bifhop of 
iRor/i^J?er's Coach maa having been examined upon Oath^ 
it appeared, that theTi^nes. of the faic} Bifttop^s coming 
to and going out of Town were fet down in a Day-Book 
of Accounts kept by the faid William Hood^ as they ar«- 
mention^ in his Depofitions in the Appendix to the Re* 
|)ort 5 and that Mr. Thomas MoorCy the KftiopV Chaplain^ • 
had got the faid Book into his Pofleflion, and carry ^4 
it away, upon a Promife to return it (as is fworn agatnft 
him) and that the faid Mr. Moore, having been exAminV 
before a Qommittee of the Lords of the Council, and re- 
jquir'd to deliver the faid Book (as being Part of the Kihg'« 
Evidence) had* deny 'd his haVing it, oi* knowing any 
Thing of it. And Mr. Chanctllor of the Exchequer de*- 
Hver'd to Mr. Speaker the faid ^'iginal Letter, aad a Cor 
py thereof 5 an<J alfo the Minutes of the Examination of 
the faid Tttomas Moore^ the 28th of Fghruary J aft, before a ' 
Committee of the Lords of the Council ; and the Copy 
of th^ faid Letter, and the Minutes of the fkid Examlj- 
nation were read by the Clerk : After which it was or- 
dered, that the raid original Letter be kept by the Speft- 
kerf "^ith the original Papers and Examinatioitf ^ t^^fi 
' . - that** 



N '^ XXX fur the Tear 1 7 a 3, 14^ 

" that the (kid Letter and tKe faid Examination be printed 
with tlie Appendix totlie faid Report, which was done 
accordingly. The faid Letter 15 as follows : 

Bijiifif of Rochefler's Letter^ feiz.*d Feb. 26. 

THavc ^c Gout iA my Right Hand, and it is growh 
more trowblefbme than it was ; fhould it continue to do 
Po^ I (hall in a it>ay or two be incapable of Writing, anft 
uiufl therefore be contented with receiving what yoii 
ftiall fcniy without returning any AnlVer, unlefs by the 
Hand ofaSeryant. 

I take K*s Account to be the trueft, that they are re- 
fblv'd to pufh me ; but 1 cannot fet believe, that it will 
be by B}li,lmt by an Impeachment : The Confequencc of 
which will be ^ Bill Impowering the Chapter, Qc, as I 
havj? faid, while that Impeachment depends. In that 
Cafe, the particular Advice of Friends, what Steps I at^ 
to take, and how 1 an) in every Cafe to behave, would 
be very welcome, 7- T'-'ftirely ftiould be fpoke to, to in- 
form himfclf a5 well as he can in every Refpcfit, and to 
fend me by fy-J thebeft Advice he can hlmfelf propofeor 
coilcft from others. Ifl judge right of what K fays, thfere 
are thofr would be glad the Arrow ffiould be drawn to 
the very Head, not caring tho* they venture my Ruiil, 
iA Hopes of ruining others. If there be any Caution and 
Warinefs usM in the Cafe, it will, I apprehend, be oh the 
Side of the Minidry, for fear of their lojing their Point, 
by overi^raining the Matter. I ftall expeft a further Ac- 
, count of your Conference at two a Clock to Day, wltli 
JL Since the Attack is. certain, is any Method taken tb 
bring up the abttnt Lords, particularly the Biihops ? 
Ahi»^ton^ I think, has been away all the Seffion. Angkfiy 
can bring him up with him, if he pleafes : But^tis tb 
no Purpofe for me arid theCaufe; and their Managcmeih 
in the Uafe will ihew to what Degree their Concern rifes 5 
and to them t;hcr«fore I leave it. \ 

If the Narrative related ch\?lly to Neyfio\ Samfh\ and 
J^ayer^ Affairs, fo far it cannot afieft me : for I never 
beard of the Names of cither of the three, 'till after this 
Plot broke out. 

If I cannnot ward the Blow, 1. e, if tlie Impeachment 
can't be flopped,! am a Prifoner for fomeYears without Re- 
medy. In Order to ftop it in the H, of C methinks it will 
be of Moment to olJferve, that it if the firft Impeachment 
that ever was avowedly brought upon conje^urai Evi- 
ii^ncc. In other Cafes, the FaCts and CircumOan<ics upon 

T a . which 



144 The Hilkrkal Regifier N" XXX 

^ . ._ 

which the Impeachment was brought, being not prcvi- 
oufly declar'd, it could not be known, whether the Im- 
pcachers had not fufEcient Ground* to proceed upon. But 
here they ante manum produce their Evidence, and all their 
Evidence; and if that fhali appear not fufficient tofound 
an Impeachment, methinks the very lodging it may be 
AemmM, 

If any of the Committee or the Miniftry wiltayer, that 
there is any Oath made againft me of treafonablc Prafiti- 
jCes, by any living Wimefs, or that they have any fuch 
Witnefs, who has undertaken to prove any Crime againft 
me, when it ftiall be thought fit to proceed upon the 
Impeachment; fuch Aflertions may induce the Houfe 
to impeach. But in f\jch Cafe, let the Miniftry or Mem- 
bers of the Committee be obliged to deliver in the Name 
of fuch Perfon, in a Note to be feal'd and left writh the 
Speaker, and opened when the Dilfcovcry of fuch Evi- 
dence will be attended with no Inconvenience, and let 
him then undertake to juftifie }he Truth of his Aifer- 
tion, Othcrwife, to impeach a Man, when there is con- 
feffedly no living Evidence whatfocver againft him, will 
be barbtrous ; efpecially after wailing ftx Months to get 
fome fuch Evidence, and confining a Prifoncr all that 
whjle 4ftcr the clofeft and moft rigorous Manner, to 
the evident Hazzard of his Health and Life. Such Pu- 
jxiihment, and the further Confinement which the late 
.JLaw allows, is fufficient for bare Sufpicion of Treafon. 
And if in eight Months more any Evidence can, after all, 
.fee pro4uc'd, the Prifoner will be forth^coming then to 
aafwer h|s Accuiation. But to impeach him in Hopes 
of finding Evidence afterwards^ and acknowledging there 
i^ noiic at prcfent, is unreafonable in itfelf, altogether 
Unparliamentary, and unprecedented. And fuch a Frh* 
cedent once fet, may be attended with terrible Confe- 
quences, which others inay feel in. their Turn. For 
whofc Liberty is fafe, if the f£. of C. may accufe any one, 
even when they own they h^ve no IpgaLProof againft him ? 
They are the grand Jnqueft of the Nation, and ihould 
find the;r£iJl, as Grand Juries do, upon fome pofitive 
Evidence; they cannot, they ought not, to proceed fole- 
ly upon Conjectures and Probabilities. This is the Advan- 
^ tage I wpul4 xnaiq^ of ^helf -previous Declarations in the 
. Narrative ; and it is fp my Qpinipn^ ^ very great Advan- 
tage towards quafhing any Attemptthat may be made to« 
wards an Impeachment. I iiave not Time to explain, my 
. feKfynheron t^iis Head ; but fhould not be unwilling 

irh^t I )^v^ faid, flioul^ b^ ihewM to fome knowing 

' '■ '■ •: i. : ■ • r' '■ • * ; • ^ \': fricmi 



Nf* XXX for the Tear 1729. 




Friend of the H. of C. upon whofc ftrifil Secrecy, as wail 
as good Judgment I may depend 5 particularly to Mr. 

If (here be no Impeachment, I Ihall beat more Libeiv 
ty here, when the Parliament is up 5 and being fo, ctii 
put all cajpitular Affairs into an eafy Method of befttg 
legally tranfafted, even when I myk felf am notprefent 
among them. Should th^e be kn Impeachment, a capa- 
citating Bill will, as I have faid, probably follow. But 
even then lean fhew, that it is unneceffary, and nothing 
butNecefSty (and the Unreafonablcncfs of puniihing 12 
other Men for my Faults) can ever juftifv it. . jBifliop 
Williams^ Dean of Wr. was confin'd to his bioceft for 2 
•r 3 Years, and yet a Method wfis found to renew teafes, 
and do JBufmefs at Weftminfier^ neceflary for the Support of 
the Body, during his Abfence. ' And when he wis after- 
. 'wards imprifon'd in the Towner for 2 or 3 Years more,and 
a Commiiuon under the Great Seal iffu'd, impowering 
theSub-De«in and Chapter to proceed without him ; this 
was look'd upon as an imjuftifiable Strain of the Preroga- 
tive, and one of the great Blcmilhes of that Reign. And 
when Bifliop Williams came out of ^riCon. he revers'd all 
they had done (without his Confent) nTPreJudice to his 
Right as Dean i and particularly voided ten Patents of 
tenOffites they had granted, the Koniination to which 
was vejfted in him by Charter, and confequent Ufage. 

In Truth, the D^n, by Charter and Ufage, has fe- 
parate.Kights from the Chapter 5 thefe are perfonal, and 
can be exercis'd by him, wherever he is, or by the 
Sub-Dean, whom he always and folely appoints : And. 
for the Exercife of thefe Rights, therefore, no Bill can 
be neceflary. The Bifhop ofBriftoI^ at this Time, dlf- 
pofes of Offices in his Gift, Chambers, I3c. even when 
he is attending the parliament, for fix or feven Months; 
and his Sub-Dean governs the College in his Stead, 
and by a Proxy lodg'd with him, is enabl'd in the Dean^a 
Name to tranfadtall capitular Bufinefs whatever, together 
with the Canons. But my Hand is weary, and I am come 
to the End of my Paper. 

What I have written in four Sides may, I think, upon 
a Review of it, be fbew'd by you fn Confidence, to Mr. 
JBr— — « tho* there are other thingi mix'd with what 
I would have him fep. You muft not tell him what K. 
f. tic. means, and then ther.e is no Harm. You ihould 
write a (hort ^ote to him as foon as you receite this, 

II*. .. • "» Wwl 



14^ Tbe mprtcrilpg^ifter N<> XXX 

ajgid jcfir^ toluiow when yoix may wak upon him alone, 
and then fhcw him the Paper, Part of xi^hich you thought 
iff tr^nfcribiAg 9 but it was too long, and ypu choCb ra- 
^%i to leave the Original with him for his PerufaL If 
be iepm^ inclinab)e to return any Anfwer, tcil him you 
wijl tranfcribe it, apd give him his J'aper back imme- 
diately. But I fear he will fcarce venture to make any 
but a verbal Return. If lb, do not take that verbal An- 
twpi from him immediately, but deHre hin\ to appoint 
another Time when you may wait on him and receive 
it, after he has (if he thinks fit) advis'rf with Friends. 
The Injtermixture of other Bufincfs will make him Xee 
tl^t yjie Paper was not intended for liiui, and will be. an 
Ejtcufe f>r the Hafte wi^h which it was wrote. And the 
Confidenpe in that Cafe placM in him, will probably pro- 
pure a if^utual Return. 

There is one moxt mud know of the Secret of the Con- 
veyance ; and that is thePerfon imploy*d in making it, 
and propuring its being made, if it was not S^iwhimfelf. 
Sift Sam^ and know from him certainly, who is privy 
tp it, and enjoin him. the utnioft Secrecy. Franks I^^^^P^^ 
Isiiows i)otbing of it. I e^p^^ the Event of the Dialogue 
with William^ and the other Accounts from Q. to morrow. 

You n>ay> when you fee, Br y, impart the Story of 

that Villany to him, and dcfire his Advice upon it, at 
whax Time and in what Manner it may be proper for me 
to triflg.tKat Matter upon the Stage, and (new what ex- 
traordinary Methods afe taken to get at me, and beg the 
l^rdsProtefilion in the Cafe againft fuch vile Praftice. \ 

I hope William has not given into it, and then my Way 
.vf iil (fqiptve Time or other) be clear towards a Complaint ; 
whveycjr it is proper, I think, the Rafcai my NeigK- 
hour, may be fummonM 15efore the Lords, and made to. 
tcJl whoemploy'd him to proffer fuch Sums, and be pu- 
;\ifH**d by them for ^ch Praftices, . 

If the Butter you fend me on Wednefday be excellently 
•gopd, it.wiJl be as [;^)od aReafonYor my having it 
from Wejir. as my having Water from thence daily. 

If there be any Proceedings againfl me, early Care muft 
bcJtaken of Money.. I will not prefs you on that Head ; 
But the Pond of^oo /. which the Chapter owes me in 
your Name, being upon fo good Security, may eafTly be 

turned jnto Money, by Z. perhaps Q.— r de- 

i^roi^'iilg the DecJaration of Truft to me, ^nd Y, giving 
tiWJthcr .10 Z. and he liuy hdve the Intereft on that B«3nd, 

when 



N^ XXX for %ht Tear 1735. 147 

when paid, from the Time of his furnifiiing the Mpnry:^ 
But this I mention upon % Supporiti<3|n only^ that there 
may beprefiing Occaiioxx foi' Money. I have Hill by me 
between 2 or 300 1 and I fuppofe Q, ha% collected fome 
fmall Sums from the Tenants. I ihall be fUrniih^d 
with none from the Chapter, tho^ « great deal is due to 
me. 

Since I know not what may happen to me, I am deter^ 
minM, while I am pofiefsM of all my Rights, as Dean^ 
to fill up two vacant Places, that are without Controver- 
sy in my foie Gift; and to that. End fhail encloTe a Pa<^ 
per dated at fome Didance of Time, which you^aay put 
in the Sub-Dean^s H^nds, and dcilre him to produce when 
there is a proper Occafion. You need not let him know 
it was written when dated, nor how long you have had 
it in your Cuftody. 

. more it is deliverM to thq $ub-Deau, Sam mud fign 
a Paper, declaring that he will allow Jofifh Half thft 
Profit of the Sacnft's Stipend and Board- Wages, and Per- 
quiiites of all Kind, as w^as his Perquiiites as J>epu<f 
ty to Lavx^ as ©f thofe whicff^elong to the SacriU's Place. 
to which Sam is nominated. And in that Cafo Jofepk 
Ikall give another Paper under his Hand, to allow Sam 
the Half of his two little Places, when he can come in- 
to Poflcffion of them, and get to be paid for them. For 
I would have them equal in their Advantages. Sam in- 
deed is the' elder Servant, but Jofepk has fuffer'd, and \% 
like t« fufFer moft by a long and clofe Confinement with 
n\e. Aad they are both very honeft and very trttfty Ser- 
vantp ; and I hope ttiU to live to be able to do better for 
them. I doubt not but thefe Nominations will hold good 
at Law, unlefs the Bill to be brough't in fha^i go backkr 
• -wards and void every Thing I have done as Dean, 
from the Time of my Commitment, which will be the 
xnoA extravagant and unrealbnable Thing that ever was 
idone. 

On the contrary, I hope, when my f ritfhdi? under* 
Hand my Csfe (if they will givethcmfelves tbc Trouble 
of underftanding it) they will be able to prevent an}^ Bill 
whatfoever to qualify the Chapter to aft without me,- e- 
fpeciaily Aich an one^as ve{l4n the Subd. and Chapter the 
Rights pcrfonally, feparately, and folely belonging to the 
Dean. 

Upon reconfiderin^ Matters, if Z's Account of the 
"NarraUve be juft, I cannot conceive how 'tis poffible t« 
^ivpfCix^lx after it has been read, i. r. after a« open Con* 

fellioa 



148 The Hifiorical Regtfier N<> XXX 

feSon made by thcro that they have nothing under my 
Hand, no Oath, no living Evidence againft me, but In- 
ferences only, and Conjefiture, and Probability They 
may impeach mcindecfl before it, becaufc the K not be- 
ing then acquainted with what they have to produce, may 
ftippofe it to be much Wronger than it is ; but to impeach 
after a Declaration made that they have no pofiti ve Prodl^ 
is fo abfurd, that I could almoft flatter myfelf with the 
Thought that they mean it as a Check againft any At- 
tempt that may be made in the H. of Lords towards bail* 
ing, and not defigning it in good earned. And yet if 
that be fc, X is either deceived, or in the Secret of de- 
ceiving me) thinking he makes a good Bargain for me 
if lam neither impeacVd nor bailM; but efcaping a par« 
liamentary Profecution,and left to the Mercy of thoie who 
committed me. 

Thus you fte, I turn Things every Way, having no 
Iblid Foundation on which to build my reafbning, for 
want of the Intelligence requifite. Pray defire Z. to get 
me further and more parti<;g|«r Accounts of the Narra- 
tive, if it bepoffibie^ and ask ^r.alfo(who from hence 
forward is L) to get you fome Account of it beforehand. 
Nothing is more inftru€tive to me, or enables me bet- 
ter to pafs fome Sort of Judgment on my own State, and 
to guefsat what will follow. That ihort Account Z fent,. 
has furnifliM me with more Remarks of that Kind than 
all I had heard before from all Quarters. 

Handmy Night. Once again adieu. 

This Letter was indosM in a blank Cover, on the Out<* 
Itde of which the following Words were written. 

DeQre Z, if he can poffibly, to get a ptrticular Ac- 
count whether J^tck be mention'd in the Report, much 
or at all, and in what Manner. As Y, is to difcourfe L. 
about the late Villany of my Neighbour ; fo I could 
wilh Q. W0UI4 difoourfe V. and take his Advice upon 
\t^ whether any thingis to be done upon it, and wbtt, 
and vhen^ 

Then the Commons proceeded to take intofiirther 
Confideration the Report from the Committee appointed 
to examine Chrifiofker Lmyer and others ; and WiUhm 
Fnltetity^ Efq; movM that tkh QudfUon might be put^ 
t?nu 

That 



N® XXX for the Tear I723* 149 



tfmtm 



That upon Confideratioli of the Report, and the feveral 
Papers and Examinations relating to the Confpiracy, it 
appears to thisHoufc, that a deteftitbie and horrid Cor- 
fpiracy has been form'd andcarry'd on by Perfons of Fi- 
gure and Diftinftion, and th^ir Agents and Inftruments ^ 
in Conjunction with Traitors abroad, for invading 
thcfe Kingdoms with foreign Forces, for raiflng Infur- 
refitionj and a Rebellion at Home, for feiiing the To^wer 
and City of Loudon^ for laying violent Hands upon the 
Perfons of his mofl Sacred Majefty, and the Prince of 
Walesy in order ta fubvert our prefent happy Eftablifli- 
ment in Church and State, by placing a Popifh Pretender 
upon the Throne. 

This Motion was fecondcd by Sir yohn Rujhout^ and 
Thomas Broderkk^ Efq; But Mr. Shlpfen^ and Mr. Bromley 
endeavour'd to extenuate fome Matters, which in their 
Opinion, were couch'd in too ftrong Terms, as not be- 
ing clearly prov'd. They faid, they did not doubt of the 
Confpiracy, for they believ'd there had always been one 
carrying on againft the prefent Settlement, ever fince 
the Revolution : But from*what had yet been laid be- 
fore the Houfe,it did not appear to them that there was* 
luch a particular concerted Plot as was mentioa'd in the 
Queflion abovemention'd. Sir Jofeph Jehyl^ Matter of 
thd Rolls, faid thereupon, with a great deal of Warmth, 
' H« could not with Patience, and with his ufual Mode- 

* ration, hear the Truth of this deteftable and horrid 

* Confpiracy caird into Queftion, after fo manyundenia- 

* ble Proofs. But, added he, as there are People who know 
' nothing of the Plot, and yet believe it, fo there are 
' others that know the whole Plot, and yet pretend not to 

' believe it.*' He wasanfwer'd by Mr. W y 

who, in particular, excepted againft thefe Words in the 
Queflion. viz., for haying violent Hands nfon the Perfon 
of his moft Sacred Majefiy and the Prince of Wales ; be- 
caufe it appear'd by the Report, that the Confpiratot;s 
only meant the felxJng or affaultln^ the Klng^s Ferfon^ 
&c. But he was fmartly reply'd to by Mr. Horatio Wal- 
fole^ who, among other Things, faid, ' He was amai'd to 

* hear fuch Words come out of the Mouth of a Lawyer, 

* and a Member of that Houfe ; but fmce he had forgot 

* his Profeflion, and the Place he was in fo far,as to make 

* fo fmall a Matter of felTjng the King^s Ferjhn^ and th« 
' Heir apparent, on whom all that is dear and valuable 

* to Englijhmen,, both as Men and Chriftian^, entirely de- 

* pends, he muft take the Liberty to tell him, tfiat much 

' U • Mefg 



1 5P The m^rifal JLcz\fter >?<> XXK 



-^ 



ctrr>rd witKi^ut divldin|c 

that Cirtftofier Lfyer in hu fcyiprai EjaiTainjUQf^f ^0?* 
tfe tiOrrtg of the Couiicil, igid ^hp CQinii\itte,c of Aif 
H^ufcj has grbfly jarcyaricatpji, iUppiTfj|'4 ^j^e Tf^^jh, 
cbntradiftcd hii^ftlir, ^nd f;AdjP|Lypur*4, p i^r ^ in ki» 
li^SjXO^iiSsVi^e an^ conceal the fjijd bor^jd aijd Sptefta^JJ^ 
Owjpiracy : Auji betng' (jjcpi^de^ by ^bc tox^tyrf^mfh 
the iaid Queftion was alib carry'd withbuf ^y Iji|v|fipi;i. 
Af ^ .- - - 

ble (fionfpiracy, apd has carry'd (wi ^cyp^l tr^?9'?xablp 
Corr^fpo^denccs ^p jroc^^^ ^ foreign f*9ji;ci: ^a inyad/? 
thcfe itii^gidomsj, to raife Infurrcft^ons pini, a Rc^ftllion 
tt H9mc, and was engaged with ot!>er« \nw villano^ 
and ^ccrablc Dclig,n of laying yiotpit Hajjqs VPP^ ^\f 
Majcfty*8 inoft Sacrpd PeriTon. Thj^ Qu^iqu IwiAf likcT 
wife carry'dWitTti very little Pp||piitipnp| fjad wi^PV* 
piviilpn 5 N^r. Attorney-Central moy'^j^iain, that Leave 
be given to. bring in a Bill ^q tnfiiif ci^tW Fa(ns fn^ £^ 
mlfh^ P'^Jq^^ Plunket. He wai^s/fecondcd by Mr- Ot^Jk^^ 




We tqok Notice above, that cm t}vc iQ of A^rr^, 91i- 
liaiff Ft^tinty^ Ef^j Cl^auniapqf the Con^^littccaj^oint* 
cd by the Houfe of Commons' t9, fx^painc \^ttfiofJiir 
luyfr ai^d others, reported the l^attcr aa \tapf.car'4*tQ 
them 5 which Report he read in hi^ ?i9Ce^ Vd ^ft^^c* 
wards deliver'd it in at the Table, w.iti feyeval 4#- 
pend^xfs. The next Day, (H^rci %.) tl^e ^oiifc pro* 
ceed^<;d to take that Report into CoiCderation ^' J^rficr 
the reading of it l^r the Cleri;, the ^rtheir Confider^- 
tion waa |:^t off 'ti^U t^e 7tb > and in the meaj^ ^^F^ 
• it was ordered,' that the ReiMvt vitl^ the Appendixes 
* fhouli^ be printed, which was done accordiiggly. IfKia 
Report coi^taining 75 ?^ge$ ii;i Ip^io^ ¥fe hope the ^x»r 
ders will be contented with the ioJlowuig jiibfira^ of 
%i the moft material P^rts oi" it 



N * XXX T^r m 'Aa> 1723. i 5 1 

I !■ II I I— *— laii ■■ I *»i— iiiw— — ■— 11— ^aK— HlM^I— ^^^^ 

Aififkti 0/ the Rifort from tjit Cpmmitteejtfpdinhd to e^a- 

mm ChrUiopher La/er^ (ic< 

)N iiic firf , i^Ucc, tic Committee obferye iai gpnefa], 
ttiat a lSefi|n^^as ioii§ be§n carrying. on by Pedbns of 
igufe and j3ifii^£tion at HfEHStir^ in Conjunftion -vHth 
Traitors abroad, for placing the. Pretender on theT^rone 
of iliefi Kinf^ms. Tbat varjiovts Methods bave^etn 
i(ttempU(i,anct vari(^ Tithes fixM.for putting this De- 
ii^n in execution, ^sft the ^rd Intention #as toliave 
procured a regular Bo^y of foreign Forced to invade 
ttie/e Kiii^oms at the fini^.of the late Eledions ; but 
fiat t&e ConfpiratorSjbeing difappolnted in this £xpe6b- 
tion, next refqlv^d to make avv Attempt at the Time-that 
li was generally believed hi^ Maj^ij:y intended; to go to 
Hoover J by the ijeip of Aich, O^ers and Soidiitfrs i,s 
£ould pa(s into Eft^nd f nobferv^d fn^rn abroad^ itti' 
dfer tlie Command of the„late Bulce of Ortm/ni^ whcriM^is 
id ha v^ landed in the River w^iidi' a gKft^ f^Eantity of 
Arms, pr6vided in Spain tot th/it PuJ^fe, at whidi 
'time ttie towr was likewife tp have been^ feizM, and 
Ae City of Lo/idoji \o Save bejen made a PUcce for 
Arms ; ^ut thi^ %iS|^^ ^fig ^ft>. diftppointed*, by the 
tyiicovdhies itiade Jn hifipfit^ and his Majefty'^ putting 
^ his Journey, by thj^ %ncvx^^tt^ tf his Forc;^ at 
Home, as wel> ^ the fe]i^|ng> fOK thofe; itortlrtlMi^ aiM 
6V the Readinefs of his M^a^ef^'(good.AHief th«5/«/ri^ 
Qeneral^ to pM. him in Cale^of Need, by the Ordcrf #. 
veri in S/>w^. that the late DitJte of Si:«*wwi.feoiiI(| not 
te AilFerM to embark, and ^*e, like Orders iffuM rn 
trance^ that he fhould not be fu&r'd to pafs throu^ 
that Kingdom, the Confplratocr ibund tlH^siftives uiider 
a iSccetfity of deferring thfif Bnterpriaie *jtiU the BfeaV 
irig up 6i the ,Camp : |>uring- \rhich b^ervaly tSie^ 
were fabdur^ng by thcpp Agents jand Emi<fe,ties to Cor* 
rupt and fcduce the'Oftcer^ and* Soldiei*9 of hi^lftfejefty'i 
Army, and' depended fo much on tl^if Defe^ioiry a$ to 
entertain Hopes 6£ placingthe Pretender on ^0 Thdeone^ 
though they ihould obtain ^0 . AiMance firoil^ abroad, 
wtiicK neverthelefs they Hill contini^ed to foUidt 
for. . . • > , 

Thb Truth and Re^iHty ^ theft wicked Cefigns, t^ 
Committee are of Opinion, will appear confirmed' to- 
tbe Houfeby concurrent and un<|ue{lionable AdviteS)) 
from HmoHi all Parts of Europe^ fent byi^erfons ^ho 

tJ a appear 



152 The Hiprical Re^iper N«>.XXX 

'■ ■ — ^— — — — M— ^— Bi^— ^— l^—— ^^^i^^— — ^— ^— ^— ^^1— ^^» 

appear to have had no Communication with each other 5 
which Advices have again been verify M and fupported 
by feverai Difcoveries made at Home, by the Infor- 
mations andConfeffions of fome ofthePerfons concerned, 
as well as by a long and regular Series of Correfpon- 
dence, which the Confpirators have fiirnifli'd the Go- 
vernment with againft themfclvcs, the feverai Branches 
of which appear to the Committee connected with one 
another, and all concurriug in one continued De/ign o€ 
Subverting our prefent happy Eftabiifhlnent, and in- 
volving thefe Kingdoms in Blood and Confulion. 

That the iirft Defign was to have been executed during 
the Eleelions, and to have been Aipported by foreign 
Forces, is collefted from the following Circumliaji- 
ces. 

FhiUp Neyme^ Clerk, (who was drown'd in attempting 
to make his Efcape from the Meffengers) declar'd upon 
his Examination before fome of the Lords of the Council, 
That he had been employ d hy George Kelly, and one 
Watfon, v)hom he took to he the late Earl Marifchal^nd luho 
ijoas in England loft Springy to drain up three feverai Me- 
morials to the Regent of France, to foUicit him to fend Tor- 
ces to the AJfiftance of the Confpirators. That the loft of 
thefe Memorials tvas draivn up in December 172 1, and 
contained a Demand of five thoufand Men to he fent over 
hy the Regent to invade thefe Kingdoms. 

This is confirmed by unquellionable Advices from 
France^ of the 19th oi April laft, in which it is exprefly 
aiErmM, That repeated Application had heen made t§ the 
Regent for fome time paft^ to furnijh only a Body of three 
thoufand Men^ hy the Help of inhich the Confpirators made 
no hoiihf hut to ' he able to place the Pretender on the 
Throne. 

hayer at his Examination before a Committee of Lords 
of the Council, confefsM, ' That being in Difcourfe 
with Lord Orrery^ foon after his firft Acquaintance with 
him, (which was before the Encampment) Lord Or- 
rery faid'. Nothing could relieve the Nation, but a 
Reftoration ; and that he would be glad if he could 
contribute to bring it about; that it niufl be done by 
foreign Forces, and could be done no other Way; that 
he often ask*d Lord Orrery^ what Methods they had ta- 
ken to procure' them ?^hat Lord Orrery faid, they had 
Friends abroad that HBkmade Application to the Re- 
gent for Affiftance to oBig about a Revolution; but 
he docfc not Jinow whoiifjhis Lordfhip meant; General- 

Dillon 



a^ XXX for the Tear 1723. ' 153 

' DJllon might be his Correfpondent, for ought he kiiew; 

* that Lord Orrery likcwife told him, the Regent might 

* be brought to wink at any Thing, but was fo perfidi- 
^ ous, ^at he was not to be trulted, and that the French 
' had made a Tool of the Pretender. 

Layer repeated the fame in Part at two other Exami- 
nations before his Tryal, and has fmce confirmed t6 tlie 
Committee, upon his Examination at the Tcnver^ That 
Lord Orrery declar''d hmfelf conftanfly of Opinion^ that 
nothing could "be done to any turfofe in the Pretender'' s F<r- 
vour^ 'uoithout for ei^n Forces, 

About the latter End of Afril^ a Letter was intercept- 
ed htre, coming from Spain, encJoiing the Copy of one 
from 0—— to L ■, which was, as there is 

Ground to believe, from the Jate Duke of Ormond^ in 
which, Ormond fays, * Pray lell Mrs. Chmmont, that iince 
' the Parliament is dead and gone, I think it is a good 
' Time to make an Effort, when the Eleftor is gone t« 
Hanover J" It will appear fromi* the Sequel of this Re- 
port, that by Mrs. Qhaumont^ is probably meant the Pre- 
tender. 

On the 23d of April, another Letter was intercepted, 
lign'd 1 387, and direfted to Mr. jF«<:fc/&w, which the Com- 
mittee have good Rcafon to believe was from the Bifhop 
of Rochefier to the Pretender ; in this Letter he fays, 
' Notwithftanding this Opportunity is clapfed, I agree 

* with you another may offer before the End of the Year, 

* tho' not perhaps every Wav fo favourable.' This Let- 
ter was writ on the 20th. o£ April, when moft of the E- 
le^^ions were over, and confequently that Opportunity 
was elapsM. 

That an Infurrefition was thought of at the Time of 
the Elections, is farther confirm'd from the f^ 
Particulars ; Neynoe declared, that Thomas Q 

made two Expeditions in. the Spring ((" 

lefilions) one .into Corn^wal, and another into th( 
tics of Warvjicln, Nottingham, Derhy, and Stafford y^rn 
that upon Neynoe^s blaming the riotous Conduct at the 
Coventry Elefiiion, Carte reply'd, Hang the Election, you 
never faw Fellows of fuch Mettle, fo well train'd, fo fit 
for Bufinefs. 

Among Mr. Dennis Kdly'^s Papers was fei2'd an exaft 
Lid of the Quarters of all hisMajefty's Forces in Great 
Britain, about the Time that they were drawn out of 
moft of the great Towns and Boroughs on Account of 
tjie Ele6tions. 

From 




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tammmmmmmammiteam 



Fifonl All tUvfe Gi^!lftiM'lHi<^« tlilf Cb^AftMi^ fee 
Rtefon t<r coHbluddf tittt tfie ftiff? IleiS|>l i»^ tb" ikve 
t^eneirftitMcl wftl^ tlici AffiildM:e df fd!t!M Pi^c^, at 
tiMs Tkhe f4 tJM £})»atMl f tMt tH^ Pf^tWef^, tfiij kte 
Duke of Ormnd^ L»f (I 9H^>^ ^bitf l!td Bi!^ # iMri^- 
1^ ^efe<tf mft OpMIdh | Mlf iMfcmiU 4m «kwn 
tp kei^^ to 1»»^i1<aiiitiHl t^ tHe k^g^t M i^H fftip^^ 
«&\i tlni« iKdfll Mefn«^lld« #^ iiAtffetlly frel^ti^, tft at 
i^ft^ Aj^He^iOii inkde ^ fkt Itegetif iii Cdhibi^^l^e 

that fuch Difpofi'tions had Mfki ilis^ M^lt Biltfr- 
ipnxv at Itat Tiiiie^' a^ btolde dtit irfed Rio^i sit fb^e of 
tfce £le£^K>n#( ^hfcltf m^:ha^ 6e i^ildilPd i6 hMfe 
hom ho tfnfa^oruribii JuBatrrelbr f^icH axt Afteit^f, cdh- 
id^iiii^ did' Difitokt»fits m^mffi ^ th« Ijftb SwtArSU 
SdHem^ ^kieh t^ CoAfj^¥Oi*s !iat6 ^llUldill; fiatti^t^d 
iken^alves tjkey Aot^kr 5e dbie tcr ix^lpi^^^ h^t6^ i Sptrit 
of Rebeliiainr^ ^fxflA t&e I.lbertitfiitfilaltjrti^Kellaf fbch a 

fiafUjr IflkMMeA t^tHe^,^ iii€t l^chi t^ ii^Ho!^ Nktf cb 
is too apt to be in. a Ferment, even in the ^utd:^ 

ThH Ddlfi^ faiHiif,^ oA itoc^JIt (a^ 'Hs t^iOti^ic 
to beiiet^e) ^ ^«o C(nrf|»f#at6r^ no% bl!>iii|^ ihie t<r 06* 
ttin tMPdfees^^e>lblllcit«(d h6itt abroad, a(yr4of fhdi- 
bfriRg IhclviMilt!^ di^ilM hi OjpiAid^ ^ to" iht l^imi knd 
Ma^et of Ex^ctttioHy tKeir fiex€ EAd^^oti^ ^a^ to^ at* 
leixipt ilil InfcrFeaidii M tM TitAt vh^n" tlity f&j^&'d 
ttis Maj^:!^ wduld te ^M(^ t€^ ^4M»a>^. 

£<^ c«tf efr« to^ tto Lo#d^af two* f<«Ve^l Es^j^n it^ 
tlons previous tohisTryal, and has fmce c^HtiBnti^^' ib 
the ConlnMlee, tk«c He ma^te A]^pilca«ti4i>r to' tdtd Or- 
rerft9 fbMG^mtth^ talii«» Child? foi^ thef Prttencfer, 
iitteAdii^lf. tiUt this Mifrk ^ Kliidheft frpnl the Pf e- 
li^der ikottkl ferye Us A Cfed(sttiti*i to to^df Orter^^ to'tH' 
dvLGt %nA X0 e^n-verfb frtiefy witlt^ him, In Relacidn to^ 
idtt Pf ^tendet's Affaks : That their Ae^ttft1ntanc6 ha-^ 
iriig begun^ kl thfs» Manner, Lord Orfefj feinx t&lArti to 
enqiiW intib 1I1& FKc^cnder'a €hai<a£tdr and Qualified- 
tidnt^ jilid atk'd hixiA- i^et^l Tiin^s i/trhether he had an^ 
Recommendation from the Pretender to any Perfbrf 5* 
tfm upan) liHf» anAf^erlUg tlo^^ hi» hMiM'p tolcP flim, 
that he faem^d w be ait- honelt XAm, and Pe'ople 6f liir 
Ikiegirfty ihouldbe airways wclcorad to him, wHetheV 
they had any. Cred^ntiak of no ^ that he. Layer., then 
gave his Lordj(hip an Account of what had: i>ftfs'd bes 

tween 



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^f ^^ Ac ?x^^4c^ and l^w ^W J^T^jay « ^m^ 

afA >Hf ji tM Lpr4wip wi^at Sopcs i|kfw iJ^^e ? ^q 

ibWc^ h« Ij9rijl<^\p^iiferex'd, th^ tl^ ^^^ WppSP, for 

all rtf WiW WOT S^jrarHy ^or t;tje ^reti^j^pp, i|i^cy;p( < 

fl^c^ a^ VS rJ[4Qe&, uf M^ncy ^ue to th^ i|pw tjbf €fe- ♦ ^ 

v«afta»^^ ^h« W4. ^r^rjf iw^htr toid W% tM^% i^td 

going tf 4d ^ rafli Tl^ng \n Faira^r pf t^i? PWf r*^^ 
i^hi^ 1^ 1.^x4 Qvrfxy,^ v^s iotry for, Ippcauft it v^\U4 
lyf^v^ WVrt V^ a»i4 fonder it? faqp^ ji\g a^(|4^ TiWfii 
^W J^»r«^V;'4^»n;u #P w^ to hnv^ % C^WWl^^d 
LpyA i^r^jr tqW WW», k^ ]3|eUev'4 W4 t{mh ^4 
?ra ^?^ ^ *^^? *^ Coo^flian<jl, an4 ifcit ^he i^scl 
Lox4 had ^ C^xpffjiflion fri«3j tjif Pretend^ S ^h^t dit 
I^riJ (;irir^j calVd ;hijj J^^i;n ?[^ih,l?^$^uft i^oit d^ Jjf owir 

l^fai4, t« tjipifght, t^qy ipuft he ^cfff; tha^ Ifa^m^ tik ' 
H<WP I* 49 a^y IvWog to «fffi^, «pr thf Pmcij4?r> SaPr. 
v^l}. Tl^t )^^ Z^er. the Rex^ If ii^e he feY» \\^ IcflFd 
A5^4i a]|4 <ju«<gf, y,^v^ W^ Wor/f the Kmc^^nnwftt of 
tV Tp<a»9 ^.WVWi^c* h4m with ^hi): ton} (?nff yy had 
faj|4 ?l^i2<t iJbe Rffliinc^ of t|i? Pe^s th|t Lprd ^^^^, 

ai^yaf ^wW^ki'H? P^f culti^i^ ^4 Sc^qneg a*l of 
1^ W?» P^ t ^^ W JFJ?^ nothii^ nor fl^vW l^now ; 
b^jfc t]^t it n^as \\s^ L^l /*»tV8 Opi^iop^ tljQ Pf o* 
^«J«f IP»^ l?«p x^v^ by t^^ ?eoplc of f,;«i^«4; 
WJitJwit tS^ A%vnce qf f^y foreign Fofcc. Thi^t fes, 
^HJff^*^*^'* V> tor4 ATor/ir and <?r<y of his W4lhi|fc\ 
^^^ £^neral, 4)ut Lord ifortk &i^, he was not p^pults 
eif^qgh) thajt 't]^e l^^^t of Ormtind would be fit feZr it^ 

ai;i4 if ^fy W J»5n» Wc, ^w LordfliiR believed. moA 
<i| Ac SoidU;^^ wpuJtd joj^hixn^ tiu^t he, Lay^, cqiv? 
tioMii^ to pr^fi; L9r4 i^/A and (frey on this |ie^(^ ^/^ 
t^jQu^; hijpa that he t^^s fitter for a Qeneral, and y^^ 
l^ular, the i^uj^ Loid anfwerVl No, the Duic^ of dr<f 
i^nfy^ ^^ ^^t ^ ^-^^ ^^^ Solcliq-s barling. Tfaa% 
hfe i*'^. 9ft^ ^Vf di 9f tMs Ai^air to the Lord ^ar^*, 
being induced & ta do, by the Impi^tience he qbj(bry^d 
ia\'hV4i ^ 19 Lord Prr^ry, that fomexhing ^Xhl^. be 
done. 

ItApsfV^ tpthe Gonunittee from fc^iR^l Pepo&ti^^ 
oaf ^ ^tb^ as well as froan Informations an$! Mtcritte^ 
lateiygence, ^^ in ^onfirquence of this D^gn of 
bjriaginjs over th^ late Puke of Ormontif^ Captain Charles 
Hfiif^U^ ^Lofjifajfftire "^m (who was co^cern^d ip. the 

Infurreftion 



1 56 The Wprical Regifler N<» XXX 

Infurrefition intended at Oxford^ in the Year 1 7 1 5) fet 
Sail from the River for Bilhoa^ about the 12th Day of 
March, 1721-22, on Board the SYiip Phineas of Brijfol^ 
William Arnold, Mafter, with a Provifion of Arms and' 
Powder on Board, which one of the Sailors on his Exa- 
mination, declarM, he apprehends to have been greater 
than was neceflary for an ordinary trading Voyage. 
That the faid Ship was hir'd at 100 /. Freight Jfer Month, 
200 being paid inAd vance (as Halftead himfelf own'd) and 
had no Goods nor any Paflfenger on Board, except the faid 
Halftead whowent by th^ Name of Novell, and was known 
to the- Mafter and Sailors by that Name only, during the 
Voyage to Spain, That the faid Ship was cleared at the Cii- 
ilom-Houfe in Ballaft for Lishon 5 but that when they came 
into the Bay of ^ifcay, the Mafter, who had Orders to 
follow NowelFs Directions, gave private Inftruftions to 
'the Pilot to ftcer to Bilhoa-, that they arrivM there on 
the 25 th of March, 0. S. and xh^xHalfiead'^tnt on Shore, 
and lay that Night at Mr. Bre'wn's, an Irijh Merchant, 
and the next Day went forward towards Madrid, being* 
furnifh'd with Horfes by the ff^id 5nwjo», on which 
Journey he was abfent about a Fortnight;^ that during 
Lis Abfence, a Report was current all over the Town 
of Bilhoa, and particularly among the Convents, that 
the faid Ship was come to fetch over the late Duke of 
Ormond 5 and Thomas Carter, one of the Sailors of the 
faid Ship, who was employ^ by Halftead to wait on ' 
liim as'a Servant^ has depos'd upon Oath, that three 
Days after the faid NowelVs Return, the Deponent 
itcard him propofe to the abovenam'd Capt;ain Arnold, 
to clrry the late Duke of Ormond and four other Paf- 
lehgers to England ; which the faid Captain Arnold re- 
fulirig to do, the faid Nowell infifted, faying, the Ship 
•was his fo long as he paid the Hire of her, and the 
Wages and Viftualling ; and they had high Words upon 
it. Carter farther depos'd, that Halftead receiv'd a Let- 
ter directed to Colonel Novoell Butler, which was the 
Name the faid Novjell went by, when he was in Spain^ 
That when the Ship was releas'd, they ply'd off and on 
about four Hours off St. Andero, expefting fome Body to 
come off in a Boat, *but no body coming, and the Night 
drawing x)n, they made the beft of their Way to England^ 
and arriv'd in the Do'mns the Beginning of July laft. 
Alii foil, who came over to England a PaJRTenger in the 
faid Ship, has depos'd upon Oath, that he left Ma- 
drid en the 4th of June, N. S. and that fome Time 

before 



iMi 



14^ XXX for the Tear I J 2^. ^ 157 



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'before* he came away, the late Duke of Ormondj 
*who had reiided a confiderable Time at Madrid^ had 
ibnt away his Horfes and Equipage from! thence, and 
put his Servants on Board-Wages, and thatv it was. 
reported he was to go to Ventofilla, That he, AUifon^ 
itpon his coming to Bilhod, found the Ship Fhineas bound 
for EngUnd^ but (topped ; that he agreed to take his Paf- 
Ihge on Board her, and going to the Corregidor of Btlkoa 
for a Pafs, he found there Mr. Brovin^ a Merchant, and 
one who went by the Name of Novtell ^ that Brov)n ask- 
lag the G)rregidor why the Ship was ftopp'd, he faid^ 
it was not the Ship, but iVbiw/J's Perfon that wasde-. 
tainM, by Orders from Madrid ; that he, AlJifan, heard 
a Report at Bllhoa^ that the late Duke of Ormond was oa 
the Coad in Difguife, and that Novxll. had been at 
Madrid^ and come back again in fifteen Days, the Ex- 
pedition of whidi Journey, and the Ship's coming in 
^llail, had raisM a Sufpicion in Bilhwy that N<ymH 
came over to the late Duke of Ormond^ on A9eount of 
the Confpiracy. The Sailors obferv'd, that ^during Ab- 
-tp^//'s Stay at ^//i'Otf, Brigadier Oumphdl^ (^Perfoncon- 
cernM in the Prefton ^.ebellion) was frequently on Board 
with him, but did not care to own his Name. The 
fame Particulars are confirm'd by Letters from Sir 
Anthony Wefcow^^ who was fent to Spain to gain Intelli* 
gence, with feveral other Circumftances relating to Ships, 
Arms and Recruits, provided for the Pretender's Service 
in Spain,. 

During thefeTranfaftions, Co\ont\ Stanhope^ his Ma- 
jefty's Ambaflador at Madrid^ who does not appear to 
have known any thing of this Ship's being come to A7-- 
Jvrt, having receiv'd Intelligence from other Hands, 
that the Duke of Ormond was preparing to *fet out for 
England with fome Irijh Officers, in Order to put him- 
felf at the Head of tl\e Rebels, obtained Orders from 
the Court of Madrid^ to hinder the. late Duke of Ormnfg 
Embarkation, as will appear more fully in the remaining. 
Partof this Report. , 

In Confequeuce of thefe Orders, the King of Spain's 
Officers came on Board the Ship, and laid an Embargo 
upon her for about a Fortnight,. 'till H«//?eai finding 
hin^felf difappointed of his Defign, agreed that Part 
of a Cargo of Wool and Iron fhould be put on Board 
the faid Ship, by Brovjn and Slinger^ and then return'd 
to England with, qnc MaMi^dl, whom the Sailors undcr- 
iiood to be a Relation of the late. Lord Marr% and two 

X flthct 




< Sg The mftmcal Regifter N^ XXX 

otier Puffengers, and irriTM Ui (Ke River tbotft die ytll 

It was reafonable to expeS, tikat in managing Correl^ 

Knd^BCet of (b hazardous al^tnre, ail Sort of ArtaiUI 
duftry iKould be usM^ anfl aii tlie Help of Cyphers 
amd Jargon calPd In, to difipiifir the real Deiigns, and 
to conceal the true Names of the Perfbns concern'd, in 
C9^er to their ayoiding the tknger of legal Conviaion : 
But the Committee lilcewife obftrve, that feveral 6i 
l3ieft Difguiibs at% fb grofs and obinous, that they only 
ftrve to betray tiiemftlvcs ; others.of them are explained 
5y the Skill of different Decypherers, agreeing in the 
ikme Explication, which Explication is again confirmed 
l)y FaCts unknown to thojfe Perfbns at the Time of the 
iSecyphering. Others are explained by Cyphers and 
Lifts ef iiftitious Names, ibiz'd on the Confptrators 
themlel^es^ as well as by comparing the feveral I^rts 
of their Corref^ndence together^ and others agai» 
iy dire£t Infbrmations upon Oath. And, as the D^rees 
of Evidence, in a Search of this Nature, muft be Tari- 
pus^ the Committee have taken all the Care they can^ 
^0 ^^^inguifh what appears to them fully proved, from 
y^hat n Aipported by ftrong and probable Conje^res 
only. 

The Committee are of Opinion, that by M lAzn in* 
fercepted Letter to Dumville^si t'erlbn unknown, is meant 
Morgan^ who is mentioaM hi Ibveral Letters from Sfarn^ 
•aslntendant of the Pretender^s Ships at QidhL, and aftive 
in procuring Officers and Arms ; which Letters are 
confirmed by the Sei2^re of the Ship Rrtfohthn at Gt-^ 
ma, 

., In this intercepted Letter to DoM^tffir, was inclosMthe 
Copy of a Letter from fke late Duke of Ormond to iL (a 
Perfon unknown) intimating his having received an Ac- 
count from D — — — (General DftUn probably) that 
he had procurM ten thoufand Arms, ind Ays he can 
only depend on two thoufknd^ Arms from M— — (Mor^ 
gan probably) but that he coHfdi'have had more Arms, 
Jf he had had more Money. '^^**' 

The Committee obrerve,thatth!8 Account of ten thou«i 
fiind Arms procured by D ■ , and of two thouAnd 
by J tf , agrees exactly with an Account fent (boA 

after ixomMx^^tanhope^t Mudrtd^ andconirm'd by Sif 
Anthony. Wefcomh^ that twelve thoufand Arms .were 
lodg'd in the Hands 6i Br^wn $,tEilM^ fbr the Preteti- 
iler'a Service, and thafiMpmn WM ordtr*d to the 

Bay 



K^XXK for the Tear 1723. T5J 

J . . I - ■ ^- • ---- — . -^ — - - - 

Bay of Biifca^ in »rder te trui(]^t the fttd.Artos t» 

. The CkcunQjBance 0f K«//ys mentioniag tbe(b Arms 
40 DilM% Sect«t»T7) makes it probtble, that by J). Ia 
Ormondes Letjter, is meant the faid Dill^ who, as tbe 
C^ilimlttee are informed, is an Irifit fym^n Catholick, 
and quitted It^/tfiz^oii the Capitulation of Ijmriek^ and 
is at pYcftiLt a LieuteB^trGeiieral in the FrcnrA Service, 
and has the Command pf $^nt of the Irtfi Regiments in 
Frame $ and he appears to your Committee, frpp ftve* 
ral Parts of the intercepted Correfjpondence, to have the 
chief Management of the Pretender's Affairs, and to be 
the principal Agent and Dii^Qr of carrying on this 
Gonrpiracy* 

Ormnd in his Letter to jL. ^ i afterwards ftys. 

That find tke Parliament h dead and gone^ he thinks tt 

^vdil he a good Time to mah an Effort iphen the Eleifar U 

gene to Hanover; ^nd adds, I hopeyau hitve agreed mth 

'! > (' i M » ■ the Time of gohfg far England, an4 ^en that 

is Jti^d hetnneen Mrs» Chtumont and D ■ , you iwf// 

ht Ormond know the Flaee of landing in England. I der 
.Jite an Exfrefs may he fent to »<, wth f articular Aceot^r^s 
flf fnhat is agreed on. This, the Committee take Nptice, 
agrees with Mr. Stanhope*% Intelligence, that Ormond was 
going for England^ and likewife with Intelligence fent 
from Rmae^ that the Pretender was to embark, as fpOa 
as two Oficers, Relations of the late Duke of Ormond^ 
ihottld arrive titPorto Loneone y which Circumft|nce makes 
it not improbable, that oy Mrs, Chaumont^ may be meant 
the Pretender. 

To whom thefe Letters were writ does not appear, 
but the Commiiiee obferve, that they are writ in the 
lame Cypher, with three Letters, which they have 
Grounds to believe, were from the Biihop of Koehtfier ^ 
they obferve likewife, that the fame Cypher is ifomcr 
timeis made Ufe of by Geor^ KsUy. . 

That the late Duke of Ormond was exposed to head 
an Infurre^tion in England^ is farthir confirmed by th« 
following Particulars. 

Neynoe^ upon his Examination before a Committtt of 
Lord's of the Council, decltr'd, that the firft Ddlgn in 
the Spring was to have been executed in London^ by felz« 
ing theTVaerr,^ and that the late Duke of Orsioni was 
then to have landed in the River ; but upon Difcovery 
of the Plot, and the King's not g<kng be>wd Sea, it was 
put o9 for fi>me. Ttsie $ that the^Bifliop. of BrntHkr^ 



•i6o The mprical Reppr N» XXX 

Lord Orrery^ Lord JSortk^ and Sir i&rry Goring^ were 
the principal Leaders and Direftors of the whole De- 
iign; and xhat Watfon (whom he took to be the late 
Earl Marifchal) had told him^ Lord Ncrth and Grey was 
tjiought of for the Command. 

On the 29th of y^^nV, 0; 5. Intelligence came from 
France^ ^hat the Week hefore^ the late Duke cf Ormond had 
-made A f plication to the Aegent hy a Ferfon of ff^eat Diftin- 
.Gion^ for Leave to fa/s through France, under a Tretence 
of going into Italy, hut that the Regent had ahfotutely re- 
fused kimj and at the fame Time had diffateh^d the necejfary 
Orders to the Frontiers ef Spain, to hinder him from faffing 
either openly or in Difguife* 

On the 2d of Afay, 0. 5, Sir Luke Schauh fent Advice, 
*' That one Lejly had been looking out for Lodgings at 
^ PariSy for the late Duke of' Qraitd ^ and on the pth, 
' that Alderman Barher carry*d with him Bills of £x>- 
^ change for fifty thoufand. Pounds Sterling for the Pr<- 
^ tender, and that the fame Sum was fent to Ormond 
^ by another Hand, to enable nim to make the necefiary 
^ Preparations in Spain and Jtaly.V The Committee ob- 
ferve,. that this agrees, as to the Divifion of the Monejr^ 
with a PaiTage in another Letter from DHl$h*s Secretary 
tp George Kelly, dated the 2d of itf^y, N. S. 

Andrevn Fancier^ formerly Captain-Ueuteiiant of Lord 
Cobham\ Dragoons, has deposed upon Oath, that being 
grown intimately acquainted with Skeene, (now in Cu- 
fbdy) a Perfon related to Marr^ and engaged in the Re** 
bellions of Frefton and Glenjhield\ Skeene bc^an to acquaint 
him, about June laft, that there was a De£gn carrying 
on in England, for placing the Pretender on the Throne^ 
of which he at different Times toldi^im the ibllowing 
Particulars : That fix or eight Battalions of Irifk Foot 
double officerM, were to have come over from Spain^ 
which were quarter^ upon the Coaft of Galicia for that 
Purpofe; that the nine 5;^iif/% Men of War which have 
joinM the Dutch, and four more to have been fitted out 
at Barcelona, and three at AUcant^ (as he befl remembered) 
being in all ilxtcen Spanijk Men of War, were to hav'e 
been employed in this Service. That thefe Troops were 
to have landed either in Cornwl, or near Briftol : That 
there were forty thoufand Stands of Arms in Great Bri^ 
tain. Part in Scotland, other Part in London, other Part 
in Brijiol and other Part in CornvaaL That there were 
leven or eight Hundred Men with Officers among them 
In Lgadan^ fu^GStti^ ^nd \^ Rea^incft |qc fuch an Ckca flon . 

. "" That 



N*XXX for tbiT^af 1739. T&i 

That a Sum of two hundred thoufand Pounds had bHm 

raisM by Gmtribution for carrying on this Defign^ aBd 

f>ut into the 'Management of thef Bifko^p of Rock^er^ whb 

with the Lord N$rth and Grey, were the leading iimi 

amon^ them, and that Lofd Strafford and Lord Kindide 

knew the Thing. That the Managers of this Affair Ia 

Spairty were the late Duke of Ortmnd, and the late Earl 

Marijehal, and thofe in France, the late Lord M^rr, and 

Lieutenant^General Dillon* Thst the Court of Spain 

was in their Interefi, but as to the Regmt and Cardinal 

Du Boit, they could not tell what to make of them ^ 

that this Deilgn was to have been mcecuted ibme Timie 

ago, but was then difappointed by the Regent ; that the 

late Duke of Ormnd, and the late Earl Matifehaly were to 

have come with the Troops beforementionM, from Spain ; 

and the Pretender about the fame Time, was to have left 

Rome privately, and to have lain conceal'd fbmewhere 

near, from whence he would have come over, when 

there had been a fair Profped of Succefs. That as to 

anyOppolitlon they could expert, we had but fourteen 

thoufand Men in all, of which three thouCand were ne^ 

ceifary to guard London, thtee thoufand more for ScoU 

land, and two thoufand for the Garrifons, fo that the Re« 

mainder, would never dare to attack thofe who came 

from Spain \ and in the Confution,- their (meaning the 

Pretender's) Friends would have been able to have got 

together, and made a Head. That in the Conduct of this 

Affair there pafs'd little in writing, and only the four 

Lord} beforemention'd, vix,, theBifhop of R$ek^er,znd 

Lord North und Grey principally, and Lord Strafford, and 

Lord KinouJe, were concern^ in the Management of it 

here \ that the Bufmefs was to have been done before 

the Dutch Troops could come to our Aififlance. 

The Committee have laid thefe fev^ral Particulars to- 
gether, though of different Dates, that the Houfe may 
fee at one View^ the Reafon there is to believe, that the 
late Duke of Ormond was to have landed in England^ 
with Officers and Arms, about the Time that it was ge- 
nerally fuppob'd, his Majeily intended to go to HanQ' 
ver. The Reafon of Ormondes not cpming, is fufEcient- 
ly explained by the Orders iffu'd at Madrid, and in* 
France^ by the King's not going abroad, and by the Dif- 
coveries, anH Difpo/ition of the Forces made in England. 
And Notice is laken^ in Letters to one of his Majeily*s 
Secretaries of State from Kotne, that a Perfon of great 
piSin^tion at that fiacei h^d d^cliir'^ it f^^Wn Opiniqp, 



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The Hifiorkal Regifter N» XXX 



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jUmsHIm st^ftsA AroftA fetm*d in the Qmcltve for pltcbig 
^ F rtt c awie f oa the ThroM ef BriUni^ wm going to 
W put In Execution ; but tliot the fiinie Perfon afterw 
mmiii tfffpiM Ibifr Realbnr for its htving mifctrtyM, 
urtiich were, the Want of Money, tlm fnlfN^od Ftith of 
<he Rogcnt, the Wtnt of Skiil in thofe who were to coi»- 
4nft tt^ and tho Pofilknlartty of the Pretender, wha to 
•iKOid hotardiag his own PeHbn, proposal to fend his 
CMld \ which laft Particular ii again mentioned in ano< 
tlMrLottiv ftmnjRtm. 

The Gomsnittcie now Tetnm to lliew what other E»i- 
ionees they fcaire befbce thorn, of a Defign laid for b^in- 
iting an IniUrreftion in Lemdon, at tiie Time when it 
tPts *IUppeftd the King intended to go to Hmowtw 

About the latter End of AfrU, hio hf ajefty receivM 
Intdligenee Iron ahraad, upon which he can entirely 
depend, Tlutf m Defign 'wm hddfor hrUipug in tk§ Pre^ * 
finder^ nMtknmt ikanghtm he /i 'wgV c^nctrttd^ 4ndcm^ 
duBed hy Ferfom cffrtkEMfnienet^ tkmtiftke Seirettaas 
imt If^, M vms frfpofd^ the Smafi vtMS hok^d upm as i o» 
-ftdlihU^ and ikxtH «wx to htjwt ht^ ^Mituthn mhottt the End 
-^f April^ or Megifudt^ 9f Mify. • 

* Ob tho 39th of jfffU^ thefamo Intelligence was re* 
peatedy with thefe ftvther Particulars^ ^ That the Cour 

"^ fpirators did no longer think it noeciTary to infift on fo- 

> reign Afiifhince, flattering themfbl^res that great Par^ 

• ^of the Kittg^s own^ Forces would declare in their Fa- 
^ vour. That they now contented themfelTes with de- 
'*• firing the R^ent ibould obfrrve a Neutrality between 
'^^ his Majefty and tho P r e w nder ; and that Lord Lanf- 
^ lidumr was to preftnt, or cauft to be preibnted, aMe< 

> morial to the Regent, to this Eficd, that Day or the 
^ next. That the Defign was probably to be executed 

^*in L^do% that the Beginning of Maj was the Time 
^ fisM on, and that the Pretender was fpeedily to fet out 
* for Effiiand, 

Tho Committee do nt>t find, that the abovememion^d 
Memorial was prefented to the Regent; but in Letters 
from Fltmkef to DiUon^ they find the. fame repeated in 
thefb Words; ' If the Regent ftands neuter, we will fo<in 
^ bring the Lava Suit to bear;* which JLfjrer explained to 
be the Pretender*s Caufe. 

On the 24th of Aprils 9. 5. Mr. Davemnt/, his Ma* 
jefty*s Minifler in Italy^ font an Exprefs from Rome^ 
Mrith Advice^ that the Pretender's Adherents were ma- 
king Prepa rations in Ofdh^ and other Ports of SfabiyCop 



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N^XXX for the Tear 172^. ^ rSi 

^ — ■ ' T ■■■ "*; - 

an Attempt on EngUnd^ that tKe Pretendef wufptedtll 
ly toembark at F^rto-L^j^tme^ aad wat retired fi«mJU«»» 
f«r tlwt Parpoib % and it mpDoars^ that the fame A^t^ 
ifiot was Ibon after c«afinn*d to his Majefty, by « 1^ 
teisn Minifter reflding in £ff»j/iin^, who receivM tke Ia« 
telligence from a Perfen of great Diftiiiltion abroad, aMb 
CMnnmoicattd it to his Majefty. 

On the 9th of Mry, Mr. Cfawpfrd^ his hlaiefty^ Re*^ 

indent at P«r/f, writes Word, 'That the J^Mfei In 

^\^aiMr Cxpefted foon an InAire€tion in Enghn^i whkk 

* was. to be begun by the Heads of their Patty hmnJ 

^ jfoon after his Majeftv^s ibtting out for H^ntovtr^ «ra 

^ was to be fupperted vy Irijh Officers and Soldiers, wh# 

^ lay ready at Cadix^ befides fuch as ihouid be able t» 

^ pafs over into England from Fhamby Steaith ^^ and in 

Ibis" Letter of the 26th of May^ O.S. headd^, ^ That the 

^ Grounds of this Expeftation were ARiiranees giVen 

< from Ef^Und^ that the Coni^irators would immedi' 

^ ately make themfehres Matters of the IWofr, and Cxtf 

^ of Ijond^n. 

This Intelligence agrees with a Paper dellverM t9 
. the Secretaries of State in July Ittd, by one of the Lords 
of his Majefty^s Councii, who, as they have certifyM^ 
afiurM them, that a Perfon, whom he had good Reaibii 
to believe to be deeply ooncemM in the Confjpiracy, 
Game to him in the Month of Jtily^ and brought him 
a Paper, which he aflrm'd he had copyM by Stealth oiit 
of jhe Scriptore- of a noble Lord, whom he reftis'd w 
name; and that the fkid Perfon writ out a fair Copy of 
the Paper in his Pr^ftnoe, which contains Mintiteai 
of Refolutions taken at a Confultation, and is in the 
Ibllowing Words. 

R^ That the Atffis be dug tip imme<^fately, and dif^ 
pers*d in fmall Pajrceis. Begin In 5(9tfrA«Mir*, VThiteckaf^ 
Ph '^^Pf^^'> ^'^r» and SmHkfiM. March into City* 
Poffeft^tke &tes« Againft the Horfe, Barricactes in the 
iiarrow Streets, ^l)pecially ftt both Ends of Fleet-Md^i 
SkM4me^ FetUr^Mi^ mik Omncery-kme, Poflfefs St. Q^« 
m&itH Churchyard by a Party from tioWorn, A (h-ong 
Barricade in the harrow Part of that Street. Line the 
two fird Stories. Bricks, Stones, (3c. may be nfeful 
In the upper Rooms., and may be thrown by Women, 
tnd others unfit to b^r Arms. Lighters, with Ammu* 
fittion under Coals, lie at hUc\^yers^ und Miifard^Une: 
No Dependance or Afiftanoe from Wefimhfltr^ and thoft 
^PartSp^K^ept fome few by Water, the- Coauntcatiort 
^ being 



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1^4 The Hiftorieal Repfter N° XXX 

befall cut oft Meffage to the Lord Mayor by three 
Lords. Proclamation made to oblige all who ihall not 
come in, to bring in their Muskets and Militia Arms. 
IDeclaration ready printed, to be difpers'd among the 
People. Twenty three Officers of the Guards to be de- 
pended on : A great many others well a£Fe£ted, efpeci- 
ally the common Centinels. Day rcfolv'don Ap'il the 
aOth. \R'' That forty determine Perfons be immediate- 
ly pItcVd upon, arm^d with Swords and Piftols, to exe- 
cute all Orders, and that for the Subfiftencc of the 
laid forty Gentlemen, Money be advanced out of the 
Fund, at the Rate of feven Shillings fir Diemy for Man 
andHorfe. Commander in Chief Lord N. Time, 7 in 

the Morning* 

Dis: CJT.M. 

The Committee obferve, that this Scheme drawn up 
in Aprils and dcliver'd as aforefaid to one of the Lords 
of the Council, in ^u/y laft, has a near Affinity with 
that of Layer, and appears to be the Groundwork of it, 
tho' Ltfycr denies his having ever fecn any fuch Paper 
of Refolutions, or having received any Inftruftions re- 
lating to his Scheme, except from Wiljon a Surgeon, M»r-- 
^Afy a Phyfician, and Whiu a Serjeant. 

The Committee likewife obferve from this and lay- 
er's Scheme, as well as from a Letter of Sampl€\ that 
the involving the City of London in Blood andConfu*- 
fion, appears to have been univerfally. underdood' and 
agreed on among all the Confpirators, as the firft 
Step to be taken, and the Foundation of their future 

Hopes. 

By another Paper delivcrM in July laft, by the lame 
Pirfon, it appears, that when the Stroke was* ftruck in 
London, there were to be Infurreftions in feveral Coun- 
ties of Ew^/aw^,. and that the Numbers of Gentlemen and 
private Meii, to be depended on, both in London^ and the 
Country, were computed and fet down ; and the Com- 
mittee obferve, that the extending the Infurrefition to 
the Country, after London was feizM, makes likewife 
a Part of Layer*s Scheme, and Samplers Letter. 

The Committee farther take Notice, that in thefc 
Schemes as well as in Pancier\ Depofition, Mention is 
made of great Quantities of Arms conceaPd for the Ufe 
of the Confpirators ; and JUiyer having confefs^d at his 
Examination before the Lords, that he fuppos'd there 
were Arms provided, and that Qreen^ the Gunfmith, 

, being; 



N^XXX , for the Te^r ijii. 165 

being fii tbmpany witfe Lofd i%rtt, Irad mehtionM five 
flioufand Arms and i^ven tlioufand Arms^ and infixed, 
in Contradtfilibh to Lord Nortk, who bid him hold hii 
TTotigue, that there were five thoufand Arms ready in 
Ae City : The Committee examined him partlcukrly 
Unrthfs Head^ but could draw nothing more fl-oiti him, 
than that Creen had told Captain Bonpi at Lord Norih\ 
that he could help Sim to nve or ftven thOufend Armii 
at- tti Hour*s Warning. And tho' ftie Committee i$ 
fully fatisfy'd that no Care has been wanting elfewhere 
to difcover thcfe Arms, and to defeat the Confpiracy 
httodS^iiid a Circumftance^Jyet they cannot bat think If 
a mdancholy Confidcration, that through the determiii*cl 
01>l!inacy of the Confpirators, thtffe EIndfeavoiii's hav« 
i!th«rto provM unfuccefsfUI. 

The Committee obferve farther, tft^t a Der>gn w«j 
Ibrm'd by Perfons of Dlilinftion, to Invade thcfe King* 
fitotiis with a foreign Force ^ that the Defig^ was con- 
ftantiy proffeuted in all Parts, without any Other Re* 
lajtation or Intermiffion, than what the Nfeccmty of their 
Affirirs,and thfc Diitoveriits made, oblig'd them to. in or- 
der to lay their Meafures deeper, and to make theSttcceft 
of them more certain \ slnd that the Enterprize, which 
tiras firft calculated fbr the Spring, was to Have been af- 
terwards put in Execution at the breaking up of the 
Camp, with the Help of Officers and Soldiers from a- 
tfoad, if they could be ofctainM ( if not^ on the Strength 
tf fuch ds they hopM to be able to corrupt and fediice 
i^mong his Majefty^sown Fotces. And thslt the Leaders, 
in order (as *ti8 natural to believe) td fave tiemfelvcl 
from thi l>mg^f of legal ConvifiHon, chofe to manage 
their Correfpondcncej^ by the Intervention of ferfbhs of 
a meaner Rank and Figiire^ and of ddfperate Fortune^,. 
-wtiA, they hop'd, might efcapfe the Obfervation of tie 
Government $ being no otherwife cohfider^bley thaaai 
the ifruft fepos'd in theni, made them fo, Of theft in- 
ferior Awnts, Layer appei(fs to have been principally 
intrtiftted Dy Lord North and ^ey, stnd Lord Orrery ; *nd 
tlwiketj wh« travel rd with i^jier to tic/me^ ind whoft 
ttcateiabie Practices and Correfpondences ve clofely 
tonnefted witli thofc of Ldyer^ writes rf himfelf a;^ 
tranfaftin^ ftrt of hh Treaibtos with Lord Orrerf^ 
Clerk, and ftitds frequent Accounts to the Pretendcr'ii 
A^nts abroad, of Matters relating to tlie faid Lord. 

Ceirge KeU% « nionjuting Clei^gythan, appears to ha.ve 
ken ilif P«tr&ft. priiz4pa^i/ wtrufML by the Biihop of 



1 66 The Hiftorical ^gtfter N^ XXX 

Rochefier^ and to have been employM in writing for him, 
and conveying Letters to him, until the Time that he, 
X^//y, was fiil^ taken into Cuftody ; after which, it ap« 
pears to the Committee, that Thomas Carte^ another non- 
juring Clergyman, was entrufled and employed by the 
Bifhop in the fame Manner ; and the Committee ob- 
ferve, that George Kelly's Correfpondence has a clofe 
Connexion with that of Dennis. Kelly^ and lilcewife that ^ 
he appears to have been privy to Flwikefs and JVey- 
iMf *s Tran(a6tions. 

The Perfon employed by the Duke of Norfolk^ in 
conveying Letters between him, and George fernegany an. 
Agent of the Pretender^s in Flanders^ they find to be Mss. 
Spelman^ alias Yallopj who has likewife own*d her con- 
veying Letters in the fame Manner between Mr. Harvey 
of Comby and oncAioore of Brovunhe-ftreet^ and the laid 
Jernegan^ the Committee obferve, that Johrn Samfle^ 
a£led under the Dire^ion of Mr. Sempill (common)y cslU 
led Lord Sempill) and his Son at raris ; and that he 
wrote Letters to the late Duke of Ormdnd and the Pre- 
tender ; but whom he tranfafited Matters with in Eng- 
and^ the Committee do not find, by his Examination, he 
would declare. 

The Committee farther oblerve, that this treafbnable 
Correfpondence extended itfelf into £rof/itn^; that JH/- 
liam Ereskine remitted Money to France for the Service 
of the Pretend er^s Friends, and had a Letter under the 
late Lord Marr's Hand found upoiihim, when he was. 
taken into Cuftody. That mr. Cochran now in Cuflody, 
a)id others of that Country yet unknown, were concern- 
ed in the fame treafonable Correfpondence, carry ^d on im- 
der the fame fictitious Names and Expreffions, that are 
made Ufa of by feveral of the Correfpondents in Ewj- 
land \ and that the fame ,Cant was likewife made Ufe of, 
for the fame Purpofes, by Perfims in Ireland, 

The Com^iittee have thought it proper to lay be- 
fore the Houfe, fuch Particulars as occur to them rela- 
ting to each of thefe Negotiations, and to begin with 
thofe' of L^yer and Plunkef, 

Mr. Layer own'd, partly to a Committee of I,ords of 
the Council before his Tryal,and partly to the Commit- 
tee^ that being bred up under an Uncle who was a Non- 
jutor in Norfolk^ he early imbibM thofe Principles 5 that 
having a private Affair to tranfaCt at Venice^ this, sni a 
natural Inclination and Curiolity, which he had always 
liad to fee the Pretender,' carryM him on to Rome ; that he 
f^t out fro m England on the firfl of April^ 1 72 1, in Com- . 

fany 



N^ XXX for the Tear 17a 3> \6f 

pany with 7^^ Flunht now in Cufiody, wlio went Ibroe- 

times by the Name of Rogers, whofe Expences he bore on 

Account of his being nfeful to him, a8f)peaking feveral 

Languages. That he believes from the Time of his firft 

acquainting Flunket wlxh his intended Journey (which wm 

fome Months before their fetting out) the fiiid punjut in 

order to magnifie his Services to the Pretendjcr tjrd 

his Adherents^ might write to General Dillon, and 

others of them, tl^at the was going to Rome, 'wiili a 

Friend, and that his and his Friend's Journey would 

he of great Conlbquence to the Pretender's Affairs. 

But this {'articular he did not own 'till the Review of 

his Examination, when he found the Committee were 

a^pripi'd that Notice had been fent to Rome of his Jour* 

' ncy^ for he infiiled at iir(t, that his Journey to Rome was 

'purely accidental, and not concerted with the Pretender, 

or any of his Agents. 

He farther own'd, * That in their Way to Jtah, they 
pafs'd through Ant*uoerf, and that Flunket there re- 
ceiv'd fL Letter from General Dtlhn, which he fli^w'd to 
Layer, dir«€ting them whom to apply to, on thrir Ar- 
rival at Rome, to introduce them to the Pretender ; and 
when he found the Committee were in PoiTefllon of that 
Letter, he own'd, that Francis Kennedy was the Perfon 
they were diredled by Dillon to apply to^ 

That he and Flunket arriv'd at Rome the latter End 
of May 1 72 1, and that after he had been a Day at 
Rome, lie fent to Francis Kennedy, Secretary to the Pre* 
tender, to let him know he fhould be glad to fee him, 
and to renew Acquaintance with him. That Kennedy 
came to his Lodgings, which at the fame Time he faitf^ 
he was furpriz'd at it, being in the Face of all the 
Englifi Gentlemen ; but that Kennedy told him, he need- 
ed not to be uneafy at his coming to his Lodgings o* 
penly, fince he frequented the Company of all the 
Englijh Gentlemen that came to Rome, without Diilin^ 
&\on : That at the firil Vifit, he defir'd Kennedy to in- 
troduce him to the Pretender, which he promis'd to do. 
That Kennedy came to him again the next Night, and 
promis'd to introdiuce him to the Pretender privately 
in an Evening, fothat no Body (hould be able to prove 
his having been there* That he believ'd Kennedy de- 
li ver'd to Flunht a Letter under the Pretender's own 
Hand, when Kennedy and Flunket were alone together ; 
ibr the next Morning, m he, Layer, was in Bed, in a 
Room next adjoining to that Where Plunket lodgM, 

Y 2 Flunket 



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l6B The. Hijhrical Rtgifier N? XXX 

rlwHut came to his Bcd.-ride, AAd told hun with Iccms 
Ing SaUsfa^ion^ that Ke liad got a LrtUr under tlic 
King^s (meaning the Pretender**) owji Haod^ but thai 
Kennedy never iaid one Word of this Letter to him^ 
Layer, That Ttunket ibew'd him, l^ytr^ tfcc iaid Lcnct, 
the whole of which he believes to have (>een writ 14 the 
tumt Hand in which the Bianlc Receipts taken axnoogft 
bis Papers at Mrs. Mafin*s areiiga'd, which he believes 
to be the Pretender's own Hand. 

Tbis Original Letter has fince been delivered to the Cosu 
snittee,wii^the Depofitions relating to it, by which it ap« 
rears, that Plunkit delivered it with other Papers to octf 
fdaryVt^kan^ about Michaelmas laft, which wa$ near the 
Time of* Lope's being taken un pt isdate^ ThurfdayMoni* 
iignM jAwes R, and direaed to Mr. Bmketytni is in 
the following Words ; 

Tbi$ is only to din ft you not to mmthn any thin^ rfEufi^ 
nefs to any body ''till I iave feen you: I have not muth lis^ 
^re to Nighty exfeSing Vifits ; hut however Ijhati he glal 
to fee you alone^ and a^ree viith you the moft private Way aud 
Manner for your Companion and me to meet. The Bearer^ Fr* 
Kennedy, w// Wing you very privately to my Houfe- to Nighi 
ahut Uikt a Cloclu < 

James fi. 
For Mr. Plunket, 

The Conixnittee obfervc from this Letter, as well as 
from other Papers before thein^ what a Degree of TruA 

Sd Coi^etiyce Plunket was admitted to, (notwithJ&aad^ 
g he would endeavour by his prefent Appearance to 
inake it feem incredible) and perceive Ukewife by this • 
Letter, that hi« and Layer^s Journey to Rome had beeoi 
reprefeiued to the Pretender as an Affair of fome Imporr 
tanct. And thatLdr^r did not undertake fo long and 
eacpenii ve a Journey on uncertain ProQpeQ-s of privatsife 
]Sufiners, or out of meer Curioiity ; but that his Journey 
fvas concerted with the Pretendes'^s Friends at Home^ 
and notify^ to the Pretender and his Agents abroad, 
Und that he carry 'A. o¥cr with him Tenders of Service 
tathe Pretender f rom Perfofts ia England^ as iihewiie 
a Lin of Natnes, which was of Aich Importance, and 
(b well underfbod and ezpeCledat i<^oiia?,aatobe mentioned 
by Flunket in one of his Letters to the Pretender with* 
put any other JDcIcription, than barely that of the 



N^XXX fotr the Tear 17119. 169 

^ JL^yer told tlie Committee, That oi^ his bein]{ intjnoduc^4 
to t£c Pretender by Kennedy and if<«^, the Piietesidar 
mskM him the Occalion of his coming, and whether he 
liad any Credentials from People in &ihnit*^ that he an* 
Iwcr'd, Nothifltg but Curiofity and a Deflre of jnmn|; 
jiiy Duty to your Majeftylias brought tot hither : liac 
|hc Pretender aslf d him, what Lords he was acquainted 

os^^i^t, to whidi he anfwcrM, None but fuch as he was 

' ipnCfiVn^'d, with in the Way of his Profeffion 5 That the 
yrttcnder again exprefs'd himfelf furprizM at iiis hal- 
ving no Credentials nor Recommendatioits from any 
terfon in En^and^ and laid. This Journey mud have 
been very expenfive to you, I believe it cannot coft you 
Jefs than $00 /. to which he anfwer'd,"^ That « private 
Affair which brought him to ^irnirf, would have defrav'd 
the Expence if it had fucceeded 5 but that being diup* 
pointed in that, his Inclination drew him on to Rome^ 
to pay his Duty to the Pretender, which he had long 
^ad in his Thought, fo took this Opportunity of doing 
it ; that 4one Plmket^ who was now in Rome with him, 
md often told him, he need not fear being introduced, ^<' 
or to that Effeft j that the Pretender faid, he belicvM, 
that Flunket was a very hondR Man, and as proper . a 
Ferfon as Layer could have had for a Companion. 
* JL^j^r farther faid. That the PrctcndeV again repeated 
his Surprize at his having no Recommendation from a- 
)iy Perfon in England ; but faid, I am inibrm*^ by Franci$ 
Kennedy^ who knows you, that you have a good Chara- 
cter^ and for that Reafon you are welcome without any 
Credentials : Yet the Committee obfrrve, that Dr. Blatk 
^trky Fairfax (an intimate Acquaintance of l^yer^) Juii 
ilepQsM upon Oath, That L^er, fmce ht€ Return froi^ 
Rjme^ told him, thae while he was in private Audi« 

' ence with the Pretender, a 5rofM Colonel broke in upo;^ 
them, yxfsm which the Pretender took hioi into Another 
)5U>om, and that he, Layer^ did theredeliver his Creden- 
tials to the Pretender 
' Layer told the Committee, That the Pretender after 

, the Difcourfe abovementionM, askM him what County 
he was of, and what Gentlemen he* knew ^ that he an- 
fwer'd, he was of Nofpik, and knew all the Tory 
<^tiemen (^that County ^ that the Pretender askM him 
if he could recollect their Names, and put them down 
)in Writing ^ to which he anfwer^d, he could ealily do 
thap, havifig brought with him Memorandums of their 
Names 3 that accordingly, he drew up a fair Lift of the 
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170 TheHifloricalRegifier N° XXX 

Tory ficntlcmen of iVbrfo/fc, And gave the faid Lift to the 
Pretender at a fecond Interview, thinking it would be 
agreeable to him. That the Pretender then askM him, 
wjiether he would fee the Queen (meaning his Spoufe) 
and promised fhe wouldadmit him to k^fs her Hand. 

That about three Weeks or a Month after, Francis Xew- 
jifiy and Colonel Hsryr appointed him to jncet them at 
the fame Place and Time as before, and introduced him 
to the Pretender and his Spoufe; that the Pretender 
then caird him to him, and ask'd him, whether he ^ad 
any thing to fay in Relation to his Lift ; that he anfwer- 
cd, he forgot fomething which he had to communicate 
to his Majefty 5 that the Pretender faid, his Wife would 
go out of the Room prefently, and foon aftef fpdke to 
her in Italian^ to withdraw, as he believes; That the 
3Prerender then as'd him, what he had to fay, to which 
lie replyM, I have nothing fo material to offer as ought 
to have procured me this Honour and Indulgence 5 but 
if there be any Service on Earth, J can do, I am moft 
ready. That the Pretender faid. What can you do ? Have 
you any Acquaintance? To which he reply'd, that all 
the Perfons mention'd in his Lift were entirely devoted 
to the Pretender's Intereft, and all the Gentlemen ih Eng^ 
land the fame, except thofe in Places of Profit and Truft, 
nnd that all Parties were united in his Intereft, That 
the Pretender thenask'd hini,What the Gentlemen were, 
whofe Names were on his Lift ? To which he anfwer'd, 
they were all Tories, and that he had not put down any 
of the -Ro/w<rnCatholicks o£ Norfolk^ of whom there werd 
feveral Men of Eftates. That the Pretender faid, he 
believ'd, the People of En^laneL were generally well in- 
clin'd to his Caufe, and pretty well convinc'd of their 
Error ; and then fpoke of the Difcontents occaftonM by 
the Soutk'Sea Scheme. 

The Committee obferve, that in the Cypher, which 
JLayer received from Sir WiU'iam EUis^ the Names of fe- 
yer.al Norfolk Gentlemen are infcrted, who, they think 
it probable, made a Part of the Lift delivered by Layer 
to the Pretender ; but at the ff^me Time they think It 
a Juftice due to thofe Gentlemen, to obfervc, that Layer 
has own'd to the Committee, that in order to magnjfic 
the Number of the Pretender's F>iends,he did in feveral 
of the Lifts, found among his Papers, infert the Nameg 
of Perfons, as weJl affeclcd to the Pretendei:*s Service, 
without having the leaft Authority from them for fo 
doing; and his falfe Aflfcrtion to the Pretender,- that all 

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N"^ XXX for the Tear 1723. 

. ^ ; ^ ....^^ 

the Gentlemen ill E«^/<iw4, except thofe in f'laces of Pro-* 
fit and Truft, were entirely devoted to his Intereft, (hews, 
that he made no I)fftln£ti«a between the Innocent and 
Guilty. . 

I}e next acquainted the Cppimiitece, That after the 
Difcourfe b^forementioh'd with thePretender in Relation 
to the Lift,, the Pretender commended hi&Ze'al, and told 
him, he m'ight defiend on any Service he could do him. 
That he, L^i^tfr, tAen defir'd fome Tokcin, by which he 
might obtain Credit amojig the Pretender's Friends of 
the Nobility in Ew^/^wi, and obtained that of thePretei)- 
der and his Spoufe's anfwering fbr his Child. He faid, 
that upon his defiring a Letter to the Dutchefs ofOr- 
mond^ for her reprefenting the P>retender's Spoufe, Colo- 
nel Hye told him, no Letter could befentby him, but 
that Care would be taken the Dutchefs ihoujd ftand ; 
that he likewife gave, him a Meflage to the Dutchefs, to^ 
this Effe6t, that the Duke of Ormond was well, and gone 
to Madrid^ by which, he told him, (he would underftand 
the Bufinefshe cam6 about. That he return'd to England 
about the End of Augufi^ or Beginning of Septemher 1 72 1» 
and wfttted on the Dutchefs with his Requeft, adding^ 
that he hop'd fhe was not altogether a Stranger tothac 
Affair ; to which flie returnM him no particular Anfwer, 
but promis'd to ftand Godmother, as he defir'd ; that he 
then made Application to Lord Orrfry to ftand with her \ 
by Thompfirtj whom he took to be her Chaplain, and by » 
Svjortfeiger^ Lord Orrery^ s Secretary ; that the fa id Lord 
fent to the Dutchefs, to know whether fhe flood, who an- 
iVerM, that flie did ; yet Lord Orrery refusM '^^ but up- 
on farther Acquaintance, and hearing that Lord North 
and Grey had confented to ftand, he fent for L^^i^r, and 
made Excufes to him for this R^ufal. That he mad^ 
Ufe of this. Credential to Lord Orrery^ to induce him 
,to converfe freely with him in Relation to the Preten- 
der's Affairs r having heard that the faid Lord was in 
the Pretender s Intereft. That upon his being refus'd 
by Lord Orrery^ he made his Application to Lord North 
and Grey^v/ho flood for the Pretender.* That this Trjyif- 
aftion was the Beginning of his Intimacy with Lord North 
and Grey. 

That the firft Converfation he had with Lord Norths 
relating to the Pretender's Affairs, was foon. after the 
Chriftening ; that he then ask'd Lord Norths whether 
nothing could bb undertaken in the Pretender's Favour^ 
his Lordihip being a miliary Man j that his Lordflifp 

repiy'd. 



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. iji ThA HifioHcal kegjfler N« XXX 

ttfiy^y Ire bcRet'* tfii Pretender iu* Frfcnds cnoigh, it 
fftey did bttt uneterftand oneanothcr ; iBattHeAi'my in 
general, and- mofr of tjre Hal^pay Officers were weH ia- 
clinM to the Pretender, 

' Tb«t in Jttij lafr, he^ i^Jj/ff^ ijoing dawn to UorfiJkoii 
theCircttit, ctfl'd on Lord Nhm xt Rppiirg;, andagafn 
lit kis Ketizm ; that he tEen , a$M'd the mid Lord sgHin^ 
.whether nothing could be done in Favoitr «f*the PVe- 
ttftd e i $ tfcrt Lord Mrt* fald, hcnr can iny thing be 
ditme, while Ifrgrwrt a Boil/ of Forces is encampltnn^ 
dipr the Wry Walls Of LcmdoJTy befTd^ the Cnaraipmenttf 
in other Parts of the Kingdom ? Itst tajer told him, 
le found mc^ of the Gentlexnen in Narfnlir^ tftat>*nere; 
Tortcs before, Jacobites now 5 that ^ord N^arth «nl Grej 
ftidf, it was the fame in other Counties, but thatnoi' 
flBAti% coitM be done \ill the Ckmp (hould brcalt ttp. 
That upon L^iyw's preffinghim to know whether any 
Scheme wa« formM^ Lord North fiiid. What does your 
Friend Lonf Qrterj think: of Things ? That he ato- 
^rerM, Lord Orrery was of Opinion, nothing cmrh} W 
dcme without a fo^eig;i Force; that r ord Mrrt and<S>e/ 
repiyM, 1 cannot be of his Opinion, 1 believe the Peopitf 
of En^afid may do ft of themfeivcs. That Layer vlilt- 
ing him daring the Vacation, and Itaryin^ two or tiiree 
l)ays at his H*u(fe, contintt'd to prefs him about farm- 
ing a Scheme; that. Lord North reply M, Ifl^t^ikrsid 
nottrouhfe 9ur feivts much ch<mt Schemes^ hepttmoet^ pmtA 
thing tmH he done. And at hif. £xami nation oefore the 
Lwd^n he own'd, that Ltfrd North and Grey faid. r£ thercf 
be a Rifingf yo\i ihall not want Men, or Money, oi* 
Anns. 

LfljCT^' farther gave the G<nnraittee an /Lccount of his be- 
coming acquainted with L^nrA, and of hi 8 carrying him tb* 
.Lordi%rMan4Crey,upon Lynches telling him that he harf 
fomething to propofe to the fafd Lord, that might b6 of 
jreat Service to the Pretender's Caufe. But in giving^ 
an Account of what pafs'd between Lynch and him at the 
Gretn Man^ the Committee obfci-v'd, that Ifyer took gceaf 
Fains to fiiew, thaf he did not communiqite any Papers 
to Lynch^ *tlH after Dinner, Jtnd that he then onfy fhew*rf 
him Memorandums tranfcribM out 6{ the Prince of Q^ 
$t€n^\ Declaration, though hynch has deposed upon Oath^ 
that Mention was made in that Paper, of Lord CadoranH 
being feizM and remaining int the Cuftody of the Con«>* 
Ifiraton* 

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' JBe bwix'd tolliiJ Cbrti'lpittjee his'Haviiig; carry'd Lynch 
to Lord Cuio^ntt's^ buft ftid,Ke ^ent thitlier only in Re* 
lation to the' Purcfaiaff .of tn .E(t»te ;. tliat while the>t 
ip(^ere waiting th^rcjitt a Room licxt the Gariefh, Lynfk 
yiewM the Ciarde&.and Houfe, and fi^id, lean e^ly 
(bine you this G^usraiU but he deny'd their having a* 
^ ny previous Difcoiirfe to this Purpofc^ and faid, the 
* JPrbpofal afoferfirotn -liyw^A^ and that he, l^y^r^ was wad 
^BiMugh to make i<- Parp of bi$ Scheme, 

He faid, thAtiwhen t^pcJi and "He came to Lord North 
avdGrey% his Lordihip a^'dhini who Lyw^ was; that 
he faid, he was an i.ox^e& .Gentleman^ recommended by^ 
^ particular Friend'ir that his Lordfliip faid>5 I wonder 
you would bring, himy ye]u know I %tn ftc* eafy. nor.^Qg 
before Strangers. Th$t howeter^ Lord Nortkand Gr^^en* 
tertain'd Lynch ciyiJy^ and afrer puppet enquired Of bijQi^' 
Whether he was i^ the Army ? To w^ich Lynck anfwer'd^ 
that he was bijed up to Merchandize, but had been wjth 
the Pretc^ndei) in Scotfand^ and had the Command of a 
Ship under the >K.ing of Spain^ in thePeifcent on iStra/- 
landy and eBkrgfd-' ihuph on his Loyalty and Zeal 
for the. Pretender j btit that Lord iVbt^A-wav'd.the Dif- 
cQiurfe. . , 

The Committee obferv'd, ihskt Layer in relating what 
^lafsM whil? Lynch was at l,ord North's, took fo much 
Pains to ibcyjf^ that Lord /<^orrA and Gny cou|d have no 
private Difgourft with Ly«<;A,that he left no Room for the 
laid Lord iVfcffrt's having bad any priva,teDifeourfe with 
' liin^ Lf^yer^ which yet is i neon fiftent with his Exajmi* 
nation taken Ueforethe Lords, as well as with his Conf^f. 
fion to the Committee j in another Part of which he owns^ 
that wliile Lynch was at Lord North\ he, Layer^ Ihew'd 
Lord North Come Wa,n of his Scheme, or Heads relating 
to a Declaration, as he was walking with him in the 
Garden, and that they had fome Difcourfe upon it. 

They obfcrve, likewife, that what he own'd to the 
Committee in Relation to his introducing Lynch to Lord 
North and Gfcy^ falls very fhort of what he confefs'd 
to the Lords of the Council on the fame Subjeft, previ- 
oufly to his Tryal ; for he then laid, that Lynch having. 
t^d hiin, he would feize Lord Cadogan^ he carry*d Lynch 
to Lord North aiid Grcy\ and recommended him as a 
proper Perfon for fijch an Attempt. That he had be- 
forehand proposed to Lord North and' Grey the carrying 
hynch to nim \ that his Lordihip made a DiiEculty of 
feeing him, but that he, Layer^ infii^edon Lynch^%]it\xi% 

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I74 The Hifforical Regifier N** XXX 

an lionpft Man, fit to be employM in an Infurrcftion for 
the Pretendcf, faying. Lynch would do any thing his 
Lordfhip would have him, if there ihould be a Rifmg ; 
that he was fit to be fent with a Party to feizc any 
particular Perfon, and that Lynch was impatient to fe« 
his Lordfhip, Layer having told him, that his Lordihip 
was at the Head of thofe Defigns. 

Layer farther acquainted the Committee, that during 
his Stay at Lord North and Gray's at Effing^ in the Vaca- 
tion, he again prefs*d*his Lordihip to bring Matters to 
fome IfTue in Favour of the Pretender, faying, if fomc- 
thing be not done fpeedily, we ihallaU be taken up 5 
that his I ordfhip replyM, Is not the Camp there ftill? 
If you can find fome Expedient, it would be well, it is 
more than I can do ; that Layer faid, it was his Opinioii 
(bmething might be done, even during the Enoampment ^ 
and in order to di (cover whether Lord North and Grey 
and Lrord Orrery had any Scheme of their own, he drew 
up a Scheme hi mfclf,*and having lb done, lodged it with 
Mrs. Mafin^ the Day before he was taken up. That he 
intended tohave communicated this Sthem«to Lord AVil 
and Grey and f ord Orrery ; that he had fome Difcourfe 
with George Wilfon^ Dr. Murfhey^ and others, on the Sub- 
je6t of it, before it was drawn up. Being askM who thofe 
others were, he faid, he could recollect no one elfe, biat 
one who calTd him felf Serjeant Whtte^ whom he faw in 
Company with Dr. Murfhey^ at a Tavern, and enquired 
of him, how far fome Parts of his Scheme were prafti- 
cable. That he did fhew the Heads of it to Lord North 
and Grey^ as he was walking with him in the Garden^ 
and that his lordfbip faid, all was imprafticable during 
the Encampment ; but that he never fhew'd his Scheme 
to any Body, after it was drawn up in the Form in 
which it was left with Mrs. Mafon ; which laft Part of his 
Anlwer, the Committee obferve may be evafive, fince by 
his own Account, as foon as he had drawn it up in that 
Form, he lodgM it with Mrs. Mafon^ and the Day after 
was taken into Cuftody. 

The Committee farther take Notice, that the Accounts 
he gave when he was queftionM before the Lords, whe- 
ther he had (hewn this Scheme to any Body, are in- 
confiAent and contradiftory. For in fome Parts of that 
Examination, he fays. Low! North and Grey would not 
hear of any thing Mil the Camp was broke up; that 
the faid T.ord would not fee his Scheme ; that the l^«l 
Lord fakl, he might keep his Heads and his SclJeraes to 

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N® XXX for the Tuar 1723. 175 

liimlelf, for- there was nothing to be dorte : That the 
• faid Lord faid, there was Time enough for forming a 
Scheme ; and yet in another Part of the fame Examini^* 
tion, he fays. Lord Ntyrth did not diflike a Scheme in 
general, but difapprov'd his Scheme. Upon which, the 
Committee, with a Defign to fhew the Infmcerity and In- 

^ con/iftency of Layer^s Confeffions, obferve ift, That if 

what LiTyer faid, was true. Lord iVbrf A muft have pe- 
rusM and examined Layer's Scheme, fmce a Man that djd 
n^ diflike a Scheme in general, could not be faid to dif- 
approve any particular Scheme, unlefs he had firft con- 
fider'd and examined it. 

The Committee obferve farther, that the Scheme it- 
felf does not appear drawn up by a Mar^ of Layer*s 
Profeffion, affiftea only, as he would infinuate, by Mur- 
fhey a Do6tor of Phyficlr, Wilfon a Surgeon, and White a 
Serjeant ; and they cannot but think it very extraor- 
dinary, that this Scheme drawn up in Auguft or Septem- 
her^ fhould have fo great an Affinity with the Paper 
of Refolutions for the digging uf the Arms^ &c. men- 

• tion'd above, which was drawn ijip tKe April before, 

and yet that Layer fhould have had no Sight of thatPa- 

^ per, nor have received any Inftruftions or Affiftance from 

any Perfons, who were privy to thofe Refolutions, 
which he has declar'd to the Committee he had not 5 
and the Committee are farther confirmed, that the 
Scheme was not drawn up by himfelf, from a Particu- 
larity contain'd in a Depofition of Dr. BhckerhyFair- 
fas^ who has fworn, that being for four or five Years 
pall empioy'd in reading Civil Law and French to the 
laid Layer^ he rccollefts, that Layer once ask*d him the 
Meaning of the Trench Motto, fmce pre^ix'd to his Scheme 
in thefc Words 5 Au defaut de lu Force ilfaut employer I9, 
Kufe ; and that upon Fairfaxes explaining it to him. 
Layer faid, it had been explained to him in the (im* 
Manner by others. Neither does the Schema appear 
drawn up at a Venture, or merely with a View of eii» 
gaging the Pretender's Friends in the Execution of this^ 
or fomc other Scheme of their own, siS Layer would in- ' 
Annate, but feveral PaiTsiges in it, compared with his o- 
ther Papers , make it probable," that th^ Officers, Ser- 
jeants, Soldiers, and Arms, mentionM in the Scheme, 
were firft engag'd and prepar'd, and then the faid 
Scheme drawn .up, for employing in the beft Mscnncij 
poffiblefiicha Force a^ha^ been fo prepared* 

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• 176 Ibe HipHcal Re^i/ier Jn° XXX 

It 15 farther Tcmarkablcj that Layer intcpded, as he 
own^d to the Committee, to cpmmunicate this Schemp 
,in ii^s prefent Form, to Lord North and Grey^ and Lord 
Orrery ^ aad yet fcveral principal Parts of it are nq% c?c- 
pl^ih'd as Things new, but referr'd tp as Matters alt:ea': 
dy known and underflopd by the Perfgns that wete to lee 
ity which could only be by previous Confultations on, 
that Subject. 

i^ JL^jer being in the Courfe of his Examinitioh defir'd 
^by the* Committee to explain, by what Services or Mer 
,rit o^ his Part, the Shynefs, which he would have it 
believ'd, the Pretender exprefs'd towaids him at his 
firft coming tj^Rome^ and the little Acquaintance he tjien 
Jiad witl\ Perfons of Diftin6lion at Home in the Pre- 
tender's Intereft, came 'foon- after to be chang'd into fp 
tr^at a Degree of Confidence both at Rome and here, tha^ 
e ihould Itc traded with negotiating Blank Receipts, 
under the Pretender's own Hand, for unlimited Sums | 
jbe told the Committee, that durii^ his Stay &t,Rome^ 
Jhc contracted a Friend fliip with Sir William EJilis, who i« 
a. Servant of the Pretender's, and that at his le^iving 
Rome^ he fettl'd 4 Correfpondence by Cypher wi|:h thci 
iiid £//«, and acc^ainted him from. Time to Time how 
the Pretender^s Affairs went on here ; but the Commitee 
pbf^rye, that this general A|ifwer does by no Mean* 
'account for the Terms^ of Thankfulnefs and Refpe£l^, 
with whict EJlis writes to him from the Pretei^der^ nor 
lay a fume lent Foundation for his being adniitted ij\ 
jCo particular a.Truft. He faid, that in the Courfe of 
'his Correfpondence, he writ to Ellis that he had got ac* 
^quainted with hurford and Symms^ Lord Orrery and Lorcf 
North and Grey ; and that if he had b^t Blank Receipts, 
ijader the King's, (meaning the Pretender's) own Hand, 
iie believ'd he could raife a coiifiderablcSum of Mone3f 
upon, them, and put the Pretender's Affairs in a great 
^orwardnefs, by engaging a confidera.ble. Part of the 
King's Army in the Pretender's Intereft, with the Mo* 
ney fo raisM. That he did not name any particular 
Sun^ to ElUs^ but hop'd himfelf to have rais'd 20000 /. 
by this Method. He faid, he receiv'd from tJlUs only 
the ten Receipts taken among his Papers at Mrs. Mafon\ 
that he receiv'd them at different: Times by "the Poft, and 
that the iirllof them came to his fian^s the latter End of' 
yuly lafl. He faid farther, he intended tohave try^d tp put 
off ihefe Receipts among the Norfolk Gentlemen nam'd 
in the Lift which hegave to the Pretender,' but that ^f 

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XXX fortheVeari'j2^. 17 



never had fpokct to any of them on this Sttbj«^, nor 
received any AiRirance froin ^em. That he bclievM, 
he had mention'd to Lord North and Grey and Lord Ot- 
Y9f% his having fttch Receipts in his Pdffeffiow, and 
that thfe faid Lords told him, .they beiiev'd tl^y 
would be of little Ufe, for that People would fcattc^ 
venture to keep fuch Receipts by them, or to have 
them in their* Guftody^ or Words to that Efeft. 
'fhen the Committee take Notice of Liryer^s Ptevavica* 
tiOii, in Relation to the Cyjphcr recei v'd from Sir W^ 
Uam Ellis^ and others-^ and about fei^al Lifts of Names 
taken among the Papers he left at Mrs. Maforft : Thsft 
Layer pretended he ieftipioy'd Geatge Wiljbn and Dr. Muf" 
fhey to enquire into the Chara^ers of 0£cer$ and Soi- 
idiers 5 and that he ieceiv'd moft of the Lifts from JH/- 
fon^ who told him, he believ'd if the late Duke of Or- 
mnd were to 'come over, and Lord Otdegan were fliot, 
the Soldiers inention'd in thofe Lifts^ would readily join 
OhMftd in Favour of the Pretender. 

That Wilfon tnade moil of the Marks agaiiift the Names, 
to explain, what Men might or might not be confided 
in ; from which Cir<:uroftance the CQpimittte obibrve, 
that there were Perfons in thofe Lifts, whom tie Pi^ 
tender's Friendb could not confide in. 

Being Ihewn the two Lifts endorsed Briifu^ifs IA% 
imd Lord Yurmouthi'i Lift, he fays, Briquett is an emi* 
|ieitt Tobacconift in the City^ that the faid two Lifts, 
only contain Names of a Jury for a Relation's Caufc 5 
but that he intended to ihew thofe two Lifts toLord Or-> 
r^ry and Lord North and Grey^ as containing an Account 
of M^ to be,Tais'd for the Pretender's Service, in order 
to magnifie to thofe Lords the Number df the Preten- 
der's Friends. 

. B^ing ask'd by the Committee, what wfis the Occa- 
fion of his taking away his Papers from Mrs. Ma/on\ 
when he went down to Epptng^ and wh^it Papers he at 
^hatr Time took out; he faid, he only took out a Paper' 
containing a Tranfcript \of the Prince of Or^»^e*s De- 
claration, and fome other Memorandum Papers. He far- 
ther added, that he was to have gone to Lord North and 
Grefs to Dinnej: the Day that he was taken up, and that 
he fent his Servant to the faid Lord, to let him know 
he was arrefted for High Treafon, that his Lordfliip might 
not be furpriz'd at his not coming, and likewife that hid 
• Lordlhip might provide for his own Security ; and be- 
fore the Lords, he faid, that he thought it reafonable to 
lend this Notice to Lord North ^md Grey^ apprehending, 

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tkftt the Government would feize the faid Lord imme- 
diately on Recount of what had pafsM between his Lord- 
fliip and him. 

Upon thif, it is obferv'd by the Committee, that Lord 
North and Gr^*did, in Purfuance of this Meflage from 
JL^^er, endeavour to provide for his own Security, by 
making his Efcape. Layer fent that Meilage to Lord 
North and Grey, on Tuefday, the i8th of September^ the 
I>ay that he was taken into Cuftody^ and HughFkyd^ 
his Lordihip^s Servant, who attended him to Fort/moufk 
has declarM, that Lord North and Grey came to Town 
from Ef ping on Wedttefday the r 9th of September (which 
was theDay after his receiving this Meflage from Lay* 
4r) That his Lordfhip did not go to his own Houre,but to 
the King's Arms Tavern in PauPs Church-yard, and there 
difmifsMhim, F/oyi, with Orders to meet him at Four 
5n the Morning on the Friday following, over againft St. 
James\ Church in Piccadilly ; that his Lordfhip came at 
the Time and Place appointed, in a hir'd Coach and Six, 
without Servants, and order'd the Coachman to drive 
on to Kenfingtw^ and then to Brentford^ and fo on from 
Town to Town, and bid him flugh Floyd^ have nothing 
to fay to any Body, nor take any Notice that he was 
travelling with his Lordfliip,*fo that in the whole Jour- 
ney to Portfmoutky he remember'd no Town' but Kenfing' 
ton^ Brentford^ and E^am. That the fecond Morning^ 
his Lordihip proceeded on his Journey, with hirM Sad- 
dle Horfes, without Boots, with a uuide, and feveral 
other minute Circumftances, in Relation to his Lord- 
ihip^s Journey to the IJk of Wight^ and to the Manner 
of his endeavouring to efcape from thence ; which ferve 
to fhew the Precipitancy of his Lordfliip's Flight, and 
of what Importance he thought it to take Advantage 
as foon SIS poffible of the Notice given him by Jjay- 

er. 

Layer being ask'd by the Committee, from whom he 
receiv'd the Names fonnd in his own Hind-writing a- 
mong his Papers, viz*. 

^ Dighy Dillon. 

' Orrery ■ Burford. 

Regent Steele. 

Tories ' ' Tanners* 

Wiggs Waggs. 

Rogers Flunket, 



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H^ XXX for the Tear 1725. . 179 * 

^id, the Names of fome Perfons, whom he had Occa* 
fion to mention in his Letters to Sir William Utlis^ not 
being inferted in the Cypher he had from £///V, he ap- 
ply M to Flunket now in Cuflody, to know by what 
Names he fhould denote thofe Perfons, and that Flunks 
gave him the fix fiditious Namies beforemention^cl $ 
which Names the Committee find frequently repeat^^d 
in Flmkefs Letters and Papers, Being ask'd, if Plunhit 
ever explainM to him who were meant by Bwrford^n 
Glub (an Expreffion which is often usM by Flunket in 
his Letters. to HilJorti, as will be obferv'd fri its.Pla^} 
lie faid, that Flunket had told him, it was an Appe|le[* 
tijon made Ufe of by the Pretender and his AgeA.ti5i^ -^ tQ 
denote a Club of Tory Lordis, and others; of whict^ 
Ciub Lord Orrery was Chairman. That Flunket had 
nam*d to him leveral Perfons of DiftinStion, as Mem- 
bers of that Club, whofe Names Layer repeated to the 
Comn4^^^9 ^s containM in his Examination, annexed 
to this Report* But the Committee think it a Juftice 
due to feveral of the Perfons namM by Layer^ to.ob- 
ftfrve, that the Matters afferted of Burfird's Qub in 
Blunkefs Letters, fcem utterly inconiiftent with the 
known Characters of fome of thofe Perfons. 

hayer being ask'd by the Committee^ whether he ever 
was employ'd by Flunket to tranfa6l Buiinefs with this^ 
©r any other Club, in Flunkefs Abfence (which appears 
to the Committee to be afferted in one of Flunkef% Let- 
ters) he abfoltttely deny'd it, but Ji^'^itted, that he went 
often to vi fit Lord Orrery; and' had frequent Con verier 
tions with him relating to the Pretender^s Affairs, and 
* the Neccflity of foreign Affiliance. And that Mr. Svaort-* 
fegger^ Lord Orrerfs Secretary, came to him once and 
told him, that Lord Orrery had left a Note in Writing, 
that if Layer came to Town, he fhouid cdme down to 
Lord Orrery'*% in the Country, which Invitation he un- 
derflood to be with ^an Intention of their difcourflng 
more at Leifure about the Pretender's Affairs, having: 
never had any Bufinefs with Lord Orrery in the Way of 
his Profeffion, nor ?iny other private Bufinefs, that could 
giveOccafionto fuchaMeffag^; but that he did not go 
down at that Time. , 

The feveral Particulars beforemention'd contain the 
Subflance of "vi^iat Layer confelsM on his Examinations 
before the Lords, and before the Committee ; and after 
this long Account given by him^ in which there ap- 
pear fo many and fuch convincing Proofs of the Quifpi- 

racy 



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M*>toM 



tvic^^ in general, ttle Cottiiiiittee think it proper' to 
^M^rve, that thougti he affeSed a great Opennels and 
yniiifknefs, when (uch Queflions -were put to him a^ 
tenttod only to a general Difcovery , to accufe hindfel^ 
«r fttch as he kn^vr were efcap*d and iled out of the 
Kingdom, yet wlien^ikcli QUeftions were put tohim^ai 
^e apprehended might affed or d|[<:over any others of 
the Confpkators, he always gave Anfwers with great 
Shynefs and Referv^; and this Care tx> ^Ay as little aa 

C>flb^ that might affisc^ others in a Criminal Way,j6in'd 
\^ a l>er(re to feem candid and ingenuous, often praf^ 
dUcMtl^ InconfifkSQcids and Contradictions, upon whicK 
the Committee thought it in their Duty t6 make the 
#)l<egoing Obfervdtions. 

t'Be Committee now pfoceed to what they hard been 
a^k- to coUe£l from* the Papers and Btaminatidhs of 
^^;t F/»;^l^»f,who<k tr-eafbiia'ble Pra£tid» and Correfpon^ 
ci^, appear to be £b clbfely connected with ti^ofe o^ 
CAy^, \\m. they give gveat Li^ht aiid Confirmation to 
cieh'dther. * . 

The Committee 6bfef ve, from a cardful PeruM rf the 
Letteifs and Cypherfif teia'd at P/nwJbers Lodgings, that he 
not only of late, ^but for many Years paift,-- has been ena«»' 
j>loy^ in- carrying ^11 (bueral treafohabk Correfponden- 
c^ies'with Perfon^ of high Rank and Diltili^ion abroad*^ 
^hat a very gr^t Share of Confidence iias been placed in 
iiim hy the Pretender, ^nd fbveraJl of the moft conHderabief 
Agents for ^him, and that he has been a ptihcipal A3or 
liL the latehorrfdXonfpiracy, and too much concemM 
4ri-Jthei bkckeft Part of it ; and though the^ Evideijce 
•*gaifift lifm^ in feveral Particulars, is moft 'full 5md 
%>ndeniable, yet his Behaviour on his Examination 
.was fo harden^ and obiiinate, and attended with ftich 
feire-fac'd Prevarications ana Falflioods, that the Comsf 
mfttee are very much confirmM in the Opinldn of 
Ills Guilt, from the Pains he took to denj^ with'folemn 
Imprecations the moft evident Truths. ' ' 

Layer conf^M to ihe Lords, that P/fiBfef f i-ecommended 
WHfonto him as a Man of Integrity ; thtLVFlunket*'yrtnX 
by the Name of i^o^^r^ in Italy ^ and fmce, and fign'd the 
Letter which he gave Mrs. Layer for GencrarD/i/o«, by 
the Name of Rogers. But the Committee obferve, that 
L^er let thenpi jemairi in the Error of believing tliat 
Elunkefs Chriflian Name was James^ 'till the QueftioA 
was put to him, on his 2d Examination,in fuch a Manner, 
that he found the Committee was -already apprized of 

his 



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N^XXX fof th^Tearij/x^^ \%i 



■^—iwpi—*w^w^— —■■»*»■»— —^**"^—war .u JUL. ' ., x 



^tl^^ <mo^A9 as has been obferv'd a|bo.v«, tbat -^lui^ftf 
yp^i^'ii a letter uj^d^r ^ibe Pr^tcAd/er^r own Hai^ ^t^^ 
Jf>9i99% wa» twice in pi^ivat^ Cqafer^pkce ^i^itk tjhfi Pren 
tcndvs^ f:QiWQr8?d wijth Kqm04^^i^^ 9tb,er*4g^.l^ 0^ '^h^ 
Pretender, had aflkr'd hiff^ k^^r ^ '^ |.o<>d Kec^p. 
i^n^ M .Amv v<il. *«\dly fjjAie^ ^ by the Protci^dpr, 
ha^ OMW^'d 19 A<»y^ his being emplo)?'^ in ^h^ Pretciii^ 
^> S«rvJ«e, aixd his correi^pw^iAg wit^h ^iAp», wri| 
1» l^t in iSitf^^A in Rel^tion^ tp lie Pre^hdier's Af:-. 
*»W, and g|ve i^y^r fiQ^itiojys l^a»)j&s % 4>Wo?i, Lprd, 
Orrery^ .A(Q RejftC^t, Gf. and; w^wpg the «aft the Naio^^ 
'tf i{p^<,t<>.dQnotehisn,|%4;2lL«|-;wMch fi^itipys Names, 
tiiA Committee £b»d all of xh^aa^ frequently lAs'd in fl^m^ 

Ix anpeara farther to t[he Comixnitxe^) from Pepp/jtloi\f 
wppn Oath of ^atthfiv^PlHnket^ that John Fhnket cama 
ta him iikJufyhR frcml^yfir^u^ ^ci^r^ hiii» to mee^ • 
Layer at the iit^/Mv Coffe^^SQufe in Rtiffkl-Cot^rp^ ai^ 
aamM to him the fame PerWs, as ready tp hetid an 
Infurreftiom whQ were at Came qther Time n^ni'd to 
the faid M^n^em Bmkit by jL^jtr on the ftme Ooea^ 
<Xon* , 

That he fer^h^r ask*d Matthew Flunht^ ?ffhe*he|i ||f 
was well ptpquainted in the Army amcmg lihe Soldiers I 
To which h^ reply'd, he knew many of rtem that ^^4 
*ecn with him in Spufn^ aiid act fr«^?'». That Jfhfi 
fimkit thieii told him^ he ^am^ f^Qm Mir. i^^r^, ^ aj^d 
under the AvQh fcqiljg into JS»ff^r^4M, d^Ar'A-l»i*>t% 
fxielc out «a »iat>5rS«M©|i«s a9 he Jjne^ iftjthn:(iHftrdjB,^t(| 

recommend them to Mr. L^iy^ r. That the next Thivq hff 
ft w hfxftthm flH9)i^^ ^hi<;h !f af^ia 1^0 tvp* tikrcje I^f, 
hfi.isiTitcd :hiii^|o. his Chai9 Vers, and th^cet^j^^ 
Mv4 hfly$K ▼«! a very good Man, afid tjhe only o^e mr 
ttodidtdipend on to do hitn Servii;e: Tha.t th)^ I^flm 
«tt vhi^h he, M^th^m ffM^t, frag^ i© iM«C|4^H^ ^ 
Soldiers, to Jaeiupr's A^qimlnt^npfs, ww tp- ftjjrv^thf Ppp^ 
tender by difciplining the Mob, who were ^% fffo;i|| . 
kiiJF^veni!;; Itfi^^thftt aU itKf Ti»i^iaio«9 qf> J^hm 
JPlunkit, iritj|;him, MptSU^VimiH^ ^FP (fe^f^gf b¥R 
inFsrfbih ondhy his^iUqHliiitl«M;p%|«oi« tkotSoldtfP^ 
to (ervei the Pretendov: ThH jM^ Ilv^k^ mtotiiis l)i«| 
afwrwarda in G>v^iir-Airtffff,ii»l&*d Mm W.h4Uk^lllH^4!>(nf^ 
to whidi hct feply^d^ ht wttit on vtQr wottr W^JW* 
MMftrr bid himfoaid ^It Mr«XigM». • v ) : <: . t 



Vf^MM^ 



i$2 The Hiprical Regipr N«> XXX 



i<kN 



M^tfm» Tlunket farther depofes, that ftkn fUmhet told 
him, the Buftnefs (meaning the Invafion aoA Rebdllioity 
had been done before, but that the French Ambaflkdor 
<(rrotcto the Urgent, and the Regent w;otcit to Kinf 
^eor^^ (or Words to that Effect) and it was upon that Ac* 
count the Aritty -was fentto Camp. 
- Dr. hlack&hy Fairfax deposM upon Oath, tlut being in 
0)01 pany with iPffi nb t and one Jtfferyes^ ytfferyts^zmon^ 
other Difcourfe, faid, Piunl&et give theJDoiior a Commiffian^ 
adding, Plunket has Commiffions, which FahrftM underflood 
to mean Commiifions from the Pretender; but that 
Plunket anfwer'd, the DoHor does not *wear a Sword. ♦ 

The G>nimittee obfcrvc, that among Ilunhft Papers* 
was found a Jarge Cypher o( Names with fictitious 
Names over-againft them, fworn to be alJ in tUmhtfh own 
Band-Writing, which Cypher tallies with, and explains 
an original Letter of the 23d of -/u/y, 1721^ dirc^ed to 
Mr. Jyighy at P/im, and fign'd J. Rogers^ which was 
ilopt tft the Poft-Officc, and is likewife fworn to be W««- 
Itefs Hand-Wrhihg. And feveral other Letters direded 
to t>ilh% and fign^d J. Bogers^ having likewife beei^ o« 
p^h*d and copy'd at the ^Poft-Olfice, and then feht fotr 
wards, the Clerks who were employed in copying theiA^ 
Rave fworn; that to the beif 69 their Memory and Be- 
liefy the Originials of the-faid'Lett^s were all writ in 
ihe Anie Hafiid with that of the 2^d of fuly^ which was 

g»ppell,^alid i« fworn to' bc^UAltrf^s H^nd-Wrlting ; and 
e faid Cq)ies 'of Letters tr^^t of the fame Matters as 
^e other, and cohtain the fkme £ftitioUs Mintes which 
ire foutid in the Cypher fworn ten be ift IKnidff $ Hand- 
Writing. ' .. • , ..» 

/The CofHrnittee* were infbrmM, that it was tiwight 



pfd^rtoffepbut one of the original '^Lsttors from J?«ai» 
M,- '!»hd to'^AiAer the otheriB to go on, btoauie iV was 
jfm^^ thih ohe was fufikifenft to difc<l^er the Writer, and 
fh<^ 'tWp<^niiitting the Qorrefp^ndenes to be con^na^ 
ed^infi^' hel^ the GoiretAmsfit to farther Lighu iif 
m^AyiAr.- .-.<.." *jf, ^*. .. .;• • -• 

« ThaP IM Committee talMT Notrici of feveral Letn 
f«¥s- found among' JP/«;r*^> Papers, jptrticularly of 
ijfk^e&'fipM' Big^^ Dfmjktt; mill \«y. JD. -which fteni 
16 thtfm ^' be from Gene rki .fii//«ii, and^ another fign'd 
0'Xti»ttfi#^'^i^1ch Nanie'in -JftfMftr^^s Cypher, means 
9lk%eh^ y^m Vie ' Gohiiy^itee fee' Reaibn to believe, 
to be ChrifiopherJm^uck^^n'lryii OJicer in DiUonH 
Ktgiment, wh« appears to be employed by Dillon in 
%illlll]f'the treafonaUe Lettefs-SgnM by piUon himfelf^ 



«M«M 



NO XXX for the reami^. r8^ 

SI. well as in writing othert of tht fame Kind, figa'd hj 
dUious (tames beUnglng to him, Gla/cock. 
iiiff Committee pbftrye, that in the Copy of the Let- 
ter CgnM J. Folersy dir^td^tc Dt^hy^md dated the 5th of 
J3F»i3r, 17225 the Pcrfon who writ that Letter, fays, 
that his Fellow-Travcllpr's Wife parted hence the Day 
before for Paris, and that he gave her a ]Letter to him, 
Dii^jr, which agrees with layer's Confelfien ^ that Piunht 
.di« give Mrs. Layer a letter of ^Recommendation to Dil^ 
km, fign'd. Rojfr; , and that he received from Plunket the 
Name of Diihy, to denote General Dillon ; which Name 
Was aifo confirmed to Layer by lord Orrery to mean DiU 
Ion. But that Dilhn went by the Name of Diihy, is put 
ptft alt Doubt, by a Difcovery made by Mn Cnc- 
fitrd, his MajeHy's Refident at Paris, who being ordered 
todifcover thePerfon meant by that Name, made U(e 
of th<^ foUo^ng Contrivance, mentioned thus in his 
ownlxtt^, 

^ I havejuft now found- out, who Mr. Dighy is : t fold- 
^ ed up a Faper in the Form of a Letter, and feal'd it, 

* and direded it to Mr. Dsghy at Paris ; then wrapt it up 

* in.a Piece of WaAe Paper with a. Memorandum in it, to 
^ te informed at Mr. Wat€rs% Banker, inCkrifiine Street, 
** in whatT^rt of PmrU Mr. Dig^y iiv'd ; I gave it thua 
^made up to a%arp young Fellow vtrho fpeaKs bot.h 

^ French tnfi'EniUfii, and ortBerM him to go booted and a 
^ iijttledirted to Mr. I^ffrs^s, to open b^ore him the (ham 
^ Letter,, and read his Memoriindum, and to ihew him 
^ tlie Direction of the Letter, and to defire him at the 

* fame Time to ftnd fome Body with him, to condu^ 

* him to the Place where it was to be deliverM ; that 
^ as foon ^s he ihould come to the Door wh^re he wai 

* to deliver it, he ftipuld pretend to have left a Packet af 
' Homoi^ and marking as if he would go back to ^ fetch 

* that Packet, he fhould flip away from thcTerron who 

* Ihew'd him thither. The Thing fucceede^ better than 
^ I expe^ed, t^t' Waters was not at Home, and my 

* Man aftcd his Part fo well, that Waters*^ chief Book- 

* Keeper, without giving himfelf the Trouble of going, 
^ wrote the Direction for him upon my fham Letter, m 
^ th^ Manner your Excellency will fee in the oAJclos^d. 

* The Book'^KoH^t' was very defirous to have the Letter 
/ in order to deliver it himfelf, but my Nfon lafHled t« 
^ deliver it with his own Hand, and anfwerM boldly to 
^ fome Oueftions, which the Book-Keeper ask'd him, 
^ pretending he was to return the next Day Ux tj%lani * 

Aaa Thf 



iy^^.^..p^..^r. j..p. M ... ■ -^^>--. -■.- y- ■ ■ -- ii^Tf'if rr It 



V - ■ ■ --^ ■ — •- ' " 1 

the Name <^ ^fhi^^^s jd^r^r 'DtUoti^ 'Mae Cbfe«r- 
.>/Vr A VMt^^llt'Mthtnie^ v1ikK,a« tlit5t!^criiimttte'e«fe in- 
tbV'm'd, is itl^ ortittBtfy Iftctencc of Lieuteriitot-tSwtetTal 
^DiUon. Xjjpdn this Difcovifry, Notice ya$ fertt trOM 
^rii»r« by j>/7?o« and his Agehts, to his fcoffefpondefft* 
Jn'Sn^/^Hi^, tofoilJitt them tnakingUft any mo'Hr tff thaft: 
iBaitiOa's't^aWfe. 

Nbtw^ithllahdlng all thifi fivijence of "FlutHkei^s corrtJP- 
Ibondfng wfth DttlotL, 'when he Was examined \ct ^nf)Si 
Tilskiiowiiig 6enerai D/7/o«, or his havirfgever ttcAan'g- 
>a a Letref with Dillon or his Secretary, in his Lifes he 




lL\Jtti^rs froih How//, Dtswell^ antl JD/jS^j^ fottnfl latmon^ 

^Is ^^f€Y$J btit ownM "he had once received a letter froth 

f ne Farelly^ a Popifli Prieft, formerly Govetftbr to tW? 

puTtt of Bf>^/^rs Children, iigriM ty the Name of 

* I>fShy:,^ii^re\^tin^ to the Stbdks Of Jt^khohis Ifbgeht^ md 

mothers, the (l:oinmittefe obfei»ve, thdt in thfs Jftttvari- 

catinfe Anfwer, 'he was labour injg to ftctount for the 

"iSCeahing '^f the Word Stoih^ which is ntention'tt in the 

letter frbm DW^, and by ' whidt f s.itiednt ^'Coiifpi- 

racy only ; and in P7«wifef*s own C^'pher, Ait fiftitioUii^ 

"Word Brotf r J, is c.^plainM Agents.- t^Ofe preffing hito 

farther to fee if he would own the fc^rrel^ponkf^nce With . 

Dillon^ and acknowledge the Letters, fhe ComminSeiiaji 

fuch full Evidence were his, they fcfund that in otHcr 

to avoid the owning it, he run himfelf in fuch an evi- 

deht Abfurdity and InconUfleAcy, as appears to them 

*a ftroiig Argument of his Guilt; fhefc Circam* 

'ftanccs laid togetheryleave no Hoom to dbifbt but that' 

^Junket wpit and receiv'd :the Letters ibovemention*' 

ed. 

Among his Papers ivas found the foul l>ratfght df a 
tetter^ dated Jffarc'h 2 2d, 1 721, and difcfted tomr.Jitck'' 
fon^ which in Jiis own Cypher is e^plain'd the Preten- 
der. In this foul Draught (which is fwom to telvis 
Hand-Writing) are the followiiigPaflages. . ^ 

' I look, Sir,, on your Law Suit to be in Tudh a For- 
* wardnefs, that a fpeedy and liappy Replication muft 
' inevitably enfue ; f!h^Weiig5 as well .as th? Tamers 
.' (which Names he explained to Layer to denote tfce 
. ' Whijfs and Tories) feem convinc'd, that nothing lefs 
^^aii redfefs^iKcirlluin 5 nay. the latter iy ajpptthefliive 



HMHBWMfeH 



N^XXX forti>eTeari72:^.': 185 



^ ♦cfrbis, inordtr to ttigroft your F^vtwrfbrtticftoaittr* 
ThelPrece^s hiy FVienli iand I ^ve in lanely, iwv^ 
* comtrfbitted muck to t)if$ Bmukd^it ; «e Kane oMne 
^ to gitc^ ill) and if they i«ki)n«^e them as ttey ifctjots 
•^^ »f;B»nn«-, yoix will liave t good Qaitte oai't.' Tlifc 
'tV^ds ^pUfifitim Kntt fteufts ate ivit Ibuad lit Itii 
4G>ypher, bot ^ Seiift ^ tlte fbrm«r ulai/ be eafiljr 
-gut^ft'd *t. 

' ile afterwards adds \ "^ The Gwitleiiniii l4B8a(ticmM tt^ 
*you itericrty, is ooraeoutof llft€di»ixry,'«ehhift^ 
^"finftiotisto wait on ymi,*mditend«^ yMtludr Service^ 
^ he dfibrs to'btafr my Exfenoes ^f ^ fo ^itk Mm^ 415 € 

^fttyingAow, IM]eveI1haUiBecept «f hisOffcgr.' % 
1mi»ther''lbtsl I>i<aug1it of t4re ''•Ibmie tjettnr, to %b <4tt 
•ftts^eefh^tfore^fti^'d) ^There if^iie<fttS4»iitifiro»i.Afir* 
^ folk in a few Days^ to let you know the Tannen will 
-^Ihind 'by you onXkcalidn, andolfe^ "to 'bear imy Serpen- 
^CtB i^Wi^t Ifhail waitonyoa^and haveitkeSaeuf^ftlon 
"* to tell you by Word of Mouth, wh«t wiH ibeacfcceptible, 
^hecatdcs the Lift ^ith liiiii.' -And in Heads or Mi- 
nutes of the frfme Letter, he fays, * l^^and T^mngrmifi 
'* equally C6ncu?r——*— My "Friend Hhall wtrk em you 

^to tender their Servk o Our^JJkg€ will pin ahe 

^•Baske t " You may ha^e <*aily 'Kfie&iges of 

•*'t1iis Kind ; you will be courted, It is the J&igf//3t 
»i'Way— — — 

Unother foul towiught of a Letter was £>und among 
<H^llrefs Papers, and is fworn-to be hUHand*^<r]tiag:; 
the Matter of which apppears* very remenrkable. It is 
*tiot dated, nor dirc€ted, bat appears plainly to h»fc been 
writ the Beginning of the laft Year, and in it are ithe 
fbliowing Paffages. '< I had four of Count Bdfi^Ar^s 
'^^lettcts fince my laft to you, Mr. Burfwrd had tthem all, 
*'his Clerk gave me to underftand they were fen tto Mr. 



x 



fo l *" This liple me not to trouble you. This on- 
ly'NSMfifh you ^h^py new Year. I hope it will 




lev Law Suit to bear, before 'twill end ; if they 
' would have Courage and Integrity, th^ may walk 
'* King George out afore Lady-D^ nfcKt— — '(and in ano- 
ther Part he fays, afore Aiay come) * He is weary of 
^ them, and thinks no more of fiaying amoi^ them. It 
appears from this Paper, that Hmhet had convw^'d Co- 
wes <£ Ibme Letters of Count BQtknuir*% to U)rd Orrtry ^ 
Thax Lofd Omryh Clerk had given hhn lo imdeffiand, 

thofcT 




The Hiftorkal R^ifter N^'XXX 



«mi^^^^^m^^'^^^^^''^'^^mmimmmm^mmmtmmmmmammmmm^im 



tkoTe Letters were fent to the Preteii4er (Jhora wKeace 
ft may be concluded, that either Lord Orrery or his 
Clerk, had a dtreft Correfpondence with the Pretender) 
aadthst ^mht was privy to Tome Defign for walking 
¥in%Qiorgi out (as he calls it) which Bcfign- required 
Coura^ and Integrity, and was to have been executed 
either before Lady^Dayy which was during the £ie€li« 
ons, > or by the Beginning of Iday^ which was the fecond 
Period fix'd for beginning the InfUrreCtion. Simon SvMrt^ 
fiW^t Seeretary to Lord Orrery, owaM upon his Exa- 
mination before the Lords, that he was acquainted with 
Jtfwikf, and had been in Coflipany with him aidd Lttyef 
at Mr. Aaron ThompfirCs Chambers. And Flmhtt own^d. 
to the Committee his being acquainted with Swortft^ 
prj'nnd his having been in Company with him and 
L^^y at JL«jf^*s Roufis, but denied his knowing any 
•Thing of the foul Draughts &f th^ lxtier« a^eiQtni 
tionM. ^.^ 

ffUt^Kt^in KisXetter to Dkh ^ ^^ iiA^ftMajf^ ftyi, 
^ I hope in a little Time Hr. J^fh (which I^yr owa« 
^ed to be the Pretender) will be ^theMiJuftry^only 
> Refuge.^ 9fir/or<^ (whom Xf4y«r declarM iikewife to ns 
^ Orrery) and his Club feem to think (b; they will have 
y a Finger in the Pye if they can ; I know they can 
^ come f n for a good Share in it, if they can have 
^a little Concert vnd i^iik«ioa~( JJiere are thofe 

* that will undertake to do the fc^ in twelve Hours 

* Time 5 a little Time will ihew whether they will 
^give fitting Eticouragement ; if two or three are ta« 

.*ken off, no Matter how. King George will go off by 
^Hook or by Crook, and of Courfe the Lo*mty will 
^ be for Joftph\ this has been communicated to your 

* Friends. 

Whether the Job that was ready to be undertaken on 
fitting Encouragement, and to be perform*d in twelve 
Hours Time, relates to the raih Enterprize for Airpriz- 



ing the City of London^ which hM||been already taken 
feizing and deftroying his Majefty*s Sacred Perro]ji,-is 



Notice of, or to the wicked and^cecrable Deifgn for 



left to the ConfiderationOf the Houfe. 

But the Committee, from comparing the Memoran* 
dum at the End of the. Paper of Refolutions, in the 
following Charafters, D// C, W.- M. with the two or three 
that are mentionM in this Letter to be taken off, and 
likewife with WilforCs Intimation to Laytr^ that If 
Lord Cddogan were but fliot, fhe Soldiers wotild declare 
jfor. Ormonde and aifo with Layer* ^ Negotiation about 

fti^pin^ 



/^ 



N*> XXX /or fit* 2V<ir 1723. tSf 

icIzingLord Cadt^an^ and wUH the Pangraph in hip 
Scheme for ftizing fome great Ferfons at tbcir Hvufety 
fee Reafon to believe, that by the firil of thofe CharaAers 
k mieant Dij^atch Lord Cadogan, and by the others, twa 
other Officers of Diftinaion. ; • 

In the fame Letter' of the 2 lit of ifUy^ FiUjAtt ukt% 
Notice, ^ That Johnfin, an Acquaintance, was taken up 
^ the Day before, but had burnt his Papers, aad^feem^d, 

* to beeafie in the Matter, and adds, I believe they will 
^ get nothing by him.. 

fiukket bein^ askM by the G>mmittee, whether he 
was acquainted with George Kelly^ tilUi Johnfin^ bid^^hn 
knew hiih by Sight and Cofte^houfe Acquaintrnj^e on* 
ly, that he did i^ot remember his havijig ever received 
a Letter from him, and Kelly gave the ftme Account in 
Relation to Fhnht^ yet a Letter from ^Jdlly was found 
among Flunkefs Papers ^ and fohn Mahm^ wjko waited 
OD'XW(y,at his Lodgings, has namM flunhet in his De- 
pofition, us one who of ten yiftted ^r//y there.. And the 
Committee are latisfy'd, that they were privy to each 
other's treafon^le Cortefpondence, by fome PaiTages in 
|he Letters to and from Kjelly^ in which. Mention is made 
of liunkit by the Name of Rogers. , 

His next Letter to Di^hy, is. of the 31 it of Mtfjr, U^ 
^ which he faj^s, ^ He finds the Regent had a Hand in 
f keeping King George' from going abroad, fo that tho 

* Miniilry will carry on their Game fafely and leifurely, 
^ without any Oppolition whatever from the Club, or 
^ any of the Precender^s Friends* He adds, ^ Let theicn 
^ !be ^v^ fo fanguine, they can do nothing as long as the 
' Regent Itands by the Minifiry ; but ftould Ormond 
^ come with half a Dozen Regiments only, he would 

* carry hU Point, ifnd make King George run for it* 
This Pafiitge confirms whfit has been fet forth above, 
^hat th^ late Duke of Qrmnd^s ceming over made a 
Part of the original Scheme, and agrees with the Ac« 
counts recei vM from Spain of Irijk Soldiers provided th^re 
for the Pretender^s Service. 

f Kuttftet then adds, ^ if Burford (Lord Orrery) and the 
*: Qub, have a Mind to have King George deliver^ up 
^ to them, he QialU there are thofe that will underr 

* take it, and offer to do whatever required.* And ixi 
his Letter of the 4th of /»/)f , he fays, ■ ■■ ^ I can 
^ affure yo>i,Def)>alr has made fome to take a Refolutioa 

f to lay violent Hands on Ki^fi ^forge^ but there is a 

■' iv . ■ ' . ■ * ' ^^-'' ^Stop 



i«a The m/hrkaiR^tfier N*» XXX 



MBiwa 



**SlDpf f ttt totMm at pefiint $ It is, nqt ^ht Freteader^w 
* ljK«r«ft, tat you can^c d^ ftr ahrays ^ ia ill Precsdcat 
««» ibH^ottf' The bbck and viUanou^ De/lan eae* 
pitfK'i hy ^^^ ^v® Paf^fpw^s, Aoeds na Ex^ik^ 
*tion- 

H»(|^kso{ KIttMf itt thafe Lcttera aa kao^Mag tlie 
•fen, ^a4iio kad takan a ReibluHoii to lay Tioient ^nda* 
on tlte fatMd Perlbn of hit Maftyfly} aad was kimMT 
ft^ hr MgdgM in diia efttcntblr Dofign, as ta fay in Me' 
of Ms Letters, if the Club dcfire it, kis Majesty fkaJtfeff^ 
<feiiv*er'< vtf ijtto tkair Baftdr; and^ in aKo«har .Letter 
iMTuad^s it, net out of any Ccutfcieacc or RewimtUf fkr 
tlie Crime^ kut meatier -hr fear tke fkme Barbarl^ 
fteirld be retaliated wi the Pretender ; yet this Ma]> 
IHU continues fo karden^d and obftinate, as ta ftenenw 
his Guik, by reftifing f^make the kaft Dilbo«*ery cF 
Ms Acconi{»lice9^ ^ to gi>« this only Reparation and 
Attonement lie is capable of, to a Country which he- 

, h98 beeh labouring tOt involve in the |^reateft of Calami^ 
ties. 

' He afterwards fays, * Thais th^' there ihould bo'a Ri. 
•fing femoft Parts^ if tlie M^^ls baat in one Place, 
^ the red will go Home and be quiet for (bv^en Veai?» 

° nore* 

His neirt Letter is of the 21ft of fuhe. In this hefhys,' 
^ That Burfird and the Club think themlblves fligktacf 

* by the Regent and Miniftry of finance ; and conceive, 

* that the Regent joins with King Gwr^e, to be vevtng^tf! 

* on thehi : That he may have Room to repent it early 

* or late ; for fhould the Parliament be broke, and a neV 

* ent eaird, he might find himl^lf mare embarrafs'cf 
^ than he was aware of. Be adds, ^ If the Regent Ihmds 
^ Seuter^ and they will (boh bring the Law Suit to bear; 

* fb 'for I am fetiafy'd of it, that 4 or lyOoKiett, and 
^ a^ many Arms^ with 1500^ will oompleat the Maf« 

* ters in a little Time,* aiidgi^a good Alcoiml of 
*" King €tsr^ and the MinifWy, The Army want only 
*an. Opportunity to do their I>uty. This Scheme, if 

* duly and diicreetly managed, wfU give them an Op- \ 

* fortt&nity tt) do it. Were we ftire the Regent would 
not interpofe, we would take it In Hand foAhwith. ''^ ' 

TAJf Regfftcr having eiheMifMfi€i^ithi ts/uaJ Numher of 
Sheets^ w are oWt^d to hreak of In this iHiice^ and rifi/ 
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E Committee obfcrve^ fcowcxafiHy tKft .i;*. 

Letter agrees with the Accounts fent.fbme 
Time before from France ^ that the^Q^fpi* 
rators reckoned on great Part of theKing** 
•wn Forces ; and only defirM the Regent, 
that he would keep himfelf IJBUter between the Prfcten- 
^er and his Majefty. And thK Letter appears to have 
been writ at tneti^Time when L^er^ Wilfon^ Murphey^ 
and P?»77llfef were labouring to corrupt theOificers and 
- Soldiers of the Army. 

Plunket adds in the fame Letter, * If the Regent and 

^ Court of Spain will but plyKing George with brgc De- 

I * mands, and bring the Cfetr down to H<r»o^er, the Prck 

* '• tendef . will have ^ Carte nlanche from the Miniftrjr 

* and King Qeotge ; as alfo from all the reft of K^ 

* Friends and Fots : This I take ttt be the beft and fafeff 

* Way, both for the Pretwideir and His Well-wilhers. - ^ 
*rhe Exprelfeon of the Pm<»nder's getting a C^irff 

Blanche from the King and MinStry^ is repeated ifcvrf* \ 
ral Times in FluhMefs Lett^rs^ and however cxtrava- 

tant and ill*foundcd f^ch Suggeftipns were^ yet his • 
!eprefentations appear to have met^ with fuch a Spirit 
^f Credulity and Deluiion in' the Pretender and his A« 4 

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gents, tliat not long after he was vain enough to enter- 
tain Hopes of capitulating with his Majeity for the 
Crown, by that traiterous and infolent Declaration, a- 
gainft which, both Ho^Tes have To lately exprefs^d thm 
juft Refentment and Abhorrence. 

Flunkefs next Letters are of the 4th artd 5th of 7«- 
fy, 1722, in which he has the Vanity to tell Dillon^ 
^ That he had been defir^d by fome leading Members 

* of the then Parliament, to acquaint the Regent's 

* Agent here, that it was now in the Power of the Re- 
^•'gent and Sfain^ to feaj away King George^ and to feiid 
^ Home Mr. Jof with a honne graee^ and much to their 

* Advantage ) that it was only to infift on the Stipu- 
' lation King George had made with them^ and they would 
*havra fair Pretence to do it. 

It appears by other Paifages, that this fuppos^d 
Stipulatr9n i^l^es to t^e ^^oh of GUnrt^ar. 

He afterwards gives an Account, ' That he did, both 
on the 4 th and 5th jf 7«/y, wait on the Agent's A.- 
gent ^th this Mei6(age ; and fays, That af that ^ 
gent was atqtiainted with fome of the Members of 
Pailiament who employed him, he gave fome Atten- 
tion to him; $ut the Obje^ions which, the Regent's 
4gent n\ade, appear to have been, tl^a^ tV Preten^dcfr 
had not the Name of a Man of great Farts or Refth 
lution ; that he hf d hitherto no great Opinion df 
Burford ^nd the Club^ and that fuch a Froceedure, on 
the Part of the Regent^ would be a Violation of the 
hanmFoy: To which Jan,P/ttwfe^ reyly*<J., that itwoiiH 
he no Breach of their Bonne Foy^ Xq l^e grateful to thoj(f 
vfkg wre fbekr Delivet^ers fartnsriji'' ^ Hawe vcr, Pfu]^ 
fays'i ' He convinced the Ageht, that \t if^As n,ow in Ithe 
' Regeat^s Power ta make the N^iniilry^axid King Gwr^e 
give the Pi^tender a C^rU Blanche \ Wd by fo dp^g^ 
to make the En^peror vomit up what, he has now!|(ot 
kt Fknder^^ without fir iking a Stroke, That the coxor 
ap[io» People^ the Coui^ry Patty,, and all ti? ^S^ 
Gentlen^en might b,e brought tp join ii^ith the Regent 
in proper Me^l|ir?s to do it ; 03^^ that if th^ R^^fifn^ 
would but Aand Neuter^ they would ibon hrifi^ the 
Preteader^s Law-SuiJ( to bear, independent on any wlv^* 
ever.' He adds, * That he is^lktis^yM the 4geix£ 
would write thefe Senfiments to his Court ;, and ^hat it 
is Dillon's Bufiners to let the Regent fee he has t]^ 
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flunked bcihig cxamin'd by tKe Commhtee, in" Rda- 
tion tothi^ Letter, own'd^ he hatt' frequent Accei^ to one 
bf the Ffenth NtihHlers on privat^^l&iirs 5 and that JUyer 
knowing him to be acquainted with'htni, asif^d kim,Wher 
ther he could riot find out, bytheHclixif that Miniftcr, 
%hethei* thtf Regent might not bebro.Ught into Torj Mea^- 
Alres? And Stephen Lynch has^ depo^d, that ^^vfr told 
hint. Application had been made, either by hi mfelf, 
or fome other Perfcn, to one of the French Agents here, 
10 the EikSt tti^ntfon'd in I9mhfi tetter. However^ 
Plmhfi d^tAy^d his having everTpoke to th^t Minifter, 
ih Relation to State-Affairs, or his havii^g writ any 
filteK Acecdint to France. 

The Committee from comparing his Relation of thefb 
twd Coflverdtions with what he fays in other Letters, of 
htihging the Czar down to Hanover^ in order to oblige 
lli« Majefty' to withdraw from Enfl^md^ obferve, Tha.t 
thife Coiirfjplrators were fo intent c^ c©mpaffing their wick- 
ed Deflgias by any Means, that'lpvihg failM in theii* Ap- 
f>Ucations for foreign Affi^ance, they '^ere no^ labdUl-ing 
to' make France and Spain inflR on the Reditution of Gi- 
hraltar^ to throw FUnders iiito theB&nds of France^ and 
ta bring the Czar into (Ser;»4/(y, irt Hopes to involve all 
Europe into Confufion," and thereby to pave the Way for 
bringing in thcf Pretender. 

In the fame Letters he tells Dinori^ * Nov is" the Time' 
' far the P egent and Miniftry of P'rance to ftrve ybu ; if. 
'they do not, I can aflure thenutiey may have Room tov 
^^ repent it: For the PretenJferV FriJinds will find 
' Means to get int(«hc Saddle, in Splgkt of the Minifh-y 
'aiidKing George* He adds, *thit thd Army will 
'not ftand by the King and Miniftry, againl^ the great 
' Bent of the Bjtgl^ Gentlemen, the common People^, 
' and the Country Party ; who are fo iHcen^d agalnft tKe 
'Court, that theleaft Accident would fUyely overturn 
' what they hiive been doing thefe feveh Years paft. 

He then fays. * that his Fellow-Traveller is, and.ha^ , 
'been veryarfive firice his coming from his Tri-. 
' 'VHs, and is ihore ftrviceable than thofe who Aibve in 
' h tiifehei- Sjfhetc ; that he ts fputjing on the Club dal-. 
' iy, find Has riiade many of theriif more Aftive iii the 
' LaM^Suft, thin they otherwife would have beeh. 'thst 




Dilkn could ihcw her. durinj? her Sta^ thei-e.\ He add^ , 

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> f * Your Frieads continue their Preparation, and rcfolvo* 

.*' * to hold themfelves in Keadinefs on Occafion. 

r The Committee take.N'otice, that thefe Letters were 

writ juft about the Tiifc that Layer went down to iVbr- 
folh And they think the fanguine Manner in whicK 
rlunket writes, is in Part accounted for, by what Lord 
iVbr/A and. <?rey told Layer ^ That the Encampment had 
fpoiled the Projefi): j but we (hall have, them again. And 
by his Lordfhip's faying. Be you quiet, fomething will 
be done : If there be a Rifing, ypu fliall not want Men, 
or Money, pr Atms. ^ 4nd that thefc Letters and 
Paifages make it highly probable, that thp Subftance 
of hayer^s Scheme h^d not hetn only feeo^ut approved 

<^f. 

Bunkef^ next Letter is of the 23d of Tiu/y, the Origi- 
nal of which being ftopp'd, and being fworn to be hi« 
own Hand- Writing, the Committee think it pfoper to lay 
the whole before the Houfe, with the Explanation of the 
' fictitious Names taken ojA of the Cypher, which is fworn 
to be his own Hand alfo. 

A JMS^nfieur Digby a Paris, 
Under a Blank Cover to Waters. 

Snlyi^ 1722, 
i 1^ Y t^c Time this comes to Hand, King George^s 
X3 Agent will arrive there ; I am glad on't, becaufe 

* I hope all the Negotiations ajjid Proceedings of the Mi-f 

* nifiry and King Geor^e,^ill be laid before the Parlia-. 

* ment, which will be a Means to fend him to Hanowr ." 

* Though h# thinks to bring the Country Party to ap- 

* prove of v^^teyer he will propofe to the Parliament, 

* he will hardly ever bring the Court Party to dp it. 
HHe thinks to dlfculp himfelf at the Expence of the 

* X)ead: T^is I told fome of the Parliament-Men 5 they * 

* lay it won't dk) for Love or Money. Certain Perfons arf - 

* lormingi^rojefcts that will diHrefs the Court q£ Sp4in^ 
^ in Cafe of War between SfMti and the Emperor. Count 
^ Bofhmar come^ into ,\t by King George^ Connivance ; 

* *ti8 now in ^mbrio ; ^hcn it comes to Perfe^ion, I 

* |haU b« Matter bn't :^I gave a Hint on*t tp ^ihoRegent^s 

* Agent \ he was not a'lit'tle furpriz^d at it ; they muft - 
^ not linger much longer \ if they do, the Emperor anc( 
^.JCing George will find Means to diftrefs the Court of . 
^Spahj and the Miiiiftry inFr^wa^ir; they muft hafien 

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^ My Companion, . who has been io the G>untry ttefb 
^ Three Weeks paft, eame to Town Yefterday ; he feens 
^ to be furc of his Game, wx. l^hat Mr. Jtjifk't Friends 
-'will rundown the Mio^Hry^ and King G^ir^f, in 4 
' little Time, and bring the Law* Suit tobeai:on their own 
^ Bottom, and independent of the Regent, or any Body eli^. 
' I am refolv'd to know nothing of their Proceedings; 
' I am for having every Thing laid before the Parlia- 
' ment firfl, and then every Body will fee, we want the 

* Pretender more than he warns , us ^ both Friend' and 
' Foe will join in any Enterprise thfit will be made in 
' his Favour : Neither will they ever dtre upbnid himl 
^ if, on any X)ccaiion, he ihould look afquint on 'em 
' hereafter* I hinted often, the only Wly to fpirit *em 
' up, was to convince Vm the Law-Suit would be brought 
' to bear without them, and that, by the Regent and 
^ K. George. The Conftru^n they put upon this, that the 

* former was fubtil enough to make .Ufe of the Folly of 
^ the latter, to play the Game tovis own Advantageat our 

* Coft 5 and that he will govern Mr. Jofepk^ when here^' 
' as he does now King George ; this, or fome fuch Ima«* 
^ gination, gave them an uncomnion Refolution, and 
' I believe they will iiruggle hard for a Staft in the Race' 

* of Honour. 'Tis in the Regent's Power to make King[ 
^ George^ theMiniftry, and theClub^ to give Mr.'3^o^i6 
^ a Carte hianche ; 'tis incumbent on you to convince him 
' 9f it ; I am fure his Agent here is already, for I gave^ 
^him this Morning demonftntive Proof, that King" 
f Geqrge dcfigns to iUpport fliii £mparor,againft the* 
^ Vrench King and his CofT. and that without being feen^ 
Mn it. ' 

' I would be gla^ to Imowhow the Duke of Bemnicit 
^ does, and if he continues there this Summer. I 
/ ^ have little to do in Tpwn, fo I de/ign to go to the ' 
^Cpuntry for tliree Weeks. The Town is dull and' 
f empty. * 

^ We hear the Czar is in Motion, I wiih it may be to* * 
^ wards Hanover, for King Gfor^^ would fooi^ move from 

* his Country Seat here. * 
' ' I believe Mr. Jofefh will laugK when heUJ hc^ of ♦ 

^ the Stititagem I m^de U(b o^ to^bring l^is friends to 
f fo good Temper of Duty. I hope they will keep to 
jf it, which is the Wifh of, Sir, 
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in Ifck Letter «# tile li^ft of ^^^fi^t ^^ ^&y% ^ '^'^^ 

* Pretender^t Ltw Bufineft continttcs in the fame Pl{jg;bt. ^ 

* My C«iiipuii<>n goes yDn, «$ he thinks, very fucceft- 
^ fklly, and it confideiit he will bring the Bufmefs to bear 
' in a little Time. 

This Letter ^me writ nin* l>ay« before Lajn t^cnt 
dowft toLord Htrtk and 6rejh with h^nck. 

Pkmkif ffjrs in the (atne Letter, * That the Pretender 
muiV promife the Regent and MiniOry of France fair, 
and' that he Wlfl bo a fiift Friend, when in his Power, 
and muft fitem to* rely more on them, than any here j 
that 4dt iff the only Ckme he has to phty at this 
Timc^ 

In his next L«ttt¥ of the j«d of Augufiy he fays. 
That his Frieiid came out of the Country a few Ifays 
ago, and toid him^ that hh Clients feem now to de- 
fpair of bringing the Law BuflneiV to bear this next 
Term, except th^ lteg«pt were made a Party ; that he, 
Flmhtf toid' Kim, in (Stfe the Regent were applyM to 
in a ptoper Manner, he might be prevailM on to come 
into proper Mealhies, at I'eaft indireftiy, and that with^ 
out Breaok Of the l^«w Phf he owes Ring Geofie^ot 
the Jtoiiftiy.' He adds, that they (tiis Friend*s Cli- 
ents) are for arty 'f hiilg but under their Hands 5 and 
that if they ihoukf ajpf ly taDllkn^ or the Regent (as 
his Coikipvnion had told him they foOn would) tliey 
might fiifely offer at leafP to eome into tUcir M^fufes, 
to^p tlieir Wouffiif Jieiifttftcr 5 and he thuiks with 
'^bttdfias, 'tfa Pity to hindei* them from plunging, 
^ themfeHtlj m tfiiey did before/ tte adds, * That it is 
in tte Regent, and Miniflry of frunce^ to make the en- 
Ihlng Pairiiftineht give the Pretehdei- his owii Terms v 
and that in the the FrMh fcirttf is (bon to be of Agey 
hb may do ^veiy Thing with a good Cr^^e, and 
homte ft^e^ and ftttle the Prttehdef io, tftat it will, 
always be ij^ his Power to ferve him^ and the Court 

Flunktt^ who afflimes to hfmftlf fo cdnridcrable a- 
Part in thefe Tranfaftions, being ask'd by the Commit* 
ade, to give fome A6^:cmnt of his Life and' Education,- 
ftid^ that He was bbrn at jD«^//ff, and bred up, when a* 
Boy,iitt thcf7^/fs College TxVlimm that he is a iJo-^ 
main Catholick, but not in any Orders. And though 
lie endeavour'a by his Drefs, Appearance, and Beha* 
vfb^^^^ to feprefent himfeif to the Committee as very 
iacpniiderable, and no ways e^ual to the Part he was 

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toic'd with, y^t % great Number of Letters from Pev* 
ions of the firft Quality abroad, were found among hb 
Papera, in wMcb he ift treate4Vith g«eat Xptimacy ani 
Coi^dence. And in a Letter from the Lady Miidltton^ ff 
M old Date, Mention is made of her being to introduqb 
him to the late King James\ Queen in FraTice 5 to whoiiu 
fiB he own'd to the Committee, he had heen kitroduc*£ 
And that the Truff and Confiden.tpe rcpos'd In him, fisH 
t^Sffk uodiminiih'd, appears to the Committee, vgt 
only by his own confieffi^g, that he did walk and con* 
«rfe with the Pretender puWicUy in his <Jardefi 
at Rmej bn^t from JUyer^s Account, that he h^d twp 
private Conferences with the Pretender ; and abpve 
all, from the Letter under the P«etje^d9r> o^arn Hand, 
which bf fluew'4 to l^yer at Rome^ in whiih tKb f$B^ 
jtefid^r treats him wuh fu^ch Diflii^ion, as to ct^argie 
Jiim not to m^atifn ^uy Thjn^ of B^fin^ft.to.ajjv Bofij?i 
*tiU he himfelf had i^n him alone ; than whic]}^ the 
^^qdittee think a ftronger aivjt more con viixcing Proof 
(qf Truift c^d not well have t^en ^ven. It appears 
^llb by foul Prau^hts of Letters ta^en among his 
ipapers, that >ie \ifri^ djcedly to the Pretender himr 
feie 

Mention bein^ made in Tlunhfs Letters, of Jolmfin^ 
idias (^orit Rtily^ and C>me Extrafils of Letters to and 
ffo^ the ikid /Cf %, having been referred to the Comit- 
tee, among JLayer^i and tlunW*s Papers, by which k 
lyppear'd to them, that Kdly^ treasonable Correfpc^* 
dca^<^ h|d a Connexion with the others, an4 particular- 
ly, that he was privy to fome of Plunkefs TranfaSions ; 
the Committee thought that their having a genkerai 
View of all ^^ Papers relating to the Confpiracy, might 
|»elfito iUuiirate and. explain the fevorai Parts of it, 
in tbi: Ibme Manner, as Z^^r^s and FluriketU Papers 
l^utually confirm ana g^ve Light to each other ^ 

HavitigacfQordingly perusM thofe Papers, and examined 
f^me of tbQ Pcrfons prindpally concern^ in them, i% 
ipp^rs to them^ that i&trge &//^ Clerk, has been pf late 
Years conftsntly employed in carding on fcveral trea- 
Ibnable Cocrefpondencies and liftgotiations between 
the Pretender^s A^nts Abroad, and Per&ns of great Dl« 
fiinfilloA at Home, tending to the bringing in the Pre* 
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Ing tlie prefent bappy Eftablifkment ia Church and 
Stttc- 

And here the Comm^ree mention the Lord Bifhop of 
Kochejfer ; as princlpaliy aiding, dirc€ttng, and employ*^ 
ing the faid Kelljj in the Profcctitlon of his trcafonablc 
'De/igns. 

As Xf//ys Correfpondences fecm to derive their 
'Weight and Significancy chiefly from his being eipploy- 
•d by the Bilhop of Rochefter^ the Committee take No- 
'ticc of the fevcral Reafons that induce them to be* 
lieve he was fo employ'd, and the Part which it 
appears to them the Bifliop has had in this Confpl- 
tacy. 

It appears to the Committee, from Ibveral Infbrma- 
;tft)ns of FhiUp N^noe^ Clerk, That Gevr^e Kelly alias 
yohnfin^ frequently told him, that the Bifiiop of Roches 
Jter held Correfpondences with the Pretender, and his 
.Agents: That he, Kef/ju was cmployM by the Bifhop, 
in writing for him, aiur carrying on the faid Corre- 
fpondences ; that Kelly told him, the Pretender rely'd 
more on Advices from the Bilhop, than from any other 
Perfort ; that he had feverai Times left Kelly at the Bi- 
ihop*s Door, when Kelly went into the Biihop^s Houfe, 
and ilaid there an Hour, or two, and upon coming back 
to htm, Kelly made Apologies for flaying fo long, and 
told him, he had been writing the Bilhop's Letters^ 
which he always apprdiended to be the foreign Corre- 
fpondencc of the Bilhop with the Pretender's Agents % 
and that Kelly told him, the Bifliopjiever fufferM him to 
take a Bit of Paper of the Biihop's Hand- Writing out of 
the Room. 

That he knows. Letters were directed to Kelly, by the 
Name of Mofes Hancoch, and Hatfield ; and that he has 
feen at BurtorCs Coffee-Houfe, a Letter to Kxlly from 
Hovoell, (whom he takes to be Agent or Secretary to Dil* 
Jon, and employ'd by DHlon in the fame Manner as 
Kelly was by the Biihop of Rockefier) m which Letter 
there were Compliments to the Bifhop, by the Name of 
iV«««/o», which Name Kelly explained to him to mean the 
Bilhop. That Kelly kiSiS told him, the Bi(hop of Roeke- 
fier weht fomctimes Dy the Name of Jones ; that h'c has 
likewife heard the Bifliop went fometimes by the 
Name of lllington, which laft he was told by lAtXarte, 
' to the beft of his Memory. That in the Letter whicfl 
Kelly fliew'd him at Burton'^ Coffee-Houfe, Mention was 
made of ManffieU^ which Kelly explain^ to him to 

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mean the latei Duke of Ormond, That he has feen fe- 
veml Cyphers in Kelly s Hands^ one in Figures, another 
of fictitious Names, in which h&^^ar ^enters flood for 
Scotch Soldiers, Sailors and Saphfiers for Irtjh Soldiers, 
and the like ; that he. has feen Kelly make Ufe of thefe 
Cyphers, and that Kelly with great Freedom ovjrn'd, 

r that thefe Cyphers were for carrying on the Corjnefpon- 

dance with the Pretehder's Agents. That he had. like- 
wife feth Cyphers in Cartels Hands, who w^s alfo em- 
ploy'd in writing Difpatches to the Pretender's Agents 
abroad. That he, Neyme^ had b^fen empioy'd to draw up 
three fevcral Memorials w the Regent of FrancCy to fo- 
Jicit him to fend Forces for the-Affiftgnce of the Con- 
fpirators, the kft of which was in Decemher^ 172I5 
ai)d contain'd a Demand of five thoufand Men to be 
fcnt to invade thefe Kingdoms ; that the Heads of thefe 
Memoi'ials were given him By Kdlj^ and one who went 
hy the Name of JFii//&«, whom he took to be the late 
EfiTl Marijchah *^ 

That in March laft, Kell^ brought him the Heads of 
a Letter, to be drawn up^ with a Defign of its being 
intercepted by th^ Government, in order to amufethem 
into a falfe Security. That he drew up the (aid Letter 
in a Paper writ Coiumn-ways 5 that this Paper was 
brought back to him, correftcd by thfc Bifliop oi .Roche* 
fier^ as he bcliev'd. The Comitiittee were informed this 
Letter was not intercepted, but that a Copy of it was 
fent about that Time, to one of the Secretaries of State, 
from an unknown Hand. ^ * 

Neynoe farther declared, that the Biihop of Rochefier^ 
Lord Orrery^ Lord Nortk^ and Sir JSfo^^ Goring^ were the • ^ 
f>rincipal Leaders and Piiaeftors ot the ' Confpiracy, * ' 
which was firlt to Jiave been executed in the Spring of 
the Ycari7225 byftizing the.rowfr, upon which the 

/ . Iktc Duke of Ormond was to have landed in the River j 
that upon the .Difcovery of the Plot, and the KingV 
not going abroad, it was put o£[ for fome time, but that 
it was afterwards refunob^d to be attempted in the J^^* 
Neyno€ ferther added, That Kxlly affur'd him, the Bi- 
fliop got Notice of IfSs being to be taken up, fome Days 
before it happened ; an<J that this jNoticc was given the 
Biihop by one of Lords of the Council ; but he after* 
wards confefs'd (as the Committee arc inform'd) that ta 
this, and other Examinations, he had eudeavourM all 
be could, to create IHfideiice^Ad Suijpipigfis among his 
&bicfty*8 Servients. 
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198 The mprlcdl Kegiftet N«* XXXI 

Theft IirfbniiarionB of Nejnot arc ooftuinM^ great Part 
of them, in a P^per writ with his own Htmd, and 
deliver'd by him to "a Committee ©f Lords of* the 
Council. The other Fart is extracted out .•f Papers 
which he dictated at his ibveral Examinations^ which 
Pitpers were read to him Paragraph by Para|;raph, and 
agreed to, by him before the Lords. 

That Neyime was intimately acquainted with Kelly^ vi* 
iked him ctften, and fometimes lay at his Lodgings;, and 
thereby had a better Opoortunity of being informed by 
htm, appears from the ikpofitions of Sttvenfon and hir 
Wife, MargarMt Kilhume^ Landlady to Xf//y, and J^An 
MMoHe^ Servant to Mrs. Barnes^ who waited on K$Uy at 
hifc Lddgfftgs. 

That the Biihop of Rodxfter was acquainted with- 
l^llfj invited him to dine with him', Ibnt his Servants 
to enquire after his Health, and wrote to hita^ appears 
ftom S^evenjon^ and Ki^urtaTs Depofitions, as alfb ia 
Part from Mrs. Levetf^ But what gives the greafteft 
Weight to the fbveril Particulars containM in Ngyi^^s 
Informations, is, th&t they are corroborated and fUp- 
{)oi'teti in every material Citcumflant^, by feverti coik^ 
current f rooft. 

Fender depos'il, thut S}tetn€^ among other Particukri 

of the Cdni|)iracy, told hiift, that the Bilhop ot A«fAe- 

fitr^ \n Conjunftion with the Lord North and Gy#y, had 

the principal Ihre6HoA of the Conl^iracy; and' that 

two hundred thoulknd Pounds had been raisM^ and put 

into the Management of the Bifhopof Rot^kfjhr^ which 

wa^ ckird the Military Ckeft^ and was tO be iceptt^Aer 

\ •'*t!§l the Projefit was put in Execution. 

' The Committed were infbf av*d^ littit inrhen the Blihop 

was taken into Ciiftody, vaft Numbers .(rf Letters and 

Pilpers were fbiihd in his Houl^, bearing Date before * 

^ the Year 1721, but from that Time dowh'wardsffiw ^ 

any Corifequence, except theffe which ibllow : €^e was 

from the Diitchefs 6f Otmndy dated /«». 14, 1721, in 

which are thcfc Words : ' I refolv'd to feftd #hat I te^ 

* eetvM : For tho' it had not happenM to belong to the 

* P(^rf6n I addrefsM it ^, Ii«ras Hire it could not be put 

* into better Hands.* This Paflkgie makes it highly prp* 
. babfe, that the Biihop us'd to receive Letters ftiom abtdad, 

diitaed by fiftitious Names. Whh;h is iKll farther coh- 
fifm*d by the following Circumflances : Ih"^ the Cypher 
which L^yer owTrMhe reoeivM fitim Sir WiliTfaWBlh^^t ' 
Bifhop of Rociejfer is dcfign'd by the VtHat of jMfmm • 

* " Ntyrm 



K^XXXI for the Tear 1739. 19^ 

l^eynoi d«ckr^d, •that in ^e Letter which KiUy (hew'cjL 
liim from DHhn^s Secretary, there were Compliments 
.to the Bifliop of Kockefter^ by the Name of Nam^ 
toni ^ -1 

Among the Biftop*s Letters, was found one dfre^ed to 
Mr. Buhols^ not fign'd with any Name, nor dated froman^ 
Place. It wttsHn the fol lowing Words ; 

S/r, 
C T?Orgive my Silence. You eafily conceive the Di& 
1/ ' Hculties I am under ii| that Regard. I write 
this only to aflure you of my fmcereit and unaltera- 
ble Refpe€t ; and refer you to the worthy Bearer foir 
^ News, and for every Thing, which othcrwife I fhould. 
* have ^und fi>me Way or other of Writing to you tay 
' feif. I have heard nothing from you fince the Letter f 
had about 2 Months ago by Mr. fohnfon^ to which I 
^ immediately in his Hand returned my Anfwer. i^ 
^ Rumour has reached me of y«ur having written hi- 
^ ther fince ; but I can find no Body that owns he has leen 
^ your Liters. 

^ I am alvuySy 8(C» 
Sec* 16. 

The Committee obfbrve, that fchnfin is the Name hy 
which Xrtfy condantly went, as appears to them frotj^ 
feverd Affidavits: And that he was at farh the i6th 
of Dee. 1721. N S, and fet out 2 or 3 Days after for 
EngUnd^ as appears from the^ Pocket^Book taken ypcfn 
him : And the L^ter to Duhois^ feems to imimate fViph 
a Correspondence as made it uniaib to write openly, an4 4Sr% 
without Di^uife. ^^ 

Among the^ Bifliop*s Papers was fpund another Letr 
ter, dated RoMfi^ fan, 15, 1722, without any Name; and 
the Superfcription torn off: Which Letter is mentioned 
to be fent by an honeil Gentleman f and the Writer of 
it de/ircs to knoir how he n^ay dire£t; and deftres 
to be dijpe^ted to by the Name of Wijhart^ at Mr jir-r 
hurtknot^a at Rauen^ which is probably a fi^itlous Dire- 
£lion, no Name being fubfcrib'd to the Letter, tie like* 
wife mentions a former Letter fyfk under Cover to their 
common Friend, Sir Red. who Sir Red. is, does not ap- 
pear to the Committee ; but they find one Red. Effertird^ 
ififerted in Fjunket^s Cypher, and defign^ by. (he Mti^ 
ousNameof Fiy^ \ 

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200 The Hiftoricd Kegifier N' XXX 

» ... ■ • ' 

Among the Bifhop^s Papers "were likewise found two 
Letters from Captain Charles Ha'ftead ofGrecnieich^ the 
Perfon who was fent to Bilhoa^ to tranfporjt the late Duke 
of Ormond to England* T 

Some Letters having been Intercepted, which there 
is good Reafon to believe, were from the Biihop. of 
Rochifter^ one of thefe Letters being fignM T. Jones^ 
and an other T. i//i'2g/o«. The Committee lay before the 
Houfe the Evidence they have found of the Bifhop^s be- 
ing defignM by thofe two Names, collected from Cir? 
cumilances, which being in themfelves feemingly mi- 
nute, and of little Con^uence, were, for this Reafon 
xnore frankly confefs'd by thofe, who were obitinatc in 
concealing ftronger Proofs ; and yet at the fame Time 
lead diretlly to the Difcovery of the Perfon meant by 
thofe Names. 

Mrs. Barnes being examined before a Committee of 
the Council, ob(linatel}brefusM to make the lead Pifco«> 
jvery relating to George Xelly 5 but when ihe came to be 
askM what ihe knew about a Dog, fent over to Keliy 
from France ^ not fufpe^ing that this ^could lead to any 
Difcovery, (he readily own'd. That a fpotted little Dog, 
caird Harlequin^ which was brought from France^ and 
hud a Leg broken, was left with her by Mr. Kelly to be 
curM : That the faid Dog was not for her, but for the 
Biihop of Rochejter ; and that Kelly promfgtd to get the 
Dog of the Bi&op of Rochejfer for her, in Cafe it did 
not recover of its Lamei^fs. This Declaration ihe made, 
and fign'd in the Prefence of the Con^nittee of Council : 
And Kelly himfelf made no Difficulty to own thp receiv- 
ing fucha Dog froim France. But it appears by Letters 
intercepted between Kelly and his Correfpondents in 
France^ that a Dog fo namM and hurt, was fent over 
to Kelly from France^ to be deliver'd as a Prefent to 
the Perfon denoted by the Names of /ones and JlUng" 

.^ For in his Letter to Hov>eU^ Dillon^s Secretary, he men- 

t .^tions his having received the Prefent, and the Accident 

Jet a Leg being broken in the Voyage ^ and add«, ' I 
.;^wiil inform Mr. y^ifesfoon of it, to whom, I know any 
^' * tiling from that Quarter will be very acceptable.* In 
the fame Paragraph he fays^ ' Mrs. fonesdy^d iaft Week; 
][ * andvwhcn the Days of Mourning are over, he will,. I 
^ hogt0b lit for Buiinefs.* This Letter was writ on hfan* 




* 






N^XXXI for i^e Ttiar 17^%, 201 

4^4^ the 30tH of Aprils and the Eiihop^s Lady d^H 
the Week before, on ThurfdUy the i6th of jifrV. 

Kmlly in his Letter to Muff^t^^ the late Lord Mnr^ 

dated the 7th of May^ fays^ ^ iiirs. Uiin^on is in great 

'^ Tribulatioa for poor Harlequin^ who is in a bad Way, 

^ having flipped his Leg again, before it was thoroughly 

* well : However, his ODligationa to the Lady are as 

* great as if he had come fafe, which he defires you to 
let her know.* The Words He and Hhj being relative 
to Mrs. Ulington^ fhews it is a Man that is fpoken df : 
The Biihop^s Lady was dead ^t the Time this Letter J 
was writ. And this Difguife of putting Mrs. for Mr* 

is frequently made Ufe of in the intercepted Letters, 
and is confirmed by a parallel Inftance immediately fol- 
lowing. May the $th, Dillon^ Secretary writes to Kel* 
/y, and fays, ' Mrs. Chivers prays you will condole in 

* Am Name on the Death of Mrs. llhngtonJ* It appears by 
thefe Paflages, that the Dog was for Mr. Jonesy allai 
llUngton: And upon Kellfs i^iting Word that Mrs. 
Jones was dead, the Correfpond^nts condole on the Deatk 
of Mrs. llUngton % which fhews Jones and lUington to be 
the Ihme, and both to be made Ufe of to denote the 
Bifhop. 

On the nth oi May, Motfield (the fame with ilf«^ 
irave, that is the late Lord Marr) fends a Letter to Mn 
IlUngton, encJosM under a Cover to Kelly ^ in which, af- 
ter acknowledging the Receipt of Illington*s Letter of 
the 20th of jifrtl, he adds, ^ I did not expert To foon af« 
/ ter to have heard of a Lofs^ou have had iince; for 
^ which I condolf; with you, and nothing which con- 
^ cerns you fo near can fail touching me, as in Fritod* •'^ /** 
^ (hip it ought. It is tho' becon^g us, as it is our '^f^'-- 
> Duty to fubmit with Refignation to||hat the juft and 
^ great God thinks fit to order for usin this vain andr- 
^ tranfitory World ; but you know fuch Things fo much 
^better than I, ithat I will not trouble you with Oiying 
^ any more u,pon.it' This lad Paragraph feems to point 
out theChara^er andfun^lion of thePerfon to whom 
the Letter was writ, Mpffield adds, * I would fain hope^ 
^ that your own Dift^inper will foon give you Bale;* 
which agrees wit}i the Circum(|bnce of the Bifhop V 
being ill . of the Gout, at' %\e Time of his Wife's 

This Particularity, as alfo feveral others,^ tp the 
JBHhop's being in. Town or in t^io Country,- a»€tly t- 
gree with what is' mei^ion^d inihe IjuerceBt^d Letters, 
L And 



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to2 The Hiprital Kepj ler N<^XXX! 

JLmd Uiefe iwmmi Girtumflancet joiji^d to Neyno€\ De- 
claration, tint Kelly litd told him, the Biikop went 
IbnMtimes by tlic mme of Joms^ and that Girff had 
toid him, the-4ttiiop drent by the Name of lUingUm^ 
|hew,that wherev^er Joms and IWngUn are nam^d in Kef' 
iy*% Correffondence^ the Bifto^ of Ruhefi^r is to be un- 
4erftood by thofe mniM. 

The Cominittee Aext proceed to the Part which Jones 
•r liUngtmt appear l» h|ve bom in the treaibnabie Cor- 
irefjpcmdence. A 

It appears by KeUfs f ocfcet-Beok, that Kelly fet out 
fbr Faris on th« 23d Day of Fehrunty^ 1721*22, and re- 
pxm*d to iMtdan a(bout the 8th of April following. It 
appears by Mrs. Lev0$t^9 and yohn Maione*$ Depofition, 
that he came to Mrs. Sarnefs on Wednefday the nth 
9f Affrtl^ at Eight in the Morning, extremely fatigu'd, 
and mseiit immediateiy to Bed. hirs. L^fff (kpos*d up^ 
«A Cadi, That Mrs. Emrms told her, he n^as then juft 
arrlvM from Braitce^ ofd broisght Qver Letters with 
him : That feveral of the Difai^baed had been at her 
Houfe to enquire after him befiire hie Arrival, and 
C9qpreft*d the utmoft Coneem for foar he ihould be ta» 
kem And Neynoe declared, that he fkw a great Bundle 
c£ Letters, which l^ly brought over fW>iti France* Mrs. 
Sinrms fiirther Isold Mrs. Lewft^ that the Day after, 
fviau Thurfday the itth of AfrH) the Biihop of Rih 
tkefter fent his own Coach to fetch hitn, and that Keh 
-h was ablent In thil Country ^dll Saturday the 14th. 
Two DepoOticms, annei^d to ^is Iteport, ihew, Hiab 
the Biibop if ttochefitr Q$mt to 1<0wa on Wedntfday 
idia nth, and went to Br^$y on tkarfiiay the iitk 
<tf AfrU. 

It appears by mi Letter writ t^ Kitly from FruLnte hy 
4he late Lord Marr^ «md intercepted, that ^1 Monday 
the i5t^ of April <whidi was thtf ^tft Poft-Day to 
IFr^me^ after the Bifliop had ftiit fbr Kelly) Ke^y had writ 
4to M^rr an Account of his Negotiations «l^it^ iUlnifori^ 
4md of IDhftmh willingnefs to be rteoncilM to one, 
-defign'd by the Name of Nadiet. Who H^ckH is, does 
'not appear, but he is delbrib^d in Ibvcrttl of the Lettefs 
«s a Perlbn in ill Hbaith, retir*d in the CoUiltry, and 
t>ne in whom -the Pretender's Agents at Fitrh place 
their grcateft Hopes and Confidence next to BUn^ton, 
*^is*i^tt>nciUation witlTtladut, liltngtwt was defiroua 
might "lie kepffecrct fbr fome Time, that it might not 
be known iiey afted In- Concert. 

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N^ XXXI fat tU IV^ i^'23. 303 

— ' I 

It appeam hy aniotlier Letter to ttWy from iMnft 
Socretaiy at f^ris^ that lUtnifon htA writ a myfteriowY 
Letter thither^ and that Kully &i4 wHt a ikbfeqttenr 
one in Exjplanatioii of it^ ^kk had hech ihevft' tcr 
Di/fe/r. 

. Tbe firft Letter that waa iivtrdepted from iMf 
himfelf, tma dated 2 2d of <at^H/, £gn'd Jamtn Jola^ 
(tlve Name ke alwa)» irent by^ and of^eh (%ft'4 b)^) arti 
directed to Qorim Juit* Banker at ^otihgnt^ at wliofer' 
Houfe it is probable, he hsA ^ptcn entertained ih Mr 
laft Return from F«tis % wliich €^6hl«f2 is mention^ in* 
a Lttter from Mr. Graufitrd^ «a beift|; fomnerly lohe 
Prettnder'S BanJcer, and as one empky'd ih. hiring «' 
MtiM to tranTport ftme of thie (jhieft of the Confplra- 
cy to Ejiglamd* In his Letter to ^fvfo;^) KW/y foi^ofla* 
nendi to his Care a Packet entdbsTd. 

This Pacl[etwasdtreAedtoMr/Chff<^fff,Y'Dr/to^an(t 
c^nfiiled of thrpe Letters^ one divi^d to Ckwers IkUaSM^ 
fi^'d r. Jcnes^ another to Mufyravt^ fign^ T. Win^an, n, 
third to Mr. Jtteltfm^i^e Pretender) ^n'd 13 7^^ 'wM^ 
Number is nmmi 'by the 0ecy|phievera, to denote ^He 
proper Name of a Perfon beginJiing vith ^e Letter jR,iii 
theGyphfer made Ufe of in thrfe ^nte Letters, the Or- 
der of which, is aiphaberkal. All the ^uree Letters wSre 
dated on the 10th of Afriij and Appear by the NMitdr 
to be from thelkme Perfoti, which prove 1^78 |p be' 
the fame with Jfbnes and HHngton, The Lettei^s to Muf 
gmve and Jackfim^ were encios^cftin that tb Ci^irs. 

The Perfon who, dilated thefe Letteti, fpeafcs of 
hinfelf n being ux ill Health, in great Paiii, wnder 
fome fad and melancholy Circumilances, which made 
him uncapable of doing any thing regularly at that 
Time, but which he expe^ed would foon ,blow over 5 
which agrees with the Biihop^s Circumfhinces at that 
'/ Time, whofc Wife was extremely ill, and dy'd fix Days 
• after, andheMmlbU^ w«s at fhat Time affliaedwitb 
the Gout. The Letter to Cidvets is great Part df It 
o«it of Cypher, and ^Oi tiie Deoyphering is in the 
following Wofdv ^ 

Sir Afrilto^ iyi^.' 

<- T Ou^ht t<> acknowledge in Form the fevdral P^ 

S pers I have iWeoeffiiftely receivHi from yok, if I 
^ 'SRrere capable at prefitnt of doing any thing Teguiariy^ 
^bttt iii'deed t'«tn nat, m Ifjsi^^ well icmmv, akcl 
* krhyl tdflij W^i i S4tte tim^ vm£t pafs tefone 1 am 
•- • - r mty 



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»04 tbt Jftftmcal Regifler N'' XXX( 

' " .1-1.. . "* ' -..-■.--. • ■ 

^ any 'Way capable bfi^Bncfs; in the viean, time^ 
•yott ate ih the Right taj^s the Gentlemen con* 
•'ccmM, by all Mtmsiefof Way«<^ou can think of, to 
^fumiih, what by being hith^ito mt fupplyM, has rcn* > 

* dcr'*d the Thing impracticable. lEhey were deilrous . 
*bf having that Mati;^r entirely in Ikeir own Manage* 
^ment, and I not unwilling that tKM^fliould have iri, 
^ being always diffident of Succefs, onrniy Part upon' 
^ IttterpoHtions of that Kind ^ and ther^f^e it gave me 
^n6 Concern to be fo fr4py excused frdti;^ny Share (as • 

* I was for a great while)' iii that Troubiei* : At laft in- ' 




^-reafonable for me then- to interpoft, nor can I yet un- - 
^ dertake any thing of that Kind, it being what (fmce. 
^Tome former Mifmanagement wherein I wi^dieeply con- 
^cern'd)! have conihnti> decline, hoping that I might' 

* not be altogether unulehil to the Service, if I went on to 

* promote it in my own, that is, in another Way. I (till 
^ hope Co, and that a little Time (iR^hich mud beeniploy'4' 
*: in doing nothing but f6ticiting Supplies) will giye 

* me Room forentring into Meafures that may be fonic* 
^^at more iignificaht than^hofe formerly taken ; this 
^ I fhall endeavour, bdiig at prefent perfc^ly tir'd by 

* the diftra6ting Meafures which have been* taken from 

* fcveral Quarters, by-Perfons no Ways equal to the ■ 

* Work, and at the fame V^ime not agreeing among them- ^ 
•felves. This is all I can fay a^ prefent, but thit ' 

Refpea and Fidelity I ever ' 

To«r nrq/?, &c. . 

* ' • T. Jones«. 

« ' ' ' . • 

^ I hiave communicated the Copies of Mr. Manijielit^ : 

* and Jacoh^s Letters^ which befidcs the G ......:. . 

V. ..... , (whereof they had a Copy) were the only ones > 

* of thofe tranfmittcd, that I was di^eftcd, ojr ind«e4 ; 

* thought proper fo^o do. Though I have for Ibme 
*.Time thought, that nothing of Importance ihould )^ 

' truiied to the Poft, and lam tcfolvUmyfelf rfot to fend^> 

* that Way ; yet the Death of Lord, Sunderland makes 

* fuch a Caution more indifpenfibly neceflary 5 for you * 

* may depend wlpon*t,that thofe in Power here, will4|0if - 
^ enter into Meafnres of more Severity ^^i Sp:i&^tfi^$ii^ * 
^employ all their "pili^eace^ as wcU as Pow^, oi^fticH 
^Occallons. Thm 



* I am, with the fame entire 

* was. 



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The Bi (hop's t^ttcv to Mujgraye^ (tKc UtcliPrd Mkrr^ 

"as follows:,;.; /,< :. w -/ ., 

, r. . .Ip Afr. MufgAvc, 
Sir ' ' ^ . Afrtl to^ ijii0 

C T R^cciv'd from Mr. HaifatdX^tttr a long Intcr- 
1 miiEon of fuch Favours) a Letter, -which was ve- 

* ry welcome^ t^ xne.i I havp .alfo . confiderM carefUlly 

* what he hadtooffcif to rac in particular, and entirely 

* agree with w¥at is proposed.; but my prefent fad 

* Circumftanc^s (of which Tie ^s already infofmM you) 
\ wilj nQt fuffer mc to be attive foon, or even fct forward 

* the Affairs^ iQtrufted wixh me in fo fpecdy a Manner 
''.as I could wiih^ the bcfl is,, that as I cannot aft b- 
*^'pcnly, fo .neither is there, I "thiiik, any' immediate 

* Need of if, fome Time being requifite tQwards ripenr 

^ ing Matters, in prder to . fix the C , 

*':,..,. .'d, which, if haftilyhcgunjini^ be attend- 
*^ed with Sufpicions and othcj^- Inconveniences *; . but 
^you naay depend \ipon it,, that the : . ,. . . # 

* : . . . . ,$ committed to my. Care, fhall be forwarded in 
' due Time to the Peribns concerned, as alfo all fuch o» 
> ther :..... s as I judge, ^nd at the Time I judgf, 
5 they will beft promote the Service. What is to be wi(h*d 

* for, is, that tie Perfon whom I am to a^ with, would 

* come to Town,' and- his doing fo may be facilitated 
"better, from] jour Side, than by any thing that can be. 

* done here j 'by that Time he pomes, I hope, I fliall bfi 

* able to take my Part with hiili. I add no more now, 

* being very unfit tUf fay even thus much, bi^tthat lam 

* with entire RefpeQ and Confidence, 5irr, " ■ . 

That Mufyrave (to whom this Letter was dire6^ed>. 
ineans Marr^ is thus prov*d; Dillon's Secretary writes, 
to Xe//y, that' Mr. Lane (over-againft which Name ia. 
Flunket\ Cypher, is writ Lord AfarrJ was much pleased, 
with his firft Letter, which was writ on the i6tK of, 
April Soon after a Perfon writes to ^f/^y, acknowledging^ 
the Receipt of this Letter of the iffth oi April ^ and e«-. 
prefllng his Satisfaftion at ilUngtorC^ Willingnefs to be re*. 
toncil'd with Hacket*^ his Letter is figuM 918, which .^ 
Number is found by the Decypherers to denote thc^ 
proper Name of a Perlbn beginning with the Letter JW,, 
and Kelty, anfwering this Letter, dire^s to iVf»/^^ti;f. 
^efides which, Mufj^rave is 'found t9 bea ^erfQO, whofe 

Pd "f Penfion 



ao<; The Hiftomal Regijlir .^ *> XXXf 

PcnUoh is faid to be iloppM in EngJ^nd^ at tlie very 
T|me t^at a Penfipf^ granted to tl^e htfi4«ord Marr was 
fidppM, and is fpoken of in other Letter^ as, one fuf* 
pe£ted of betraying iHew, vith fuch Circumftances as 
fix the Perfofi tneant, to be the late Lord Marr. 

The Bifhop> Letter to Jackfin^ the Preten4er, is as 
follows. 

To Mr. Jackfon, under the Cover of Mr. 
Gordon le'fils Banquier a Boulogne fur 



Sir, 



A frit 10, I72i* 



* I ^ M A)rry to find by yours, whidl H/i//?eW brought* 
I that you knpw our Circumllancb^' on this Side fp 
well, .becaulb that Knowledge does not, I apprehettcl, 
give you any advantageous Opinion of us \ However, 
ktthat be^as it will, %i8 not ^t you ihou|d be deceiv^di, 
and rely on nriore'than will be made gQod to you 1 1/ 
you guefs'd at my rigftt Mind, I dare fay, it was a^Vecr 
to .your" own, and that you could not but fee through 
the Forwardnefs of thofe unfupported preteAdiikg Peo- 
ple. Nptwithffandipg this Opportiiiiity is elSpsM, | 
agree yrith you, another may offer b*f6r6 the End of 
the Year, tho* not perhaps every , Way fo favourably _; 
However, it became me to fpeak (b ftrongly on thujc 

Pead^ efpecially at the Time when the : way 

drj^wn, which was long before it was tranfmitted, {ox 
it was kept back a grfat while,.in Hopes that Deedf 
nii^ht^ I>^v^ accompanyM Words, and Rnt at laft ra* 
ther to juftify tl^e Writer in Refpe^ to that Part he had 
undertake^ than to puih on any Deftgn in fo unpro- 
vided a (Jlonditiom I find I was not miilaken, and am 
glad I was not fp, tho* every Word of that :...%.. 
yaf^M i^he View and Approbation of the Perfons qon* 
cern*d, but they were to be, and (hall alwj^ys be by 
nae trea^d. tenderly, tho' nothing (hall engage me tq efn- 
ter deep with them for the fnture. I had taken this Re* 
folution before HatfieW^ Return, an^d am pleasM ta 
find that you concur with me in Opinion* Asfoonas 
God reftores me to^^iiy Health, and Cot^e other melanf 
choly Circumftances are blown over, which will l)e as 
foon a6 there is any Occ^fion for me, I will not be idle : 
in the mean time give me Leave tq vithdraw. myfeVf 
fcemingiy from any Engagement of thjs Kind ; I 
ifiail return to it, I dpu.b( not^ w^li more Ability to 

^j^rotuotf 



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^ promote the Work : Not that I will decline zny pro- 
^ per Qcoftfions that may offer themfelves. to convevtb 
^ freely with the, Men and in t0e Manner I Imve been 
,*' usM to do, for it is fit upon all Accounts I Should d9 
^ fo $ but by littJe and little that Confidence will c^Qoi, 
^ and make Room I hope for fbmewhat of a more folhl 
y and important Mature. I dilate this in great Pain^ 
^- and for that Reafon, and becaufe I am not at prefent 
^ in any ReadineCs to go further, (hall isidd only mv faith* 
^^.ful AiTurances of an entire an^ unalterable Rcfpe^for 

* ybui 

^. R. 

* That Jacifin (to whom this Letter is dire£ted) means 
the Pretender, appears from JPlunkefs Cypher, in which, 
over-againfi the Name of Jackfon^ is writ The Kin^\ tho* 
two Names had gone before in that Cypher, over againft 
which, is writ King George, Beiides which, Fluniefs 
Letter mentioning his and layer's Journey to Kome^ ia 
directed to Mr . fachfon ^ and jack/on appears from other 

Letters to be the fame with malcalm^ to whom' Appli- ^ 

cation is made iji< a Letter from Zdinhurgh^ for a j^atent ^ 

fbr Knight J^ronet,.and for Orders to. raife. one or two 
&tta] ions. If he Cyafier made Ufe of* in thefc tlircc l^etn 
tcrs, U the very feme ^that is made Uie of in it wo 
Letters, intercepted from the late j!)uke of Ormonfs A- 
gems in Sfain^ And the fame Cypher is alfo.us'd in 
Letters from George X«f//y, and^lto Venms KeUy. And ar 
mong the t^gpers of the latter,, was found a I^iece.of a 
Cypher, in Gcdrif Kelly^s Hand- Waiting, which is a i5up-, 
pfement to the Cypher made tTfe of in Jones and Wini^ 
ton's Letters. 

The Clerki of th^ l^bff-Office, who op<fn'd and copy*i ' 
thefe three Letters^ having been ihewn l^everal Papers 
/' fworn to be Giofge KeUy\ Hand-Writing;, hav6 depos'4 
that the Letter to Gerdon^ Junior, ,fign'd James John forty 
as well as the three Letters enciosM \ti it, difeS^ed to 
CJiiver\ Mufj^rave^ and 3^«rJ[/o«, wete all, to the beft of 
their Knowledge' and relief, wri^ in th^ femtf Hand 
with thofe Papers^ iirhich join^'d ^ t^eywe*s Informa* 
tion, that Kelly had told him, he was employed in Wri- 
ting Letters fot the Biflxop to the Pr^tehder> Agents 
abroad ; that the Biikojp never let hlni carry a Bit of^ 
h\% Hand* Writing out of the Room ; and that Kelly 
naade Ufe both of a numerical Cypher, and a Cy< 
yl^^r 9( fi^itibus N^mes, for managing this ^ea- 
*. Dd 2 r &nablc 



• 



!»q8 The WflorUd Rijjipr W" XX^ 

ionable Correfpendence) appears to be a ftron^Confirixia- 
tion, that tkcfc three Letters were dictated to Kelly by 
the Blfliop, and that tie Bifhop is ,the Verfon deno- 
ted by the Names of* jTcna and IlUngton^ and by the 
Cypher 1378, 

The Committee having thus mentioned tfie Grounds 
they have to be . convinc'd that tHefe three Letters 
vere' fent from the Biftiop of Rochefier to General 
Dilhrtythc late Lord Marr^ and the Pretender^ they 
obferve, from his Letter to Dillon^ that he has con- 
trailed a great Intimac^ and Familiarly with a pn>- 
fefs'd Roman Catholick, who appeared openly in Arms 
againft the late King William in Ireland,^ and being o- 
blig'd to leave that' Country fo long ago as the Ca- 
pitulation of Limericky has ever flnce adher'd to the 
ftme Caufe in foreign Parts, and is at prefent more a-' 
6tive and induftrioUs than any other of the PretcnderV 
Agents in exciting a Rebellion in thefe Kingdoms. He 
Is kt this Time a Lieutetiant-Geiieral, and has the Com- 
xriand of one of the hriflt Regiments in the French Ser- 
vice. The Committee obferve, that as th^ diffitrent Pro-; 
feiCons^ of thefe tw6 Perfons could lay no Foundation' 
fbr an Intimacy or Intercourfc between them, fo the long 
Abfentife of General Lillon makes it highly probahle,, 
that their Acquaintance could not ht commencM before 
his leaving thefe Kingdoms ; and that it can only have 
proceeded from their being long united and confede-' 
fkted in the common Support of the fame wicked Caufe. 
Yet their Intimacy is mch, that the Bifhop acknow-' 
ledges the Receipt of feveral Papers from Dilhn^ tuge-» 
ther with Direftions Tot communicating them, which the 
Bifhop owns, he obey'd, as far as he jtidg'd it proper 
i?r the Service. Some of thefe Papers appear to have 
been from the late Duke of Ormonde who Js attainted^ 
andf others probably from the Pretender, whom he hasfo 
often 'abjur'd. * 

He advifes DUhn to pref^ the foliciting Supplies ; 
and owns he has httri dcfirM to undertake that Proyince 
himfelf, but that he >^d hitherto declin'd it ; not 
from fuch Fpftrairtts.as would naturally have afrifen in 
the Mind of 'one ofliis Charafter and Funaion, but* 
ttieerly on Account of fome former iU Succefs and Mif- 
management, in which he owns he had been deeply cort* 
cern'd. He aftefwards advifes Dimn to ufe the fame 
Caution which he himfblf intefided, of not truliini^ any' 
thine of Importance to the t^oft, endeavouring ta^a^t 
* 'Withili * 



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J^ XXX} . for iheV^ar lyag. 299 



ithin^hc SKeltei' and Safeguard of the Laws for TuIm 
T^erting our happy Conftitution. V • " ' 

* This great aution, which (as Neynoe faicf, KeUitplA 
«im) the Bijhop us'd, made hin! fo extremcJy carefujfi 
as not to let even the Man he trufled moft, have oncl ine 
of-^is own JHand-Writing 5 and fcews that he was won- 
derfully folicitous, nbt to avoid the Guilt of Tret, 
ton, but only to cfcape the Puniftment due to lit 
oy faving himfelf from the Danger of legal Convi^ 
ion. ** » 

Another of his Letters, is to t^ie fate lord Afarr!, wfci 
fo lately appeared in Arms againft his Majefty, a^d has 
fince had a Poll of the greateft Confidence Ind Triiftneaf 
thtf Pretender. In this Letter, he owns the,Kb<iipt of one 
^rom Mart by AV/Zy, together with verbal Irirtruftions | 
which to cut off all.Excufe of Surprize or Inadvertency^ 
he (ays he carefully confider'd, and yet entirely agreed 
to. He then mentions his prefent fad Circtimftahces^ Biif 
comforts himfelf, that as they ^ill not permit hitti ijbil 
to a€t openly 5 fo neither is th%re, he thinlcs, any !njt 
mediate Occafion for it, fome Time being necelTai-y toi 
wards ripening Matters 5 fo that when a proper Oppoti 
tunity ftould have offerM, the Mask was to have been 
thrown off, and he was then openly to have avow- 
ed the Giufe, which he has hitherto fupported only in 
I)ifguifc. 

The other Letter of the Bifliop's is to the Pretender 
himfelf, in Defiance of that Law which makes the hold- 
ing any Correfpondence withltim, or his Agents, Hlgh^ 
Treafon. In thisXetter he owns the Receipt of one 
from the Pretender ; and to Ihew how well he def^rvM 
that Confidence, he himfelf, who bed Knows the Thoughts 
of his own Heart, declares, that if the Pretender guefs*d 
at his right Mind, he dares fay it is agreeable to the 
Pretender's own. He then encourages the Pretender to 
hope for a fecond Opportunity, though net every Way 
ib favourable as the. firft, which was elaps'd. 

T?his favourable Opportunity appears to have bei?n, 
that of the Eleftions 5 and the Committee obferve, that. 

, the two moft riotous Elefilions of any throughout the 
Kingdom, were that of Wejiminfifr^ a Place under the-* 
immediate Inflnence of the Bilhop of Rochefter *, and 
that of Coventry, which appears by this Report to have ' 
been animated by Carte, an Agent of the Biihop's, and' 

. One em ploy *d by him in managing his treafonable Cor- 

Qiondence; ' 



flio TheHiftornaltiegtfier W^XXXl 

■* 1^ I ■! II II yi I M 1 ^ ••• « ■ t ■ I « ■ 

tpohdence. He afterwards takea to Kimtclf the Merit of 
f^OK Writing) wh!d» he had drawn up and tranfmitted 
10 ilte Prdsnder, after it liad firft paisM the View and 
* 'Approbation of the Perfbns concern d : Tho^ he t^ys ic 
had .been kept back a great while, in l^opes th^t tioeds 
might hav^ accompanyM Words : Which iigain (hews 
Jbis treajTonable Intentions to have been the Rf (ult of 
mature Deliberation; and that the* he h^d hitherto 
dealt in Words, yet other Afts of^ 'i'rcafon were what 
1^ hop^d for^ and was aiming at. As foon as God fhould 
^eftore him to ifvis Health, he promlfes to abufe it 
towards the Profecution of his Tj-^fons,' and in the 
mean time defires Leave to withdraw hittftif feemipg- 
\y from any Engagements bf fj^at Kihdt, that he might 
ivturn with greater 2eal and AStitlty to ddliroy this 
Church and State, ^y placing a tottffh Pretender on 
ihe Throne, in Violation of the moft facted Oiiths fo 
ireatientiy taken by him. 

' The Committee in the littt t^laee ftfew whilt ferthef 
t^art ttie fiiihop appears to hav& h^d ih the treafonabl^ 
^iprihelpondente and Negotiiti6rtS cai'r^M oft wltn thd 
Fretdnder^S Agents in France^ partietlUtiy With the lat6 
£arl of Marr^ and General Diltori^ and his Secfeuf ies : 
And among other Tilings, they dbf^frVe, that oii the pth 
of May^ iHlIorft Secretary Wfittt to Killy^ * That if 
^ this Poll had not brought an Addition of three t6 
• the fix formerly come frOtti fiipMy^ it is eafy/br Mrs. 
^^onei to iee what is (Htl wahtihg for the *Pnrchafb 
',lhe intends to make/ who is iAt^hthy Repniyi^ is not 
certain, but there appeaf (ifoUnds tJf a probable Coir* 
Jqfiturc, that this Paffage rtlatts to a Bill of Eitchangfe 
4of /fee tiioufand Pounds probably) fttit O'^er to Gt/rf^j, and 
thence to Watns \he Pfetendef^s R^ker it Pat% t)ft the 
r6;th of Afrihy the Receipt of whick is ackndwlcdg'd 
in ^veral Letters both to ^ttir^e KAly aVid Denntt Kelly, 
iiiis Paragraph, wJKich fays, * Th«t if - threr Ihoffe ntt 
' no^ come^ befMes the fix from Repney^ it is eafy for 
'''Mis.^ones tofee wh^t is Kill Wanting, for th^ Fi&ikafe 
^'Jht thtenis to male^^ ftiews plainly^ fhat Jones tvas iit kaft' 
pHyy to that Remitrajice, \;frhlch agtees With what P^w^- . 
^/fr'ha§ deposM uport ©ath, thathewas told by ^laf^f, 
ajct^oi;^ other Particulars relating to the C<ftifpiftitty, 
t£ai a large Contrtbutlon'had beeh riis'd and put aii- 
de^' t^e Management of the Bilhop of Boihtfler^ whieh' 
Vits cjiird their fniiitary Gheft. 
• ' On 



L 



H»,XXXI /&> (fo Tear lya^^ all 

On the lotli '&f May (three P^ys dter the Encnnp- 
iaent) Kitty writes to jSHkn^i Senary, * Hiat it m^ 
f reported the King had abfolutsly feiiisM to put ^ his 

* Journey, and intended to Ibt ^jats^rly next Month $ 
^ and that ff the^ could then compafsi^itm/i enough, the 
**fooner the Wine comes, he believes, the better/ He 
adds, ^ That Jones promifes to be a'g;cKDd Cuftoner,, and 

* That he hopes, Hatket and^bw; will give them the t- 

* iiifhjng Stroke.* The Time of Year in which thli tjef- 
ter wsis writ, nnd the AbAird Suppofitlon of Its being 
more" difficult to find Barrels than Wlm^ Ihew'lhSjcient- 
l^r that the(b Words Are not to %e taken in their literal 
Sqnfe. And t|e Committee were informM, that Wiigp 
was ezp]ain*d by Neyme to mean irvwfion^ tho* he had 
nev^ been told that any fvich Word had been made 
y fe of in tbefb Letters, nor had been ask'd any Que- 
ftiou about it; an4 \n¥lurikefs Cypher^ Barrels la ex- 
plained ^wy, ^nd Fl«fJ, one thoufand Men, 

On the 19th of MiV, Dilhn\ Secretary writes to Xet 
/y, * That he is dflur'ci by good iiands, Hacket and Jom 

* are the bcft able to adjuft his particular Concerns % that 
^ he does not quelt^on their gG<>d Difpofitions, and that 

* doing it timely will be a double Merit.' On the iptti 
of itf^j, Kelly was taken into Cuftody 5 about the 7ih 
ot fune he was adnfiitted to Bail, and on the nth he 
^rites an Account of his Examination to ontGei-ard^ 
whom the Committee believe to be S\x John lyOhryavi^ 
whom Kelly ownM to be employed by B///a», in writing 
ibr him^ In this Letter Kelly^ fays, ' He was chie^y 

* queftion'd about a little p«og he got fromFrance^ and 

* about five or iijf* cant Names, which were UUngton^ 
^ Jones^ Qnf, Hbn^ell^ QuittKell^ and Haeket ; and that who- 

* ever llUngton is, he was the Perfon chiefly ilruck at.' 
0^ the 1 8th Qfjune^ he writes to Dillon^ ' That it is abfo- 

* lutely neceffary to make no more Ufe of their prefent Ac* 

* counUBook^ fiace thoft that have got Part, may by the fiime 

* Method have got tlie whole; and that it will be high^ 

* ly improper for him to meddle with Buflnefs, at leaft 

* fprfome Time.* From this Time forward the Committee 
ohferve, that the Names of Jones' and llliniton^ are n# 
more heard of in the intercepted Corref^pondence 5 nei- 
ther does Kelly ^ frequently writirLctters of groat Bufl- 
nefs, bu\ in his. Stead Thomas Carte Clerk, takes up ih^ 
Management of the Biihop*8 Correfpon^ence. 

The tetters from Carte are fignM, and thofb to him'. 
41rt£ted by the; Nam? of deori^e William s and Mrs. Haf- 

hl'n 



•* * • 

i*j», to wh^re Houfe tjiey were dire^ae^, having, been 
«Jtaimlii'd befqre f<^mc Lords of. tiic CounciJ, dejpos'd, 
;t|iat Carte dc/ir'd her tp take in Lcjttcr^ fo itirea^d; and 
.that flic delivcr'd one fo dircaed into his o^ Hands. 
'A^i in the Cypher ti^ken among X)f««w A>///s Papers in 
li^egrsc KeUfA ^and-.Writing^.Mr. Carte is deiignM by the 
Jiaitious Names cfX^omas and Trotter^ who appear, by 
jcompsi^ng fcyer^i Faffages in the Letters, to mean the 
' .firofl Pcrfo^ jwith Georxe William$. Frpm the Time of 
^^rx* ICtWys being "firft taken up, the Biftiop of Roche^ 
fier h daxoted by the mtncsi of. Rig 2^4^ Wefion^ as aj- 
:p0arfrom many Circumftances. , ;,,.•, 

..It appears by the Lptter frofn Dillon's Secretary pf the 
7th of furtf^ that; they apprchenied in general, on. Kelr 
lf$ being taken up, that fome. o£ ^heir. Cdrrefpondenti 
-wpui4 be pblig'd to go afide, but that their greate'ft 
Pain was for JVit. i^'ejfon^ whofe Intimacy wit^ Kelly w^s 
.f^Ch^ that lfe%. is ftU'd his Clerk, which is nojimpro- 
,per Name for ope that Ifiept theCypbcri, vbi^h are ftil'jt 
throughout the intercepted Letters, Books of AccomtT^ 
«nd in L^^er's Cypher, are call'd Rentals. If Kelly had 
iiad no Secrctstoreveai,t:he Pain for Mr. Wefton^ and the 
rFear of other Correfpondents going afide, would not 
li"ave been fo confiderable. On the 14th of June, Carte 
.^ts them at -Eafe in Relation to Wefton, who was. he 
.lays, as eafy in his Affairs as any Man alive 5 whicl^ 
might be the Cafe, Kelly having burnt his Papers, being 
bail'd out and at Liberty to aflure his Friends, that the 
Lords could get nothing^out of him at his Exarainatio;!^ 
_where he ftrenuoufly deny'd his having ever heard of 
the Names of Jones or Jlllngton. On the i ith of June^ 
'Kelly fends his Friends at Farts an Account of. his late 
J^isfortune ; and after complaining of their Negleft, in 
not bailing him out fooner, and intimating that fuck 
•Ufage might have provokM a pafrjpnate,Man to betray- 
their Secrets; he fays, your old Friend Rig indeed^ of*' 
fer'd all that could be expected from the poor Man* 
This PalTage proves pretty plainly that Ri^ was one of 
thofe, whofe Secrets it was in Kellfs Power to haye be- 
tmy'd, and who therefore thought himfeif principally 
concerned to keep KeH'j in good Temper, by all pollibic 
Offers of Affiftance. # 

Kelly in his next Letter of the 18th of June, fays, 

* The Occafion of my Misfortune I will lay at no Body^s 

* Dopr in particular, tho' your old I^riend Rig feems to 
^ believe, it has rather prbceeded from fbmc pretended 

Friend, 

V 



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N^ XXXI for the Tear I'ji^. 213 

* Friend, than any real Enemy ; and as his Corfjcfture 
'lies on this Side, you may ea lily guefs the Point it 
' tends to.' This Paflage ihews., that tlie Difcoveries 
made were known by IVig^ to be^'ell founded, iince no 
one could be led to fufpeft, that ^n Information en- 

• tirely faife, fhould proceed from fome Friend entird/ 
in the Secret j bcfides. It fliews Kii had Friends, in 
whofe Power it was to betray him, and that thofe 
Friends were known to th© Correfpondents in France^ 
fjnce Kelly fays, they are able to guefs who it is thsit 
Kig fufpeits on thh Side. This |s a farther Intimation, 
that ^ig had Friends on the other Side of the Water, in 
whofe Power it was equally to have betray'd the Se- 
crct. 

Kelly then tells D/7/ow, * That it is abfolutcly ncceflk- 

* ry to make no more Ufe of their prcfent Accompt« 

* Book, /ince they that have got Part^ may by the iame 

* Mcth d have got the Whole.' This is a direa Cdnfef- 
iion^ that the Names of Jones and llUngtcm^ and others 

on which K§llyvms queftion'd, ^^e really a Part of the 
Cypher in Ufe between him and "his-Correfpondents in 
France : and as Kelly writ Word that Winston was the Per* 
•ion principally ftruck at, and knew very well by Mrs. 
Barnes^ Confeifion, about the Dog, who lUington was un- 
dcrftood to be, it amounts to a Confeffion, that that '£,%* 
pofition of the Name of IlUngton was true. He thc^h 
adds, ' All that lies in my Power now, will be to de- 

* liver your Coufin Rig any Goods you can fend by 

* private Hands, he being dc^ermin'd not to receive 

* them any other Way,' So thiit by private Hands, Rig 
"was ftill willing to receive them. 

However, Kelly fays, ^ If your Bufinefs can be con- . 

* vcy^d any other Way to him, *you cannot do me a 

* greater Favour^ for to tell you the Truth, it is a^ 
^ gainil my Opinion and Inelinationtohavean^ farther 

* Dealing that Way.' This ihews whAt Dealing AWfy 
had hitherto had, and at the fame Time explains, how 
Carte comes to^j^e employ'd in managing the fiifh^p's 
Correfpondcnce .^ the future. Kelly adds, 'That hb 
'decs not know'*liow far this late Affair may afib£t 

* RigJ* This ihews that he knc^ Rig was engag'd iu 
Ibxne criminal Correfpondence, fince the receiving a Do^ 
froia France^ or being cal I'd by a fi6tiA>us Name, could 
not othcrwift havfe affeaed him. 

On the i6thof July^ CarU writlfe along Letter about 
femeMSS. m^ff^oV* Opinion of thcm^ as tifo that of 

Ee » Finch, 



tMkrfWMpAi 



» 1 4 n-f Htftoricat JLegifier N «» " XXXl 

ginch: What i« m^ant by Manufcripts, does not appeaV 5 
neither ts it c^taiii who Finck is, but he is fpoke of ai* 
being in hrgh Repute with IVefion: , 

On the lit of AugUft^ Dillon writes to CarU^ ' That 
^ he cannot apply to a xnore fufficient Judge than Wefion^ 

* about his Concern with Mr. Vinch ; and he ofnen repeats, 

* that he makes a molt particular Cafe of Mr. \^€fiQn*s 
' Judgment, that he relies entirely on WefioiCs Friend- 
' fhip and Advice, and other Exprefltons of the like 

* Nature.' 

On the 4th of /tt/t, Dillon writes a Letter to We- 
fton (the Bi(hop) enclos'd to Carte^ in the following 
Words : 

To Mn. Wefton, inclosed to Mr. 
George Williams at Mrs. 
Harbin's overagainfl Somtr- ^ . 

fet-Houfe. 

DearMaddm^ "^ Saturday fuly 2 (^^ ly 22* 

- € I Cannot on any reAfonable Grounds complain of your 

I Silence, tho* long it appears, bccaufe I am informed of 
the Situation of your Health, and the Concerns of your 
Family are in by Bankrupts and Law-Suits : Permit me 
however to fulfil a Part of mv Duty in prefenting you 
my befl Refpe£ts,and unalterable Attachment to you aq.cl 
yours. I wifii this may find you fo far recoverM from, 
paft Mifchances, as that you may be once more in a 
Humour of afford ingtine a comfortable Line. I haste 
all the Stock I bought lying by, and I intend it ftail 
*^ remain fo^ until you advife me of the proper Time to 
difpofe of it, being fully conviuc'd, that in theHip- 
pery Age wc live^n, I cannot confide to any better 
than vou. I hear many fay that our Stocks will iA- 
fallibiy rife again to a good Height, by Mr. Walpoh\ 
',wie an d able Management ; from whence I fcould 
hope not to be fo much a I.ofer ih teCferving mihe^ Still 
my Lights at this DiHance can be but very imperfeft : 
Therefore, Dear Madam, I will earneflly pray your 
Direftion, when vou find I eifure to grant me this Fa- 
*vour, as alfo of fc^giving this Trouble, for which I 
offer Amends ih any Manner I can be of Service to 
you. The fe# Acquaintances - of yours I converfc 
with in thefe Parts, are well, and rely as I' do, on 
your friendly Ad>^e, in a moft particular Manner, 
about their C9accrns.in the Euads. They delire yota 

vill 



N « ?:XXI f6r the Tear 1723. 015 

wi 11 be plcas'd to admit Mr, Skinner to receive your 
Commands, who is directed to call upon you, and ex- 
plain fome P^irticulars too tedious for a Letter. He 

* fcems'to be very ready at Bufinefs, and will obey your 
^ Orders punctually. 1 aui, 

' fjc. • 

. Digby. 

On tlie 1 6th of 7»/y, Dennis i^f//y writes Word to France^ 

that Shnner arrivM in Town the Night before, that he ^ 

had been to wait on him, longing much to know how 

the Fall of Stocks afFefited his Ftiends. On <he 26ih of 

J«/y, Kelly writes to Dilion\ Seci-ctary, ' That Rig and 

* Skin had been- lately together, tnd that before they aiict 

* Rig had feht to him, to know if Skin Itood well with 
' D/7/owand Partners/ He adds, ' That /f/^ ftil'l fecms 
' to promife his Aififtance, if he can get the better of 

* his Sufpicions; and that Kig went into the Country 

* the Day after S\iin and he had bisen together.' It ap- 
pears by#a Depofition annexed to this Report, that the 
Bifhop came to Town on the Iplh, and return'*4 to Bromley 
on the 21 ft ^Jtdy. 

On the fame Day that Kelly writ, Stanley (who is the 
fame with Skinner) writes to Dillon^ *• I have been w4th 
' your Correfpondent to whom the Letter of Credit was 
' fcnt, who has partly anfwer'd my Demands, and pro- 
' mifes to comply in all Points with your Dirc6^ions.* ' 
He then adds, ' I muft now give ypu an Account of what 
^ Produft may be hopM for from the pubiick Funds.* ' 
Then'follow« a Paragraph, fome few Letters of which 
are in Cypher, but, as the Committee arc informM, in 
fudi'An eaf/ and obvious one, that anyone that reads it, 
may with tjie leaft Attention decypher it. In this Para- 
graph, inOead of ftying a Word about the Funds, he ac- ' 
quaiilts Dillon^ ^That they are certainly betray 'd by ibme 

* one'entircly in theScpret, who has given fuch Light into 

* all their Affairs, that the moft minute Circumflanccs arc 

* perfectly found ont ; that therefore, he muft caution him, 

* as he is requefted, to be very careful who he converfes 

* with, even at Bir/V, without excepting any one.' 'Thig * 
Paragraph explains fufficiently what la^ meant by Stoeks 
aiid Funds ; and it is remarkable, that in Piunkefs Cy- 
ph^r*. Brokers is exp^ain'd Agent s. The owning them- 
felves difcover*d by fome one entirely in the Secret, 
proves there was a Secret, and that the Difcovef ies -of- 
the Government were well founded. He then adds, ' I. 

E c 2 * have 



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■^-f* 



< have partly prevailed with the Corrcfpondcnt (W^on) 

* to undertake what he had ILrmly refolv'd againft, 

* which is the procuring ArraCk^ which cannot fail fuc^ 

* ce^dini 'hy that Channel,^ And on the 30th of July^ 
,Carte 'Writes to Dillon in the following Words : 

< T.Had the Honour of introducing Mr. Stanley to 
X Wr- ^fft' who received him in the beft Manner, 

'. apd^lTurM him of his rcadinefs to ferve him in what 
^ hf could. Mr. 5"?. was much pieas'd with him, but 
' did not engage him to follicit in his Arrack AflPair, 

* which yet is of the greateft Confequence to him, and 
' Mr. W, is more capable of ferving him in, becaufe in 

* the Efteem of all the Coi^jmiffioners' in whofe Power it 
' i$ to relieve him in the Cafe, And as Mr. W. would 

* do it cfFcaually if engag'd in it ; fo Mr. Stanley dcfircs 

* l^c to beg the Favour of you to requeft the Favour of 

* Mr. IV, in a Letter from you to Mr. Stanley^ which he 

* is furc would fortifyikhe good Inclinations Mr. IT. has 
/ already to ferve him, and eifeftually engage hin^ in the 
'* Thing. ^ 

The Original of this Letter being flopped, is in Cartels 
own Hand-Writing. 

What is meant by thefe myflerious PalTages about 
Arraek^ mull be left to the Conje6Hire of the Houfe. 
^ut if this be compared with 'the BifKop's Letter to 
Dillon^ and with Panr/Vi^s Depofition, it is not impro- 
bable, that by Arrack inay be meant Contributions of 
'Money. Then the Committee obferve, that it was a 
Point of the grcateft Importance to the ConfplraWs, 
iince it was thought neceflary to be labour''d by a Per- 
ftm fcnt from France on Purpofe ; and the Bifhop's Rc- 
Iu6taiicy to come into it, argues it to have been Some- 
thing very dangerous, and beyond the ordinary Lengths 
of his Compliance. They alfo obferve, that the princi- 
pal Dircftion of the Confpiracy under #11 the Difguifes 
of Stocky Manufcripts^ and Arrack^ is fubmitted to the 
Biibop^s Judgment, on which, it is often faid, they do 
, catirdy rely. . 

The Convmittce then proceed to jfbte what> they find 
in the fame Correfpondence relating to George /Cf//y, who 
afted (b much under th^ Dire£tion and Iniucnce of the 
Bifliop, that it cannot be fupposM )xe would take any 
Step of Confcquehce in au Affair of this Nature, 

. . wiiliom 




^ _____ 

XXXl for the Tear 1729. atf 

Lout the, Bifhop^s being at le^ made priv/ t» 

it.. 

The Committee focbear repeatlAg what was mention^ 
before, about the Heads of Memorials to the Regent 
brought by K#//y to J^ey;io£ 5 but they |uid fome far- 
ther Particulars in Neynoe^s Papers relating to KeUy alone. 

viz- 

That Kelly had own'd to him his having been fbmier* 
\y at Avignon^ '^hiU the Pretender was there ; that at 
h|8 Return from France lafl Winter, he brought oyer &• 
veral Papers and Letters, and tamong the reft, one , in 
Fnnch^ in the Hand-Writing of Dillon's Secretary, enti- 
tled, Reafons humbly offer'd to Cardinal Du Bois, proving 
that the ^ahlijhing the Houfe of Stuart on the Throne of 
Erigl and, ^r^/erfli'/y to /A<if of Hanover, is the real Jntereft 
of the Crown of France, or to that iSeSt. That thit 
Piece was brought to Neynoe to be tranflated ; which be- 
ing written by a Papiit, and turning much on «the Ad- 
vantage that would accrue to Popery, iVeynotf ad visVl a- 
gainft pub^lhing it. 

That Xf/i]r told him at other Times, that one Imndred 
thoufand Pounds, nay fifty thoufand Pounds would be^ 
fufficient for bringing in the Pretender, and that he 
would warrant that Sum would be found. That when- 
ever there happen'd to be a Stand i|iade for the Preten- 
der, great Numbers of Voluntiers from France would 
appear for him, which agrees with the Accounts ibnt 
from thence ; and with the Letter from DiUonh Secretary^ 
about fecuring Sadltrs^ whicI^Xe//y explainM to Neym9 
to mean Irijh Soldiers. Neynoe farther faid, that Kdly 
ptoposM to him to gp over to France^ and to fettle la 
Lord Lanfdovjn'*s Family, where he faid he might Jbe - 
of Service, and promised to make his Reception eafy. 
And the Committee obferve, that the very Time, when 
Neynoe was taken going to France^ Kelly writ to Dillon*» 
Secretary, ' That he would Xoon fee a young Fellow, 
^ whom he had mentioned to him fome Time bdbre, and 
^ that he might rely on hisHonefty. 

Neynoe farther declarM that Bingley his Fellow-Travel- 
ler (now in Cuflody) lodging in the fame Houfe with 
Kelly^ when Kelly was firfi X9^^cf, up, burnt a Bundle 
of Writings, he had that Day received from Kelly. 

John Malone (formerly Servant to Mrs. Barnes J who 

waited on Kelh at his Lodgings, has deposed, th^t this 

\ Neynoe^ John rlunket now in Cii(lody, Carte and Dennis 

Kellyy often viftted George Kelly. As iSeorge Kelly is frc- 

U qtiehlly 




TheHiJloftcalRegifter N^ XXXJ 



quently defign'd by a great Variety of fiftitious Name!# 
in the intercepted Corrcfpondence, the Committee think 
it proper firft to apprize the Houfe, what Rcafon there 
is to affert, that thofe Names do really belong to Kelly ^ 
and then to fhew the Nature and Import of the Corrcf- 
pondence. carry *d on under thofe Names- 

It appears to the Committee, that fince the Beginning 
of Afril.y i-jii (the Time of Kelly\ laft Return from 
France) a great Number of Letters going to France ^ were ' 
by Order of the Government opcnM, and Copies of 
them taken; and that ftveral of thofe letters, thp'' 
lign'd by different Names, were obferv'd by the Clerks 
•who copy'd them, to be all in the fame Hand-Writing ; 
and one of the Originals having been ftopp'd for a Spe- 
cimen of the Hand, and having been Ifhewn to yohn Ma- 
iohe, he has depos'd Upon Oath, that lie has often feen 
George Kelly write, and that he believes it to be his 
Hand. Three other Papers feiz'd at Mvs. Barms\ ha- 
ving been fhewn to Malonfj He has fworn them feveraily ' 
to^ be KeUy'*$ Writing ; ancji the fame three Papers having 
befen fhewn to the Clerks of the Poft-Office, .they have 
fworn, that to the bed of their Knowledge and Belief, 
as well the original Letters ftopp'd, as the others fent 
forwards, whicji were iign'd, fome of them yohnfon^ 
others Hatfieli^ ?. /., <?. F., and Wilkins^ were all in 
the fame Hafhd with thofe three Papers fo attefled. 
This general Proof fixes feverai of the Names tor be- 
long to keiiy ; and it is remarkable, that if any one' 
of tlie' Names abovcmcntiot'd, beallow'd tq 'Wong to 
Ifi?//y, "all the reft, by which he figns or is direfted to, 
may, by the Series of his Correfpondence, be ihewn to ' 
belong to the fame Perfon. But the Committee farther ob- 
ferve, that almofl every individual Name he makes Ufe 
of, is attended with fome particular Proof, which de- 
termines it to belong to him 5 He came from Fratice 
about the 19th of December^ N. S. 1721 ; and a Letter 
■was found among theBifliop*s Papers, dated the i6th of 
jyecemher^m which Mention is made of a Letter-receiv'd 
by Johnjon^ and an Anfwer returned fome Time before 
in fchnjori*s Hand. Ncynoe declared that the laft Memo- 
rial to the Regent, wh^h Kelly emploj^'d him to draw 
up, was in December^ ^V^^It and'that it contain'da De- 
mand of five thoufand Men for the Affiftancc of the Con- 
fpiraters ; in February following A//y went again to France^ 
and towards the End of v4/r/7 the. Government received " 
ui>qucftionable Accounts, that repeated Application* 

ha(^ 



( 



N" XXXI for the Tear 1723. 2I9 

had been made to the Regent for fuch a B«d/ of 
For.ces. 

The Bifhop in his Letters (writ foon after Kellf^ F,c- 
$Urn frpm France) acknowl^edge^ tlie Receipt of a Let- 
ter, and vetl?al Inflruftione from Marr^ by Hatfiald^ apd 
of a Letter hy thte Pretender from the. falxie Hand, and 
xcitnWons Hatfield^ as knowing his pre^nt Unfitnefs for 
BufinefS; But the Letters fig n'd iffl/J?f/i, which were 
«copy'd a*t the Poft-Office, are fworn to have been in the 
fame Hand with other. Papers which are fworn to be 
Kellf% Hand-Writing \ and it app^s^* ^Y & Letter from 
Marr to Hatfield^ that he was the Perfon to whom the 
X)og was fenc for lllington^ which ihews Hatfield to be 
Kelly ^ and confirms Neyme\ Information, that Kelly re* 
ceiv^d Letters dire6led bv the Name of Hatfield \ and it 
appears, that he not .only brought over Letters from 
France^ agreeably tO what was told Mrs, Levett by Mrs, 
Barnes^ and conjirmM by Neyme^ but that he was 
trufled with a Letter to the Siiihop from faclnfon^ the, 
Name made Ufe of fof the Pretender, in P/uwttf/'s Cy- 
pher, which Cypher, i^is evident, Kelly was no Stranger 
to, iince he makes Ufe of feveral other Names found in 
that Cypher, to denote the very fame P^'fi>ns that are 
there exprefs'd and defign'd by thofe Namies. . 

On the lift of April ^ Dillon's Secretary writes to 
Jcjhm Vernon^ congratulating his fafe Return ; and tells 
him, ' That hjs firft Letter was very plcafing to Mr. 
' Lane (which is explained Lord Marr in lHunkefs Cy- 

* pher) who waited with mucft Impatience for thofe of 
^ Monday^ hoping to receive a more particular Account 

* of his Bills, which he daily becotnes more prefs'd for, 

* the Profpcftof a good Vintage encreaiing by late Show- 

* ers which haddropt there, and rais'd the Spirit of the 
^ Labourers; he adds, that it feems more plain, that on 

* Advances of ready Money, good Bargains may be pro^ 
' pos'd.'. He after tells him, ' That Dillan advifcs, the 

* Money, which Kelly mentioned in Clyntm** Hands, 
^ ihould be equally divided between Medley and the 
' Pretender.* Who Clynton is, does not appear to the 
"•Committee, but they fee Reafon to believe from taf- 
^ fages in other Letters, that htfdley means the late 

* Duke of Ormnd. He t1*en tells Xf//y,^ ' That Parmr 
^ and Family are well, ^^^that Mrs. Hughes became fo 

* very yneafy Ihc was diinfifTed, and is on return. This 
Pailage ihews^tbftt Ftfrmer means (he Pretender, it beings 

well 



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2 20 The Hifhrical Rtgifter N° XXXI 

well known that Mrs. Hughes was Nurfc to the Pretcn- 
dcr's Child, and was on her Return 10 England^ about 
this Time. ^ 

From this Letter the Committee obferve, that Kelly 
was employ'd by Marr and DUlon^ in foiiciting Sup- 
plies lor the Service of the. Confpirators ; and that he 
ftad acquainted them of a Sum of Money lodg'd in the 
Hands of. one whom they call Clynton^ which they ad- 
vifed, fjiould be equally divided between the Pretendeft- 
tnd Ormond ; whether Kelly was confiderable enough to 
Jiave this Advice fent'him for his own Government 
tnd Dire£tlon, or was only to be tlie Chanel for con-* 
veyirig it to fome other Perfon of greater Di(lin6tion, ia 
•left \o tht Coniideration of the'Houfe. 

On the 23d of Afril^^ Kelly fent the Bifhop's Pacquet 
•f 'Letters under Cover to Gordon at Boulogne^ with Or- 
. 4ers to him to deliver it to a tall Mack Man^ who would 
foon call on him for it. This Perfo^. is in other Letters^ 
callM CrovJ^ and appeci'S to the Committee, by feveral 
concurrent Proofs to be Jams Talhot^ an Mjfr Papifl; 
concerned in the Prefton Rebellion, and now in the Spaniflt 
Service. Kelly in his Examination before the Commit* 
tee^ ownM his being intimately acquainted with thia 
Talhot^ and his having feen htm 'the Morning he 
left England^ and a Letter fignM J. Talhot^ was fei^'d 
among- Mrs. Barnes^ Papers, in the lame Hand with a 
Letter fent from France to Kelly ^ ffgn'd /. T. which is aa 
Anfwer to one writ by Kelly to Crow. On the 29th of 
jiprtl^ Gordon acknowlcMges the Receipt of a Pacquet 
(already provM to be the Biftiop*s) and fays he deliver^ 
St to the Gentleman as he was dire6ited, who (bt out for 
P«ni, on the 30th of April On the ^ ft of Afiiy, D/7- 
km\ Secretary writes to Kelly^ * Your Friend Crow is ar- 

* riv'd fafe, and delivered three Books yo^ gave him, 

* as direaed. 

On the 2d of Ma% I>illon himfelf writes to yat^es 
Maker (which will be fhewn to be another of Kelly'^a 
Names) and fays, ' I faw your Acquaintance->Criaw, two 

* Days ago, who delivered me a Prefent from my Cou^ 
fin Jofies. And on rfie fame Day, fames Talhot writes ta 
to//yy ^ That .Mr. Gordon gave him the Pacajuet at Bou* 
' lognei, which he dcliver'd fafe on Monday laft as direft* 

' ' ed ; he adds, the Perlbn yceivM me very obligingl;^, 

* and was much more open to me than I expe^ed. Then, 

* and -fince, he let -me know he does not .de^ir of do* 

* lug his Buiinefs. On the the yth of M«y, Mh writem 



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toD/7/o«,' Ttat llUngton Va* glad to Hear he had recciv'd hi* 
** Letters hy Croi^y and wiJh'd his next might ^e more 
"^ to Dillon*$ Satisfaftionf From which Paffages, it ap- 
pears ^t one* View, that the Biftspp'ls Letters were fcAt 
hy Keily to Solognewhy the Pc^ j and theftce coavej^ 
ed to Billon «t J?ar/j, by TalM^ Kellfg intimate 
Friend. - : 

On the 24th of Afril^ Billon* % Secretary writes to 
lUUy a long Account of one Xoland (Nicholas WoganJ 
who was to command one of the Ships that was to Ibe 
hirM of fom« Sviedijh Merchant| at Cadi%. 

This agrees with Mr. Craufufd'*s Letter of the 25th 
of Jtilyy N. S. 1722, in which he fays, that NlckUas W^. 
gan was to have the Command of one of the Ships un* 
jder Morgan^ one of which having been lately talcen sit 
6ema^ the Commandet writ over hither, that &e was 
IxirM of fome SijoedJjh Merchants at Cadi%^ with other Q]!f*> 
cumfiances which agree entirely with thi$ Letter xoKdfff^ 
H^nd ihew for what Ufe thofe Svjedijk Ships were hirM. h^ 
the (ame Letter, Billpn\ Secretffy taJres Notice, hoiy 
kindly Preeman (the Pretender) had fpoken of I^Uy in hif 
Jiall. On the 50th of Afril Kgly anfwers this Letter, but 
calls Nicholas Wogan by the Name of Moore^ and Ikys^ 
/ viijh his Chief may faceted in his Journey 5 which being 
compared with the Accounts fent about that Time fronl 
Mr. BavenantsA Kowe^ that the Pretender was preparing 
to embark, makes it more than probable, that he jt 
the Chiefs to whom Kelly wiihes Succefs. 

Kelly then gives an Account of a very important Coa^ 
verlation he had with one Hore % who is probably Sir 
Ikirry Gorinj^^ by Hore being mentionM as ill of the 
Gout in Prancey on the 14th of Septemher^ and Kelly taked 
Notice in his Pocket-Book that Sir H. G, went to P. the 
234 of Aupji^ which was the Dav before the Biibop 
was taken up. In this Letter Kelly fays, ^ Hore is moil 
^ ^ impatient to have a more fatisfa6tory Account from 
^ veur Sid^ and hopes there may be Room now to expe^ 

* It, fince there was nine remitted by Repney^ he will foon^ 
*as he tells me, fend you .two more, which witk thi* 

* tvclve thoufand Arms provided by Man^ekTs (Or* 

* mond^t) Relations, and which are ^ow ready to be fent 

* where-ever dcfign'd, and paid for too, will, he hope^ 

* bring Matters to fome ProTpeft of bearing.* The Com- • 
mittee obfervc, that this impatience of Hore falls ia^ 
in Point of Time, with the Account Lord Orrery pivfe. 
l^er^ that Lord Norlh and Gre^r Sir H^rry Goring^ Lord 

F f Strafford^ 



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322 The Hi/forieat Reiifter N«XXXl 

* Stfaffbrd, and others, were going to do a rtfli Thing in 
Favour of the Pretender. That it Ukewife agrees with 
the Letter to Dodfwortk, mentionM in the former Part 
of the Report, ti^hcrd it is faid, * Thkt the Hop^ givdi 

* by (?. to e x pe£t a ^reat Sum, and by Al tfiat he had 
> ^ rais'd twenty thoufand Pounds, induced Ormond tofup- 
•*ply Mor^an^ and to make other ncceffary Provifions.* 

Part of which Proviiions appear to have beeif the twelve 
' thoufand Arms mentioned in OrwnntTs Letter of the 271k 

of April^ in Mr. Stankojfc's the 8th of 7«»e, and again in 

this Letter of Keifs. 

Kelly adds, ^ That he^ hears Ormond continues (Hll up- 

^ on the old String, that he can get no Officers, and fays, 
-* I wilh the 15?nding over Hore\ (jc. Commiffions may 

* not da more Hurt than Good, for that Affair is airea- . 
*- dy become no Secret, and may pique fome Friends, as 

* well as put ni-wifhers on their Guard.* This Paflage 
ihewsthat the Scheme for an Infurre£tion was at that 
Time in fuch Forwardnefs, that Commiffions were an- 
ally fent over; and confirms the Account of the late 
Duke of Orwon^sbein^expe^ed with Officers and Arms 
to fupporj it. 

On the I ft of Mry, O. S. DUIotTs Secretary writes to 
Kelly^ ' That he believes they have a fufficient Quan- 

* tity of Barrels befpoke, for the Wine they intend to buy % 
^ and that he hopes Clynton and Company have fent MaU 
^ com half Money, which Hore faid he had to pay for 

* the Bfrrels which Jacobs has at his Difpofai.' It has 
already been fliewn that Malcom means the Pretender, 
and as C^whw^s- Money, Twhich was before to be divided 
between Ormond ainj fackfon^ is now tc^ 5e fent Half of 
it to Malcom:, this is a farther Confirmation that^tfrfe- 
fin means the Pretender^ and Agrees with the Intelli- 
gence from France^ of Sums fent about this Time to 
Ormond and the Pretender. In a Letjter to Keily^ of the 
2d of May^ was enclosM one frbm Dillon to yemijbn^ who 
appears to be fome intimate Friend of yohn rlunket\ 
and was pfcfent in France^ when the Cypher^ were ljJt-» 
tied between Dillon and Kelly^ but his real Name is. tm- 
dlfcover'd. In this Letter Dillon acquaints Jemifony * 

* That Mrs. Freemap intends to bring her Caufe to n 
' Tryal as foon as poftbie, and that he believes Mr. A-' 
^ hePs Departure witl be no Detriment to her Prctcn- 

* * fions.' This Paflkge comjpar^d with other Letters, fhews 
that bv Freeman, is meant the Pretender, and by Ahel^ 
his Mftjefty, and conErms the Defjgn of an Infurredipo 



amimmm^mt 



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H** XXXI . for the Tear 1723. 223 

4£ the Beginning of May. Dillon then defirts Jenufon^ 
^ To afliire his Coufin Rjogers (John Flunket) qf his bcft 
^ JlefpeftS) and how much he depends on her friendly 
^. And kind Offices in his Family-Concerns, which have 
\ %rekX. Need of fo good Afliflance. Flunket being examined 
by the Committee in Relation to this Letter, deny'd his 
knowing any fuch Pcrfon, 

On the 7th of May^ Kelly writes to JDi/fo«,'acljnowledg- 
ing the Receipt of the Letter £3tr.7«w//0ff, mentions a 
long Difcourfe he had with one Whom he calls Mr. Fox, 
who refented hi« being put out of the Pretender's Ser- 
vice by Dillon i but XW/y cndeavour'd to convince him, 
that i)i7/pn had np mnd in it, and laboured to re*' 
gain him. Who fbit is, does not appe^ir to the Com- 
mittee. 

Kelly then takes Notice, ' Th?it the Pretender's Fa- 

* .yours to Hore^ i3c, had given great Offence, and that 

* Rogers (FlunketJ hearing of th.e>Freedom which Hoiv, 
^,^ndrome of his Partners took with him, is much difor 
f .biig'd at it, and had ordered Jemifon to tell Dillon fo.'' 
The Committee obferve, from this PaflTage. that Flun-. 
Itet is treated as one whom it was thought of Confequence 
not to difoblige, and that Kelly was apprized of his Intima- 
cy with D/7/o«. 

Kelly then gives an Account Qf his having call'd 
on Mrs* Medley^ s (the Dutchefs of Ormondes) Chaplain.. 
The Letter which defir'd him fo^ to do, was directed to 
yames taker^nd this, in which he fays he has caird up- 
on the Chaplain, is fign'd J, y. which fhew» that James 
Baker U the fame with f. /. which are the initial Let- 
ters of fames fohnfon. On the ioth of May-, KelN writes- 
to Dillon's Secretary an Account of the Difcoyeries made 
by the Goverament, and the Encampment of the King's" 
Forces ; but the Committee obferve his AiTurances of 
Succefs were fo ilron^^ that in the fame Letter he fkys, 
^ The King would go abroad next Month, and if you can 
^ then compafs Barrels enough, the fooner the Wint comes^ 
^ I believe, the better. 

On the 19th of May^ he was taken intoCuftody; 
and it appears to the Committee, by the I^epoiltion of* 
one of the Meifengers who feiz'd hi^^ that when be 
was feiz'd, ho offerM to draw his Sword, but was pre* 
vented. That the other MeiTenger being caird out of 
the Room to feftue one of their Companions, who was 
in Danger of being murd<rM in the Street ; Kelly caird 
to the People of the Hjufe to lock the Door, and feizlng 

Ffi ^ his 



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224 The ffijlorical Re^ifter N^XXXf 

his Swoj;d, whkli had been laid by in the Window,- dre^ 
it, and ntade a Pafs at the Meffengor, who Tcrily b^ 
lieves he did it with af( Intention to murder him ^ thkt 
hc' afterwards made afecond l^afs, and fworc if hecgmtf 
ift again he would fiab him ; and faid, that if tht Se- 
cretary of State who fignM the Warrant had facsQ tlMM. 
h£ would have done the (kme. That the MeiTei^er goV 
ing out to call for Help^and returning within aMii^Util 
wa$ toid, that Keily had in the mean time burnt one of 
the Papers fcizM upon him. The Committee think it 
iinnecelTary to make any Obfervation on a Behaviour, 
which implies his having fo ftrong a Senfe of his own 
Guilt, that he chofe rather to ftand alt the Conftqueri- 
ces of refilling and aflaulting hisMajefty's Mcfle»geri» 
the Execution of hisO£ce, than to let his Papers fall 
into the Hands of the Government, fearing (a* may 
julily be concluded) that fuch a Difcovery might prove 
fatal to himfclf as well as others. But the Committee 
iind, that however catetful he was to dedroy all his Pa- 
pers, yet one was fcizM upon him amd preferv*d, which 
lis of itfelf fufficient to prove him concern'd in the 
the trcafonable Corrcfpondcnce above fet forth, 
it was a Lift of Directions in the following Words : 

Tq Anthony Saunders, £y^; or Mr, Jofliua Vernon atVf ili^f 

CofffCrHcftufiy Coven t'Garden, London. 
2# Mr. James Bak^r, or Arthur Stephens, Efq^ at Bur- 

ton'a Coffee-Moufi y King-Arect, near St. James*s^ 

London. 

%^ the three firft of thefe Names, mod of the Ijetters 
t^ him abovemention^d, came dire^ed ; and a Perfbn 
liaviag beei^employtM to vratch at Burton^ Coffee^Houfe, 
i»ho ftould take up Letters dire^ed to Mr femes B^^ 
a^thatHoufti, has deposed, tji^t on th^ 14th of ^pijuti 
Letter ftx directed being left there by the Fofknan^Giw^ 
JUlhf. came in and took the fame, open'd ^d read it, and 
•^ent out of theHouCb with a Letter in his Pocket to 
yixs* Barms'^. 

It appears to the Committee, that when he was exami^- 
edbeibre the Lord^^tie 21ft of Miy,i722, he endeavour^cl 
to account. ibr his receiving Letters by various Names^ 
by <kyi|>g, T^tonis M)r. Tathpt^ who was under a Cloud, 
ind w^o* went foir France or Sfain^tihoMX a Week before, 
haddefir^d him to taW at Coffee-Hou(es, for Letters d4^ 
rented tp the &id Tdk^t^ hy ilbveral Names % and patticu- 

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N*" XXXI for the Tear 1723. 82$ : 

lariy that the Letter direacd to iia\er^ which h« qw^M 
lie took up, was for the Hfid Tii/iv/. Yet the CkMnmi?- 
Wo oblbrve, that the faid Talbot arrivM at Bnulofne on 
Iho 2$th of Afriij and did himfdf fend a Ijetter flrom 
faHs to Kelly oa the id of May^ iWn'd J. T^ direacd 
Nfo I4r. Jaxoes Baker at B|irtonV Cqffee'houji aforelkid ; anji 
Letters continued to be fept b^ that Diref^ion from ^ 
>ii, 'till the Time that Kelly wzs taken into Cuftg^y, 
tAo' Talhot was nil that Time in France.. 
' Kelly being examined by the Committee in Relatioii 
. to theft Letters, pei^fiRed in t|^e fame Account, that 
t^y were for Talht, and that the Occafion of Talhot*s 
going abroad, was, that Talhot h^d recelvM an Account 
Zi General Crofton^ being dead, and of his having left 
liim what he had, which Particular the Committee oU 
Ibrve, agrees in Part with Neynoe*s Account, that KeOy 
iad ihewn him a Letter at BurtorCs Coffee-Houfe, froni 
piUtm^s Agent or Secretary, in which it was Aid, that 
l^e l>eath of General Crofton would be of ^re^t Loft tq 
Mansfield^ which Name Ke//y ex{Rain'd to htm to nieaii 
the late Duke of Ormond. Kelly farther ownM to the 
Committee, that he went to France the Beginning of the 
Winter, 1721, and again the Spring following, on Ac- 
count of Tranfadions he had in the Stocks there ; that 
he was defirM by a Brother of the Lord J)illon*s to carry 
over to General Dillon an A6it of Parliament relating to 
the Eftate of that Family, but that this was the only 
Paper he carry'd 5 that he faw Chrtfiopker Glafcock^ who 
|s a Captain in Dillon^ RegiHient, and knew Sir Jokn^ 
IWhyan^ who is DiUon*s Secretary, and had tikewife 
itcn Colin CampMl of Glenderoi^k at Coiiee-Houres, but 
liad never (]pbke to the latter. Yet the Committee ob- 
ftrvc, that as in his Letters he often fends Services to 
^Ir fohn and Chrlffy, he dqes alfo to Glen and Collins^ 
which laft Name is explainM Qlenderttdfj in his own 
Cypher t^ken among Dennis KeVy*s Papers. And when he 
was examined before the Lords, he ownM his having se- 
ceiv'd Letters from one Glajj^aw at Parii(^ which Niamc in 
^unhet^s Cypher, is exprefsM by the fiftitious Name of 
liovoell^ and has been mewn above to mean the famei 
with Qwtwell^ Querry^ Bonnavifle^ and other Names 
which belong to Dillon*B Secretary, and ate fubfcrib*4 
io feveral treafonable Letters from France, 

Kelly deny'd to the Cpmmittec his being at all knowit 
to the late Lord Marr, or Ale^cander Gordon of Boulogne^ 
tho* he own^d his soin; by the I^ame of John/on^ by 

.})/ i^^ V .; i '\: >, ... .:.:■ 'i - whi^ 



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^ 



226 The mftorical Regiller N«XXXI 

which Name the Letter to Gordon was fignM, and the An- 
fwer from Gordon direded \ and the Letter from hUrr 
was direfited to Haifielfi^ which Name has been (hewn to 
mean the iame Pedbn as James Johnfon^ and has bee^i 
proved by other Circumfiances, to belong to KeU 

He ownM his writing to a broken Banker at ^wris^ hy 
a Mitious Name in Relation to^Stocks, but iaid that.hc 
had forgot the Name, and that he never received a Let- 
ter in his Life fignM by a fiditious Name. But the 
Committee had Keafoir to believe from the whole Ter 
nour of his Behaviour at his Examination, that he grois? 
\y prevaricated with them ; for at his firfl cqming in, 
before he would make any Anfwer, he very formally 
infifted that nothing he ihould then fay fliould be made 
Ufe of againfl his own Life, nor as Evidence s^gainft a- 
ny other Perfon ; and upon thefe Conditions he promis'*4 
to anfwer direCtly to all Queftions that ihould be ask^d 
him. The Committee llfeeing fome Reafoi) frqm the 
Manner of his infixing upon thefe Conditions, to believe 
that he was difpos^d to a^ ingenuoufly with them, or- 
der'd him to withdraw, that they might conlider amongd 
themfelyes, how far jt was in their Power or proper for 
them to agree to Conditions, which would have made his 
Examination Of no Effe6t ; and upon his being calFd in 
again, and receiving fuch Anfwer as the Qommitt^ 
thought it in their Power to give, he denyM his know- 
ing any thing at all of the Conl^iracy. This the 
Committee apprehend to \t altogether inconfidentwith 
the Conditions he infilled on, which manifeftly imply'd, 
that a Confelfipn of all he knew, might endanger his 
own Life, as well as affe^ other Peribns \ but in the 
Courfe of his Examination he own^d to them, that 
the Promife they had given him, was not fatisfa- 
6tory, the', as he pretended, he could not have anfwq^'d 
their Queftions in any other Manner, if their Promife 
had come up to the .Conditions he infiited on. 

Moreover, the Committee obferve, that Kf//y was ad* 
mitted to Bail from his firft Confinement about the 7th 
of 'June laft, and they conceive it to be a great Aggra- 
vation of this. Guilt, tiiat he immediately took Ad van* 
tage of this Enlargement to refume the fame treafonable 
Correfpondences, and to fend triumphant Accounts to 
France^ of his having baffled the Government by the har- 
dcn'd Obftinacy of his Behaviour, thereby improving, 
as far as in him lay,' the Liberty granted him by the Fa- 

VOUf 



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*l« XX XI for the Tear 1 7 ag . a 27 

vour and Indulgence of tli^ Laws, to the Subverfion of 
^ur happy Conftitution. For on the nth of fme^ but 
a very few Days after his bein^ out on Bail, he fent a 
long Letter to Gerrard (Sir /oAm UCOhryanJ in which, the 
better to difguife the Matter, he gives an Account of 
hii Cottfin's late^ Misfortune, as from a third ^erfon ; 
but in a fubfequent Letter to jD/7/o« the eighteenth 
«f yiwje, he owns the writing this Letter himfelf. 

In this Letter to Gerrard he fays, ' That he was baiVd 

* the ThUrfday before, and that the Judges were never 

* known fo fevcre in any Cafe of the like Kind, that 

• * tnoft of the Queftions ask'd hi4n at his Examination, 

* were about a little Dog which he got from a Surgeon 

* when he was laft in France ; that they mentioned no Per- 
' fons to him but General Dillon^ and one Mr Morgan ; 
' that to the firft, he owns he is a little known, having 
' carryM bver an Aft of Parliament to him that concern* 
*ed his Family^ but that the latter he never faw; thajt 
' Lord Cartaret had a Lift of five or fjx Cant Names, a9 

• * hecaU'd them, which were IlHagton^ Janes^ Cane:^H<yW' 

* e/, fl«/7'u»/, and Hacket^ and what he never heard of 

* before ; th^t however they would perfwade him he 

* knew fome Perfoii* that were meant by thofe Names, 

* which he vqws he never did, and whofoever llUngton is, 

* he was the Perfon principally flruck at. That he is 

* not at all fatisfy'd with the Behaviour of his Friends; 

* that Gerrard^s old Friend Rig indeed offered all that 

* could be expected of the poor Man, but others, in 
' ;whofc Power it was to do more, fhew'd no Concern at 

* all for his Misfortune; that 15^ lay ten Days in the 
*-clofeft Confinement, without fo much as a Meffage 
^ from any of thofe he depended moft upon ; that it is 

* well he had no Secrets to reveal, iince fuch Ufage 
' might provoke a paffionate Man, aixd that the World is 

* pretty well convinced that he had not, fince no Per- 
^ fons feem'd to be the leaft apprehenfive that he cou^d 

* do them any Mifchief. That this fliews what the 
' Fricndfliip of fome People is ; but whilft there is 6ne 
'^righteous Per/on^ wemuft,.for his Sake, overlook great* 

* er Misfortunes. That he ii very well, and under no great 

* Concern for any thing asyto himfelf J>ut the Expence, ha- 

* ving more tifen hisowp to anfwen He concludes, with 
'defiring Gerrard to direft under Cover to Mr. Andrews 
*^t theDo^' and Duck in St. famei\ Street.' The Com- 
mittee find, that after fhis Time, fevcral Letters did 
come from.Fr«^^#,.dire£ted to Mr, Andrews at the Dog 

and 



228 The Hiftorical kegifter NOXXXI 

and DK^ft,«adtliat tlie Maflsr of tktt Hmife baling been 
damin^il, deposed on Qatk, tiat one Andrews ofdcr'4 
lUm CO lake in Letten tlat (iKmld come by fktloreieii 
Poft (o direded, andf that three of tlofe Letters ^cit; 
directed to tlie Dnj^ and Ditf I in Khg^firtet^ by Mitektilp 
but w0fe afterwards brought to his Uoufe ki St. ^jMe^'s 
Street, and taken up by Andrews^ who lMppeii*d to be 
ehere when the7 came in. The laid Andrews dcfos'd on 
Oath, that Mr. /aAs/bs alijs Kelly^ defir^d kim to Udw ia 
fome Letters direOed to hioi, Andrews^ at the Dog and 
iWlr Ale-Hou(e in St. Jmmes^ Street ( that he vesciv'd aik 
the whole, four or £ve in the Months of jWjr, Anguft^ 
and Septemhmr laft, to the beft of his Reinenibnisoe^ that 
f hey appeared by the Charge of Poftage w be foreigit 
Lecteiv, and that he deliver^ them unopened tothc ftld 
Jobdpn alias tCelly^ who paid him the Poflage 4 that he^ 
Anarensu^ knew nothing of the Contenti, nor twr xen 
turned any Anfwer to them. 

On the 1 8th of JunuKelly writes to Crovs (fmut Tal^ 
iot) giving him an jLocount of his iate M Isfortune^ 
^d theReafons of his Silence, and mentioning his I>e^ 




^ (Sir J^n D'Ohry^n and Chriflafker CUfcock) and defiicf 

* TaJhoi to tell thie latter he xnuft &id out fome other Ad* 
^ dreis for him to write by, fmce he has good Reafona 

* for not uiing the 6>rmer, which have prevented him 
^ irom writing to him tjhefe ten Days pafi, and that if is 
^ were to a French Perfbn, it would be fo much the* bet* 
^ ter.* Soon after, a French Direction to Monfieur Mafim* 
neuve was fent over to Kelly by Ckrifiophet 6U/[ock^ 
which Kelly made Uie of for fome Time, and the ori§l« 
nal Letter in Kellfs Hand, flopp'd at the PcftX>flice, ia 
fodireaed. The Reafons which Xel/^ fays he had, aot 
fo make XJik of the old Dire6tions, appear evidently »> 
have been, that he w^s queiftionM bdbre the Lords on. 
the Names of Mrwel and CMtvHl^ whi^h were theNaOKir 
made Uie of for ^/o^of K He concludes his Letaer«s» 
Crow^ with defiring him to dircft to him by the Htaut 
of Wilhns at Wills Qfitke-BanVt^ and n^ longafteivl^. 
Letter came iign*d /. T and fo directed v vhich ivas 
aoppM, and is in the fame Hand irith the tetter fign^d 
y. TM9t^ Jbiz^dai Mrs. HarMsi^ wlkldi moSm^ TMk 
sobeCrsus. 



N<>XXXI for the Teariy%^i . «2J» 

' In thi9 Letter to Crov)^ was enclosM one from Kellf to 
Dillon by the Name of DiswU | wherein ' He deflrtf to 
*' be esccttsMfroxn!^ meddling in Biarmefs for fomeTime % 
^ but fays, it does not proceed from any Change of 0« 
opinion, or Relbntment of the little- Concern ihat hai. 

* been Aiewn him, but from a Conviction, that without 
*• changing both their Method and their People, it will 
^ be impoifible to malce any thing of it. Kelly adds, ^ Vouf 
*' Correl)pondeats at tfUPs and UurtorCs are gone, and de* 

* fire you may write no more that Way, and when yott 
^ do me that Favour, pleafe to addrefs under Cover to 

* Mr. Da'Oid WilkirisAt Wiin Cofr*Houre,Caa;e«f»(?ar<fr«, 

* and not to Andreijos^ as I dcfir'd.' Which Paflage con** 
firms the Lift of Directions to WiWs and Burton\ found 
in KiW% Pockety and (hews, that the Letters \»}Mlkint^ 
«t well as Andre^s^ were for Kelly^ though he denyM the 
litving ever received any Letter under a fiftitiou^ 
Name* 

On the i8th cf fune, James Talht writes to Ketlyi 
^ Congratulating him on his Ei^argement and Behavi- 
^ our, and expreffing his Surprize, that he (hould at Aich 
^a Juncture have Reafon to complain of Want of 

* Friends.' On the fame Day, GUfcock writes to Ireton^ 
tinder Cover to Andrevfs ^ and as Andrev>f delivered theft 
Letters uncfen'd to Kelly^ this fhews that Ireton is ano- 
ther Name for XW/y, of which the Matter Of the Letters 
furniihes abundant Proof. In this Letter GUfcock tttkti 
Notice that Kelly^s Letter to Chifmod cameT fafe^ This 
refers to ^e//f's Letter of the i8th to DixwU^ and Ihewtf 
Chiivjood to be another Name for DiJhn. ^ That what he 
^ had recommended in Relation to the new Book of Ac- 

* counts would bo obfervM, and that Forrefter had the^ 

* fame Advice given to him and OrftondJ" Who Forr^er* 
is, does not appear, but as he is mentioned here w4t& 
the late^ Duke of Ormni^ ht is probably the Perfon 
inrho wrote the Letters to DumvilU and Dod/vOrth above^ 
snention'd. GUfcock then tells him, ^ That Ormnd had 

* exprefs'd much 'Concern for what had befallen Kelly. 
He afterwards defires the Pftrticulars of his Cafe, and 
to know what is wanting for paying off the Dioaor's an^ 
Apothecary's Bills^ acknowledges the Receipt of a Let« 
ter Ardm Roprs, and enquires after Jentlfon. 

' On the aBth of June^ Kelly writes to TdHfot ^ Of th* 
Negleft that h|id been ihewn hini, and the Rftaforis that 
Ike had to dtcUna any fartiier Tt9^k witfc ikt Mer« 



930 The mprkd Kegiftar NC" XXXI 



i*MM 



^tluuiuliere; be Cm, If TM^ perceives no LilGdU* 
^fiood of ft fttdden Ctoige for ib^ bemr, ke auft n> 

* tire ta fetfie cheap Purt of tke Country^ if Dflbfiftllew^ 

* ef ft ) exprcflct kis gtewt Oblig^tioM te Di/te, and 

* kisReadlnefs to csmiteany private Cwnmamds of kis.* 
ind adds, « If I were in a Condition to bear tke Weigkt 
' of pubHck Bufinefs, Dillon fliould never be at the 

* Trouble to employ anotker ^ but that ke is heartily 

* i^rry mhm himftlf has done it lb long, for ui^fate- 

* lul P^ple on this Side ^ fiiys, he aevef inteaded to 

* trouble kis Friends on this Side on Ids own private 

* Account, but publtclr ones of this Natute are what he 
^ thinks they ought to uke C^re of, fiace th^ are beft 
^ able t» do it, and ezpeft the beft Returaa fbr it.* The 
Committee obfbrve from thefe Palfages^ that tl^u^ 
KiUj would have it believM he only cerrefponded with 
Verfons in Firtma on private Aftiirs, relatiiig to the 
Stocks, yet he here owns in EflFea, that he had bea 
trufled with Affairs of a publick Nature, and thit thofei 
TranfaHions having b«Dught on him tke DifpleirfUxe of 
the Government, it was x^enlibie for him lo h^pe for 
Support from theft in ImgUmd^ whocxpeaed the beft 
Retumtfrom hie and Diilon*9 joint Labours. The Com- 
mittee fkrthev oblerve, diat this Letter waa dirked to 
tflrsw^ and yet in it was inclosed one fr^ iira/iM, «e^ 
lating to Famiiy-Affitirs, diieSted ta jbmN TaUnxt^ 

€Hi the 4tli of fttlyj Glafcock writes to^ Kelh^ ^ TMt 
^ Di//d;i intended tohave ftnt hiift a Letter of Credit b^ 

* this Poft drswn on Mc fiarrold^ but kept it back *tiU h« 
^ heard fi-om hisL, for fear by Removal into tke Country^ 
^or by any other Accident, it fliO«iid be loft^ On tke 
f ith of Jtily^ GIaJiochtepC9i$ the fame, atid his Sufpioioo 
that the Letters to Andrevts had milcarry'd^ Then ac^ 
q^uaints Kelly with kind Ei:prellLoa& that he had f(ie» 
from Dr. Fpeeman and Mrs. JSi*lcolm (the Pf^tender «o4 
IdsSpoaff) in Relation toHsviksl^^M fitit Operation ia 
kis late violent Difiemper. The Committor ^bftrve 
fiom what follows in this Lettefi, ti^ though in 
fbuikefn Cypher, Havshhy flaixds for King d^trgti yet 
in thePketender^s C^her^ it fiande for Craricy without 
any Addition, and appeats for that Reaibn ta be made 
vis of to denote Gnorge KtHy in this Pkce. iHie: Pceten- 
ter*s WotdS' mentiraiM m ibi$ hmtty ece «■ foft* 



y. 



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>I«XXXI for the Teari72S, i|i 



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^ HavAshy^ fieady and refoiute Behaviour in die £sA 
^ Operation aiifwers the good Opinion I hav« long ha4 

> of Mm; I am full/ perfwaded that aii tht Surgeons 
^ will do hereafter, ihaii not be ati|[e to alter hia Temper, 
^ and I hope h« will come off with Patience and a ihori 
^ Confinement, hy which his Health will become more 
^ perfeft and &tisfa€lory to his Fritnds.' iSUfcock then 
addlB, ^ Mrs. Malsolm (the Pretender's Spoui^) in her 
^ fhort Way o^ £xpreilion, fays^ I Mm truly ^ad that ht 
*- neft Hawksby is reconiftr^^ fir I take him t^bt a very 
^ valuahit Man.^ Then he fays,|^ I know theCb Compli- 
* ments will be comfortable to a fick Verlbn, fh>m Ids 
^ Friends, f^ which Reafon I trouble you with them, 
^ as ar Proof of my Attention towards one I wiih fo weU«* 
Thefe lad Words ihew, that this Comfort was intendeA 4 
ibr Kelly^ to Aipport him under his Trouble, which Is 
difguisM under the Notion of Sicknefs, and the Coal-* 
mictee think it unneceflary for them to make any Ob- 
servation on a Pafiage, which ^ws(b plainly for whoife 
Sake it was underdo^ he had Drought this Trouble on 
himf^if. Glafiock next tells him, ^ That as lie is upon tf» 
^ gulating his new Book of Accounts, he ihould be giafi 
^ to knjow whether Kelly and femifia had thofe by them, 
^ the/ and Glafeock redify 'd together** Which iheitrs thft 
Xf//y*5 Journeys into Fr^w^e were not whoily on privafe 
Afeirs, and confirms Ntynot^B Account of his having 
fjsek Cyphers in Kellfs Hands, and is again con^rmtd 
by the Cypher found among Dennh Xc/^^s Pafpeit, which 
is in George KeWs Hand«wriiing. Qtafiock thni fends 
him the French 6iredi<m he had de£rM. 

On the 1 7th of JMly^ Glafeock v/Htes again to KeUjb, fo 
let him know, why the Bill was not fefft, aai t0 deiire 
a fure Addreis. He likewife cautions Ke^y net to draiwr 

' any more en Jyighy^ but en Meffieum Qutyoood fni 'jDtf* 
ffejjis^ at Afr. Hues Bankr ruedela fdounoye, Ihp Com-* 
mittee obferve, that this was about the TiiojB that Mr, 
Cravffiird made the Difcovery above related about the 
Name of Di^hy^ and that fsrfome Time a&tr, KjtlfydU 

' reas his Letters for Dl//«», te Duf^ejfis^ Mil a new Ov« , 
pher, which he, Kelly^ ftnt over afterward^, came to 6e 

'mddcUfeof. A 

On the 1 9th ^ July^ JCW/y writes to Giafipeh^ tHat Mr. 
Andrews receiv'4 the federal Letters hota Qiafsoch til 
together; whidi was occafionMby a Miftake in dirca* 
Ing tl^em to Khig^frett^ inflead of St. James's \ which a< 
gre|^ wiUi ^firfrM/t Depoficion abo^vemftatiaiiV* lie 
^ ' ' ^ S a then 



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9^2 The HifloHeat Rfig^er N » XXXl 



■ f ' '**■ 



tSien returns Thanks for the Letter of Credit intended 

jhim, find ray&, ^ It will come fafe either to \fr. Wilhnp 

^ at Wiir% Coffec-Houfe. or to Mr. Andrews at the Do^ 

^ and DuckJ* This comfarM with Andren^s^s Depo/ition, 

ihews that the Bill was for X^ii^himfelf, which Obfer* 

vation the Committee think it proper to make, becaufo 

iMrhenhe was examinM before them in Relation to the 

Letters directed to Andrews^ though nothing waft faid to 

him about the faid Bill,he immediately endeavour^ to ex* 

plain awa/that Matter by the following Prevarication t 

lie faid, he had been dffirM by one Mrs. Oshurgh in the 

City, Daughter to him who was executed, to receive 

feme Letters for her from abroad, and that he did not 

know, but he might employ one Andrews^ or fonie o- 

^her Friend, to take up fuch* Lettprs. That he had iike« 

wift received fome Money, on a Bill for the faid Mrs.Oxr 

Inargk, of a little Man a Banker in Lothhury^ or fome- 

where behind the E^ch(*nge^ and that he had indorsM 

the Bill with his own Hand. The Committee obferve, 

that this lad Circumfia&ce makes it probable the Bill 

m^s for himfelf, iince his Endorfement on a foreign Bill, 

(which lit not ufually made payable to the Bearer) would 

not iave entitled him to have receiv'd the Money, nor 

have been a fuilicient Dlfcl^irge, except the Bill had 

been made payable to him. They like wife obferve, that 

jtJif. Martin Hmld^on whom t}ie Bill'^ras di'^^i^, whom 

KmUh avoided to name, dq^s live behijid the Excluitjgg^ 

thcriUkt ill LoHhury^ and inGU/cocys Lj^tt^r of the 24th 

of Jidy^ Kii^jf ifi partic|ilarly dire3^ to indorfe the 

Bill on Harold. with his 6wn J?aine,^flt is evident from 

fhefe Ciiciimitances, that Kelij receiv'd the (aid Money 

for Ms ovn life, as a Reward f<yr his Sufferings, ai\d. 

an EAconragement to p^ftlt in hjs Obflin&cy. 

- Xia the a3d of July^ Kflly wriJteJ to TMqt^ ' That th4s 

' ^ Bil)^ and the Hopes jof Sucp^s in another Particular, 

^ when the Term is 0Tca-,'miii$jess him a littk eaiy. Thfit 

*' atf to \trhkt they had. fo^ij^j^taljc'd about, he did not 

♦ know lo^hat to fay to iit, ;abd iIAbX Ificholas Wt^^rC^ Re- 

^ turn gave him the Jb?ft pbpes qf it, bmt thait he beard 

^ the Biau tiful Sqmrje^ weo^ oefjtainly determined on ibme- 

^ thing, but when, ^d in what Maiinef,, is what he 

^ khov^s 'nothlng^of.> Whd il meant ^y the Beofitifui 

Squhrt^ the'Comi|aiftee canm^ tafce upQi^jthi^m to ^e^r* 

niiiie$ bat they obferv^^ this I.de|teF 7»as ^arrit the.t)ay 

tf.er iiiq-r^-Rgi^ by £ffit>Z/(XQVii Jfvrj^K ft l^^\9h 

miimMXPHmM ^ffhatul^ pretq^^r^ Fcjendi 




' ■" iil^ ' ' I . I ' I , II II I. I ■! I 



N**XXX1 for the Tear 1729. 333 

^ would run down the Minidry and King Geor^ in a lit* 

* tie Time, and bring the Law-Suit to bear on their owh 

* Bottom, independent of the Regent, or any Body elfe i 
as is related in P/wnJ^^^'s Letter oIf the fame Date witii 
this- of Kellfs. On the ad of Augujf^ Kelly writes to 
QUfcock^ * That he havj receiv'd the Bill. That hia 

* Letter of Licence is not out *till the End of (Hioher^ 
^ and that his Creditors threaten then to fhew him no 
^ Mercy : In the mean Time he muft hope the beft,.and 
^ wiflx that fome goo<^ Turn of Fortune mav enable ^ini 

* to do them Juftice.* He adds, tfhat he cxpefted to have 
^ fent the State of their Accounts before now, but thar 

* the Gentleman who was to carry them, met vith aii 

* Accident the other Night which prevented him, therc- 

* fore he cannot dont 'tiJl he recovers, or fome other 

* Opportunity offers.' Then ffends a long Account of 
Dennis KellyH being taken up. On the 6th of Augufi^ 
lie fends the fame Account to Dillon^ and mentions thb 
great Terror the Guards are trader from Informers; 
which Intelligence the Committee obferve, was thought 
conHderable enough to make an Artiele in the Preten* 
der's late Declaration. On the fame Day he (bnds Glafi 
cock an Account of Samph\ CottQn\ and one CampMrt 
being taken up 5 ' That there were Reports of one Sir 

* Harry Gortng\ being taken, and of Forces being fent fol? 
^ the Lord iVbr^A and Grey^ Lord Strafford^ and other Petfi 
^fons of Quality ; but that he finds that there ia nd 
^ Truth in them, and is told that the two lafi are come 

• ^ to Town. He then deilres td know DiUon*s jpriviite 
' Thoughts from- whence the ill Report of his G>ufin*li 
^ Circumiiances <t>mes, which has occaflon'd this Sever!* 
^ ty from his Creditor^ ; and fays, he hopes foon to fbnA 
' the State of their Accounts whic^ lias hitherto been de« 

* Jay'd fbr Want of a proper Hand.' On the 9th of Au^ft 
Kelly \trrites t6 Glafcock^ ^ That Den is come to Town, ana 

* J>ehaves like a Friend 5 but that Rep is ftill in th(^' 
^ Country, and fo Is Ho \ and that the latter had ear- 

* neftly defir'd Kelly to go to him fbr afew Days, which 
^ he had Hopes of doing, but intended to make biit a. 

* ihort Stay.* The Committee fte Reafon to Wlieve, 
that by Ho, is meant Ifore; and tiiey fin4 an Entry in# 
to Kel}y^4 Pocket-Book of his having heen at Mrs. H^t^ 

. and another Entry in thcib Words $ Tp enquire for MK 
■ M , ^ • ■ . at Mr. William Bayfmg>4if Horn-Dean | 
^nick is a Hou(^ much frequented by Sir karry Goring^ 
%s appears by a Depofitio?i anneat'd to thia Report. Who 
•■ ■' '•:'• '■. •■■$' \ • V . : ^ : .". ., ..^ >tM 




The Hiftorical R^fifier N° XXXI 

ice ixjcaat by Den and Rep, the Committee will not t^kc 
pipftiy tkem to determine, tbougH they think this Letter 
compared with that ywrii three Days before, may leaa 



UV villi ♦*• »T»»" WW.— ^ «v m» |#.w«.vy ^^^»» ^^..^..-ww ,.y 

* thfi Country, he cannot return under four or five Days.* 
Which i^rces with the Circumdance of his going down 
as far as Hom^Dean near Petersfdd. He afterwards adds 
*vcry pBpwTkable Paragraph in thefe Words: 'What 

* wpuld you advife poor Trotter to do, Ke is ready to 

* take a Voyage any where, and f s you know an honeft 

* and fit Pcrfon for that Bufineis ; he has wrote very c?ir- 

* ncjftly to me for ray Advice, which! told him I coul(J 
^ not give 'till I heard from you . The Committee ob- 
ftr^e, th?it in the Cypher fou^d among Dennis Kelif% 
I'apers^ in George Kelly\ own Hand- Writing, Trotter is 
pne of iKc fi^itious Names fet over-againft the Name of 
Cart^, aijLd that on iEc Day this Letter was writ, his 

* Maj^y had . iffu'd his Royal Proclamation for appre- 

iitfodijig tjw? faid Carte^ againll whom it is there fet forth 
- V Warrant had been ifluM by one of the Secretaries of 

^ ^tatc for trcafohable Praftices, and that he had abfcond- 

^ed and fted from Juftice. Yet it appears from this Let- 
^^ jtei^ >h4t George Kelly J far from difcovering where the 

^^^ yk'i^ Carte was conceal'd, was defirous to promote his Ef- 

capc, by getting him invited to undertake a Voyage in- 
to fprcign^rt^ ; and th^t potwithftanding the treafon- 
;abie Praaiccs aUedgM agaiuft him, he here gives him the 
Teftimonial of an honeft Man, owns hl^ having had Coni- 
"«pjwcati<?n with him by U«cr, ^ter the Tinae pf * his 
J^c^ptij folieited Glafiock in his Favour, and undertakes 
.' to aid find afllfl thq faid Carte' with h;s Advice^ ^s foon 
<^s he ihoiild hav e ^n Anfwpr from Glafcocfi. , J 

Qn the .13th of v^m^wJ?, Gla/cocliw rhes again to Kelly, 
in Relation to the Bili on fJaroll^^nd. mentions Ms ejj;- 

FcSj^ig th^tQp^^^^^'* ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^' Account^. 
He^^erwfird^ ^lls Kelly, ' TKat Mrs. Hufirav^ had r§- 



s 



» 



* an A^cawt of her Husband's Debts and Mifmanage. 

* mentr'* The Committee from comparing, this tetter 
with 9Acr«, where Mufgrave is ij^entionM, and fr^pi 
obferviwgtiie Date, (^ Reafon to believe, that ihjs Paf- 
fige relates to* the ftopping a V^n^iiin^ which the Cona- 

^^ \ . • mittea 

k 



N® XXXI forthe Tear 17S3. ajf 

siittee are informed, by his Majefty^s iingukr Beunt)^ 
and Indulgence, and upon Application fram the late 
Lord Marr^ and Promife of Services, was allowed to 
him; and they cannot reile6it wimout Indignation ana 
Aftoniihment on the black ingratitude af Perfons, wiio^ 
while they were in a great Ntodure fubfided by his Ma« 
j/e(iy*8 unexampled Liberality, were labouring, by tfio 
snon wicked and unjuftifiable PrafticeS) to difpoffisia hiflp^ 
of his Crown, and to deftroy his facred Life. 

On the 1 7th of Aupift^ Glafcock writes again to Kelly^ 

and among other Thihga fays, ^ )ie is contriving to get 

* at Barker for a Relief in Favour ^of Enrmr*9 (thePtc* 

^ tender's) Children', in Cafe their Stepfather fhould 

^ pretend to deprive them of their Doe.' It appears hy 

another Letter, Barker means fome coHdderable Perfon U% 

Framii but what this PalTage particularly relate to^ 

the Committee cannot with Certainty determine. How* 

€var, they thought it their Duty to lay this and othf f 

obA^ne Paffages before the 'Hou£|, that it may be fteit 

Kov much it is in the Power of Verfona now in Cufto^ 

dy, 9> diicover ; and of what Importance it is to tht 

Safety of his Majefty's Government, that fuch Sifcove- 

>y fliQuid be required at their Hands* 

OtL the 20th of j4uffift^ three Days before the Biihop 
rf Rochtfter was taken into Cuftody, Kilfy writes to Glafi 
Mk (the: Original of which Letter is fipppMf and fwom 
to be his Hand-Writing;) and lkys« ^ YourCou/ins Irt"- 
^ Pun and Willuns are botit gone into the Country, and. 
^ earaafUy bqg the Favour of ycte not to write to them 
^ any more^ for vAkk yoa 'wll fo>n kno'\iii the Reajbns^* (^ 
the 30th of jiuguft^ he writes to Dilkn^ and after gi^ 
ving a very long and particular Account of all the 
Circumfiances of the Biihop^s being taken up^ examii^ 
od, and committed to the Tower, he fhys, ^ You are by 
V * this, fatisfy'd of the Reafons of my late Sileifice* lathf 
fame Letter of the 20th of Auguft^ the Qommittee ob- 
farve another v«ry remarkable Circumfiance^ Keliff^y^ 
Hiat he ingoing into the Country that Iky, and he had 
faid before that he was gpingto Mv^Hore^s^ In his 
Pocket-Book Notice is tak^n^ that Sir H. G. went to F. 
on the a^d. On the 14th of Sefte^khtr^ Gi^ifioA writer 
tkim Word, ^ That Mrs. More waa under a Fit of her old 
*- Sieknefs at Xoiten ^ but that it was not fiife,^ fbr many 
* good^R^ons) to have her tranfported to, tserh^ there 
^ being A^adaftce of Q^iadcs going abo«iC)>ivhidicaufe 



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^i 



156 TbeJUflorical R^gifiet N<» XXXI 

• much Mifchicf.' From thi^ Time forwards Keilf 
makes Uftof a new Cypher of Names, and new Direai** 
ens to his Letters, y 

On the 27th, Kelly Writes again, and fays^ ' That fince 

• Mr. 6. Samp/bn went, he has not heard.a Syllable front 

• his Corrcfpondents in France^ which has been a -great 

• lietriment to feverai of their Friends.* On the 9th 
Of Oifoher, GUfeock fends him Word, 'That all iheLet- 

• tcrs he wrote by the P<rfk, came fafc ; but that he had 

• not yet fcen the Pcrfon, who was to deliver him the 
^ particular InflrudioiA and Addrefs he was to make 

• Ufe of, that Perfon being i^ill detain'd infthe Country ; 
^ but that he had taken Meafures to get from him the 

• Memorandum ift//y had given him.' On the 17th of 
OHoher^ GJafeoek fends Kelly Word, ' That the Book of 

• Accounts fent by G. Saunders is at lad come td Hand^ 

• tho' the Perfon that brought it, is ftill in the Country^- 
•fb that they are now in a Condition to fettle Accounts 

• with Kelly* And fi^ this Time forward, the Corre- 

5K>ndents in France make Ufe of a new Cypher of 
ames, and new Dire^ions to their Letters. From 
thefe Cireumilances, theCommittee fee Reafon to be* 
lieve, that Kelly fent over a new Cypher, and a new Lid 
of Direfitions to France, by Sir Harry GQrlng ; in which 
they are the more confirmed, by obferving that this new^ 
Cypher appears fram'd infuch a Manner, that the initi- 
al Letters dT the real Names at^ always prefix^ to the 
££Htious ones, which laftare frequently varied, but the' 
Initial Letter never, "fhis will be more clearly Under- 
Iteod by infhincing in one of the Names. The Perfori 
who carry'd over the Cypher and Lift of Directions fronK 
Ie//y, is in Ibme Letters callM Q, Samp/on ; in others, G. 
Stephenfin, G, Saunders, KndG.Sandford\ and appears to^ 
be the fame with Mrs. Hore^ who was obfervM before to 
be probably Sir Harry Goring. The Committee farther 
obferve, that all the Names made Ufe of in the new Di<A 
re^iottj;, weire enterM by Kelly in the Pocket-Book that 
was taken upon him when he was laft feiz'd, with fucH 
Marka and Obfervations before them, as need no great 
Explanation. Over*againft the Names of Bonnaville and 
DijUe^ \k writ the!iibbreviation Giaf. and a Letter fign^d 
Dijidi^ having been ftopp'd at the Poft-OAce, appears 
to be in the fame Hand, as thofe iign*d Howell, QuitweU^ 
^uerry^ &c. which were (hewn to have been writ by 
ijlafeoci, Over-agabift Brlfiu, and Du Puy, is writ Stur i 
•M the Committee find that Letters cuftc for Kelly dU 

ieae4 



Itfo XXXl for the fedr liii, i^^ 

i-efted ty tliefe Narhes' to Stwgts^ .OoSetHoure. Otci* 
ajainftCowfai^arid LuM'f^ tfc ^rit; S7<i<«- and'thfeGoni* 
ihittcc find* tMt Leitcrt thus dirdfiled 'rtrerc l«ft for hijqii 
at Sl0UfhUr\ Coffee-Houlfe. i • 

The Wft df ' Kdlfi Leit^rfi, virril in this new Cyphefx 
U of the lOth Cf( Septemher'^ direaed td Bonna'Oille (Glafr 
(9ckJ under Coyer to ifttt-^, Banker at Faris, In this, he 
fayj, I hot>e yaix have (ecii G. Stephen/on before now, an^ 
Inentiortfi !t Trunk that he Is fcwn to fend to him $ >;^hich 
. CircUmflance Ih^vtrs he is the fame Perfon meant hy (7. 
Sandford in Other Letters^ He then takes Notice of a 
young fellow that he had reconitoended (which was ob- 
ferv'd before to be probably Neynoe) ' and earrieftiy 

* begs the Goods he carries with him may be difpos'd of 

* at any Rate ; and, if poffible, without Mr. Z-. Crawford's 

* or his Partners being concerned tn the Bafgain.' The 
Committtee obferve from Nejme^s Informatibns^* rhat 
he was to. be recommended by Kelly to Lord Lan/davm'M. 
Family. They likewife obfttve f^om fcveral other 
Letter's, that Dillon^ upon ihtLJCautioh given hiiii by 
Skinner from the Blfhop of Roihefier^ was gtown very jea- 
lous of his former Friends at Eatls ; from which Cir- 
cumftances, they think it probable, that by L.Cra^fordj 
is meant Lord Lanfdawn. He then addsy ' YouV Cou- 

* fm 6'. Saunders is well, and with a Friend in the CoVri- 

* ti'y, who will take particular Care of her, till a better 

* Service can be got for her.' This compai'd with what 
' he fays in his Lett<jr of the 13th of Auguft^ of Trbtter'% 
"having writ to him for Advice, and wanting to be em* 

ploy'd in a Voyage, or other wfinefs, makes it proba- 
. lie, that by C. Saunders^ is meant Carte. He thenadds^ 

* Your Relatiofns, S. Crane and 3. Farret^ have made fe- 




* torfe will then fall upon them, and all their Friends, 
•*?Lnd put them'inJayJ, except you can fend them fome 
■ * Relief; and ttfough your Afti©fts arc at t very low Prictf^ 

' However, I believe^ they would be ettrtmely pleased 

* to have them fold it any Rate, to enable them to paci- 
'*fie theit- Creditors oh this Side*, and td put them In i 

* State of Safety.* It has been dbflfervM, that the Conlhi- 
'ittty a often treated of . under the Cant of Sto&i^ 
and this third Subfcription mav mean the third. Pe« 
Hod of Tihkffix'd l/v thtf Cohlpifators, And the Re- 
lief deM'ii fotud AlSftatige ftwn>broad. That thla 
faflkeo auaiH b4 ^uderfidott fit the litefal Seiif^r ]# 



igg the Hifiof teal Reitfier K^XXX 

Evident from its being faid^ tliat tlie Tiine of Kon-Prq* 
feciiiton expires at the Silting of the Parliament $ bijt 
the Meaning of this Paragraph is fully explained by ano- 
ther in the fame Let^er^ in which^ Kxlly fays, * There 

* is no Profpeft of the Dtaie Prifoncrs getting out *till 

* next Term, and if the Habeas Carpus Aft be fuipended 
^ at the Meeting of the Parliament, they will remain 

* during the Government's Pleafure, and perhaps have 
Cowifany CKouik,^ Who are meant by N» Crone^ and S. Far* 
ref^ is not determinM. His next Letter to Glafcoch^ is of 
the 17th of Septemher^ in which he complains, '' That fie 

* has not heard a Syllaolc from D. Gainer (Dillon proba- 
' biy) Of G. Rdherts (Glafcock probably) fmce Mr, G. 

* Sampfon (Goring) went, which has been no fmall De- 

* triment to ibmc of their Friends.' He adds^ 'The 
^ Term being foon at Hand,we ihall be much at a Lofs,how 

to manage without their Advice, which G. Sampfon po- 
*'fitively pri>mis*d/to fend a fpeedy Account of. The 
.^ Situatipn of Friends fiands much as it did, and np- 

* thing has happened ^6f late in your Family to eafc 

* their LoSes or mend their G)ndition.* He then gives 
it long Account of the Lord North and Grey*s being leiz'fi 
at Fortfmoutii^iaid. of his being to be brought to Town 
that Night \ and concludes thus : • * I mufl now plainly 

* tell you, that I am afraid yoiir G>urin iV. CUffon is in 

* a very bd:d Way, and a Perfon (whom he lately eniploy- 

* ei to n^anage fome Things for him, particularly to 
^ compound feme S* Sea Bargains) has not been true 
' to him 5 for his Creditors have a£tuaHy put him in 

* Jayl, and except you can contrive to fend hitn fome 

* Relief from what EffeSts he put into your Mifftjfiipfi 
^ (for i don't find he has any other Profpeft) his Con^e- 

* meat will prove fatal to him. You know his. Worth, 

* and for Heaven^s Sake don^t fbrfake him. 

This Letter being mention'd to be writ on the Day 
Tord North an Grey was brought up in Cuftody, the Com- 
mittee cannot but be led to conjeiaure, that by N tUf- 
/a/2, is meant the faid Lord, and that the Perfon ikid to 
%% employ'd by him, and (Vxfpefted of being lalfe to 
himV ^ cither Lynch or Layer ; and if this. Conje!3?tti« 
\6 admitted, it is ipot Improbable, that by N, Qrone^ 
in' t^eT former Letter, may be meant the (aid \ai^ 

Oh- tfe 2'Qt?h of OEloher^ Qlafiock writes to XiWy, * Tha^ 

* D. Gainir\i (j^ho iaanother Parf of the Letter,^ is calJl^# 
^t^,Qre^rfy^t^ is ^t(^i^^y DillonJ th^s very fe- 
-. / >i :/ ♦rioufly 



v-^ 



N'^^XXXI for iheTgari72^. 2^9 

^ rloun^ of the Comxpiffions wltli which KgUy had chargr 
^ ed hill) for his FrieT^dc, and dQCS not rcfufc to etnplpy hif 
^ whoieCrcdit in that Affair; but that one flngle Articie . 
^ had confamM the Bill of Exchiuige, which N.Cleatgn 
^ Cent, and that tliere Is not any other oonic, that J^iV/^ff 
^ !know8 of* t^tre A^. CUaton means evidently the fame 
as AT. Clifton In KeUy\ Letter, and it appears hehad fcnt 
a Bill of Exchange to Frana^ which was al) confum'd In 
one fmgk Article ai Expence. In former Letters, No* 
tlce was taken of a Bill of Exchange, fent over by Re^ ' 
w#y, andof acooo/. raisM hy N. , 

In the fame Letter, Qlafiock tases Notice of fom^ Goods - 
fent by Couta^e ai^d Lunelle for Xe//y'sUfe, which he de- 
iires Kelly to fend for, ^nd to acknowledge the; Receipt 
of them carefully. It appears to the Committee, th^t 
t&efe Goods were the Pretender's Declariitfons, whlc1| 
Icame inclosM that Poi^, or the ne;(t, under blank Cqt 
vers tQ ConUide and Lunelle^ at Slan^hter'i CoSbe-Houfs^ 
agreeable to the Memorandum in K^Hf^ Pocket-Book. .. 
It^ another Part of the foi^egoing^etter, it is faid, tVat 
Mr» (?. Samffan has f^nt over hts Project ci Accomod^-*^ 
tion, and waits the Event of it^ which it is probabfq^^ 
rf ktes to ^he fame Decoration* 

Ktlly beinf examined by the Committee inRelatiom^ 
to the Names in his Pocket-lE^ok, faid, they were Namef 
of PerXbas, with whom he had tt$nf$&led Stock-A^M^f 
in fr^nee iby^ral Years ago. He own'd he had feen Letr 
ters at $hmihtir*% and Sturgh^s CofFee^Houfe, dire^d hf 
fomie of thoft Nanies, but that it might^ea/ily happen^ 
that there might ^^ Perfons in £/7j/^ of the fa.mo 
Names i^ith Qthcrs in Fraticn and that }t was his MU,^ 
fgrtu^K). Letters fhoMtd come directed by thofe Naipetf 
He infiAodl, that his Pocket^Book, cho* taken uponhliti^ 
wa« an old one, that had lain by neglefted.thefe thre^ 
Yqars. Yet the Committer obfe^ve, ift, that the M^^r 
i^randums in it were of a late Date^ and contAin'4 
ft- particukr AccounI: of the Time f f hil J^nrneyi to an4 
fxoaiFr^Mce^ and of tH^ Days oh which ^ and Dfnm.^ 
iiMJy,.aAd the Blfliop of Roehefter, were taken^,illi^to Qaffiq^ 
d/> 2(lly, That George KfUy upori his Examination,., i;e« 
f us*d to make .the leaA Difeovery that might give bighx 
to any Part of .thia tr^aConable Ccjtrefpondence, tho** her 
p{ai>aly f ntimated he. had it in his Power tq do it. j^dfy^ 
Thtt if in fomc Pastiotilars, the Committee ihould hav^ef 
^Ikn ihort of thetr.ue and genuine Explanation of the 
Ha<4ff9 i^toO^r Faft»9 ^hich xt)ity eafdj ha vet happened 






• A. ' 




240 '/i?^ HipriealRettpr N« XXX f 

" iiM^pi— »— — ^» 1 ' ,1 i—^p^— . I 11 11 » '■ I ■— *—— y— i^» ' I 

in unfolding fucH Variety of Matter, 10 induftrioufly 
wrapt up in tlic utmoft Obfcurity ; yet they conceive^ 
It will not Icflcn the Credit of thofe Fafts in general, 
relating to fcim, wkich are fupporicd by unqueflio- 
nilble Evidence, nptwithftandin^ his denying of them, 
arid prevaricating fo groity with the Cominittec. 

The Committee then proceed to fuch Particulars, as 
^hey collcfiied from the Papers referrM to them, relating 
to Dennis Kelly ^ Efq; who appea^rs to them, ft-om feveral 
Paflagcs in the intercepted Letters, to have acted ift 
Concert with the other Aelly^ and behav'd himfelf with 
the fame Obflinacv on his Examination before them. 
The Committee fee Reafon to believe, that the feveral 
fictitious Names of Kirton^ KilhgirenM^Sandford^ St, George^ 
firid HtCbberts^ zre made Ufe of in the intc'rcepied Let- 
ters to expreft one and the fame Pcvfon ; and as this 
Pcrfon is frequently fpoken of as living at the Cockpit^ 
as being himfeif ill of a Fever and Ague Part of iaft 
Stinimer, as having a flll^gHter who was troubled with 
Rfeturns. of fpitting Blood at particular Times there-^'. 
itt-mention'd, and as being to fer out with' his' Family 
fox France by Dieppe^ the latteifend of Jttly; Thefe 
fiv^raii (jiiXTitnftantcs being confirmM to the Commit- 
tee by the written Examinations of Mr. Dinnis KeUy*^ * 
Servants, to have been true of hirti, And being in th6 
Opinion of the Cemriiittee, applicable to no one elfe^ 
tlicy fee Reafon to conclude, that what is aifirm'd in 
thte intercepted Correfpoiwiencc of the Perfoa defignVl 
by the Names abovcmcntion'd,' i» iaffirm*d*of him. The 
Coiiimittfee have likewife been iftform'd, nh^t Enquiry 
having been mide at the Btitijh Co»ec*Houf5?, who tooH* 
Up Letters directed thitlier by the Neiiie of Smridfard ? 
lit was found ^ha<t one Mr. Kelly ^ Who ' frecf ueirted -that 
Wufe, took thetfi tr|). And a Letter from lT«»rfi' ftr 
direifted,- having been copy'd at the Poft-Office, ahd 
X\itTi deli^^J^' o<»tj thW Orfgihai ef- the' faid* Letter * 
flgrt*d'M. %l>y,waf fbu)id in Dtrf^sKeiiy^ P9Cket» when 
h^-Wagt^ken-up.'as appears by the jtffidavii of th« 
M«(fcngcr, iji^ho fbhJ^d him. tn this Lenei' IW^j^fend$ 
>J|5 Service to 'h.H Omfin Itet^li (George Helly 5^ and Blfij" 
imentioH's Hore (pf©baBly S>ir Jim^ry Ootir^J- The Coa^ ' 
jyiitteeoW^rve^ tharthe/fa^di-ftter was wt^t m then^HI^: 
H$nd, WitK another fignW'7,3(?Wtfr^f which, was lik«T 




N**XXXI fortUTeariTi^,' 241 



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Sir "Jonn JTUbryan^ whom George t.e)fy_ dedai'M to be Se. 
cretKry to Dillon. 

They fartiicr cbfetvc, that both thefc Letters fign'd 
Gerrari and Digby^ were in the fah|e Hand with others 
found in his Guftody, relating to DiUin\ private Affairs^ 
which cohfirrtis X^iihy to be Dillon^ and Gerrard to be one^ 
whofe Hand DUhn makes Ufe of for his Difpatchcs. 
Another Fragment of a Letter was ftuhd among his 
Papers, jtncntioning the Names of Iret'on and Horr , yrhicK 
is in the fame Hand with the Letters to Piunket, fign'd- 
Dixv^U and Hotxfell^ and is therefore probably the Writing 
of Chrifiopiier Glafcock^ George Kelfys Correfpond^nt- ^ ' 

Some other Papers were alfo found in his Cuftody^^ 
jtientioning otiefs of the fiftitious Names us'd in Gtarge 
Kelly^s Letters, as alfo a long Lift of Names, with fifti-/ 
tious tlimcs over-againft them, and a Cypher of Fi«: 
gures, which appear to he George KeUy*B Hand-Writing,'; 
and are fwbrn by the Clerks of the Pofl-Office, to be' 
the fam* Hand in which the Letters figii'd John/on^ Hat" ^ 
field^^c. were writ* This CypHfr of Figures isibundJ* 
to be a Supplement to the Cypher, in which the Letters' 
of the late Duke of QM^ni, and the Bifhop of Rvche^^ 
fier were writ ; and ttflShe faid Cypher laft mention^ 
eS, is made Ufe of in one^f the intercepted Letters from 
DUlon to Dehnis Kelly, There was alfo found among hi$ 
Papers^ anexa£tLift of the quartering of his Maje(ly*$ 
Forces a iitile before the Time of the EldSlions, and 
k Scheme for erecting By-Boats between London and Bmhi 
Jegne^ which feems rererrM tti^in the Letters between 
George Kelly j and Gordon of Boulogne. There was alfo 
t^ken among his Papers, a Fragment of a very treafbn* 
able Letter, fign'd E M. which the Committee conje^ ! 
Cture was from one Francis Macnamara^ a Peribn concern*^ 
ed in the foumer Rebellion, there being another Letter ; 
among his Pajjcrs, with, the Name at Length, "in the. 
fame Hand. The Committee have Idid together thef^ 
feverai Circumihmces^ that it may appear Dennis Kfjfw 
^as concern^ fA the treafonable Correfponden^e, ^hica 




*1^ ir milch in the COnMchd( of Dilfon^ knd Lor^ 
^ jB(/^oi»»'5 he was here- fome M9iiths ago, and is at 
• ptefent very a£tivef in England* The Conimittec find, 

tbut lie VM itbm4 for fcveral Mmhs/ t}ie ji^tfcr Encl 

fi^.' -.i;* ^-Ct. ■>. ■.'..-.* •.. /• , ,. f • }• vi. '■ fjf 




a4^ TUHi^Wi^l Regifier H^XX3^£ 



of ttc Vdjir 1721, Jjnd^ tliit fow^ of tkc Xett^rs fent t^ 

iiim by fidHtious Names from France^ were d^reSed t» 

^ ITii/'fi CofiK-Ho\*fc, airf the Gjfio<i-rr«. . 

/ This: M^tter^ whicln thej fipd Uyn priacip^ly con- 

cerW in by the intercepted Letters, are, the.Rcymi.t- 

tancc of the %\\\ of E:?pha»\ge fent enrer from the ^er- 

fon cajird ^epi^j^ ^he Receipt qC >Khij^h ^Rc^inQvMg'd 

jp, feveral JL^t^en; to him ; his being prefent at ^ Con- 

jfulta^ioQ with ^t Perfons c^rd Uep. Mo.axkL Deru and 

hfs beliig to carry over tg^ Franfe. their fin^l Anfwer, 

logetlfL^r witii ^ njpw Cypher, Lift of Direftions, and o- 

<her verbal Infttuftiois, from George -Kf% £(xr Millpri, 

" As 0^9r£f K^elly^ Correfpondenc^ ^as clofely comie6kd 
,^ich tiiat of the Bilhop of Rockier., Thomas C^rte^ and 
Jif^nis kiUy ^ ajid as he appe^rf to hay^ beea privy to 
Fltmet'^-y fo tie Committee fee jRei^on tobf^ieve, that 
%. w^ n»t t^ Str|mg,er;D9 that pf) Si^mfle!, ;^h^ ^PR^lts fa 
be mentioned in a Letter fromG^rpurd to K£fiyL,\yvhn 
Sjftniflc, being eacfti^V^^ before theSecretarL^ of State, 
jmd tw% of tjie C(M]9Lmittee, own'd^ ihat FrAncfsy So^i^f 
tjie L.qrfjL Smfi^ll^ commonly fo^^lVd, had beehdn fiffgr 
2^4/ titat Summ^, and T^turiA*t9 ri'i?''^^f^b9ut thi^ee 
lyefiks before his E^caiainatio^^htch yta* t^keiji on thf 
^Iv of Augvfi k^ • That <j^arifg his Stay ia IcjtilaKdy 
^ ^/o/x/i Sample} 194$ t vicej In -Cq^ip V^y /w iih, hini^ *nd 
r >-^,;. ^r^^ ^^9* Letters founji in/^i(S Traisk, wck^ rppe;iv!d by 
j^t\ lum from the fid(\FK4i^is Smfiliyhe^Qxe his coming to 

i>az, Ff. 4&mpiull teili/Wii^, f Tfhat they, \^9, ^ily 

* conErm'd, l^rj^.-^eWsDiftgi^gef : i§ J)ut iii^ipai^ Qr. 
' <^ux^jcirfe|T-?! , . iiX) Mrs. .^CTP#^ h? .ftid,.was j^e^nt thir 
i^jiiig, ^d:by -j^fs-ID^ the Ifvt^ PiAvW'teM)j6fi«..Fr» 
S4ifttf^l^V^».Ml%Wa»!) -Tl^ar.thigrhffptuarSt^p ipHi- 
^ ^Un^yicUt"^ Eipc^ings- f i'tew^^i;^ het owii'd to VB^n 
*.f^e^ ^Eetend?^:) ife^it i^at thU <ftnnot ^itfconpfnt ^'^Wr 

* w«^^ JVIeafil*^ B^r <ey^ '^eji/iy; ^^. ih;ing,-^b?j?e a^ fipw 
*^ert^. . That 5i^;?h»|)s he vmy ftK^n prodV<QftWmfelf 
*iQtl\cirG^l\,. but it ^snot yet ilcU Time to give >imi 
^<^&mpi^) l^qp^: 9f th*t..Hi»ql' Sfe adds, * fh^t they 

^IplapVi p^% l^e'.lafi? li^^e of Qi^mond. This agije^ 
^tn the Account* given in.ift^e', former Parts of the Re- 
)0|rt,'Qf the -^jtt^pts. that v^re. tot' have bcen^mftde in* 
?/*/^^^ ^VP^fi^^ Eegjjapipg^<Mr AT**)*? "W^icji w«r^'pre;t 

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N» XXXI fbr the Tear ij^^ 

icii^rf, ttio' not entirely diftoatlnn^d^ by the Difbti^] 
t\t% tttajie here, and IJy the EoK^iib^tntfit. , 

Samfie beings Acwn tic C6pfe6 of fcv«ral Lettees ta* 
ken ji\ t?He Poft-Office, direacA t* Mr. SimpUl '^x Fari^^ 
a'wd encJofing dtliers, ownM the Writing df th^ ail, 
and gttve Explication^ 6f the Wames twnie Ufe dfan 
Them. One cff Aeft 'Letter* h ko Stm^ivnil^ -whb'in 
lie oWn'4 to mean the Preteh'der; Aftd ahdther is faicli-* 
tion'd to "tte for (yhftMi MaRcr, -which is prdbnbly Q©« 
jieral Dtllon, He likewife o^n'd his'havin^ writ xk th« 
late Duke of Ormo'tfdj^ knd to Kf^^'^y^^' Secretary ; .and 
while he was *i"n Cuftody of the Meffbnger, he begun ta 
put down in Writing M^ C6hfei!ion of his Crimes^ whi<jk 
^as fotind iri his Room kfter his^fcape. Btitthdugh 
fome of his Lecteris apgeaVM dilated to him by o- 
iher "Pcfirfons, the Committee do not find W would4ifco* 
ver who thofe Pierfbns were.* 

t 

The Committee Tie^rt proceed Sfi th« S«Whince of thfe 
feveral Papers arid fixatninationi referred to them*, de- 
lating to Mrs. Spelirran^ alias K^/Zi?/*, in doing ythStch^ 
they i^entloji a Pcrfon of high hank and D^lftinftioji, 
Thomas Dukie of iVbr/b/l^, amon^ dtfters concerned in 
the trea^nable Ccnrrerpondence convey'd thrcPogfh the 
Hands or the faiS M**^. Sfelhtan ; "who being exa;stln'' 
cd on the 19th df O^oher^ c6ncem?ng ifevcr«l Letters 
froin abroad, directed to'her by the Natne of Mr. or^Mrs. 
Burton^ has declared .upon Oath, that Mr. Qtorge Jern^gan 
(who is a Roman CathoUck, and 'Sf^^t^io have beeniong 
cmploy'd by the Pretender) being in FMgland abcmt fix 
Months before her Examination, did^^upon hissing for 
'France^ leave Ordet% Mxh the faid Mrs. Spelman^ to fend 
to the Duke of iVorfoA, 'fuch Letters as flic ihqwW »e- 
ceirefrom hlifi, itTn9^afi^ direfted to Wfrs. 3^awi; and' 
to Mn Harvey of Comhe^ flich as (ho-ihould receive froni 
him, direfted to Mrs. Williams in Ne'vogate-Jftreet^ Nor* 
wch^ and to Mr. William Moor (who lives or did 'live in 
irovjnk'W'J^reet) fuch as (he fhould receive* ffwfti/hiln, 
dire£!ed to Mr. Framptan : And that it was agreed, be- 
tween her indjerriegan^thst he fhould dire€t tbhet by 
the Name of Burton^ when he dfc not do it ixy her 
own Name. That flie did accordingly fend the Lett^a 
that came to her with the Directions abovtemention^^ 
having firft cncloi^d them under new Coders, which fce^ 
heVfelf dire^ed ; thkt Ihe fen't then! ty connwon ^dr- 
Jtt^s^irfto always 'brou^ii^' bade m AAOniiit of.A^r 

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Jhtring deliTet^d^them, or of the Peribp's not being at 
JBome; that particttUrly one to the Duke of NnfoOt^ 

• vas brought baek wAa hy the Porter, his Grace not 
being in Town, whwh Letter fhe kept 'till he came to 

, Town, and thenfentit to hinj. . That (he once received 
A Meflage from the Duke of Norfolk^ by Mr. Ed'ward 
Jenngan^ that his Grace could not anfwer a Letter ihe 
lud convcy'd to him from George Jernegan^ becaufe he, 
the Duke of Norfrlk, had not the Ktyj of the Cypher^ 
it being in his Brother^ Hands f ihe (ikewife ownM 
I»r receiving federal i^yphers and Keys <rf Cyphers from 

' Oeorie Jernegan^ which ihe burned between the Time of 

'*lier firfl and fecond £xamina.tion.* 

Copies of thefe Cyphers having been taken at the 
PoftOfioe, it appears that one of them waJB marE'd!, 

• A Key and Cypher^ nsithfAr. Farmer and jerry i and a* 
nother, 2>,0, and /; the ferft. of which is probably a 
Cypher between the Pretender and yernegan^ and the 
latter between him and the late Duke of Ormond. It 
farther appearM to thit Committee, that Edixuird Jerne* 
goM being examin'd in Relation to the MeiTage from the 

« Duke of Norfolk abovementionM, has deposed jupoit 
Oath, that about a, Fortnight before the Duke went tof 
the Batk, being informed that his Grace had enquired for 

-.fome of their Family, he, ^errtegan^ went to wait on 
him, and his Grace told him^ that he had received a 

. Letter from George ferneitm^ who was then abroadf, but 
that he could not anfwer it, becaufe his Graces^s Bro- 
ther had the Key of t^^ Cypher, in which it i*as writ- 
ten ; and that he, femegan^ deliver'd this MelTage to 
Mrs. Spelman. The iirft Letter direOfcd to Mrs. Janes: 

' (the Duke of Norfolk) of which a Copy was taken, i* 
dated, Camhrayj July, the 12th, 1722, and is partly 

" in Cypher, but has been decypher*d in the Manh6r 
following : 

Sir 

C "l TArious Confiderations, wtidk obliged rife to fiA-^ 

V mit, deprived me 'till how of the Honour o£ 

• « Writing to you ; therefore 1 flatter myfetf, yott ih-f 

" « clinc to favour m«(krith Opinion, tfcat my Zeal and A^t- 

*tention are aboyC failing into any f^^glig^nce, wliefe 

. * your Solicitude <JT private Satiifa^^on is concern'cL 

* You have been ih fom«f Manner a Witnefs 6f tlie hte 
- * Turn in Affairs, an^ tindoubtedly know^ to liiufch of* 
'. ^ them, diat I fe^ 1^ triil (rove iilpttfitiatis fa tfdubW 



j ?"fXXXI .. "p^ihe Tear 1723. ' ''. ' . ^4$ 

'you wltK the Paiiicukrs- wfUch I have: A('ter'%er4 

* Meeiingt with fome of our Fviends at' Parij, '. .', '. , 
*. ; . . ..was of Opinion, that the whol? Ihould bc^cam* 
muiiicaied to the Regent ; whiclt b^ing agreec] t6,.£tuit 
^XatA was. deputed ia wait on him : They met and parc^ 
•"cdiii Appearance, the beft Friends liithe World, nijt* 
' wirtifianding, immediately by theRegeht's Orders ita 
' Secret wKsriifcDvcrj li> King C«r£f, Hot it iipolllbl*. 
' to arm one's fcif with fulficiejit Prudence againll fucb 
'• a Condufl? Thefe being our private Concerns, 1 leave 
' them to divert vou wiih the pujilick News : The 0- 
'vertiirc of The Congrers feems now in the Way to , bo 
' deFcrr'd to the K, of Fr Msjority, who, finer Ms Re- 

* mO\-al to r.r/"'^'",- is ii a Manner, folcly, in the 
' Hands of ihe ReKfni. Tlis Caronation remains dill fixt oa 
' the i^ih of pffoJir, fo, ill all Appearance, this Yeac 
' producet' no pifturbance \<i the prefent Peace of Euyi^tK 
' The Kmpcror grows d^ily more powerful in Jtalyf 
'by the Pope'^t falling inio ifaat Interefij he has latclr 

* feizM the Fortiefc of MhJJu in ifbrenfe, and proiqifes 
*the InvelHture thereof, witj. tljat of ,'PariiM," to ihei 

.* Prince of haviere, upon his Marriage with the Prlhceft 

* "JofephiM. Sfiin will be under great Difficulties to-, 

* fcjid Means io_rui)pon their Claim to tliefe ProvinceSj. 
•"erpecially M a Time that frowt feems nepligent of 
"every iTilng which concern* thein, Therd la no Ap- 
•'petrance like wife that iheAfi'sirsifithe North produccj 
'nhy thlnj; material this Seafbn. The paclfick Temper. 
*of theK. of i'r(i/p«,recurese'rety thins ton that Si^tf, 

* and.has probably prevented the Difturbance threaten'4 
' in ihofe Pans. Thus at preftat are the Affajra of 
*■ Exropt. . ! . ,• 

*■ I did not fail of my ufual SoUcitatrons 'in Favour 

* of your Brother, pnd to add what in Ifuiiicel thojighl 

* you merited : This I did upon tlie fiHl Oc^alTon, ifier 
' my coming over \ to which, ftom the X'l^, Z hurt tklt 
Anftfer: 

' '»*' ?!«» the mf, 

Jo Body has a better Opinion ihjin I have of. 
tlie great Pctfohyou nlentton, nor does hia 

* CJwtafter more Juftice : I (hall be^ways defiroUs t» 
*4o«hat is in my Power to convince hlfn of iny RegarA' 

* for his Brother, who now Is In the Country with me j 
' but 1 fnt it will not be Time to itiove iti the Parti- 
*(ula)- /oit moitiai bf ftnne Yms yvt^ which wiU b^ 

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#"tEe"(pafe"rf, an others wRoprelpid to th^ fapie RljjB* 
iWldoL' '"■'. ^- . 

"* Th\iS far wM hU. There is a- Plraftire to fte *if^ 
*-Vinj generous 'Virtue tie repay* all wfo confulfer- tUj 

* MIsfortuKs. I pre Ai me to mention one Thiifg lu^rt, 

* feeing mow*<I (o it out of a pure Con fide ratten iq 
*tiie Credit it 'w'H give to your Name. ' DoHoc 
•.l»^*i«i» findVhlmfeJf undey tjie Neceffity of building 
*-the oW Houfej t>eing. ready to ftH, asxfl .qextSpj^n^ 
*tfiey tieglnj 6ui uppn'fo fmall a Fund as will ncvci; 
' nnlth tbe Work, as 'it ought to be ; the ponlequAiice o£ 
'wjiich muA necelTarily oblige them to. b^g the Aflifii 
*ance of their Friends.' Ilhciuia be. forry upo'nihi.?, 

* dccilioR, thiit any other Pci^on^ rtiould diltkguifli 
*^liiriire]f fo; Wa Donation, as to merit hi.s Anns to be 
'pia'c'd in the .Front, where Icould wiih to fee your 
*ow"»- I have'not -Tpoke one Wford of this to anv Per- 
"•foi} Vlhe^Hoi^fr, ihinkinB *t. ^ptiid i™l< more'gene- 
'roufin you, "if difROs'd to' tajce' the' Credit in laying 

* the firrt Stane, to move, and offer it. your fclf, Asxo 
*■ other Matters, if 1 call be ferviceab'le in ihefe Pahs, 
' eittier in your Pdrticutaj:, or,, to the Inicreft of the 

■ '?arty, you kww roc fiittfvny;;'d'(!yoied xo both.-' L 
'hive cbtatn'tJ Lc^ve t()>e;u!;n by the End of Sunt- 
' oier, finding it inconvenient t<i.iny private SuuLicioti. 
' 10 rcnmin longer abroa^-i. I, hope, then lo ursfent vou. 

* witji fffi'^Xrbor.-, w,ith vifi Z,eJ^. and Kcryeci I have. 
'iJi'Hpjic.ii^Job.e, ,^-■ ■■ ■ . ^ ■ ,j 

' '.'" ^Srr)je-^.''mJi.of'cdiesi,^i .'. '^ » 

-■""■.■ " wjMwtffc.Xfeviiffc',., i 

, i( JUmfr^ir .^wfcef,,iiWa^ . . „ - ■— , . ■ ■'; j 
ft;»er'#jW'oitffarTisault, ,' _^ t 

'The Comm^tee obferse from this Letter, tftil Jf™*]"^ 
/jiruppufL'? the Di\^ofAor^K already acquaint^ witR 
.i.tJ^ian, on whith,^pp] iiado» bad- Iwjimaffc *o the, 
Rc(;ent, ami with the Gmfqs', of itK.M.imrriage; that 
■hpf ever, in Order to (hew- his Zeal an^ .Attention inaBTi 
thing, where he iJwight ihe pi^kc's .Solicimdecoiw^ern^, - 
he fends him an Account ot'.wliat.^ had happcn'd to'thijir. 
cctmmun Frimds at ftrii^ a^ of th^t Seoret'a bejog cotc^- - 
tr^UDUated to King Gsofir^y tb^^SUgpiCt Ot^er^ii^JUiB*; 
4vw>iik^br ItcfulfibiJit^' fA ^e^a% thcmiUvet with ftif- 
ficient 



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A#cii a^CottduS, ^icfe, tilth. 

iK as rhcy reprcfeit, yet cottm , 
iifi^ poifibiy h«ye appeared blameable to 21117 but i&ej 
Ci^^mie^ of our jprtfem HappY ^ElbliXiihipeat. }^ th'eiu 
fi^i ixdm the Situation of ^airs ifi^ i^rofe^ tberc Is. 
6|it ^i^'lc Proifpc^ pf aay Riypture, Which ni^ bf A-j 

wards acquaints the JJ^uke, that ^e Jiiad repeated his'^p-^ 
JigitatioiMi; to the ^mender, sn Favour of his Grace's 
^^hef, and had ^Ifo. added w^t^Wj\*ft ice ^e.thou|li| 
his Graqq. hsmfe)!' meriied \ ip y^.^fchij 4ie received in 
Anfwe^, ^om the Pretender (whom heSiIes t)iit King) 
ac)cnpw]edging. his great Opinion of tl^Duke, and the 
Iidiice he does his Chatai^er. and his Keaitnds to ^n* 
vin^e his tirace of his Regard by toy Kindneis ne(^n 
(hew his Brother. And the Inficrence which ^fern€g4ij% 
^tiaJccsfrpm Ar Regard exprefs'd. towards tltiei^uke in 
j^his Lettet <^ jt.he Preic*>der*s, is tjiat, there is a'P^ea^^^f 
to.fee^ wUh ^H^at^^enji^rovLs. V irtite ll|p,(^he rrecenger) .t;^ 
pays ai^i tjipfe yr\fh^ con lider h i# Misifortunes* ^ con « 
cifdes wjth. telling the p^ke, that iif hecattbe&ryice- 
^bile ip ih^oi^ Parts^ eitjier In his Gaux^s own Pariici|^*^ 
iarj). or to| the latere^ of the Party, hirur»D& knows hi^ 
^ithfull>^ devoted to bj^th. 

. ; Qb ^be. xi .9^ yi»JiHftr jfrne^n writes ifccond Leit«r 
:to the Duke, ^ foilaws; 



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i ., rr^ Jrig Vi6iiri.t!Adc in qtiir Aifihirs^^.bciM a pcrpctuij 

^ . rl.E*>.blag^ndRia»x«rti^^|reine^ydittcu^^ 

f fureany Ukii>8.^.ith^>ri9ii^ty^; in4nyli|fUif.the;pthvi 

* jmendpii'd^otr 3;hin^ had hawen^d^ ; ^ajnd a(thoV the 
^Bi& M^:lr}kty^t.thiiCoiifgl^^(;^,^4^ jioj anf^iir 
f whit..!«jei4ppr^ij>(le4r ?t J^fa^^:* V^Wl* Ijteijcftty, 
t ^.ktch^i^'d undrdeoM^d rtat .Coj^u^t,^and ij . k^ 
J peart .«f>«|.<0. hare iWoJitded fo ^Jl^ tl^^^ eiiei?/ ijand 
-* ii^-tfOrk. M JWhiC,lto.:4r«^i:Titf»gs.tqj# rlfht (i^* 
$<te«o©4 hrW;«^ ve icr»^.wtfort^^)^t:;thfi.R«as^ 

f c«rdiaji^ in otnf; lutevtifty ;i;nd> dtfiKC^ ^ver« . fi^^g 
•• to un^yrwlw the ^ortj, wihich^ ic^rirt 
^ cotifus^ !wiJl be ilutanfey^cutlM^)^ 1^ Mpnth.% 
>Tha(k*iwV# wt ferio.U3.jmd.>nakej^RejSlee»oa'^n 
fi theft t^ritletst-Mliitr :hon fet tteer^wM^.-uftf^iltorte 

TAi^flTeadr Frien4trtoiiiamiiAir9J^:P4«t $/whi^(l they 

♦ tti«m«3W,.hcg^9f«tf(-4,:/iaU .tMviS^cfff^,^^^ \^ 

V* nt .ti^other determines what is neceflary to be dpne^ 

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* tjiought onv i fliall take all necefiary Precaution, 
*and iball firft know ccttainl/'What tjicre is- to depend 
*ppOp. Vour Opinion on theife Matters, with the AP- 
^tiftancfc of youf Advice, will lay-a moft feniible Ob-, 
^'ligation on him, wife entirely devours hltnfclf, ' 

Shr^ your mqft 6hidient ^d 
"• •* • ■ woft humhle Servdttf. ^ 

Lst If^e Pjnveyer of thefe fumrjk you viftk my immediate 
Mdre/s. ■ .;■;.■* '-,'•' 

*" tHe Committee 6bfcrve, that in this l!lttcr, Jerrieznn 
floes, with ai) Air of great Sat'isTaft ion, try to leffen 
*the AppreherAioiis an^ Difcouragem<^n«8, which he- fup* 
jxJs'd his forrtbr Amount of the Regent's having betrayed 
the Sfecrer might hive rais'd* ih* his Grace, and 'fays, that 
every Ha^d 'is .^ow*at Work as before, to draw Things 
to a right 'Conchiffoh, withoikt explaining what that fot^ 
, mer Worker the right ConclufJonhopSd fpr iai which 
Particulars* it a^pfears, 'lie thought fo well known to the 
Duke, as not to need the leaft ExphmatioR. 

Then after telling his Grace, We arc flattcrM the Re- 
cent is cordiajl^ in cjar Interci^, and is difpofiilg every 
filing to'unSlcrtafk^ the ^ork with i A two Months Time, 
^'e intimatefe, tlt^t^'from thi« '«iht^ Idne of his Grace's 
^Serioufnefsifrid'bcffleClfidri Wirflt-ft^uftftll totheGAUfe, 
4>y difpoiing WMFr}ehd^^{wh* fttay jiiMy te Hnd^tltood 
to be the *Riin^^^^o\\ik^'Kc^^>mr^it^\\^\y99ixU 
while he ilmfdf £i«* '"^^^f^.i *«^itll^^»Ui atlie Event 
fliould determine what Part ti^rt^S-pfopcr ftr hitoi'to take. 

He theii ihake»'tlie OBfef*- l^his Gfiice6f tiffing ai> 

-entire liegrilt*nt*^f^t>fiitefii^in FlMdiPi^ |iit6 whtch, ah^ 

Gentleman "ihightei^iehlnlfeff^- aifd do his Duty with 

B<^otft;''anddefiM»t« kn^ws^^vrhethier oa his Oncers 

• xmn Bottom^Aich^a-Thihg^Siiighl: be thought of. u '♦ * 

This treafbtkifJceSet^ iVom anhuiAbie Senwit'cff 

his <iraci\"^i{ti/^U'iAi^ ^ferrk^nt^^mu %i |caBL pe^f 

' fwa<)e4 it ^^o^>l4||ot jA m f«peiv>4, iwJilch cbU^^IV 

fM^oceed from a^ thji^vpiigh :Afiur9Ae# of the- J^ulBe^s. Iif* 

elinationVt^ thel^tifivder^jQiui^^abtl of ilsf{||feiitt- 

0Bi tOrJUpport II yfrttUMik and Mtsoe;^ ^^hCtCMeH » Pr^ 






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babiirt3?/6r^uCcers"Thbinj\makc it (afiT 1^3. proper fb^ 
Wm t6tfpauft; it openly/ : .^ ^ 

\ The Qdmmittcc fanlier' obfttvp, thtt this Letter waf 
^rit about the fameTimc tiiix J^lunket Was fo bufy ia 
jireiSng piljon 10 folx^ite the Kcgent*s Affiflance 5 an$ 
that the Tcrtti for^ putting the Defigii in Executipi^ 
^hicl^ is .ji\'eni5on'f \ii Ji^r^egan's Letter to be wit|iii)i 
two Moiiths from the Beginning rf ^uxuft^ has an iyi- 
dent Relation to the thirrf Period pftpffd upon by the 
CoAfpirators, which was the breal:ing ujp of theCamj:^ 
And a appears by feverai concurrent Advices frott^ 
f)rance'^ Sfain^^nd Itah^ diitinjl^ the Months of 7«/y and 
Aupifi^ that the Deiign, which had bewi fufpended up; 
oh the firft pifcoycry of the Plot, -^^as again rcfumMi 
«md Preparations made ibr the Pretender's leaving Ital^ 
lilmut the Beginning of ieftemher j for which Purpof^, 
the Ship Kevoluthn (fmce taken) ict SailfotjKftf/jr thela^ 
ter; End' of yfi/^tf/^T, having on Board near 200 Mcnand^a 
grear lumber of Oficefs^ • 

, J^lention ismad^ in Jer,negaM(£ Letters to Mrs. Spelmkn^ 
"Of ^a great Number of Letters written' to, and receiv*4 
from Mr. Harvey orComhe^ by the Name of Mxs.W'tUi* 
amf\ and in one of his Letters to Mr. Harvey^ hi? fays 

* The Hegent plays a Ga;;nc apart, and coiifides in none 

* but J5Sr/fii/T?,'and'has facrificM us, to make a firm Frieni 

* of King George. The late Difappointment in our At 
^ ^ir? hai^ given a furprizing Power to the Court of 

* France 5 they (ilence all other Princes in Regard to us ; 
*none now dare look that Way, ^ or undertake the ieait 
^trifling 'Service in our Favcfen 

On the 20th of y«/^, Mr. Harvey fent anfwer to thif 
Letter, the Original of which is llopp'd, and is fwon^ 
by Mrs. Stelman^ to te his Hand-Writing ; the faid Let* 
ter IS in the Appendix to the Report, H. N'' 16, 17, \t^ 
asfblldws: 

An Mionmous Letter^ vi^thotd m Superfcription^ inchfi 

' in 0t jLetter dtre^ed^ A Monfieur Hooker, under tt 

Blank Cover a Monfieur Pigot a Calais. -'■ 

^The 20th fuh^ I7it^ 
SIR^ ^ ^ •"',-.* 

~C Tp HIS Place affords News, and all honeft Men tvc 
X i*o well fitisfy'd how with good King Gedrge's Go- 

* vemmcnt, having fuch wife, honeil, and well defcend- 
*fd Confellors, fuch as Cw-dognny Macartne^^ Willsy and 



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• .Ijr^it ; «hc Fleet in Lord Ibrr/n^^pw^arid mcfc V iVc, Howr 
fii^yc no iFeaf^ From tHePi«lenacir's uoubling 6f,6s^.tho* 




5 ^jc^cJE&tionk of fiselag ttic-lFiniriic of, Lord'Milf/^'cr- 



thd iikcwife ill iKe lormer AtcHivinVni'5 hf^3}talhirr6iw 
^tttnfaMtcd tbttr-<£{^«nVCarc 'aiici jucljgment^C)|iW ciccpt- 
• in^ about icb,6po/l a Ypajr |doJt P/ Jktai aod jDjyitcVcfs 
^ Scraping and ViUany^ jUm khei*wm and Lady .Ve £a« 

' German tiidys of' tlie Urg at Size ar^ cbming^ zrti MiXor 




*^fi>.Plimpth^ ij\yfgt^^ to fee the ^verai Campv ^d fe« 
r himiTelfe the Caxnpsr and CQuntinanccs of KU 5ut>jej^a) 



f being &, brave and experienced a Prince, i^pdjggod 

* Judge. . 1*416 Souih'Sea^ i^wd ISaffcjii^ by ^r fen's Manage* 

* ment, are united^ and ^ree^JSCiUiphs^f Ch^^ 

2 arc cc«ning out for khe Benefet of the Baiik^ ^9 ^ f^i^- 
j coiated, that will, whenever the Chsc^r ple^fe to jlo}) 
^Faynoentsfs once before they did, carry j^, in three 

* Mohtd^, ail the Goyne, and perhaps Plate .and^ Jewels 

* in the Land, unlefs by Providence rtlicv'd; and moft 
f ^f your Friends'fcB the Deiigns^ thofi^ in Poyeyon^ 
•lytcnd to bring us into, a Conxmfjn wealth, if- goo4 

* K. George^ dos notice t^ tiefigns. of the Veianfp^^about 

* htm. I dare ftiy no more, only I hope, I underjftand 

* vovrs-of the 19, of /«^^ 5 *nd believe me uhaltcra- 
f bjy, '' ' '^ 

.. iwrs at Ccmnuiffd. 3 

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*4V^ l»a9Jcy|i|;df, but hopff, 19 ^Cci;i(;(^};$, lo.tiq^t aft 
* mu<;K Monfiir, u will b<MU&AWrWth^iT>.CpW»l^ 



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ffclvc* in t fliAcifcnt * Pofturc for' receiving tlicm.' The 
Committee likfcwifti find, that ^Chrifiopker Gtafioci:, J^l- 
ion*s Agfcnt, cari-yM on C^ircfpiindiinces tp the '/amc JT- 
fcft, with one who W<5nt1)y tht Naine of fames jdhnpon 
ft , JS4inkur£h^ • ftiid that 6€&rj< Kelly corfefppjjided wUh* 
iht Rmc jAwfi /ttirt/^on, arid ^wnM^^to the Lard?, at 
ftts Examination, Ills having fent the fiid Johrifton k 
F«per from GiSiyJwIr,: Which he pretended,* related ohl> 
ix> the MfgiJIifff. . '^ ; -^ 

Letters were Hkewife intercepted goihg fi^oA Ekik' 
tutrgk^ direOcd to CblZ/w ^at Mr Wtfrrj V a Banker a]t 
9kf^h'j which Cb//w appears, by ICfff/a Cyph^, to ']>€ 
CotmeMmpMl or QUnderoHle. . ^ m^ :. r , 

* Ihone of thefe Letters to Cb/?(iri^ Mentibm is ihide'of 
cPerlhn of fereat 0)nftqjientc and 'Diftinftieif," lati^Jy 
fegainM to the Pretender's Party, who infifled oh ^SJgh*t' 
ofthe feontraft of Cofi^rmerv,. which C6ltin$ is dcfi^-'d to* 
iind over by the firft Ijirc iHand 5 «nd Coiihis^ ih.his An-* 
Ij^rer, fign'd if. Frw/r, promlfes it (hall be fent oye^,. 
This Particular kgr^ with farrfk'x*s pcpofitioli'upbii' 
Oath, Thzx'Layfr told him; the People of England were 
backward, bit that tholV of SckUnd had alr^dy cnVcr'd 
hito an ASteittion. In the fiiAic Letter toVo7/Mi, J^ Is^ 
laid, Thitthc^PerfoMof Confequencc, who ^lad inCilc* 
dh"a Sight of the Contfaft of eojpartncry, defirM. aii Or.. 
der from Kir.' j^frt)?»r for raiSiig ont <*r two BaVtaUoni,: 
fiat waf told thofe Orders might con<« time qiough^bjr* 
i1je "Hands of thoib who hapjpcn'd to come firft to open' 
fte Commetce V whiclx iKiArs of what Naturrthat Cbmr 
a^erce was. In the fame Letter, Application is tirade' t6 ' 
Mr;Af«/ro/iir, for a.Pateht for Knight Baronet'; tot^ 
which Ciiapumfiances confirm M^lcom '■ to be the.Pretetf- ' 
der. The Committee obfcrve, that thefe Voters, and 
fome others, whicli appear to ^ave been.tntiercepted a- 
bout the Month of Mtj^ md ate sinnexM tp thjs Re*' 
iort, fall in with the' fecdrtd Period of Tlipe.fii^dby 
nie'Cont^pirators-in Enfjitnd. And on the x8tb of \/^0« 
iufty. O. S. Mr. Sttmhofe writes Word from M^iridy that ] 
Bp had receivM Intelligence, that the Srotri^liad engaged ^ 
f> bring 22006 Men into the Field in ten I>iy*6 Time^f 
in Cafe the late Duk^ of Orwmnde would come over with . 
Arms to head them, and thkt thev daily fent xhofl prel^ , 
Kng Meflages MoOrmndiy onthatSnbie^-i whicfi mewf ^ 
Aat the Deitgn was rcftffttmM a third Time in Sedilmiyl 
cs it was in tffUmt.- The Committee fiirther oblbrve, 
th9l «tmftbly«» what ^ivat^ iptomisl In Uf.€»inmH* 
*' ' Uttxm 




N»XXX[ for the tear 172^ 

Letter of the 28th of April^ Hr. Wmtam Erskine did 
on the 3d of M/iy, .remit two thoufknd bounds Sterling 
to Mr. Gerrard (Dillon's Secm^iry) at Parh^ and own*d, 
bis fo doing on his Examination Ijefore the Lord Juftice 
derk^ but refus'd to difcovcr who Gerrard was, or from 
whom, and for whofe Ufe the fald Sum was remitted. 
When he was takeh into Cuflody, a Letter was feiz'd in 
his* Pocket, which is all in the late Lord Marr's own 
H^nd-Writing^, dated Parh^Fehruary the 9th, 17225 in th« 
following Words ; 

^ PariSy Feh. 9. 17J2. 
• ^^tHave, William^ yours of the 7th, for which lam 
I oblig'd to you, and take all you fay, as 1 ought, 
from the good Heart from whence I know it comes, tho* 
at the fame Time you put a greater Value on your 
Friend than he deferves : But be that as it will, I am 
fully perfwadcd, as you may be, that he will never 
fail an Occa/ion.fbr what you mean, nor negleft en- 
deavouring to bring it about, >«here he fees it can ht 
of Advantage to his Country; and his Friends and 
Countrymen may depend on it, when they fee him en* 
gagM again, that the retrieving of it frwn.the low Con* 
dition it is now in, and otherwife ever like to be, 
is the chief Motive that induces him, and he hopes ia 
that. Way, he will not be without the Afliftance of 
all who wiih the fame Thing; and the more, that he 
will take all the Care he can not to expofe them for 
ferving thai; of others, if at t^e fame Time ht be not 
pretty fure of its doing effefitUal Service to their own^- 
and putting it on a better Foot than it has been ihefe 
hundred Years paft. If he look'd but to his own pri* 
vate Intereft, he could perhaps find a Way, which could ^ 
conduce more to it : But he hopes, by his former A-' 
6tions!, it appears, that he never put that in Conape-^ 
tition with what he thought was the Int^rell of his 
Country, tho' in which he owns he was once Qiiftaken, ' 
as many others may have been ; but as he never fcru-- 
pled owning his Fault, iince he found it by Ejcperi* 
ence to be one, fohe has ever fince endeavourM tojmake 
amends, an4 will as long as he livts. 
* Things are in fuch a Situation at prefent over all 
Europe^ that there appears little of any Opportunity 
of doing what is to be wifh'd on that Account ; but 
Things of this Kind are very vpicertain, and an Op- 
fortunity may come, or be brought about, when 

Kk Ueaft 



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254 the Hifto^ical Regipr K° XXXI 

* kaft cxpctglcd ; and you may believe, it will not be 

* negleBed when it does ^ nor will any Endeavours be 

* wanting to bring itto that Pafs. Hiifli f t1io% muft be 

* the Word, and Friends muft not take amifs their not 

* bdng acquainted prciioufly to the Execution^ in which 
« it if to b^ fiop'd they will not fail You fee I make 
♦'no Scruple in writing freely to you, but you know the 

* Confequence of this coming into wrong Hands, z^n^, 

* thole it i^ fit arid of Ufe to be told to, ydu kno^ too :' 
< So I leave it to your dwn Difcr^tion, of which you 
<- have given me many Proofs. I have been much dut 

* of Ufe of Writing to If. S. for fome Years paft, and I 

* have not yet got a Return of one I wrote him taft^ 

* Summer; but I fhall write to him of what you men-* 
« tion in yours. 

' As to M — y ^ I care not; to fay more about 

' * him, and were it not that I think it for the Good of 

* a certain Perfon and Caufe, I fhould not even wifh t» 

* have all the Truth told of him, fince his being abroad. 
' I cannojt anfwer for what Handles may be given him 

* for his Juftification ; iJut let honeft Men who wifh right^ 

* tell the Truth, where they know it, and that it is ne- 

* ceflary, and fhame the Devil. 

*I wifh you a good Journey and good Luck with all my 

* Heart, and that we may foon have an Opportunity to 
*^meet merrily, and be of Ufe to our Country. My 
' Compliments to my Friends, and I hope, we fhall nc- 
*^vcr have Caufe to be alham'd of other. 

'I fhall long impatiently to hear from you after your 
^'getting to London and fdinhurgk 5 and pray do not fail 

* Vriting after your coming to both Places, and have 

* fcen People. 1 

•Seild'meyour Addrefs, andyou may be fure of hear- 
ting from mc, when it can be of any Ufe. Pleafure it 
^ would be always to me, but that mud yield fometimes 
^ t4^ Circumflances. 

' My Family falute you, and wift y#u all Happi- 
^ nefs, as I do, who am fmcerely and a£Fe6itionately yours, 

* i3c. Adieu. 

* I wifh you may have foraething agreeable to tell mr 
' of your Brother and Uncle, when you have feen 
' them, and remem^r me kindly to your Father-in- 
' law. Sure' we muft all wifh Uie fame Way to our 

* Country. 

.' What is become of our Coufm VIU^ jx^ho, 2 hear, ,is 

* ftiii Where you have b'wn for fome Time ? 

• The 



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The Committee li^cewife £xid evident Footfleps qtf 
this treafonabie CoYve(pondcncc\ from Ireland 'y but ha- 
ving already fliewn fufilcic^tly tjie jElxtenfiyenefs of the 
£ottfpiracy, they forbear to tire the Ho^fe with any/ar- 
ther Particulars, .Concluding, that if tbefreqiiei^t Repe- 
titions of the, iTaoic Mattel* have fwe)J[*d the Repprt into 
too great a Lengthy they are perf waded the H9H(i: will 
^xciife it, fince it was in all the Places whqre they 
have done it, neceflary to explain the PafTages related, 
or elfe to fliew the. Connection of the Treafons, as w€iU - 
as the Cp-operation of the Confpirators in their wicked 
Defjgn of dethroning his moft jSacred Majefty, and 
joverturnin^ our prefent happy Eftabliihment in Churc^ 
and State. . • 

Having thus finifliM the Abflraa of the Report of the 
Tecret Committee, and Oinitted nothing elTential^ we muft 
here take Notiae, that the RighJ' Honourable the Earl 
Covjfer^ and Arck'ihal(ji Htitchefon Efq^ in Order to clear 
themfelves ftom the falfe Afperiioi^s caft upon them in 
Layers Exaijiijiation, tl;>ought fit Xo publiOi ij> Print the 
ibilowing Declarations. 

ft 

The declaration 0/ William Earl Cowper, jftew/w^ tJtat thp 
Ifititters contained in fame Hearfjiyg, relating to Aim^ i$ 
th Examinathns ^of OxriRpiplxpr L^ycr^ are falfi and 
^roundle/s, ^ ' 

jflarch %0j 1722. 

T^HO' Hear: fay does npt affe£t any o;ie, either in Law, 
or Reafon, yet it defcryes Contradict ioij, where 
jthe TrVth will bear it, especially if print^4 *• ' Anil 
therefore finding that Layer in his Examinations of the 
J9th of ^amary^ and 4th of February laft, hath faid, 
that one' Flunket told him, (a^ explaining .what wa»- 
meant^ by Btfrjbrd^s Club) that Lord Orrery was Chair- 
jnan y and that Lord Coixfer^ and reveti other Lords, and 
fix Commonejfsnam'd, wer9 of that Club ; and that this 
Club met monthly; a.^ Ije, Xayfr, thought, at one ano- , 
tlier's lioufes ; And not do^bting;y)ut my Averrment 
will be bjelicy'd before ajiy He^r^fay^ efpecially from one 
in L^iyer's f^d Circumftanccs ; I do hereby diCclj^re and 
^$rm upon my Honour, that I do not know, or be- ^ 
]ieve,and never heard before ttefaid Examinations wer^ 
t^JkM of, that there was any fuch.Club or Meeting ; 
^h&t zfi to three of the Commoners sui^M, viz,- Sir H. 



256 TbeWfforicalRet'fter N^ XXXI- 

Caring^ Mr. D^fuilziJis, and Mr. Skippen^ I do not know 
them fo much as by Sight ; and as for t^o of the re- 
maining three Commoners, vrL, Sir Conftantine Fhippf^ 
and General JVehh^ I halve not been in their or either ■ 
of their Companies at any Time within fixicen Years 
laft paft ; and as to the iJords, I never met them, or any 
of them, but either accidentally on Vifits of Ceremo- 
ny, or in the Time of Parliament, and that, with other 
iJords, on the Buflnefs of Parliament only ; ■ And for one of 
the faid Commoners, whom I am acquainted with, v/z., 
• Mr. Hutehefon^ I never orJKe was at any Meeting with 
him, together with any of the faid Lords or Comn^oners. 
Artd whereas La^sr in his Examination of the r9th of 
Sefiemher laft, faid, that Lord Orrery told him, that 
Lord. Copper told him (Lord Orrery) that 200 Tories, 
"and 90 Grufhhletomansy would try their laft Effort in the 
Houfe of Commons; and in another Examination of tl^e- 
2lft of the fame Month, Layer repeats the fame, except 
that he ufes tTie Words y^n^ry Whigs^ inftead of the 
Word Grumhhtontans : I'^o hereby declare, and aiErm 
upon my Honour, that I never faid fo to Lord Orrery y 
nor to that fiffefit, nor any thing like it : Ajid I do there- 
fore verily believe that Lord Orrery never faid that I' 
did. 

fovojien 

A Dechratkn jign^d hy Archibald Hutchefon, E/^; and gi- 
ven tofeveral a/ kis Acqwuntance^ /ecm after he had pe» 
rus'd the Examination of Chriftopher Layer in the Appen^ 
dik'to the Report of the fecret Committee^ in^ 'which Layer 
iuts made Mention ojT A/y Name^ as one of Burford's Cluh 5 
'whieh the faid Layer, in his Examinations^ faith, he vms 
Uld Ij olne Plvmktt. , 

March /^^ 1722. 
TTAving read P'art of the Examination of Layer of the 
Jrl .'ipih of Jam^y and 4th of Febrvk^ry laft, in, the 
Appendix to the Report of the Ifecret (Jommittee, iQ 
which Layer is mentipn'd tol^ave faid, that one- P/«?f? 
\et tolJ him, asexplaaning wha^ was meant by Burford*t» 
Club, that Lord Ori^y,wtLS Chairman, and that this 
Club met monthly, at one another's Houfcs, as Layer 
thought ; and that Flunpt told him, that there wet e eight 
other Lords and fix Commopers (whofe Names he men* 
tiofis, and- mine a.s one of them) of that Club: I do 
iiertby declare, upou the Honour of a Gentleman, that I 

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N "" XXXI for the Tear 1723^ 257 

do not know, or believe, that there was a Qub, or Meeting 

of any of ihe Lords <ir Gentlemen mention'd in the faid 

lExamination, nor have I ever heard of any Me<Bting 

^vhere Lord Orrery was prefent, l^xcept that which wap 

carry'd on in the two laft Seffions of Parliaipeiit, when 

Lord Orrery^ and feveral Lords and 6entlemen (nftt 

mention'd in Layer^s Examination) met Weekly^ and. I 

believe, with great Innocence, din'd at one aaother^s 

Houfes ; and I do further afirm, that even on accideor 

tal Vifi/ts, I have feldom met together any two of the 

Lord? and Commoners fo men|tioh^d in Lay0r''s EUamif 

nation : That there are two of thofe Commoners (Sic 

Henry Goring^ and Mr. Da'inkins) whofe Faces I do not 

know ; andtwo others (General Wehh^ and Sir Confis/H , 

tine Phipfs) between whom and me, there hath not beca^ 

for fifteen Years laft paft, the Intercourfe even of Cere« 

moni^l Vifits 5 and between me and the fifth Commoh 

ner (Mr. Shippen) but very feldom : That th^rc aro 

three of thofe Lords (Scarf dale ^ Craven^ GcvterJ witlir 

whom I have very little Acquaintance 5 a fourth fLordf 

Bhgley) whom I have never met any where but in Vi-^ 

fits to others, or in publick Place?; and a* fifth (tho 

Bifhop of Rocketer) in "Whofe Coi})pany, I have b^eo; 

but twice in three Years Time. I mention this, to (hew 

the notorious Falfhood of^ Layer^s Hear-fay Evidence of 

Bur for d\ Club, an Appellation I never heard of 'till * 

fome Time after the Appointment of the fecret Com* 

Jnittee. jircLHutchefin^ 

■* . iT ■ 

We vin now refumc the Proceedings of the Biitijk^ 

Parliament. 

^roceedinis of the Parliament of Great Britain, contimCd' 
from Fage 1 50 of the preceding Rejifter. 

ON the nth of Mareh^ Mr. Speaker was order'd 
to iffue out his Warrant for a new Writ for c^ 
le£ting a Burgefs for the Borough of Queenshorougk in 
the County of Kiw/, in the Room of James LittUten 
Efq; deceas'd. Then the Houfe !*fum*d the adjourned 
Confideratian of the Report from the Secret (Commit- 
tee, and Mr. Sollicftor-General openM the Debate in a 
Speech, whereinhe particularly enlarged on the Share; 
Mr. George Kelly alias Johnfon^ had in the traiterous 
9xA deteilable Confpiracy, and then propoeM thif Que^ 



S 5 8 The Hiftorkai Regifter 'N « X XX 1 

r '■ . . , ■ — '■ ■_ ■ — ^^ 

.Hion^ viXs_, That upon Confideratioji of the Report 
ifrom the Gjmmittee, appointed to jexamine Cltrifiofher 
' Layer ^ and others, and the feveral Pf»pws and Exami- 
nations relating to tne Confpirncy, it appears tp this 
Hotife,That George Kelly alias JoJvfjYi^ has been a principal' 
Agent and Inftrumcnt in the faid horrid and ^eteflablp 
Confpiracy, and has carryM on feveral TreafonabJeC'>rr 
rcfpondences* to raife Infurrefticns and a Rebellion ajt 
Home, and, to procure a foreign Force to invade thefe 
Kingdoms from Abroad: This Motion being feconded 
by Mr. Sandys^ was carry^d without anv Diviilon. Theri 
Mr. SoUicitor-pcner^l mov'd, that a Bill bebrpught iij. 
to hrpJEl certain fains and Penalties upon George Kelly aliefs 
Johnfon, which was feconded by Mr. Walpole, Hereupon 
Mr. Trenchard faid, he thought theLpropereC Way to pro- 
ceed agalfift this Criminal, was in tjii? old parliamentary 
Method, by Bill of Attainder, therie being f^fReient 
Proof to fupport fuch a Bill : But this Motion was noj^ 
ifeconded. On the other ^and, VLr.Bromhy^ Mi*. Shippen^ ^ 
Mr. Lufwyche^ ^iA f6me others, oppos'd Mr, Sollicitor- 
Geherars Motion, but wereanfwer'd by theMafter of the. 
Rolls, andMr Trt/^e/f, and about four in the Afternoon, 
the (^ueftipn being put thereupon, was c^rry'd in .the Affir> 
irfative by 280 Voices againft 1 1 1. 

Tl>en Mr. Vonge Rood up, and in a long Speech took 
Notice, how deeply "Dr. Pr and 5 Attcrh:fr*\ Bilhop of Ro- 
tftefter^ had been concern'd in this deteftabJeConfpiracy ; 
aggravating his Crim<e from his. holy Function, ancj 
high Statjon in the Chur&i of England^ a Church ever 
confpicuous for its Loyalty; fiom the folemn Oaths he 
Jiad, on fo many Occafions, taken to the GoVernment> 
and by which he had abjur'd the Pretender* when at 
the fame Time he was traiteroufly confpiring to bring 
Kiin in, upon the Ruin of. his Country and of ail that • 
was dear and valuable to us, as F^eeiTien and Chriftians ; 
Concluding, that as he was a Difgrace to his Order, and 
!Diih6nour to the Chunh, fo He'might apply to him -en 
this Occafion, thefe Words of the ift of y4c?^, Verfe 20. . 
l£t his HMtation he de folate,, and let no Man diJoeU 
therein : And his Bilhoprick let another taJse. And 
therefore he mov'd, iJhat it appears to this Houfe, 
that firancis Lord Bifhop ©f Rochejfcr viras principally 
concern'd informing, direfiHng, and carrying on the 
faid wicked and deteftable ConfpiraCy, for invading 
thefe Kingdo'iTis with a foreign 'Porce, aild for faifing ' 
Infurrec) ions and Rebellions at Horaq, in Order to fub* 
vert o'jir prefent happy Efl^blKhmcnt in Church and 






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NO XXXI for the tehr 17 7s* ?59 

5tate, by placing a Popifh Pretender' upon the Throne. 
lAr. Yonge y^is feconded, and ftrongly iUpported by Sir 
JohnCo'fe ; but' they were' Anf\ver'a oy Sir William Wynd' 
ham, who faid, he faw no Cavife to proceed againit the 
Biihop in fo fev'ere a N^anner, tnere being Itttie or in- 
deed no Evidence befides Conjefturcs and Hearfays.'-Hd 
•w'as back'd by Mr. Brom!c% Mr. Sktfpen, Mr, Hutckefonj 
lAx. Hunger ford, Mr, Strangev)iiyf, Mv. Lut'wyche,,Mii 
Dt". Friend. They were reply'd to by Sir Jo/eph J^W-i 
Mt. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Pelhar/ty Mr. lal-^ 
iot, Mr. John Smtth^^nd Mr. i^illiam Fulteney 5 and a Mo- 
tion being made, and the Qiicition being put, that the 
Houfe do now adjourn, it pafs'd in the Negative by a 

, Majority of 285 V&ices againft 1^2 ; after which, thti 
Qucflion being put upon Mr. Vonge'^s Motion,, the fame 
was carry'd without dividing. Then a Motion was inade, 
and the Queftion put, that a Bill be*.brought in to irfiiSf 
certain Pains and Penalties on Francis Lord Bijhop of Ro- 
chefter, which after fomc further Debate^ was alfo 
carry'd without any Di^fion. ^^ 

The Commons having fate very late, adjournM them- 
felves to the 1 3th of March, when Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer acquainted the Houfe, that he had received 
his Majcfty's Commands to acquaint this Houfe, that 
his Majefty having had juft Reafon to apprehend Dr.' 
John Friend, (a Member of , this Houfe) for High-Treafon^ 
fcad caufed him to be apprehended, and defir'd the Con- 
fent of this Houfe to his' being committed and detain'd 
for High-Trcafon, according to an Aft of this prefent Sef- 
f ion for impowering his Majefty toU^i cure and detain fuch Per" 
fans as his Majcjiy Jliall fu/peSi are confplring againft his Per* 
fon and Government : Upon which he mov'd, that an hum- 
ble Addrefs be prefented to his Majei^y, that he would 
be pleas'd to give Order for committing and detaining 
Dr. yohn Friend (a Member of this Houfe) purfuant to 
Ae A6t of this Seflion of Parliament for that Purpofe. 
This Motion was feconded and back'd by i<frveral Mem* 
bers : But Mr. Shippen and Mr. Bromley oppos'd it, fay- 
ing, they cou>d not fee any Reafon for thirty Houfe giv- 
ing Leave for detaining any Member, unlefs the Speciei 
of Treafon was declared, and that the Information was 
upon Oath. Sir Jofeph Jekyl and^Mr. Rohert WalpoUy 
reply M, That by the late Aa for flxl^ending the Habeas 
Corpus, the King was impowcr'd to take Up any Perfon 
he had Reafon toAifpeft % that therefore the Govern- 
ment was ntt obliged to fay, whether the Information 

was 



260 The Hiprical R^gifter NOXAX ! 

was upon Oath or not; But Mr. JT^Z/o/^ added. He did 
not doubt but Dr. Friend was charg'd upon Oath \ and 
privately declar'd to fcvcral Members, that they had a 
pofitivc Oath of his ^peing guilty of the blacked and 
bafeft Treafon- Mr. 5- n then fuggefling, that 

the Doftor's- having fpoke fo warmly the Mo;7i<iy before,, 
in XW/y s and the Bifliop of Rochefter's Behalf, was, in 
Kis Opinion, the Reafon of his being taken up the next 
. I)ay himfelf, and that at that Rate, there was an End of 
the Liberty of Speech which every Member of that Houfe 

had a Right to : Mr. IV^ /^, with a great deal 

of Warmth, rcply'd, He wonder'd any Gentleman could 
think any Miniftry capable of fo bafe a Thing, as to take 
up any Gentleman for what he faid in that Houfe, with- 
out any other Caufe, when they knew themfelves to bfe ' 
accountable as well as others for their Anions : Adding^ 
that they who made fuch Infinuations, might moreea- 
fily be prov'd to be Jacobites, than they could make out 
fuch an Allegation againft the Miniilry ; Mr. PuJteney 
fpoke on the fkme Side,>and in Relation to Dr. Friends 
liking in lUUfs Behalf, obferv'd, that it was ufual in all 
Confpiraoics, for one Traytor to endeavour to excufe an- 
other. Mr. S n with fome Warmth animadvert- 
ed upon this fevere Reflexion, faying, it was not to be 
cndur'd, to have a Member of that Houfe call'd a Tray- 
tor, before he was convicted as fuch : But Mr. Pultenef 
having explainM himfelf, that Matter ended 5 and then 
the Motion for an Addrefs was carried without divi- 
ding. I 

March 14, An ingrofs d Bill for reviving and adding 
l-uw Millions to the Capital Stock of the South-Sea Company ^t^c 
was read the third Time, pafs'd, and fent up to the Lords ; 
and then the G)mraons having refumM the adjourn'd Con- 
ilderation of the Report from the Committee af^ointed to 
exanilpe Chrifiopher Layer^ and others ; it was refolv'd, 
I. That the laid Report be communicated to the Lords at 
a Conference : 2dly, To addrefs his Majefty for Leave, 
that the Papers and Examinations which had boen laid 
• before the Houfe, relating to the Confpiracy, might be 
communicated to the Lords. 3dly, that an humble 
Addrefs' be prefcnt^to his Majefty, exprefling the In- 
dignation of this Houfe againft the horrid and detecta- 
ble Confpira<iy which had been carryM on againft his Ma- 
Jefty*8 Sacred Perfon, and to congratulate his Majefty oa 
the happy Difcovcry.of it, and to aflure his Majefty^ that 
this Qoufe would* proceed witK ^mxa^ Yij^our, to 

brinfj 



N'' XXXI for the Tear 1723. ^ 

bring thofe to Juftice wlio hail been concerned ii^kh^fe 
unnatural Defigns againii their Country, and would ^f« 
lei^ually fuppot-t his Majefty's Gfovcmment, and would 
maintain with ail that is dear and)vahiahletD tfaei^i^lhe 
prefent happy £ fiabl i fhmen t. 

A Committee t^as appointed to draw up this lad Ad- 
drefs, of which Mr. Broderick being chofbn Chainniin> 
lie reported the faid Addrefs to the Houfe on Monitrf the 
iSth c^ Mttrch^ and the ikme having been ag^reed to. was 
on Wednefdayihc loth preftnted by the whole Hmw^^to 
his Majdfy as follows : . ' , ^ 

• 

Mqfi gTMChus SovereiiHf • ^ 

YOUR Majefty's moH dutiful and loyal Subjefta^jthe 
Commons in Parliament aifembled, do humbly ibee 
l^ave to approach your Royal Perfon with Hearts full 
pf Concern and. Honour, fyt the detefia^le.CcnEQpuriCy 
fbrmM againA your Perfon. and Government. 

We lament, with Indignation, tnat any of our fellow 
Subje£ls who enjoy in common wffli us, the many and fig- 
Hal BleiEngs Of your Majefty*a fnlld and juii Admtni- 
Aration, ihould fi> far give themfelves up to Deluf^n, 
fts to confpire againft publiek Liberty, againfl their own 
Security, and againft the only Bulwark of al\ that isd^r 
und valuable, your Maje(ly*s Perfon and the Protdtot 
Slicceffion in your Royal Family* 

We fee with Afionifhment, that Perfonsof Figure $&4. 
X)i(iin£tion, who ought to have been the beit Judges^ aAd 
snofl zealous Defenders of your l|sneficent and mild Reign 
(by which alone their Fortunes and Dignities can be 
made fecure) (hould be fo far infatuated, as tohea^and 
abctt a monftrous Confpiracy to deftroy your Majefl^, 
iheir Country, and themfelves ; that Honour, Faith^ and 
the moil foiemn Til^s of Religion, Aiould be violatitd 
)n Favour of a Popiih Ftigitivc, known^enly Hat his 
blind Bigottry and Attachment to i2wnr» » 

As we have with fenfible Sorrow and j^ Refen^ment« 
difcover-d thefe vile Practices, fo will we tftke'Care 
that the witkcd Authors may not, by any Contrivanee 
or Praftice whatfoever, efcape Punifliment ; but thutalt 
Confpirators may, by thejuftice^f Parliament, be for 
ever h^cafter deterrM from engaging in l\i£h traitefOtti 
Attempts. 

We congratulate your Majelty, and all your good Sub* 
jefts, that you have efcapM the black a.Ad iinnatufll 
PeHgna of the woiH of Men \ and that Almighty God 

L 1 Jms^ 



imd" 



i6l The mjiorical Kegiftef N» %%Xt 

nay by tiris happy D ifiio v ery^-^gtYen y^n and your Roy- 
al Family » ft^^lk^ i)^anc« ^ liis finguliir Care and Pro^ 

For Us.(yotn-faithful C(>ib«lo»sy wW fc6> with Joy 

i and Gratitude the Ineilimabl^ Bli^ffings of yotfr RHgA ^ 

who arc'fenliblc of the glorious Advantages of Liberty, 

and of theBfoteftantReligioir; and have in Abhorrence 

thfe Mifertes and Slavery infeparabte ffbih Popery and 

a Popift Gdvcrmnenffc t 

• We y tW ftaiMj ty yowr Majefty, and effc^ually fupport 

> yoiir ^overnmeiit^ at t4ie Hasartl and ' Expence of tAxr 

Lives and Fortunes, ^ . ^ . : 

We will maintain and defend your Majefty's ffglitfiii' 
and lawful Title to the Crown of thefe Reaims, and en- 
•dcftvour to trtnTmit to latefl Poftefity tttii happy, freey 
: andimciefitCoiiititmicMi. ' 

..aTo tWi ^Addrtffr thfc Ki^g i^mtn^d the folkvwing moft 
.. > . gracie^s Anfwer ^ j »- 




■^ Tkejuft Refintmenf and IndrgrMttQnyou havejhe'mk ^piifift this 
' Gin/fif*aiftailly l-douht not^ give entire SatisfASlhnto all that 
fincertly 'wijh vjell to the frefent Eflahiijhment^ emouragfiihe 
' FtkHdi to *iffy "Governments and deter the Enemks of our 
.''Cmimon-jFedcefrom ^enervotni tkefe raflrand defperatt^^ 
i'ttmjtil • ^ y ■ '. ■■■ .^* i'?'i' 

!i'' •!•'■. ' . ■ , * ■ ' • ' t I * 

v . • ■ / • ' J 

fci -<!>rf tjbe 15th of Mank^ a Petitiori of Thomas Miffing of 
W^tfiAoixth^ vrtt prefented to the Houfe of Commons, 

* and rcad^ pray ihg for Leave to bring in a Bill for con- 
^firming Articles of Agreement between the princijlil 
^Officers 6f the Ordnance, and the Petitioner, f6r Exchange 

ef fome Lands ax Bortfmouth^ for the;^ervice of his Ma- 
^Jefty ^ and Mt, Chancellor of the Exchequef having ao 
iqiiAinted the HoufiR, that his Majefty was pleafed to 
riconfent that the faid Exchange might be made: A 
.' Btll ^ai orderM to be brought in upon the Prayer of the 

• Ai^' Petition. It yas alfo bcder^,. that the Reverend 
z^r^^drfck be defir'd to preach before the Houfe on the 

25th of April next, the Day appointed by his Majeltjr's 
•l*wxflamation for 9 publick Thankfgiving for the Pre- 
iftrtatibn Irom ilhe Plague; and Mr. Controller having 
: " -: ^. . ' acquainted 



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K^XXXI for the rearl72^. a^g 



^■«*aiMiM«a 



iicqwiinted the Hoy fe, tkat purfuaft .to their Addnfi, ' - 
iliis Majefty had beejri pkas'd to .^Hte Leave thgt the Let* * 
Jtei:8 and Papers xeiaxlng to the Coi^pdiacy, might ifae 
.comiitfinicaied to the Lords^ i the fame was ^orderVi ac*. 
xoVdii^Jy^^and th^t the Lords hfi acqiiainted, that the 
.Commons^efit'd that the faid Pipers might be teturn'd 
to theim fcQUQL T^i^me to Time, as fhouixl befouinjL necefia- : 
jry for the^Procecdings of their Houfe ; purfHant to • 
^his, an(l a former Qrfier, a Conference being defir'd b/ 
.the Commoiis, and agreed to j^/ the Lords, Mr. Fi^lttne^ ' 
<3hairmim of the Qoinmitiee appointed to be Managers 
for the:G>mmQns, acquainted thear Lord {hfps, . That . 
tthe Commons, mpoii Confideration ^ a Report from a > 
•Committee of their own Membecs, appointed to exa« . 
mine Ckrtfiophtr L^yery and others^ as aJ(b feveral or!- 
jgipal Papers and Letters (upon their hamhle AppUcatlon 
to his Majcfty) laid befoire them, «being ejotireiy fati^r 
^y*d, that a -detedab^ and horrid C^nfpir^y has been . 
fctrm'd andcarryM oii1>y Perfons oCfFigure and.Diftirx*. 
i£tion, for depofin^ his MajeHy^ and ^liacing a Popifh 
jPretcndcron thelFhrone; and being fuily con vincM that . 
feveral tveafouabk Correfpondences havebcen^nter'd irx- 
to by the faid Traytors for IbJiciting a foreign Force to 
invade thefe Kingdoms 1^ and that EndeavoUfTs havie, at 
the fame Time, been us'd by them for raiiing Infur- . 
Tcftions, and inciting a Rebellion at Home,; and the 
Common*; iindiiig with Horrour a^d A-ftonilhment, that 
fome of the Confpirators had arrived to fuch ^ . Hfcight 
^f Wickednefs, as to engage in a 7iUai{iou5i and execra- 
ble Defign of laying, violent Hands on his Majcflv't; 
(lUoft Sacred Pier&n, wer^ throughly fenflble, that no- 
**tliing could fo effcShi^ly contribute to the Safety of his 
Majefty, and the Prefervation of our prefent happy EUa* 
)>Hmment in Chtirch aUd State, asa perfe^il/nanimijty be? 
ttreen the two Houles of Parliament, and had theiefbre^ 
4^fir^d this Ck)nfcrcncc to communicate' the faid Report, 
tp their Lordfliips, together with thp.9r;gin^l Papers audi 
fLxaminations referred to therein. 

And as it might b^ neceffary to tl^e Commons in' 
tbelt i&^rtbcr Proceedinga, to have Rccourfb, from Time 
to Time, t9 the faid original Palters $nd Esraminaticnsy 
they did defire, that upon Applicatioi) to be made :to\ 
their Lordftiip^, ^he.'fkme mi^H b/s rev^rn'd to.thWu. 
C.oncluding,«tii|vt the Commons dji n^t fiwbt but thasj 
the fam^.Zeal whichaftuiated'them, would likewife ani- 
ff^Uff theif Lordfliifsin the vigorous Prpfecution of thefe 

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364 7** Bfiorical Regifter *N» XXXI 



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^vicked GmfpinitorS) *till tliejr were bnmglit to cxem^ 
plaiy Jiiftke ; and until the united Refentments of bodt 
Hoaies of PtorKameat Ihould convince the whole World 
of the Danger there ^$ for the moft fttbtje Traytors to 
attempt the Subvcriionof this Government, or endeavour 
to deprive a free and happy People, of the Blefling of 
lii^ Majelly^s Reign, and the ^uccefl^ of hit Roy|l 
Family? upon which, their Religion, Laws, and Liber- 
ties entirely depend. / 

Having done fpeaking, Mr. Pulteney communiotted 
the Report above-mention*d to the Lords, and left tbe 
fame, tt^ether with ^a Trunk lockM up, containiftg 
the original Papers, Letters, and Examinations: TKe 
Msnagers being returned to their refpe^ve fifoufes, the 
Lord President reported to the Lords the Subje£l«Mat* 
ters of the Conference, whereupon their Lordfhips or- 
d^r^d, lit. That the faid Report and original Papers be 
referr'd to a Committee of nine Lords, to be cholen 
by Way' of Baiioting, the next Day; and that the Taid 
T^runk and Key hcxleJivcr'd to the Lord Chancellor^ 
'till the feme be difpos'd of by-Order of the Houfb. 
2dly,That the Managers of the Conference be a Commit- 
tee lo prepare what might be fit to be offltr'd to the 
Cotnnu>n6, by Way of Anfwer to fo much of what wa« 
delivered to them at the ikid Conference, relating to the 
faid original Ripers. 

Accordingly^ on Saturday the i6th of Murck^ the 
Lords proc<»ded by Way of Ballot, to the Choice of nine 
Peers to be a Commit^ to enquire into the horrid and 
deteilabie Confpit:acy, *lmd upon a Scrutiny^ the follow* 
ing Lift was carryM by a vaft Majority, «;/x, the Dukes 
«f Dor/if^ and Mentrofet, theBarls of Scwhorwigk^ JAnm 
eain^ and Ihy ; the Lords Lanfitile^ and Tcrrinj^Un ^ ihm 
Biibops of L.ineohi^ and Salhhury. 

Oh' the i^th of Marck^ the Lords delirM a Conference 
tflth the Commons, which being readily agreedkto, the 
Managers for their Lordihips acquainted the Commons, 
that the original Papers communicated tothem^ ihould, 
according to the Defjre of the Commons^ be retunv*d to 
them-9 tt Occa/)on required. 

Th^ ftme Day^^Commonsreadthe jdTinae, pafs^d, 
«id fttftt to theiorda, aii iagroft^'djEH/l'^ ndkewdni arm 

Wtnh I Q. Mr. Attofinty-Genersl pfreltottd' t» the 
Siufe of Commoitt a BiWfw infii£i!>ji' cimi$»P^^^^ ^tdi 



N** XXXI far the Tear^j^^- ' adj 

ttntdtkfM }o]m Fkmlcer, which wtts^ read the firflrltme, 
ami ordered ta be r«ad ar fi^ojtd Time^ on the iStfl ; ft* 
wMftlib orderM, ift. That a Copy o^ diifr fikid Bili, and oif 
the faad Order, be ^nhwith ftnt Jto the faict 3^ i^n/i. 
iet^ and deliver'd to him by tne Serjeant- at Anijis« 
2di^, that Mr. Attomey^ienei^l, and Mr. Solicitor-Gen^ 
ral, do take Care that the Evidence againft the fMd/^Affr 
P^inket^ be ready to be product to this Houf^ upon 
Thurfday, the aSth. ^diy. That the fairf >A«^ Flunked it 
allowed Pen, Ink, and- Paper. Then Mr. Sollcitor-Gcnerai. ' 
prefejttted alfo a Bill for tnfli^ing certdin Bm>j and Penalties '• 
^r^G^rgcKcUy, o/faf Johnfon, vlhich was read the firfb ' 
and ordered to be read a fhcond Time,^nthe iH of /fyril, 
and the like tluree Orders in Relation to this BiH,, 
were made as thofe with Reference to the Bill jbr pu* 
nilhing John Hunktt, 

hUrth 10. A Bill was orderM to be brought in for the 
m^e eajy affigning and transferring certain redeemable An* 
nuities payable at -the Exchequer^ by Ind^rfimentanithefimtdr 
• ing'Ordirs for the fame. ,^ 

' On the 2 if^9 a new Writ wasorder'd to be iffuM out ibr 
clewing a Citissen for the City of Hereford^ in the Room 
of irmiam Mayoy Efq-, deceased. The Order of theDay^ 
l>eiiig read^ for t4le Hou(b to go into a ^rand Commit* 
tee upon the ingroft'd Bill from the Lords, entitled'^ 
jiRto enable ArchbiflhfSyBifhofs^ Colleges^ Deans and'^/urp^ 
ters^ Ht/fitais^ Fm^font^ Vicars^ and others^ having Sfiri* 
ttrni Wrmmtions^ to make Leafis ef their Msnts 'vMch kavt: 
not been accujlomably Ittten^ not escceeding ike Ttrm of one 
and t*meniy Years^ and vxthom^tahng any Fines:, upgn th$ 
granting or renenmng the fame : It was after fbme Bdbate, 
refolvM,that it be an Inibrudiontothe Committee^ that 
they have Power to receive a Qaufe to afcertaiii the 
Fines to be taken by Archbiihops, and other Eccle» 
iiaaical Perfons op the Renewal of Lcafcs, held of them r 
aixid to oblige Perfons holdii^ fueh Efkates, to verniw fucK 
Lerfes in a Time limited. But a Motion be! lig made^ 
aiid theQueftion put. That it;^ a^InfiruCtion to the' 
Committee, that they have Powee to receive a ClaniV, 
that a proportional Part of the Rents to be reibrv'd up» 
Oft the Leafes to be made, purfu«^t to the faid^KU, be 
appiy'dr for the Increafe of pcJSr Vicartdgcs withiit. 
the refpe6tive Dit)cefes, it was carry^d in the Ne]ga>> 
tive. 

March M. Mr. Crefwick from the Commiffionj^r^ of^ 
thf^ Gufloms^4aid beftre the Commons, fcvenri.Retuttif 



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265- - .The Hiftortcal Regifter N<> XXXJ 



«i*«B 



f«9mtl« Aid Commiffioaers, with Acc*iii>ts of thcDw- 
tifs ftntf iilowances, upon Tobacco; aod Mr.Spesker 
luiyjijt rep^rtrd to th^ Houfe Jiis Majefiy> ilLnfwer t9 
their late Addrrfe, it 'was oTider'd^ that tlie KumbJr 
TUivSa of this Honfe be prefeQted ta his Majefty, Jfor 
the faid moft gracious Anfwcr, Thcjj Mr. Yongt prdbntr 
cd to the Houfe a Bill for brfUilini ^frUU fains and P^ 
fudtiis ufon Francis Lord Bjjhop of Rochefter ; which was 
. read the Hrfl, and ordered to be read a fecond Time, on 
the 4th of April next. It was alfo order'd, ifi. Tlut ^ * 
Copy of the faid Bil) an(fl of the faid prder, be fortk- 
'with lent to the faid Francis Lord Bifliop of RocAefter^ 
^nd deliverM^9 hw by ;hc5erjegjit at ^rms attending 
Jhis Jciomfc. 

zdly. That Mr, Attorney-General and Mr- Solicitor^ 
l&neral, do take Care th^ die Evidence againil the faid 
Tr/mcis Lord Bi^iop of Rochefter^ be readv to jbe produced ^ 
to this Houfe, upon XH,urfday Sevcji-night. 

3dly, That the faid Francis Lord Bifliop of Rockefter be 
aUo>¥'d Pen, Ink; and Paper. After th.aa, a fiill for apr 
f^ntini one Cgmmiffton of the Cuftoms in Great Britain, ajtd 
far hetttr fecuring the Duties on Tobacco^ find to- prevent -^ 

Frauds in exporting Tjohaccg^ qr carrying the fame Poaft^vrnfe^ , 

was read the ^rft? ^.nd orderM to be read a fecond Time^ 
The fame Day, the King cam^ tp the Ho\)fe of Lords 
with. the ufua) State and Soiemaity, and the Coi^mont 
l)c:ing' fent for up, and attending, his Majefty gave 
the Royal Affent to the following publicfc Bills, vnc. 

i/?. An Acl for reviving Xtnd adding tvxf Millions to tJu 
. Capital Stock of the Soi^th-Sea Company^ and for reviving 
Proportional. F^rt of the Yearly Fund pay^hle 4t the Exr " 
chequer^ and fQr dividing their inhole Capital (after fuck Dir 
v'ifion made) into tv)o equal Parf's or Moieties ; and for con* 
*uerting one of the faid Moieties into certain Annuities^ for 
tie Bentfit of the Members^ and for fettling the remaining 
Moiety in the faid Company \ and for continuing for. oni 
liar longer the Frovijion formerly mflde againft requiring 
/pecial bfiil in ARionf or Suits Hpqn fuch Contrails as are 
therein mentioned. ' 

2. An A61 for redeeming certain Annuities no9fi payable hy 
the Cajhire of the Bank ojt England, at the fiate of 5: /. per 
Cent, per, Annun). 

3. AnAel for funijhtng Mutiny and Defer tion^ and for the 
, hitter Payment of the Army and their Quarters. 

'^/^ An AEifpr amending the Lafms relating tt^ the Settlor > 
mfKtjf. Impjojmevt, and Relief of the Foor^ 



i>gifc— ^* i' III I ' li ti i M I 



5. An jiit frr'CieartHg;'4ept%ntn^^rfp^^^ extendinf^ 
mainMnifi^^ and impi^oHifin^ the Haven and Fiers of Great' 
Yarmotrth^ awdfor.d^ftknihg and '^htali^ -more na'OigMe 
\ ike:fe'^eral Rivers' \emptying thim^i^at ike faldTtywiy 
' and alfe'for freferifkg Shift in^tenn^ in ti^ [aid Havthy 
from Accidents h^FifH*. • ' .. 

16. An AdtfSr Utter qualifying the Manufa^tirers ofStujfs , 
and Yarn in thkOt^ elf i^orwich and' Liberties thereof^ to 
Ifiar Office^ of 'Malgifiracy in the '[aid City^ kndfor regulami 
lEieithns^9f fuck Officer t. '» ■ - ;.,"'• 
- J, An A&'fe^ continuing Jime^lMinsj and reviving others 
therein nienii<M*'di/fQ/r exempting Apothecaries from ferving 
: ^arijk and' iTafd Offiies^ and upon Jurres^ and relating f 9 
Jurors:, i^d to the Fayment of- Seamen^ s Wages^ afid the Pre- 
fervatUmirf ^NtMat Stores^ -and Storei of Wat ; and concern- 
ing ty imihia and Trophy-Money i and againfi clandeftine 
Running of Untt^dm'd Goods^ and for tnbr'e' ejfeffual pre* 
n)tn$ing Frauds relating t^ ike CufiorHs^ akd Frauds in' ^0%" 
ingiiSi*mith Stuffs to he €)4por ted. ' - 

%J Ah A^ for-yepatring and- ^Idenhg^the Road leading 
frm the BUck Bull 1V2 Dunftable intke 4huntj 0/ BedforA, 
.. to tke Way turning out of the [aid Road up to Snafford*>Koiire 
in the County of Uefeford, I \ . . ' 

And to five private AStt. Atid then the Commonttie^ 
t Ing returnM to their H^fe, made an Order, importini;, 
. That Mrr Speaker >do, on or before the Feaft of the An- 
. Enunciation efthebleffed Virgin Mary^ now next enfuing, 
jgive or leave Notice in writing at the Offifcc of the Govcr-. 
I not and Company of the Bank 6S England^ that thisHoiife 
' wiil^ at the Feal* of lrtie Annunciation of the blcffed Vk- , 
4 gin Miry, ^^24,' redeem the Annuities amounting Ao 
1 575 /.. 13 J. and 8 d. per Annum^ payable after the Rate 
bf y/: per Cent, for a Capital Stock amounting to 3147^/. 
: ig y. and' 4 d, by Viittte of certain Glaufe» containM In 
, an Aft of Parliament ef the firii Ycair of hi$ Majeft/s 
< Reign in that Behalf. ' 

^fiiarch'2'^. A Bill for the more ea/y afjignPng and transfer^ 
ring certain fedeemaUe Annuities payable at tke Bscchequer^ 
SKc/was read the fecond Time, and committed to a Coin-* 
V niittee of the whole Houfe \ aftet which, a Petition pf 
Gearge Kelly, Clerk, Prifoner in t^ Tower of London^ 
jwas prefented to the Houfe and read, praying that he 
might be heard byhimfelf and Counfcl againfttheW/l 
for inftiWng certain Pains and Funijhments upon him^ be- 
fore the fame ihould pafs into a Law ; and that thig 
Houfe Ihould ai£gn Sir Confiantine Fhipps^ and Mr. Ser- 
jeant 



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•^••i 



i lemt Darnell^ fpr Vis Goimfei, aM Mr. Hugh UQafm, €bt 

' Ais Solicitor ; and that they might have freeAcceftto 

;km^ 10 receive hi* lyftruaioas U privtie; tftd thairiic 

\mA^^ have the SuQiaion* of lAiaHouie, f»rfiichWit- 

AeiTes as he (hould think ncccffary : Th« Prayers of this 

fWtion, <he 4aft of all esi^cci^tei, 'were gtimtl»d 4 and 

thereupon it was ordered. That the &id €?i»rfe Xe% be 

f UwU Counfel at the Bar «f this Ho%ife^ in Orfler to 

xnake his Defence \ that Sir Conftmntiw tinff$i aidl Mr. 

.Scijeaat Darwrt, be allow'4 to attend the fiud Glrarji^e «e/- 

ly^ ^d ad«i& hiua as Q)unf^ ; that Mt* H^ghWiitj9n be 

allowed »to attend the fai d Cw^f K<|^, tFwr hiii Solictor 5 

thiat the faid Georgis Kelif have l-iherfbr W ad vifc with his 

Counfei and SoHcif«r in private, And (hat die Se^eaiit 

«t; Arflis attending -this Houfe, fflMKiMleoq&atiitthe laid 

GeoneKOiy with thi? laid Orders. Theii it wia mo^^d 

.«Ad relbiv-d^ that the Exambati^s of €kf^ijhpter X^^ir, 
2^0^11 Flunhetj George Kel^^ and DignmJ&iHj^ takefttrfbre 
a<k)mmittee of thii ^ulH; be deliTer^d to dse LjMrds, 

^lat a Conferw^^ which was done acoowiingly the^une 

Onrthc 25th of MflrrA, the Cpiofiipns ordered Ihnir 
^ HeiUe -to be caii'd ow upen the ThurfdaySe^'anight 
^iQUowing; and then Mr. Spe^fcecacctuainttd tiieHouft, 
-That he Wd th^t Morning receivM a :Let«?r fit>m. Ae 
, Locd Bifhop of Kochefier^ dated, Taitrr, M$rik the 2A(I^ . 
'ijn h that his lordfliip hnyjng receiv-d a Copy tif a &// 
jfbr infilling cert^n Pains MidBenaltki npon kmy ibr:£vkppo(^d 
Crimes of which he wis innocent, he hopli he ftould 
vbe^ allowed to have Sir G^nfign^he Fhiffffy aadmiimf 
»»>Kiif, Efq; for his Counifcl, and Mr. ytt^fk BiyARr,- and ^ 
^Mn. iViUiam M^rrice^ for his St>ItcitOFt to afSft fiim, in ^ 
.lOtder.tO'the making his Defence; tfndthatthtfy tai^t 
;1ia^e fVeeAccefs to hitn to .i^eoeive hU Ii^uaioos, 
«nd give him their Advice in .private* Whioh mm 
j^YsLtittd^ and thereupon it was otder'd, that SatGu^oh* 
One Bhipps^ and mUmm Uynm'y EA)^ be Mixxw!4 Jitaft^h 
Lord Biihop of i9ckejter^&>r %k^ Courffel^ and Mr. Jb- 
i/q>k T^^r^ and Mr. WnUmMdrrice^ for his S<dtc)t«r« 
to aiFiil him, in Ord^r to the tnaking his De£e&oe^ and 
<hat the Lord J^iflKHfof &9ckeft<r have Uhorty to advife 
. ^ithhi»c:ounfeland Solicitors in private. ThenMr.Kir- 
t»r from the (.ommiiiceof the whole Houlb, on Ways 
•jand Means to raife the Supply, reported the . Heiplutioa 
they had coaie to fome Da. s bSrfpre, viz,, that iQ^lead^of 
tiie Duties ad Valorem^ now payable for bound Books im« 

ported. 



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N^JV^Xl for th^ Tear 1722. 269 

pqrtccl,, Atch, toui^d Books bQ c^aijed With a Duty a^ 
tejp liie Ritft 9f i^i'.jfjirlfundrcdlf^iglit, ftrtf that t}k« ' 
ft^ctpiivy^ i^pjUca^lc 10 the fameXJf^, a« tli6 lb$4 
Dutlc* A<^ i^/6rifiiij^ wefc jyiplfcabk : . Vtliich R^fblutidWt ' 
Wa* agreed to^ tnd orcler^' to be lAftrted in the BHifiiP 
^»COMf.^^^ffi of the Cottfagf of Money^ Sec. After tKf», 
i^ a Cprtiniittee qf tji^ whole Hogfe, the Common* urfeftt 
t^rpu^ifi .t;hq ^/7/ ftr the iiK/re eafy affiptini end treinfftr*' 
rins certain r€4ee>n4fd(f Annuities^ J^^^tihle ai the Mi>fihequer^ 
8s^. iM^d CRj^de ii?v«r4l AmcpicHnpents thereto, Whfoh feeing 
the^c^tpaij^ rcapor^^od^ and agfeci to, the ^id Pill wai' 
ordjr'd.^o be iMroi^'d: |f 

Thf fame UAy {March 2f .) the Commons prdeif^L* 

tfe^K M.r^ Attor(lCJf-Ger]^eral do appoint Counftj learned 

in the LaM^, to produce and manage the Evidence "at the 

fear of this Houfe, on the 28th, to make good the AUe* 

^^txpXKi, yf the B|U, (or iAfIi£ting certain Pains ^nd Pe« 

n^^ti^ upon! John J^lunket, Then Mr. Godfrey repbrted 

frQtn tfic Committee^ to i^h^m the Petition m th^ Ma- 

iier> Wa^rdens, andCqmmonalty ^the Myftery of Cord- 

^%ioer< of the Ci^y of London^ a?id Other Maf^rs ufing 

tKe ft^n^. Ayt and Mypery, was committed, the Relb'*' 

lutions of the Committee thereupon 5 and he read the 

Heport iji his Pl^e, and afterwards deHverM it in a| 

the Table ^ where the fame was rea4, and the Re(bltt« 

tions were agreed unto by the HbuJfe, and are as fblloiir, 

vfe ift. That great Frauds and Abufes ^te committed hf 

JourpeyipenShoema^rs in and about the Cities of La;^ 

don and, Wefimlnfi^ry Borough of Soutkviarh^ and Parts 

4dja<?«nt, by felling, pawning, %nd exchanging Leather, 

ind 9lher Materials delivered to them by their Makers, 

"ito w^k up into Boots, Shoes and Slippers, to the great 

Xjofs.and Difcredit of the faid Mafters. 2dly, That the 

Pawnbrol^erspf igw^o/j and W'efimnfier^ Borough of Soutk- 

'ipark^ and ?arts adjacent, give great Encouragement to 

:tl]^e faid Jouraej^m.en tp d^fi-aud their . Matters, by buy- 

jjng, changing, or leading Money to Journeymen on Shoes, 

.'cut Leatiher, or other Matei:ials for malting Boots and 

Shoes, jdly, Thtit Pawnbrokers and Joumeynvsn Shpe- 

^makers pught to be reftrain'd from the Jike Pra^ticies for 

thefuture : And then, a Bill was ordered to t)ebrpught 

jin> fir.pr^ventif^ Jgfirneymen ShomJkers fellings changing 

.or f^w^ini ^Pfits^^ Shges^ Slippers^ cut heather^ or other 

\ Mat^rWf for mkini Boots^ Shoes, or Slipper^ ^ and for het' 

tir r^uUttn£>the fat4 fwrneywefu After this, at tiiie De- 

l^kfn the CoinmohSa two CoiiftreEkces were held '^n tKe 

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Q70 The Bftdrieal Regifter N° XXXt" 

* • • 

Fdinted Ckawtbers^ between Managers of bo^ Houfes ^ at 
the firft of which Mr. Pulteney^ in the^^fame of the ' 
Kfanageri for the Commons, acquainted the Lords, that 

. the Bill for inflicting /certain Pains and Penalties upon 
yofm Flwilkt^ being to be read a fecohd I*>ime upon' the 
Thurfday next following, the Commons would haveX3c- 
cafion for the original Letters and Papers delivered to ; 
their Lordfhips at a former Conference, and therefore 
defirM tb have the faid Letters andTapers returnM to 
them, and that they fhould be again deliverM to their 
Lordfhips, as foon as tlye Commons dbuld conveniently 
fpare theiB. The Lords readily comply^d with* the De- 

. fire of the Commons, and at another Conference, deliverr 
ed to their Managers the Trunk containing the fatd 
original Letters and Papers, which was 6rder*d to be de- 
livered: jo Mr. Speaker. 

March 27. The Commons orderM the fame Trunk to 
be delivered to Mr. Attorney-General ; and then, the in- 

. gtofs*d BUI for the more eafy ajjignin^ or transferring cer- 
tain redeenmble Annuvtes payable at the. Exchequer^ &c.* 
was read the gd Time, amended, pafsM, and fent up 
to the Lords. Then a Petition of George Kelly ^ Clefk^ 
Prilbner in the Tower of London^ was prefcnted to the 
Houfe, and read, praying, that the fecond Reading of 
the Bill for infli^ing certain Fains and Penalties upon him^ 
might be put off 'till Afril 8 ; and that the Depofitions 
upon Oath, of Mr. Michael Birmingham^ Surgeon, and 
Meffieurs Bask and Borgonio^ Merchants, who refided at 
Far is ^ to be taken before a publick Notary, or before 
fome or one of the Britijh Refidents there, and alfo the 
I>epoiition of Mr. Gordon^ Banker at Boulogne in Prahce^ 
to be taken upon Oath before the chief Magilbrate of the 
faid Town, or a Publick Notary there, might be adniit- 
ted to be read at the Bar of this Houfe, as Evidence for 
.the Petitioner. Mr. Hungerford^ Sir H'ilUam Wyndham^ 
Mr. Falmer^ and Mr. Skipfen, fpoke in Behalf of this 
Petition ; but being anfwerM by Mr. Chancellor of the; 
Exchequer, the. Matter of the Rolls, and Sir WiUr^m 
Thompfin^ Recorder of the City of Lond§n^ it was car 
xied, without- dividing, that the faid Petition be re- 
je£led. y 

It appeared a few Days after, that the Commons haU 
§ood Reafon not to admit of fuch precarious Evidence 
as might 5e procur'd by Mn Kelly from beyond Sea. For 
on Saturday the ^oth of March^ Anthony Sanderfon of St. 

yJMa^ret's Wtfiminfiery Gentr came voTuJiUHl/ bdFore 

.the 



N? XXXI for the Tear 17 a'?. 27^ 



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the Lord (^rtaret, and ml^d^X^ath, that R^^er Garth. f>£ , 
Mammer/mtk, Maner of the Dove Sloop, ^ame to this 
I>efx>nent at ihe Teams-Ceurt (Zottec-Honf^ %tW}iife)KiU^ 
on- the 25th: of Mavch^ about twHvc of the Clock^ and . 
told him, that being bouitti for france^ and intending 
foon to proceed on his Voyage, fevcral Perfpns had made ' 
Application to him. to carry Letters thither, but that \ 
hejiRo^erGarth^ apprehending fuch Letters might be in 
Order to carry on a traiterous Correfpondence againfl the 
Government, and he be brought into Trouble, did there- 
fore come to this Deponent tl> ask his Advice in this 
Mattel^ ^ who told him, thofe Letters might be of Ser- 
vice to the Government, provided he woiild bring them 
to this Deponent ; and advisM him to receive the fame. 
That thereupo|fi, about five of the Clock in the After- 
noon, the faid Garth did deliver to this Deponent two 
Letters^ one dire^ed To the Reverend Father Grams Ca« 
pttcin, Boulogne, and the other, a Monfieur Gordon Han^ ^ 
qukt n Boulogne. That this Dooonent went with thefe 
Letters unopenM, as he had receiv'd them from the faid 
Mri Gatth^ to the Right Honourable \\it\loxdCartarefs 
Houfe i'h Arlmgton-Jireet^ .about nine pf the Ci^ck at ^ 
Night, and delivered the. laid two Letters into his Lord- 
ihip's own Hand ;• which Letters the faid Lord Cartaret 
open'd in this Deponent's Prefencc, and the faid Depp- 
nen^, by his Lordlhip's Dire6tion^^ 4id write his Name 
oi^ the Ikid Lett<^rs,. as alfo pn the Papers endos'd. 
'This -was confirmM ^y ther voluntary Dcpo/»tion of 
Ro^er Garth, Maiier of the J^e Sloop, who added, that 
lie>feceivM the Letters abo.vementipn'd.from the Hands 
o^ a Servant xb Mr. Aikenkead^ a Sro^rA^ Gentleman, who 
carfte over fome Time before in his- Sloop from Boukine ; - 
that the faid Servant told him, he brought tbefe Letiers 
to him from his MaAer, atid delir'd him to be as expe* 
^ ditipus with them as he could. That the lad Time he 

1km Mr^Aikenhead at thenew Coffee-Houfe pver againft. 
the Mifnji^s-Gate, the faid Aikenhead proposM to him toxatv 
ry over a Paffenger, whom he muft take particular Care^ 
of, without^ naming him ; and that Aikenhead told him, 
he hsMJ fomething elfe of Confequence^ which ihould be • 
deliver'd xo him by his Servant, €o> fend over to France^ 
dnd recommended great Secrecy and Expedition to him, • 
• promlfmg.him a handfome &ewajFd« That one Mr* Smlthen^ 
whom he faw about xyo. Months before a|c Bon'ogm, di4 
apply to him feveral Times to carry over Letters, when 
hiy the faid Smithen was in England^ ^hich was about 

M m a three 



97^ The mprtctd KigiPer ,N^XXXi. 



tlift^e Momlii before ; flun of l«le tHis DepodiMt <ri( 
fuljpdft tKe ikid jfikeHkead imdth^ tiid .^SMlifn tt l>e car- 
rying on'a Corferpi9BtM0b^gftiiift t%e Sovtmnent, aiid' 
upon tktt Account, lie f'SMrth) did «h)«auit Mr.j«tfsi- 
f/Ki»jF Sdntnitrfon wHIi ipfiat in «lfi»«Nnemnn -4* '^lat bs 
lufew Bordtn^ the BAidftf lit fipw/dgne^ stui<lnd goo<l Roa- 
foil to believe liim 10 be en A^^t of thePfetentfw and 
his Adherents ; and that lie Ibr^ fevcni Fosfoiis at Soife- 
^^9 wfio urent by etwiitefiHtltniMB. 

7%e Letter dlre^sd, AMot^kmr Qeniiia, SMf^kr m 

ik as follows: 



DearSfr^ 
C T Writ a Note by one ^»1io f l^f^pde liaialrotdf |MrA 
] ftd your Way, Bp(m the fame SiA^oft vmk tke>cfi- 
cfcrsM Note: I hope, yiora iuive bfefiRi^tici«,.iH-it Iw 
ijk^hat isrequifite from ihffmagim^l Fdris^ and f My «jk* 
pe£^ both foon. The endosM U the Cbpy of a Noiefimoi 
thePerfbn coiK:ern'*d, ^Hh the SubAanee -of vhat be 
tfhiflfks fequilite. I imt^me that youfs and SMndu\ 
might be in one, without mentioamg the ChrifttftH 
Names, only Meffieu PS G^^loK, ftrtii-FUs hsBmmpfiets 
unique de ct mm m B. If Bd/qui and Bcmr^^^mmy wh^ ate 
Faid to have be^n pfefeirt at the DeHyery,, wonrid lilse* 
wife make Faith as WitirdliCB, and Ari«nfffsiras M^ker of 
the Prefent, it wevklA ito ^eli^ liiit all thk m\d\ be 
done without i^oft of Time, tir .#t will be too late. 
¥el^erday, thete were two isnrtwgkt onto the H^itfe af 
t^ommons, for Pains and I^miitiea agaHift ^uMketj anC. 
K^eor^e Kefhf. So that his Hearing «t the £ar of ihtt 
Houib will be v«ry^tbon. J'^mfdn yoiiwiH'omit aothiag 
'on your Pairt to ferw To worthy a Man ;befid69 a gr€«t 
-deal more will probably de|i«nd vtfcm it. ^ I beg otce 
more, dear Sir, that nothing isay be nrgleded that caa 
1>e 'done, and with the utiBoft SuYpeiitioQ. FivtojathM 
•- Trouble, I "flrflllong to hew ftomyoo ioon. 



'*ir it were known here, ^*rfh«t Fami^ ^R ^ 

^^oaijftmm were of, it would do more iBinrt dWHi Gaoii. 
^ F^icnls n f^ris-muR juige of rhst. 



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Gordon Banqukr o^Boulogne. { 

G. Banquier in B CMQfc ^liis X>^ 1)etbi« me \pft 
\x$) and vQlttntari]y miiileOatli ufontheHoW 
Evangclifts^ iliat lie never received a l^tcr Frpm Gt$f^ 
KeUj^ al4a« Joht^fion^ «0W a Prilbncr . in ttvc Tower oF 
L'off^p/t, or Writ to Wm e1tiierT)y"hi6bwn or any otjiet' 
Namo^ attd nefver liad the lea'ft JDeailng or even A<>» 
<qvaintance witK liisi, the faid ttW7^ alias 'J^hfion t 
And ixrSitcets tlie faldl!)epOfiieht is informed, ihax the/ai4 
^ Xet(y alias Joknjion^ is chargM witli the lending of a treaiSJoi* 
abk Packet of ^.etters about the agd of Afril^ 17125X0 
lilm n&e faid Deponent;, in order to he delivered to 
a tall black Man, fiippos'd to be one Mr. Jam, T^lkot^ 
tffttli a Lfctter of Recoittmendatioa flgnM Jkm. J^h^iSn^^ 
TJifs Deponent furtli<r declares, that Jbe never receiy'^t 
ttky l\ich Packet frond f^torjie X£%^ alias Joknfion^ nei« 
tW &id "he fee the faid^^w. Tdlhk^ as he went ihr^* 

fit, Surjgeian ztT^ris came this Day 1>efore u«^ 
voluniarflymadeOatli uj>on thie HolyEvangdiita^ 
thu'tTome iTime in March^ 1722, or thereabout, Gior^ 
Ketlj alias Jdhnfioiu, now a Prisoner in the Tower of I^k* 
ife^, .bbing then in this City, did fpeak to the D^pO* 
Heni to procure him a little Dog to carry as a Pi:el<mt 
fD a. Lady in London ^ that this Deponent did according* 

ly receive fuch a Dog from one ttonOeur -— ^ one of 

his Patients, and deliver'dthe faid Dog to the faid iCi/* 
hf iWks folinlfon^ at his Lodginga, ill the Prefence of two 
^inc% Perlons callM Btifqiu and TSurgpniei who were^ 
that 'ttme in his Chamber ; and whereas Ais Depo- 
iletit is in&rm'd, that it is alledg^d ^gainft the iai4 
i XcmUj alias Johnpgn^ that the faid Dog ^M de%n'd ani 
fent to L. M. as a Preibnt to the B. of A. He the faid De-, 
pooeht does furder declare, that the faid Allc^aiione ii^ 
ftl« and groundles, and that the faid Ld. M» knew no* 
tbilig at an of the l^id Dog, and that the faid Depo» 
«ent never deflgnM him for the B. of Rochejfer^ but fox. 
the fkid Kdly^ and whomfoever he Choi^ght .fit togive him. 
to* 

By thefe Means the Agents of the Confpiffat6r»€Kpe£|w 
Hd to take off that Part both of thepofitive a&dcon}e^« 
Mi Enidejuce mentioa'd in Ub ^epojt «f ibc S«cr«t Com* 

mitytee^ 



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3174 • The Hfftorieal fCe^rfter: N^ XXK I 

inittcc, which patticularly affeaed the Lord Bifhop oF 
' iathefier ; but the faid'Letttfr and 'Affidavits therein cn- 
ctosMyvfalUng into the Hands of tV Governmeat, had sl 

quite contrary Efic^. ^ 

\^Qn the i8th of.Mitr^ck, the pll . for tnfiiEling certain 

?luW5««^Ffw^?^V5 tf/>.o/i John Plun"ket, was according to 
Irdcf read a fecondTime 5 and tho* Mr. Tlunka did nor 
tMnk fit to make any Defence, ytfl the Conftnbns pro- 
ccedcci,'and the Cbunfel for the Bill produc'd Exttaas 
ef feveral original Letters from abroad, giving Intelli- 
' gcnce of the Confpiracy and the Tranllations of the 
laid Extras^ were read. A Copy of a Letter ftoppM at ' 
the Poft-Office, being produced by the Counfel for the 

' Bill, and Pah of it being in Cypher, the Decyphcrers * 
■^cre examinMi.and the Officer of the foft-Qfficc, wli3 

• €opy*d the faid Letter from the faid 'Origm^i which was 
ftnt forward, was alfo examin'd. The Counfel being 
^Irefted to withdraw, fome Objeaions we're rais'd againft 
liich precarious Evidence, but, after fome Debate^ it 
was refolv'd, without dividing, .that the Copy of jljc 
faid Letter ftopp'd at the Poft-Office, be admitted to be 
fead as Evidence. Then the Coiinfel being call'd .in,' ' 
the faid Copy was read, and the Counfel proceeded to, 
cxamrne feveral Perfons in Relarloiuo other Letters.fto'p- 
ped in like Manner, arid alfo to feveral original Papery 



l^d^the Confpiracy, an^ then theCoUnfeJ produced aLe^ri 
ih^ faid to. be writ by the Pretender, to 'John t^unhf^ 
when he was at Rome 5 and fon^e Witnefles were exapain-^ 
^d in'Relation'tp the faid Letter, >ihich was, read v and- 
in particular. MK JDe la Faye wa,s ej^iiln^d astpthf Au-^ 
tjie^tifcknefs of th? E'xaminatipn§ ancl Declaratipns.V.of 
Tkflif Neyme^ Clerk. The Couhfet ;haVing fumm'd up 
tlie Evidence, and being withdraw n,* Mr. Speaker «-* 
pcn'd the Bill, and then th^ Qiieftion being put,. That 
' the faid Bill.be committed to a .Comjuittee of.tJl^ 
whole Houfe, the fame was carry'd without dividing. • . 

'* March 29. The Commons orderM, ift, That.Mr. At.' 
tbrhey-GeneraJ doyippoint Counfel learn'd in the Law^ 
tb' produce and manage the Evidence at the Bar 'of 'the. 
Houfe, on Monday next, tp make good the Allegations 
of the Bill for infTiciing (TerMn Pains" and, Fenafiies, upon 
Qecb Kelly aiias Johnfon. 42. That the faid George heflf 
Jbe heard by -his Counfel, tfftmO:- the faid BUI,-' at the. 

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fame Time.* 3; That <7Corjg« Keliy^PtiComcrin the Tower 
ct London^ be broUght to th^ Bar of this ^oufe on Moa«. 
d^y next. ' 4. Tha£ a. Lift .of the Witnefles for Gegr^t Kff^ . 
,^ /y, be delivered to Mr. Speaker. 5, That Mrs. fane Barnes^i 
Mr* M^mriSirigliy^ fsinMiadne^ arfd William Woody Oo' 
^ tttcndtW* Houfe^on. Monday next, Thexi, a Bill foi, 
€9(flMnht^^ttnd mMng.more effe&ual Jiv^ral foriper /^SltforS" 
^ ctrning Pheihuilding or' reftiirlng Qwnty Goais^ was re^4 ^ 
kI Tim^^.but a M6tiQ^' being made, and theQueHioa 
^ put, that the faid Bill be committed, it pafs'd in the 
• Negative. After thit, the Commons went into graiuL 
Committee upon the BHlfor infilling certain Paias unjL 
Femlti^i ufn JohniPluspicet* . Mr. Onflov) being placed 
in the Chair, fevenai . Letters and other original Papers, 
provM by feveral Witnefles to be Mr, Flknket^s HsLXidr 
Writing^ were rea<i,*as were alfo a Letter from the Pre- 
tender^ and feve*al other Letters from General J)/7/o«io 
Ftunk^^'&h whichiclearly evincing, tllathe had a prin* 
.eipal Share in the contriving and carrying on of the 
Confpiracy ; Mr Miller mov^dy^ahat the Pains and 
I^enalties, for which a Blank was lett in the Bill, might 
extend to Death ; urging, that in his Opinion, there 
was fuflicient Proof to convi£t him of High Treafo»- 
even in Wgftminfitr^HalU ^e was feconded by the Lord 
- • MidiUton^ Sir John Rujhout, Mr^ Clayton^ Mr. Sondes^ Mr. 
Walter Chetwyn^ Mr. John Cketv>yn^ Sir Wilfred Lavjfon^ 
and many others 5 but they they were- oppos'd by Mt*. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Horace Walpole^ Mr. 
Thomas^ Broderkk^ arid Sir yojeph Jelyl, who, among 0- 
ther Reafons, alledg'd, that th% filling up the Blank 
^with Death, would be a Kind of Deceit put on the 
> the Prifoner, becauiba Bill for Pains and Penalties, wi!s 

generally underllood not to reach Life, and that it was 
to be AipposM^ the Priibner took it in that Senfe, othexf- 
. wife he woulU have made fome Deftnce. The Members 
^ . who were for Deaths feeing the Courtiers of a contrary 
Opinion, would not divide the Houfc; and then Kfr. 
Attorriey«^eneral movM, That the Pains anlkpenalti^s 
'*might be Imprlfonment in fome P«rt of Great Britaf^^ 
during the Pleafufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and Sue- 
ceffors,' Forfeiture of his £ftate, and that his Attempt- 
ing to make^ or others favouinng his Efcape, be 
made Felony ^ and the Queftion being put thereupon, 
■Twas' ciATty'd in ike A£nniKt}ve by 2S0 Voices agjiiiift 

- " March 



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orje The l^Jlorkal Regifter K^XXXI 

' JKfivf ^. Mr. Off/IW^ rcp0rt«l ike Hoiifctha Ajoiewh 
mattB niftde in « gfan^ CmatltMr, wliiek Kein^ «(^cie4 
tO!, tfao ftid KU witk tli» AnMndnaeAtft vts qrdd^d ^^ 

On the firil of .^prV, the Conunou bemg ufffUiiiM^' 
eift, that Mr. Serjeant I>4ktm^ litd decHn^d if^pett m^ 
. ^ the Bar of t&eir Hoiiib ^ Confei te Gttnw Hjilfj^ 
aiitt /(O^^it, Clerk, Mqg eapi^U m BuAitlT i|t di^ 
Afizes ki 5iti^M, it wat erdnrM, tkac tktt^Umt: N^, Sffj^ 
be alio wM to be CottnM Ibt tie lakl ^reijy Xfftf;, t9- 
^etd of Mr. Serjeant JD«nMl/» TWn Mr. GhaneeUop oif 
tke Elscheqiier aecfua^ted tltf Beufit, tlut feveral Pa- 
(ers reieting to tie Matter, mftm tthkh the Ho^ m^ 
to proceed that Day, having cone te the QaiMh of the 
VoxdCartaret^ one of thePriacifMil Secretaries ef ^ti^e, 
bis Majdly had dtreaed, that they flio«ld he laid W 
fore this Honft; and 'theveifrpon, Mr.ifyf^lb deliver'^ 
to Mr. Speaker the aboyementkmM Letter^ direded ff 
Mr. Gordoi^^ Banker, at BotJogne^ widt Diaii§ku of tw% 
X&iavits inclos-d,^;|^d the Dopoiitions of Mc X(|a^«r^ 

^and Rmr Garth % \rhich wereorderM to be printed; 
n the Order of the Day being read, for the fiscon^ 
reading of the Silf for itrftming atuin Fatat a^d fttwj- 
tks ufon George Kelly tdms Johnfbn^ it was order*4^ 
That the faid Bill be read to the PrifbneraadtheCouii- 
• rel, whilft they were at the Bar. Then the Prifoner W4e 
brought in, and the Counfel for and againft the SiU 
were calLM in, and the BiJl waa read in the FrnfelKe of 
the Prifbner and Counfel. And the Counfisd §ot the 
^ili openM the Eyiderfce, and product aichene taken 
ijmong Mr. Lajer'^s Papers, which was read,; a»d afbeiy 
wards prqducM a Copy of a Letter written in Cyphee, 
flopped at the Poft-Office. And the Counfei ageinft.the 
Bill objeaing to the reading the faid Letter as Bwi- 
dence ; the Coenfel on both Sides were heard therete. 
And then the Prifoner and Counfirf being wifchdiaLKre^ 
fifter fon^ Debate, it was refolv*d. That the^Ctkpy of 
i, ILctter written in Cypher, and i^oppM at the Poft- 
Office, and qpp^'d^bjf the Of&ceta of the faid Office, the 
oHglnal Letter being' ftnt as directed ; aad the faid Co- 
py being decypher'^ and tcAifi^ by the Dccyphtrera lo 
ve truly decypher'a, be admitted to bfi reed as Ewi- 
4ence. . « 

• And the Prifonet'^ ^' Cotinftl werecall'd in y e«d 
\ ]^it,Speaker acquainted them with the laid Refoluti^. 

Ara. 



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N« XXXl /&r f/5r<? Teari 723* 277 

. — ■■ ■ ■ ' 

And the laid Cc^y was read. A Paper of John P^uvikefs 
Hand- Writing, taken in his Lodging, tein^ ofier'^d as 
fevidehce by the Counfe} for the Bill 5 and it being bb- 
jc£ted to by the Counfel againft the Bill, the Counfel 
oh both Sicfies were heard thereto?. Then the Prifbner 
and Counfel withdrew, and after Debate it was tir 
folvM, 

That a Paper in ^ohn Munkst's fland-Wrhyxg^ .taken 
fey one of his Ktajefty's MeireDper.s, when the fjiid i^Jww- 
liet^s Lodgings were fearc'h'd, and his l^apers feiz'd, be 
brought up to ihe Table, And, the Prifojier an4 
Couniel w6rc called in, and th^ faid Paper was brought 

The Copy of a Letter, dated Lonian^ May 31, 17? 2, 

ifjgii'd j^. Roger i) ftopjp'd at the Poft'-Houfe, being o^- 
£r*d t6 be {-^ad by the Counfel for the Bill j and thb 
ikrhfc beirig obje^ed to by the Counfel againft the Bill^ 
.as Hot btfin^. examined with the original Letter by the 
(Clerk who copy 'd the faid Letter 5 the Counfel on bot|i 
Bides were heard thereto. • , «^ . 

And then the Prifoner and Co3nfbl b^iiig withdrawn^ 
Hfter Debate, it was refolv'd, 

• That the Copy ef a Letter, dated, London^ May 31, 
1)22, fign'd /* Rogers, ft<^'p'd at the Pplt-Office, and cp* 
fy'd by one of the Officers belonging to the faid- Ct* 
fic^, the original Letter being fent as direftcd, be ad- 
liutted tx> be read as Ev idehce. 

Arid then thp J^rifpner and Couiilel were called 



in* 



And the faid Letter wasreadl^^a'swas alfo another Let-j 
ttJTy dated, jfUne 21, 1722. 

An txaihi nation pf FhiUp Neyhoe^ ( wh o in endeavou r- 
irig to make his Etcape piit of the Cuftody of a Mef- 
ftrigdr, was drowh'd_^ was offer'd by the Counfel for the 
Sili, to be rea(^., and ihe fame being obje£ted to by the 
Colinfel ajgainA the Bill, the Counfel on both Sides wel*e 
fccJajd iheteto. And then the Prifoner and Counfel be^ 
ing withdrawn, after a long Debate, it was refolvM^ 
That tiie ExamlnSition of Philip Neynoe^ deceased, taken 
before a Committee of Lords of the Council,, the twen- 
ty-ley^nth of Septemher^ 1722, be admitted to be read as 
Evidence; And the Prifoner aftdn^ounfer being caird 
<*jj, the faid Examination ^a« r^ad, as were alfo feveral 
other Copies of Letters (lop p'd at the Poft -Office, feme 
fljtiircepted going to foreign Parts, and others imer- 
crepted coming froiA forrfgn Parts, and a printed Decla- 

N n ratioit 



/ ^- 



" ■> ■■ . .fm 



."278 The. Hiprlcal.Regifter] "li^*'. XXXI 

ration of the Pretender's, intercepted coming from France^ 
and an originfll Letter intercepted coming from Trance \ 
and thenth^ Prifoner andCoimfcl were direfiled to with- 
draw : Aft6r which, it was refolv'd. That this HoUfe 
would proceed the njtxt Morning, in the' further hear- 
ing of Couhfel for afidagaihlt the Bill for inflifting cer- 
tain Paihs and Penalties upon George Kelly alias yoAn. 
fon. 

On the 2d of April^ Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 
acquainted the Houfe, That feveral Examinations rela- 
ting to the Matters now before the Houfe, having 
been taken before one x)f ^is Maje^'s Principal Secre- 
taries of State, his Majefty had direfiled that they ihould 
be laid before ^his Houfe, together with two Letters re- 
ferred tb in fome of the ftid Examinations, which he dc- 
"liverM to Mr. Speaker, v/z.. The Examinations of Phtlif 
Cfarryll^ Efq; twenty-fevenih and tewnty-ninth of March^ 
1723. A Letter fjgnM Fra. FhiUj>s^ dated from the /foy<i/ 
Oak^ OSi. 2. A Letter to Tkilip Carryll^ Efq; dated the 
loth of Marck^ 1723." The Examihalions of William Sea- 
fing^ March^ 2 2d, 23^^ And 27lh", 1723. The Exami- 
nation of Thomas Yalden^ D, D. taken the 31ft o£ Mayck^ 
1723. \ , 

'^ In the firft Examination Philtf Carryll of North ia 
the County o£ Soufkampton^ Efq; depos'd upon Oath, 
That Sir Harry Goring being at the Examinant!s Houfe, 
about the 20th of j4uguft laft, fent for Mr. Kelly alias 
fokajon^ down into the Country, and ^ttroo&i to the 
faid Kelly the going beyond Sea with h&, asunder- 
ftanding the Language,' which Sir Harry ^^s'npt ; that 
the fa id ^^//jf excusM himfelf, as being Under Bail, bu^ 
faid, he would go to Town to talk.witK thofe who wefe • 
bound for him; and accordingly, the faid f^^ly 'went 
iip to London^ and came down again a Day or two be- 
fore Sir Harry went away, which was on the 23d ,or 
24th of Augufi\ the Examinajit denies having feen the, 
Lord North and Grey about that Time, 'till he fawhim- 
at Mr. Boyce^i at Stolnes Bay, Being confronted with flT//- 
liam Beajing-t who not only in lifted upon what he faid 
in his former Examinations, of the Examinant's being. 
at his Houfe in Company with a Perfon that wants a 
HaRd, but namM tho^vcry Room in which they were, 
lie ftill wienies it. Being fhewn a Letter, taken in hi« 
Lodgings at Goring-Lee^ dated, from the Royal 0<i)t, Off J 
2. fign*d Fra. 'BhiUps^ he faid it came from the abovemen-* 
tlonM George Kelly^ i?ho wrote it from the Royal Oak at 

• . FoS'HalK 



N^XXXI. for the Tear n:^:^. , 279 

Fox'Halh Being likewife fliewn another Letter, directed - 
to tlie Examinant ^t Nortk^ dated March lo, 1723^ 
and without any Name at Bottopi^; he own'cl it came ' 
from Sir Harry Goring, Being ask^ to explain fevei-al 
Paffages in Georie Keily's faid Letter, hefaid,^ he did not 
know the Meaning of them, only that he teliev'd 
the Friend Frank therein mention'd, was Mr. Francis - 
Macmtfiara j but defires Time to recollect. 

The fecond Examination gf Philip Carry 11, Efqy Vias as 

foUo'ws:/ 

HE (aid, that about four Month* before Sir Harry 
Goring went off for France^ who wpt in AuguJ} laft, 
he told the Examinant, there was to be an Invafion ^ 
that the Duke of Ormonde was to come from Spain^ and 
to bring with him fom'e Officers 5 that he was. to land" 
towards Brijfol^ and he was alfo to' bring Arms ^ that 
. the faid Sir Han'y was to be'' a Ljjzuieuant^General, and 
* had or 'was to have a Commjflion for it, but the Examinant - 
i never faw it : That the Lord Lanfdown was to come to 
Cqrn'wali'y that the faid SirJHiirry alfo told the Examinant^ 
he usM to vifit the Bifhop of Rocliejfer^ and that once- 
talking pf Affairs, (as the Examinant fuppofe^ relating 
to tlic Pretender) an4 Difference of Opinions ariiing be- 
tween them, the faid Sir Harry faid thefe Words to the 
Bifhop, This is rocMng the Cradle indeed j (which this Ex- 
aminant unfterftood- to be reproaching the Bifhop for 
forae dilatory Proceedings) upAi which (as the faid Sir 
Harry told the Examinant) the Bifhop took him by the 
Collar : The Examinant further fays, that he has feen - 
a Letter directed to the faid Sir Harry Goring^ by the 
N^^iie of Hore^ which the faid Sir tiarry pwn'd was for 
hingij^lf; that when G. Kelly wa^ down at the Exam inant's 
Houife with Sir Harry Goring beforenani'd, about the Time 
, be ysrcnt off, as abo vemention'd, he, the faid Kelly^ together 
. ■ wi^ the fai^ Sir Harry ^ and the Ex^iijinant, din'd at Mr., 
L'fwis^s ax Sohertgny biit the Examinant believes the fiiid 
Leijois did not know who t,he faid Kelly was 5 ^nd that ' 
they, viz., Sjr Harry Goring^ the Examinant, and Kelly^^ 
alfo din'd at Dr. Yalden\ 2^1 Clatfield ', that it is very- 
probable, Mr. Tucker of Woodhauje was with them at. • 
Dr.' Yafden\ but the Examinant cannot be pofitive ; 
that the faid Kelly hs^d about him an Account qf his Exa- 
• fiaination l^cfore the Lords 6f the Council, which was 
^ • N n a read i 



C^Sd . The BftorJeal Regifler N« XXXI 

Tfad ^ that the faid Kelly was writing at tlje ipxami? 
Biint's Houfe aimoft a whole Day before ihe faid Sir HgT" 
ry Goring weht off, ^nd the Examinant has Reafon to 
bislieve, ihey were fettling together a Key, by "which 
they might correfpond. The Examinant being ask'dtq 
explain fomc Pafliages in the faid George Kelifs Letter tQ 
him, mentipn'd in his former Examination, fays, th%t 
.by the Name {Robert fohnfon) mention'd in the faid 
Letter, is meant the Lord North and Gr^y, the Lettef 
being written foon aftel: his Lordlhip was tnken mp ^ 
that by the other Lanjoyi^ is meant Sir Harry Goring^ 
who was then abfent out of the Kingdom, and that 
the Poflfcript, w,herein Notice is ta)s:en of the ^xami- 
nant's Advice to one fent about a Mortgage, ha^*Re- 
feience to this Paffage, That the faid ICelly had, be? 
fore the writing of the faid Letter, fept to him a French 
3Vfan, one Captain Bonin^ with a recommer^daiory Let- 
ter, whbfe Rvfmeft, as the Captain told thp Examinant, 
■vfas, that he had a Servant to fend away beyond Se^ j 
and the faid Captain llfiiquir'd of the Examinant hpw 
he fhould get a PalTage for ^lim ^ vhich Man, who came 
ixrith the faid Captain honhy y^nd^"^ the Notion of a Ser-: 
vant- the Examinant has fince Reafbn to apprehend, was 
Sample 5 for that after the f^id Man was gone from the 
JBxaminajit's Houfe, Mr. Boyce of Stohs Bay^ told this Ex-- 
aininant, that he had obferv*d he was difguis'd, and that 
he anfwer'd the Defcription of Sample^ in the Proclama? 
tion, or Words to that EfFeft. Being ask'dhow the faid, 
toyce came to tell him /o, the Examinant lays, thaf 
hfe had, at the Requeft of the faid Capt. i?on|», fent hii^ 
own Servant with the faid Man to the fai4-fioyi^f,.to g<?t 
him off. 

The Letter dated, from, the Royal Oak, p£t. ?. 'was ai foU 

Jows •• 



T 



5/r, ; 
Would haye acknpwledg'd the Fayour of ypnt laft 
before nOw, but expe^ed by a little Stay, to be 
* able to give you a more perfect Account gf your Bu- 
^ fmeft ; but am diftippointed in this, as well as in 
/ fome othpr Things. You hear and know what i^ 
*• become of our Friend Rohert Jojmfon ; a^d from oui: 
^ other Lawyer I have never heard a Syllable fince you 
^ and I were with hiip- which yQH will fay is pretty 

'.furpnzingj 



* 

' furprizing, and am afraid very (iettini!?iit^| \ l?iit Atfc^ 
* Things inuft be born with Patience. 

* We Jiave no News but iyhat you h^y€ In the publick 
' Papers. The two l^jds, lately xommi tied, ^rp con- 
^ fhf d very clofe, and the Lord North very iU treated as 
' to his Lodgings in the Tower : A great many others a^re 
^ talk'd of, which a little Time will clear up ) whenarv}!^ 
' thing new happens, you may expert to hear from me, 
^ and don't know but a little AflTair of my pwn may car- 
' ry me foon to Wwchefier 5, it it d.oes, Ijpropafe tQ pay. 
f my Refpe6ts to you. Your jfrien^ Frank and I, afc 
9 drinking your Health, ahd givfs you l^i^ ^cryi^f,, |. 
f j^m with ReipeQ ^ncj Sincerity, 

Your tnoft ok§4ient, hp^^nhie Servant^ , 

Fr^. Philij^ 

f I i^m heartily forry your A;c|.yw vw^snp^ foUow'4 by 
^ the Perfon I reconji^iiendcd toiyou abom th^ Moxt-, 
•^age. 

for Philip Qryll^ Jfj^i ^t Npr;h, n^ar p€tcr«6ffel ^ 

H^mpO\ire. 

^erLpndoHii Anglet^rre. 

Dear Sir ^ March \P^ ;7H| 

f > -y^ I S long fii>c^ I h^i the Pteafure to %j^t frPUP^ 

1 you (at leaft fpv^ Months) whi^k gi vc§ nvefo^^ii^ 

* Concern } hpvever, J ftall M^^ys b^ ii[>in*fM^ of eW 
.^ Things whiqh ri^l^t^ to your E^ft a^d EtgLp^sui^ 

* I have had i;io Jiule Trot^ble \n getti^^ ypur Pj^ 
' %n'd by your Brother 5 now tha^tisdon^n yw'll ftf 
^ by the enclos'd, th^re i^ ftiil moro to b? i^QxxPy vA 

* the Diftanp^ I am at from Pms^ mak(?s ijt y^% di%i4t t 
' but I hope to ^et; it perfected a« foon.ae. the Nature; #f 
' the Thing will allow it, vkicb I b^g yp^ wMl let IJiIf. , 
t Tucker know as ear4y as poflil;>Je, with ;n^ Hm^^M^ ^ft 
' vicp to him. I am glad to fee yo^x Rroj^h<?if l^^w^^ 
' with fo much AflFe^tlon towards vQi^:^ and {.ci(^iy(;kQarbt;t^ 
'lay, his Advice is good, tW I may be (y^\x*l\ r^\f), 
*• leaning to that Advif;e out of Jnclinatiox?, f^x ifiA^^i 

* if you come over, I fh^H be tempted tQ.ftttl^ whcr^i. 

* you ar^^ but this Affaii? you arc bcft Jii4ge ef. Pr^ 
^ when yoji do vfxc \h€ Favour to writf tg^me, let ss^ 
} hear a little Country Kews, for ),h4V4,|jk9j(^r4 one 

'* " ' 'Word 




iJb&. 



The mjioricdl Re^ipr N^ XXXI 



*• Word of any Body fince I left England, Some People, I . 
*. fuppofe, may be i'n Diftrefs, but that they may thaiik 
'themfelves for; anfl to tell you the Truth, I found 
f out fome Things which I did not fp eak of^ iiji Relation 
' to them, iScf 

% 
The firft Examination of William Beafiug, ViStualler. of 

Horndean «•« I^mpftire. 

THIS Examina^it ft^th, that fome Time in Augufi^ 
or Sept. laft, the IDay he doth not particularly re- 
member, Mr. Carry], Sir Harry GqV'f^g-) and a Gentleman 
who had loft one of his Hands, came from Mr. CarryFs 
Houfe, which is at a Place call'd North, and din'd ^x this 
Examinant^s Houfe ; that there likewife din'd with them, 
Mr. Tucker of Woodhoufe, and one call'd Farmer Fort, 

Soo^ after Dinner, Mr. Tucker^ and * Bort, went 

away, but the reft of the Company ftaid longer, and . 
when they left his hoSfe, took the fame Road back, as 
they came in the Morning ; but he, the faid Exami- 
ijant, does know whither they went. That about a Week 
^fter Sir H. Goring fent for this Examinant to Mr. Car^ 
ryl\ where there was, as- this Examinant believes, a 
great deal of Company, having heard fo from fome of 
the Servants, and feeing the Preparations of a great deal 
of Vifiluals. This Examinant being ask'd, whether he 
did not hear the Names, or know any of the Company 
which were there ; he aijfwers in the Negative 'j faying^ ' 
that he had no Opportunity of informing himfelf, be- 
caufe Sir H, Goring, as foon as he heard this Examinant 
i^ras there, 'came out to him, and ordered him to carry 
a vaft large Trunk, which the faid Sir Harry had fent 
the Day before to his Houfe, according to the Direftion 
wliich was upon the faid Trunk, that is, to Mr. Boy^-e 
sgt Stokes Bay, But this Examinant did not carry the 
faid Trunk himfelf, as having only a little Horfe and 
a'Cart, and doubting pretty -much of Sir Harrfs Pay, 
But the faid Trunk was afterwards fent by Mr. Page of 
Fortjmoutk's Waggon, and was delivered by Robert Agar^ 
Fage^s Servant^ to M% Boyce^a own Hands, who gave him. 
a Drarji of Brandy for his Care, as the faid Agar told, 
this E5taminant the next Day. That in a Day or two after- 
wards',"^ this Exa!minant heard that Sir H, Goring was gone 
off; an4that at firft it was whifper'd about that it was for 
Debtj but.afte'r thatp it was faid publickly, that it was fpr 
fear of being taken up. 



tmmgmmmm^m^m^m^mmt^i 



N° XXXI for. the Tfiar \7i^. ^iSj 



T/iefeconfLExfimi^0imofWil\i!imJBied,rin^. , , .. 

"T 1C 7H O being askM, whether ib^ can recdlle^ft tfo 
.V \ Time when Mr. Carryl^ w^^arry Oo^mg^'j^x^ 
Tuchr^ Farmer Port^ and the Geritienian who had loJft a 
Hand, din'd at the Ex^minant's Hpu(c, as is mentioned 
in his former Examination taken Ye^eVday 5 J he fays^ 
the moft diflindt. Circi;mftance,;by'whicli he caia cairti 
Mind when they din'd at Jiis Houfe, is, that it was iboii 
after the Wheat was. in, ahd wheii mojft pf the Barley 
-was but, and therefore 'he takes it to be al)our the Mid* 
die of Augufi. Being ask'd, whether he heard what D'if- 
courfe paft between the faid Gentlemen at Dinner, ho 
anfwers in the' Nega'tiye 5 'for that they did not allow 
him, or any Servant to atteni them, but when they 
wantpd.any, thing, th^y call'd, and j^i^?. l^aminant gac- 
jry*d it in, then he came out innanif;!^ and fliut f he Ufexjr 
after ,him. Being askM,^, whether tlieir' owii Servants 
v\?:aitea upon them, he Tays, No, they brought no Ser- 
"vHn'ts with them. Being interrogated about the Namp 
a^d. Defer iption of i,he Gentleman abovemention*d whtjf 
liad loft a Hand 5 h^. anfwers, that he does not^reiaein-i 
ber to have heard, his Name, nor does hq rccolleft anj^ 
particular Appellatipji by which "the Cbipp^ny ,caU*d[ 
hiin*; and what made him take Notice of the faid' Gen- 
tleman, was, that .he Icrew'd into fomething faflehed jq 
t]fve Stump of his A'rjn', an Iron Thing, with which he 
helpM himfelf at Dinnef : That hc^iever fa>Y the faid- 
Gentleman but' that once, and 'Moes not, know whether 
he made any Slay at. Mr. Qrrj^T's' Ho^fe ^at iVbrtA," of 
elfewhere in that' Jjieighbpurhood. Being a§k'd, what 
the above-nam'd Tucker is, he anfwers, that he is 
r Steward to fo me great "Man that lives ih' the Jr<f^ 5 but 
who that great Man. is, the Examinan't does not know 5 
and that the Houfe in which the faid Ticker lives at IJharf* 
fow/f^ belongs to the Lord' I)6rwfr. '' ^-^fl^^ 

The, third Examination 0/ William BeaJing./ / \ [ 



' i . / . 



"T 7C 7H O being acquainted with what John Portl^^d 
\ V. faid on his Examination, who denies that the 
Perfon with one Hand, din'd with Sir H, Goring^ at tlvi 
fame Time, when the faid Porf was there, fays, upon^rii- 
collcfiting^ tliat he is not certain that the faid Per'fbft| 
i|rith one Hand din'd there at that Tiine, but he is very! 

fure 



i. i 



mtea 



a84 Tha Hifiomal kegifter N«» XXXt 



UU 



lure tliat ht dinM wUh, Sir H. Gbrsng^ and Mr. Cdrjll at 
Ills Hoilib, betwcch thlt Day^ and Ac Day wKcn Sir if. 
Gtrl^ fent for this Ezaminam . to take. Care of his 
Trtuik^ as A^htionMin his Ekamliiatioh of thd 2^ In- 
ftmt.* thi* fexantinant b^ing edrifr6ntcd with Mr. d- 
tyU^ Infifts upon his having ftcn thfe Petftto ^ho iranted 
1 Hand in his, the, fald Car^lPs Conipany^ and ikys, it 
Mzi at this faid txkmin^Vi Bolile, In the little Par- 
Unr% that the Company br©ttght a cold Fowl with 
thetn, and the fifctmindnt faw the I*crf<ni with one 
fiand help Himfelf, hf^vin^ fcre^'d fomething into hift 
Stamp. ^ 

f%e t^a$&tuitt&n of thorflas Yaldchj Di^&lr of Ht^Wty^ 

nOas as felloes ^ 

'fS Eitig a^icM^ whether the Lord Mfffi and <Jm wa§ 
J3 in their Paft of the Country iaft Suthraet bcfoi^ 
ftc ^as taken up 5 lie Ays, he heard by commotl Hg^f t, 
Ihat hh Lofdfhip was'^at Mr/A, Mr. Cdrjlh Houlb, asi 
lie tirent to the IJle of Wlght^ where hfe wa^ felzM. Being 
isk^d, if heha^ i^iiU.r. George Keltjy he anfwer ^ that 
iHt fifftTitfie, he, the Exaftliriaht, faw hi A, wai at hirf^ 
the Itxattirtant'A own iioufe, fome tifiie in Aumfi laft ^ 
fhJit the faid Kelly vriB fetought to dine ^ith hitn, by 
^x H.GoYtng^ and Mr. Cki7l/ ; thitt the iiextDay, th(^ 
, ftcaminarit din'd in ^mpany with the laid Kelly^ att 
the'af^ove nkm'd Mr.fcirvZ/*si that Ibefofe t^innecy thd 
ifeie^iftiiiant as^kiiig lAfJuxryll eifter the CS*iitiemaii. wh6 
liad din'd with thfe fixaminant the t>ay befote, Mf. 
fefryW anfwer'd, he wai bufy, writing tetters ; that Din-* 
1^1" was lipeh Table fbme tlm^ U^re the fkid Kelfy 
^m~e d6wn, ind that he went iip again before Dhifieif 
tras endccJ 5 that the iaid Kelly appear'd very . jjJehCve, 
^nd not much to enter iiito tjitf Cohverfation. 6eing 
aslr^ whether Mrl KeVy above nam'^d, did iiot, when 
|ie dinM at this Examihaht^s, give an Account o^ iirkst 
pafsM at^his Examination fome Time befibre, when, he 
appeared before the Lord* of thie Council, the Exami* 
sant doaies that any Mention • was made of it. Being 
^sk^d, whether he has hot heard of Sample's pafling Aefr 
Way, wheii he made his £icape ; thi^. Examinant lays, 
he has heard that the iaid Sample C9,me through the 
C^oiinti'y,. through Pejferrjf^/i, behind a Qentleman^^ 
Chariot 5 that he, ;hc jfccaminant^ has heard, the laid 
Slarnfk was at Nbrfh. Being ask^'d, whether he tfvcr hWfd 

Sir 



• I 

'•N** XXXI for the Tear 1723. ^85 

Sir Hst^ry^tni talk of tie intended Intafion, «nd that 
the late Ij^ke of Ormonde was tocomr over ; heanfwert^ 
the never did. Being fliewn fome V^rfes in h'n Pocket* 
Book, containing a villainous a^d traitorous Libel a- 
^ainlt his M^jeiiy and the Rayai Family ; this Exaihi* 
nant denies that they are of his Hand-Writing, or that 
he ever read them or heard them read bdbrc^his Time. 
The Exaiiyna.ut Uein^ a&k'd, if Mr. Tuekir of JF^od* 
houfe wjis not with the other Company that din'd at 
4ii8 Houfe, as is abovetncntion'd 5 heanfvirers, that )xf 
believes he might be there, but is not politive. The 
jExaminjnt being ask'd, if he did not know of the Vei> 
fes abovemention'd, being in his Pockct-Boosk 5 he deniea 
.chat he knew of their being there. 

After th» reading of thefe Examinations and Letters, 
an Order was n^de for printing the fame. And thcn^ 
'the Houfe proceeded to the furtivcr hearing Counfei fbi* 
and againft theB/7//or infliEllni certain fahs and Fe* 
ftaWes upon George Kelly, alias jlfhjifon $ and the Coun«> 
iel for the Bill produced an original Letter, fioppM aft 
the PoH-Of&ce, and examined a Witnefs to prove it to be 
Mr. Kelly s Hand-Writing. They alfij produc'd a Pocket- 
a^ook taken from the fa id Xf//y ; and qffcr'd aifo to pro* 
ducc a Copy df the Conv^6tion of Chrtfiophtr Layer ^ ' 
whic> was admitted by the Counfcl againft the Kill. 
JBut Uve Council for tl>.e Bill oiFerin^ to produce a Let- 
ter .;iai^ before the Houfe the Day before, dire^ied to 
ikonfimr/Sor^on a B»ulo^ne^ together with the Draughts 
of two ^davits enclos'd, that Evidence was obje6led 
to.by xhi Counfe^ againii the Bill. Hereupon, the Coun- 
ici on both Sides were heard, and thePrifonei: and CoVtnVsf. 
i>fiin% withdrawn,jil\cr fon^ Debate, it vas refolv'd,ihat 
the faid Papers.be admitted to be read as Evidence; whick 
being done according.ly, t^he Counfei for the Bill futtT^'d 
sup their Evidence. Then the Counfei agaii^A tMHM 
were jbeard, and open'd their Evidence, and e|||HK*4 
fbverai Witneflef ^ one to the Chara£ler of £lu}if r^noCj 
deceasM ; and others, to prove that the original Let- 
ter Oopp'dat the Poft«0£ce,and produc'd by the Counfei 
for the Bill, was not Mr. KW/y's Hij^-Wriiiiig 5 and alib 
cxamhi'd Witnefief to anfwer ether Matters infixed on 
by the Counfei for th« Bill. After they had Aimm*di 
up their Evidence, Mr. Kelly was heard at th« Bar ^ 
anji the Counfei for the Bill having been heard by Way 
of Keply, they aU withdrew : Mr. KtU^ vtm rcAanded 

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" ' April ^, Mr. Gyhkon^ from tlA Committee of Priyi; 
»lcges and Ele£lion5, reported the Matter as it appear 'i 
to them,touGhing the £|e£lion for the Borou^h.df S//re'w/t 
i^ry^ in the County of/ &i/o/>, and the Refplutiohs qf the 
Committee thereupon, being in Subftance, that the 

flight of Election of Burgefies for. t,he Taid Borough^ 
s only in the Burgeffes inhabiting intjie faid Borough^ 
ii^'in the Suburbs, thereof, payin'g Soot and Lot,- and no\ 
rareiving Aim.s or Charity : That' Corhet Xv«^j?oiij Elqj 
and Richard Lfjfer^ Efq; wercnot^ and t^ditUrUadp ^r/V^- 
many Efq; and Sir Richard Corht^ B^rt. were duly'ele£ted 
Burgeffes for the faia Borough. Then, ah ingrofs'd: 
^ill to infill certaiii Pains and Penalties on Francis Lor4 / 
Bifliop of Rochfflcr^ was reac} the 3d Tinie, pafsM, an«I 
|*ent up tothe Lords. ' ' > • > 

On the loth oi AprUy Mr. Speaker was orderM to iflu$ 
^ut his Warrant for a new ^Vrit for elefiiag a Burgefsfor 
jhe Borough of Afpulhy in the Cownty pt Wefimorelahd^ 
in the Room of Sir Richard .V^rtiZ/br^^Bavt. deceasM,Thei> 
the ingrofs'd Bill for ccfffipleatln^, the Repairs of -t lie Harhour 
of Dover, (3c, was read the 3d Time, and with fonae A.- 
incndments, pafs'd, and fen t up tp the Lords. ' ' ; ,* 

The fame Day, the King came to the IJoufe of Peers j 
with the ufual State and Solemnity, and the Common!* 
being fent for up, and attending, his Majefty ga^e the 
JRoyal Aflentto the three following jpublickBills^v/z^ 

r. An Actforthe more eafy ajfxpnng or transferrin^ certain 
redeemahle Annuities pay ah I e at the Excltequery hy Indorfef 
mcnts9nthejlanding0rderf for the fame, 

2. An. Ah for t lie enlarging the Term for repairing certain 
High Ways in the County of Bucks, l^c, 

1, An AEi for continuing the Duty on AU and Beer fold in. 
theCity of Edinburgh &c ,. . 

And to fevera! private Bills, particularly. An AB for^ 
ionfirming and eftahlijhin^ Articles of Agre.ement het'weeit 
tJtetpfop Nohle ]ohn Duke of Montagu, r*hd William i5«fce» 
ef N^nchefter, and ethers^upona Marriage intended het 
fijoeen the faid Duke of Manchefter, and tin Lady liabellay 
eldtjt Daughter of the /aid Duke of Moatagu. 



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ed a large Abftra^ of the Rqjort of 
tKe Secret Gommittee o£ theHoufe of 
Commons, relating td tht Confpiracyi 
and having in the Jaft itcjfi^er(Pagc 164) 

, taken Notice of ^VifeJieQ: Committee, ap* 

pointed by the Heufe of Lords, to enquire into thc>hor* 
rid and deteftable Gonfpiracy, we will how attend the 
Proceedings of that Houfe on that Affair^ 

BEfbre the^Et^er Holy-Days, theii* Lordfhips ai* 
journ'd to the* izd of April^ when beipg met a* 
gain, the Duke otDcrfet^ »Chairman of the.felc^tCom^ 
mittee, acquainted their Lordfhips from;. the Lord^ 
Committees, that having confidcr'd the Mamers to them 
refcrjr'd, they were to make their Reporttto^the Houfej 
when thei^ Lordfhips would be pleas'ti to ireceiv«thd 
iame. 'Their Lordihips having thereupon appointed the 
neit Dayman a full Houfe, the Duke of Dcrfit made 
the faid Report, being in Subflance, as follows : 

Akfira^ of the Report of the Lords Committee f^ reUtir^ti^ 

' the ConJ^ir^y. ' - ' ' 

THE Cofuntittee to whom the Repoh ^nd original 
Papers relating to the Confpiracy, deJivfer'd bv the 
Kottfe ei Commc^Mi at f(^veral Confereii«eb, vrert refter* 
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ago _ Thrmftorkal Regifier N^ XXXlI 

'cd ; and who were impowcr'd to examine Chrifiopher 
Xayr^ and fuch other Pcrfong, as they from Time, 
to Time fhould think proper 5 having carefully com- 
parM the faid Beport with the original Faf^rs referred 
to them,; and having jexamin'd feveral Perfons in Re- 
lation to the treafonable PraBices and Correfpondences 
therein fet forth, are fully fatisfied and convincM, that y 
a^detefiable and wiclsed Confpiracy has been formM and ' 
carryM on, for foiiciting a foreign Force to invade thefe 
Kingdoms, for raifing a Kebellion, and inciting Infur* 
redions in London^ and divers other Parts of (Sreai 
Britain ; and even for laying violent Han^ds on the Sa- 
cred Perfon of his Majefty, and on his Royal Highnefs 
the Prince of Wales ^ in order to deftroy our Religion 
and Condi tution, by placing a Popifh Pretender on the 
Throne. ^. 

And the lords Committees thin^ thentlelvts obi igM 
injuftice to obferve, that the extraordinary Vigilance 
and Application which has been ihewn by the Houfeof 
Comnfionis in detecting this Scene of Iniquity, and lay- 
ing its moil hidden Springs in fo full and clear a Light, 
as it has greatly contributed to the publick Safety, 
\>y opening the Eyes, and awakening the juft Hefent- 
ment of an injurM Nation ; fo it cannot fail to excite 
a proporiionable 21eal and Emulation in your Lordfhips, 
for concurring with that Houfe in the no lefs necefiary 
Work of bringing the Authors of thefe wicked Deligns 
to fuch exemplary Punifk'ment as may be a laCltng Ad- 
monition to Pofterity, that Artifice and Difguife can no 
more lefTen the Danger, than mitigate the Guilt of Trea- 
fon ; and that they ^& under a fatal Delufion, who hope 
10 abufe the Lenity of our Laws, to the Ruin . of our 
Conditution. 

The Lords Committees think it a ftrong Confirma- 
tion of the Truth and Exa£tnefs of the ikid Report, 
that feveral material Obfervations, which are there ad- 
vanc'd, as grounded on probable Conje^ures only, have 
£nce beendmply verified and fupportcd by frrik.Diiba- 
veries artfing from the Papers lately referred to them, 
which are contain*d in an Appendix amiex*d to this Re< 
port. 

The Intelligence feat by Coh Stanhope^ and Sfr Antony 
Weftconthe^ in Relation to the Pretender's Ships under 
Morgan^ as well as the Explication gives by the Com- 
mittee of the Houfe of Commons to feveral of the fi6ti« 
liou« Names in the intercepted Corre^ondence^ Js very 

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inuch illuiU'ated and conii'rmM by Papers feird on BoaH 
the Revolution^ and by the Examinations of fome of the 
Prifoners belonging to that Ship, ' 

It appears by thofe Papers and Examinations, that • 
Mor^an^ who went by the Name of Walton^ and Gall^wey ' 
(an Irijh Roman CathoJick) who went by the Name of • 
Gardtruf-^ with others a^ing under their Direction, have 
for feveral Years paft been cmployM in fitting out Ships 
under Ew^/i/J Colours, which were ready on all Occaflons* 
to attend the Motipns ot* tAc Pretender, who' in feveral • 
of the Letters isftiled thir K^n^j ind tkeir Royal Mafter. 
That the Money for thefc SJiips was fupDly^d parilj^ by • 
Pcrfons in En^landj partly by Waters the Hanker at Parity 
and partly by the late Duke of Orwo^ij tha\ one of thelb . 
Ships, in the Year 1719, was Ifcnt by Mor|<i«'to' the^ 
(?roy//f, with an Exprcfs to fetch the ia(e1Duke of ©r- 
mond to England y at which Timb it appeal, 4^at jMijr; 
gan and QaUvxy were proniis'd a' Supply of fifty tfiou* * 
liand Pounds from Friends in England ; that others of thefe'- 
Shipi lay hovering about the Coall of Jr/fia/fy, from the | 
Year 1718, to 1721, expelling to be employed either' 
by Catfe, and Chivirs^ (General Dillon) or by Hdre^ (Sir * 
Jiarry ^pKflnz) in what* they call their Holni' Trade. 
fhatSn fHe Year 1721, dcfpai ring of any Employment 
of thls^ Kind, on Account, as is expref«'d in one of their * 
Letters, of Bore and his Partners being Cowards in* 
Trade, they engaged themfelves in the Service of the 
SHncdffh Madagafcar Company^ and in December ijiij 
rchdevouz'd in the Bay o£ CadhLy for this Purpofe j but' 
this Project likewife failing, on Account of fome Deft-* 
ctency on the Part of the S'jfedes^ Morgan waited on the 
late Duke of Ormond at Madrid^ and was by^ him fup- 
Rly'd with twelve thoufand Pieces of Eight, *for fitting' 
out the Ships, Lady Mary^ and Rennluthn^ forthe Pritcn-^ 
der's Service ; foon after Morgan^s Return to Cadix^ the 
Arms and Ammunition, which had been preparM for 
the Madagafcar Voyage, conflfting of two thoufai^d Muf- 
kets, two thoufand Bayonets, one thoufand Carbines, four 
hundred Barrels of Powder, and ^ proportionable Quan- 
tity of Match, Flints, i3c* were confign'd to Morgan^' 
ai>d by him put on Board the Pretender's Ship, caird 
the Lady Mary ; and Morgan^ having embarkM on Boar^ 
the fa Id Ship with feveral Ir//J Officers, fet Sail from 
the Bay of Cadiz, the htter End of April 1722, tn4 went 
firft to SanElo Antonio^ and then 19 SanSlsAndero in the- 
UyoSBifiuy. 

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The Comniittee having fent for Mr. Gufimvus Bakty 
formerly a Captaim in the SvxdJjh Service, who being at 
CadiJL on Account of xht Mudaiafctar Expedition, had 
OccaCon to traniaft feveral Affairs with Morg/^n^ and the 
other Officers of the Pretencjier's Ships, they were in- 
form*d by him that the Arms above-mention'd were 
brought Part of them from Gottemhtri^ and Part from 
Jfamhurgk, by one of the Pretender's Ships, nam'd the 
Fortune^ commanded by one Eutkr. That two thou* 
land .of the faid Arms belonged to the Svailjk Madagaf' 
ear G>mpany) and were deliver^ by him, Bakr^ to 
Marian, 

Thai: the Remainder, which belongM to Count i^Ant- 
Jtiema, a Swde^ were aifo purchased by Morgan^ but 
not *till fome Weeks after the firfl two thoufand. That 
Murgmi went to Madrid^ and returned with twelve thou* 
find Pieces of £ight in Bills and Money, which Sum 
he, £4i^r, iaw in Atorgmi's Hands. That Baron Seehack^ 
and one Ofihoff (who are] frequently mentioned in Mot'^ 
g£n^% Letters) as alfo G>unt Iikenfiierna\ Agent, who dc- 
liverM the Arms to Morgan^ declared to him, Bahr^ fince 
his Return to Gottemhurg^ that Morgan was i\ipply*d with 
thefe twelve thoufand Pieces of Bight from the late 
Duke of Orimnd^ and that the Arms were paid for out 
of the faid Money. And Morgan's Son being examined 
by the Committee, own'd that his Father went at 
that Time to Madrid ; that the late Duke of Orwtond 
was then there, that his Father did there receive 
^ills for fitting out the Ships, ^but from whom he can- 
not t^Il. , . 

Bahr far,tjher declar'd, that all the Siuedt/h Officers at 
Giirtv look'djo^..4/orj;4«'s ShipSj^as belonging to the Pre- 
tender, an|d fpokej of them, in all Converfations as Aich, 
whicii wa^ con^rm'd to him exprefly by Baron Seehach 
and Ofihaffi and one of the Sailors of the faid Ships 
owA*d to the Committee^ that they went from Port to 
Port without taking in any Cargo ; that they had fomie^ 
times but /Ixty, and fometimes one hundred and thir- 
ty Men on Boards the Ksvofutm^ and often receiv'd Or- 
ders for failing with all pol|il)ie Expedition, which Or- 
<!(ers were afterwards countermanded, without my s^- 
parent Reafoo for one or the other^ and that this unac<i> 
countable Proceeding fatisJfyM him« the fkid Ships were 
tngaged in fome, unwarrantable Deiign* Bahr farther 
declared, That QJthoff told him», the Ship Revolution was 
at ix& purchased in England^ ibir tnniportiog the lato- 

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King of SvKden in Perfon, in his i^jeCIM Befoeiyt oh 
Scotland ; and that he, fiiiAtr, faw the Name Carolus^ fHil 
funding in the Cabin of the fa id Ship, wHen he was 
laft on Board her. And MmrgarCs Son ownM, that he 
had obferv^d the Arms of the Crown of Smtien ia thtf 
faid Cabi|» ; which he fupposM, were p\2if^ there as II 
Token that the faid Ship was engag'd in the ^vice of 
the S'wtdijk Mudaptfuar Company, tho* he own*d, that th« s 
other Ships engaged in the fame Service, liad no fuels 
Token. 

- Some of theTarticuhrs abov^ rckted., do v^ty tomA 

explain and confirm -^s Letters to L ■ 

of the 27th of Afril^ as-alfo thofe to DuwroiHi and ]>odf^ 
fmrtki in^ which it is iaid, that the Hopes of Remit- 
tances from Perfons in England had induced ^ ■ . * 4« 
to fupply M " ■■ ■ (which appears to be Morgstn) 
That cduld depend on two thoufand Arms 

from M ■ (^whieh appeiir to be the two thoufaml 

Arms deliver^ to Morpin by Bahr^ befbre the Date of 
Qi ' }i " s Letter.) That J B " had writ ffom 

C ■ ■■ ■ (which appears to be Cadtt^ that he could 
get mors Arms if he had more Money ^ and accordingly 
the Committee find, that a ibcond Supply of Arms was- 
purchas^d by Morgan from Count Rhenfii^ma^s Ageitt. 
O ■ in his Letter to L ■■,'dated: the ifth 

of jipril^ fays, ' I have orderM M *s Sh^ to 

*' come to ^— -*—•—.* and it appears, that Mnrgam^^ 
at that very Time embark on Board the Lady Mary^ with 
the Arms above-menti6nM, and went fiift ^ SanSio j^ 
tonta^ and foon after, to Sanih Andero* • 

. The Sailors on their Examinatien hariivg uiention'd 
one Hilton^ as commandmg a Ship- tinder Morgan^ anA 
the C<Mnm!ttee finding a Letter £rom il6rg*fit, direSMI 
to Don NhMas^ which in a fubfequent Letter is men* 
tioned to have been writ to the iaidHi7r<m, they thought 
it probable, HIiton might be a fiaitious Name for IsfU 
chkas Wogan^ in the fame Manner as Walton was for iftrf 
gan^ ^d Gardiner for Gidlimy \ having accordingly exa^ 
min'd the. Sailors as to this Particular, one of them' 
faid, he believM Hilton was « f^itious Name, and ^r# 
giajC% Son own*d, that Hilton's true Name was Nicholat 
Wbgan^ and that he had been conlinM in Enghnd^ on 
Account of the Frafton Rebellion, as he was told by Nu 
iMas Wbgan^ Junior, who went by the Name of Patera 
fin: And one of the JSaiiors declared, that the fkid Wo- 
|s9i Sen. obteinei . the laid Comaumd ef one ^ the 

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Sbipft fUMicr tkryat^ aits their Arri^rai Ia Hie Bay^ 



Tfcefc Particabrs agree with CUrcult% Letter to 
G§on€ KeBj of tlie 24111 of AfrP^ a & in which he 
mentions NitkoUs Wogmn by the Name of XoUttd^ as be- 
ing to have the Conunand of a Veilel atCufiz^ tocraize 
MffdnA the Tarfa:, or for other Views, on which he will 
not pretend to decide; ^ad Kiliy anfweriJig this Letter^' 
wiihe» WiogMtes Chief may. fvcoeed in his journey. The^ 
feme Particulars confirm Mr. CntrnfonTs Letters of the' 
18th and z^thof SFaf^y by which it appears, that the 
two NickoUs Wogmis were at that Time come to ^ffnriaixy 
cxpe&ing MorgMi*% Ships to follow them to that Port, in 
order to their fettingSail for England^ that the eldeft* 
of yiem was to have been Captain, and the other Lieu-' 
tenant of one of thofe Ships ; and that they ownM the 
Projcd in Spabi, by what they had learnt of it was for 
the late Duke of Ormimd to have landed in die Wefi with 
hr}Jk Qficers and Arms. 

On die Sthof ^nr, N. S. Colonel &mAo^ writ Word, 
^lat the late Dnfce of Brmomd was prcipariiig to^cm- 
barli with Arms and Qficers lor ExgU^fd. ' AM th^ 
Committee find, that about that Tipse, the Ship Revo- 
luthn fet Sail from the Bay of Cadisi ; that the Sailorsr 
knowing the Madng^tfcofVoyz^i^^ b^ dropped, refused 
to do their Duty, 'till they jwot* 'fatisfy'd as to ^e 
Place they ^ere defign'd for. JUat hereupon, Gmlhrney 
a6ur*d them it was to Gibraltar^ in order to clean the - 
Ship ; but having got them under Sail, and l^tisfyM 
them about their Wages, they proceeded to the Bay of • 
Mfcaj^' ;• that they put in at Sanito Antonio to take Afer- 
^n OIL Board, and then joined the Lady Mmry at SanGoAn^ 
dero. That upon their Arrival at this Place, the cqmr' 
won Report on Shoar was, that the late Duke of Or- 
i99i^dj and four Companies of Soldiers, were to be taken 
oa Board the Revolution ; that Corn and Cattle were pro- 
vided for the faid Soldiers ; and that the late |>uke of 
Or mend was within a ihort I>ay> Journey of SaiKfa'An- . 
4fro v that hereupon, the fir^ and &cond Kf ate of the 
i^id Ship, fufpe^ting Gall^my tp be enga^M infomc uh- 
warrantabie Deiign, agreed not to fervfc ani^ longer^ tin- . 
Icfs Galhoey would give them a Note under his Hand^ • 
tli^t they were forc'd into the Service^ and would alfbi • 
declare w,hither they were bound, and give them Seeu-^ • 
rity that they ihould not be emplo5^M' in any OtHci* 
Voyage, ()i4n fuch^iie (bould declare to ihcm^ wherevk. 

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upon on^ of them was oqnhn'd^ and Uir oth«r dtfcountei-: 
ngmc'd by Gall'wey. > 

But that Gall'wefi real Expe^^ation^ were to have come 
over ^ith the late Duke oiOrmond^ appears to the Com* 
mittee mod evident from the Copy of a Letter of his 
dated the i6th of Jum^ the Day before he f«t Sai^ fVom, 
Cadix^ in which arc thefe Words, ' I hope, the ¥ 

* will fail To-Morrpw ; your not repealing Orders an^L 
f Adyice concerning the Bufinefs in Haivl, give* m^ n 
^ thouAind Apprehenfions^ God fend, our Bankers and thtf. 
^ reft of our Friends arefafe^ and (land their Ground. ..h 

* intended to embark my fcif . on Board the ■ ■■* fcr> 

* fear my Dftir Aunt fliould have any Occafion for AflU 
f datice^ of whom I am fo tender^ that I would noix 
^, if pombie^ have the Care of her put into any other 

*,Ban4i.'* . 

The Committee obi^rve^ tnat the. fame Eirpreffion oP 
My Amt^ is iift*d iDt ttie Letter to .Ihdfiwtth^ with fuch* 
CircjjjnA»nces, 9s» , make it highly pirobable, that ta' 
that Leilcr^ a^ well as this of GaU^wtfs^ it denotes* 
tfce late Duke of Ormnd, Thev likcwife obferye, tli^t 
the Names of MdntjttU ^adMedieyy ar e tis'd in Mov%fn\ 
and (?a//'uoeys Ueners, in fuch a Manner, as conSirmii 
thofe Names to mean the late Duke of C>rmo;ii, agrees 
ably to the Bxplica);ion given them in the Report of t^ 
Committee of the.Hotffe of Commons.- . V\ 

, Gail'y^y in bia' Letter of the 3d of Novemher^, J7^2» 
Siys^ he h^ A Couple of fine Greyhounds, n Dog an4 
« Bitch) for Mr. Ftfeman ; the fa^ie Dogs are .mentioned 
ill. pother Letter, ai»d in the-Depofitions of two of. the 
Sailors, to have been a Prefent fi^om the late Duk^ o^ 
OrmQHdXif the Preteofter ; which confirms the ExpHca* 
tion of the Name.iOiF. Freeman^ mention-d in the faid lU^ 
port, to be true, . \ 

There was likewise i^iz'd on Board the i^evo/tc^on, f| 
LetX?r to Gailvieyf iign'd /oAw Obrien^ which appears t^ 
ic in the fame Hand-Writing with the Letters fign'd^)> 
r^rd^ and M. Blghy^ taken amopg,Z)tf<wMxK^//ys Papera^ 
and confirms Gerrard to mean SirjQhn QMen, one, of J^h 
lorfs Secretaries,: agreeable to the Conjecture in the fa^id 
Report. j^,, 

Gdll^wfy-i in a Letter dated from AUcant Ba,y^ ih^.^^ 
of Septemier laft,, expreifeth his Concern for KeUy% ^m 
iinement, but hopes, that it is the worft that can h^ifil 
ihim ) and a Letter in Kelly's Hand-writing, iign'd^^^ 
jffihifm^ dire&cd to Qardhnr^ but encloOng a Notj^ov 

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36 Gttineat ptytble te> ^dhaey^ was Ibund oa Board t1i# 
Revolution ; as alfo a Direaion enterM with Ketly'B own 
Hand, in a Pocicct-Beok, AipposM to belong to Marfan. 
At//^, in his Letter, acknowledges the Receipt of one 
from Sir fokn (^whicH is probably their coaimon Cbrrcf. 
tMdeiit, Sir Jt>hn OhrienJ and lays, their Friends in 
Spun ate well, as dne of the Family writes hini Word: 
^ich fliews how extenfive XrWysCorrefpondences were. 
J {wi/inwy, in a Letter from GtfUfk of the 3d of Mwai- 
Iw, 1722, (which appear* to have been writ to one of 
^ Fretender^s Ri*aily) fay^,'^ H^ b«« ^^ for ma»y 
•^ Months paft, 'Uiider the DirefiHisn. of Medley (Ormnd) 
who, he makes no Doubt, has mentioned him to Mr. 
Vnenm (thePretender •, > yet in his Letter to Lord^^K 
fmtt^ after h\i Ship was taken, he has the Afftttanite to 
aftrmj, SThat he never faw the late Duke of Orawni, fince 
*. hfe left EnglMd^noT ever corref^nded dlreaiy or ^in- 
<f direaiy with him or the Ptetender, or any of ^heir 
*' Adherents at Home or abroad ; but was always seaiouf-^ 
* ly well affcfiled to hk prefent Majefty, and our happy 

*-raabHlhment. 
r^'^^w^tf Baitr abovem^tionM, depofes, am<mgothef 

piirtfcularB, that he' has been inform'4 the Pretender's 
Agents had Arms for three thoufand Men, lodg'd at a 
Houft belonging to t*e late Duk? of Ormond^ near JMir* 
lats in Brittany y Mfhlth Port, «ie f <anmittae obfervoj 
was- one of the ufiiilPStat*Dn» of tho' Pretender^ Ships 
tmder Morgan 5 tiiirf i^ Spears probaWe^^ that theib ikrei 
AouraAd Arrtis m'al^B Part <Jf the- teit thoaAnd meml^'d 
fnO^L—'sttitetiti Ir-k-^5 as*pro«dedby fi-*-*-, wh^ 
is (titppsM to bfe Dffhrt. r. 1 . . . 

• Rohrt PranAdyn, fecdhd Male of-tteShlp- RenhltOhn^ 
fepotes, that Letters direaed to'^^^kAfitt'Jkmesfai^ 
tt Genoa^ were taken up at the Poft-Houfe by Gaihoey. The 
Cominittee obferve, that Jone^^ in Ws Letter to ChSvers^ 
fcichtions his haViMg^cpnimunicat^ theCopies of iknh 
fieWt and y^roi'j^s Letters ; and fi^/aywrfe. in his Letter ti 
meqrie Kelly oJF thef >ft<df >f«y,' f^ysi ' He hopes Money 

• is fent to pay f^r tke B^trreh^ ^hith Jacohs ha& at'hi« 

• Dif^ofaL' I« both which Places-, it is prdbablc, tliat 
^acehs means Gall*wey 5 and that Barrels mean- Stijnds 
6f Arms, is confirnvM by a tetter of Morgi^H, in -w^hich, 
fceaking 0^ that very Sftip that brought the Armsabove^- 
inennonM from Qoticnburg^ and Hamhtrg to Caihu, he 
fiiys^ ' She bad received C5rde^ for taking in mneteen 

• mrreiu with every thing 'nseeflkiy^to^ ttialce We of 

* * them/ 



N^ XXXII • far thf Te4r i 7^9* ' " i^ 

■ ^ 1 I I ■If ii B, ■ m ' I . ' ' .1. — «»— Ml » I _ n — — — ^ Mi ^ T 

■^ tiicm/ Wkich kit Words (bem to refer to the B^yo^ 
Meti» ' Flitttfr and' Powder. The InueUig^ca; ico^b/ 
MK Ortn»fiird^ on the ai^of 36f/^ th^t Oordon p| 9euB^ 
fo^w was to have-, a Ship ready to transport fbnxt of the 
C^^ of the Ccnfpinicy to Engltmi^ is contirnu'd by 
th^ Depoiition of Xo^er Qctrth (already publilh'd) w^p 
declares. That the hiichrdtn (^hom he had good Rc^. 
Sm to believe to be «n Agent of the Pretender's) did 
fbxxm Time lail Sffmm^r endea:vour to engage him to ply 
, off ot that Station with his Sloop, inorder to carry over 
fiich Perlbns as he, the faid Gorderiy ihould recommend 
to him, promiiing him, that he (hould have Employ-^ 
ment enouglu 

The Lords Committees^ conceive, that the feveral 
, Particulars above rcdated^ will appear to the Ifeufe vei^ 
much to corroborate the. Accounts received from abroa^^ 
of Ships provided for tranfporting the late Duke of Or^ 
monde to EnglMid^ with Arms and Oftcers, the Be|;innii)g 
of lad Summer ; and that they alfo coniirnji the decy- 
phering of the Letters, and Explication of the Nanie$, 
CGiitain'd in the Report of the Committee of the ElAuJfe 
of Commons* 

The Lords Committees obferving, that fome Para- 
graphs of the Letters referr'd to them, were wsit origi« 
nally in Cypher, thought it proper to call the Decy- 
Ipherers before them^ in order to. their being latisfy'd 
of tjie Trutiii of the decypheriiig. The Account they re- 
cci vM from thofe Perfons, was, that they have long been 
verfed in this Science, and are ready to produce Witnef* 
lbs of undoubted Reputation, who ha>re firam'd Letters 
in Cypher, on Purpofe to put them to a Tryal,and have 
conAaiitly found their decyphering to agree with the ot^ 
ginal Keys, which had beenconcealM from them; it wsa 
likewife confirmed to the Committee, that Letters decyr* 
pher^d by one or other of them in Ert^Iand^ had exa^ly 
Itgreed with the decyphering of the fame Letter^, pci*. 
Hirm'd by Perfons in foreign Piirts, with whom they could 
liave no Commtinicatimi ;, and that in fome InHances a^ 
ter they had decypher'd Lefters for the Govcrnmcan:, 
the Keys of thofe Cyphers had been fei2;M, and upo)» 
comparing them, had agreed exa^ly with their dec;y> 
phering: . ' ^ 

With Refpe£b to the tnterceoted Letters in Queflion, 
they allsdgM, that in the Cypher us^d by George KeUj^ 
tikcy find ^« Words ijang'd in an alphabetical Ordei^ 
anfworing the progreflive Order of the Figures by 

Q q whith 



^98 The Hijloncal tifigifier N? X XXU 

ivbichthey are exprefsM, fo that the fkrtlier the ini* 
tial Lcner of any Word is remoVd from the Letter 
49 ^l^c higher the Number is' by which fuch Word 1$ 
denoted) that the iame Word will be found to be con* 
ilanUy denoted by one and the fame Figure, except in 
the Cafe of Particles or Words of very fm|ueat Ule, 
*which have two or three Figures aifign*d to them, but 
thofe always following one the other in progreffivc 
Order. They likewife fet forth, that in the Cypher 
jibovementionVI., a rertain Order is conflantly obferv^d, 
as to the placing of the Words made Ufe of, that un- 
der each-Letter ^ the Alphabet, the firft Cyphers are 
allotted to the proper Names of Places, the nest, to the 
proper Names, or Titles of Peribns, the next, to whole 
Words in common Ufe, and the laft, to denote fingle 
Letters. 

As to the Truth of the decvphering, they aliedg^d, 
.that fevcral Letters written in this Cypher, had been 
decypherM by them feparatcly, one being many Miles 
diftent in the Country, and the'other in Town, snd yet 
th^r decvphering agreed ; that Fads unknown to them 
and the Government, at the Time of their dccypheriBg 
had bcfcu verified, in every Circumflance, by fubfe- 
-<)uent Dffboveries, as particularly that of H ■ *8 
Ship coming in Ballall to fetch O to England^ 

which had been ib decypher^d by them two Months be- 
fore the Government had the leafl l*^tite of Halfitrnd^z 
having left Engund, That a Supplement to this Cy- 
pher having been found among Dennis Kdlj\ Papers, the 
latter End of July^ agreed with the Key th^ had form- 
ed of that Cypher the Ap-il before. That the decy- 
pheringof the Letter fign'd Jonts^ llUngtw^ and 1378, 
being afterwards applvM by them to others written in 
the fame Cypher, did immediately make pertinent Senfe, 
and fuch as had an evident Connexion^ and Coherence 
with the Parts of thofe Letters that were out of Cy- 
pher, though the Words in Cypher, were repeated in 
different Paragraphs, and diffmntly combinM. And 
<hcy infill, that thefe feveral Particulars duly weighVI, 
aniountto a Demonlhration of the Truth of their de- 
cyphoring. 

As to the other Cyphers made Ufe of by ytrntgut^ 
SU' ley^ and Walter Graiutmiy they confift only of twenty- 
four Figures f«*r the twenty four Leners of the Alpha- 
bet, and fome other Figures for proper Names or whole 

Words) 



• H ■■ * t il 




N«>XXXIjr fjr thiTear 1723. 

Words, i a the placing of which Names, a certai/i Order isJ 
alfo obferv'd. ' r 

Thefe ffevcral Particuhirs they decJarM fthemfelvet 
ready toattcft upon C)ath, aniji to produccf fufflcicnt Wit- 
neifes to their CharaSer and Integrity, as 'vtreli as their 
Skill. • J . 

The Committee being empowerM.io examine Qr/^o« 
fher Layer^ did accordingly fyend fome Thne in the 
faid Examination, vrhich'^prcxlucM a tedious Ref)etitio4. 
of the Particulars contained in his Examination before 
the Comtnktee of the Houfe of G>mmon$, and fomc 
few Ctrcumltanccs which, they found he had recbl* 
le6ted by reading the printed Repoit, and Appen* 
dix. ' 

All that he confeifed to them. which is new, was, 
that he did before b» fettihg out for Rome^, acquaint 
Huniket with his Intentions of carrying over a Noie of 
the Names of the Tory Gentlemen of Norfolk, if Flun^ 
liet thought it would be acceptable j that 4uri;ng his 
Stay at Rome^ Sir William Ellis told him, that he had for- 
merly correfponded with BlunlMt, at the Requefl of the^ 
i-ady Middhton, but thfit he had not for fome Time paft 
correfponded with ffwiket, or any one elfe, in Relatioi^ 
to the Pretender's Afftirsf for that from the Time of 
the A6liori at Dumhlam, fo :many Sc9ttijh Noblemen and 
Gentlemen had come over to the Pretender, that he and 
all the reft of the old Servants, had been forbid all C«r- 
refpondence in Er^lan4^ -or elfewhere. 

Upon- Layer^s denrihg * Leave to, correfpond with hi m, 
if it v^ere p'ra£Mcablej he told Layer^ that on Condition 
Ke* would promife to wriue notlrmg but what might be • 
fhewn io the. Pretender himfelf, he would fettle a Cor- 
refpondence with, him; for that tho' he had followed 
the Fortunes of the late King Jam^s and his Family 
ever fince the^Revolution, and had always been faithful 
to the Pretender, and. for many Years his Cafliier ; yet 
if any of the Scottijk Gentlemen that were about the 
Pretender, (hou fid "know he received a Letter without 
communBcating/it to him, it would coli him his Place, 
and. he lh6Uld be- in utter Difgrace : That Layir promt' 
frng tb wdtd nothing but what might be ftiawn, Ellts 
gave^him ia Cypher -of hb.own Handwriting, as alfo 
another* Cypher of cu^•Pjaper^ for carrying on the Cor- 
refpoftdence^ that he, Xt^rc^, «Hke wife fettled a Cypher ' 
of fiaiObut i Names 'wi^h U^t. Hu^hcs^ Nurfe to the 



^•i** 



JOD The Hfftoricat Rffffler K» XXXII 

^^— — ^— >— — — ■* I ■ lll^fc— w— — ^»*».— *— — — ^^ 

PtccenderH Child^ and received a Letter fram lirr in R^ 
Itcion to the Chriftening of kis Daughter. Ht irould 
ntt own tluit Ke knew <sr any other Cyplker, and perfiH- 
ed^ that Mra. Kinder meant the faid Mrs. Ht^hfs^ tho* 
Iti &/ii*s Cypher it ftand^ for Mn. Fm. He faid, that 
the Paper which he deilr'd a Copy of from Sir }^iliiam 
Bilif > and which is referred to in £lfoV Letter of- the 

J:>thof Jamtarf^ was a Ihort Scheme relating to the 
rtfion A^ir, uiewn him by £ffri, while he was at Rcme^ 
df which he remembers no other Particuiars, but that 
IttfurretiHons were to be begun in feverai Counties ia 
a dark Night. That when he made Application to 
Plutiket for the fidittous Names ai.Bftfard^ Siitte^ {co. 
he was forcM to acquaint Plunket with his having ti- 
tled a CorreiJEtsndence atith EJUt^ which Fhuijei refimt- 
ed, andfaid^ he thought jEiif; had, been forbid all Gor- 
tefpondence with Perfons tmre. That the Reaftft of 
his asking rimht for a fictitious Name for Lord Orrfryj 
ivas, that he had Occafion to mention to EMi^ a Club 
which Plunket had bfthitold him of ; that BiwAet once 
ihew'd him a Lift of this Club of his own Hand-Wn* 
ting, which he read over ttpt) bt three Times, but that 
Flunket talked fo inconfiflently of them^ that he, LtytTj 
verily believes, it was a meer Fiftion of his own, and 
ihat there' never was any fuch Club. That he, LmyeTj 
thinks Lord Ornry mentioned to h;m Lord Strmghrd^ as 
one of thofe who^ ^ith Lord North, Sir Orrry Gurfng^ 
and others, were (as Lord Orrery was informM) going 
to do a rftih Thing in Favour of the Pretender; that 
he cannot be poOtive ak to Ldrd Straffwi. That he, 
]Layer^ wrote himlilf to the Pretender concerning the 
JDiflerence of Opinion whidh htobftrv*d ui Lord Nartk^ 
iuid Lord Orrery^ about the Meana of rdtoring him, and 
the Hece^ty there was, that the Regent Ihould permit 
dbneral Dillon to 'coine over here vrith Ibme foreign 
Forces. That heal lb drew up a Schemieiif a Lottery 
to have been optoM here in Favour of the Pretender, 
tind encJ(S6*d the ikid Scheme iii a Fared with Ibne Sllk- 
Stockings whidk he Ibnt ms s Preftnt to the PA e t e udci 
and his Spoufe, hy:j4nire^Haje^ who ti-aVelled td Etmiy 
fhh Aldmnan Bkr^ir. That he deitver'd dita Parcel 
ioHw^eyrhh hb owftiSands, Who pt^mis^d toeoavey 
It XX) tllit^ tind fkid, he could do it withSsfocy. Jhat 
ifty», as He believes, ^hderftood' the Stockings to be for 
the Pretender juid his.Sf^re;: that he . lifcewtlfc Ji4d 
feitie Oiftourfc wixh ^^«^abouts^ti|is* Copper Plates 

engravM 



N* XXXII f9r the TAfir. 1^,2^: ^ j©|: 



mmmmBam^'wm'm^^'mi^m^m 




^9grtv*4 at Kvm0f in Enilifit foi^.lMiar^li^T xhe TIq] 

of the (kid Lqttei-y, and dclir'd hinji to /receive SirL -^ 

iUm Ellh^s Dire£tioQS about it^ which .^jn? propi&d.t^ 

do. That while he, Layier^ .was at JRjome^ Hnyt asl^^d. 

biniy whether he w^uld not fee t)ie l^ing, oieaning ^!^ 

'pj^tender % ^nd that the faid HskyfyrtAX frequently to .the 

i>retender's t^amilyin the Way of h;i$ Bu^^ieft, an^ /^a^ 

18 he^^.beljeves, prefent while the Pretender^s^ and hi| 

Spqijife^s Pi£tures were drawn, , . .r 

. H{i^ being examin^i by the Committee, own^d the 

Receipt of the Stockings, but deny'd their beings 

delivered to him by Lay^r^ or that ^he knew who thej^ 

yrttt fqr. He likewifeown'd the carrying,a, Packet to iw-j 

joni, thf Banker at J^ome^ which was brought to him by % 

Porter from Lay^r, as he fupposM. 

Layer owns, that Hi^i^ told hino,^ -Btthni wf s the i^e« 
tender's JBanker^ but denies his fending any fuch Pafjl^ft 
tiy Hayi\ anfl in feveral other Particular's of their ihan 

fxiiaatipns, theycont^adi^edefich.otl^err , ^ ,. 

A.Schemeof the Lottery abovementiojiM (fQrirai&is 
2 2$^DOo7. Sterling) having been found among the Papers 
of Walter Jefferyes^ liow. in pRftody, the Lords. Copa^ 
fnittees thought proper to examine him how he caxnj^ ^ 
H; he own'd his being acquainted, wi^h Z.^r and JE^*^ 
%et^ that he faw Layer about the Time of his sof^g;:^^ 
^road, and helped him to a Biliona Banker zx Ant^teff^ 
but he deny^d iiis knowing from whom he received tht 
fai4 Scheme, or his having had any Converfation^wjitil 
.fmy one about it; and faid, it.m^ght be put iatojiia 
|Iands by Fhtnlftt^ for ought, hf.knew^ but tlv^ jke 
was not Aire he h^d ever read h, , and. if he hfici ix^9^ 
fochaPaper had been in his Cufiody,he jhould have de^ 
*royM it. 

, The Lords. Cpmtpittees bein^ in&rmM, that Layff% 
befweea the Time et his delivering the laige nn^(ie& 
fer Bundle of Papers to MTS..ii^i},,haddeliverM tq her 
4 large Parcel coverM with blue Paper v^ feai'jd in i^i^er 
veiX Pieces, and that he did withina few Pays after:) takf 
sit back again, telling her, he wauted to carry it to \^rA 
fforth and Gref% \ t^ey examip*d Layer particularly oa 
this Head, but he denied, that he ever delivered her a^ 
my fuch Bundle. 

The Lords Gunmittees neitt proceeded to the Exami-^ 
Nation of John Fluok^t^ wl)0 began with large Proteftar 
ttons_ of his Innocence^ an4 offered of hi^ifelf 16 fc^ 
icoHAl fof thire FaAs ch^rg'd upon him in ihf Rejpdrt, 

' aiut 



4<W The mfiorical Kerifter N*XXXH 

tnd to ihew tliey were gfttt Miftakes. The firfl was 
kis^TCceivIng a. Letter from Gwr.^f Kf//jr ; the fecond, 
fiis receiving the Letter at Antnuerp^ flgnM i>/xT«f//, 
md tKc third, Kit receiving the Letter from the Pre- 
tender, taken at Mrs. Crt^^^h^s. And as in his Examina^ 
t4en befbi^e the Gimmittee of the H^ufb of Coramoiis^ 
fce had fallen on the Expedient of fubltiruting Hugk Tho» 
irai to perlbnate Rogers ; fo no^ thev found he had fur- 
ni/hM himfeif -with three different Perftns, at different 
Piaces, all of the Name of Plunket^ to whom he would 
IttVe it.believ'd, thefe Letters were written, without of^ 
lerfii^ any the lead Proof or Circumflanceof ProbabiJi*** 
ty to (hew, that fuch Perfon.^ were at all concemM in* 
fhofe Letters, or that there ever were any Aich Peribns 
in Eeing. 

* The' letter from Cew^t f^elly^ he fa id was not writ to 
iim, ijut to one Harry FluAei^ whodeliver'd it to him 
At Wilts Coffee-Houfe, Covent-darden^ and that it rela- 
ted to fome Money that was to l>e raifed on a Security of 
Mrs. Barnis^s. 

^ As to the Letter fign'd Dhcvaefh, he faid, there were 
fwo^l^rgymcn of the Church of Rome-^ one or both of 
%irhich ' travel I'd with hinj and Lttyer^ f^m Dover to 
j/inf^x^f ; that one of them Vent by t|ie Name of iJoyi^^ 
but* his real Nartie was FltiakeU That this Man-drop^ 
p^ the Letter -ftgnM Dtxiaell^ at a CoiBfec-Houfe, and 
fie^' Jaim Flunief^ taking it up with a Defign of reffo- 
fniig'it tohita in Lorrah^ (to which ♦Place fometimes 
<Sh(k 'and fometimes both of thefe Clergymen were gone) 
flifewM It to Lf^, wh* t6bk it into His Head that ifhia 
tetter had bfeeii writ tohim, jfbkn tfunket. " 
•--The Lenfer»from the Pretender, he faid, fell into his 
Hands much in the fame Manner; that there is one 
Fathir Tfmnket^ at JRcwe, to whom the Pretender alwav^ 
writes, when tiriy Bodjr is to' be introducM to him. Be- 
ing ask'*d,'whetfief- Father PFuntrf travelled with Layer 
to- Ifow^, (becaiift Mention is made in the'Pretender^'s 
likter of a Companidn of F/tfnIwrs) he faid, the Pre- 
left(fe^a^wav« caird^the*Per(bn that was to be introduc-d 
%y Father Fltmhefy his Companion. That this Father 
fVa^lhff* happening 'to- ftiew him- this Letter, and com- 
mending the Hand, he, fohn Fiunhet^ faid. he had a 
•FFiend at iRW^ thaf would be glad to fee the Prcten- 
i!er-*« Hand- Writing; And' Father Ptunket having accord- 
ingly' J^fc the Letter with him, he /bewM it to Laytr^ 



itaM^i 




K» XXXII ^ for the Tear 17^^, 

and foiigot to retura it to Father Piunht^ who never 
Caird for it, having fifty more Letters of the fame K.in4 
by Wm. 

- Upon the Lords Committees asking him, whether he 
went by the Name of Rogirs^ he faid, he went by fe- 
verai Names in his Travels, that he might not be im* 
|)os*d upon in his Reckonings, as the £>2;/{/A geaerall/ 
^re. Being askM, whether he took the Name of Rogers to 
prevent his being thought an Englijhmurt^ he faid, that ia 
Italy^ he was cilVd, RoiierL 

th^y farther ask'd him, whether* he had di6ta,ted 
any fitltitious Names to JUiyir^ or Nhad mentioned ^ny 
Idling to him of a Club ) to which he anfwer^d, that 
he had given Layer thefi^itious Name of Bedford or Bar- 
fair4y for Lord Orrery^ which Name he had irom Neynoe. 
That oae Night being in Company with Layer, and Ibmc 
Clergymen, whofe Karnes he h%8 forgot, the Difcourlb 
turning on the Protefts of the Lords, and the Names that 
were AibfcribM to them, one of the Company (kid, Thefe 
are a loyal Qub ; another faid. They are Jacobites ( 
and that he, Flunht^ faid, there was a loyal Club of 
eighty or ninety Lords who would Hand in Defence of 
their Country. 

He farther obferv'd.to the Committee, that in the 
Bill now depending before your Lordships, he is not 
mention'd by the Name by which he was baptized 
\ and cojifimM $ he faid, his Surname was tlunkct^ but 
his Chriftian Name he declined tellings and fcem- 
.ed to place fome Hopes and Confidence in this Subter« 
iuge. 

The Committee finding him trifle with them in this 
egregious Manner, askM him in general, whether he had 
ever been in Conference with the Pretender, or had cor- 
refponded with him, or any of his Agents ; to which he 
anlWerM in the Negative. 

The Committee next font for George KeHy^ who told 
them, that the Affair being foon to be brought before 
your Lordfhips, he defir'd to be excusM from anfwering 
any QueAiens \ fo that they head no Opportunity of exa« 
mininghim as to the new Matters alledgM againft hla 
in the i)eporitions of Mr. Fhilif Caryll^ and others. 

However^ they thought it proper to fend for the faid 
,l^r. Ceiry/, and to ask him, whether he he hadany thiAg 
to add, t»r retract fr^m his former Accounts. His Depo- 
/itipiis being read ov^r.to him, he expref^sM himfeif ve- 
ly angry and uneafy at their being made pub lick, ani 

told 



*^ 



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)04 Tbf,Bfiimc4 U^r K"* XXXH 



■ ■ ■ !■ 



and told the Committee, he was not dlfpoaM t» anfwcap 
imy- farther QoaiDiom, bHng forry for what he had iaM 
alread/; he likewlfe infmaated, that what he had lakt^ 
had not beea taken down exMJdtty ar he diftaced it ^ and 
£tetQ!^d apwrehenfive^ that he was callM upbntoaccaft 
himfeif Of Matters that mi^ht be prejudiciai to him. 
But upon the G>nimittee*s telling him,' that t\st moS^ 
effe6lTAai Way he ooiild take to do himfeif Senrice, was, 
to make a candid and iagenuousDiibo very of thewhoi^ 
Truth, he faid, he had already ^iven* a candid Accpaai^ 
and hop*d, he flidulil not have beelY a Sufferer fiw his 
Candour. Being «ik*d^ mrhether his Deoofkioiishad not 
bedi ^read over to him be^re hie fign^d them, he fiii<), 
they were ; but that he was in a great Gonftilion at the 
Time they were taken : Being then required by theCbm^ 
mittee, to read them overhimfelf, and to Qiew in what 
I^krticulars they vat'y fiioin his Sc»i(e and Meaning, lie 
grew more confposM ; and having read ovar the firft^ 
dated the 27th of ACtfrfA,'faid he believed it was' right 
enough ; in reading over the iecond (dated the i^tU of 
*&ir^AJ he feid, it was not ftriOly' true, that Sir H«r- 
ry ^hrlng had told him what is there relaM, concern* 
ing an Inyafion, Commiifion, &r. but that it was tru^ 
lie had heard Sir Harry Goring f^y fo'y that as to Lord 
Lanfdo*wh\ being to land in the Weft^ he could nor be 
pofitive, but he thinks Sir Harry Goring faid fb 1 he Ikid, 
it was but a Suppofition of his own, that the iDifbourft 
which occaflon'd the Bifliop of Rocheftcr'^s takihg Sir J&r- 
ry Goring by the Collar, related to the PfttennHr^s A^ 
fai^s ; bui that he remembers wery wclL Sir Harry Go* 
r?«j«d affirm,* that on his faving the Words Hiere re- 
cited, This is rocking the Cradle indt^dj^ the Bi&bp did 
take him by the Collar, and that he, Gtryli^ did appre- 
hend the laid Difbourfe to have Relation to tl^e Ihreten-- * 
der^s Affairs. He faid, it was ab(mt two Ye^s ago, that 
&fng at Sir Harry GBring\ he ,faw a Letter lie on his 
Scrutore, direfted to Mr. Hvrh 5 ' and ujpoo his asking S>l^ 
Hurry ^ who the faid Letter was for!, Sir H^iriry toldhim^ 
it was writ to himfelf ; he faid', that the Words iA 
Ills iOepofition, which import, that he, Ctiryil^ had Rea«- 
fon to believe, Ktlif^ and Sir\fir<irry<?aKf»r,.werefdtt!ittg 

2' ether a Key at his Houfe af Nortk^y which tie/ 
J;ht (iorrefpond, are too ttrong; for that he, Carytt^ 
did not fee any fuc^ Key, onlv^'it was his Siiifpicioii, 
and Thought at that Time, that they were framing ftth i» 

He 



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NO XX^tl ' fir th^ Tear xfj-i^^- §05 

■ fl i I W\\ \ '\ \ I I' lVM"! ' IVl ■ .IM I f 

He lik^wife faid, that what relates to Boyce in the ftji^ 
Dejpofition,* is rathet ftrongerthan he meant it, ^ot that 
BoVf tf bnly told hiiti, he was afwiid, the Servant he,6>* 
H/?, had fent to hhti to help off, wa* 5«w*/#,>alledglng 
thisRialbh, th^t hchai obferyM he wasdlfguisM, and 
tiat ho wisis afraid he wa« fcJfncwhat Hkc thrt[>efcription 
given (if Sample in the Proclamation. AU the other Par- 
ticulars pf his DepofHtipns he averrM to be true, but 
ftld, he had nothing farther to add, and that he would 
rather a thoufand times' die in Nev>iate^ than be au' 

Evidence. 

• Boyce being eyamin'd by the Committee, own'd that 
Wr Harry Goring went to Fraiice in his Yacht, and tha]t 
« Servant ^vent over with him in a blacjc Wigg, whon^ 
tjc had never feen with Sir ifKirry Goring before 5 but he 
Vttcrly deny'd hl^ having convcy'd over any Perfon fent 
to him by Mr. Caryll^ or his having had any Difcourlfe 
vith Caryll^ About any Perfon** anfwering the Defcrip- 

tion of Sample.' 
, Irhe Committee having fu^nmbn'd before them K7/rt. 
am Seafini of Hgrn-Dean^ and having read to him his 
former DcppfitionB, find, that he rctralts what he had 
there dcpos'd on Oath of CaryU^ and Sir Harry Gorhg'k 
being in Company at his Houfe with the Perfon who 
h«d but one wnd; he fays, fuch a Perfon was at his 
lioufe with two other Gcn^iemen, but thai he now re- 
collects, CViry//, and Sir Harry Goring were not there at 
that Time. Being aslc'd, Whether he had receiv'd any 
'Letter or MclTage, /Ince his being in Cuilody, which had 
J\clp'd to fct him rJght in tjiis Particular, he anfwer'd in 
'the Negative. 

' The Committee obferve frtm the Parts pf Mr. CarylP9 
pepoljtions, which heaffirm'd, th^t the Explication gi- 
'ven to the Name of Hore^ in the Report of th^ Com- 
"mittise of the Houfe of Commons, as alfo the decy- 
phcrlng of t^at P(irt of Kelly's Letter, which menticoif 
Jdof'e'$ Commlifion, and the Conjefilure of G'ar/«jg> ha- 
ving carry'd over a newXjJ'pher from Kelty to Frarjcej 
Hre very much conflrmM. They lifcewilb obferve, tha^ 
what it faid in Glafc9k\ Letter to Jf^elly '6f the 20-3 x ' of 
OSloher^ concerning the Arrival of the little French Mei^ 
chant mentioned by Kelh, and the Precaution they in- 
tended to ufe in Relation to him, 'till fome other ap- 
pears, with whom they may t^ilk of Bufmcfs more to 
the Purppfe, i\as probably Relation to 5<iw/'/tf'6 being got 
fife to France. And the Letters /Ign'd Fra. Wi%, whlcj^ 
■'' ' * " R'r •'• ^-^ ■ Caryll 



3o6 The Hifiortcal Rej^ifter i<o XXXII 

C«nr// owns,* he receivM fmn Ketty^ not oily confirmf 
1LeUf% writing by fiaitious Names, but is a firong Ar- 
gument of his being the Perfon that writ the Letter to 
hcfuivUU of the 27th of Septemker^ and confequentiy 
the other Letters <harg*d upon him, in the Report. 
Por as in his Lftter to Csry//, he fays, * I ha^c never 

* heard a Syllable from your other Lavojn (Sir Harry 

* Goring) fince you and I were with him, which yfm, 
^ will fay )s pretty furprizing, and am afrafd^ very 

* detrimental.' So mxhzt \o BonaviHe (writ 'within fivf 
3Days Of the oihier) ho fays, ^ I have not heard a Sylla- 
*• ble from D. Gainer^ or G. Roherts^ fmce Mr. ^. Sampfim 
^ went, which has been a great Surpriz^^ andJ'mayfay, 
^ no fmail Petriment to fomc; of their Friends.. 

This Identity of Expreffion, in two Letters writ fo 
2i^r the fameTiine,appears to; be a farther Confirmation, 
that the fame Perfon writ them both, and confirms G. 
Smnffon to be the fame with the othir Lavayer^ whicl^ 
fiffy/^ explain'd to mean Sir Harry Goring, ' - ■ 

The Lords Committees alfo findin the Papers referred 
i to them new Evidence of Kellf% vifiting, writing to^ 

and receiving Letters from the Bifhop of i^r/tf^<r, as 
appears by Affidavit from the Perfons who cartry*d Kelly 
so the Bi&op^s Houfe, and who alfo delivefMr-Lette^ 
from him to the Biihop, and brought back tlie 'Biihojp^s 
Anfwers ; and-MrsI Levett depofes on Oath, that^rs; 
Btnrnes has told her, Kelly receivM in one Day as many 
Letters from abroad as came tp fourteen or fifteen Shil- 
jings, the Directions of which, Hie^ Barnes^ faw, but 
they were in fuch odd fiditious Kaines, as no one could 
, in,6 out hMlKully^ who had the Key ; ^hat among theie 

Letters, there was one for the Biihop of Rocheftef^ (as 
KiUy tol4 Her) which he was at that Time gone to dhr^ 
Jivor to the Bifhpp. And jQlm Mtdonk depofes, that %* 
^ong the Letters, which he carryM from Kelly to the 
Poft, there were lome dire£led to WaUr$^ the Blanker tt 
faris^ under whofe Cover ^t. appears that nioft of the 
treafonable Letters were fent, a&d the original Letter 
in A>/y6 own^Hand, ftoppM at the Poft-OlRce, was iix- 
closM in A Cover fo dirc£ted, rMr«. Levet't farther depo- 
fes, that ftdnp! JBarnes told her, un^er Secrecy, that the 
Dog Cent frpm France^ was a Pirefentfrom the late Lord 
Mar ,tp the Biihop o£ Roj^hefferlx, Lady \ which is iii 
fome MeaAire^eonfirmM by the i>raught of the Affidl^ 
vit prepar'd. for Birmingham at Faris^ iij which he is de- 
£r'd^ to fwcar,' that Lord ALur knew notl^ln^ S ktfy 
b •. ,.. . ;....• ) .'.J- ■■ y* '..' '; .'•' '(\ick 



Jpro,XX3ai* ' forWereariji^. 307 

fijycli Pog ^ and tbou^li tlys Affidavit dQ^s not appear 
to have been. lent ovei^ t>y..X^/(y duoftfy, yet exprefs 
Hen t ion is piade .>n the Letter to Gordon^ that the fald 
Affidavit is xlie Copy of. a,;N9te from the.^erfoil con-- 
cera'd^ with. .the SubHaxic/^ of ' what he "tiiinks requi- 
£te. This C4rcumj[lan<;e of the Pog's having been Tent 
by tHe late Lord Mar^ -which, is not exprefly alledg'4' 
in any Part of the Report of ^ the Committee of the 
Houfe of Commons, is a. new Confirmation that the Let- 
'bpr-fi^j^^d 918, which mentions the fending the Dog, is 
from. AW f and that Muf^ave^ to whom the 'Receipt of 
the ]^g i^, acknowledged in two feverai Letter's, is like- 
-^ifo a Name denoting Mir^ agreeably to what Is aiTert- 
cd x» the did Report. . 

t* ThcCommittee find by two Affidavits referrM to them, 
t Gtorie Kelh^ the laft Time he was taken into Cullo- 
, ^. offered the Woman of the Houfe a Gold Watch, forty 
Gu^eas in Money, and a Note for 40 I more, to let 
liim efcape. 
, The Committee have laid the Subi^ance of thefe (feverai 

-Ssmfoinations together, as having fome Reference xm 
€tfQri4 Kelly. 

^i^TheylikewlXb examined Mr. Dennis Kelly ^ who utter- 
l|j|^ denyM.his being advis'd with, or knowing any thing 
r^latin^ to any Coupiracy. Several Papers found in his 
C4^o^y be^g ihewn to him, he denyM his having ever 
feen them before, except when fome of them were 
ihewajLo Mm at former Examinations. . 
, . T^jfy.tiext fpnt for Captain f^wfier, and having ordered 
jhis for^aoier Pepofitions to be read to him, ask'd him, 
ylfhetl^er he had any thing to add or retraft 5 he affirmed 
e.^^ery P,art thereof to be true^ and flnd, he had only this 
fkrther Partictilar to add. That having lately feen Georgt 
W/y, as hp w/is brought down to the Houffe of Com* 
mons, he recollects, that he has often feen him ^ at the 

- Gamliig«Tahles with Skeene \ and that Shene and the faid 
Kdly were int;imately acquainted, as he is able to prove ^ 

i>y feverai Witneffes of Credit. Skeene being call'd in, 
and having heard P^n^ier'a Depofitions read ovettohim^ 
own d) tluit ke was acquainted with PMncier^ and had «^ 

t>een {h Company with him at feverai of the Times and 
Places mentioned iia the faid Pepoiltions. That he was 
taken Prifoner in ihtPreJion Rebellion, but is not rela- 
ted to hUrr^ nor has ever feen MMcldniio/k fince he part* 
ed from hin^ at Wghgeae : He own^d, he had had gene* 

^mU Pifcau^ft iriii^f^ier relttinf to % Plot, and that 



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icB ThiHtpriciil Reiifier H<> XXXg 

iancier had ask'd him ftyeral<iudtftotts kboilf it^to fbrire tt^ 
whichj he (jSlk^ne) affentcd, knd to <Jthc«, not ; buthc d^?-' 
iiy'd his having told FaniUrsiny farther Particulars thatr 
were in ihc t^ews-Papirs, or in the current Rq>ort of the 
Ttown. As for InftiCnce, ^hen Pansier askM him where' 
the late f>uke of Orfnond w.as,.he told him, the News-Pa-' 
pers (kid he was at Cbrunnti ^.hMl he pofitively deny*d hit 
having ever mentioned to Fancier any |)articufar Perfohs 
as concern^ in the Conf][)iracy, or stny of the parti-» 
cular Faas. fjpecify'd in his Depofitibns. Be fkither 
faidi he h^JReafon to fed ieve, that Pansier haVl fciit t^ 
liim fmce his tieiftg in Cuftody, to ad^ifc him to m«lce 
his Efcape, forthat'one G&rard Fit%,ierdid hiving b^tt 
walking with Fancier, in .the Bir^^ came dircEfty firotff 
tjbcnce totiim, Shehe^ it the. Meffengcr*s Hotite/^amL 
advisM him to make his Eltape 5 tho* heownM, AsBr 
FitTLgerald made ^6 Mention of tAniiery having* f<fnt)ilitt 
any fuch Advice. , ' --^ ' • 

Fftz^geraid being fent for by the Committee, own*d W 
l^adbeen to fee heenf^hd finding no Body at that.Tin^c 
in tlie Houfe but a Woman, told'Skeene^ it worffft be 
an eafy Matter for him toefcape^ but be clcar'ifed^ 
xier from having fent l\ich Intimation or Adv'ice. ^IHc 
farther faid, .that Skeene told hiiHa he did'^riot "knoSir 
but he might havq talk'd fooHflily t© JP«/»^/«y-, . fcjt l!hat 
if he had, Ptf w/Vr was but a iingle EvitJericd- or to^tlikf 

tffea. . ' • '^^-"^ ; •" '^y 

The Committee find among the PapenrreffiW^ ttJ fKfflr; 
a Copy of the Orders which ArnM teceiyd-irillpthf 
Owners j0f the Ship Fhtneas^ requiring nlm: to^fdllc^ 
the DTreStions of Ro^er Novsell (Halfitad) dur^g tht 
Voyage ^ a5 alfo an Affidavit, by which it ^^i[)^rs; t'tSJ 
the M^Halfieadv^m 10 vifit the 'Bifhop of 'Rof/f^^^-'dM 
flaid an Hour athif Houfe, a few Days befdfe;fti$ iettii^ 
/ out for Btlha. ' ', * 

They alfo find a very remarkable Letter feht 'to Cite 
of the Secretaries of State, by an unknown Hand, dsf- 
ted the i zth of FeWuary^ i-jii-ii^ and enclt>$*d*ln One da- 
ted the 31ft of M^rcA; which firft appears to be the 
Letter ' ^ferrM to in one of Ifeyto^s EirartiiTia^tiiaii, as 
drawn up by Ketly andhimfeif, and Vwat^ht bk'ck to 
him, corrcaed, as he beWfeV^d, by tire Bilhop of Xo* 
chefter. 

They Hkcwlfe find a Paper taken in LofA J%rtt ihil 
Grey's Study at C^irf/ge, whicb cOntain« ftvcral Very eiftfa- 
wdJnaiy Reafoningsoh thc,NatUfc Of OaA^T^CttttiiTg'' ^ 



N° XXXII :pr-the Tenr^Jji^. . ,.,: jpj 



tie tii-e 

)t obligatory, and that tho' iKe faking' TucTi Oafis' IS 
in iifclf unlawful, and a grievous Sin^ as being incon- 
iifl^nt with prior Oatlis, br.Obiigalipns^ yet neither the 
Yakii^ nor breakingSlitmcaiiin Sttianfl"* fall under the 
Ilendinination of ve^ayy. 

' iThis is the Su^lict of what ;d(fe:tomniitjV I«ve 

. t>Mn able to colleftTrom a careful I^ririal of the Papers 

rifrrr'd to them, ajid Slong^xamjiialton of feveral of 

"Bie "Perfons conceiTi'd, ^In fome o£ wiiofc Powej, they 

ht,vt__ Reafon to belicvfc, it was to have mai^amplt 

- inft6veriei, if tliCy *id beendHpos'd to fcwk the 

"t^ though th^J-ords Coramittifefi cannoit^feflea 
T^SSut Pity and ^moaffion, on t'hc' mirguide^.^cal, 
■tfi, V rewind InfatuaflSm of thof^'Men, wh.^^riUicr 
ctute^fo cipoft^hem'ferves to tbcgreitcft DangerSj'^i'll 
^dlrcov,cr^th^!!^i\thors pj AccotniJjQeg ,of . their jCjg^ 

.Tonsx!K=TI^°l5l'''iil£l<*-l'i*^'''°'''9)^ 
anj ConfeSeracici of private Villan y ifre '"dea'r'er' and 
more lacred to them than the Tlrongeft Ties ijiA OhJ)- 
gationsof Society ; yet thcComraiJieewiakenoIJou]^];, 
but the Matters contsin'd in the Report tcftt'r'd'to 
ihem, and corrotoraied by the Refivlt of their fretnt 
■Enquiry, ■will appear' ^qiyour Lordljii'ps.'fo clearly ina^e 
•lit, that the Corifpirrtors, fooner ori»iPr, will hivc^i,^. 
Xure to repent of theRlTi and impipuV Choice iViey-have 
jnade, of being rather true to one ajioihei", thaii. to.God, 
jliejr Confciences, i^na'thejr Country, , ^ , 



l^iftiuRcpott, wH^j^^.thjeeifjjU^fyjg, w 

;,/-4-'-1HAT-ticfersie:deriy«'iW^^ 

X fottenKowflM.CrowiMeach,tTie»j>,iao,Op(» ..,j^ 
jhe whole dumber of Tickets wilV|lfe:Ti J ■ ' ' '; , . , 
, Aiid ^h^. total Sjumtftjbe paidi fcktj.-th^m^^yUJi b^ 

1^600,008 «f- Grown*.' ■ ■ ■ ■ ^^^ 



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|io The Hijiorical R fifjifier N^ XXXII 

1. That tKc 1,000,000 of Crowns be divided into Pri* 
2Kes in Mtnner following. 

di^wns Crowns Sterling 

t iOo6o 20000 4soo/. 

t lOOOO ' 20000 4S0O 

4 5000 20000 4SOO 

€ 4000. 24000 ^ $400 

to 3000 30000 * ^75®: 

15... " 20bo 300GO ,,6^50* 

*^ 20 looo abooo '.4SOO. 

^ 30 v>0 Mooo .337$-^ 

'40 40O 16000.. jfco- 

^60 300 iSooo 4OSP 

^ . top. . 200 20000 ,. „ 4S0O' 

200 100 20000 , f ,4i<io. 

- ,1000 $0 '$0000 ^'^5^ 

* 39706 a? . , . *J7jOOO . ^I^^S^ 

Totd Prizes 41,18s* Total Crowns ^,000,000 22 5^000^ 
Total Blanks 58812 ■ ■ " : ' ■ 

Total Blanks 7, ^__ 

tndPrizes. }*~>«» ; ' ' 

3. The Prizes ihall be drawn in the fame Manner 
as is praaisM for the Drawing of the Lotteries of 
HoUaniy and fhall beat* Intercft after the Rate of '8 if. 
'per Cent, per Annum^ to commence from Mickadwias\i!CXti 
tmtil the refpe6tive pirincipal Stuns of Prizes fl^all be 
mid off, which U proposM to be d6n^ in lef$ than tw^. 
Years* 

'In this Lottery there will be little more than one 
^lank to one Prize, fo that all the Siibfcribers to it will 
liaye a very gsiod Glance for Prizes ^, and they that 
(hall 'have the loweft Prize, which is 20 Crowns^ will 
Hi^e at the Rate of 16 per Cent, per Ann. paid tlieti for 
Che pHmeCoft of their Ticket, befides being repaid twio* 
their principal Sum : And the Advantage of thofe that 
ihall hav^ the good Fortune to be entitlttl to any of the 
kigher PHz^s, rill bepropoftionably greater, and iniik 
Average, all^tKolb cbnccrn'd in the Prizes will have re- 
paid them, befides the 8 per Cent. Intereft^ upon tlid 
l^rime Colt of their Ticket, fVom two tA two^ thoufaad^ 
Fold. 

2I« Orfiitutfiont 



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mmmma$m 



Conjideraticns on the Nature of Oaths at frefent^ 8cc. ta* 
hen it ik Lord NorthV, iZth Sept. 1721. - ^ 

T^ t Tltnp when noting is fo common as Reproaches, 
and wheii^ Wordk *rc flung about by People that 
linow not their Meaning, and one balls the other Pcrju-- 
red, and Traytor, being ignottint of the true Meanthff 
of either oi^ thofe Terms, it will not be unufeful, hby:. 
ever unacceptable, to fay a little' oh the former Wbrdy 
lihd explain what is Perjury 5 for the latter, there are 
fo many able Expofitora of the Law ready to interpret 
Traytor in the favourable Senfc (I raeahto the (xovem- 
inent) t^at I myfclf, who willVndeavour to keep as 
clear of the Forum humanum a9.poifible, do not know !mt 

f" It a Calfe of Confcience may be ctfnfiruM to come 
thin the Staitute of 25 of Eiuwri III. and I, to ftew 
^ Parts a^ainft Mr. Attorney, and't^j; King^CouA- 
W. rii coAcekl myfclf therefore, and if I <ian help it^ 
Wlliltand AoTjryal; but in mjr own Country, a Place 
wher^ Jiimce is pra^ifed,. a very great 'W^y off hence; 
feut before I come to the Defign of this little Trtta^ 
which is to explain what Oath^ are obligatory, and 
CQnftquently the Brfich of what Oaths is Perjury, I 
e^nnbt 'foi1)ear obferving how ridiculous the Reproach 
of Pcrjifry comes put of the Mouth of any Briton that 
iraii^remfcmber 30 Years. They that thought the Revo* 
lution no Breach of the Oaths of Allegiance, can they 
jreproach any one with a Breach of thefe I But ihereare 
fome P«fople Anti-Cafuiftjs, that think 9A Oath only o« 
bligds in u^Uvrfui Matters, that like a very lewd Fei« 
low that us'd to affcrt; every Falfity with an Onihj 
ikying, a Truth could ihift without it. But thus much, 
knd perhaps too mudh, by Way of Preface. Now to the 
Point* The ingenious and pious Dr. Sanderfin deHnet 
kxk Oath to be a Religious Adt, by which God is calFd at 
a Witnefs to confirm a doubtful Matter ; he likewift 
lays down fiveHypothefisV. of which I'fhall mention but 
the* 3d, 4th, rfnd $th, they Deing only to our Purpolb. §* 
No Oath takes awiay a pilor, Obligation. 4. What la 
i^mpolEble ctonot oblige ; now yrhkt you cannot lawful* 
iy do, is lookM' upon as impoffible ; fd tantum.poJfkimit 
quod jure fojurniki, ^ 5': We 6innot o&li^e 6ur felves to di> 
^hat is unlawful, foHf it is an unlawfUtThing whicH 
you' were t^ ds^vthef Pcijuty i#- irf iWeat4big', poit in 
Dteaking; that Qsitl^ An Oath has an obligatory Force 

J't^'.^i- -ji ^i'^-'.i^ Kf\ .r. :>?il--u.i >•«?. :.i^ *'*'*r"*-'^ With 



§t^ 'it^s Sijio^€ars};gfj^r '^y'fzxii 



with it, but not deftruftivc, but conftrufitivc only; that 1$ 
, IP hy^y it piiMy^ bring* a new. Ob^g^qn ^Khe^c ijicro w«j^ 
none before, or confirm one that pnecede4 It^ l?ut it can- 
not remove any Obligation iKat it finds already enterM 
i^ or fupq-ittiujtc another fejpugn^At . tp kv He 
giyfqs if>t Inltan^e^the m^tuiii 0jl)l;gation between" Ma| 
an4 Wi£r, F&ther and Son^ Ma^er and Servai^);. Kin^ 
an^ Subjcft, Thus 4ar o\u of iR^i great Cafuid ; whic? 
i . enough' to det^nxine what Korce the OatI;is of A^e.- 
gij^^ an4 Abjmratjqn under t^e prefent Foyers, cai\ 

foflibiy have. I fhall only thercf<^i e apply them to ih^t 
u^raole. 4^-. A.8. to. the Oath of Allegiance, if there waa 
nc^ Obligation in the People of En^Iand^ neither, by njj* 
fMiral Duty to wiy other Prjince, nor antecedent Oatba 
«>kiai and hi« Succcffor before the Time pf the ^evo- 
lution, then the OatU» to King {r/^'/i^m, &(c. are certain^' 
fy. valid ; but if the ^ntrf ry were tri^e, then accordii^ 
V^Ac 3d Hypotheijis,)the firltQbli^auon. remain^ \n fulT 
force aotwithftanding the Oath. .A^ain, If .tV^ifeT wi^ 
jfko Vp^eviatke People to makeaiKing, and if there Jb^ 
aj^yA^. of jR^liament unrepeaFd,' wl^ich dccjare ^> 
Sufc^^ to have no coercive Power over t^eKingi ji^(^ 
fvtn boiKHc^eaaf Parli^meJfH ; then, tjip' you/wqar 
|o fuch a Perfon .as King,: it neither ma^es him fucfi^ 
nor obliges to any Allegiance, but qsme? within the 
^thiiypoihefia. Whether the 'jth HypoiheRs jls^ fon- 
cernM in this- Quefii^n, will appear to any one /wh9 
aviil i?wn(vine the ^-aw pf ' W»tien», particuia^y oui" 
fwn,, ai^d JDccteatif^s of-jAiti 9f P^liament of the iCing'g 
Rights (I meia a lawful Affembl^ of King, •t9rds^ and 

CQmwf>n$) ««^ i^ ^^^^ ^« ^d? th#t Ku^g> ^re fjibje^ 

.^p ppne but Godyparticularly thf King of. Enil^nft 'y \h^t 

jhe Monarchy of J|»£2^«i is Hereditary, n^tEjej^iy^, and 

$h>C either of both. Houfes 0^ ^^rliaipent hav^ ho co- 

wrplv< Power over the King, wl^^f then to transfer Al- 

Icginnce wbilft the Rightfu) M<;>n/ivch is in fteing, is 

4unlawfulv an O&th to that Rvr^ofe, is cpn^feqycntjy ii|r 

f{a|id, ha^ no Mapiper of Forpe ; whatfcev.er againft oiyr 

;natural Duty, But before I. Jicave^-tljLijs.t'oiBt, I muft 

.Jake Notice how Dr. SAriderfin^r^wtxs an ObjeSlipfi here 

jtnade, and-Aiall. anfwer it btherwife ih^n he does: 

The Ob}eftioij is. But not to ful^l what you promife, ^ 

perjury I Yes, <fays my Ayibhor) but 'if the Thing 

jfsa^ttnlawfvl which you fwore,;jd\b.wcrc perjured when 

^ou toolt that Q»th, apt whjei^ ^.ou bro^e it, Wn\ aU 



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RinnHKHHHMiiMMI«iiHiMRHMMiMHHa«H«pri 



N^ XXXi; for the Tear tjh^. 3i3 

the Refpeft due to fo great a Man, I thmlc this Exprefr 
ifon too Rhetoi-ical fot a CafuifHfor thereis Need' of botH 
Tropes and Figures- 16 ilia ke the i!akinfe'-of any • pn>- 
miffary C3>ath Perjury : I'cannot ilgreer' with him there- 
fore in this, that the Breath of fuch an Oath is Perjury 5 
It is certainly a Sin and *a ^ery grievous' one, God 
forgive them that take fueh ; hut 1 thifck cannot be cdj'd 
t>y that whicH ne^er carry^U any Obligation With it,' th^ 
Breach bf' if t^nnot be'PefjUVy ; as in* Marriage (a hloU 
hoXj^yp'^) thereis rid fettfft^ afide thfe Contra^ (exccfj* 
fbt CkuOi of 'f orilication) NcTiffhout declaring it was nuH 
and v^id* jfVom the Beginning ^ fo in protnifiary Oaths;, 
exfJfepgH'he' Perfon f^orrf to releaftfi youi, and ut [ufran^ 
noth^g can fet them a fide extept they be null and voift 
fi*om \hk Beginning, as prior Obligations, Impoffibili- 
tfes,- aid Injuftice makes them. 



I • I 



^I1,%ett€rfent tc one jof iki Secretaries of SUie^ hy an nnr 

hno'isan Hand. 

R/W:Feb. 12. 1721-22. inchfed in one from W. F. 

' '= • ' ' • 3*1 March 1722. '■ . ^- r ' .r 

' ' 5/V, Feh 13,1721-2. .•> 

BOTH your Letterg'of Jan. 11^ and 29, camefafetp 
Hand. I thank you for \he Opportunity the laft 
Of thebv gave me of an Acquaintance with the worth v 
'Man that brought it, -who ^ctmt to bean honeft ^gUJh' 
w/f;^,^andperfeajy' right in his Sentiments. However, 
obferving that you had given me no Diteftions to ent^ 
as deep with him as I'plcas'd, I forbore, and contented 
my felf t6 b^rtloan my Goxmtry in general, without diJP- 
courfing' him Srery paflriGUlarly on any Methods that 
might V taken for its Relief Should he ftay long-e- 
•fiough heVefor me to receive an Ajifwer to this from ypu 
b^Wehe rettiHis to Pmndi^ I fliould be^ad- to know 
wh^er I may ufe greater Freedom with hi'm. I fee he 
is well fliftruft^ in the Inter^fts and' Dcfigns of foreign ' 
Courts, but feems to have falfe Notions of .ouriAbility 
h^re afHome^ in which perhaps yom* Opinion has help- 
ed to miflead him:- . ;t 
r did, upon the Receipt of yours, difcourfe 105,- 219, 
and 309. As to 36, he is in the Country, and at a Dt- 
flance, fo I can give ydu no Account of him ; but we 
'four arc entirely of Opinion, that the Sofeeme-prjopos-d 

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514 the Hijhrical Regifter |4*» XXXll 

iff ddiveriiig enr felvct l^ omr own Intcrcft )iere aF 
Hoine^ is wild tJid iiiipraaicab}e. . 
- We agree with yen, ikax the Refentments of the t>tto* 
, {lie are ev^ where very high, and that this Parlia* 
niesit has. been conduced in juft fti^h a Manner as we 
cdnld wtih it for our Purpofes, and tliat the Whi^s aie 
lifokeh imong themfelves* >oth at Coort, and in the 
CoonttT, and . ali Sores of Men tir'd with die prdcn^ 
Man a g e m ent a|id Managers ^ but yon deceive your 
Iblves if you think that all this put together, will bcoif 
my real WkSi towards c<fmpai&ng the Point : The To* 
^es, on ^hom we muft chiefly depend upon this Occv 
Ifoir, are withott Concert^ and without a Heady . and 
4tm of them are Men of any Capacity or Couragies their 
Zeal goes no farther than talking, and Healths j but I 
fpeak it knowingly of the Chief <^ them, they tremble 
1B^ ttr Thoughts of working out their owii Deliverance 
and uniting their Strength xq th^t Purpofe. They have ^ 
0uck together pretty well this Seffion, in managing aa 
Attirck on the Minii^ry in the Hou(e . of Lords, but Sxey 
mean nothing by it, befides expreffing their Refent* 
ments ; and thofe among them who intend any thii^ 
eife, have private Views for themfelves. Between twen« 
ty and thirty of them have join\l in this Attempt, and 
%here are^ I aflure you, four or iive different $ets of Men 
ifi that Number ; . the two Lords, that are ^t the Head of 
them^ York and C&mp€r^ are a^ determine fianovt^uwi 
^ any In the Kingdom, and only maike Court to.Uie 
Succefibr iiifiead of the Fatheir. ; 

In the lower Houfe, the Tories have done nothing^ 
my attempted nothing, thts^Seffion$ they are a Rope 
*of Sand, there is no Union, no Spirit amqn^ tliem : 
Some of them have mjuisgM at fo cool a Rate, that 
there is great ReaCoA to believe, that they are fe- 
trretly uhder.the Influence of the Miniflry^ their 
Thoughts both within jDoors and without, are em- 
fploy^d tsbout nothing but ftcuring their approaching 
*Ele6!i6ns* 

', You icnow my Intimacy with 59 and 84, wh(mi f 
take to be Men of as great Honour and Bravery as any 
f9f that Party; I and 215 had three Meetings, "^ith 
them, ahdendeavourM topoffefsth^m with an Op^nipn, 
that it . was pofEble for us to diAocige the(^ People by 
our ot^;n Strength, bijt they ^ve us ru<^ Aj^fwers 
.as (tcw'd, that neither they,, nor their Friends, had ever 
in good Earned, entertsjUi'd a Thought of it. Jhty 

live 




f^KtbeT^arXj'^l^ , 3\5: 



liyc i'l ?^P?^ati?p of fo^awl^t tHat U ^Q H? dwi^ fbr 
our ^efc\ie, they knour oat Ni^heja notl^o^, but nave not 
t% kaft itn^inat^Q^ ^hi^; w^ Jife a.1?k ta dp uny. ^^% 
fpV Qut fclve^, and t^^^ talk of^'^Kj t^r^f ^ary qS, 
this He^d wi^]^ ^ Vtinoft Cou^^pt. 

' As to the Whjggs, ^hougt;i J?^"X 9^ ^^^'^ ^*^^ ^??^ . 
loud againfl the Court in the 5ott/A-S'e^ A£fair, '^andiiaye 
curs'd the Miniftry, (3c. opci^iy ; y«t it is plain, theif 
Refentm'ents begin to fin^, and khe approaching Ele- 
ction wil^ %9^9 ^h^t not^khftaiiding tlieir An^er and 
t^Wr Loffes, they Will ftick together 5* and rather chufe ' 
to fit down with that P^rt which remains to them in 
th^ Fun4s, thai;^ hazard ail by a n<fw, Bfiv^lution. This, 
ypu may ditpciid upon it, is ;he « State of Thingjs $?rc. 
a^d tt)erefore 'tis in vain for you to exp;^£l ^y tjbi^ 
ftpm 1;?. 

Corruption, luxury, ^d Indolence, havf taJkeA viji- 
v^r^ally fuch Hold of Mens Mig4ii t^^^ ^^?y are ii^ . 
no Pcgree ciip^bl^ of a.|iy gre^t 15^ i^otle l&^P^, no^ 
indeed, willing to r^tn any J)^nj^» Tl^^i^ t^^'?S. iHr 
Cafe, judge you, w^e^^er \% h(^ w^^^ X^VtT ^ky^ ^® 
pjf^f^ u§ ??iy longer upon that ijead ; turn ypy,if . 
Th.94gfet8 ratb^ toward* ferying tjie Paufe, by Mr-, 
fu^^d^ng tHofe about the R^geat, that V /^A%^ea lua 
own Intercft, if he negle^s ours. I know yoiir ^9^; 
eryrith sos> ^9 whom th^ Cardinal ii%e^ ; could he 
but l?e fatisfied, tjia^ ^r^iwe would certainly, findtit^ 
Accoui^t in fuch an Attempt, and could np( at the gri^r, 
iCen^ Junfikure fail of %icceft, the Thing '|?iighi be dojic, ^ 
^ or 6000 Men would efii^ it, lai^ding iajt a']^ l(^%^^ 
at any Tii»c>f the Y^r, V^et^^er theParlJ^cnt be iifj. 
or fitting, whether King George be at Honieor'at iuj«g^ 

The Rcgpnt has manae'd wifely towards holding th^ 
Reins dill in his own Hands, even ^tet a Majority )^ 
But can he be furc of it ? May not fomc f^f^iieni l^p* 
p9n to r^/lorc ^n ]n}ur^4 PJ»lnce, Vithout lii^ AiSflanjcc ^ 
And will h^ not tJKen wiih that he ha4 merited \xif 
FriendQiip, an4 perhaps 0and in Keed of it on ver^ 
important Oocafionf I I do not defpaar, but foon^t: qz 
iKtfit hfi^mtiy b^ hrQught to rcliOi this Sort of Reafon- 
ing ; if h^ dpca ppK? th^>^ Uf no Hope, as far as % 
can fee, f^pmai^y other Power upoi^ £art^. 

And wijthP>it foine confidera^l^ Help from abroad, 
nol: aMfin h/$r4i w}!] Mr tQV|ra,^ds refcuing his Cpun<^ 
try,^ I fpfi^fe V^t I tJ^rqujMyJ^w | it ^ in yaJn 

.Sf? to 



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■^nw 



g*iA The Hiflorical Regifier H^ \XXll 

— _ ■ _ 1 ^ - ■ ^ -^ 

tQ ui^ Difgulfes in a Matter of this Confbquence. 
I am going into the Country about a Month hence., 
and do not think of returning to Town 'till next Win- 
ter. In the fncanr time, Vhen any Letter comes from 
you, direfted as before, I have taken Care that it ihall be 
fafely convey'd to me. I am, with a moft entire Rc- 

^rd, 

5/r, 

Your ever fartkfiti 

and ohedhht Servant ^ 

R. W. 

Since the. writing of this, 84 has been with me, and 
inform'd me of a Matter which will convince you how- 
low our Politicks are Aink ; and what llrange Thoughts 
Men are driven into, for Want of any thing more folid- 
and reafon^ble to reft on ; 'tis meerly to iet this Point 
ih a ftrong Light to you, that I add the following Ac- 
count, with which otherwife, I -(hou Id not have thought 
it worth while to havetrt)ubled you. 

I have only my fhort Cypher of fome Names now . 
hy me, and therefore, muft give you the Account iii 
plain Ef^^i/Jli \ find I the rather venture to do it, becaule 
there is no Danger of fpoiling the Scheme l^ a Di£^ 
coVery. , ' 

He fays, a Friend of his who waSconcera'd in the 
laii Tranfaftibns with the Ctai* fome Years ago, has 
iindertaken-.to renew that Correfpondence, and thinks 
lie may fucceed in i^, by fome Things that have fel* 
len from Prince Do/AoFttJ^y in a' piftoml^j of which, ' 
an Acquaintance of his in Fr«wr^, has juft now inform- 
ed him.* • ' 

,The Czar, .he thinks, having. his Hands now free, 
may be perfwaded to enter npjon fuch a glorious At- 
tempt by thcr Way of Scotland^ and may propofe tohim- 
fclf great A4vanrqges, if he fuccecds, by the A^ance 
our Squadrons n)ay give him towards profecuting his 
pefigns in the Bahick, and on the Continent, to which 
the Englrjlt Fleet ; hitherto has been the great Impedi- 
ment. J ask'd 84, whether this Ovcirture ha<J been 
inade with the Privity of the Scots Chiefs abroad ? He 
faid, he beiiev*d not, but ther^ was no Doubt of their 
Concurrence I will not trouble you with' the Ob- 
jections I made, which he was "in ho 'Sort prepared 
to afcfwer. Upon the whole, I look ujptin it as an A- • 
, ^Uf^mc^t pr I?rcam/raj.h\|-thaaUny 'ftrf^iiisDe/ij^pi 



v>< 



'■<>» ■. »; ' ■ — ■- . — • ' ' \ '^ 

N^XXXII for the Tear n-i^, ^17 

and as fuch I fend it to^ you, with .my , repeated Rc- 
queft, that you would apply your fe'lf to forward at the 
Court of France^ what I have urged before in this Let* 
ter, if that Point be poffible to begam'd ; if it be not, 
f am fatisfy'd, all other Views arcf Chimerical, and* 
we muft fjt -down contented under our prefcnt Yoke,* 
'tillfomc new Change in the Affairs and Interefts of 
Eurofe fhall open a \Vay towardfs our ^DeliVeranc'e ^ for 
you may depend *u]f)on it (to end as I began) thatwc 
ate' abfolutely* difpirited and fubdu'd . here at Home^ 
and neither can, or will attempt to do any thing' fot 
our felves. 

This. is not my fingle Opinion, for I know not a Man 
of Confequence here, that does in good Earneft think 
otherwife 5 tho' to humour the PalTions of indifcrect 
Men, we are forc*d now and then to ufe another Sort of 
language. ^ 

On Wednefday^ the 24th of Aprils the Houfe of Peers 
^according to Order) took into Confideration the Re- 
port from the Lords Committees, and the faid Re- 
port being read, it was refolvM by the Lords Spiri- 
tual and Temporal in parliament aflembled. That this 
Houfe is fully fatisfyM and convincM, that a deteftable 
and wicked Confpiracy has been form'd and carry'd 6n, 
for foliciting a foreign Force to invade thefe Kingdoms^ 
for railing a Rel)ellion, and inciting Indirreclions in 
London^ and divers other Parts of ^reat 2?rfr«/j,and evea 
for laying violent Hands on the Sacred Perfon of his Ma- 
jefty, and on his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales^ 
in Order to deftroy our Religion and happy Confli- 
tution, by placing a Popifli Pretender on the Throne. 

After this, it was order'd, that the Thanks of this 
Houfe be given by the Lord Chancellor, to the faid Lords 
Committees, for their having difcharg'd the Truft in 
^em repos'd, with great Exafitnefs, Care, Fidelity, and 
Candour. Thereujpon, 

The Lord Chancellor addrefTing himfelf to the Lords 
of the faid Committee, Cviz.. Duke of Montrofe^ Duke' 
of Dorfet^ Earl of- Lhcoln^ Earl of Searhiroughy Earl of 
JJlay^ Lord Vifcount lo-nfdah^ Lord Vifcount Torrhigton^ 
ion^ Lord Bifhop of Sarum^ Lord Bifhop of Lincoln) 
gave them the Tl^anks of the Houfe in ;he following 
V^ords; 

- My 



ai8 The Wftorical Hejrifier N^l^XXH 
My Lord* wk^ arc of the CommittQCi 

'XAm. c^fifmnM hy tj^ Hoiife ta sfvg your Lardfifps, the 
Jl Tifinks of tHs Ikyfe^ fir your havini difcharj^d ike 

Myl-or4«, 

. IV Tty^^ v^f a$ grtftf ^w tvct '^ft? r^fos^i hy thisJBimf^ 
^ 'Oft tjf Hi Menfhers. TieSuf^jfii Matter ofyQUf ^ntgiiry^' 
^^^f^A^ ^i^ ^^fi dan^erw/^i VpeU ss deteJfMey ii£ 
Vitk Jfifekiifs of it/f JfJifdt^ and ^firuSlivc of evsry tkin^ 
that is valuMe amonifi us\ carrUa on and mana^d In a^n^v9 
4ftvis"4 M^l»df nvft^^hetftm^Cumug^ nffdi as Wicked- 
nsfs^ a^^dcover^^ yntk ait the pi/iui/es. tUf. mqfi artfv^. pext^-^ 
%ity coul4 contrive \affd'w/uch tierifoK^^req^r^d the^great.ufi 
J^cnttration and Skill to lay Qpetj. And the fakftrs^Jprn^ of- 
thixn of fuck a hfaiure^ that ft iaas thought jit to refer thenf] 
to your Lordjhips^ locked tip as they vxre^ 'without readir^ 
themin tkt HasJ^, 
yiy Lords, 

Yotif. Uardjhifs have fully at^/^r^d t^e Ey^peSfathns^ 
the Souft '^ntertairCdy *i»Af» they fiicV'd u^nyoufar tMt 
pufi. '. , ' 

Your Applkathn i/iffung thro' fo many Saf^s ofaJfeHe^ 
avdjtudyed Ohfcurity \ your CandouK aad Exacln^/s in exa-, 
mining the fkrfons concern d^ car any v^y capubjeof ilvfi%ahj^^ 
^atisfa^ion^ and r« refrekf^in^ 'what tiieyfaid y the Accyayt- 
ey and Jud-^m$Kt of ypur ^marh ; the Lf^h^ you hai^fo hap* 
tily given to fiveral SUffaffs in the Report of the Commit ^ei^ 
cf the Commniy vfbick though ^n themfelvcs jufij 'were yet 
Ijahh to CcfuiU^ fiyfyf^ ^ '^K^ ^<^t^ ^ ^^ ^ Truth, 
found QUi^ give^ 1 dare Jay, afinfihk Fleafure ta fv$ry Lor/f 
kne^ thAt has heard your Report ready and find's kimfeff 
ilierehy enahlfd tafarma judgmf^t 'jfcatkfo entire. SaXisfal^hii 
tp hli^elf^ concerning this ahominahle \^'or\i of Darkne/s^ 'V^Kh 

theA^on have ejjde^^ur^d to. jui^oiytd 'with Hifp^nefrakl^ 
Ohfcuirity. " ' ' ' 

TmnohJe Ikafur^ of feeing the Truths not'withfit^niing fa 
Ufany Contrivances to hide it^ and of keing therelfyenahUd. tp^ 
eome to right Refohtions in a Matter of Juck Importance^ has^ 
Viry naturally and agreeably hfoke out iota fo unanimous a Re^ 
fplution of returning the Thanks of this Houfe U yQujr l^ord- 
Jiipfy ta 'whom they fo much ovoeit. And in Okylienei^ fo. 
their Commands^ I doj 'with particular FJeaJur^ 4(?5? 
your Lordjhips the Thanks of this Houfe^ for your having, 



^0 Axxn jbrtfagrggyirog- §'^ 

tifefiA^i ffc TV^i'* par t^XJkip rips% '-wBi ilrertT 

ttavini ttwaris tlie End bf the laft SifJ/Hfr, gi*^ 
i.ti Kcctuhr 6{ the RiUs for inBftlfAg Piiilni sna PtSra}* 
tie's on ff(b'r£« Kel/j), and Frawi/ LOrd Blfttfpdf JfoWffei^i 
iiiviiig teen yars'd By lie Comttioiit, -ire -^ill now pt&i 
- kid id their TT^kh i(t ^c Bit of the B^uD: of L6r^ 

tti iVfirt if Qibi^ kbltj' iH«]otnfeii, «t We 8* <y rtl 

■^ HwftofUrdr. 

ir\ li 1*4 Soth of ^//->7, Mr. GcBr^e KcJIy was broitglii 
V/ from the Tower to ihe Bar of the Lordt Houfe, i* 
ormr W make his Deiencc agsinlt ihc Riil to in. 
ftia Pain* and Pendiics upon Hm, »i(h ihe A(E- 
iKacle.of Wic Counfel who Itid been allign'd him, to 
■wi^ Sir &anfi.vttiie Phi/'ps',- ind Mr. fraf. After the 
ttcfind Krttdlng of the Bill, Mr. Raws, and Mr. 
'^t'O-Z, *ifre heard to it, who open'd the Narure rf 
'the Evidtecfe Vhtjr hsdto [n-oduce, "to prAw theCoA- 
tbiney in feWfcrtl, and the Prifbner's Part in it, fn pW- 
ttcUhr. WV. Xe?ys Counfel raU'd ftveral Objeaioni » 
Ijdtfc, aiid tn'a ffjeC'ad Manner, ttremtmiHy •opyos'd \1rsk 
reading /s/;jifior'i Examination, urginSf that being neitfft*)- 
takcn iip'on Oatli ,nor fen'd by him, it Ought not to be a^ 
initted as Evidehce : But ai this Objeftfon had alTi*Ay 
"bMn In ^unfief*^, fo it was eafiiy over-rul'd ia thepre- 
iKitt Oaft. Hereupon, feveral Informations of thilip 
NeyOt wbre read, im'^rririg in Subflsnce, That ffwr^f ■ 
Ke(^, Vho often went by the Name of 'fahtfen, fi*- 
'Jin^ttj' told kirajtWtheBiihdp of Sochrfier hrtdts*. 
ref);)0ndehccs wjth iht Pretender and his Agent*, thit 
^e (Kri/j) -was effiiloy'd by the Bifhop in wriitng {Ht 
'liiiti, kild carrying on the faid Correfiidndencet^ tfak 
'the Pretender 'rej/d more on Advice* from the-BiBwit, 
'thak from any otKer Peribn j ihatlheBffhop weritftrtae- 
"tirhe's by the Name of fanes, ftmetiracs byihSc 6f St- 
liniton, that he had fcen feveral Cyphers in Kelly's HiriH, 
ine in Flgurtt, another Of fiflltlotti NaalnifoTe!artyij% 
on the CorrefpondencB with the Pretcndef's Ageats, 
■ That the Informant {NtymtJ had been employed to 
draw up three feuera] Memorials to^the Regent oC 
Frake, to foHctt him W fend Forces to th^Affliiance 8f 
theCoht^lAttfr*; 'the laflof *hh;h wiw Ih DtftMber, 
I7{i, &nd oontain'd' a Demind of £vc th«u&pd-Klenf 



^'iO TheWforkalRegijier ^XXXII 

■ ^ " J .. . 1 ■ 

tp be fent to invade thefe Kingdoms ; and that the Heads 
of tliefe Mcmof ials were given him by Kelly ^ and onef 

* ixrho went by the Name of /r^/yo«, whom he took to hh 
|:he late Earl Mart/dial. That in Martk laftj Kelly brought 
h\ioci,(Neynoe) the tieads of a Letter, to be drawn up 
with a Defign of its being intercepted * hy the G6- 
i^rnment, in. order to amufe them into a falfe Security;, 
that he. drew the faid Letter in a Paper writ Column- 
Ways, and that it was brought back to him, correfitcd, 
as he believed,, by the Bifliop of Rocbefter. That Neynot 
farther added, That Kelly affur'd Kim, the Bifhop got 
Notiqe of his being to be taken up, fome Days before 
at .Jbiappen'd, and that this Notice was given the fiiihop 
\>y one of the Lords of the Council. 

The Counfelfor the Bill urgM^.that they had Evi- 
dence to .produce, to prove, that* iViyrof wais intimately 
acquainted with Kelly^ and thereby 'had an Opportu- 
liity of being inform'd by him, that the Bifhop of 
Rochefier was alfo acquainted wh\iKelly^ invited nira 
to dine with him, and fent to.enc^uire after his Health ; 
_A.nd that the feveral Particulars contain'd in J^ynoe''s 
Informations, were corroborated and fupported, in 
^yery material Circumftance, by feveral .concurrent 
Proofs: To^which Purpofe, fevei*al IVitnefles were 
cxamin'd. 

. .Then the Counfel for the Bill offer ""d to procjucie the 
intercepted Letter from Mi\ Kelly to Mr. Gordon^ Junior, 
Banker at Boulogne^ dated April the 2 2d, 1722, with a 
Packet enclosed, con filling of three .Letters,' one to Chi- 
'vers (General Villon) flgn'd T. Jones ^ anothej- .to Muf- 
grave (Earl Marr) fjgnM J. lllington^ and a third tp Mr. 
jfackfon the'' Pretender j fignM/ij;7.8, 4ated\^;>r/i 20, 
Part of- each of them writ in "CJypher, and which ap- 
pearing by the Matter, to be froiii the fame Perfon, and 
the Letters to Mufgrave and Jackfan^ being inclosM in 
that 10 Chivers^ were fupposM to have been di6^ated to 
/fe//y, by the' Bifliop of Rochejfer. But the CJounfel for - 

_thePrifoner ftrongly oppOs'd the reading of thofe Let- 
ters as Evidence, and feveral Peers, particularly the 
Lord Bingley^ took great Pains in examining the Decy- 

pherers, 

* ^._^„_ •* ' - _ ^ _,» ' _ _j_^ ^_ ^ 

* .The fcui Letter is infertei In the Appendix to the 
Report of tke\ Lords Confmht^ety and in this Regiikr, 
Page ^13. . * ' ' . . 



mmm 



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fherers, Mr. JF/Z/tf^, and* Mr. CorhUre^ a« to tlie Kulet' 
and Certainty of their Art, th*y both averr'd, That 
tbey had decypher'd the Letters in Qudlion,' at a %tC9X ' 
I^ftance one from the other, and without their conv ' 
xnunkating their Keys to each other, or having any 
Key communicated to them ; and that the Rules they' 
vent by,were almoft as certain and infalliMe as any us*d' 
in Mathematical Demoniirations : But having at the 
fame Time own'd, that in their feveral ExplicatioAi 
of what was writ in Cypher, there had happen'd fome- 
iVnall Variations, (fuch as the Word Care^ and to JPro* • 
viif, in the one, and Conarn^ and to trocure^ in the o^ 
ther) a Debate arofe, upon the Qtieilioji, Whether Co- 
pies of Letters intercepted at the Poil-Office, and decy* 
pher*d, iliotild be read as Evidence? The famebeihsn 
carried in the Affirmative, the Counfei for the Bill 
proceeded in their Evidence, 'till about Nine of 
the Clock in the Evening, when the Houfe adjourn- 
ed. 

The next Morning (May i{\ ) about Elevfcn a-. 
Clock in the Morning, the Houfe of Peers being fat a*« 
g^in, and Mr. Kelly brought to the Bar, the Counfei 
for the Bill produced and examined feveral otKer Wit* 
fieifes, and then fumm'd up their Evidence, which 
laded 'till about Four a-Ciock in the Afternoon. Af«- 
ter^this. Sir Cwftantine Pkifps, and Mr. Praf^ mada each 
a long Speech la their Client's Defence, and in par- 
ticular^ mew'd the Danger of fUch an unprecedented 
Way of proceeding, without full and legal Proofs, in 
Cafes, where the Lives, Liberties, and Properties of 
the Subjefts are concerned. Aft*r which, they produc'd " 
andjexamin'd WitnefTes, to invalidate the Evidence gi« . 
ven for the Bill, and in particular, Niyme*% Informa* 
tions. Among the red, Mr. Bingley^ who was taken 
up tt Deal with Neynoe^ depoa*d^ That Neynoe hadife* 
Yeral Times own'd to him, that in order to humour 
thofe In Power, and to get Money from them, he had 
tdd thein (bveral Stories of a pretended Confpirac/; 
that by this Means, he got three, or four hundred 
Pounds from Mr. Walpole. And, that among other I 
Drudgeries which Mr. WalpoU requir'd him to do, he 

Bevail'd with him to convey into one of Mr. IfCe/ye 
rawer s, a Lift of Names of Perfons concern'd in the 
Confpiracy ; that the laid Lift might be (bl2M, when * 
Kelhf was apprehended. This being a Charge of a very 
belnpui Nature, upon a Perfon of fo eminent and df* . 

Tt ftinguKh'd 



^aa The Bftofieal Rfieifier H^XXXil 

Mnguiili*d a Charafiter, ft was. tbought proper, Uiat 
Mr. Walfde tbmUd liavean Opportunity to clear him* 
WS^ up(»i which, that A&ir was fiurtl^r adjoiurftM t» 
the next Mornings. 

Accordingly, on Thurfday the ad of Majy the Om/^ 
none, upon a Meflage from the Lords, having giveik 
Leave^ that M)r« Chancellor of the Exchequer mig^t 
attend their LordAips Houfe, to be examlnM as • 
Witnefs, Mr. U^aJfoU upon Oath, gave their Lord** 
ihips a full Account of the whole Matter. Hefaid, 
among other Particulars, That on Saturday the 28th of 
3Wy, 1722, he received a Letter fubfcrib'd S. T^ inti* 
inating, that if the Perlbn who wrote it recfivM En- 
couragement, he would make conilderable Difcoveriea^ 
and if an Advertifement, acknowledging the Receipt 
tff this Letter, and complying with the Propofal, were 
inferted in the Qaxjette^ the Writer would wait upont 
Mr. Chancellor (^ the Exchequer, by the Name of ifal' 
toru That it being then too late to have an Advertilb« 
nMnt inftrted in that Day's Gax^tte^ the &me was de- 
ferred »tUl Tuefday the laflr Day of fidj. That dUP 
next Day, Neynoe^ according to his Promiie, waited up* 
on him, Mr. WalfoU^ who finding him at firi^ vtvf 
willing and free to tell all he knew of the Conl^«r 
racy, and to explain fome fi^itious Names, nutdQ Ufe 
of in the Letters intercepted by the Government, vn* 
known to the Aiid Ntynoe^ this Deponent (Mr, WdMe} 
gave him as an Encouragement, firft, the Sum of two 
Itandred Pounds, by the King^s Order, and afterwards, 
an hundred and fifty Pounds, at three feveral Tbnef. 
To corroborate this Depofition, NeynoeH Letter of the 
afth of July^ 1722, and the Advertiferacnts inferted in 
the London GoTLetUy in Conformity thereto, were pro- 
dUcM, which fully dcftroy'd Binglef% Evidence : For 
as Kelly was taken up about the Middle of M^y, and 
Mr. WalfoU never faw Neynoe^ 'till the Beginning 
of Auiuft, it was impeffible for the latter to tam-i 
per with Neyim to convey the Lid of Names in Qoeftlon, 
Into one of Af ///a Drawers, when he Oiould be appre- 
indad. 

This Point being over, the Counfel for the Prift- 
ner defir'd, that they might be at Liberty to proceed 
to examine Witnefles to prove, by feveral Gircumftances, 
that the Letters, dated April 20^ 1722, given in EvU 
dence for the Bill, were not dictated by the Biikop 
o£ Eochefitr^ to the Prlfoner, Qeorff Kelly \ but a Motion 

being 



■ 1 .11 H I I I I mm III l i I I '>ii ■ i i . i <w^^^w»i—wp 

N*XXXII for the Tear 17 ^i* 33» 

bei^g made for complying with that I>e/ire, the fame 
occafion'd a very w|irm and long Debate \ and th^ 
(J^ueftion being p^c upon the faid Motion, it was car* 
ry'd in the Negative, by 82 Voice», againft 47. Where- 
upon fisverajl Lorjii (pgter'd t^he following Vx9V^%t)Lop^ 

1. Becaulb ft was fnfified on by the Prifbnrr*s Cotiiu 
ftl, that the Proof defirM, was neceflary to h!< De^ 
ftnce, and, if allowed to be made, would ep^trib^^te 
to fatiafy the Ho]ufe of the Prifoner^a Jnnpoence of the 
Crimes charged on him by the Bill ; for vhich R^fon 
fdone, if there was no other, we think, the WiCneilei 
ought %f> have been examined, it being in our Opinii* 
ons, againft the conilant Courfe and Rules of Juftice ia 
criminal Proceedings iof 9II Kinds, to preclude the Pri>* 
ibner's Defence, by refu/ing to hear his Wit^effeflf, if 
they are legal ai^d compiBtent % «ind in Derogation of the 
Honour and JuAipe or the Houfe, oil this Occafion, to 
anticipate the Judgment of the Houfe in the leafl Cir* 
^umdance which the Prifoner or hi« Counfel infiA oa 
to be material to his Defence, and which may, if prov'd^ 
be of Weight in the Confideratipn end Judgment of the 

PeufCf 

2. It appears to us to tend dire£t]y to prove the 
Guilt or Innocence of thePriibner, to ducover whethei 
the BiO^op of Rochefter did diaate to the Prifoi^er thu 
^tters mentionM v^ the Que0ion, becaufe It was de« 
plarM to the Hpufe by the Counfel for the Bill» if| 
opting the Charge againft the Prifoner, that the Let* 
Cers, though wrote by the Prifoner, were dilated to 
him by a greater Perfon ; And althoi^h the Counfti for 
the Bill, when oall'd upon, did not thinic fit to name 
that greater perfon \ yet it being fliggei^ed in the Re> 

Birt of the IJoufe of Commons <x>mmunicated to thif 
ou(^, and it beii)g Hniverfliily AipposM hitherto, that 
the BiQiop o'f Rc^hffitr did diftate the (kid Utters 19 
t^ ^rifpner, it became, in our Opinions, Incumbent 
on the Frifqneir to g|ve thf 0ott(lk irhat SatisfiiftioA 
be could in thaf Particular,; the fa^e being made % 

agalnfttiim^ 
^ might lAflur 
,e^heir Circumf 

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f2\ The W fiorical JLegt fier N^ XXXi' 

'3. BecauTe ilic peclaration, o£ Philip Neyme^ dcr 
ceas*d, tW not fign*d or fwom to by bim, haili been 
allowVI by the Houfe to be read and gWcn in Evi- 
dence^ In Proof of the particular ¥^6ts charged on tlic 
Prifimcr in the Bill ; in which Declaration, the Prilb- 
»cr is exprcfly chargM by the faid Neyme^ t%1iave fire- • 
quently told him, that the Bifliop of Rockefter held 
Correfpondences with the Pretender, and the Pretender's , 
Agents \ and that the Prifoncr was cmployM by the 
Biibop i*^ writing for him, and carrying ojk tie laid- 
Correfpondences, and that he had (everal Times left Mr. 
Kelly at the Bifhop's Door, whin Mr. Kelly went into 
theBilhop's Houfe, and Ibiid there an Hour or two; 
and upon coming back to him, that the Prifonet made' 
Apologies for Haying fo long, and told him, he had 
bowi writing the Bi^op^s Letters, which he always ap- 
l^rehended to be the foreign Correfpondence of the Bi- 
ihop with the Pretender's Agents -, for whicK Reafon 
alfo we conceive the Proof defir'd ought to have been 
jeceivM, becaufe it may be thought a Denial of Ju- 
flice by this Houfe to the Prifoner, not to permit him 
to anfwer, even by legal Evidence, t^ie particular and 
direft Evidence which the Houfe hath . allow'd to be gi- 
ven againft him. 

'- 4. Altho' the Prifpncr may be guilty of a trcafo- 

nable G>rrcfpondence, if he wrote the Letters men- 

fion'd in the Quellion, and the fame were not diftated, 

to him by any Perfon whatfoevcr ; ^et thf Fafts charged 

ih the Bill having been endeavoured to be prpvM, not 

by direft Proofs of the Fafts thenifelves, but by Cir- 

eumilances, in our Opinions, the Prifoncr's Defence 

fhufl be applied to anfwer the feve'ral Circumflances ; 

And it is, as we conceive, equally unjud to deny him*. 

the ' Liberty of falfifying that Circumilance, of hii 

writing the Letters, being diftated to him by Ae Bi-' 

ihop, as it would be to reftift to .allow him to. prove,, 

that tlie faic^LettersJ v(rere not, oroould not be wrote or 

lent to the Perfons to whom they arc fuggefted or char-! 

gcd to have been "vtote or ft^t, oif to refufe him to 

jprove by Circt(jtif!ance8,,that the Pi^oner himfelf did: 

nbtj o¥ could not j^^tc the lamer itth^^StticuJar Tim^! 

Iintflrpiaces, tfieiSnie are/uggefted tQhti ft> wrqU' dt 

&|it b^r him/br td detiyTynf^fteVt/tq ftlfify byCiir- 

tttmflaiiccs; >ny other C^r^tnftiwite rcUting tb tie fup-' 

i^ofed titafth^c^CorrcfpohdenWdhargM airhim bWthe; 

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la" XXXII for the T£gr 177^. jay 

5. The Couniel for the Bill having alledged, as one 
Rcafan againft the Examination defjr'd, that they were 
not prepar'd to aiifwer that Evidence, might have been 
a Ground for theHoule 10 have allew'd thjem a reaibna* 
ble Time for fuch Preparation 5 but, in our Opinions, 
that Confidcratipn ought not to weigh againil the Pri-^ 
foncr giving, the Evidence to the Houfe which he was 
prcpar^ji to givf?^ fjfpecially fmce itwas aliedged, that, 
the Ejfaminnition |iQw defirM, was defirM on the Prifo'^ 
ner's Part, to have been made at the Bar of the l^ufe 
of Cpmmons, gnd thereby fo long ago publi^kly noti* 
fic4 by the Prifoner. 

6. Becaufe the Refulal of the Proof of any Circum? 
fiance of the Prifpner's Defifnce, if fuch Refufal b^not 
jufl\ muft, in its Confequence, afFeft the Juftice of this, 
whole Proceeding againft the Prifoner ; becaufe it de- 
prives the Hovft of the Liberty of forniing a Judgment 
upon the whole Cafe, and tends fo far zs that Particular 
goes, to fubjcft this Proceeding agaipft the Prifoner to 
the Objection of Partiality, which is nioft highly dij^ 
honourable to this Houfe, efpecially confidering the La* 
titude which hath been allowed in other Part^ pf tlju; 
Examination, on this Occafion. 



Arundel^ 
tomfnt^ 

NorthamftQn^ 

Berhfky de Str. 
Middietony 

Strafford y 

Sc^rfdahy 

StofwlL 

Bathurfty 

Trevor^ 

atajham^ 



^ravjen^ . . Fr. CefirUru 

Whartm^ Foley^ 

C(n»per^ Montjoy^ 

miougkhf di Br, Oshorn, 

Broody , Comfton^ 

VTefion^ hruce^ 

AJkhurnhamj l^hmfre^ 



Go'wer^ 

JPofdety 

Guilford^ 

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Litckfifld^ 

AfigUfiy^ 

fardigMy 



Dartmouth^ 

iingley^ 

AyUsfordy 

Vxhridgiy 
Tadcafiefj 



The Qounfe] for the Prifoner having made fomc fur- 
ther Obfer vat ions on the Evidence given for the Bill, 
and fumm^d iig their own Evidence, Mr. Kelly fpoke ait 



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^26 The mftorical Jbgifter NoXXXJI 



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SINCS myCmtM hAv% fo tally tufWerM every 
Articie tlicdg*d artlnit jne, it may feem uniiecef^ 
fkry to take up your Lordfliifw Time, by frying any 
riling Ibr myfeif. And indeed, itwoyld be ^, if my 
Charge were ordinary or particular. But, my Lords, 
I have been reprefaited as a Perlbn doubly guilty^ 
til, in tta^Gifting Treefbn for myfejf, and idly, in do- 
ing it for other People. Theib are Crimes of the moft 
hdnoue Katufc ; and if they were as clearly prov*d, 
as they have been ftrongly aflerted, I (hauld judly . 
merit yoiir Lordikips hi gheft Dif|deafure, and ail the 
Pains mii Fpn^lties you co^ld poffibly infl^ft upon 
|Be. X 

Aod ffiice my Clurge is lb very extraordinary $ fincc 
Ihdlb Proceedings feem to be without any Precedent $ 
and that the Innocence of other Perfons calls upon me 
f^ pttblick Jttflice } I believe, your I^rdfhlps will eafi- 
iy alkm, that to be filent in fuch a Cafe, would be 
truly criminal, and too juiUy cenfarM. 

To enter into all the Particulars of my Accufitioi^ 
would take up more Time than Is realbnable for me tQ 
ask, or for your Lordfkips to allow : And tho* the many 
Inconfiftencies, Contradifiions, and falfe Conclufions, 
which appear in almoft every Page of the printed Re* 
ports, plainly ihew the Weakneft, Abfurdity, and Sophir 
Hryof them ; however, I (kali only beg Leave t9 touch 
ppon thofe material Parts which relate to my(Hf, and 
my Defence to them. 

The firft Article which I fold myfblf charged with, is 
the employing of one Neyrme to draw up three Memo? 
jrials to ihe* Regent of France^ to folicite foreign Fer«r 
ces to invade this Kingdom. And for Proof of this, 
the Examinations of the iame Pierfon, which are neither 
upon Oath, nor (b much as iignM by him {and whoni 
the G)mmittee of the Honourable Houfe of Commonly 
have rcprefented as a very* infamous fellow) are the only 
Evidenoe affignMagainft me. 

' Th!i, toy lords, is the Crim^ f aAd this the Proof! 
f A*d tho' the- bare mentioning oi it it^ight be vi&r 
clent to convince yourLonHhlps of its Weakneft ^ how- i 

ever, iince fo great a Weight has been laid upon thii J 

Kind of Evidence, in another Place, it will be necey 
fijpy to be a little more prticuiar about it. 



lrita**MMM««MHHH*aMM«MMWaMBrtHHlB«M«MMMM»&l 



M« XXXII for tbe reari77^. 327 

Ttc two ftpft of t!hc(fc Mfcttiorials (t^no. thoie before ani 
ifter t^ South^ea Scheme) are but flightly mentionM i 
But tfce one, pretended to be drawn axp in Decemker. 1 72 1^ ^ 

(and containing a Demand of $ocx),Men) And a Lettcr- 
&M to be written the March after (to amufc the Govern* 
isentinto a falfe Security) are the chief Things upon 
which ahy Strefs is laid. And how falfe both theft Al- 
Illations are, has evidently appcarM to your Lor^ihips : 
ffft had my Acculbr been really employed to dr»w up 
tny Aich Memorials, it is reafonable to believe, that 
ke would have Copies of fome, and efpecially of the 
laftof them.) fince a Petfon who turnM Informer fo fud« 
jienly sffter, mav very well be prefum*d to havQ 
liftd Thoughts of it for tbmt Time before ; and lUcfi 
Fapert would, no Doubt, give great Weight to his tnfor* 
mati^n. But the Miniftry have prodiic'd no lUch Copien | 
neither do they preteiid to have them, which is a very . 
great Indication, that there never were any flich Memo* '^ 

rialt at all. 

Be/tdes, There are no two of his Examinations of ^ 
neoe. N«r ! He contradicts himfeif in almojd everyone 
of them. For In his fecond Examination, he fays, that 
theft Memorials were ail drawn up by the Order of one 
Ntnry Watfin (whom he really did not know, but took 
tb be the late Earl Marifchal) without making the leaft 
Mention of me. In his third Examination, he &ys, the>r 
were delivered to me and Watf6n% and in hisFt^urth, 
be fays ?gain they were all drawn up by the Order of 
Mirny Watfin only ^ and in a few Lines after, contradifte 
himfeif, and ikys, that the Heads of them were given 
to him by me and Watfin: Which are fuch Inconfi- 
ftencies, as (your Lordfhips will eaflly grant) are 
liot to ' be reconcird : And If his Mefnorials were 
sio better drawn than his Examinations, I believe, 
they were not likely to meet with any great Suo» 
cefs. 

A4 to the Earl Marifchal^ how reafonable it is to be- 
lieve, that a Perfon in his Circumftances, (hoy Id ven- 
ture to come into Eniland^ and live fo openly here, as 
to intrud himfeif, and a Secret of this Nature,. to a 
Fellow, who (by his own Confeflion) did not know him, • 

is humbly Aibmitted to your Lordfhips. And ^ for 
ihyFart, it, is very plain, I could have no Hand in 
lliem, flnce the Minuter in my Pocket-Book, (lA which 
I could have us^d no Difguife) agreeing with the con* 
curtelit Tcflimony of ftveral Witneffes, plainly &ew, 

the^ 



iU 



gaS The Hi/Iorieal Regi/ler N» XXXfl 

tliat I was not in the Kingdom, at tke Times in vhtch 
my Accufer pretends to have been fo employed. Fot. 
by ttiofe Minutes, and their Teftimonyj it appears, 
that I went to Franci the x^d. of November^ lyuj »nd 
did net return *till the latter &ud of the next Month ; 
and my Accufer himfelf, owns in his fird Examination, 
that he did not fee me after my Return 'till the Jaim- 
0ry following ; which mai^ea it impoi&ble, that he could 
have been fo empIoyM by me in Dectmber^ .ijpce I was 
moft Part of that Month out of the Kingdom ; and the 
few Days of it that I was here, he owns he did net 
fee mc. 

Nor have the other Parts of his Informaiion rdatins 
to the. Letter (which he jpretends to have drawn up 
in M«rf A^ better Grounds For by the fame Mi- 

nutes, and by the fame Evidence, it Jikewife appears, 
that I went to Fmnce the izd of Vehmnry after, and 
did not return 'till the Middle of Afril^ which makes 
it as imp^iEbJe, that he could have been employed hy 
me in Mtirck, fmce I was then likewife out of the 
Kingdom. Had this Examination been taken at any 
Piftance of Time, it is poi&ble, he might be mi(iaken 
init^ b^Ut his firft Information mud have been about 
the Middle of April, foon after my Return from France i 
for he coiifefsM to the Perfon taken up with him at 
Deal^ that he was the firft who fet the Minifiry upon 
intercepting Letters. And the firH Letters fo intercep- 
ted, are own'd in the 42d Page of the Report made to 
the Lower Houfe, tohave been the izd of Afril^ 1721. 
An^ furely he cannojt be fupposM to have forgot 
fo foon, what happenM the very Month before ; es- 
pecially, fmce he has been fo particular, as to name the 
very Day, (Saturday) upon which, he (ays, this Letter 
wasfo drawn up. by all which, it plainly appears, that 
this Article is not only groundlefs, but evidently falfe ; 
and likewife, that he had no fuch Intimacy with me 
fas the R^ort pretends) fince he has deciarVl I never 
fpoke to him of the Confpiracy ; and that I could be a 
Month at one Time, and two Montha at another, out of 
the Town, without his knowing any thing of it. A«. 
to what 'is faid to his coming fometimes to my Lo^« 
inga, I believe it may be true ; but it has been fully 
prov'd, that his Viilts were never to me, but alwaya 
tQ another Perfon who lodgM in. the fame Houfe. And 
I do folemnly affirm to your Lordlhips, that I never was 
acQUilmtd with the Uxfi Earl MiorifihaL or wiik any 

fuck 



Ko:XXXH ■ forth Tear 1723- 329 

fu£h Perfpn who yvcia hy the Name of Watfin 5 that ^ 
vknrew'v^ry little .of my Aa:uler j To Utile, tha\ laiti 
4^afi4eiu, I .nevei: fpoJie tjo hin^ ten Times in my Life-j 
iiior ever eiapAo/d ,lviii\ in this, . pt any other Affair 

whatfoever. • ^# . ---i^ 

The fecond Article chargM upon me. is THe carrying on of 

.H tregjonnhU Corre/fonde^nce J^tar the ^pljhop of Kodk^Ht, 

And^ for Proof of this, the ExainiAatioh of the fame 

Perloa JU Xhe only Evidence proflu<;M ii^ainft mp, w\\pxt* 

■ lA ive ^ays, that I frequently told'huTi, the Bi'iop was 

4eafioern'd in fiucha Corrjefpoadence,, and thatln^a^* 

g»i it for hiw ^ with other Particulars not worth xn,en» 

xioaix^. How reafonable it is, that I ihould tell fuc^ 

> ft^'^og^ Untruth to a Perfon that I Jknew fo very lit* 

tic of, and what Ci^dit ought to be^^ven to hi$l^e 

AiTertion, who has affirmed fuch grofs and xjotorious 

.fafleho^ds ia 4ie former Article^ muft bi» fubmitted 

'.t^ y^ar Lord,fhips« And in xay prefent unhappy Si t\i^^ 

ijon, I. c^not bttt think it a . very gir^t ^jjd fingular 

Hai^n^efs^ to hav^ ib publick and honourable aa Oq(ik« 

iioapf .purging myfdf Vrom fo vile a Calumny^ ai^d 

^ fiiping Juftiq? tQ that moft worthy ^nd, learned .J^t 

-.IflHtlB* > • . ' - . • 

AM. I do folemniy declare to your Lordlhips upoi^ 
ibp faith -of a ChrKUafii/xhat I never Vrote or received 
<^,-Letter of any Kind £94- the Bilhpp Of 'RQcheJiery or 

• wa& fi^Vfy to any Correfpondcnce of Hs, at Home pr 
. ^broikd ; That I never fhew'd him any l^et^ter that eypr 
. I /Fcote to France^ or evc^r ^zit one ther^ by his Privity 

fOp: Dir^ion ; That I am very little knovn to ]^s 
LoHifliip, went ye^y ra.rely to wait ^pon him ^ ib r^xje- 
, ly i . ip^ I am cpnfident, . iew of his. Servants kno\^ f It 
H^May Name or Face; and have not feen him abo^e 
. three or four Timesathefe mo Years p^^ and.nQt.i(bo,Ye 
cigV or ten TinKn-iij my whole Life, . , 

• (-^q .farther doc^ace, .that my VifiXd to hjs vord)Ji|p 
•^.e^e-f^l^vaysfmhili^ 1: that I never went pi'lvately i^ a 
<;hc^jto|his iHoufe,^ ^Iwaya found other PQ49paay w^h 
ii*© wo 'W€r^ g^ra-My Strai\ger3. tq.njie § tind npyrr 
i«H«e%iQ^tip^'d hi« N^ine, upon thi».or any ath^^r ^c- 
^nmt^ to. the Perijanwho has thu^ ^usM A>e, Whl^, 

')«rlthi|he £\fidonoe tW, h^s beenpycoduc^doif Jiifi o^A 
- ^(^oiilLffififkps <to thi^tPuufpafe, is> I hqpe^ Xn^f;ieo.t to ^(^-r 

iiinc^yoiir I^d4hif>s pf^heTwthQf' it* '. . ; 

lAfVdas^fqr the Pqg^ which has been brought as. a 

^1W»lW|ce po ^pt9vr9 thi^ M»tt^|, I 4^^ i« x\^ rai?i9 



156 the Hiforical titgifier U 



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folemA Manner declare, that he wai giveii mc 67 r 

Surgeon at Farh (v^fe Affidavit ha^ heen offered to 1ft 

jTo^tt^y/ and who, at tSat Time, I do vefily believe. 

' never heard of &i^ Lordfiiip*8 Name ^ and that he never 

was defisn*dkibr any Body |>ut the Perfoii I gave him 

^o. And 1 appeal to the very Minifters themftlvcs, if 

the. Britifit Refidont at P4rif, (who i^ conflantly uttend* 

ed by that very Surgeon, and examined him about it).ha8 

not confirnfd the Tnfth of this Account to them. I 

do farther .aSrm, tftat the Bi&op of Rvchefter never 

'few hfm 5 never rtcerv'df any Lettet or Mefiage by mey 

'nor (do I believe) by any other Perfon about him : Nei* 

'tier did t ever know or hear, that his Lordfhip had any 

" intercourfe or Correfpondehce with the latd Ear* 6i 

Mar, or any 6ihtr difaffe£ted Perfon abroad. 

It cann<^ be imaginM, that I havd an^ palrtkiilar In' . 
■•fcrcft or Concern in this Matter, for I never receiv*d 
^ toy Favours from his Lordflilp, neither do I owe him 
Vaiiy Obligations, ' bnt thofe 9f cotnmon }uflice; and 
' tSofb r fhoiltd ferform, wher^ I have fo much Trutltcn 
' TWy Side; t(p the greateflr Eneitty f ' have upon l&rth. 
As for the 'other Ctrcumftances brought to {tf engtfien 
f iny Accufer's l^xaminations, ^Ad tjftat are fdt forth in one 

* Pancter^s pct^ofition, they will appear, I dori*t doubt, 
as groundlefs. ^nd inconfiftent, as the Examinations 

J themfelve's. For this Peffon f^^eai^, that another told 
~ Sim of this -CoAfpiracy ; that fix or eight Battatldns of 

h'tJhYotcts were to come 'from 5^««, to affiftthcf Gm- 
' j5^irators* That 200,000/. were raisM, and 800 Men 

"regularly f^bfifted for this Purpofe in LonAm, Theft, my 
• [^'Lords, are call'd in the 38th Page of the Report of the , 
'Lower Hotrfr, the concurrent and corroborating Proofs J 
' of my Acctifer'*s Examinations ? A'h^T humbly a{)]^l "j 

to your Lordfhijps, if any one of them carries the leait 
^Colour of Reawn or Probability with it. For, can it 

* be imagined, that fuch a Force ihould come (romSpftln^ 
^ when there appears x&he lb Arid a Friendfhip between 

. 'the two Kingdoms ? Or, that 200,006 /. could poiUbly be 

raisM among alltheDifafFeCted in En^und^ in Cafe there 

•'was a Licence for it ? Or 800 Men regularly fikbilled 

- In this City, without a I?iifcovcry ? Thefe are fitch 

•idle inconfiiPtent Tales, as (I aifn- perfWaded) cii< never 

have any Weight with your Lordfhips. BeMes, iby 

' Lords, this is only bare Hearfay 5 and if the H«irfty 

* of fuch infamotts «Ferfons (or. ind^d of any Pcribiys) 



N« XXXU. for the Tew \7n, ggy 

\>t lotkM upon as Aifficient Evidence, .1 believe, ao 

iVfan in England can lie fure ^pf his Life or Liberty an 

, Pour, fincc any.two Feopdc xnay talk Kim into HigK- 

Treafon whenever they pleafe ; and the greater tiie Per- 

fon is, the greater his Danger alwaj^ will be. 

The g^rd Grime which I ftand charged with, is the 
writing oir three treafonable Letters for the Bifhop of 
JRoekefter^ fuppos^d to be for the Pretender^ th? late 
' Earl of^Af^r, and General DUhn^ ^icl> Letters are 
faid to have been fent by mc to Mr, Qordgn at Boulogne,, 
with Bircfitions to be delivered to one Mr. Taljfot. An^ 
for Proof 0^ this, the Clirks of the Poft-Office arc pro- 
duced, who fwear, that thofe Letters were (to the bcft 
.of their Knowledge) written in the Ikme Haurf with 
an Original wfiich was i^oppM bs » Specimen of it> ] 
i^ich Original has been fworn by jiwo Perfons to be 
xny Writing* and confequently thofe Letfcrs nijuft be 
fo too. 

MyLords^ . ^ 

Thefe Letters are dated the 20th of yipril^ and the 
Specimen fo ftoppM, the 20th of Auguft ^ juil four, 
Months •after. And how it ispoffible for People (wrho ^ 
receive fuch a Number of Letters) to fwear to a Lijee- 
nefs of Hand, at fuch a .Diftance of Time ; and what 
'Weight ought to be laid upon this Kind of Evidence, 
cir upon that modern and myfterious one given by th© 
Decypherers, in wh^h they don't pretend to a Cerp^ 
tainty themfelves, mull be fubmittc^ to your Lprdi];iips^ 
And as to the Perfons who have fworn to my Han^; ,J[ 
Vope it will beconfiderM, that one of theok is aMef-? 
fenger, who never faw any of my Writing, but the Su»; 
perfcriptions of a few Letters, which (your Lordihips 
' may eafily fee) do not bear the leaft Likenefs with what 
He has fworn to. Befides, thit very Perfbn was turn'dL 
out of his Employment upon my Account, and a fe\^. 
Days afteV he ^ve this Evidence in theHoufeof Com« 
rrions, I faw a Paragraph in the News-Papers, that h© 
was refiorM to it agaip. And as to the other, itl$ to 
be hopM, that it willlikewife be coniSder^d, that he ii 
a Servant who attended me only about 5 Weeks, and was 
turnM off for an infamous A^tjon^ which he hasacknow^ 
. ledg'd hinifelf to have been guilty of '.fiefides, he hascpn« 
feftM, that he ne^er faV me write, but as he went b^ck^, 
wards and forwards iii the Room, and at fucH a pin. 
ftancey as not to be able to diftinguilk on^ Charaaer fromu 
ii^ti^r ; ^4 it has been prov'd by two Witaeffiss, (one 



»3a The Bftorical kigift'er W^^XxH 

of vfhidh '^as a pavticu}ar If ricnd of his own) that he 
detJhir'd, he never knew, any thin^ of my Hand^ Ih»% 
was thr<?atned by Ae Secretary of Statf into an AM* 
davit, which has been priutcJd in the AppendtM, And 
if that Paper had been: my Writing, it is impoffibie 
they cou4d( be reduc'd to a Neccffity oip making ^Ufe of 
fiich improper Evidence, fince no Pains have .been fpar^d 
to ptocure better ;• fince Numbcfs of People have betn 
taken up, confined, and cxaminM tft this very Point ; 
and Newgate ftnt to itjote than ohce forWitnelTes to it. 
A^d though it might be provM by the very Report of 
the Lower Houfe, that thofe^etters could not have 
cdm^ from the Bifli^p of JRochefter ; however, my Bufi- 
n6fs is only to convince your Lordlhips, that I was not 
the Writer of them; and of this, I believe, it is im- 
poflible to give clearer Proofs than I have done : For 
If thoffe Letters had been dilated to me the twentieth 
of April (as the Report pretends) it muft have been at 
his Lordfhip*e Houfe in the Country 5 - fince it ap- 
pears by the Itepofition of his G>achman, that he.yent 
th6re the 1 2th of that Month, and did not leave it ^till 
the <{thof May. • 

" Burit has been proved, that I was in London all that 
1?ime, and if it had been pcf mitted^^ there is not a Per- 
nt fen in the Bi^op's Family, but would teftify, that I 
was hot then at his Houib in the Country) and confo'* 
ffuently could not harve #r it any Aida ijetters for him^ 
B^ndef^ I h^ve bfxixight feveral Pserfons of Credit and 
trndoubted Cham^rs, who have all teflified, that the 
liand fii ^Hththofe Letters art faid to be written, is 
not ihine, nor any thing like it. 
' An Affidavit hks been produced from Mr. dordon^ 
that he never rcteiv\l a ay fuch Letters from me,, nor 
ever had any Correfpondeace, or even an Acquaintance 

• i*rlth me. 

^ Antlitfhasheen Hkewifetjrbv'd, that Mr. Ta}hot^ to 
vrhom tholfe Letter* ai-c faid to be delivered . by Mr^ 
^hrlion^ ^as In this Tow A the very Day upon which 
they are faid to have beeti deliver^ to himat ^^/c^^f .< 
, And if I had atiy l%ich Letters to tranfmit, tan it be 
liriagin'd^ that 1 wenlA trufttKem to the commoa Poit^ 
when I hltt fo good an Opportunity to fe|id them hy^ 
Of direct them to BombgiW*^ when the iimie Poft might a% 
•areH have carried them to Fork I Thefe are iUch fullr 
tfich'etldcnt Prooft^ tJs I hopfe, oan»ot jfeil of givliig ypVL^ 
*■'.,' M . J . . ^ /' i> 11 •,.'*•■•'. ' ..' •' 'LordiliiDi) 

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Lordfliips the ucmoft Conviction in tUs Ma^tcr^ andi» 
confcquently, tliat. this Article is, lil&e tbe xefi, both, 
groundteft and mamfeRiy £»lfe. 

But if any Credit is to be given to the ConfeiE6n» . 
which my Accufcr made lo the Perfon taken up^iritH 
him^ it is very plain^ that thofe Letters c^me froxxx 
Another Quarter ; and to iay no worfe, were at leaft 
calculated to carry on his own ,bafe and villainous V>^ 
figns. 

For it has been proyM to your Lordfliips, that he.con«s 
f^fs'd to have been empioy'd by one of the Miniilters, 
received 300/. from him, and was to have 2000/, more. 
That this Miniiter declar-sl a perfonal Prejudice, upoA 
fome private Account, to the Biihop of Rochejiir ; av«« 
refolvd to fuilJovm the Eride af that haugkty Prelate ^ ^nd^ 
U fywnjt me (as I think the Expreillona were) or to that 
Purpoib, 

My Lords^ 

I fay, if any Credit is to be given to this ConfeSon^ 
there can be no great Difficulty in tracing out the Sourco 
of this Part of the Gonfpiracy ^ and I am heartly forry. 
to fay, that there are fome CircumAances which feeoi to 
give but too great a Countenance to the. Truth of it. 
For, my Lords, he made this ConfefHon at a Jun^ture^ ^ 
when he ms^very well be fuppos^d to have fpoken in 
the Sincerity of his Heart, when he few his Villainy 
detected, belicv'd himfelf to be in the greateA Danger, 
and depended upon the Perfon^s . A&Hance (to whom 

he made it) to help him out of his Misfortunes. • 

And how particular this Profecution is, and how f<ifi« , 
oiently I have been yjiifrxM, are Things but too vifible, 
and too well known to the World* 

Befides^ the very Cypher by which thofe Letters wero 
written, (aitdvAick he aw/I'd to have recein^d from the* 
Mimfi^J was actually caught upon the Perfon to whom 
he gave it ^ and he c^nfefs^d, that he put a Paper of . 
Direftionif into one of my Drawers, by which (the Re* ' 
port fays) moft of the treafonable Ljctters wereaddref« 
fed. ..A<k1 it hes been provM to your Lordfhips, thai; 
thofe Drapers were cpnitantly open, and that he mad^ 
Ibme PreteiEt for be$ng alone in my Lodgings, the very 
(light before I was firft taken up. And fmce he was the 
§rft that fet the Mihiftry upon intercepting Letters, 
which he faid were mine j it is very extraordinary^ 
that fuch ft material Part of his Eyidqnce ihould be o» 
^(tod = in h\s Examination ^ or that the very firft Le^« 
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ters^ fi) Intercepted, ftould be thofc alledgM agalnftthe 
t!ie Bifliop of Rochefter : An<i if the Originals of thofe 
three Letters were ftoppM, I don't at all doubt, but they 
might be prov'd to be my Accufcr's own Hand-writing. 
.Aral how ftrong a Seafe he had of his Guilt, by »tteiQ|)tr 
feg tn Elbape, which prov'd iktal to him ; and how vf- 
ibly the Hand of .God has interposM in that eminent 
]*relate*s Favour, by taking one of the Perfons (defign'd 
fer his Deflru6tion) out of the World, and giving the 
other Grace and Virtue enough to withftand all Temp- 
tations to his Prejudice, are Things highly worthy of 
your Lordfhips juft and moft ferious CDnfideration, and 
so ttnttll Indication of his Innocence. .And as ta the 
Money which my Accufer ownM to have received 5 that 
there was a very fudden and extraordinary Change in 
kit Ccmdtcion ; that from the loweit State of Poverty 
and Want, he foon arrived to that of a vicious and moft 
proffiigatc Affluence, is a Truth fufficientiy known to all 
ihofe that were ^quainted with him. But from whence 
thia Change proceeded, or what real Grounds he had for 
afperflng that Honourable Per fop, I will not pretend to 
lay : But if thofe AfperCons be falfe (as I wifli they 
may) it may be juftly inferred, that a Fellow, who waf 
capable of vilifying onePerfon, may very well be judg- 
ed as capable of doing (b to another ; and if his Vera- 
city is not to hold good in ene Cafe, there can be noRea- 
ibn for allowing it in the other. 

The fourth Crime alledg*d againft me, is a Number 
of intercepted Letters, fupposM to be written to and re- 
cef v'd from the late Earl ^<?r. General Dillon^ and other 
tfifaffeaed Perfoas abroad. And for Ptoof of this, a 
Frenchman has been pr(>duc'd, who f wears, that he once 
few me take up a letter at Burton*s Coffce-Houfe, by 
the Name of Bakery which Name (it is faid) {bnfe oF 
the treafonable Letters were addr^fsM by ; and wai 

in a Paper of pire£tions, found in my Lodgings. • 

How that Paper came there, has been already prov'd $ 
and as to the Pcrfon whohasfwore t# this Particular, I 
muft obferve, that when he gave this Evidence to the 
Houfe of Comihons, he did not know me, though he 
fpoke to me, and look'd feventi Times eameflly 
at' me; and for the Truth of this, I can appeal to 
moil of the Members of that Honourable HoUfe, who 
were witncffes of it : And he would &\\l have pro- 
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JN» XXXII for the Tear 1723. 33^ 

fiintf, (as I bave been tO!l4) were not given him, or 
the fame Method taken which has been done witha Num<» 
ber of other firange Fellows who were frequently fent 
to the Tower,' and had no other Bufinefs but to take 4 
View of ine. fiefides, the People of the Cofiee-houlb 
have teftified the contrary, and that no iUch Letter evet 
eamt to their Houfe. And tho' it be fet down In my 
Exaolination before the Council, that I confefsM I? have 
taken up fuch a Letter, I humbly appeal to my Lorl^ 
Chancellor, (if it can be worth his Lordfliip> while t^i 
recollect it) If he did not ask me that very Quei^ion two 
or three Times ? Aad if I did not as often deny ii? Nei-' 
ther is this the only Particular that is faifely fet down 
' In that Examination. And I. do foiemnly affirm to youtr 
Lordlhips, that I never did receive any Aich Letter, nor 
t»yer faw that Paper of Directions, 'till it was ^irinted ia 
the Report. And there is one Circumfiance pretty re* 
markable in this Correfpondence, that as it began with 
tey Accufer's Information, fo it ended with his beixljg 
taken up. For immediately after, a new Correfpondeoce 
is pretended to, be difcover'd j and to fix this like- 
wife upon W) it has been fuggeikd^ that I (bnt Cy« 
phers by Sir ^fi^rry Qortni to France^ and had Letters 
dire^d by them to Sturies\ and Slauihter\ Coffd6> 

Bilt, my Lords, no fuch Cyphers were found iii my 
Cuftody, nor any Papers relating to fuch a Correfpon- 
4ence, and the People of thofe Coffee-houfes have a\\ 
fworn, that I never order'd any Letters of that Kind 
to bn taken in, or received one eitjier by my own^ or any 
other Mime, from them. Nay } one of them has fworn^ 
that no fuch Letters ever came to his Hbufe at all \ anA 

, the other fays, that a MelTenger from the Secretaries 
Ofice, was the only Perfon that ever calFd a^his Houfe 
for thofe dire^ed to it. 
As to the printed Examination of c^ Mr. Caryl^ (o 

. this Pi^rpofe, it were to be wifli'd, that this Gently* 
inan*a Reafons had been publifh'd, as well as his Ap- 
cufation. For I am confident, he will not pretend t* 
Iky, that ever he faw me write a Line in his Life, or 
give a Piece of Paper of any Kind to Sir Harry Gonn^ 5 
and what Reafon he could have for believing that we 
fettled a Key for fuch a Correfpondence, is very extra-^ 
ordinary : Nor have the other Particulars which he has 
aftrm'd, the lead Foundation of Truth ; for I do fo- 
lemnly averr, that I never faw Sample ki m^ LUe, or 

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jnve Captain BattUtnny fUch Letter of Reooinmendadiia • 
flicker liad I ever the i&mour of fpcaking to my Land 
fJbrtk and ^ny^ or of being an/ ways known to bis 
Lordfhip ; and that I ihould mention him ib fiuniiiariy 
by the fi6titious Name of Joknfin^ (and which, of aU 
Names, I fhouid never miJ^e Ufe of in that Manner) 
wiiU I hope, appear very incredible to yoar Lonlfhips« 
efpecially Tmce Mr. Cgryi himfelf has fiinufliM fo ^Md 
a Rea£bn for the Disbelief of it. 

For he has iikewife affirmM, that my Saaminatioa 
before the Council waa read at Dr. Ytlden's HavSti 
The Do£tor has indeed already done me Jnftice in that 
Point ^ and Mr. Tucker (who was ail the while in Com« 
pany)' will, I txa very fure, do the fame. And fince - 
^Mr. Caryl appears to be fo plainly miflaloefi in that iVir^ 
ticular,' fcttly he may very well be fupposM to be 
Jb in all the reft, efpecially finoe he has not- acftfinM tbe 
leaft Rcafon for any of 'em. 

As to the refl of the intercepted Letters, the Peqde 
of the firverai Coffee^iottres have Iikewife cleared me 
from them.i and all tcflify, that they never deilrerlA 
me any fUch Letters, or recHv'd any Jfirt^SHoftsifomm^ 
about them ; which, I hope, will be fufficient lo cun^ 
vince your Lordfhips, that I was not concejm'd In any 
.fuch Correfipondence, efpixially fince no Letters -of that 
Kind were found in my Poflefton, npr any other Papers 
relating to the Confpiracy. 

There are two other Crimes, in whic^ I raoft bom-r 
"Jbly crave your Lordfhips Patience to be bend, becaale 
ihty are the blackeft that can be imaginM, *and feem to 
be perfonal. The Firil is a Letter direfted t<»Mr. €irr 
'4on 3l Boulogne^ Mfiih. two Affidavits, which bave'beeqi 
printed, ^nd aie fuggefted to be fent by |ny DirofiionSy 
in order to havehim ^nd one Birmn^futm^ perjure themr 
fellies jipon my Account : ■■> • ■■ For in thia Let? 

tcr, it is ftid, ' That the enclosed is a Copy of a - 
^ Note froip the Perfon concerned with what he thiftks 
^ rcquifite. 

My Lords^ . ... 

This Letter is dated the 20th of Martk, at whi<^ Tirne^ 
and for live Months before, I never was alfowM the Ofe 
of Pen, Ink, or Paper, or the Liberty of fteing eny-Ptrv 
fon tluit could poflibiy have convcyM ftich a Note ibr 
me^ £or I hi^ve been guarded in a different Manoier 
from .other People in the Tower : My Wasders ware 
pu; inioth? ^ry J&pwn witk we, isid •rtfex^d.pe^wr tp 

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d«ri tliey punftall/'ob^y'd, ftnd ^re-cbrift4nt Witn^fts 

to'^iilny Aftions/" ; ' •' • • -'-i ^ -'^^ l 

' '.^ndtliofe Warders; will depofe^ tTiat tlttcyhiWt^e:, tt 

*w«)s itnpolBble for m^' to fiavetiprnt^ftor fentoii^t any 

'ftfch rHi'eftions ; and t!ie Officers; I Mon-'f doiibt^'wIU 

••do me the fame Juftice; And whe'fi rfi/Soiicitor #a^rfd- 

^t^d, ftncfing that l^r. Oordon*^ AfedavHiriight- be 

•cjf tJfc, if ailow'cj afe Evidence, «( Perfoh'was irhmedi- 

"fit'ely difpatcK'd, ancf who'br6ug!tt frlA a different Form 

^ffom. tliofe which have been printed. ' ^^d^tny SoH^itbr 

*««tr tefttfj^.that no Draughts were feht by^hi* ; wHIcfi, 

"^ftfi the grofs Minage^ent of the Perfon!^*eoncefiW*hi 

^tWS'AflFair, is, I hope,' ftifficient to gtv^ j^ft^f'Ldrcffl^s 

iM Mc4 reft Conv mbn * of m v Iti noeerifce ' 4a 'if. Ati& I 

di5 fdltfmnlv afRjrm. thai t "hearer kiieh'^'^'sffif thittg if 

■ them- i never. heaTtf 'of tl^ 'Name"\^ AifH^AeMd ht/foti ; 

tiiof ckn I fed 'biit • anV' PerfM ^fleMds' the Mafltor'fef 

miVcKeli th^t'eyeydia; ' ' .^V/ ?..^ .* 

^ • ;The' other CHlhfe Ik' ,fet forth %''^ne Hefett^'s Dfe^- 

''ittTori in the Report made to this moifHfehoilrafele Houlb : 

^•Ifheffcin' (among: a* great ma/iy c^tKer^ nio'fl ftororibfts 

'1*'afiho6ds) Die fwears, that 'one 'Mts. i^«r«e'5/told^h^j 

tWrtl*^asinftntmen«d iii, or privy 4o, rt*e thtittill|'ttp 

'^a' Petfbn in ^'dungeon, for Fear of- Ktf tiftniwg- Ih- 

/fSx'irter; and not only of him, but ^of iici©'mowxip<5n 

^tfre-fiime Account ; which, I beiiev^e- Is the mbft^fiAr- 

"jrri«irfg Crime th^t^ ever yet was alledgM**gbifift»'«lfly 

'ChVJflfait. Mrs. vSflTw^i-' denies evfery'Sy«>l«b[* of thi« 

tl^onvert^tion ; aucf'^'Jf tfie Perfon" thS^t :fwejft» this':ia- 

"^aihft hcr,..had bceii prodiic'd, Ihe wotMd ' -bfe JptoyM^ \a 

ytrtifLofd (hips', tiOhaVe Been a vile IhfSmoli* Crejwui-e 

^iWfter^Ufe. And if^'fl^e'is to be'lieRev*d;'orthai:<ycmr 

HordfMps can^ thingft iJofRble thei-e dik'ht th<* lenltTfinH 

^^h^'Ser"X)ep6.fitiart;'U^'iHbe a Sin taHtWltf live, and ii^^ 

^WfiWeto- find oilt ,i Punifhment too ctii^'fbr m& » 

;-'.*nMe, my Loi*^'arr the chief *Crirt\es whicJittm 

*^ha4^*d^with ^ an^ vet;^gn*atones ttie5rai'fe','liiid^ttiey^'bfeelx 

• iFrrahy .'J>egree madt out againft me. ' ITimf'* ^ran^arto 
•iiffr^Methbds of' lega! Pro'of, but hav^'b^en totd bj^ my 

Counfel^that the.greatfrr a Perfon's Crimir is, the dear- 
^i?f fllc^^vidcncc oiieht Wbe againft him ;' andhdw Veak 
^ifTi^^ip^ the Proofs prodiicMfor tfcis Purpoft arp, 

^ tntJ Ko'w clearand convincing t^offe whtchKave becn!<if- 
j ftV*d '^n my Juftiflcation^ has, I hope, «ridently appcar- 

* fei'ttry'oTxrLQrdfliipSp arid gi^en yott cntltt CoRvid^lm of 



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.fny Uaxxepfct ; tnd dut al^l th« CriiiM aUedg^d agalaft 
nfec, are without Uie l^aft Coloar or Foundation of 
Truth. But how much I have Ai&rM for theft fuj^^ 
:'fed C;-iines, and what extraordinary Meant have beat 
ttiade Ufe of againit me, are Things much worthier 
.pf your Lordihipt judicial Confideratien. To be taicea 
. up, and held to exorbitant Bail, without ever aiEgning' 
any particular Crime againfl me ; to Atffer a long and 
^ofe Confinement, where the Expence bears no PVopor« 
tioA to my Circumftwces; to have Numbers of Pisople,' 
and fome of them Creatures of tile a^andt Rank and 
Condition, taken up, examinM, and tamper^ with, up* 
^ 9n my Account, and Nnxg^te fent to fb^ Wltnefles ^ to 
.h^ve a Servaot.(who was turnM off for his ill Behavi« 
jOur) brought as an Evidence; and my moil intimate 
Friends imprifonM for not fwearing againfi me, are 
HardAiips and i>joQBedings, I believe, hitherto unheard 
. pf 'at Eniiawl ; and fuchas, I hope, your Lordihips wiU^ 
In your great Wifdom and Juftice, thinis fit lb redrefs. 
•.Aril which it of a Piece with an infamous Qfifer mad* 
. to myfelf by one of the Under-^Secretaries of State, who, 
- the Morning after X was fird ezaminM, came to me vrtth 
AMeffage (as he faid) from one of his Superiors, to tet 
^ me know ^ That I had now a very good Opport!Umty of 
• ^.ierving. myiblf, and that he was fent to offer me my 
^ owR'Conditions.' And when I declared myfelf an en- 
tire Stranger to the Confpiracy, and was forry to.&kl 
'^t. Noble . Lord have fo cafe an Opinion of nte, he 
£^m'd to wonder, that I would neglelt fb good an Occf 
iion of ibrving myicif, effecially n«Sf « I miglit ham 4my 
0hhii Ifkttidto asl^pr. What Authority th»i ^ierfoa 
had for this Meifage, or the reft of his After-Proceed* 
' ings, I will not pretend to <by : But as i have be^ 
ruin*dand utterly undone by them, IKope yc^ur Lord* 
-Alps will take xxiy Sufferings as .well as CircUr^oftan- 
ces into yotir Coniideration v and inftead of indifting 
any Btrther Pgin$ or Penalties, look upon me (as I re- 
/^ally am) a Perfi>n highly injured, and not a Criminal 
, concerned in any Tranfa^ions againA the Government; 
As for my Circumflances, they are but too. well knofipi 
.'ki the World. 

' And here I cannot omit my Gratitude to the^te and 
prefent Conidables of the Tower ; for the late Coiifiatiie 
(though I never had the Honour to fee his Lbrdfliip) 
was, upon a Reprefentation of my Circumftances, fo vei^ 
good, as to procure me the Promife of an AUowan^e^ 

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ftom tlie Government ; and his Lordfbip, the prefent' 
h^ been lb kind as tp get it paid : But the Officers 
of tlve piaQCciui te^i^y? that ^lis Allowance Iim npt 
b^ co|iv/*rt^d *ip fXiy private Ufc of mjne, but cq;i- 
ilanUy jgiyen to tne Perfons appoi^nted to att|?nd rpe. 
And! mult talce Leave to aflure yoD^r Lordfhips, thftjt 
has cod me more fmqe I i^aa fent tfiere, than the Govern- 
n^iix, ,have now Jeft me really worth in the World ; 
and I mull Suddenly become a Sacrifice to my Neceifi- 
ticf , if not fet at Liberty by you^r LjQrdlhips great Cl^- 
VFiency and Com|)a6on. 

If I have droppe.d i;ij>y £icp.reffions which may not b^ 
tp agreeable to foi;ae particular Ferfons in Power, t 
qould wij^ that my pefence had not laid me unde^ 
that Neceffity .- And I do fojemnly protefl^ that they 
iiavje not proceeded from any Refentiisent for my Suffer- 
ings \ but from a fmc^re Endeavour to give your Lord^ 
Slips the cleared Convi^ion of my Innocence. And 
foce I could not merit* their Favour, I fliall always en- 
deavour to preferve their goo^ Opinion. 

As to the Legality of thete Proceedings, an^ the 
Danger 9f making Precedents of this Kind, thofe are 
Jhings which have bcin already fijlly fet forth by my 
Couafel, and mujd l>e fubmitted to the great Wifdom 
and Jurifdi^ion of this mod iilullrious Aflero)>ly : 
An Affembly ! Which is not only the Higheli and moft 
honourable, but the Uprightelt and moft Impartial, | 
believe,, upon ES^rth ^ and whofe Juiiice has ever ap« 
pearM as extenfive as th^ir Power. The great, ^d the 
fpjily Argument, wt^ich I have hoird ofierM ftr thle 'pa& 
iing of this Bill, is, that the Occafion is extratrdinary 9 
fhat your Lordfhips are in your lq;iflative Capacity ; 
and though th^ Proqfs may not be Ib'lega), however, in 
ftrrorem^ it is neceflary to pafs it. But I humbly be* 
S!ech your Lordfhips to confider, ^here the Extraordif 
parinefs of this Qccafion lies ; ■ ■■■ . iiii. ' Has theiebeen 
f he leaft Cpnxmption in any Parr of the three King^ 
dems ? Or any Perfon injured in his Liberty or For<» 
tvne, beiides thole who have been fo unhajppy as tofal| 
tender this Sufpicion ? Or is this Occafion more e>:« 
trabrdij)a]:y t^'an when there was a puUi€kInfurre6tioa 
in' the Kingdom ?. And when the Peribis concerned in 
It, were try'd bv the common and ordinary Courts 
of Judice ? And oecaufe your Lordfliips are vefted with 
t (upreme Authority, and not ty^d up to the cominoa 
forms Oi Laws, can that be a Reafon for your af^fn> 

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940 The Wjlorkal Jiegifi^ N« XXXI^ 

dircSlly conirarv to u ? And to fuppofc your Lori- 
ftiips capable (A doing fo, was nor, I muft lay, fo be- 
coming an Arruire.M to h^vc been offerM upon* tMs 
Occafjon. And to have a SeH-ou, which op«i*d wftk 
fo mild, fo gracious a Speech from the Throne, end 
in fuch an extraordinary Mar.ner, n.uft fecly be very 
contrary to the Defign and Intention of the Throne 
at that Time ; and is, 1 hope, fo iUIl ; efpccially, 
finceno intervening Accidents have happened tomfllctlie 
Quiet and Tranquillity of the Kirx^dom. 

AjF Lord i J 

The fit ft extraordinary Kill that I believe, ever pafsM 
5n F.':^l'.hd^ tvas that of the E.irl of Strafford ; and how 
much peri'onal Prejudice vva*; in his Profecntion, and 
how fatal that Bill prov'd in its Confequences, I need 
jiot mention ; fmcc the P.oyal Martyr himfelf^ has^ 
ill his dyini; Words, called it. An nnjuft Sentence, and 
imputed^ all his >lisibriunes to ir. And pray, my 
Lords, why was that Sentence unjuil, but becaulb it 
was not Aipported by Law ? — And to the eter- 
nal Honour of this Hcufe be it fa id, that when the 
Proofs upon his Tryal were nor found legal, they re- 
fus'd to find him Guilty. Bur ^htn this extraordinary 
Aleihod was taken, and the Torrent of the Times bore 
down their ufual Juftice, t^.en. the Floodgates of all 
thofe Mifcrie*; were open"*d, which overwhelm'd and 
iinik the Conilitution ; Ajid of which fomc of yotir 
tJoble Prcdeceffors had fo ftrons: and Hvely a Senlc, as to 
dcclartf in this very Houfe, that they would be fooner 
torn \ti Pieces, than come ilito fuch illegal Proceed^ 
iTigs •, and fo fell a Sacrifice to the Love and Laws of 
their Country. . . * 

; To whici I fhali only beg Leave to add one Ob- 
fcrvation, that I am fure, is but now too well' known 
to that Right Reverend Bench ; > That of all 

* the Prelates who advis'd his Majefty to the pafling 
^ of that fatal.J^ir, nor one of them efcap'd the Vio- 

* Icnce of thofe very PerfoJis whom they endeavoured 
y to obljge *^y.'th.at Advisee.' .Thcfe, my Lords, were 
the yjihapjry "E&S^s. and'.fataj Confequcnccs of one 
*cxtraprdiiwy %\\ .: And wi>\r* thofe of another may 
'prove, tKe Great Direj^or.of aJl Things only can fore- 

.)^e •)..■;•,•• 

}A%xiy^'iri ^t Arguments which might be brow ght 
't6./ih*ew''t'h^.gieat.lniuftic?, as v/ell as Incofivenien^pici 



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N^ XXXII foribiTear \l%^ 341 

^f thefe Laws in particular : But ai my Liberty can 
W of no great Moment to the Wotld^ 1 wall only be* 
^eech your Lordfhips, not throfigh me^ t6 glve> WouftA 
to tbe Connitution, which, perhaps, ihfiy hot i^ eaiilys 
be cur'd. The great Chara£teri{lici^ which diflSiigjuiihet 
Englani from the reft of the Neighbouring Nation^ iiy> 
the ExcelJency of her Laws^ of which, you;* Lordlhips ere 
the Great (juardlans : Aiia if you (Uffcr thofe LAws.t* 
be broke in upon, and render Life or Liberty u> preoa« 
rious, as to be affected or taicen amrty^.by'every idle 
Hearfity, that Excellency mUA foon (fiAppear, zxii the. 
bed Form of Government now upon Eai'th, confequenti/ 
fink into Anarchy and Confufion. 
4 Mn Lords, , 

The Words of my Bill are very fevcre, and do not 
bear the leaft Proportion to i^he Proofs which h»ve been 
produced againft me : And I humbly hope, that my paft 
Sufferings will be look*d uppnas a fufficientPunllhsient} 
efpecially, fmce it is not pretejkled, that I have tranf* 
grefsM any Law yet in Being. I propofe no great Hap« 
pinefs in this Life, and would willingly sv,vc^d as much 
Mifery as I could : And mufi therdbrc humbly be- 
feech your Lordfliips, to look upon me as a Stranger 
in your Kingdom, and a Perfon (as realjy I a^m) incon- 
iiderable in myfelf j and confequently, fhcajg^ble of do- 
ing the leaft Prejudice to any Governments For my^ 
Bebaviour, lam willing to give the bed $urefties that 
I am able : ^But if that Be net approved of, 1 hope, yout 
Lordfliips will give me Leave to retire to forae other 
Part of the World, where I may enjoy my Poverty with 
Freedom. But let my Fate be what it will, I ihail evef 
pray for your Lordfliips particular Welfare, as well id 
the general Profperity of the Kingdom. 

And fo reffgn myfelf with the utmofl Huailityt 
tp your Lordfliip's great Clemency, Jufiice, ^d Com* 
paffiiA. ^ . 

Thi)i Speech made a notable ImprefCon on that Kiv 
ble Air<imbly, but it being near Twelve a-Clock at 
Night, the Conclufion of that Affair was put off 'till 
the next Morning, {May g,^ when the Houfe of Peers 
"being fate, the HUl to irjti£f Fains and Pmalties on Gtorgp 
Kelly alias Johnfon, was read the 3d Time. Hereupoti 
the Lbrd SathurfloSer^d a Rider to be added to the Aii 
^111, which wasread by the Clerk, as follows : v/au 



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1^— ^1* ll J -l I 1 MMW^— ■■ I ^ ^— 1^» , ^ 

^ provided tlwiyt, that if the f^id G<orj;e XelTy aluji 
' Tottj^ iluH, at any Time, give Security, fuch af 

• Jhall be apprOvM of by the two Chief Juftices, that 
f hif will,, withili one Mohth, depart his Majefty*€ I>o« 

* minimis, and not ntutn ^^^^ without tj^e Licence 
^ of ma Majefiy, "^ia Heirs and Succeflbrs, then the fidd 
^ (horgf Kilty ali^s Joknforiy ihall be at Liberty to depart^ 
^ any thing ih'i^i^ j^ to the contrary notwithliand* 



a Motion f>ein^ ^de, and the QuelHon put. 
vllbdier'the fkid Rider fhouid be read a fecond Time, 
It waa carry*d in the Negative by 83 Voices againft 
|S ; upon which, the following Peers entered their Dif* 



fhttluimptofu 
Midiktok,' 

Fr. Cejhrieny 
ScuffdiMie^ ' 

idthurjfy 



Sfraffordj 
AUsford; 
S^ishary^ 

Bruce, 
'Afihirnham, 
Dartmouthj' 
Majham, ^ 
Wipotiy 

Idtchfetd. 



Poky, 
Exeter^ 

Berkley ^ de Sir. 
Compton, . 

Arundcty 
Ckrdiian, 
Montjoyy 

WtlUmikhy dc 5f 
Bin-Uy^ ' 



Then the Qucftion was put, Whether this Bill flioul^ 
fals ? Which being carryM in the Affirmative by 79 Voi- 
ces againfl 41, feveral Lords entered and fignM the £>!• 
lowing Froteftation, vh^ 

Dfjfentienf* 
' 1. Becatife we think, there is no Room ibrthe Legifla* 
ture to pafs a Law Exfojtfacfoy to punifh this Pcrfon for 
t4ie treafonable Gorrefpondence he is accusM of, he being 
!ki Ctiflody, and may be brought to a legal Tryai in onf 
of the Courts of Juftice. 

2. We conceive the Want or Dcfe£t of fuch cjear and 
plain Evidence, as by the Laws of this Kingdom is re- 
quired ro convict any Perfon of High Treafon, no fuffici- 
cnt Rcafon to warrant the Exercife of the Legiflativr 
Power in making a new Law for his punifhment ; becauft 
fuch Laws being made for the Protection of innoceni 
Perfons, from fufiering by falfCj uncertain, or doubtful 



il» XXXII fortbeTeariJ7^. 34^ 

Evidence, every Subjea i§ intitled t» tte Benefit of 
thofe Laws, when ke fluU &li Wder an Aandkciott 0t 
fe%hTrcaTon» 

, %. Becattfb we concieve by the Rules of iiiCKnl JoSioe^ 
Laws ought to be firfl made as Direfttous fi>r Men's JMh 
ons, and Obedience, and Punilhment inflifted, for putting 
thofe Laws in Execution againft Offenders : And that 
therefore punifliingbyaLawteadeafter th^ Offence oonH 
ijaiited, is not agreeable to Ro«fon or Juftice^ except only 
hi the Ca&of i^eal and apparent Neceffity^ to prevtet the 
immediate Rtiin of a Government, whjch, wr 4d not 
thkik, can be the prefent Cafe, or can bear sliky Relbm* 
blance to it. 

4. Becaiife the Proceedings oi the legiflative Power 
in malting Laws^^can be govem'd by no Rule, -but that 
•f their own Dilbretion vii Pleafure : A<k1 therefore 
tiie making Laws to inflift Pains and Peftalti|es ^n par- 
ticular ' Perfons, mufl; as i^c. conceive, tpnd to ezpofe 
the Liberties and properties of the Subj^ to .an arbi- 
trary Difcretion ^ an4 confeq.uenUy render jtbem prec»- 
tious in the Enjoyment of thofe Bieffings, which by our 

^ eiceilent'Cpnftitution nrv^ GoVrt^menV tlhey'JiaVo* al- 
ways liad . an uncontrojuUble Right to hold and cajsy^ 
'till forfeited for fome. Crixne, and the Pcarfctts off^ndin^ 
li^ally 9onvi£ted there9f, upon fuch full and politiv« 
JhiQoL%% the Laws of this Kingdom do roq[uire« 

5. £ecaufe, as we concieve, it would be of danger- 
* eiu^ ConfiB^ience to ti^ie Safety of innoc^t P«]:(ons, t^ 

allow Copiei^Vof Letterj^ ^al^n by the .ClwJ^ of the 
Foft-0£ce, though fworn by them to be true Copies, 
tp be given in Evident^ fgfi^ any PerXcn accvis'd of 
High Treafon, efpecially when fuch Copies^are/aotcoo^ 
par'd with the Originals nft^r they are- takgn, and the 
Originals forwarded on by them, and ivot product ^ 
becaufc the Originals not being produc-d>" xWh.pe|u 
(bn if .deprived of an Oppprtunity of/^li^fy^ng'^hofe 
Copies; and. though there ihouid be any-)^i^akecom» 
Bpjtted by the Clerk in /copying, whether wilfully, or 
by Negligence^ fuch MijQtiike cannot be^ detected, for 
want of the originalWritin^ to compare the^opi^with« 

6. Becaufb the Proof of 1-etters or other Writing in 
criminal Profecuttons by Simiiitude and Comparifon of 
Hands, being, as we conceive, a very flight and weak 
Evidence (beccufe Hands may be too eafjy counte|^fei^e<^ 

. and the Porfons examined cannot fpealc pofitiy^tj', but 
to their Belief, and therefore hot liable to be profecu- 

ted 



iW<i^ 



|44 The Hi/iorical Regi/lur N» XXXK 

ltd lor Firjuiy %) kfttK, m wc comceivc^ very luftly been 
4ilbQfiiffa^'4 4n fuch Timee when the 'Adminiftratkyn of 
TufBce bath been moil impartial ; and Conviftions of 
liigli nVeaiM' ^i^9VRd^<^ o/i Atch Evidence, have been 
mMM'I^ ^ Aft of PnHiainent fot rhat $ni other Ret- 

ikrthflmfton^ 

AffiUfey^ 
Strafford^ 

- The Tryal of the Bi^op^ of Rxhefier mud be ^ef^f ^d 
;i9^the nesEt iti^ir, htvfng other Matter^ i&itifytx !ii 
fhif, whidinaf not be Qinitfed. -^ ^^ • 



Aylesford^ 


Trevofy . ^\ 


Vurtmoutk^ 


UMhridge^ \ 


Bathurft^ 


Foley \ , \ 


LiUkfieid, 


MMjkam, 


Salifhury^ 


Cardtgun^ • 


Brooky 


Arundel^ " 


Go^joet^ ' 


Exeur^ ' 


WefioHy 


\ Montpi^''^ 


OihorHy . 


WHlougkhydiW. ' 


ff^y. 


AjhhurnkfinL 


Berkeley dt Sir. BjKglify, r | 


(jomfton^ 


le^itfier^ 


Mrwe^ 


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• 





tk$ lh^eeidiH9'9f the PdrUament ^ Great **fftilii, cnH'* 
thtMfrSit fJie Ufi Fmxe of the frecidfnf^^^et. 

. TheComttOHff being retutn^d to thejr Ho^jtife,, Slf iVi-i 
thmdel^^d reprefented to them the great iDfama^e the 
t£«f/?*J«rf/V Company of this Kingdom had already re* 
ceiv*d, ahd was Hke fiirt'her to fuftain by t}te crofting 
-A new ^Enfi^fidta Company at Ofiendy whi<h T>ndtertakin(g 
waachiety ehconraged by the Subjeaaof CriarSHtMit^ 
whereupon it was unanimoufiy rcfolv^d^ ' ;That for any 
^Subjeft of this Kingdom, to iUbibribe^ or to.tc co^i* 

* cernM in encouraging any S^bf^riptioxrfejmaimbte dn 
i Maft'Indfa Company now ercQ^ing in the ^^^iartfTttker^ 

* lands, is a High Crime and Mifdemeanor/; An^lt was 
order'd, that a Committee be appointed to cjaquire into 
the Natute of t Subfcription ftid to be cartying op hy 
Ibverai oFhis Majefty*5 Subjects, to prbtpGlt^ an ^Jf- 
tndia ComjMtn/ aqw erefting in the Aufirian MetHahndi : 

• : ' •• " ' Th4 



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K«? XXXII for the Tear 1723. 34? 



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3?he faid* Committee was appointed accordingly, with 
Poww to fend for Pcrfons, papers, and Records ; and. 
nioxeoyer it was refolv'd, to addrefs his Majelty relating* 
to the ercfting an EafiAndia Company in the Auftria^ 
Motherlands h and then by Reafon of the EafierWAy^ 
^ays^ the Commons adjourned for a Fortnight vi%^ to 

y WednefcUy the Z4tk of April. The lame Day, the Houfe 

flf Peers adjourn'd X6 the 2 2d of the fame Month. , 

The Commons being met again on Wednefday the 
*4tk of Aprils Mr. Controller, l^ his Majefty's Di- 
reftion^ prefented to the Houf^ fuch Memorials and 
i^prefenrations as had been laid before his Majelly re* 
iating to the creiSUng an Eaft-India Company in. the 
Aufirtan Netherlands^ which were referred to the Con* 
jfideration of the Committee appointed to enquire, into 
the Nature of a Subfcription, faid to be cwrying o^ 

V by fevcrai of hw Majefty's SubjeSs to promote the c^ 

testing an Eaft'India Company at Oftend. After this, 
la a Committee of the whole Houfe, fome Progrefs was 
inade in the Bill fdr appointing one CommiJJhn of the Cu* 
J^oms in Great Britain, and for hetter fecuring the Duties 
^nTQhkcco^ See. 

The next bay? being the General Thankfgiying ap- 
pointed by his. Majefly^s Proclamation, theComiQQQ% 
with their Speaker, went to Si, Margaret^ Wefiminfier^ 
whtTtJ>r- Aldrich prcach'd before them 5 and being met 
again on Friday, the 27th, they unanimoufly order'd 
their Thanks to be given him for his Sermon, an4 
that he be deilrM to print the fame. Upon the Com: , 

plaint of feveral DevaHations, and of Injuries commit- 
ted by fome wicked Perfons caird the Blacks ofWaltkam^ 

^ and other Places, it was alfo unanimoufly order*d, that 

a Bill be brought in, for the more effeEiualpum/kingvoick" : 

ed and ill difpos^d Perfons^ going a^rri'd in Dijguije^jind I 

doings Injuries and Violence to the Terfons and Fropertie^ bf \ 

^ his Majefty's Sukje^s \ and for pipprejfing all Cpnfede^ 
tacies for fuck unla'wful Purpofes^ and for the morefpeeig. 
Ifringing the Offenders to Juftice. Then Mr. Lowndes pre- 
fented to the Houfe a Bill for laying a Tax upon p0p{ps 9 
which was receiv'd, read the firft, and order'd to. be read 
a fecond Time, on that Day Sevennight. 

On Mendaythc z^ih of Aprily MT.Condmt prefented 
to the Commons a Bill for the more effectual Execution of 
fufttce in a pretended privileged Flace^ commonly caird th^ 
Mint, Stc. which wj^ read the Arl^g^ and orderM'to be 
rc9d a fecond Tilae. After this^ Mr. Speaker' w^s or* 

Yy 4er'd 



r 



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^r'd w caufb a new Writ to tt iffu'd out, for thr'^ 
ItdHng a Bnrgefs to fcrvc in Parliament for the T%^f£ 
is ierojo/V* upon Tnveed:, in the Room <rf Gr^j NivtiU^ 
"ETqy deceased ^ .and then in a Committee of tK«^1hol« 
iloufi?, the Commons went through the Bill fir enMing 
f^ts Mc^efiy to* flit the Cufioms 0/ Great Britain, under thi 
Mand^ethent of one (yr more Vommiffions^ Sec. 
jl .By this Time, hy t)ite6tion df' Hie EnghJhEnfi'litih^ 
Cortipany, a. Traiill^tioft of the Memoriai of the BiHck 
£«Jt-/«i/^/Campaiiy^'^pre'cnted to the States General of ^t 
ttwted Fron)lnces^ the 15 th lif Marth^ 1722-j, waspirinf* 
^d, arid delivered but to tlxe Meimbcr^'of the ¥ioVL^ of 
Commons J but iht? fame- being to^ long to be inffertcd 
Rii'e^, we fh'ali preie'nt our Reader with the Subitfanccof 
fr, co'titalnM in aii Enc traft of a Memorial pteifented x& 
iftie TmpeHiil Coiirt at Vienna^ by Monfjeur Bruynthc^ 
Enyd^ from the States General, concerning- the neS)r 
Eajf 'India Coiftpany intended to he crcfiled in- the^u* 
jfHan 'Netherlands j which was alio publMi'd in En^rflfy 

fdlnc 'Days before, as follows : 

» ' > . • 

« 

THeir High Mightineflfes,^ who have the Honour ti^ 
live in goosd Correfpondence and Amity ivith his 
Imperial Majefty, having nbthing- more at Hearty thaa- 
tfe'CohtinustnCe of the Sime good Cbrrefpond^hcc and 
Amity -which hais at all Timds-ilpb/tlled bet^t'en hW 
rmpcrtar Majefty 'and this State, and between ttieSutlS' 
Xe&s on both Parts, <ann(Jt behold, without ^xtreani 
Gridf, that th^ Inhabitants of the Aujfrran 'Netherlandish^ 
Subjects of hls'Impei>id Majefty, are undertaking NftltP 
^rs no ways confiftent with the Taid good Cot* re^bni' 
dence'and fihcere Amity, but are cxtreamly Tprejtrdicial' 
to the State, aiid 66ntrary 10 the Treaties concitjdetf 
between hii Imperial Majefty and *theiriiigh Mi-ghti^ 
i^fl^s., . . • .-^"" ■■'•■'. . ■-.. 

'Their- High' Bii^tincffts have ^e ' more ii^^oi^ 
ikighly tocoinplain i'n' this M^itter, becaufe the Iiifltai- 
€6s th^t have beeh made, and frbirt 'time ib Time re*- 
ftdrat<!}<f 6n their ^rt to- obtain proper Redrcfls^ havi^ 
^ot only been 'fi^itlefs, biit ' hi^ ImperiarMajeft^ll' 
Jkid Subjects in t%^ Aafirtan; Netliertands^ txtttid^ "cxthi^ 
^aily their Entefpfiz^s, in- tcrhich they feem enfc6u-' 
raged' and "^"con'firm-'d;^ liy their obtaining bf hii Cafhib^ 
JicTcarid Imperial Majeflr^ 'as* thtif High fyiigfhtfw 
iicfles have been^^^ififdrm'di'a Licence 'to fell irom fhe 



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1S[<^"XXX1I' forth Tear tyi^* U7 

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""AufiriM Nfttlarkindi^ to the B^^lniiis^ partlcutefyTr^di 

Their Hi^Mi^htineffes forefeeing the tinnvaoSdabie 
Troubles wlikrh ri^uft attciid ifireiyFaif,if his'Catholiok 

* ^d Imperial MiEtjeit^ ihould, contrary to ail £xpe^a* 
-tion ind Equity; perfnit hisfubjetfts of the Au^ian Ne- 
^ikeHands to procee* in their Undertaking with R^lipcft 
' te Navigation and Trade to tSe E^fi^hdm^ contrary to 
^the 'Teiidr and Letter of Treaties ; and if OppoTition 

ftiuld'be offered to their High'- Might ineffes, in cafe 
-they attempt to nrake Ufe of rheir Right obtaio'J by 
' Treaties : Bivt theii* HigK Mighiineffes being 'defirotjs 

♦ <rf* ndthifig moi«c than to preve'ftt fucli Kind^4)f Trou- 
bles, rould not in the prefent Junfiture, avoid makii\g 
iVe(h RdpiefentRtions to his Imperial Mnjefty, that by 

"the Treaty concluded in 164^, at Mt^n/^r, between his 
*Majtfty, the King of Sifoin^ ttien reigning, and his Sug- 
-;ceffoT8 on the one Pan, an<l tKe^i'High'MlghtineflTes cto 
*tlie othev Part, Commerce and Navigation \o.t>i^[i^ft 
' ^nd Weft^'Indie's^ Were regulated . an<J limited, witli-I»- 
^gaW to the Subj^^s of ^pah^'vi^in the Foot ihey then 
Wh? eftabiillfdi without Power ef fhi?ther Ej^teft^oh'; 




poffe^fsM. '■ There Artfewd liK^e alwavM? bden %6. 
ISgi'oufly obferv'di and the InHa'b*«mrt of tl\e SfJmfi-}^. 
'^k&Imds^*(it ]f)refent Aujfridh^'b^^^ey^ been pfer mftiiei 
nor lo^lmreti'tij'traae.to the IWfw.*'^ '. • ' ' tM • -*' 
The Ciid. Netherlands being faiien pnder the Dotni- 
Tiion or hJs,Ca\hoi]ck i:mpefiatr''Majfefty, h^^ 
^yacquirM larger' Privileges thW'bcfere ^ lior cah^^fe^^ 
•be imagined, that thfeir' High- MighfTneflfes, ^\io "Mvt 
Wade fUch fign^l Blfert8,'contribu(ted lb much' to Wk*^- 
cox^^ry of the ^panljh' Netherlahk^r;' ^fitii ' fo xfimf 4tlS^ 
Parts of t'he'S'/fl«f/^ Monarchy,- ih Favour of W« Gim- 
Hck' and Imperial Majefty, piif fiiint-Co-Engageitictit^'iA 
that Behalf, could poffibly;, by" *rtfri^g info tfkof^^ 
Sin2;agenientsv depart* froth,' or' e^r" intend te tfejjart 
frot^ their Char t<*rs,'aftd their' liigiht of>ainfeiATng 
ihcmfeives- tHereirt 'to Perpetuity, obftiiVd by i^^-Talt 
Treaty , of Mi^Jf& i or tliat hls-Cath^^ifck and Imperii 
iB^jdfty liad thy Intention in Vefcdvfjrfng* ^e faid aW/%*?^- 
Unds, to make Alterations in the firid'Treaty, tnuch *efe 
ifefjfen, c6hJTi¥3rtd' the'Stipu'!ation*''thfercln fo plainiy-ex- 
l^(y<!, to ca(lfe;ail;jr Prejudice to the Sfeife in a Poin't 
IIF^ei^tirfaW important to tteiti, upon which ^Va% 
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348 The HiftoricM Repfler N'XXXU 

II - ■ - - - ..-••■■■■ - — ^ ■ -■ ■ — - ■ 

fb ftroiigly infixed in tbe Negotiations at Mwfier^ nn*) 

without which, that Treat/ could never have been ccte- 

ciuded. - - ' 

Moreover, it i« cxprefly ftipulated by the i(Jth Ar- 
ticle of the Barrier Treaty, that Cpinmei*ce, and til 
Things relating to it, fhould remain to all Intents and 
Purpofes upon the fame Foot it was eiiiabHfh'd at the 
Treaty of Munfier^ and in the Manner exprefsM in the 
Articles of the faid Treaty : Infomuch that the Treaty 
of Murifter is evidently coniirm'd by tjie Treaty of B«f- 
' rier even at the Tttne his Catholick and Imperial Ma- 
jefly was already in Poffeffion of the faid Nethet' 
lands ^ as likewife by the Guaranty of his BritannickHMr 
jefty. • 

. And whereas the Right of the States in this Parti- 
C^ilar is fomanifeft that < their High Mightine|fes have 
-the utmofl Grounds to. expe^ frpm the fb much renown- 
ed jFricndfhip and £quiry qf his CathoHck and Imp^- 
rii|i Mftjefty, that he wili «ot favour or tolerate 4ny 
Prejudice to the faid Right of the State: They thor^- 
fore amicably require, that the Patent which is fai^ 
to have been granted, for Navigation and Commerce 
of the AufirUn NftkerUnds to the Indies^ may not *bf 
fpubiifhM butwitMrawn, oratleaft rendered ineffe^ua)^ 
Jind that fuch Orders^ntily be given by his Imperial Ma* 
jiefty, that fuch Kind of Navigation and Commerce^ 
;^hether with Patents or without, may entiTcly ccaf(|, 
and that the Treaties in that Refpe6l may be execute4, 
.j3f.- « * < ' ,. . • ,•-. .. 

.' The Memorials had tl}e intended Effe£t : For on Tucf- 
-.^^y j^f. iaft Day of AfrU^ Sir JNath^nad Gould reported 
frofi the ComuMttee^ appointed to enquire into the Na^ 
ture ef t SubfcriptipQ^ faid to be carrying on by feverai 
of his Majefty^s Sttbj^s to promote an £^i^-/iiif« Com^ 
pamy,? xu>w. ere^ng (in thejiufirkn NetherUndsj the 
|4atter as it tpgeftr^d ta them, and the Refolutions of 
the €«n;imittee 4JHBipettp999 fts follow, -visu 

. ift. That it is the Opinion of this Committee, thaf 
fevisr4l;^gHbje€te of Qr^at Briton have been concemM In 
ipr^mfitins aYi4 •^arryii^ on a Tradf from the AufirUi 
^Netkeri^nds JO tht M^^-hdiesy and. negotia^ng an ££l|* 
blifhmentpf ^Coflfipaiiy-fcMT that Purpose, to thegreai 
Pnejuijfice <of the TVade-of r this ]^ing4om. «r • 

,2diyy That.it ifrtheX^inion of tii^is C^gunittee, that 
thieUc^fe he i^v.'d for Leave to bring in 'a Bill cSbStt* 
ally t;o |>revent hia MajeOy^s Subjects froqi fiAhfiuriMi^ 



llViM»tMMiii4UMMMMilM><SM««MM»4Mi 



J_. .:... L • ' •• •" ^— ^^— ^^ — ■ — ^-^ » | - ^ 

•r Wing .concernM in engouraging or promotiag aa/ 
'^ubiTcription Sot an iMfi-lntUa Company in iHe AuJtrUtn 
I^thertandsy and for tKe better fccuriag, the lawful 
Tradf of his ^Majefty's Subjeas to and irom the E^Jft^ 
Indies. 

' The Firft of the faid Refolutions being read % fe* 

cond Time^ was agreed unto by the Houfe, flemne ton^ 

tradicente ; and it was al/b unamiQ0u4y orderM, that 

teave be given to bring in a Bill effeSiialiy to pre* 

yent his Majefty*s $ubje£ts from fubfcribing or being 

. jConcernM in encouraging or promoting any Subfcriptioii 

.fe» an Eajf-Indiq, Company in the Aufirian Netkerhmds^ 

luid for the better fecuring the lawful Trade of his Ma- 

jefty's Sublets to and from the Eaft-lndies. Then Mr* 

Attorney-denerai prefented to the Houfe a Bill for the 

,;more e£^6lual puniihing wicked and ill difpos'd Perfbas 

. going arm'd in Difguife, and doing Injuries and Vio* 

lence to the Perfons and Properties of his Majdty*s Sub^ 

jefts, Sc. And the fame was received and read the firft, 

./and ordered to be read a fecondTime. Then the Rt» 

port from the Truflees §»r the Stmtk-Sea Company, (pi«t 

ftnted to the Houfe the twenty-lifth Day of jAmutrj 

•lail) being taken Into Conilderation, it was orderM, 

That Leave be. given to. bring in a Bill fbr prolong* 

^|ng the Times Ibr hearing and determining Claims be* 

ifore tl^e Trudees, in whom the EAates of the }ate South'^ 

Sr« Directors and others are vefied s 

• Qn the id Day of itfAy, a Bill f<xr man effe£fuai ^rtrfi^ 

frf^ nmcked and ill diffos*d P^rfons^ fping arm^d in Difiid/i^ 

f(€. was read a fecondTime, and committed toaCom? 

xnittee of ^he whole Houfe y at was aifb a Bill/br mart 

fjeftual Execution of Juftice in m pretended Privilege 

Jpace^ commonly calVd /AeMint; and tiien Mr. BroderiHt 

jprefented to tbe Houfe a Bill far froknging the Times far 

hearing and detetmb^ng ChAms hefsre the TrufteeSj in vthiff 

the Ejfatesof th^lateSouth'SitA Dire^ors^ and others^ tr^ 

vefedi which was received, readllie firft, «nd orderM to 

be read a fecond Time^ After this, the Commons pro* 

feeded to take into confideration the Report from tht 

grand pomm\ttee, on the Bill far afpotnting one Qm^ 

miffwn of the Cufioms in Great Britain \ mnd for better 

^curing the Duties en ToliMCtQ^ fttc. and aDeUtearifing 

thereupon^ the fk^t was adjoum*4 to the next Mor* 

>ing, 

; On the 2d of 3£ry, an ingrofsM Bill for fonprnnng Atm 
tides of Agreement ijitvtm the frl»ti§4 Ofictts e/ the Or4^ 
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' ii^cfr W ThodQ&a^ MiiEng^ £% ^r Emimnge tf fi^ 

\ JUiv}^«4^ PbrtfintfUth^ /or^/ib4 5«r«;{r 0/ ik/> M^j^fij-i was 

iretd.thftthijpd Time;' ptf«*d, aad fimt up ifo tKe Lords, 

'Tlk^^vfxoi^hrir Lotdihip^VMeQItge^ dej^ring; the Com* 

inons to give Leave, that Mr. Chancellor of ^c Exche- 

• ii^iKr'mtgM attend the Uoufe of Lords, to be exatni n*d 
-.-«i 2tWufiefy upon tks Bill U itfll^ IVim and FtnMtf &n 
'/6forge Kelly, it was lefoin^d, that Mr. Chancellor of 
.thf: Exchequer have Leave tp appear 4 1 the HouHb of 
; Lords., as (ibeir Lordfhipsdiddeitre. Sir Natkxnael Gould 
^-pnefented to the Houfis a Bill efffSluAily u fr^i^tnt'Ms 

. ^Mi^y^s Subje^^ from fuhfcr iking wc hairti concern^ In'-en* 
€9uruQh7iw^fr.<motiag aay Suk/irifthn fdr kn Esdl^India C6m^ 
p^in the Auftrian Netherlands^ anipr hetUr fi^lni'the 

• Irmfiti'^ Tiade of Ids MajefifsSuhjt^s to tmifromthb ^aft- 
; Indies 5;. whkh was- recciv'd, read the Jrft, and ord€Jr*d 

t0Jb6 .read -a fecond Time : After which, thie Houfeii^- 
•Xum.'d 'the adjoiirm'd Debate upoA a Clauve offered to 6e 
/aided to the Bill for affcinting «w Commlffm of fije 
4mfams,iM Gtieat Britaiii, Uc. whiichClauft being with- 
'^draWn, and feveral Ameudrntiils^ made^ w the Bill, tte 

fiiidBilllwas orders to be ingroftM. And then Mr. Gyhh^n 
/tepdncd ' from the Committee oi Privileges and Eieftl- 
.on5;'tW Matter as it'appeiarld tb them, touching the £- 

• leftion; for the City of IF*tfx in the Couttty (^fSomerfir^ 
•and the" Refhlutions of the Committee theveu pon ; whit^ 
-were agreed 'to by the Hottl^ and ane'as follow, t;;£. 
•iftjThat the Right of Elaaion of Cidaens . for the Ci- 
,ty «f KWi. is JirthiQr, Mayor, Mufters, and Burgeifes of 
•the ihtd City, and . in. fuoh Perfons as a^ i(by Conlent 
♦of the! Mayor and Com iboh Council of' the ftld City) 
%dmittc4 to tiieir- -Fweefom »in any of the fevcn tracing 
♦Coinpaniesin' the laid City, - on Account of Birth, Ser- 
vitude, 'or tlarria^e; '2dly, That Thomas Edfwkrds^ Efq; 

' •ml Frkiicis (SW»v'?, Efq^. airodolyel&fttfsl'tb ferve in this 
poelent Pairliamcntfot'tlieCTtyiDf ^<^/rr • ^ ' ', 
ft M^y 5. ^iLWiWfory^hnghig'^thi Tm^-f(fir hietrlng tind 
detfnmning daim hcfcnh tk$ VruftHs cf Pkf EftaOes of tfie 
i^£ Sou th -Sea. DiVf^iri^ fete, was read a* fecond Time, and 
i»i3a-iu:ittad[ to a'.Comi^iittel ef the whole ftoufe 5 lis was 
«i(b4 ^bll for laying a TJl»^u^n Pap^fis^ Then upon a 
^e£Erg6 frokx the Lovd^ d«Bili!ing, that this Piaufe would 
^i>tf.LKare,i?t3lat ArcmaliHutcHejbn^ t^^ J^Waite'n^ 
Efq; and Thonuis ChaDmaii^ Efq; Members of thi.^ Houi<!i^ 
«ig|p^t\«n>nd tfie floufe of .-Lo^ls obT tte'^h Infant, 

. AwbcT*»a'xpin^d ^s Wt^neife^VfDr ^^»^ii1iWdl*Bi(hap' JR«- 



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N« XXXII for the Tear 1723. 3$? 

• • 

iave Leave to appear tlien at the Hotifextf Lords ; whicki 
fiowever, th)Efy did not tliink fit to do^ ^ . 
./•On tlie 6th <tf Majf, tlie C«imiions being in a girW 
i^o'mlnietee t>n Ways and' Means for faiffng tke ^ppiy* 
it .wai ftroffgly inliftcd-by Mr. Ttenchart^ and ii»nie 
otker^^embtfrs, that tlie Nonjttrofs ouglit td to incl«r 
4ed in* tfie Tax intended ^ i>c rais'd upon Pajifts^' 
and alter Amc Debafte, the Coimnittee caiine tp th^ 
follow ing Rfcfoltttlott, vte. That towards raifingtbe$iiii| 
^f 100,00b?. granted to his Majefty towards reimbiiri^ 
ing the pUbfick,- ifhe gVeat £s!)p6ntds occailon^d by the 
jfate RebelHons trA DiforderS, to be nftlsM and levied 
upon the f^al and perfonal EAates of all Papifti, aa 0- 
qua! Rate and Proportion be raisM and devied U|Kift 
the real and perfttial IMX^ ^ eVeryjothec^crlbft^bc- 
fng of the Age of eighr^A -Yeara or txjpwarda^.fl^tiliav 
ving taken the Oatha of $ti)pi^6macy and Aiii^g^npq^ 
and the Abjat-attoh Oath, %ho fhall upon dueStt«KOo«f 
neglea or reffcrfe to taKe iHe ftitie. Thia lUrftfcitioii 
feeing tfie iicxt Day r^orted by Mr, Farrir^ a^Motioa 
was macfe, afhd the Queflion put^ that &e^ld^R«4Vkf- 
tion be recommitted^ but it was cafiied !n t&e Ncfgati^^ej^ 
and it wfts red»lv*d, Thatth^ Moufedid aff^^.^itjjk'the 
Committee, and ofdefM, That there ^<mfkiQm^w^ 
t6 the ComMttee of the 'wliole fHoitlb to aUxToiid «r 
Jtoend IKcBfU fir hyffit a Tern im all Ftttiftsl^ jptlrfiwiit to 
the faid Kcfohition. It Wai affo orjlerd. That if be a^ 
Inhru^ioft to the Aid Comtdilttee, to necdne a CjLau^ 
or Claufes for allPaplftt^artd Nenjuron, in that Part «pf 
Grcdi Attain:, caird 5nrf/«»*, 'to regilftcr their Name$ anit 
feai Effates. Then a Petition of Riekard P^rim.,^^ 
TMimasj tt^tldm^ iuid Mary FifiMil, nmd otlierK, way 
prefented to the Houfe and read, prajring, * Siat ffi 

• in Regard t6 their Ant:efiors rfddiity oAd enunrixt 
^'Services to ihe Crown, in thePre&rvation ^tf Ualitir 
** WaJQfly ^hig Ckdrhs fhe (to>iffd, and In ^^^ vtf 

* the Petitioners coiiftant, ioyai, and dutiful ObedieiHi^to 

• his prefenfMaJeily, the Petitioned tiiig1itfbecceraptO(t 
'from the Tax intended to be laid upon Papirts, or hayr 

* fiifth othpir Relief as the Houfe (hall thiiik fit/ Wliei«- 
Jkpon it iwas drder'i, That the fdd Committee hatr 
Power to receive a Ciadfd for the Petitioners Rielief; 
jp^.fter ^hich, the Houffc went into that Commi nee, aijid 
iQAde. &x^e Pro^reft la the BiU:, 



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552 The mfteti'cal Repfter MXXXII 

The Daiy before, tUt CoiyitiiQAS orderM the Commit'- 
tee of X\t6 whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for froloni^ 
ing the Times for hsaring and dftirmnini Cliums before the 
irvftees iff the Ute South-Sea DireOors Efintes^ was commit* 
ted, to receive four Clauibs, i. One for .keeping Terms of 
Years and Ii^umbrance^ to a^end the Inheritince of 
the real Eftates vefled in the faid TruAees, iov the Benefit 
hi the Purchafets o£ the ikid Eihtes. zi Another, to 
limit the Time for Perfons to claim Stqc& for the Mo^ 
Hey-Subfcriptions. g. A third,, for allowing i lons^i 
Time for difchargin^ Loans made by the Somth-S^a Coit- 

tny, on Stock and Subfcriptions. 4. And a fourth^ 
r giving fome Relief to Brdkefs, lind others ading as 
Brokers, in Relation to Money borrowed by them, of the 
SMkSea Company. 

H^ 7; Upon a MeiBige from the Lords, deflrihg the' 
Commons would give Leave thar Mn Chancellor of the 
Bxehfequer might attend the Hoiiie of Lords, in Orde^ 
.. tb be eiaminM as a Witnefs upon the Bill to inflla Pains 
•Hd Poudties on Ffwtcis Lord Biihop ofRockifier • it was 
erder*d§ That Mr. Chancellor of the EacKeqiier have 
Lnve to appear at the Houfe of Lords, as their Lord- 
AiiDS did deflre; 

On the 8th of Majj Two other Claufes were orderM 
to be idded to the Bui relating to Claims on the Eftateg 
of the late &»M*&«I>ir6aors5 «/au one to prevent vexa- 
tjQUs and coiluiive AAions at Law or Suits in Equity 
£eing brought againft the late DireStors for Debts due 
from them before their Eftates became veiled in the 
Truilees; and another, for enlarging the Time for 
Claims to be made before the faid TruAees : That Af- 
ternoon, and the next Day, theCommons^ in a grand 
Committee, made fome Progrefs in the Bill for laying a 
Tan upon Pafffis. 

On the loth of May, an ingrofsM Bill for enaJflir^ 
hss Majefty to put the Cufloms of Great Britam under the 
Management of one or more Commijfums ', and for the better 
fecuring and afcertaining the Duty on Tobacco^ &t. was 
was read the third Time, pafsM, and fent up to the 
Lords. 
May II, The Commons in a Committee (^ the whole 
^ Houfe, went through the Bill for laying a Tape upon FapiJ^s ^ 
and they who were againft the Bill, taking Advantage 
of the Abfcnce of feveral who were for it, (being then 
in the Lords Houfe, to hear the Bi(hQp of Rochefter fpeak 
in his Defence) refolvM to dog it, by infer ting in it it 

Clauft 



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f^^XXXn . f or 'the Tg an 71^, 353 

Ciaufe for including both the PapiAs and Nonjurors ia 
ScotUnd^ in the Tax intended to be laid' on Papilig and 
Nonjurors in EngUndi, "vrhich they carf^'d by a Majori^ 
ty of five Voices only. 

On the 14th of Mdiy, Mr. Farrer reported the Amend* 
ments the Committee had made to the Bill, which were 
agreed to, except the Ciaufe abovcmention'd $ upon 
which, a Debate ariftng, a Motion waa made, and tht 
Queftion put, that the Debate be adjourn'd ^ which 
l^afs'd in the Negative^ The moft ftrenuous Sticklers for 
the Ciaufe were, the Lord Gage^ Mr. Hufihtfin^ and the Ma« 
ficr of the Rolls $ the laft of whom, among other Ar* 
guments, urged, ^ He knew no Reafon why the Scots 
*" fliould be excused from paying their Proportion of thif 

* extraordinary Tax, unlefs it was, becaufe forty-fiyc 
^ Scotch Reprefentatives Iq that Ifoufe always voted ai 

* they were direfted : But if that was the Reafon, it 

* was to befear'd, left Corww^i/, who fends upalmoft 

* an equal Number of Members, might, upon the fam« 

* Confideration, claim an Exemption from Taxes.' But . 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer having reprefcntcd 
that the Names and real Eftates of the Scotch Paplftt 
sind Nonjurors not being regifter'd, it yras impofTible 
to aibertain their Proportion of this Tax } he was fup- 
ported by moft of the Courtiers, and the Qpeftion being 
put, That the faid Ciaufe be made Part of the Bill, 
it was carry'd in the Negative by 178 VottsagainA 
J70 ( and then fome other Amendments being made by 
the Houfe to the BUI, it was orderM to be ingrofg*d. 
Two Days after f'Miiv 16) another Bill was order'd to 
be brought in, to oblige ail Papifts and Nonjurors iix 
Scotland^ to regifter their Names and real £)ftates| 
which was accordingly brought in the 17th of Maj^ 
«nd had an eafy Pafiage through both Houfes. 

On ThurWay the i6th, an ingrofs'd Bill to prevent 
he Majefty^s SuhjeSft 'from fuhfcrihing or helng covcernU in 
tncour Aging orfromottng am Suhfcriftton for an Eaft-India 
Company in the Auftrian Netherlands, Qc, was read the 
third Time, pafs'd, and fent up to the Lords : And then 
in 2 grand Committee, the Commons went through the 
Bill about the forfeited Eftates of the late SoUtk-Sea DI« 
rectors. 

May ly. William MorgHn^ Efq) being ehofen a Knight 
of the Shire foi" the County of Monmouth^ gnd alfo a 
Burgefs for the Town of Brecon in the County of Br4* 
49n^ made his Eleflion for the County o£ Montnotah ; 




The mfiorical Retifier W»XXXft 

Upon which, Mr. Speaker wai orderM to ilTue his War* 
faiit foV a neir Writ, lor the eieaing a Burgefs for th«' 
Add Town of Brecon. After this, nn ii^roTsM Bill /or f Air 
more effe&ual Execution of Juftict in a frttenied friwlefd 
fhee ccmmonh ealVd the Mint, f3c. wai rted the 3d Time, 
pafsM, and fent up to the Lords; as was alfo the in- 
•^ofs'd Bili/or lajing a Tax upon Fafiftt mid Nti^itrorf 
in England. 

May f 8. An ingrof/d Bill for the more effe&M prevent' 
fng wiclied and e*iM diff05*d ferfons loing arnfd in Vffpiifij 
Und doinr Injuries and Violence to the Ferjbns and Fraper- 
ties of his idajeftys Suhje6fty aud for more fpeedyhrin^n^ 
the Offenders to JujRce^ was aifo read the third Time, 
srmended, pals*d, and fent irp to' the Lords ^ as was ali5 
on Monday May the 20th, an ingrolSiM Bill, for farther 
tnlarirng the Time for entering^ heacrmi^ and determimr^ 
warns on the Ifiates vejfed in the Tri^ees of the South* 
Sea Company^ 

On the 2Yft of May^ the Commons, in a Committee' 
Idf the whole Houfe, went through the Bill to continue 
^he Duties for the Encoutagement of the 66im^e of Mxmey^ 
-C^r. and added, feveral Claufes, and made other Amend- 
nients thereto, Vhich being the next Day reported^ 
were itgrecd to, and the Bill order'd to be ingrbii'J 
The fame Day, the ingrofsM Bill to ohlige, all Fapifig 
aiid Nonjurors in Scotland, to teiifter their Names and 
real Efiates^ was read the 3d Time, pafsM, and' (^t up 
to the Lords. 

May 2^. The Commons refolv^d to addrefs his hlb^ 
5^^> thsit he would' bo gracioufiy pleasM to coiUbr 
Yome Dignhy in the Church, upon the Honourable: add 
Reverend Mr. Ingram^ Chaplain to their Houle; and' 
liaving i^d the 3d Time, pafs'd, and fent up to the 
Lords, the ingrofsM Bill to continue the Duties for En-- 
eouraiement of the Coinage of Monej^ fee adjouVn*d them* 
Telves to Monday the 27th of May. 

Let us now attend the Proceedings of the Houfe of 
^eers. 

On Saturday the 9th Day of March, tie Earl ai 
' Strafford^ and the Lord Hay^ (Earl of Kinou!e in »9^/- 
Jand) complainM to the Houfe, that in the DepofitiiDn 
of one Fancier^ in the printed Report of the Houfe of 
Commons appointed to examine Mr. L«yer, send others, 
it is mentioned, that one Skeene told hifti, that the Lord 
Straffbrdj and Lord KinouU^ were privy to De%ns agaihH 
the Government : Whereupon it was mov'd, that tlie 
'ihid Fancier and Skeene ntight be required to appear im« 

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$f*XXXn for the Tear 172?. aS5 

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laediately at the Bar of thU HouCe, in Order to thdr be*- 
lug oraminM; a«d after fomc IXcbate, the Queftion bein^ 
|9Ut upon the fsid Motion, ix waa earryM in the \Ac%fi^r 
,tive, by a Majority of 64 Voices againil 29. Ii[ereu|)9Qt 
^4 Peers entered the following Proteft^ vbu 

■ • ♦ 

pijfentifint^ 

I. BecAufe the Es^l ^f Xma«/#, and the Earl ^£Str^^ 
fari^ having feveraliy .complained to the Houfe, that 
they found thcmfeives reflected on in a printed Depo^ 
tion of one jindrev> Fancier^ wherein he deposed. That 
one Skeerte (now in Cufiody) had acquainted him, a? 
inong other Things, that the faid Earls knew of th^ 
late Coi^fpiracy,' and were concerned in the Manager 
ment of jt' here ; and the laid Earls a)ledging^ that 
they did not fee by the Report, in which that Depo-r 
lition js f^und, that the fai4 Shtent^ xho* iQ the lhni$ 
^ the Governmeni, had been fo much as qtiei^tpn'd^ 
touching the faid Hearfay 9 which Obfervation we find X9 
he true, but we think jt highly rodPbhable tp have con^ 
jpiy"^ with the Motfoi^ and Requelt of the faid LordA^ 
that the faid Fancier andl Slteene might be exa]|ain*4 
at the Bar of this Houfe, in Relation to that Mat- 
ter only 5 the like Requeft for the clearing theRepUr 
tation of any noble Lord, when he hiat^ th9ught 
lifiXifelf unjuilly afpersM, having never been deny'4 
that we know of. but on the contrary, it was not long 
. fince granted in the Cafe of the late Sari otSunderlanA^ 
tWugh the Examination, which he thought refle£led ot;i 
liis Honour, was not come into Print when he made 
His Complaint, which, Recording to our Judjs^ent, was 
net fo 0rong a Cafe for granting the Motion as the pre;> 
fent is. 

2. Becauft the faid DepoStion, as far as it is printed^ 
jcontains nothing but what the Deponent heard anothet 
lay (except as it contains a Charge on Skeene for faying 
fo) we think it was very natural and proper, as well fot 
the Advancement of Jufiioe, as for the Vindication of 
the noble Lords req^cfting it, tp trace the faid Hcarr 
^y, if pofljble, to the t^ountain-Head, or at leail, fo far 
as to know from the Perfbn charg'd with rciati^jg it, 
whether he woitid deny %\% having related it ; pr if not, 
whether he would con^efs the Falfity of what he had (q 
'inflated, orundertfike to make It good by his ^wnTTe* 
«ifnonv, oy othqm^iifc "' ' ' 






356 The Hifiorical Regijier N« XXXH 

3. We dLink tlktre omild be no I&coa^cniciice in exM 
flolning, as moved, to find vhethcr tkere vms nny^ 
and wlttt Foundation lor tkis Hoarfay ; it not beins 
nn Anticipation of tbe Courie of Juflice (as cxami- 
Siing a Part of the Evidence againft any Man, or Part 
of an Accufation vould be) iince tbe fwearing of wliat 
one Man (aid of a third Perfon, is in no Sart Evi- 
dence, either in Law or Reafim, to fopport a Con* 
action, or even to ground an Accufation upon any Man 
whatlbevcr. 

4« Since meer Hcar&y being no Evidence in the 
leait Degree, cannot be made a Foundation for any ie« 
^al Prooeding, it is ImpoffibJe for any noble Lord, 
whole Honour may be affcQcd by it, to clear himfclf 
In any Tryal, or other like Opportunity that can be 
given him to make his Defence : And therefore iince 
there is no other Method that we can thmk of, fo pro. 
.per or cflfcdual in our Opinion, as an Examination of 
the Nature of Jthat mov*d for, we think it oaght to 
fiave been ordered, and that every Noble Lord may pol^ 
iibly in Time, be hurt by the Confequence of this 
Precedent. 

- 5. We cannot think, that the Examining, as movM for, 
4nto this Hearfay only,, could have made any Diffnrencc 
with the other Uoule ; fioce it is inconceivable by us 
that any Number of Gentlemen, who may have by 
Accident (for we hope it is no otherwife) in fettii^ 
ibtth the Dqpolitkkn of Pdnciery as a Charge againft 
Skfraf,happenM to afperfe the Reputation of fome of 
the Peers of the Realm, could refont, either that theie 
Lords ihould deAre, or the Houfe permit them to clear 
themfolves as foon,and as effeQually as po£bie, of tha( 
Scarfay. 

Scitrfdde^ 

' Frtaic.Ctfiritni 
Vxbridge^ 
WUIm^kky dc Br, 

OshtTK, Eerkelty df Sir. Bhiley.' 

^ ' if, 

Sefides the Declaration made by the Earl Cowpftf 

dated Mar^h 20, publiihU by his Order, and iiiferted In 

vthc fie^ifter N* 3 1,/^« 235, on Thuifday, hLnrik 2 1, his 

, ^.ordlhip 

4. --'r 



^n^^fijy 


Foulet^ 


Craven^ 


WefiofL, 


jdyiesfinrdj 


Litckfald, 


Foley, 


Bmtimrfi^ 


J^rijiol^ 


Eruce^ 


Guilford, 


Exeter^ 


AruKdeiy 


Cowtptarij 



N^XXXi l for the Teat 1723. ^35? 

LordAip made n long Speech in the Houfe of Peers, 
isrherein ^ He complainM of the fmall Regard that haji 
^ been ikewn to divers Members of that illuilridut and 
^ noble Aflembly, whofe Honour and Reputation luul 
^ been attacked, by being mentioned in the Report from 
' the fecret Committee of the Houfe of Commons,'t)6« 
^ ing reprcfentcd, upon meer Hearfay, as privy to 
^ treafonable Deligns againfl the Government. That 

* for his own Pai;t, as the late Queen Armey of glo« 
^ rious and immortal Memory, had thought iit to 
^ raife htm to the Dignity of a Peer, how unworthy 

* foever he was of that Honour, he thought it a 
^ Duty incumbent upon him, to defend the Rights and 
^ Privileges of the Peerage of £;7g/4ni, which they 
'. held by the fundamental Laws of the Land,ai^d were 
' confirmed to them by Magna Charta. That after ha- 
^ ving on fo many OccaAoiis, and in the moil difficult 
t Tim^s, given undoubted Proofs of his hearty Zeal and 
^ Affcftion for the Proteftant Succcllion, and of his At-' 

* tachment to his Majefty's Perfon and Government, he 
^ had juft Reafon to be ofifended, to fee his Name ban- 
' dy'd about in a Lift of a Chimerical .Club of difafiefted 
' Perfons^ printed in the faid Report, on the bare Heatw 
' fay of an infamous Perfon, notorioufly guilty of Pre- 
f varication ^ and who, in the Opinion even of the fecret 

* Committee, in Order to magr^y the Number of the Fre* 
f" tender'^s Friends^ did in feveral Lifts, injert the Names of 
' Terfons as njoell offered to the Fretender'^s Service^ ^/»- 
-' ont having the leaft Authority for, fo doing : Which alone 
*• was AiiEcient to give an 4^^ ^^ FifUon to the whole 
> Confpiracy.* And in the Conclulion his Lordlhlp 

mov'd, that John Flunket, (of whom Layer pretended 
he had the Lift of the Burford Club, mentionM in the 
faid Report) be immediately fent for to the Bar of the 
Houfe, to be examined. This Motion was feconded $ 
but the LordVifcountronn^j^nti faid thereupon, ^ He 
^ was extream forry to find his Lordfhip (hould lay (b 
^ ^uch Strefs, and fo highly refent his being men- 
f tion'd in the Report $ that his Lordfhip^s Name, with 
5 feveral others, being Part of an Examination^ it waa 
^ abfoJutely neceiTary it ihould be mention^ ; that at 
f the fame Time, the Committee had declared, they weie 
^ entirely fatisf^d of his Lordihip^s Innocence, fo that hii 
} Lordlhip*& Reputation could Qothave Aiffer*d upon that 
^ Account. But that, on the other Hand, he was furpria^^d 
i tQ find th^t a noble Peer, whofe Abilities and Merit 




358 Tbf Hifimcai Re£iJUr N<»XXXn 



m^^ 



f' kii jvfilr to great Wetghi In dHt iUvflrioiis Af- 
f ttUMf^ flKMiU, upon m trivial CmpiwiSbiaBL, riiiciil» 
f m^ % FiAioft, a iMMrrid and eiscnble CoAifrfncy^ fop** 
f pinl by li many eoncurring Proofs, as amoonrffd 
f 1»& Demoafintioa ; and from afidic, trifling Particn- 
^ lar, InfBry that no Paurt of it was true.* Tlie Lord 
Bmthmrft aufwer'd tto Lotd Tbwnfliead, and was lUp- 
psftal by tlK Lord Gr^mMj the Earl of KimaU^ and 
tlw other Loris. nam*d in tbc Lift of tbe exploded 
Mmrf9ed plnb, wbo ail protefied their own Innpcency, 
Boa witiiottt feme flaimtiag Refloftions on the Pl^V 
as if the Main Drift of it was a baie Contrivance cC 
Aeir Enemii^ to bkft their Honours and Refnitations^ 
aad to render the heft Patriots ufelefs to their Country^ 
by making ihem obnoxious. The Earl of Straffinrd ha- 
^ii^ eapieiVd his juft Refipitment with more Warmth 
tfam the reft, Barl Cadogm faid thereiipon^ ^ That 
*- lor his own Part, tho* his Hame was often mentioned 
^ iji the Report, lie never troubled himfelf about ft t 
^ But In UsOpinion, there was Reafoa to believe, ybn^ 
f FeopU vfere fore ^okeu tkty imnck^d fo muck mt the Uufi 
^ TmtchJ' The Earl of Strafford repelled this Refieaioii 
with a great deal of Vivacity, and faid, ^ He was 
^ as who^ and found as any in that illuftrious A^ 
^ fembiy V Imt as he had the Honour to have moreail- 
^ cient npble Blood running in his Veins than fome 
^ others^ fo he hop*d, he might be aUow'd to exprefs 
^ a more than ordinary Refentment againft Lifultr of- 
^ ftr'd to the Peerage.* Sonfte Members apprehending 
the Ifftte of this warm Etibate, callM for the Queftion. 
which being put upon the Earl Conttfer^s Motion^was 
aaary*d in the Negative by 8i Voices againft 26. Then 
the Duke of Dorjefj Chairman of the Secret Commit- 
tee of the Houft of • Pfers, mov'4^ that ehe ftid Corner 
mittee might have L^ve tp examine Mr. Layer^ ast^ 
Ibme material Things relating to the Confpiracy, ab* 
(oltttely neceflary jfor them to b^ fatisfyM in : But tho^ 
this Motion was opp05*d by Earl Qrmper, and fome 
others, yet it was carryM without a Diviifon ; an4 
the next Day (March 23) Ihe Lords G>mmitteef weiit 
to the Tower, to examine Mr. Layer. 

On the 23CI of March ^ (fie uAial protcfting Lords en- 
ter'd their Proteft againft |!ic Reftlution of the.floud^ 
relating to fending for Fhnket^ to be exan^inM at the 
Bar of ihe Houfe, and for Reafons, referr\i to thole 



W* XXXn for the Tear 1723. 359. 

m th^Profcft of Match 9, relating \othc fending Sat 
Vinttler and Skeene^ to he examinM. 

. Then tlie Earl of Stf-^fford complainM t6 fhe Houtt 

iiiat Ms Name was printed in a pretended Lift of tKc 

'Conrpirators againi^ his Majefty'*s Perfon and iSovern^ 

inent, in&rted in a Weeily fdufnal v^hkh was produ'di^ 

wlicreupon it was order'd, Oc: That the Gentleman- 

Vfher of the Black Rod do bring 7. Read^ Printer io^ 

White Fryars^xo theTSar of this Houfe, '<m Tuefday Martk 

;26, 1723, for printing in a Paper, caH'd the tfi^%i 

ly Journal, or Kritijh Gazetteer ^ Saturday, March 25, 

1723, a Lift, which i« tliercin entitled, ALfficf ibi ' 

€onffirat(irs concerned in the late Plot^ formed ^gat^ tie 

King and Government^ for fetting the Pretender on the iBrl- 

tifliHrc^f, wth the fi^itkus 'Names that fever al of them 

^nthf^ Althahetically digffted, in which Lift the Ear! of 

StraJ^ord^i Name is infertcd. 

The (Sentleman-tJflier of the Black Rod hsrving ©n tttf 
ttth of ilfdirrA, acquainted the Houfe, That he had made 
tilligent 'Enquiry after the taid J Read at his Houd^ 
thd elfewhere, and that he abfcon^ed, and could not 
\e found: That his Wife didjpromile he ihouW attend 
their LordifHips Houfe that Morning; and the Boi^fb 
liaving fome Time expected him, and he not heingcomc^ 
their Lordfhips orderM, that the Gentleman-Ufher of the 
. Black Rod do forthwith attach the Body of thefaid/. 
. JR^«i, for printing the faid Lift, and keep l^im in £yfi(r 
Cuftody, *tiU further Order of this Houfe. 

On the 29th of March^ a Petition of Francis Xjori 
)5ifliop of Rochefitr^ was by th^ Lord Bathurjf; pefcn^^ 
ed tb the Houfe of Peers, and read, fuggefting, TThat 4 
Bill was depending in the Houfe of Commons for in- 
fliSting Pains and Penalties on him, for fuppos^dt Crimes, 
" of which he was entirely innocent ; and as he had the 
Honour to be a Member of the Houfe of Lords, ft 
lie prayM tkeir Dircfitions as to his CondujSl, in Rc- 
fpflft of a ftanding Order, prohibiting, on a Pe^a^ty^ 
any Lord to appear by Counfel before the 'Houfe of 
Commons, to anfwer any AccUiation there. Lord Leck^ 
mere^ the Earls (7oi»/>fr and Strafford^ the Lords Trevor^ 
and Bdthurft^ and fome others, mov'd, and iriflfted, that 
the faid^Biihop being a Lord of Pari lament, ought i^ot 
to anfwer or make his Defence by CounfeL or others 
-wife, in the Houfe of Commons, to any Bill ot Acr 
cufation there depending ; urging. That the Houfe of 
ftws being the higheft Court of Judicature, no other 

Court 



mmk. 



ago The Hifiorical Regtfler N<^ XXXII 

Court ought to intrench upon thcit Privileges. BUt 
the Lord CKaricclior, the Lords Cartaret tLndT&wnJkendj 
the Duk«» of Wharton and Argyle^ the Earls of Fetef^ 
tfOTfiugk and Conlniesh^^ ahd the Lord Vifcount Harcourtj 
tiledg'd, that in this Affair, the Commons did not afi:' 
as a G>urt of Judicature, but as Part of the Legifla^ 
turc ; of which, they were as much a Part, and to 
which they had as much Right as the Lords them-> 
felves. The Duke of JTAa^f on added, that the Matter 
before thetti needed no great Debate,, for the Bifhoj^ 
having already apply'd to the Houfe of Commons, in a 
Letter to their Speaker, for Counfel to be affign'd him, 
it was prepofterous now for him to pray th^ Lords, 
not to give him Leave to be heard before' the Houfe of 
Commons, which was the Drift of hi6 Petition. Here-* 
upon the Queftion being put upon the Motion, it was 
refoiv'd in the Negative, by 78 Voices againft gi* Then 
a fecond Queftion was put, that this Houfe give LeavQ 
. to the Lord Bifliop of Rochefter to be heard in the Houfel 
of Commons by Counfel or otherwife, if he thought fit^ 
«nd that he have Notice fent him, that this Houfo 
confented thereto, itwascarry'd in the Affirmsttive, by 
1j Voices againl^ 27. Whereupon feveilal Lords enterM 
the following Proteftation. 

« 

Dijfentienr 

ift. Becaufe we conceive the permitting the Lord fii- 
Ihop of Rochejfer to make his Defence in the Houfe' 
of Commons, would be direftly contrary to the VJorig 
and Meaning of the ftanding Order of this Houfe, bear- 
ing l!>ate the 20th of January^ i<57j, which exprelly 
and clearly orders, That for the future m Lord (which 
extends to Lords Spiritual as well as Temporal) Jkall 
ro dfy^nn to the Houfe of Commons^ or fend his Anfifoer im 
. Writing^ or appear h^ Counfel toanfv^r any Auufathn there / 
And it is obfervable, that this Order is worded abso- 
lutely, and not qualified by the Words (*mithoUt Leave 
af the Houfe) as the^ following ftanding Order of the 
2Sth of November y 1696, which prohibits L^rds from 
going into the Houfe of Commons, wliilethe Houfe U 
fitting, is qualified. From which different Penning, 
as well as from the Preamble of the faid iirft mentioned 
Order, (which iliews the Mifchlef defign'd to be pre- 
vented, was the giving Leave in Cafes of Lords deiidhg 
it to appear to anfwer Accufations ia the Houfe of 
Commons) we >nfer^ that the faid Order of Januaty^ 



^ 



N** XXXJI -for the Te,(ir 1723. g6i 

r ■ ■■ .1 II ' ' i . II 11 1 I 'll ^11 I ■> 

1673, was meant as a Rule for all future Time* 5 that 
if Leave fliould be-^sk'd by a Lord of Parliament to 
anfwer, or make a Defence to an Accufation (in anji 
Form, as we conceive) in the Houfc of Commons^ it 
ought to be deny\l, as 4eeply intrenching on the Privi* 
leges of this Houfe. 

• adly^ The faid fiAAding Order, in Affirmance of which, 
the Queftion was movM^, ought to be of the greateft 
Weight, in our Opinions, it haviag'becn founded on 
the Coniiderstion* and 'Report of a Committee (to whom 
it was particularly, referred to .cohiider the Pra^iti^ 
of Lords deAring':Leave to aiifwer. Accuiktions !n the 
Houfe of Commons) on the Perufal of Precedents 
in that Committee, and upon ferious ConiHeration 
«nd Perufal of the &me Precedents in the Houfe it- 

^dly. We canned apprehends, but that a Bill by whick 
Crimes are charged, and a Preparation is made, to ill* 
flift Pains and Penalties (if the Crimes are prov'd) 
contains very clearly. an Accufation, efpecially W:he]pL 
'^ Day is given, and Counfei allow'd by the Houfe 
of Commons, to the Perfon againd.whom the Crimes 
^xh ailedg'd, to make a Defence to the fame j which 
Probceding, though in the Le^iQative .Oipacity of that 
HouiV) carries .in it all . the eiTential Parts of a judi^ 
cial Tryal : And we therefore conceive, that * this 
Houfe ought to be more jealous of their Members an- 
iVerlng in the Houfe of Commons, an Accufation i$i. 
this Form, rather than in any other, iiticc thereby they 
fubmit tl^ftlves to try the Point of their being guil- 
l?y, or not gtiilty, in the Houfe of Commons ; and that 
in Order to receive the Sentence and Judgment of that 
Houfe,. by paffing. or . rejecting the Bill. And thl^, in 
•oilir Opinions, morb.dseply intrenches (as the ilanding 

• Order expreifeth it) on the Privileges of this Houfe, thap 
a Lori* going down to the Houfe of Commons, during 

'« Debate there,' to prevent an Impeachment, doth \ tl^^ 

latter being only to prevent an Accufation, but the for- 

- m«r.is (as we clear iy conceive) to anfwer an Accufation 

• there, the very Thing prohibited by the (landing Order. 

4thly, We think the Accufation, .which Lords. arc 
prohibited to anfwer by this fland in g Order, mufl be 
chiefly, if not oirfy,underftoodof an. Accufation couched 

• 4h.*a Bill . (as in. thi'prelcnt Cafb) , Aace we never heard 
■ tkat' any Lo#d of Parliament did, al any Time, anfwir 

fo^'Or defend. in Perfon orbyCoHnfcljiati Imp^achn^ent 
- -^ ' Aaa i^ 



f 




■KMHMhMdH^iMMabrtiaMlHii 



jneTMorical Keziffgr N« XXXlI 

/ la tbeiiottft of Grnimons, though they may have ^qbc 

Adwn to that Hotif^ by Connivance, to prevent focktm^ 

fiCKhnient i Aad tHerefiyre Lords (fefeadins ^lemfeivea 

tix'the Houfe of Commoas agahiA «ft Lnpeachjuentt 

{^ tfmhi itol^be the Mifchitif intended tx» be cured by tte 

faid flaiidiiig Orcher. 
i * S^^^y^ That the Hotlfe of Cofimiotia, tin BIHs to in- 

t Aa Penalties, do f^roceed, firiaiy fpeakiBS* » their 

Itgiflati ve €a^[»caty«,is certainly tmc ; aadycf it is plaiA 

lb IIS, that inHeairty, they partake in fnch Gales i«^tH 

tlie Hoitfe of Lords in the Jwlical»urf t^ or^ which it m^ 

Oht, I A trying and adjudging Offenders to PttBtftmeiit* 

And though the Lor^ /hould, in very exttaordiharf 

C^lte) think fit Ho conccNT in fuch a Method of punift^ 

iifg ^ y^ it is, in oar tOpkifOns, goini; by nauch too §9^ 

for the Lords to permif any of their Body to make IX^ 

^ce in the HoiDfe of CoAiihons, eitber by hin»lHf or 

C6u|ifd^ which it letting themfelves down ts> n veiy 

j ^t-eat Degree, and giving an ttnnerefiary Encourage^ 

• Ifrien to that Manner of Proceeding ; and when Lords 

I liave fo far (UbmHted to tliis Courfe, we think there ifi 

\ Uttle keaibn to expe€^, that afiterwan-ds the Comnionr 

; %rili ever appear at the Lords Bar, as Aceufers, when 

1 Ihey can by thi^ Way mlikc themfeives as much Judg^ 

I \ even over Lords, as in thia Proceeding hy Bill, the 

Ijords themfeives are. 

6My^ Though Lords by not being permitted to ^ 
^fent either in Perfon, or by Coiinfri, to dc^nd theoi- 
'fclves in the Hoiift of G>minon&, may be thovght 
'pdfSklt to Jofe feme Advantage in theft Defence; y^ 
we think* it was, ahd is the true Meanilig of the jRand- 
5ng Order firft mbntion'd, that a Lord fhouid rather 
flifieribinething of Inconvenience in tiiat P^cttcular, 
tnd commit his Caufe to God and the ^uaiee of fflie 
iSbufe of which he is a Member, and wfco«re his pro- 
ftt }udges, than in any Degree d^nfe 0r deregale 
&om the legal State and Dignif)^ of tie Lordaam ge- 
r.#raL 

Tthly, AltBoiigh there be, as we tonoeive) a vefy aia- 
nifirft and important Difference in Reafbn, ttt to tht 
Matter of this Q«dHbn, between the Cafe of Bi&ops 
X^hb are declared hy the Ending Order of Mi^y a^t 
1628, to be only Lords of Parliament^ txA not refrs,^ 
for they are not of Tryal by Nobility) and fiiat. of 
liters of the Realm, who undoubtediv, lor MatNTrsof 
Treafon an# Ftlony^ «#e triable hf tek fyerrjonbr* 



fJ** XXXII for the Tear 1723. 565 

V«t Snce by the ftanding Order firft mentlonM, Bliiopl 
«re as much, and as dearly prohibited to airfwer attj 
Accufation in theHoufe «f Commons, is the Peers or 
Ae Lords Temporal are, we cannot but 4ippfefiea4» 
with the dee|)eft Concern, that this Cafe may be us'i 
iiereafter as a Procedent ( though as vf^ take it, far 
from being a Precedent in point) to bring by De^^ree:?, 
the Peers 9f the.Realm to defend themfe^ve^ againii Ac* 
tufations of the like Nature in the Houfe of Commons 4 
which, if once brought toa PraSice, we are of Opinion, 
that the Peers of the Realm would in great Mcafure, be 
.degraded from their Peerage, and fa, by weakening and 
debafing the Order of Nobility, which, in its Inflitu- 
tion, was meant, or at lead hath prov'dj 9 Lwflre and 
Security to the Crown ; the Safety, as well as Dignity 
^ the Crown kfeif, way be hereafter Ia a great Decree 
i/npair'd. 

Scar/dak^ Comfton^ DtcJjfitldy 

Go^iTj Arundel^ Wejton^ 

Trevorj Strafforl^ • Guilford.^ 

Bruce; Bfn^ey^ Poulet^ 

AjJihurnham^ Dtirtmoufk^ Hay^ 

Foley^ Cowfer^ UsMdsCj 

Aylesfordj JSathurftj Mont jay. 

On Friday the 5th of Afrli^ a Petition of flic Loff 
Eifliop of Rockifter w^s prefented and read, compiaii!^* 
Jng, That Coionel WUliamfon^ affiled by Perfons under 
his Authority, did by Violence, fearch the Petitioner, 
and carry away two Seals, and alfp fcizMa Paper in his 
Pocket, being a L^^r to his Sollicitor, which he took 
again from them, and tore, but they carryM a Part of 
it along with them ; and did^alfo fearch the Petitioner^ 
two Servants and took away a Seal from ^ne of then^ ; 
And praying Relief and Protection. ' 

And thereupon a Motion was ma.de. That Colonel Wfi^ 
iidfmfin^ the Deputy 'Lieutenant of the Tower^ Mr. Ser- 
jfant, the CK^tiemah-Porter^ the two Warders who at- 
leaded the C^lwel Yeilerday in the Apartmeht of the 
Bifiiop, a;xd the two Servants attending his t-ordfhip 
therf, do at^d at the Bar of this Houfc, to give an 
' Account of the Matters cantainM in the laid Peti- 
tion. 

., Tip Earls Gn»fer and Siraffhrd^ the Lords Lechmere 
gnd Mhi^Jfy ijpoke for thia Motlgs ; but were-anfwer'd 

A a a ^ by 



V 



N 



.1 



• \ 



364 the Hiftorlcal Repfter N^ XXX l' 

hy the Lords T&v3njhend\ Cartaret^ and Harcourt\ and 
t the Qucftion being put thereupon, it was carried 

in the Negative by ^ Majority of 52 Voices, againil 
34, upon which, feverai Lords enterM the following 
Protea 

Dijfentieni* 

I. Becaufc the Petitioner, as a Lord of Parliamenf, 
and Member of this Houfe, though no Peer of the 
Realm, hath an unqueflionable Right, under ail Circum- 
flances, to the Juftice and Proteftipn of this Houfe, a- 
gainft any Perfons whatfoevcr, who, during the fttting 
of Parliament, commit any Aft of Violence to his Per- 
fon or. Property, which this Houfe may judge to be a 
Breach of his Privilege : And therefore, as we^conccive, 
the Fafls alledg'd in the Petition, if the fame are true, 
and no Account given of them by the Perfons concerned, 
to the Satisfaflion of this Houfe, are an unwarrantable 
Attempt upori a Member of this Houfe : We think, that 
in Juftice to the Petitioner, and to the Honour and Pri- 
vileges of this Houfe, there ought to have been an im- 
mediate and impartial Examination by this Houfe,^ of 
the Perfons concerned; we finding no lAftance on the 
Journals of this Houfe, where any Member of the 
Houfe has complain'd, by Petition or btherwife, of the 
.Jeaft Violence or Injury to his Perfon, during the Time 
of Privilege, whereon this Houfe hath not ordered an 
Examination of the Fa6ts complain'd of. 

2. Becaufe it appears to us, that the Petitioner being 
under Imprifojiment, and a Bill depending againlt him 
in the Houfe of Commons, that Houfe having al- 
lowed him the Benefit of Couhfel and SoUicitors for 
making his Defence, were proceeding againft the Pe- 
titioner on that Bill, in all Probability, at the very 
Time the Matters eomplaiVd. of were tranfafted : And 
as that Bill may foon come under the Confideratioii artd 
Judgment of this Houfe, the feisiing the Petftipncr's 
Letter to his Sollicitor, or any thing that may concern 
his Defence, we are oi Opinion, ought to be examinM 
into, it being, as we conceive, againft the Rules of na- 
tural Juftice, the l^ws of all Nations, andthe known 
and fundainental Laws of this Realm,'. tl>at any Papers, 
or other Things, in the lawful PofTediori of the Perfon 
foaccus'd, and w.hich may relate to.hispcftncCj /hould 
be forcibly wrffted from him, and that any PcrlhH, • 



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N«XXXir for the Tear tj^^, %6^ 

^nore-efpecially a Lord of Parliament, being;|inder Ifn-s 
prifonment and Accufation for ^i§h Treaibn, ihould by 
Terror, or other Violence, be withput juft Caufc, In 
any Degree, difturbM in, or difablcd froxQ making hif 
Defence. 

3. Becaufe tl^e refuftng to enter into the Exapnina* 
nation of the« Matters complained of by the Petition, 
may, in our Opinions, be conftru'd to be a JuAification 
of the Proceedings therein alledg'd, even though there; 
fviras not a reafonabie Occafion for the fame ^ and it be^ 
ing fuggei^ed in the Petition, that the Deputy*Lieute« 
naht of the Tower did affirm to the Petitioner upon his 
Salvation, that he had a verbal Order from the Mini« 
f^ry, though he refus'd to fay from whom, and not pre- 
tending that what he did was by his own Authority $ 
we are of Opinion, that it was of the greatefl Confe- 
quence to the Honour of his Majefly'i Government, that 
this Houfe fliould have examinM into this Proceeding ; 
and the rather, becaufe we conceive it fobe of the high* 
eit Importance to the free and impartial Adminiiiration 
of Juftice, that this Houfe ihould, on all Occafions, 
difcountenance* all Appearances of Force, cfpecially on 
a Lord of Parliament imprifon'd and accused of High 
Treafon, . • 

4. Becaufe we think, that if an unjuHifiable Violence 
be ofFer'd to the Perfon or Privilege of any Member 

• of this Houfe, and not examin*d -into. It may prove 
an Encouragement to comnrrit the like, if not farther 
Abufes, on any other Member of this Houfe in future 
Times. 

Strafford^ Ciywper^ Scar/dak^ 

Bat/iurft, Jiay^ Guilford^ 

LechmerCy Fotdet^ Foley ^ 

Wffton^ Alhhurnham^ Litchfield^ 

BlngUy^ Bruce, Montjoy^ 

The Lords having put off the fecond reading of the 
Bill for trifll£{m( Fains and Penalties on John Plunket, 
to the 26th of ^/ri7, and order'd, that the faid Plmhet, 
fliould then be brought to the Bar of their H©ufe, to 
make his Deftnce, thfc Lbrd'LtffAwfr^di^on Wednefday 
the loth of AMI, rtprefent to the Houfe, that a State 
Meffenger's Hbufb i^h^re Flunkef was in Cuftody, was 
•not a legal Prifbn; and that it would be derogatory to 

• the Dignity of that Houfe, to dirhet their Warrants Tor 
"•*' '»,;i / ! .: , : . bringing 



^ 66 Tbsmjkrui lKegifiet N«» XXXIl 

biiiiglfig !0ie Prifoner to their Bar, to a MeSengcr, wBq 
#aVnot 1 te^al Officer. Wherefore he m6vM ^> addrefii hii 
Majefty, That the fait) i^i«dk## be reii^>vM t^ the Tower of 
hondM^ or fome other leg;al Prifoa. Thb Moti<m was 
leconded by (he Earl Covafer ; bi^t. was opposed by the 
Lordf Tcrmnfl^nd knd Cartaret 9 who alledgii^, that fuch 
911 Addreft would imply a Digrufl of his ^jefty^s Mir 
mlAers ^ and th^t Fli^nket bei;>^ in a MeffengerVHoufe, 
guarded at Sight by a Clp^iiA and Gentries at the Door, 
was in Ikier Cuflody than if he was ii^ a cpmmoA Goal } 
60 that the Qneftton being put upon the iaid Motion, it 
WW carryM in the Negative by 5% Voices as^inft i6. 
Heteupon, the Difienting Lords entered their Protcfl 9 
which had Aich Weight with the MiniUers themfelves,' 
that the very next Day, (April 1 1^ Flunh^t was comr 
mitted Prifoner to the Tower of LaitdofK and lodg*d iji 
the Hott<fe of Mr- Bradhuryj one of the Warders. 
• The Lords, as was mentionM before, adjourn^cf for 
Ibinc Time, by Reafon of the Eafier Holidays, and 
being met a£;ain, on Monday the iiA oi Afril^ a Pe- 
rttion of Mr. George Ketfy was prefented to the Houfe^ 
and read, praying, that he might have longer Time 
aHow*d him to. prepare for his Defence, and bring- 
ing up his Witaehes : B^t the {aid Petition was re^ 
jeaed. 

7^ Try^t of JJfr. John Plunkct at t/ie Bar of the Hottfi of 

Lords. 

• 

ON the 26th of April J Mr# Flmket was brought to 
the Bar of the Houfe of Lof ds, where Jxe had the Afr 
iithace of a Solicitor oaly, and objected to the fecond 
rcHciiijg of th^ .Bill for kfUSilAg Fains arfd-FuiaWes on 
>^.'»?, in that Houfe, aiiedging, that he had never been 
heard again? the faid Bill in the Houfe of Commons)' 
but this Objection was over-rul'd, and the Lord Chan^ 
cellor acq^ainted him, tKi« w^s not the propenTime to 
'object to the Bill. Theli Mr. Reeves and Mr, IVearg^ we«e 
l»eard for the Bill, who oppiM the Evidence, and pro4uc'!d 
•Extracts x>f feyeral original Letters from abroad, relating 
to the Confpiracy, to prove the firfi P^rt of the Pream- 
ble of the BUI. Her^uppn, Mr. FMet faid. That if 
this Bill . afie6ted npn? but himfelf, ^^/^rpuld be uncoB* 
cern'd about it^ . and^lve their Lorditkijps. i\o X**Oublc^ 
wsU knowing he wasfvo inconfidcn^bicipi^cxU the ijltton- 

• - tlou 



iMh 



H«XXXIt f9rtheTearii^i:i ^^^ 



■ " ip 



tioii<»r lb nMe «n Atfcmblys Md being bdia«s '«d^nmc*a 
In Years, he little carM \(rhethex' he was to pafs tiie |le« 
«iaah«er 4f hH Picyv lA tiid^ Wide World, or fa a PrHbn : 
But th«t he opttof'4 t\isk Bflt ^ the^Good of itte whole 
Nation, whofe Liberties and Properties ukrotild beoooa^ 
precarious, if fUch an unprecedented Bill, unA^oported 
by any Ug9l Proof fliould paf^ into a Law t kni^t the 
Peers of tha^ Rtelm wereirib l^sconcernM than the 
Commonera, In ttiis extraordfeary Proceeding;, he doubt- 
ed not, but tti6tr Lordihi>pi» wotiid, with th^r nifuftl 
Wifdom irrrtl Equity, watutely weigh the ill Conf^uea^ 
CCS of \t : And In the firlt P4«oe, he begg*d their Lord* 
fhips to OOifvfUfeir, whether Cxthias of intercepted Let- 
ters, fome of them ^from ationyiMous and unttnoim Par'* 
fons, fliould be admitted to be read as Evidence. 

Mr. rikf^^ «ie Couttlbl for <the fiiil, apd ^1 other 
Strangeir* bH^ withdrawn, the Lord Vifcount thvsn* 
;^^>f^ opened ^Ne Debate, andendeavourM to juiiify thd 
Commona I^rbaeedfng In' this exttHordinaty ^VUttOitc, 
«nd to flxeNir tliat the Coni^aey in general, mi Fbiakeiy 
Share in it, in particular, were made out by asftmong 
and as convincing Proofs as coul4 be expected in a Cafe 
of this Nature, where the Confpiratora had tta*d all 
Sort of ArMitd Indullry to conceal the true Majdnes of 
the Perfon^ coneern*d, in Order to avoid the ]>in|er of 
legal Conviaibn. Hia Lo^Atip was fuppoited by the 
Duke of Ar^jh^ the Earls of FtUrh^rQugk and C^nUigtsky^ 
ththoi^Cartarft^ and ibme other Courtiers; who were- 
unfwerM by the Earla Cowfer^ Strafot^d^ and Angiefiy^ 
and the Lords Bathurftj -Biwi^gr, Trevor^ and Lechmere ; 
and after a Debate that laded 'till about Three In .the 
Afternoon, it waa n^ovM, 'that tlie Opinibntf of the 
Judges be ask'd; whether Cxtrafts out of Letters writ- 
ten by the King's MinHters iibroad, jtnA others, 'to' t\it 
Secretaries of State hfere, atteftcdby the Secrctfai'j/ of Stali, 
and exattiinM by the Lords of the Cotnmittfce, ;rii<l JFbund 
•to ngret'v^kh i^i OHgfrtah, whidh Originals krfe y*t 
extant, and rWnafn in the Handi^ itf the 'fetf^tarles of 
9(aCe, but contain Particulati^ ttrhich ^tis not conilftGftt 
with the Saftty ef the Pul^Wck to divulge, a) hathljecn. 
kftrmM to' this Woufc by two Secretari^ of ti^tm 
and the Lord^ Coinmi^tccL olferM to be producM ; to 
prove the firft-Part of the Preamblb of the Bitl, whifli 
rteites a d^teRable Confpiracy for the I^urpofes \^ 

A€ ftiU; ^lo^Hl "be uilowed to 1^ r#d k^ Svidtnet 



§68 The Htftorkal Regifier N^XXXH 

an the Courts below, in my Profiicutioii againft Fhm* 
iet. , 

AndaQuefHpn being ftafed tbertupoB^ tad put, it 
was refoivM in tKe Negative 9 upon wlucli ibteni Lords 
cnterM their DiiTent, 9^^ 



Cardigan, 

Angleftjj 

Cuiiford^ 

Scarfdale^ 

Bruce^ 

Craven^ 

jiyksfordj 

GovjeTj 



hechwiere^ 
Vxhridgty - 

Fotiit^ 
LUckfeUL, . 
Franc. Ceftrien. 
Brook, 

Exeter^ 

Berkeley de Str. 



B^thtrft^ 

Riey, 
Comfton^ « 

Wiliat^khy deBr. 
^D^rtmomtk, 



Lechmere^ 


>^««, . 


Fr. Cefirien. 


Gofwer^ 


Berkeley de Str'. 


Comptopiy 


Batkurfiy 


Brook^ 


AngUfey, 


Mu/hoMy 


Liuhpfdy 


. Dartmouth^ 


^oley,, , 


WiUougkhydeBr,. 


\ Guilford^ 


Exeter. 



Then a Motion was nude and theQueftion pi^t, Whe- 
ther the faid Extra^s fho^id be read in Proof of tite 
Allegations of the Preamble of the faid Bill ? And it 
being refolvM in the Afirmative, by a. Majority of 91 
Voices againfl 29, feveral Lords enterM their Protelts^ 
vhm . 

Strafford^ 

Scarfdale^ 

Craverij 

Aylesford^ 

Brucey 

Cardigan^ 

Vxhrtdge^ 

Fouiet, 

t 
. f I' 

, Theii. Mr. Fluriket and.tHiC Counfel being calPd in, the 

latter proceeded to prove the Conrpiracy in general ; 

and for that Purpofe, causM feveral Letters, and Ex- 

tra^sout of Letters received from abroad, to be read. 

In the next Place, they offered to read Neynoe^s Exaraina- 
' tibns. and ConfefTions befbre a Committee, of Lords of th^ 

Privy Cpuncil,. but Flunkef opposM the readingof them, 
^Vi'ging, that the Examinations of a dead Man, neither 
* HgnM Of fworn to by him, could not affect him, and 

therefore .ought not to be admitted to be read as Evi- 
' dence. ' The Earl Co*wper thereupon defir'd,. that the 
'Houfe might be informed what Nature thpfe Examina- 

tio/is were of ? And whether they were fign'd, ^nd ta- 
^ken upoii.O^h? To thisl^ft Quepion jt^^ Lord Vif- 

coiirit ^Tovinjhshd anfwer'cf in' the Negative j and then 

gave 



J ^ 



tmm 



gave the Houfc the Reiilbns of that Omiflion, and an.A.^* 
tount'of the faid E^caminations, wt.. . ' "• 

. That Neynoe being at firft, free and willing to confefs 
vhat he knew of the Confpiracy to the Lords of thf 
Council, they only took the Minutes of what he faid 
in three difierent Papers, which were each of them read 
twioe.to him, who ownM every Article of them to \>e 
true V That afterwards he, (the Lord Tovinjhend) dcf 
•liveWd thofe three Papers to Mr. De la Fay^ ii\ Order t9 
his digeding them, into one, which accordingly h<; did % 
That they defign'd to get this Paper fi^n'd and f worn to 
by Neynocy but that in the mean Time, (Wheth^f^poi^ 
the l5read of being fent to Nei»^^u^ 'Unlc(« He turn'd 
Evidence) he endeavoured to make his ECcape, and waV 
drownU P Junket i^ill inftfting^ that the faid £]9aminatk)N| 
ought not to be adiiiitted as Evidence^ and defiring't^r 
Lordfliips Judgment thereupon, he and th^ CounjTei ywe 
ordered to withraw ; 4n(d then it was by th(? Courtiers pr^- 
.posM, that the Examination ofFhiiif Naymoe^ 'Hnce dead, 
ht re$d in Prooii of* ^-he Confpiraey in general r?4. 
Quedion being iUf ted ibereupon, it was bf t1»e proteftifi^ 
.Lords, mov^dto add thefc Words, 'oHl, \BtAt hpt t^ea 
-Mpon.Oathj nor figrCd hyhim^ After a Debate^ t^eQAq' 
Jftion being put, .Whether thefe Words (b^)fi be |na^ 
Part of the Queftion ? It was refolv'd in .the ^iegatiye, 
by a Majority of 87 V«|pefi againft 29 ; ^wi^ty of wihio^ 
latter, enter'd thereupon* |h?ir Proteft, T^oa |:he Queftio^ 
•was put^ Whether the Examination of Pkilj> Neynoe^ Anqe 
dead, ihoald be iiead; in Proof of the Q>arptracy in gene- 
ral? Which, after another Debate th^t iaited.'tiji near 
Seven of the Clock in the Evening^ -was cavry'd in the 
Affivmatiye; and thereupon twenty Loifds. entered theif 
J^iflent, 1?/?;. 

'. • * • ... 

. Starfdde^ BrooJt, . fiiukt, 

CarJtig^n^ Bruce J Majham^ 1 

Af^Ufey^ Wilkughky 4e Br. Frau. C\JfrUn. 

. Sit^ordj Exeter^ . . » V^hridge^ - 

J)artmi^h^ . LiUkfield^ , Praven* . 

^jiyfesford^ Wefton^ 

Then the Counfcl for the BiU produc'4 feveral E- 
vidences which were examjn'd, and alfo Copies of three 
Letters ftopp'd at the Poft.piEce. T)ien feveral Witncffes 
' were ^xa.min'd againft the giil ; and Phnket and his So- 
.licitor weic heard ;. w.hifh having lafted 'till Eleven of 
the Clock ^t Night, th^ Lords adjourn'd to the ne^t 
.jMorning. t , 

. Bbb . A«;ordiag4/ 



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^ToThe Hiprical Regijier. fl^XXXil 



Ajoeordingl^, on Saturday the 27th of AprH^ tkm 
Counfel for the Bill proceeded inthdr ETldence. nni, 
iiftvitig nimtii!*d it lip, Mr. Fhmket made Ibme Obferva* 
tions thereupon, and beggM Leave to fend Ibr Ibme 
IVitneffea who were in Prifon foi* Debt. His Rcqueft 
%7a« granted, and then the Hottfe adjourned during 
Plearure. Being about ^n Hour after refum'd^ Mr. FJwf 
ht producM ibveral Witnefief, mod of them hit €oqb- 
ttymen^lrijh Roman Cathoitcks^ in order principalis, (9 
' invalidate the Tef^lmony of Mattkevs Fiur^t^ a Serjeant of 
Invalids at Plymyith^ whofe DepoAtions bore hardef^ a* 
l^aiiifl h] m. Mr. Flunht product a Graver, in Order to 
§rov<e^ Ihdft a Man'-a Hand writing might be f^ nicd^ 
ftnd perfe^iy counterfeited, M that not only othera, but 
ir««nhimfblf might be deceivM by it, and not diftingQ!& 
itffom the true* and genuine Hand : Wtereby heendea- 
n»imr*d to difcredit and weaken the Tefllmony of hfr. 
K^dkif^ a ^trman^ formecty an IJMcr-Secretary tb Count 
irnlhfj who having been employed by Fhtnktf^ In tnm- 
Ikktliig into Gerwimi, feme Letters which the &id Flunhet 
f^raiciided to have Intercepted at Coni^f B9r^4r% waa 
^Me^lly acquainted with hlaHand, and thereupon de. 
f oa'd) that Fhnkeft interctpted Letter of the 23d of 7i#. 
^ 1722, flgil*d 7^. Kogns (mentioned In the Report, 
>age 35,) wat his Hand^writiite. The Prifoner, whq^ 
the By^ made a very forfy defence, and whofe Ai>- 
^amenta were aa inci^erent, aa hia Speechet were aii»- 
IVftduoua and broken, having by this Time, little more 
to fty ftr himftif, eompiain^d, that while tho ^11 
'was depending In the Houfe of Commons, he had 
ino Time to mako hIa Defence there. When he had done 
fj^Mng, the Counfel for the Bill anfwer'd all hia O^ 
jeSions, andihewM them to be frivolous and III grounded! 
They ikid, in the firft Place, they would produce Wit* 
nei^ of undoubted Credit to Ajpport Maithevi} Phmht^i 
Reputation and Evidence : Secopdiy, That aa to the 
counterfeiting a Man's Ekisd-writlng, they did jiot de^ 
^y the PolTtbility of it ; but that it did not fVom thencr 
follow^ that it had been done in the prefent C$!ik\ that 
itwaaatkaltincuinbent on the Prifoner to prove the 
J^^ which hphad been fo far from attemptfaig to do^ 

th*t on t|ie contrary,' whi]^ he was In Cuiftody, he had 
ye^ 4^eam cauttoi^s to write any thing, for fear of 
ftimifliing the Gov|rnmen^ witR Proofs aga\nft himfelf. 
That when the Serjeant at Armf attending the Houlh i^ 
Commona, ^^d^'by- their Order, deliver to ftim t Copy 
ef the Bill agaiailhiin? he,' at the fame Time, eams^ 
JPcn, Ink, and Paper to be j^rought to him, letting htm 
r^ fha) |e pij^t app|> ^i0ier b^ Pf|^ipi^ to (he 



^I^ttmtmm 



i4» 



N* ^XXjl for the Tear 1 7 ? 5. 371" 

JEoufty orby Letter to th^ Speaker^ fbrCormfU tyafilt 
im lo Ms X3eftnce ; bat tW he diclin*d nuking Oftf 
of the Liberty aliaW'd him to writ^and even refiH^il 
filing 4 Letter whidiCaptaiii L^f^VTho guardedltim 
^t ^ight, offerM to write fW him : So thtt it wa« plainly 
iiis own Faulty he did not make hif Defence Defor<t 
the Commons^ All this vnt confirmed ttpoti Oath bv 
Captain tturwm^ who gave the Lords a full Account of . 
the prifoner*s Behaviour during his Confinement; and. 
*tls remarkable, that flwAet having In his buii^ln)^ 
Manner, endeavourM to. puzzle the Captain by fbme 
Crofs-queftions, he foolifhly betrayM himftlf, ownin|() 
That tif Reafan vihy he'iJOQutd not *wrltt dny tMne^ ^ums^ hi* 
€m[i he h(ni heen totd^ that fhe Qovirnmnt hut fivetml 
'lAttns ofhis^ thai 'were not yettrttfted^ "whieh tk^ iki^ 
compare vilth fiis Rand-vnitin^. The MingV Counftl pfep- 
ducM feveral other Witneffes tu fuppott their Allegitionf^ 
and having made an End of their Evidence, they wetv 
iorderM to i^rithdraw. Then their Lordlhips enminM the 
Priftner for i^ut a Quarter of an Hout ; wlilch done, 
they vent through the Bill to puniih hitn, in a- grand 
^Committee ^ and put off the 3d readixig of it to Mslnday 

Accordingly, on that Bay, the faid Btliwas read th^ 

td Time, and after a pretty long Debate, the X^efHoa 
eii^ put. Whether the' fald Bill (hould pai^ f ft was 
carry *d in the Afinnati ve^, by a Majofity of 84 Vipfcee 
againft ^. tJpon which, fevenirLords entered ttiefpl- 
lowing jprofeft, vit.. 

DiJJintknf ■ ' 

. I.Becaufe Bills of this Nature, as we ooneelve, ought 
not topafs but in Cafe of etideiit Neceffity, wlien 1^ 
Prefervation of the State plainly requires it; which we 
take to be very far from the preibnt Cal^ the Confoi* 
raey living been detei^d (b long ftnce, arid the ^erioii 
aocttsMfeemingto us yeryinconAderable{nallRd)iQCIs^ 
and whOy from the many grofs Untruths, it now appears 
^has wrpt? to his Correfpondents abro^ muft appear 
to have been an Impoftor and Deceiver, even to his own 

Party. 

a. Proceedings of this Kind, tending to comriA a^d 
punilh, are In their Nature, tho' not Foran, JMieial, 
and do let the Commons, in ESefi;, Into an eqfKil*6h«Mh^ 
with the Lords in Jadicatore^ which the Lents eil|(ht to 
be very jealous of doi^e. flncethe Power of Judiealift* 
is the greater diflingufming Power the Lords liave% 
ajnil ther^ w^ill be little Reaftn to hope, thsi if BilU^ 

Bb^a ' ef 



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37a The Hipr'tcd Regijler ^ ll«XXXrt 

■■'**'--■■■-- -- • 

' 9i this Ifattireare given Wav to by" the Lords^ ttfi 
^minons -will ever trjng iip.lTnpcaclimeMs^ of make 

theixiftlycs AccuC^ ^^^Y'y '^^^^ ^h^X ^^^ ^^ adjudges. 
. 3. This Rill, Tn our Opinion, differs materially from 
the Precedents cited for it As to tlie Cafe of Sir yohn 
f^fiv)klf^ 'tis plain, by the Preamble of that Bill, that • 
the Ground moft rcly'd on to juftify- proceeding againil 
fiipn ip th;it Manner, was, that there* had been two 
4egai Witneffcfto prove the High Treafon againfthim : 
•That a Bill was found againft him on their Evidence, 
and fevcral Times appointed him for a jegal Tryal 
thereon, in the ordinary Courfe ; which he procured 
;to be put oflE, by undertaking to difcover, 'till one 
-of the Evidences wit-hdrew ^ fo that it was folely his 
-own Fault that , he had not a legal Tryal by a Jury. 
^iVl^t^^bichCircumftAnccs not being in the prefent Cafe, 
j<K^c take it, they arc not at all to be compared to one ano- 
.thcr. 

. 4, As to the Afts which pafsM ^0 detain Coww^^r, and 

others concerned in the Confpiracy" to affaflinate the late 

•.King^^^V//^»? of, glprious Memory, we conceive, thofe 

Afts were not in their Nature, Bills of Attainder, as 

itjiisjs, but purely to enable the Crown to keep them . 

,inPrifon, notwithflanding the .Laws of. Liberty j where- 

?a8 this is a BUI to inflift Pains and Penalties, and 

; does import a Conviftion and Sentence on the Prifoiner, 

.»9t .only to lofe his Liberty, but alfo his Lands and 

Tenements, Goods and Chattels, of which he having 

none, as we believe, we cannot apprehend why it was 

f tn fertedj and\this. Bill not nirawn on^ the Plan of Courj- 

r ter\ He. unlcfs it was to make a Precedent for fuch 

; Forfeitures-, in Cafes of Bills, which may hereafter be 

• brought to ponvifit Perfons who have great Efiates, vipon 

4 Evid^Ace which does not come up to what the Law in 

, Being requires. 

.5. If there be a Defefit of legal Evidence to prove 

" this Man guilty of High Treafon, fuch Defeat always 

^•l^as ;; .and we think^ if Bills of this Nature, brought 

to fupply original Defefi^s in Evidence, do receive Coun- 

l tenitnce, tlvey may beoome<famiHar, and^then many ^n 

jjnuof cnt Perfon may be reacVd by them ^ fince 'tis hard 

.p4a,djiftin§uifli whether that Defe£t procfcds frbm the 

Cuiming aiid Artifice, or from the Innocence of the 

Party* 

t ^ This proceeding by Bill does not, in our Opinion, 

oi^ly^ teAd to lay af\de the judicial Power of the Lordi, 

',^but even the VVe of Juries^ which* dUlingUilhestMs 

Nation from all its Neighbours, and is of ihc higheil , 

Value 






N« XXXU for afte Tear 1733.; 3^3 



•4m- 



Value to all, who rightly underftand the Security aiii 
other Benefits accruing from it ; and whatever tends to 
alter lor weaken that great Privilege, we think, is an Al- 
teration of our Conftitution for the worfc, tho' it be 
done .by Aft of Parliament: And if it may be fuppos'd, 
t^at any of our fundamental Laws were fet altde by Aft 
of Parliameht, the Nation, we apprehend, would nnt 
be at all the more comforted from the Coniideration thaft 
tlie Parliament did it. . . 

7. It is of the Effence of natural Juftice, as we think, 
but it is* mod furely of the Laws of the Realm, that no 
PerfoA ^ihould be try'd more than once for the fkine 
Crime,'or twice put in Peril of lofing his Life, Liberty, 
or Ellate. . And tho* we acqjaiefce in the C^inion of the 
Judges, that if this Bill pafs into a Law, Flunket can* 
not be again prdfecuted for jthe Crimes contain^ in the 
Preamble of the Bill ^ yet it is ceitain, that if a Bill 
of this Kind ihould happen to be rejected by either 
Houfe of Parliament, or by the King, Uie Perfon accus'd 
might be attack^ agian and again in like Manner, in 
any fubfcquent^ Seffion of Parliament, or indited for 
the fame Offence, notwithilanding that either Houfe of 
Parliament fhould have found him innocent, and not 
pafs'dthe BilL(br that Reafon. And we conceive it a 
very great Exception to this Courfe of Proceeding, that ' 
% Subjeft may be condemned and puniihM, but not acquit- 
ted by it. , <^ 

8. We think it appears in all our Hidory, that the pafr 
iing of Bills of Attainder, as this, we think i^ its Nature 
3s (except, as befoi'e iafaid, in^Cafes of abfolute Nece£ty) 
have provM fo many Blemiib^to the Reigns in which 
they pafs'd ; alid therefore we thought k our Duty ia 
TinM, and before the paffing of this Bill as a Precedent,^ 
to give our Advice and Votes againft the pai&ng :it,' be*- ^ 
ing very unwilling that any tuning ihould pafs$ which,. 

in ouf Opinions, would in the.leaft derogate from the 

Glory of this Reign. » ** f>. 
' 9. We apprehend it to be'^ore for the IntereH and 
Security of his Majefty^t Govemoient; that Bills of this 

Nature (hbuld not pafs, than thatithey ihould, that fince 

Perfons, who think at all, cannot but obferve, that in 
' this Cafe foMe Things have been receivM as Evidence, 
'which would 'Act have been receivM in any G>urt of 

Judicature }^that Precedents r of this Kind are naturally 
' growing (^as wef think this p;t$ beyond anjf other whicft 
•lias happeA'd -fince thq RevoJUition) and if from fucb 
* like Obtbrv4tiiGal9ad»y ft^ill infer, as we cannot.but d^o, 
'that the* Ui^es^ ajdL£r<i(erty. <^l .thft. SubJ^^^.J^f come. 



The KifhrioM M/fgifti 



wm 



hy fiicli fixffmplet) Ia mf Degtvc, mint {iicitcantiisdiMi 
they were tiefrre ; it may oiuft an iiMfeemeiit of Zi^ 
P>t a Cxovcmmenl fettnAed on ^e^voiitfiMH wkic4i 
eiuinot, 98 fretk!iiit,'b«coaptttfiited.by any. tW food 
CoiiOK|uei|oef which are hop^d lor by tiiofe wht apprpvf 
(his Bin. 

ScsnrfMtj . Der^JUMf/i, £miIS0v 

Mesforij Cmftan^ Crawtu 

Wtfim^ Z3rm#r, ^ Anikfyi^ 

Citrfipin^ Co'Wfirj AjkmnAum^ 

We now fttttm to the Colftniie% vho betiic att agate 
«n the iTth of Jtf<^ ordered their S|Neafcar le. iffue .om 
hU WamEots for fix imr Wrka» fbr«kSiii|^ t. A IMur- 
^^fk far the Boi^ttgh of Mal^^ar U JKraT^ {a ^ Room 
of Sir TloiMf Co/e/ef^, Bait. deoctsU %• JL^ttrgcfs Unt 
^he Bbrough of HeyiMH. ta rerj^^brr^ ja the Room of 
the Right HonounaMe ViUum tmimf^ m^^ who W 
accepted the .Olice' of Coimr of hit |fiij^*a Hoiif- 
liold: 3. ABorgefa fof ^IPMe.lWwHfl.la tiwfrikf fal 
the Room of the Honoamhle Outrks Tvmjhmd^ E% 
flateij citdled Lord Lytm) oaU'd up Db the Umut^ of 
Feets. 4* A Borttfs for the Town of I^£^ in tho 
Co^ntr ^ Mff«*, hatho&oea of liho R%btHoj»oui» 
taUe iU^ ^4/^ Bflu who had occaytod the Qfioe 
tf one of hi« Maidty"^ Mftcipal Secretaries of Stafto. 
i A. Buiig^ft fer #VAw In Wik^, io tiie Kpom of 
m Honottrable Jla^ir^ Hvhen^ Efij; who hod ^ 
ccpted the Office of one of the Groooia of the Bo4- 
damber to hisMajellf, MM 61 ▲ BaiMibr the Potit 
of Vt^ery in the Room of the HonaaraUo Gnrgi 9^^ 
iMfy, mtii w4io hadocoayOaS lieOftoe of Maflcr ot the 
fiofpitai of % JU$kmkm^ hi die laeaa time, thcfo 
was a ConfeyOnce hi^ho Aiiatod Ghonabrr ietwcca Ma-- 
iiagers of both Boufoa, in whlcl^ the IMko of ihrfa 
acquainted the Managon for the CoMOaona, That Ae 
l^fds having no farther Oocaftonftr iho Original Let- 
iers and Papei^ retating to^ie Cmfyhmyt their Lord* 
ftipa* had orderM their Masagefalb rrtitra the fasae t» 
l^e Commohir^ and^lMifi did«D00fdiogl)r4diirer bade 
ta them the Tntnle wtoteiA w0ma>iMaM die ftM »• 
,rf|faMl«9ora $ivM«ft^ the Qmmmu x^KMrdi ordtfA 

<0p 



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*» te del lwf4 *» Mb. ?P«*«r'*hi*'^ ^^Sl^ 

in the 4ftenioen, *lieKCn| ««e tatke tfevfe^rPeert 
.irifbUi* tffiwt S«»te«4S^«»*»yr»o* »tCo«ww 

vre^ntioc the Bill for M** * "V? ^^ ^^^ "^ 
of thrt T.X, fo nBlf, the late horrid «°'^ '""'j''* .^ 
tUs, hi« Majefty wMplcM'dtagive the JUjyal AJEe^t 

/,^i Forfeiture J*r* «»»Kri.awr* >"'i«^^J^'¥2*J'rf 

Uu.d Booh imt^rtt* X 4mifir f-H 0«;«M« *«< j^ 
fir limiting the Tims »f Ojirf***^* •( ^T^^' C 

^«la/d«, i«a |ir the »"*»l^":i|*J* *# ^'^** * 



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• 

Thtjtees of the South-Sea G}«p^%, anifor nhii^ngPerfins 
focUlm itoA, hy the Time therein merition^dfor Maney-Suk^ 
fpriftionsj and for other the Turpofes therein mention' d. . ' 
ۥ AnA^ to oblige aU Perfons 'helng Fapifts^in that Part 
of Gneat Britain, calPd Scotfand^ and aUBerfins in Great 
Britain reft^ng orne^e£iingtotaUe the Oaths appointed for 
the Security of ^« Majefij^s Fgrfin and Government hy fe- 
deral A^s therein mention'' d^ to regtfter their Names and real 
Effates. \ . 

7. An ASffor the more effeBual fmijhing wchd and 
'evil difps^d ferfons^ going arnCd in Difguife^ and doing 

Injwries and Violence to the Perfons and Properties of bis 
Majeftfs Suhjecfs, and for the more fpeedy'hnftging she Of 
fenders to Jufticr. '^ ^ , ^ 

8. An Ait to enable Lords- of Mannors more eafily to 
"recover thiir Wines^ and to exempt Iff ants and FmeXHo- 

^ertsfrom Forfeitures of their Cbfyhold Eftates In particular 

\ 9. An AEf for more effe€fual Execution Of Juftice in a 
' fret ended trivileg'd Place in the FariJhofSU George in the 
^Cmty of Surrey^ commonly caird tie JAmt^ ^^nd for bring- 
ing to fpeedy and exemplary Jujiice fuch Offenders as are 
""thereh mentitfn'd^ and f&i^ giving Relief tofuchFerfons as 
are froper OijeBs- of Charity andT&mpaffion there, 

10. AnA^ for preventing Jpurfieymen Shoemakers felling^ 
[exchanging;\orj>a^ingBootsySh6es,^ Slippers^ ckt Leather^ 
\or other Materials fgr making Boofs',' Shoes^ -or Slippers^ and 
j^r better regulating the [aid Journeymen. 
T I r. An ASf fbr making moreefeifual an A^ pafs^d in the 
Eighth Ye^r'of hisprifent MayefiyUReign^ intitled An *A(l 
^J^ipplying'the Records of *lieCoramiffefy Coiirtiof At 
^*fri««5- burnt or loft te thelitcFir^ there. 
^12. An ASl to infimFmnsdnd Penalties bn]^\LnV\nnk^. 
* - 13. An'A^ to infliSt fnans and'^enalfies on Gforgc Kel- 
V ^ly alias Johnfon. - ; 

' 14. 'An Ail h^fffli€f Paitk and Fenaltiei on Francis Lord 
'Bijiop of Koch^^r." • " : ' ''■ .. ' • • 
1^1^, An^Aetfo^repairinl tfie Highfrnays fl^om the City tf 
;Gloiicefter, tdfhe Top of Bfrdlip Hill fbeU ^ the Road to 
ILondon) and>from thiFoot of^thefaidHilLtotke Topnf 
Cnckkx m (being the Road to Oxford) and to obHgk tJ^fe 
^nc-erndintke Receipt or Payment tf any Monies h Virtue 
yi^''^fA^^^^i«th-and Tenth Years of his late-Majefiy 
King Vfilhtim -touching thet^pairing the/aid Highways, fo 
account for the fam^ to the Trupes appdMed by this A^/^ 

16. AnAStfbr eompleatlng the Repairs of the Harbour «f 
^»o^r ^ntf^^unty '^/Kent, amlfirreftoring the Harbour 
ff Kyf^ m fke^ County rf Suffex^ to ^Jts aneient Goodnefs, \ 

'17. An 



'. VJ. ^nyiSlfi)r}^in£ « Puty 4>f Tnxp PirniUs ^cots, aT^ 

■ the fxtk' Pari of a Penfiy Stirihg af9» ey'tr j Scols F.int of. 

■AttandSttr irpvfiatidfoid-uSthlnfhe'Ta-m'iof Linlif^-' 

gpv and Uberties f hereof Jn tktCouptyof Wefl-Jlbtjxiin^, 

for faym fht Ti0t of tJtefiii^ tovin,. and other fufjofefj 

fhereh mntion'dr , ' , r 

Andtofmiri^vateBilU. ' ' 

TbeB hi* Mf jefty «as pleai'd to tell both Houres^ tliu 

lie hti ordoT'd the tfiii Chancellor to declare to them id.' 

fcis M|^eAy'> Niune *nd Words, the Hearon of his comine, 

that Bay to Parliaipeiit : Wherevpon the Lord Ch?Hcel-- 

lor read hii Majefty'» Speeph to Wti Houfes, as follows 

' fi^ Lords and Stetlemen^ . .■ ~, 

IAcft perfwailed, MtwitWUn*^ tjie unuftial Length 
of thi« Seffion, yon will not (Kink your Time ha?_ 
been mifemplpy'd in confulting the neceffary Mean* for 
creftrving tho peace and Quiet of the Kingdom, and 
bripswig to juAke Ibme of the chief Propioters of (har 
Qooiufion -phicli lately ttircatiKd the Nation. 

The prudent AfeaAires yov *ave taken for oui.Com- 
tnon Sccurify, ui4 ypwr enabling mc' to ijefeiid my 
Kj^t^o^mi agauift aiw De&gni or Attempts of ouf B- 
lieniiec, are ihc m^i CAnviw4ng Tcflimonies of your'^ 
Fidelity and AficAion tp me, and_pf your Concern for 
Jlle Litertici <jf my P^ple. Be affwr'a, the Coo fid en cc 
you ^^ye reppt'd in me, fliall npvfrfje Jpa^i* U** ''T V"'" 
hlfthtirSa^yMiiVeSmQe. ". -' , 

..tlw.PfII(|Mwl>ishIi*ve.bcen kid before you, for jtfur 
iptOTfoatiosi, and havt ftncc been jJvibliHi'tl forthc Safi 
Usfafliopof the W«rld, evidently flifW; that th<!:Wift? 
l^nUfxt Uiibrftii^t tSeir wicked. Ari.^ -^ni PraAictir'^ 
Cujb.fcrftaion,- ^,thty confidcnllj', carry 'd on- thriij 
irait)«ffU« pKJtfSf iiiljefianccof thcLaw. fronlsn^Af-' , 
Cwaiea?*? thftW^ing able to elude it -, ihc Refpea-^jl* f" 
Jtew(twnMduc.totii£;L*w had been loll, ai;d the TMn- 
(jiiili^ of v-y Pctipie endansFr'd, h^id, n-jt ydti •iitter^ 
f^'4 TJtjf W<ipiit neccffaw for the, Legiflipire tff 
«cit itfelf iftplHuiUMflich Dflfo'der'si -whofe Girijt M- 
toomrNff tf>:mve tif Hfc^ Repip ftj- Jyoubt, and ^M^ 
CrisWH^fFtft? i«¥Wa»fc^o adffit.Qf any Aggravation. ■ 
. An4a«itk»ittpi9ifiitel rell?&j that the Juf^c< 
of Pafliament hat been lb tempered with Merey, thai* 
even thofe who are refolv'd to be drffatisfied, mutt it* 
*fWWMlte«-«*«U^.0f y(mr Propcedinfis, aDdwilJb^ 

f^avfaig bem mide, ana the Penaltiet infli£te^ by Bill, 
t99 W^i 



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grS. -The mprical Regifter N» XXXII 

Wilrt^ (b much fliort of the Punifhments due for t&e 
fflme Crimes by the common Courfe of Law. 

llie Firmnefs you have fiiewn, muA ooiWiucc ail' the 
Worlil^ how much they were miftakftu^ whofe chief 
Ropes were founded on the Difaffeftfon of my People. 
It gave me great Satlsfkftion to fee 4s geiietal t Concur* 
aence in fuU Parliament upon this Occallon, as has been 
ever knowjv on any former ; and it is to be hopM', o^r 
Enemies will ceafe to flatter themfifWes with the vain. 
hnaginatibn of being able t% (Ubvett our Religioa and 
f rcfent ^ftabllflimcnt 

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commns'^j 

I muA acknowledge, in a particular Manner^ the great 
]^adlneljk you have fhewn in raill/ig the neceifary Sup* 

SliesfortheenfuingYear't It is all unexpeaed Felicity, 
lat you Ikave been able'fb' faf to dtfappdint the Hopes •f. 
©ur Enemies, as to avoid hying ahV new*BttrtHeii upon 
my People ^ and that fboh aftbr that great Shock and G>n^ 
vulfion in all the publick Funds, ahd*inthte Mldftof itt* 
, te(Une Alarms and Diflurbances, the Credit^ of the NaV 
tjon ihould fofar revive and fiouriih. that not onfy the 
Supplies of the Year fliouid be raisM at « much lower 
Intereft, than was ever known in the moft quiet Time^ 
but Part of the National Debt ihould be reducM from an 
Intereil of 5 to 'ip& Cent, and put in a Courfe of teing: 
fe>^ difcharg'd. _, 
' My Lords and tleniieiien^ 
I, return you my niQ^ ^ncere Thanks ftr the indefUf*- 

??ble Pains you have taken in the Service of the Publlck; 
eamcftly recommead'it to you, in your ffeyeral St a t i om' 
ana Cgufttvies, to perft vere ia yout Endeavours for pre* 
lerying the Peace of ihc Kingdoijt f by Juftice andRefo* 
lif t(on,.to lubdue the t^meft Spirit ofTaaitm and Sedition; 
and by Prudence and Tepiper, to reconcUeth^ . 

' &)mc fxtraordiifary Affairs emailing xiie.Almwd thfsSunt-^ 
^e^'l doubt not, b^t tfiat the Wilfiom and VigifamceoT 
^y ^ood Subjects wiH previent olir Enemies froin tricing 
i^V Advantage, of my Abftnce. To gkin the Hearts 
and A^e^lon® of Jny People, IhalF always be my firft^im# 
principal Care j on their puf^y and 'toyilty Twill entire* 
JUr depend: Tls^y may as^furtly depepdin nyPfot^flibft 
in tfie iuU fiaioyjt^ent of their Rdi^h>xiEL' l.l6ei^ ind 
Frjppcrty. . "., .',. ''] /. "^'.^ * ;• " ^ •" :'• * 



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THE 

Chronological Diary 

For the Year 172J, 

Containing 

The moft remarkable Tranfaflions 

and Events, as well Civil as Military, 
and Domeftick as Foreign, viz. Re- 
movals, Promotions, Births, Deaths, 
Marriages, <^c, that happen'd during 
the Courf« of that Year. 




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Omitted in the loft Diary ^to'uoards the End of the Year 1722. 

THc following Perfons being infurM in tlte Sun'Fire- 
Oficc, and having been Sufferers by late Fires, re- 
cteivM their full Claims for their Lofles they fuftain'd 
thereby. 

At St. Catharine^s. 

Jakn LangUy^ Thomas Langley^ and Mary Cover ley. 

At Wappin^. 
• Ricfutrd 0ark^ John Harris^ Eltz^hetk Othy^ Barbara 
Gorman^ Thomas Low^ William Whiteivay^ Henry Batty ^' 
element Fnillet^ Whitlock Bean^ Dorothy Foreman^ John 
Harrifon^ Thomas Butts^ John Maynard^ John Maton, Tho* 
mas Crookenden^ Rohert Sally Henry jlohfon^ Henry Sad' 
QTove^ and Jane Brand* 

At Holhorn Bridge. 

Henry Tomhes^ -John Crutchfield^ William Batesy JKohert 
Crouch^ John Burnet^ Greenkill LiMfey^ Richard Church^ 
man^ Joh Stanley^ Cdc/ar Farhnfon^ Francis Immtnes^ AU 
Ian Lattimore^ John Mills^ James Fline^ Ralph Gould, 
George Bafsy and Thomas Bijhop, 

John Daniel of Cranhurn-Strect in Leicefier Fields ; If- 
rael Wormel in Winchefter-Streety South^narh^ John Jorden 
of Kettering in Northamptonjkire 5 and JofephBell oiAyles^ 
hury in Bucks. 

The Election for Coventry being 'declared void, and a 
new Writ iffu'd. Sir Adolf hus Oughton^ and John Ne/il^ Efq; 
were again elc^ed. 

About this Time eame Advice of a dreadful Storm 
that happenM in ^tfVMiVtf, on the 28th of Auguft laft; of 
which, fee the Account at large ia the Regiftcr N" XXIX. 
Page 6. 

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Dv'd Mrs. Bemhiruo^ Widow of the Admiral of that 
Name. 

Dec, 12. Dy'd !n a very adVahc'd Age Dr. 7dAit C«. 
. n»e/, Mailer of Chrifis-CoUege in Carnhnd^e^ and Chancel- 
lor of the Church of Xorfc. • - - - * 

Dec, 1 3. Dy'd Colonel Lahene^ I^puty .Gover- 

nor of the Fort of Tinmoutk, 

Dec, 1 5. Dy'd Sir yuflus Bed of London^ Barone^ and 
his fecond JDaughter, within half an Hour of each 
other. 

Dy'd George Thotne^ £fq; of in the Coun- 

ty of Devon^ Receiver- General of that County. 

William (h»en^ Efq; Son of Sir Arthur Ovoen, Baronet^ 
clewed Member of Parliament for the Town of Fern* 
hroke^ in the Room of Thomas Ferrers^ Efq; deceased. 

Dt€. 1 8. l>e Houfe of Commons refoiv'd, that Gharks 
Otfar^ Efq; fitting Member, waa not, and that Sir Tliomtfr 
Clark^ Knt. the Petitioner was, duly elefted to fcrve i». 
Parliament for the Borough of Hertford, 

A Fire broke out at a Sugar-Houfe, at the Comer of 
Maid'Lanein Queen^Sireet^ Cheapjide^ and burnt dbwftthe 
Work-Houfe and Dwelling-Houfe, together with the 
ly&rehouie, in which was a very great Quantity of Suy 
gar^ An adjoining Houfe was alfo greatly damaged. 

Dr. Waterland appointed Chancellor, of the 

Church of Yor\^ in the Room of Dr. yohn Covtell^ de-^ 
c^sM. 

Fhiltp Anfiruther^ £fq; declared duly elefted, and ««• - 
tturn'd for the Diftrift of the Burghs of Kilkenny^ An^ 
firuthcr-Ectfier^ (jc, and not David Scot^ Efqj who ^5 
lilkewife return'd. 

* Dy'd Mrs. Cook of St. Margaret's Wefiifdnjfer^ 

aged near 100 Years : A noted Midwife, even ini the 
Time of the* great Sicknefs in London^ in 1.665, and • 
followed her Praftice till » within a few Weeks before her 
Death. 

' Dec, 19. Sir George SaviUe of Rufford in the Coun- 
ty of Nottingham^ Baronet, marry'd to Mrs. H^fy Fr^t^ 
oi>ly Child of John Frat of the City of Dublin^ EClv 
Deputy Vice-Treafurer of Ireland^, under the Lord . 
Moretorij and Sir William St, duintin^ Baronet 

George Levois Schelde^ Efq; -appointed one of the Com-' 
milEoncrs of the Duties on Salt, in the Room of Thtmm^ 
Milner^ Efq; who reCgn'd. . 

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Dp/, 10^ H4« Majefly w«« pleas'd togtant a Reprieve. 
for farther reH)iting the Execution of the Sentence of 
Ckrljlofhfr Layer^ Efqj under Condemnation fof Higb. 
Trtafon, till the 29th of Jantairy next. [See December 1 2, 
1722.3 

Stephen Foint%»^ Efq$ appointed one of the Commit^ 
fioners o^ the Bxcifr, in the Room of $ir Marmadukg 
JVyveU^ Baronet, deceas'd. 

TiUiets^ fifqj one of the Gentlemen of the 
Chamber to the 3roimg Princeflfes, appointed Deputy 
Governor of the Fort of Tinmouth; in the Room of Colo- 
nel Lahene^ deceasM. 

Dec. 22. DyM of the Small Pox Edv)ard Rolt of 5'^- 
emh ill the County of H»rtford^ Efqj Member of Par- 
liament for Chippenham ih Wiltjhire. 

Riikard S^rtftn Efii; Petitioner, declar'd duly ele£fed 
Alember of Parliament for Tamnorth in Staffbrdjhhe^ ia 
the Room of Samuel Bracehridge^ Efqj fitting Member. 

Ne'Wtorj, Efqj of the City of Wefimlnfier^ mar- 
ry'd to Mrs. Cuft^ Sifter of Sir Richard Cuft of 
in tite Coufttyof Lincoln^ BairOnet. 

Dee. 25. Mr. ' Erle^ a noted Apothecary, in St. 
John-Street^ cut his Throat, and died immediately. 

Dec. 26. Py'd Mrs. Mary Wehfter^ eldeft Daughter of 
Sir Tftmas , Wehfler of Copthall in the County of £/w^ 
Baronet. 

JDy'd Dr. Ralph Tayler^ an eminent Nonjuror, former-* 
ly Refilor of StoktSevefn^ near Worcefter. 

The Convocations of CAnterhury and York prordgu'd to 
the 23d of yanuary. 

Dec. 27. Dr. Da'w/on^ Vicar of Wind/or^ mar- 

tfd to Mrs. Jatoh^ Sifter of James Bridges^ Duke of 
Chandos^ and Widow of Mr. Jotcol?^ late Mei- 

chant of London. 

Mr. WiWarh Hugglns^ Son of John Muggins^ Efq^ War- 
deft of the Fleei^ marryM to Mrs. Tylfon. 

Dy'd the Margtavfe et Anjpachy Brother of the Prin- 
cefs of Waks. 

Dy'd Chrifiina-ChArhite of WlrtemUrg^ Spoufe of WiU 
Jhxm-Friedethkj Margrave of Brandenhoarg-An/pack^ in th6 
29th Year of her Age. 

Dec. 29. D/d of the Small Pox John Farmer^ Efq; 
Member of Parliament for Malmeshury. 

Dy'd the Lrfdy Reho^^ Wife of Sit Jfaac R^hv) o£ 
Qrichefiet in EJfex^ Kat. ' 

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Dec. 31. Edmund Neal^ zjoA William Ffnchtr^ executed at 
tyhurn. [^Dec.j.iji.i.'] . . . . .. , 

Henrj Clinton Earl of Lincoln^ appointed G>n(labl^ x)f 
tfie Tower of London^ and Lord-Lieutenant .of. the* 
Tower-Hamlets, in the Room of Charles Hovoardy £a»l 
of CarUJle. 

Dy'd the Lad/ Giffard ; Sifter of the late illuftfibus^ 
Sir William Temf^. 

Captain Mftrgrett^ a Lieutenant in the firft 

Regiment of Foot-Guards, made a Brigadier, in the 3;d 
I'roop of Horfe-Guards. 

JANUARY^ i-jll. . 

Jan. 2. D/i Richard Mi)^ul^ £fq; Counfelior at 
1-aw. .... 

Thomas Serjeant^ Efq'; remov'd from his Places of Se- 
cretary to the Conflable of the Tower, and of Paymaflerv 
of the Garrifon there. 

Mr. Bonvtlle appointed one of the Accountants of the 
Duty of Excife, in the Room of Mr. Thomas Lyddah 

Jan. 3. Dy'd Sir Robert Adams^ Knt. in the 96th 
Year of his Age. 

John Cafey^ Steward to Thomas Cook of Norfolk^ Efq; • 
fliot himfelf through the Head. 

Lev)is O'wen of Feniarth in the County of Merioneth^ 
Efq; appointed Cuftos Rotulorum of the faid County. 

Dy^d at Nancy in Lorrain, Charles Henry of Lorrain, 
Prince of Vaudemonty in the 74th Year of his Age, being 
bom at Brujfels^ Feh. 24, 1640. He was marry^d April 
7, 16%, to Annf EliTLabetk (Daughter of Charles of 
Lorrain, Duke d'Elhenf) who dy*d April ^^ 17 14. He 
was Knt. of the Order of the Golden Fleece ; had been 
General of the Horfe, in the Lo*w Countries ; Governor 
and Captain General of the Dutchy of Milan^ and be- 
came Sovereign of Conmercy^ by the Death of Charles-^ 
Francis of Lorrain^ Prince of Commercy^ who was (lain 
at the Battle o£ Lu/z^ra^ Aug. 15, 1702. This deceasM 
Prince leaving no IfTue, appointed by Will, the Heredi- 
tary Prince of Lorrain^ his Heir*General. 

Jan. 4. Sir Gilbert Heathcote^ Knt* Alderman of Lon- 
don, cleQed Governor of the Bank of England^ in the 
Room of Sir Thomas Sca*mn^ who had difqualifyM 
himfolf. 

David Lhydy Efq; a Captain in the Royal Navy, in the 
Reigns of King CJ«r/« IL and King Jamesll. and Groom 
•f the Bcd-Chambei:t<^^he laftot^fe Princes, with 

whQm 



for the Tear I723. 



-yliom ^c. yetir'd into france^ ^rppt ^<mn an4 inftant- 
\y dy*4)"^ \^P ^iJ^s^T^^^li^ A ^^^ <^ .Chocolate, at th« 
Cocoa-Tree in FalUMall^ aged 80 Years. 

Dy'd Sir Wtlliam Smith. 

PatdFcley^ Efqj ' tnarry'd to Mrs. ffoare^Tc' 

conii Paughtcr ofJfenry Hoare^ Efqj Banker of Londpn* 

yart, 5. Py'd Mr. Samuel JDownes^ who quitted hi^ 
Feilowftiip in St. John^s-Coliege in Oxford^ on Accouiit 
of the Oaths to the prefent Government. 

Dy'd Heyvoood^ of KenJingtonSquare^ Efq; 

5^<««1 6. f?y^'9 ^^ ^^ ^^^ County of 

Kent^ Efq; marry'd \o Mrs. Sprat ^ Widow of Dr. Tiw^ 
ntas Sfrat^ Archdeacon of RocJieJfer^ 

yan, 7. Dy'd Mr. • Holt^ only Son of Henry-Ne* 

n)il Holt^ of in the County of Leicefter^ Efq; 

yan, 8. Mr. Benjamin yones^ who had been a Sadler, 
and afterwards turn'd Solicitor, haiig'd himfelf at Ivia 
Chambers in the Temple, 

Dy'd the Lady Oirr^ Widow of Sir Ral^h Carr of 
■ in the County of Durham, 

yan. Q. Dy'd Mrs. Stanho^e^ Widow oi Charles Stanhoft^ 

Efq; 

yan. 10. Dr. Bodd^ lAim^tv oi Stepney^xcax* 

ry'd to a Daughter of Mr J^nes^ Provoft of the 

Royal Mint. 

Thomas Benfon^ Efq; Secondary of Wood- Street Compter^ 
xnarry'd to Mrs. Keate. 

Py!d Sir Charles Hotham of Scarhorough in the County 
9f Yorliiy Baronet, Member of Parliament for Beverley^ 
in that County, and Colonel of the Royal Regiment of 
Dragoons. 

yan, II. Dy'd yohn Quinz^y^ M- D. 

yan. 15. Dy^d Mrs. CboJi?, Wife oif Kow^j Cook Efq^ 
Vice-Chamberlain of his Majefty's Houfhold. 

Mr. Tovoersy Senior Fellow of Chrtfi*^ColUge 

in Camhrifige^ elected Mafter of that College, in the 
Room of Dr. Cormell^ deceas'd 

y^n. 19. Brigadier-General Groves appointed Colonel 
of the Regiment of Roy^l Dragoons, in the Room of 
^ir Charles Hotham^ deceas'd 

Colon^ Charles Churchill appointed Colonel of the 
Dragoons, lat^ Hotham^. 

yan. ij. The Royal African p)mpany elected the King 
for their Governor, Sir Byhye Lahe^ Baronet, for their 
Sub-Governor, and Henry Neale^ Efq; Deputy -Gover- 
nor/' **. 

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Jan. I iThe Seftoas cnftei^t the OhtAdh^ ythtrciewtn 
Perfons receiyM Sentence cf Deadi, vku Cktrks Weava^ 
and Mary Radford, for -Murder ; R3dutrti OaiKy, yokm 
Junks^ alias Ltvee^ and Mattkev9 Phod, for Robberies on 
the Highway j , WilUam Ble^ft and Sarak Wtlts^ for re- 
turning from * T«nfpof tation, trithont kwlui Caufe« 
Sarak Wifh pleaded her Belly, aiid waifbund with Quick* 
(%ild« Six Men and one Womtn were burnt in the 
Kmdy 9]^ 10 Convift Fe)ons ordpr'd IbrTranljpemtioa. 

Sir Thomas Joknfm of Lfofrf^/ in- Lancajkre, Knt. 
Member of ParH^inent fot th^t Borough, mad^ Col- 
Icaor of the Cuftoms^ in Kf r;j5lwtf. 

PyM Thomas Sv^anton^ Bfq; Controller of the NaVy- 
Ofice, and Meinl)er of Parliani^ent for SaHafi in Corn^ 

Jan, 19. His Majefly -was ples^sM to gnmt a Reprieve 
for farther refpiting the Sentence of Ckrifiofher Layer^ 

fTq; ta th? 4th of Fehruarj next. ([See Ikccw^er 20, 
72J.3 

VitaU:( W^h^k £% m^rryM te Mrs. Arma-^piui Her-' 
^ert. 

Jan. 20. Py'^ . Jforjky-i ^ Qrafs-bm, Efqj 

Barriflcrat Law! 

libwiT/ Bur deft of Dunmore in the County of CrlAfr^ 
/oT», in^ Ireland, Efq; is created a Baronet of that King- 
dom- '.-•,. 

DyM WilUam Freke, Efq^ Barrifter at T-a^, of the 
Hijrts he rcceivM by ftlJing down the Stairs at the 
JCinjTs-Arnis Tavern in Lomhard-Street, on the 17th of 
this-jUonth/ ' • 

lib'd Mrs. Wefiy Wife of Dr. W^, an etoi- 

ncnf PJiyiJcian in Red^Lyeh Square. • ■ • 

ytin. 23. The Convocations of Canterhury and IQfrk 
farther prorpgu'd to the 29th of March. 

James Migkels, Eftj; Rear-A^dmiral, appointed Con* 
tr oiler of the Navy, in tlte Room of Thomas SwatOon, El^ 
dece^s'd. . 

Jan. 2$. Dy'd Charles Barrel, Efqj Bflay-Mafler of 
the Royal Mint. 

Thomas Bovfcher^ Efq; elefted Member of Parlianient 
for thef Borough of Chrfperham in Wiltflare^ in the R0014 
of fdiKOkrd Rolf, Efq; deceasM. 

Jan, 28. Dy'd Jatfte^ Stewart, Earl of Bute' one of 
the Lords of the Bed-Chaiiiber to the Kin^ ana one ef 
the Commi ffionefs of Trade in Scotland % aifooneof the 
16 Peers of Parliament for that Kingdom* 

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John Perth/al^ Baron Fercivat of fiurton in the Cdimy 
^T GbVlr in tyeUn'd; crt^tt6. a Vilfcoiiht of that' RiiigdW^ 
i>y the Ntjnc, Style and Titfc 4)f Vifcaunt. F/riipkl ^ 
Cititurk in the faid County o£ Cork. . f 

The King went to the Houfe of i^fecrs, and jgave tip 
R03«il Affcnt to the Malt-Bill for the Year 1723: 

Dy'd at A)f/w/Vfc in Holland^ Jahn-Erneft .Scholtx^j ag^ 
.114 YjCars 10 Months and ij X>ay6, having been bprii 
Kt mik in.S&^ony 6n the 12 th of March 160^. pe wi^s 
at the jop Years Jubilee that was xclebrat^d at the Lm- 
Jkefan Church at the j^i^utf in 161 7,. ^bmputing fro^fi 
the firtl Sertabh ^hith Martm Luthy' prcAch'd after hig 
Conycrfwi in tSUj and.vras alfo at the ftcondjubilec 
celebrated on the lame Occafion, in -the fame Churcbi^ 
in the Year 1717. Be had been one of the Life-Guard 
pf Gttffavus Adolf hus King 0^ Svxden^ and .was ifi' ^js 
Tbitiit of iJitTLen, where that Moxtarch was 'flain^ oh^^^nfe 
1 6th of Napiifiher, 1 63.2 . After that, he fer ved a^ ^ Tr^po^ 
Mr in tlie Army .of the States-Cieneral, in two fever%l 
Kfgiments of Horf%; became a Peniipner in ]^6j.2,fh(i 
Continued fb till his Death. .. ^ . r 

. 4i Proclamation publi(h*d in Ireland^ promi/Ing.a Re- 
^s^ard fbr taking and apprehenxf in^ Sir jindrevt ApJmsr^ 
JSarftt Darcf^ John Amhrofe^ Garret Amhrofi^Thomas Lei'' 
wi(h^ WittUm MulUfiy Nicholas Maccor^ Rofi Ifade ^ia^ 
Tarrill', Nicholas Bathardy and ' Nugent alias i^^- 

ri^^l«, a jPopiih Prieft. ■./ , ' " ' ^ 

John Bligk, Baron Glifton ,of KAthmore in the Counta 
6f Bajf-Meath in Ireland^ created a Vifcount of tJte faid 
Kingdom by the Name^ Style and Title of V'ifcount 
Darnly of AMdy in the County of Meath in the ia|4 
Kingdoiii. ' 

Dy'd Richard Grantham of Golthoe-Hall in the County 
of iJncoln^ Efq; one of the CommifEoners for the forfbi^ed. 
Eftates. 

Francis Gt^lfion^ only Son of Richard Goulfion of Widi- 
Imie in the County of flflrt/brrf^Efqj' married toMrs,S'/eJ'- 
hinis^ Heirefs of the family of that Name in the Coun- 
ty of ^^o/fe. 

Henry 5b«fA^ Efq; appointed Secretary to the Earl of 
'Lincoln^ as Conftable of the Tower, in the^ Room of T/w- 
mas Sergeant^ Efq; 

Jam -29, P^'d 6f the SmaJUPox Mr. Georie Farker^ eld- 
eft Son of GeoY^e P-arker of J5«rr(#^^n in the County tf 
Devon^ Efq^ 

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, Tlie l^ng conferred tKe Honour of Knighthood .on 
^d^nhfmrPoyJie oi fVeft-Stovt) in the County of Suffolk, 

'^ yaii,'ii. SlrOarlii HotJuim^ Bart, elected Member of 
p4(rliament for Bivsrly in YqrkJJi'ire^ in the Room of his 
Father Sir Charts Hofkam^ deceafed. ' . 

, ^ ^ Deshouv€tie, Efq; younger Brother of Sir 

"Ethmrd DeshottyerJe^ Bart, marry 'd to the only DaugV 
ter and Child o^ Mr. Bartholomew Clarkey Merchant of 
London. 

Henry Roper ^ Lord Tenham^ appointed one of the Gen- 
tlemen of his Majefty's Bed Chaniber, in the Room] o^ 
y^unes Stuart, Earl of Bute. * ' / 

WWUam Venfonhy^ Baron of Beshorbv)' in the County of 
^Kilkenny in the Kingddin of Ireland, created a Vifcount, 
hy the Name, Style and Title of Vilcount JDuncannan oi 
tik I^Ort of tiuncanndn^ in the County of Wexford in the 
tald Kingdom, '/ . , 

/' ^6\6nt\ . ^ j4h4ndeJy marry *d to the 1-ady Pri' 

'd€au>i^ Widow' of Sir Edmitnd Pridea'tnc Bart. 

'Dy*A Edward Tryow^Efq; one of the Gentlemen of his 
M^jcfty'i Privy Chamber. \ ; ' 

Mr, Ahraham Fonxfler^ apooiiited Gehtleman-Gaolct' cf 
the Tovxr^ in the Ropm ot Mr. Brooks, * - 

'""Feh. ir Uy'd James. L/7ffef(j«, Efq; Vice- Admiral of 
tht" W%}te^ and Member of Parliament for Quceusho* 
fQUglt in the CJUnly of Kent, 

, Langham Boath^ Efq,5 elefted Member of Parliament for 
"^Liverfool in LancaJJilre, in the* Room of Sir Thomas j^oA«- 
fon, (See Jan, i8 ) 

. Philip Uoyd, Efq^ ele^ed Member of Parliament for . 
the Borough of Saltajh iii Corhvutf, in the Room of Thf^ 
w<ff,.S«w»j£off, E£q J deceafed. . ." 

FcK 4. iThc Execution oi* Chrtfiopher^ Layer, Efq; farther 
rcfpiied 'till the nth of this Month. * (Seesaw, 19,) 

Feh. 5. Dy'd Sir John Lambert, Bart. 

A Proclamation publKhM, promifrng the Reward of 

"100/. to any Perfon who fliall difcover any one of thofe 

diforderly Perfons*, who have lately aflembled in great 

. Numbers,, under the Name of Blacks, in the Counties of 

Berks^di Southumpton, fLXVcCdi with Swords, Firc-Arms, 

^tic. tind committed great Diforders. (See the Procla* 

jnation, Hifi. Reg.. N''. XXIX. Page 97.) . 

Feh. jL. Richard Oahy, John Levee tXizs Junks, Mattkem 
'Fkod^ and Charht Weaver^ executed at Tyhurn. (Sec Jan, \ 8.) 

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Henry T^vifk' of Baft-Sheen in ftic Coimty <f Swrrry, ' 
E(q^ . Qt^eatied a Baron and .Vjfcount of UeUnd by tbe^ 
NiJtoc, Style and Title ojf Baron Temple, of Mon/tf-Tipirpfe 
ili tlic County of 5//^, and Vifcount Pd^merflw in} tb6 ^ 
County of Du^&'i in t1]^ faid Kingdo;n. '^ 

DyM /yi^f //« Dutchcft-Dowager of <Smfton, RpHa of 
^f«ry FitJL'Koy S>uke of Grafton^ an^ Wife of Sir Thetmif^ 
Hanmer of Hanmer in the Cojii^ty of ^fwf, Bart. Siie 
■was the only Chidd and J^elr .of Henry Bennet Earl bf . 
Arlington. 

Hp^on Hayt^s^ Efcjj appointed Eilay-Mafter of the 
Ro^i»Mint at the Tfi^er^ in the Room pf Charles Brat- 
tel^ Efq; deccj^s'd. 

Captain Rkh^ appointed Agcnt-Vi^u»ller^ 

at ^hatham^ in the -Room of Mr. ; Feirtridge^ dc- 

Cjpas'd; 

Mr. Calmsf't^ Son o{ Felix Calvert of MdtrchMmin t\mi 

Gouhty of Berk?;^ Efq; marryM to a Sifter of Fettr Culvert 
of Refl-Lion-fi^eet ill Holhourn^ Efq 5 • - 

• Feh: B. Upqn the Motion of Sir Robert Rayt^nd^ hii. 
Majefty's Attorney -General, the Court of Y/rt^%»BentH 
granted a Rule for bringing rx^ Ckrijiopher flayer ^ Efq; 
ajcarln to the Bar of that Court on the i i.th iftiaht, in or* 
OTi" tohavc^xecution awarded againA hin)p<^^ Ffk ^|..) .. 

Feb, to. JEyrf, Efq; appcmitcd Controller 

of arf/e^-Hofpital. ' * . 

" F^, ii I. £hrifopher'' Lffiyer^ Ef<J( >#as brought to the Bar 
of ;he Court of X/wg's Bench^ purfuant to the Rule of 
that Court of the &th Inftant, and a new Rule- Was made' 
for Writ? to iffue for his Execution on Wed/ie/d^y tht 
i<7<h ojF March next. (^See FeiK 8.) 

' Py'd , in a very advanced Age- HildAmnd Ailinit<m\ 
^¥aLronAlUngtt)n^KiHard\n the Gount/'of C/orf, in th* 
Kingdom of Ireland, 

•'Dy'd Captain • J'Jf^^fr*^ ^ ^^« Wounds 

he received the 9th df this Month^ in t Rencounter with 
Captain Ne*a)land, 

" iyy'd Mr. Edmtind bridges of the Sit CtetklOftce. 

* Ftb. 1 2. Dy'd at Paris^ Anne^ Palatineof Bavearta^ in the 
7^thYear of hter Age, almoft accompIifliM, being bom 

' the 13th cf March 1648. She was theyoungeft I>aughter 
dp Ed'ward Prince Palatine, Brother of Charhs»Le\/ois E- 
le^or Palatine, and of Anne^Gom^iue Cleves. She w«s 
fparry'd on the 1 ith of D^rfw^er i653, to Henryyiidiui 
of Bmtrhon^ third of the Name, Prince of Cbx)f(#, firft 

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Pdnoi of the B1q<v1, and. GxeaX'U$f\or of Fr4mcg^ wko 
d^jd ^ril X, I70p. 

.fii'^ij. Clurks, StrUVaniy Brqj ap|)ointed Vicc-Admi-, 
r%l 0^ the JT/ti/f, in the R9O0X of Jsm^ Littleton^ Efq^ 
deceased. 
^ $ir ffftTr:;^^ WkltofKy Knt» aj>pointed Rear->Adiniral of the 
Bbse., in the K0019 of Joa^s MisJkilU^ Efq; made Con- 
tioiicr of tjie Nary. 

^^^^« Dwrfa* of Hurtkam iq the County of Wilu^ Efqi 
Member of Parliament for Calne in that County, ap- 
Pffti^ted one of the Commiifioners of the Duxiei of £i(C9e 
in. the Roon> of Sir Mamuh^uke Wyvill, Bart, deceased. 

Feb. 14. Dy'd Mr. Grifdel^ Reader and CJarfc ' 

ofibs Padlh Chifrch of Su Martins in the fields. 

SeUr Calvef;t of Red-lJop-ft^eet in Holhurn^ Efqj mar- 
ry 'd to a Daughter of FeUx Calvert of Marcham in the 
QW9iXy of Beris^ Efiu 

; Py'd Ma Sfarltng^ Reader and Clark of 

S'f . y4«w's in 5bi&a. 

)ir. Cl(iget^ Archdeacon of fi^J;;, appointed 

oae of the Chaplains in ordinary to hi^ Majefty. 

£4m»nd Sfenthy Efq; of ele^ed Member 

of Parliamqiit; f or. Cahe, in WiltJIiire^ in th^ Room of Bmr. 
jam'tn Hasksns Stjies^ S% ^^ ^^^ his Eleftion £>x thi^. 
fkvlfues,, 

February 1 6. Dr. Hunt of Balkll:<^A\^t in^. 

Onford^ niarry*d, to a naturi^l Daughter of |^a^ ^Arf- 
j^^ Duke of &fttvx^(«r* 

Feb. 17. D/d Mri5. Ai^dr^ Wido^of- WnikmS^^T^ 

5ft»5 Swiof ar.5fo4«.j8<iiwr. 

Ff ^. 1 8. David Follull^ of. . ^ th« Coimty^ 

of X^sity Efqv ele6M Member of Parliam^n^ for Bramit& 
in S^ffkx, in the Roo^of: Wa^m^h^iefr^ JSi^j ^0^ 
deceased. 

. • This Day ^6 ¥Hi^ convia, v/z,. 28 Wen ^d 8 Wo- 
tfiea, were taken «ut of M?ii««^» ai>^ cpnyijy'd- 0^ Ship* 
board, in Order to be tiranfport^d' to Maryland, 

Mr. Henjhm, Egel^amj a|^p9inted W«^^r ^.T^jer 
at the Roval-Mint in th^ Tor^itr, m th« R90RI of Ibpion 
H^pej^ Efq^ made Rffi^Mafter in the JfiOQUt Q^ Gft«Va 
aSfr^/if^Efq^ decea«'d. 
. DyM Dr. BarAfiy Fijkr% Mafter of. .SiiMj^ College i^ 

«. Feb. 19. DyM.Mr&. Mi^kMbtth dc C^Kf^y, Mother, of (T^'^ 
mW df CoMTc^t Bavpn^of Kim/ale in. the; K»inwlom of hH^^ 
jShe >jras Daughter of Aptitpny SaddUr of Arlej^hail^ in the 
i^Q)\ni/ of Wurvifcky Efqj S<»4frif 



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fay thfTfor i-j[2^ i^ 

Godfrey Parker^ £(q$ Captain io Bvam*^ DragQQM^ 
imade a Brigadier Ia the third Tro9p of Horib.6uaiids« 

i^K 21. Winiam'Anne Ktpfei; Earl of Alhemarle^ r^i^' 
ryM to the La^y j<nn# L^noc, Daujjjjittr of r/uir/^i Ifv;, 
Duke of Riehmoni. ^ 

KK 22. The Princeft of VQi/^^ delivered of a PVvi'' 
,, cefa at Ikicefitr Houfe, who was baptjt'd h/^ the Nkm^ 
of Mary. 

Py*d U a Very advancM Age Mr. Thom^-Dwr^y^ 
Author of many Comedies, an4 Qther fdcetipusP^ 
ems. 

Fek 24. The Princefs, Spouifc of the Pti&ce Royal 6t 
Fiedmont,. brought to Bed at Tutin^ of a Prijice, vh^ 
was bapti%*d by the Name of ViSioT'Ame^mhTitiodQre. 

Dy*^ Lucy Countefs I]k)wager Stanhope^ Reli9 oC 
yaffles Earl Stanhope^ who dyM Feh 5^ 1720. She was 
Daughter of Timuit Fitt ot Str^fori ia the Cqua«> 

FeK^^ iJy'd Sllr Chrifiofher Wiren^ Knt. In the 91A 
Year of h&r i^«h He was the only Son of Ph Ckrifi<^pher\ 
WiH^^ Dean of: Wim^^ and Wolvnh^mfton^ RegUler of 
the Gkrter ; youneer AroallM of Dr. Mfitthevi lVfe%XPXX. 
BiPiop of £/^ a Braj^ch of the aactent Family of the 
Wi^ns of Bmchefiir in the Bifhoprick tf Uwrhtm. In, 
the Year 16$; he was elected fi:om VTadhmmJVIkff !niv 
tp. atFdU^ibip of AIUSohU Collt^^ Oxon, In i^^jimmI 
cholfcn Profcffor of AftronomyatCrfj^aw-Co/Ze^^f, tofid^n:;^ 
and in. ifi6o, Savillan Profeflbr of Aftronomy in Qxfard* 
In 1 661 he was created Doaor of the Civil Law at Oxford: 
and fome Time after at Camh/id^e. After the great Fife 
Qf London in 1 665, he was conltitutea Surv;eyor-QpneraJ|^ 
for rebuilding the Cathedral Church of St. Paut^ the Pa-^ 
Tpjchiat Churpbea^, i^id aU other pubiick Buildinga of 
this City ; all which he liv'd to finilh- 1669, he wa* 
Oonfiitu^od Surveyor-General of all the Royal Work% 
which Office he held *till April 26, 1718, by Letter^ 
Patents during PleaAire, under the Great Seals of Kins 
Charles 11. K. J^es II. K- l^nWam and Q. Mary^ Q. Anne^ 
t^ihk prefent Majefly King Qeor^g^ In i68b he was e- 
lifted Prefident of the Royal Society, of which be ha4 
been one of the HrA Promoters. In. 1698 he was conr 
fiituted Surveyor-General and Sub-CommiiSoner for th^ 
Repairs (purfuant to A6t of Parliament). of the Coliegi- 
Ue Church of St. Feter, Wefiminfier^ in which Service he 
continued to the Time of bis Deatb. 

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' Feh, 26. PyM Hohtrt Heyjham^ Efq', Alderman of LonT 
ion^ for the Ward of BilUr^iatej SHd Prcfidcnt of ChriJTs 
Hofpitah 

K Fire HappeaM at C^eWll near R/ttcIiffe-Crofs^ and 
bumx^ dowj[i Uiree Hou(cs. 

" F^^. 27. Canie on the Election of an Alderman for 
Btllingfiate Ward, in thf Room of Robert Heyfiam^ Efq j 
(deceased. The Candidates were John Crowley and Jofefh 
Beliamy^ Efqr5. the USX of whom w^s declarM to hav<^ 
« Majority upon the Poll of about 405 but a Scri^tiny, 
wf s . demanded and granted. 

Koper^ Efq; of EJtham in the Cq;unty of Kent^ 
iy'd of the Hurt he received by a Fall from hisHorfe, a$ 
lie was hunting a Fox* He was 84 Years of Age, and 
bad all his LiCbrTin^e been a keen ^portfman. 

Dy'd Mrs. Alice Knife^ Relift of Dr. Knipe^ formerly 
Mailer of Jfejfminfter School, 

Thomas Wyndhawtfjf J^'V^lfkfffJl' i^ the Counlv of Dorr 
fit^ Efqj marry^4 to Mrs. ttelyar q£ Yately in the Cpun- 
ty of 3Quthampfon» ^. - 

pf d^ir Franks Majfam of diates mfjetc^ Bart. FaL-, 
ifber ypf the Lord Majfam. 

. Mr. Craven^ Senior Wellpy/ of SidneyrCdlege Ail 

Camhrtdge^ phofen Matter .0^ the (aid College, in the 
Koom oi lir. Bard/ey fijhir^ deceased. 
■ March I. Wifh'am'ifri^ht/Qn of Nevxaftk upon Tyne, Efq; 
chpfen Knight of the Shire for the County of Northumr 
herlartd^ in the Room of Algernoon Seymour ^ Lord Piercy^ 
!Q(il rd up to the Houfe of Lprds. 

Dr. M^tUr^ Prefident of MagMen-ColUgey 

Ck»n, chofen Curator of the Theatre there, in the Rooni 
of Sir Chrtftopker Wren^ deceased. 

* 'Dy'd at Tttrtn in the zift Year of her Age, (being 
born the 5th of Fehruary^ 1704) Anne'Chriftina-Loui/a^ 
Daughter of Prince Theodore y Palatine of SultTJhach^ and 
of Mary 'Eleanor a- Amelia of Heffe-Rehifeh^ Spoufe of the 
Prince Royal of Fiemont^ tp whom fh^ wa^ marry 'd at Fcr- 
rc/7, the i^thpf M^rr/7, 1721. [SeeF(?^. 24^ 
. M^rch^ 2. The Scflions ended at the Old Bally^ M^tprc 
three Malcfafilors rcceiv'd Sentence of Death, v/so. yf^iUlam 
Somerficid and William Bourl^^ for Robberies on tbe High- 
way, and Thomas Profit for dealing a Horfe/X^o ^cn 
were burnt in the Hand, one for Manflaughter, tjie other 
for Felony, and 35 Feloiis Con viQ: were or^^r'el forTranf- 
fortation. 

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Mattherw-Diicy M^rtorij Efq; San qf tie Lord Ducy Mor* 
i6n^ cleacd Mcmberof ParHamerit for C«/wf fij BJ/Tf/E/fi^ 
in the Room of George DUsM^ Efqj made one of the Com* 
miffioners of E)ftife. - T , 

March. 5. Capt. ChArks Hardy chofen el^cr BroiKcr of 
Trinity Hotife, in the Room o£ Jofiah Burcliety Efqj wit 
rcfign'd. ... 

Capt. PA;7J/> r/i/<^ri#g^ made Commander of the Najfoiu 
in the Room of Sir G'wr^r Walton^ appointed Rear-AdmlLr 
ral of the Blue. 

Thomas Cdriet, Efq; Sccwafy to Qreermich Horpit4» 
appointtd fttft Clerk to the Ofice of Admiralty, ia jtlif 
Room of td^xktrd Burt^ Efq; deceasM. 

March 4. I5y*d the Lady Cowr, Rdia of WtllianhLh 
vifon Gcnaer^ Bar on of Stittehkam. » . . 

DyM. Captain Charles DesktroM^ m old Sea-Oflker, and 
fome Time Commander of th^ Ftt&l'jYaKht. 

March ^. The Dutchefs of Hutland^ brought to Bed of 
a Son. . V 

William Poole\ Efq; marry*d to Mrs. Trances Pelham, 
Daughter of Henry Felham^ Efq; late Clerk of, the 

Pells. .,,'-. 

March I T. Henry Grey^ Efq; elefted Member of Parlia- 
ment for B^ryoick upon Tn/^ed^ in the Room of the Lord 
VifcountBtfmw^fow, expell'd the Houfe for being c#Hk- 
ccrn'd in promoting the ifori'tfr^A. Lottery. 

March. 12. John Friend^ Efq; M. D. Member of Par- 
liament for Launcejfon in Cornimly taken into Cuftody of 
(Wie of the King's Meifengers. 

March 14. A Proclamation pubiifhM, appointing a ge^ 
neral I)ay of Thankfgiv.ing throughout England and, Waje^^ 
for our Prcfervation from the Plague which lately rag^d 
in France. 

* The Earl of Orrery^ upon a Reprefentation of the 
dangerous.State of his Health, admitted to Bail. £See 
$ej>t. iZj If 12 "] 

Dy'd WillUm Mayo of Hope under Diri more in the Coun- 
ty of Hereford^ ECqj Member of Parliament for the Ci- 
ty o£ Hereford. : , 
' March 1 5. Dr. 'John Friend committed to the Tower for 
HighTreafon. [^Mkrch 12.] 

• DyM lUddenly Hatley^ Efq; a Cornet of 
Horifc. 

March 1 5. Capt. yames Farrel of Colonel Cadoian*^ 
Regiment, (hot himfelf in Hyde Parity and dy'd im- 

mtdiately, / ' '•-.. ^ 

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i 6 The Chronolngicat Diary 

fi^^l Sit ^ftot'f f r 'Areedif^ Knt. a Bi%w«r in l^rutnf^, 
^d liadteen SherilF of that City and Middlffex. 

Mtrchnj.lfy'^ Mrs. Cerrmri^ Daughter 

of Sir SamUil Gerrard^ Knt. Sanior Alderman of London. 

i^Mttkit Dy'd ^TaSmw Meadmoity £% Cat>tatn of aa 
tlltlepenile^t Company at Sheernefs. 

j£trckjg. Sir Francis -Forhes^ Knt, Aiderman of ioil» 
#^. eled^edlPrefident of CV^'s lfei)piu4, in tlieRoom 
al jMkyV J^(fj^^nt, Bfi)^ deceasM. 

Tlie Lord Forhss eteded Member «f Parliament for 
!4tt<^M^«H(^ i^ tli^ ^o^n 0f /aifwr LittkUn^ Efq; de- 

.<?for^ Mv^tl^ Lqrd Aherxa^my^ marvy^i to MTrs. 
ItthLMbeik ThornUr<^^ eldefl X^au^tiier of (l^olonel Tiorr 

fttCTCft* 

mtik lo. Dy'd the U(^ ^(^jr^ri, Relift of Sir Rfr 
4lu^d Holford^ one of tbe Nuflf r& in Qiancery. 

HhtrA 1 1. TKc Princefs Royal of Dtnmark^ delivered of 
aPrla^e, who was baptizM by the Name of Vrederki. 

tH^ck i^. "Dy^AQioifie Spencer^ Et(|| So^i of Ch^rlm 
%Srl 6£ Sunderland^ by hit laft Wife. 

WifUam Ducket, Efqs madt M^or of the 2d Tioc^ of 
l^fo^ft-Gfenadiers. 

March a6. The Execution of Chril^ofker ^yer^ KA]^ 
jput^IVrant to the Sentence paft'd iqpon him for Hieh Trear . 
fon, further refpited -tai. the gd of May, (See Ftk ii.) 
' DyM Mr, Nathanael Smtt\ one of the Affiftant-Sur- 
§;edn8 of St. Bartholomew^ Hol^tal, a Qelebr-ated Ar 
natomift 

Dy'd tlie Lady Matthews, 

Colonel Tydtt wade Lieutenant of the Troqpa 

<f Hoffe-Guards, commanded by the Lord Pbrhet. 

.PhUif Qerj^ Efq; made Major of General SmirCs ke- 
giment of Dragoons. . _, 

match iZ, The Lady MaYch^ Wife of the Earl oT Jaar/4 
Son q£ Charles Lew5, Duke ofRkhmnd^ brw^gjit to Bed 
of a Daughter. x 

V ^f. Barry elefted Lefturer of St. Giles's Criptfi^sii. 

•4$rU t. I>y"^ Edward Hyde^ Earl of Cferewifo*, Vifr 

ebUnt drw^rj, and Baron Uydf of HhtdoKj ztid dying 

^without 4ffue, the Earldom defcended w liU Couiin43er- 

than Wenry Wide^ Earl of IRochefier. 

. y<ar// i. Dy'd Sir Rlchmrd Sandford of HomW-C^U 

in Ae County oiWtfiimrUnd^ Bart. M^cmber ofParlia^f 

mientToT the corougli <tf - ApMy in that County. 

ji %'d Peter JLehun^ Efq; one of the Juftices bf Peace, 

md^Dputy-LieutenaAt of the Towr»HamUtu 

Jaimn 






.April 2. Javits'ifal'mn^ Efil^'elel^ ^mber of P«r- 
Hiitticnt ibf xYlti^'OLifW^HeYiprd^Hn, tic Aoom of Walter 
3f^, deceasM. 

. SiirK?it^^rf fteatfkotit^ iliofcn GdWi^iiof rf the Bttik of 
l^ghM^ knd Ifirftinf Ttoii^7i;»y Efqi I>cpttty^^ for 

tfie Y^r enfuing. 

'Afrit 7. Tlkh ibllbwing -PeHb|»s ^chofen Dir<faorf 
of xhe Bank, for the Year enfuing, v/z,. Sir Gerard 
Csnyers, KnigM^ ^Lord^ Mfty^r, Thomas Cooke^ Efq; 
Mr. Delithir Carhonnel^ Sir Peff r Delme^ Knight, and 
Aldiem^an, ilr* ■J^ti'-Franch Sau^ir^ Sir //^rA^M^fi 
Could, Knt. MtyNathanael Gould, John Hanjrer, Efq; Sk 
^WWiknt liuikph^im Mt.^'and Bart, i Alderman, ^r. He»-^ 
ry iietrirrs. Sit WMM ptdUf eyKAt. Sir Randolph Knipey 
Knt. and Alderman, Chrijiopker LetkuHlier, Efq; Mr. 
'fbAt^^t6rdtll, Xomh TAfinjhehd, Efq; Sir John Ward, 
'Kht. ahd Alderman : And the ^llowing^-who were new 
^JDii'iBors, hotbeing chofiin the Year before, vnc M r. 
Robert Atvoood^Ed'uiard Bellamy, Efq; Alderman, Richard 
^'DkCane, ^A); VLr.' Barringion Eaton, lAv. Mattkev)Ho'U0' 
-i^d^Sit P/^Up Ja^fon, Knt. JohnQlmns, Efq; Sir TAo- 
ipr«/^ir«ntfei2, Knt. and Alderman. 

Colonel £»rfo»j/u appointed Auditor of 

«lli^ Duties oh Leather. • 

' .'Dy'd the Lady JeiMnfon, Relift of Sir.^owtf^Aaw Jen-- 
'kinfon, of »W«^ in the County of Oxford, Bart. 

April 4. The following Perfons chofen DireSors of 
the Eaft^India Company for the Year • enfuing, v/x. *Wm. 
Afjhhle, Efq; Mr. Ahraham Adams, Mr. John Bance^ 
'Captain Richard Boulton, Francis Child, Efq; Aldermaa. 
. I>r% Caleb Cotefmrth, John Coohe, Efq; John Drummond, 
Efq; Mr. John Eeclefitm, John Gould, Efq; Edwrd Har^ 
rijbn, Efij; 7<*» Herbert, Efq; CapU ito^er/ Hudfon^ 
Mr. JHewy Xe//tfjr, a«rjr Xj^//, Efq; Mr. Balthafar Lyeli^ 
Matthew Martin, Efq; Mr. Edward Ov)en^ Mr. Simon 
Tkunemans, Edward Turner, Efq; Mr. Elihu Trenchfield^ 
Jofiar Wordfworth, Efq; Mr. 3^0^41 Word/worth. 

IDyM Mr. JolanfiiH, one of his Majefty'fi Ju* 

fticcs of the Peace for the County of Hertford, ReSoK 
of Hertingfard'Bury in that County^ and of St. Andrews in 
the Borough of ftrf/or<f. 

April %. Mr. William Green chofen AjHftant^Surgeon of 
St. Bartholomew^ Hofpital, in the Room Of Mr. NathanaH 
Sinith, deceasM. • ^ 

X)yM fohn Carter, Efq; of Weftminfier. 
^ DyM Dr. Bentham^ Reaor of Stevtnuit, in the Coun- 
ty of «fr//bf A 

C ^ April t. 



f8 TUCbrmiii^i»^ 



Majefly. 

tCT. . - " . 

^/rll 8. 97/llw Awrlv, <«9OCtt|04 «t Tjijhirii. { 
: Tte Ufljr Tvmnfiund^ Wife of OMff >t^tii Vr^i^fifgtt 

The new-bom* Son of J^ Mvnmny S>uJ(» wf JMmffi 
mMbeipdz^^ by the Name tf^Airg^^.ldsiQIi^ffty. Ml 
tl^ Prince flandhig GodhAfitB^ . m^ th^ <CQjm^ fF 
^Jhldemefs €QibiiAt}ier. 

AprU ri. Mr. ^okit Fhmlut^ mh» 4i»d Heca iTMr* 
•ral Months in tlie Gufto^^.of ^fffieftgfirs, liEHS fWWk* 
ted Prifoner to the To»sr of LaUUmy b^tlMP <Lai4A0£lsfe 

DyM In the yzd Year of his Age* >Dr. f (ste >Eotii|tip» 

fiifhop of Ltnion^ the ^yi ^iMintber^ ivithevt jCpO^* 

ting the i6 Archbi&ops mcntionM ^^iMimyiu .XadlP 

jReign of ITiifim HI. lue •iras, fiii^Rtfii^t.^ieii^Kvo/ 

. extraordinary in S'uMl^n, and at otl|«({?orthettt Q>iix!lls 

and wrote an Hifior^ of Sweden. He w^9 amtiiv»'tf iAH* 

niAer there by Queen Anne^ who xaadic him tfm^JOi 

Wlnd/ar^ Regifer of the Garter^ a^^iuie of the^lRKjie»- 

•daries cif Cant^rhury^ and in t)ie Year 17^ fVOqpptJil 

rliimto tfieSoe of Brift<J^ xnade^hlmLoffd.PrivirJeaJiyjme 

^ her Pleaipotentiariea at the CongEefs «f UtfeUkfy 

' P^ivy Counfelior, and one off the CoitmuifliQnors 6k bidW- 

< f ng the 50 «ne«r Churches. In tto Year 1 71 ^ ufMirdie 

Death of Dr. Hewry Gompton^ Bi(hoi> 4]f limdm, hm^m^ 

- tranflated to thiat Set, and^ie^d one of the fiAvtrnots of 

7the ChaPM%-Houfe, and made Oeaa of tlie Jloyrai^ki- 

^•pei at St« "ftmesh. I« the Re^n of King Qior^e^ heiwnif 

continued feme Time Dean of the Chapel, PrivyCoRMi- 

feilor, and appointed one of theOommiffioaera fit fokxAt- 

IngSe. tMtthi Ca«he4raJ. 

Afrit II. The Kihg conf(^M the Honour of . ^I^igjte<- 
hmionOer^iflMmtrsj 4 j^^A^MenAant* 

4Monel 



t^^^^lfl^gmH^^mmmmm^^mmmmmm \ i i_ mm^mmmmm 



fw the ^T^in» t^^'^ 




t§ie Regiment of Evanses Dragoons. 
; Dyi at Forisi, at the A^ge of €^^llftm^ fmesMp^t^ 
"BmA of FdnmtO'i^ «nfl li^itd BreeUn \h Stoflrttnd-y but at? 
tnateA of Kl£^*Ti«a^bniy being codGei^'d in t^e R^bel* 
lion in ift^ytnd afi«r the DdttKi oiP the lleliek, liiadtf 
his Efcape into France. He marryM the Lady Mi&^ Bi^ 
mdto'ji^ ii itedlyomi^ Bst^htdr of tA^iiM Dftke of ffa« 
fPfi^oR, but left' no'Iffisv. 

>4/ri7 ij. A Conie d" Hire paffrM the ^Ms fbr ttuxifbi* 
ting Dr. EdmJi^ ^M ^^f <^ Linct^n^^ to ^e ^t}f 
London^ yacant by the DeatH of D^.' 7^A;i Rohinjh, 

.IRtt Oowki^r Of C^/Tl^f /«4V#/;5 H^ife of-SUft?/ 2fb(ir^f^ 
Ijari of Ct^fiu^fen i}» Ireland, «id Bbron y^^> cxTfie^ 
b^'l^ In Ej^lMUh^ bitotight to Bedf ^'a Sonv 
-.B9AI Miv< »n»ii^r}i^/4 one of ttta C^ei«a ^IftheTiea^' 

^/ri/ 14. ULx.pharUs Lovmdes appointed Clerk o# fh<t 
^iedusTv ixi tike Koonvof K(». ITlg&fiffr f^tf <feceiui>d>3 
|riid' :,':■••' ...,..._ 

f^adaOoi: Fiat^i junior ^ Efi) ) Made 01^ ^ tit% €oinil^ 
fillers te Incdnilii^ ^nd regnlatiMg £l^<^k«ie^tCodtch^ ahd 
Cfaailrs^ i4 thHKaootn. of mivkl Mnhi JX^ 

April »& WmmMont^ffm^ Duke^f M^/t^)!^^, mar- 
jjfid :to the LaU^ fj^i^A?^ AleKfiij^fie^ el4ei^ Jdaughfep 0^ 

hSy?4 ShuUs^ Mitdf^ fif^ fonii«riy IM Exabpt in t^ 
i^Tm^oteuaitl^.. v^ ^ 

MarCy Daviesj Efq; Son of Sir Williav) J^a'wes^ Jjjifd 

Arch Whop i£> yo^ iimfty% t^Mp9*SM^h lt<whare/7 of 

ytf/r« 18. I}/i the Udy KnatMuU, Wife of Sir i*^. 
^liKii .SaittA^dir of Jf«r^if»^Bir^i^/i^' tVe Oouiit^ x)f 
JDoiK^ Aartt ., ■ i** . "•'^ . • 

Dr. Richard Retinoids^ Biihop ofBanprf tra|inatea' to 
^bn:^9tcyBJUnc4kij' "Nidaht by tU 1immti6n of I^. Me(- 
miial<(?il^av.«0.the^ #f i^^Mif;: ithd 

Dr. William Baker ^ Reftor of St. Onts't lA mPkU^^ 
jeffaoJMmfkM a B^g9f^ lliifit Bi^oift of Pi. RiMti 

i.: .. .i ^ • -p ^ ' April 2%, 



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20 Tbe Cptanaiagiial ^JHanjf ; 



■M 



• Afril zj. Baldvyn Waktj Efq; matr/d towMrs. May 

L^nc of . ' * • 

The Dutcbeft of BrU^evi^tUry Wife of Scroop E^erttm^ 
Duke of BriJifuoatir^ brought to Bed of a Daughter. 
. Afrii 24. Dy^d Grty Neville ot-BiUUighiir in the Coan* 
ty «f iSfrib, E%- Member of Parliament lor &n«kfe up- 
on Twtid* ... 

^^/''^ ^S- ^M^ i^;:«oMfr £fq; appointed Clerk of tJte 
Cheque at Flymoutk^ in the Room of Mr* 
Caii/ii% deceiis*d. ' . ' 

jifril i6. D/M Brigadier-Geaeral.Ltfi'jt/^'^ 

Dy'd J)t4ncky Efq; 

Py'd TheUdy JTrfr^^ Relid of Sir EdwrdWard^ 
tnx^Xlm^ Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. 

James Lovifthfr of fUt^Hall^ in the County oiSomer/ity 
cjeded Meiniber of Parliament for Apdhy in Wifimorc- 
Jandj in the Room of Sir Richard Sandfnrdj Bart, de- 
c^as^d. 

; Affi^ 27. The $effipns ended at Jufiice Hall in the Old 
jijy/y, where three Malefactors receivM Sentence of Deatk, 
tilft. bdu Nunneyiot Murder ; Rkhard Tranton^ for Felo- 
ny and Burglary, and Mary Chandler for Shoplifting \ 
fhe pleaded her Belly, and the Jury of Matrons brought 
in their Verdia,^ thit ihe was with Chid, but not with 
Quick Child* $e>reix were burnt in the Hand, and 24 
^onsConvia, orderM for Tranfporttiion. Sarah freU 
fejrt^^ ali«^' Sally .S^sHry^ being convided 6f ifiEaultihs 
and wounding the honourable jQhh Pimky Efq; was &i*4 
ijo6/. to (Uier 12 Months Impififoninfinty and to£nd 
Securities for her Good Behaviour Ibr two Years af<^. 

Jojefh Brifcoe^, E(q$ m^de LmiSuxv^'<m of the Cu* 
doms in the Port of London^ jn the Kcont^oiCkarUsFkrer 

April 29. Dy'd.Sir UWam Sf^nrntd^sKx. Alderman of 
CrippUiate Ward, and Prefident of St* Earthohme^h Hof-. 

. Dy'd Rohert ManfiU Efqv eld?ft 5on.^f , TAoiw*. Lord- 
Manjil of M^r^^iw^a^id. Member qf Parliament for Miw 
head in Somerfetjhirt* i . * ..;...•- >• 

• May 2. Came 5m thfc Eleaipii c^AnJ^ideittinoiCrif^ 
ffegate Ward, in the Room of Sir H illiam Suvkord dectes'd. 
The Candidates were Sir 7oA» Wlliam^ and jRr/ix Feafi^ 
Efq; theJafI of whom was uponf |^11 dec^r'd duly eled* 
bnt'a Ser^tiny was (Jjcmanded an4 granted.' 



I • > ) 



A Fire 



I I ■ III I ii .n.u ■ | | *^^'^-g^ ^ .i. i y 

. far the Tear if7%.\^ 31 



A Fir^ btpk«> out at a Barber's Houfe in Km-fir^^ 
J9/a0«;^tfr4 which cohAun'd that Houfe witho^e morct 
and damaged feveral others. Mr. Thomas Gilkert^ aa Ap»* 
thccar/) being in Bed in the Houfe wfipre the Fire t^e^gm^ 
periih'd in the Flames. r . 

Vfd Peter Crifpe^ Efq-, Controller of the Excif^Jn 
Ireland. '. ^, ^ . , . 

M«y 3. Ckrlflofher Layer was brought from the roiiwr 
tQ the Court of KirtgU Ditich^ purfuaat taa Rule, of that 
G>urt; and a new Rule was made iToKhis Exequtipn <»> 
the 17th of this Month. (See March 2^) ' , 

Colonel Rohnt Hayes^ made Colonel .of the Regiment 
of Foot of Colonel Thomas ChuiUigh^ who refign^d* . 

PyM I>n Bloptr^ Reftor 9i JjUHaH^j 

Srea4'Jhreet. , i . ^ 

Afiiy4. Dy'd HeighAm Bendyjh ,^ Eafi-H^m in,£//|j(^ 

' X)r. Edmund Gthfon^ Blfhop of London^ elected odiM o£ 
the Governors of the Charter-Houfe, in ^heJSLopm o^ 
"Dv^Jokn Rohitt/in^ his Predecefibr in the See of London^ 
deceasM. 

May 5. DyM the Lady Df/«rf, Wife of Sir f^erDifm^ 
Kt. and Alderman of Zillion. 

Kerr^ Efq^ ele£ted Member of Parliameat 
for Bervsick upon TaMfi, in the Room of Grey litvkle^ 
Efq; decea^M. 

' May 6. D/d John Nev)ey, D. D. Prebendary of Wlnm 
chifier^ Precentor and Prebendary of Bxeter^ and ReQor 
6t Wonjfon in Ham fjhtre. 

Mr. John Lynck, prefented to the ReAory of ^/» 
Hallovis Breadfireet^ vacant by the I>eath of JDr. - 
ihmer. 

May 7. pyM Major-General Holmes. 

The King conferrM the Honqur of Knighthood on 
Chahner Ogle^ Efq; Captain of the Swllovi Mas of 
War. 

DyM at Olau in S'defia^ iJirthe 29th Year ef ker A£f> 
tlie Prim^efs Maria-Cafimira^ Paughter of Prince J^mn- 
J^rvni Sokieskh 

^ May 8. Mr. C^haUh of Tnmtj^olUst in 

CamMdge^ committed Frifoner by Ord^r of the. Court 
otKing's Bencky for writing a Boots e^ixlpi^^Jfis Acudemi^ 
ium^ (3c. 

py^d Colonel l^ng, 

myf. 



«1 The X3k(fM^}cal Diar/ 



mdi tm tt EdhiMrik, iti dhaft fyr -AiHi VtJaAmtoY^ 

tHe Piodefe of Canter kury^ Archde^KtOft df li^imf/, C}^ 

jafy it. 1%cWffe of mntaffitiGitard Orak^ df jcrArr* 
ifWo^5 in the County of Bucks^ Elq; brought to R;d of ^ 

Ctpuin Iff/^iWur tUfff^ i^mnttmm <^. ther ^tii^T 

Jlfi^i^. VTKaHt MotgMn^ fredegar m the tMtixy^f 
Montmutk, Efij; Knight of the Shire, aAd ajfd Uisate* 
JHHM WfJuft CjotMtt^, iMaftynf tb tike Latlv Katluiiff Savenr 
4ijk, eld^D^ttghtfr c^ Wl^lum CAvendijky Duke oft>e^ 

Mttf t^. JIFllrelmHcedTlttttheHoidbGjf 
7M, tb%«rt>er in tedtr-fireH ntxtl^cefist^tdds^ ahd cbiv- 
fum^d that JHouG? only, 

» liU^IJh*. jar*tfgro/», Maftet bf tic Another 

caries Company, and. Brother of l>t.' Wlllram NttMlfdn^ 
4MH^'hT hcsfichttditfj lYi Jrvhimt, 
,*Jfcfe/i^ JefinHigs of ftiyy iti l^ttdile/ex^ 

Efqi marryy toMts-.B/flUi^e^A Afoyer, Daughtei: df Sir 
Skmef-MMfr^ KtA: a ftrt^ Merchant of London. 
-khl^jr Rafier^ hoti Tenkm^ ftot hiinftlf through f^' 
Head with a Piftol,.at his. Houfe In tfe^ &y-Af«f fe-f , ^d 
dy^ lAimtittjat^iyjigfc^A 4t Yeaf ». tie va^ one of thq 
Lords of the Bed-uWicfWr to the Kin^, a!hrf bfcing bred 
a J^oman Cathoiick, eiilbrapM the Prpt^a^t Reiigiba a-' 
bout 3 Y<^ts .bcfor*' hU Ijteith. Ifc' wis dried mar- 

m %r PkHtp fl*f/YA, VlfcoHiAt StrarlgfitdintkcYliigipsfk 
of Irelanft^ he left g Chiljlren; £Ai/i^, by whom he'wa^ 
«&feedca'fnHdn<nnf^ aiitlTMate, Htiit'y 'hiXiiHs^iiy, 
By hiwftt^htt'Wtf^,' Ww6NAs ©a'ughtct bf Sir yok^bag^ 





^ .< * Captain 






JseassmmmmmmKma^Bam 



« *^ . , ^^'^' Fa^ 4pffiptqd C^ari^^njf . *f 

Excife m /re/«»i, in Ac Room o£ $^ <r»^Wftft% V^ 

A«y 17. Chrtfigfer Lnyer^ executed atJJ^jJtffw. . j[]^ 

Jrawf/V JfTI/**u»rfi^, Efqj chofcn Mcnaber of Farftai)jici\t 

jU/, Efqj deceased. 

May i^. fDy'4 Sir Tlm^s Ol^pT of . ftfA.nfff^'iM 

theCasmy M )%^r ?w% Jf ciatw of JtorlJii^ipyiif rfor. 
iiaidfloni^ In that County. ' « J 

Mml w*iU>w*.»)^^g<K^4^Hviaur4:Qj:. 1 2, MgjJWf. 
{SecMayi.) 

I>7'4 flefer J^Wjb Pfea. W -C^WOIX^ E^-lp^tfi Mer- 
chant of London. 

|:y of IJi^Af, ^ri;y'd ft) Mrp. lEb^t^ * r 

Richard C^ckeiy, Efq^jSecretfiry tp the ArphWU*op, of 

JCf^B^^j^ry, j|g|^ted.Coijaiv»fl&Ty «^th4t PM>cefc,,ijij:hc 

,|tpoflftw#f pr.,to<^Akr, djCfifajB'rd. 

. JDr. Exfo^'Sfiyer^ x»a^ QiB^aJi of the ArqWeapoftfj? 

,^ Coflitrlmi^'i "Vf^ the PUce pf Dr.^flwii/«r,ilece^$'jd., 
JV!f^jF22. 4xHiur F(«^.SftUKn ^f Orvmi'fttfig^^ Efij; 

in$(rry?d to Mr$. Stovef^P^fi-i Pau^tcr q^ Sir 

5feto ^to»AP«</& of JUdley in the (?pu«tv ^f JerJi, T^n^ * 
CkarlekTovonJhendj Efq; eldeft Son of CW/«, V^cpuat 

T^fp^end^ caiPd vp'hy Writ io the Houft gf P^riy, by 

>thc«tyle.a<\d TitJc of Ba^on tow^hn/i of lymJ^e^H ^ 

tlM? County of JVor/btt. 

C/uirks Ttywnjhend^ Baron Tcnnnjhand of hpi^ s\ppoi|Ut- 
«d onie Af the Ocixtleinen of his .]V(aje{ty> B^)ian4>er, 
in the-RooDnpf HgaryRop^^J^nitenham^ d#ce^s'd. , 

jifijf a 3,. Dy 'il 3^<i»f?« San4mjQrf4 E^rl and Viftount 
CafiUton^ fearon of Satthy^ AijiltjBaroaet. AH which Ho- 
^ourf, hf dying u^fiarr^Vy /be^gie jexnnQ t>/ his 
l^eath. 

"* ■ A 



^ 4 The ChrMohgtMl IHaty 

A Marriage wat celcbnfted in tHe Royal Piilace at Ber^ 
li;;^ between the Heredftairy 'Prince of Saxc EySenach^ 
uid the PrinceA, tided Daughter of his R6yai High'- 
iiiciiy the TAAvgrvLvkyAlhrt-Frederkk of Brandenhur^, 
- Ititlhm fuheney^ of St. Jamr^ Wefimtnfier; Efq; Mem- 
ber of Parliament, for Haydon in York/hire^ appointed 
Cpfferci: of his Majcfty's Houfhold, in the Room .of Fran- 
its (sodohhln^ tM' of (iddolf%w. 

John fiierryl of launfion in the County of Southamftoriy 
'Bfq; 'Member of Parliament for Tre^onj in CornvMlj m- 
poipted Deputy-Cofferer, ii^ the Room of Ea- 

"^mrdsi JEfq; • 

May 24. py*d , . Countefs-powagei' of Jiher* 
cor'fu'. , ' , ■ . " 

Ehf'd Mir. BicknelLin eminent Afilreft at the Theatre 
viPriiry.U»f. ^ '. 

f iD(y'd Mr. Binjamtn Toph'y anofed Bookjkllcr. 
• Dfd t>r. John Hftmmondy Canon of Chrlfi'Cfmrck' xh 
Oiffyrd. ... .. 

.Dy'd of the Small Pox, at Nancy in Iforratfiy Prince % 
Leofold'Cttmenty eldeft Son of the Duke of 'Ior»^^'w, in hU 
17th Year, being born the isih of April 1707. 

Aiay 25. Riehntd Trantam^ and £t#l< iViinnfy, executed at 

ry^am,(See^/r//i70 . . . ' ' " . ' 

Francis Godolphin^ Earl of Godolpldn^ appoint^ Groom 
of the Stole to his Majefty, in the Room oF CharUs Spen- 
eer^ Earl of Sunderland^ deceased. 

Charles Hovaard^ Earl of Carltfle^ appointed Conflable 
of Wlndfor Caltle,and of the Parks, Forclh, ahd Warrens 
there; alfo Governor and Captain of the fnid Cattle, and 
the Forts and Fortifications thereunto belonging, ' ih 
the Room 1^ Richard Temphj LordViftount Co^aw. 

Rohert Herhert^ Efq; Son of Thomas Hcrhe^t^ Earl of 
Pemhroke^ appointed Groom of the Bedchamber to his 
Maiefty. 

Philip Lord Stanhope^ Son of Philip Stanhope^ Earl of 
Chefitrfield^ appointed. Captain of the Yeoniicn of the 
Guard of his Majefty*s Body, in the Rooni of Jawifs 
Stanley^ Earl of Derhy, 

George Berhehy^ Efij; appbintcd Mafter-Keeper and Go- 
vernor of the Hofpitai or Free Chapel of St. Catharine\ 
near the Tovfer^ in the Room of WilUam Tarrtr of fiidtmt 
Atfw in the County of 5^^/<?rrf, Efq; . * * 

Richard Temple^Lord Viftount Col^^iM, appointed Govei*- 
noT of thic lile pf Jkrjiy. 

Dr, 



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9 fo r the Tcaftji^. . a 5 

M^y 26, Dy'd John Wtfi^ Loxi i)< i« W^r^ and wa< 
lUccccded la Honour and BAatebjr Mi Son^^oAnlTr/^, 

Fr^n^/i Qoiolphln^ Earl of Godolfkh^ fwom of hj$ M^ 
Jcfty> nMlt honourable Privy Councl), and took lii» Place 
>i|t the 'Board accordingly* 

Dr. Bd)mtn4 Gihfin^ Lord Biihop of loxifon, fworn of 
%\% Majei\y*i mojit honourable Privy Council, and took 
his Place at the Board accordin«;ly^ 

Hi« Majiefiy 4ecl|r'd to his Privy Council, that fome 

extraordinary Affairs caJlM him abroad this Summer, 

and nominated the following Perfoas to be Lord* JuAi- 

cet for the Adminiftration of the Government, during 

l^is Abfence, vhu Dr. mUiam Wuki^ Lord Archbiihop 

of CMUfhuY)^ Thmoi IfAthr^ Earl of Macfltsfield^ Lord 

Chancellor of Gnttt BrlUln^ Hiwy .6ay/#, Lor(fQir/M(o«, 

,l^rd Preiident of the Council, tvelyn Piertoint^ Duke 

, o£ lUnifion^ Lord Privy Seal, ^Aw Camfhel^ Duke of Ar^ 

lyli and GrttrmUky Lord Steward of the Houihold, TAo- 

maf Holies Ftlham^ Duke of Ne^ncaftk^ Lord Chamberlain 

ofthe Houihold, Ckarlts Ftt%^R^^ JP^^^ ^^ Grafton^ 

l.drd Lieutenant of Irtlandj William Ca^ndijh^ Duke Of 

Devon/hire^ fohn Ker, Puke of Iftokktiriki^ one of his Ma- 

jefty's Principal Secretarici of State, Jmes BerMey^ 

£ari of Berkthy^ Frmcis Qoiolfkin^ Earl of jSodoltkin^ 

Jfllliam C^d^M^ Earl Qfdc^n^ Charles Jovinjhimd^ Lord 

Vifcount 7(;^/}j&«ni^ Principal Secretary of State, 5/«ioii 

Jiarc^wrt^ L^rd Vifcount Uarcourt^ jQ%n Cartaretj Lord 

Cartaret^ one of his Majefly's Prlnclptl Secsetari«s 

of State, and ^hert Walfck^ Efq^ , Chancellor of the 

Exchequer, 

* . WUliam Skarte^ Efq^ (^[orn Clerk Extraordinary of his 

M^eily's mon HonourKbAe Privy Council. 

His Majefty ' in Council, direaed Orders to ibe iflu'd 
for admitting to B^il Thomas Hovtard, Duke of Narfollt^ 
William North, Lord North and Grey, Dennis KiUy, ai|d 
Thomas Qocjtran, Efqrs, and David du Boyce. 

His.MaJeily in Council, ordered that the refpedive 
Convocations of Canterbury and Korlt, which fiood pro- 
rogUi'd to the 31(1 of May, ihould be farther .prorogued 
• to the itfth of O&oher. 

May 27. Dy*d Charles Lenos, Duke of Richmond and 
Lenos, ^e of the Lords of the Bedchamber, and Knight 
of the mod' noble Order of the Garter, in the jifi Year 

P of 



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wmtmmmm^mmmmmm 



05 The Chrtmole^al Diofy 

9l his Age, bdng tH)m Mf 29, 1672, He war S<m of 
lung Gkarlis IL bj Leiuja de QuerodUe^ t FrenrA Lady, 
created Dutchefs of fartfimnah for Lifr. He inanyM 
^«iie Daughter of Trtmeh Lord ' Brudenel ( Sifter of 
G«or^e Brudenel^ Earl of CUrdiggn^ and Widow of He nr^ 
Lord Bellafyfe of WbrhhyJ bjy whoitt he had Ifliie-one Son, 
CharUi Earl of Martk^ who fecceeded him in Honour 
and Eftate ; and two Daughters, the Lady Lmfr Lemt^ 
marry'd to James BnlttUjj Earl of B&itUj^ who dy'd 
before her Father, and theLad^y yfimf Lfiwi, iaarry'd to 
WtiUm-Anne Kepil^ EaK of Albemarie. 
I The King went to the Houfe of Peers, gave the' Royal 
AiTent to feveral Bills, and mtde af Speeth to both' Hou- 
fes : After which, the Lord Chaitcettor, by the King*s 
C<ftnmlhd, pro^bgu*d the Parliament to the 2tl of 

- A Fire broke out in the Stables of the' Airarfif*s Head 
-Inn in CatmrnMe-ftreet nt^r Biflutf/gahj and confum'd 5 or 
6 Hottfes and Stables. 

A Patent pafsM the Seals for pardoning Hettr) Si. fohij . 
late Vifcount JSo/iff^^olrf, attainted for High Treafbn in 
i^ Year of the Reign of his Majefty. 

Thomas Morgan^ Efq; ele£ted Member of Parliament 
for the Town of Brecon^ in the R(M>m of WiUiam Mar* 
j^an^ Efq; who made his Election to ferve for the County 
of Monmouth, 

Dy'd Dr. Woodhm/e^ an emindit Phyftcian, of Berk- 
■kiimftemdinHertfordfitre' 

Dy'd the tudv Delves^ Wife of Sir Thomas Delves of 
Waruoiclfy Bart. « 

May 2g^ James Ogilvj^ EtLrijof Finlater^ fwom one of 
the Lords of his Majefty*s moft' Honourable Privy G)un- 
cil, and took l^is Place at the Board accordingly; 

DyM Mr. Starle^ Accountant of the General 

Poft-biKGe. 

Charles Tovonfliendj Lord Vfnnt^ eldcft Son of Charles 
Vifcount Tvwnjhend^ marry'd to Mrs. , Har- 

rlfin. Daughter of Edvunrd* Hairrlfon of Balls in the 
0>unty of Hertford^ Efq; 

Thomas Hovxird^ Duke of Norfolk^ William Norths Lord- 
North and Grry, Dennh Kelly^ and ThdmasCockrMK Efqrs. 
Frifoners in the Tower, and David du Boyce^ Pmbner in 
Ne'wgate^ admitted to Bail. 

May 30. Weftli ofRamfield in Yor\Jhire^ Efq; 

marry'd to the Lady CA«r/om.D«rryj Sifter i>i Fobert Dar- 
cy^ Earl of Holderneji, 

DyM 



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for the Tear 1723. 27 

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Dy'd Sir ^aww Wtjhart^ formerly Rear Admiral. 

Dr. William Bra'djluifw, Prebendary et jCanterhury^ made 
Canon of Qartft-Cimrfh^ Oxon^ in the* Room of Dr. John 
flammond^ deceasM. 

Dr. J^kn Glarle^ appointed Prebendary of Canterhury^ 
*on the Reilgnation of Dr. jhhn Bra4fiav9. 

Rohert Walfole^ Efq^ (Son of Bahert Walpoli q£ Bongh- 
Jt«» in the County of Norfolk^ Efq; one of his M^efty^s 
Principal Secretaries of State, Chancellor of the Exche^ 
quer, lie) created a Peer of Great Britain^ by theName^ 
Style, and Title of Baron WalfoU of Wdlfoh in the Coun- 
ty of Abrfo/fe. 

-Dr. Samuel Bradfinrd, Bilhop of earlijle^ tranfiated to 
the See of Rochefier^ and appointed Dean of the Collegia 
tte.Churchof St. Feter\ Weflmlnfier 5 bo A which Dig- 
nities became vacant by the Deprivation of Dr. Francis 
•Atterbury, 

Dr. John Waugk^ Dean of Gkueefier^ made Bifhop of 
CarliJU^ in the Room of Dr. Samuel Bradford^ tranfiated 
to the Sec of 'Rocliefter. 

Dr. yohn FrarMdnd^ 'appointed Dean of Gloucefter in 
the Room of Dr. John Waugk, tnade Biihop of Car- 
UJle. 

, IDr.John Herhert^ made Prebendary of Wefinunfier^ in 
iftieRoom of Dr. JohnWaugh^ promoted to the See of 
Carlifle. 

Humphrey Gore^ Efqj Major^Gencral of his MijeftyV 
Fbrces, appointed' Governor of KJnfale and Charles^Fort 
in the County of Cork in Ireland. 

• John Frederick of Weftminfter^ Efq$ created a Baronet of 
^edt Britnun. 

May 31. The Countefs of Rochford^ Wife of Frede- 
rick Zadeftein^ Eurl oi*^Roclf^4^ brought to Bed of a 
Son. 

Sir Barnham Rider of Boughion^ in the County otKerit^ 
Bart, ele^ed Member of Parliament for Matdfione in 
that County^ in the Room of Sir Thomas Cdepefer^ de-i 
ceasM. 

June I. The Scffions ended at fufiice Hall in the Old 
Bmly^ where four Perfons receiv'd Sentence of Death, 
wz,. Jo/iph -Chapman^ John Tyrrel alias Tenant^ and WiU 
liatk Par/ons^. aH for Horfe-St^aling ; and Witliam Ha^wkf 
*mrth^ a Soldier in the Foot-Guards, for the Murder of 
John Ranfom^ a Chandler, and 21 Felons Convlft were or- 
^r'd for Tranfportation. ' * 

Dy'd 



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' nOvM T^/FMilfoei of liifffefonia tbeCounty <jeMiddle'' 

Wr. . ' "' ^ '^rw^- -Depaty-Aoooimtant <rf* ^e 
^oft"Ol8c€V' iteft <^*«A.«ewwtant there, ^ in dielllttodi 

•f $In . 5f>iWe, deceased. ♦ 

'l)/a Sfr tiolirt Ihvffii Of J(tt||MM]r*fiWin tlieCdun^ 
ty of S^'i^i T5art. ^d Vra« nxS^edtd in Honour aivd 
ISfiitc by liisBr<rtli!er,;jFrt^«*A»wrf, Efi|; • • ^. 
• -7««^ $• Jj^ tliS^Efveniitg the- feirig went from St 

?ams*s Xp, <Sreemoich. -where tiis Majefty dnbarkM on 
oirl^llie'CarpUn'a Yatcht, and between Eleven and 
Twfelve, ftiW do^^ the River, in order toptfif ovet 
fo Holland. ' , i ' . . . ; . ,, 

'^ Mr. Setirle^ 3on of the late Chief' Accbun- 

^ 'tant of . thd PoftrOffice^made Deputy^Acomntant, in the 
)R.6tfi4 of Mr. Horti.' ^ ' ' .......' •; 

* faitiei WMe^ave^ Lord'l0i/if<ji««w of C/ktOon^ ^fP^^^h 
.ted on/e of the Lords of his Majefiy^s Bedchambe^in1!te 
Koom ot' (Charles Lems^ Duk« or Richm$nd^ deceas^it. .. 
: >«f5f;»By>wtKti>y^x, Efi![;*.aiid. • Wyh4lunk^ 

E(q; appointed Coramiffioners of* the Cuftoms. »-. ^ 

• Juj^t. Vtr\ B^rk^l aii efiiintnt l«f Jty Mercjiai^t <# 
%ond<fiit!f 'iiarry'd to Mrs: * ' •'. •' Gfew^A, Dai^hterif 
Sir Rkfrnri ^ough^ Knight, Merchant of London-' 

t^r.N^ithanael Lye^ Archcleacon of - tf /o(«/ipj?«r, made a 
-Prebfendary of that Cdthfcdral^ ^havinl^ tefignfd ills Pre- 
bend in Ae Church of ffri^o/. , ' - 

./ttwr 7. The King landed in J5fc?/<i«i. 

* Dr. fhrtry iSrydgt^:, ^Archdeacon of Rotltfter^ brother 
.of Jamei^Bryd^es^ Duk«h Of Okandos^ ele^ed bythe-fei' 

lows- of Balrd (XRe^ ^nOxford^ VAfilot of that CoK 
lege, in tjie Ropm cf Dr. John Roibinfon^ Biihop of L^* 
' Vo^i* deceas'd,*. • • ' " ' *i"'; ^ 

' Jme 10. ThcLordsJuftic^met alt the iS^fcj/^opeh'd 
^their Commiflions, and appointed CAar/w Delafaye^ Iifiti 
to be thcir'Secrelary. '*".': T r' 

''' Sir ^)-ffer Crofif, Bart, Aia^ryM' (o Mrfe. 

' tf^^ffwjf /Daughter of- Brig^dier-6eiieml.W|^ * .^ = 

. . JThQmas Benn^t^ Efq; made, one of theMafters of Chan* 
eery, in the Room of' yokn Hfccocks^ Efqv' WjfO re- 

•\ June'Tu Djr'd of the Small Por, the Lotd TAgifciJ 
m^mte'rs^ Brother of 7dA» M«»ier/, Duke/ of jKuflwtrfy 
jicedfa. Years.' • ; - ' 






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Jvne II. The King arriv'd ^ Herenhaufen, 
. . Mr. Suttofiy apjpointed Prebendary of Br/- 

•-J?o/, in the Place of Dr. Lye^ ' made Prebendary 

of Qloucefier, k 

June 13. The Peers of Scotland me*", in Purfuance of 

his Majefty'8 Proclamation, at Holy-Rood Houfe in Edin- 

' lfurgk\ and elected Jokn Lejlie, Earl of Rothes^ to fit and 

vote in the Britijh Houfe of Peers, in the Room of yames 

Studrt^ Earl of BuU^ deceased. 

Allan, Erodericky Lord Eroderick^ Lord^ Chancellor of 
Irdand^ fworn at Dublin^ one of vthe Lords Juftlces of 
that Kingdom. 

Jnne 14. DyM Richard Neijofort, Earl of Bradford^ 
Vifcount Newport of Bradford^ and Baron Ne/wfort- of 
Jfiih^Ercal^ one of the Lords of his Majedy's mo(t Ho- 
nourable Privy CoUhcil, ^nd Lord Lieutenant of the 
County of Salop. He was fucceeded in Honour and £- 
flate by his Son Heiiry Lord Vifcount Newport. 

Dy'd Sir yokn Gafcolgne^ Bart. 

Dy'd Mr. EeauUeu^ Prebendary Sf St. P^ars. 

June 17. William Hawk/worthy 2ind John Tyrrel^ execu- 
ted at Tyburn, (See June i.) 

A Fire broke out at a Cotton Warehoufe in Billeter' 
tarn 5 which confumM 10 large Warehoufes, with great 
Quantities of Good^, g Dwelling-Houfes, and damag- 
ed Ibme others. Several Perfbns were kiird and wound- 
ed. 

lyfd Sir John WHllams of Pengetkly in the County, of- 
V Hereford^ Knt. and Bart. He wqjs the eldcft Son of Sir. 
Thomas Williams o£ Gwernevedt in the County of Brecrwck^ 
created Baronet 26 Car 2. .but dying without liTuc, the 
Honour defcended orx David Williams^ Efqj Son of Sir. 
Edward Williams^ Knight, who was Brother of the d^- '. 
ctasM. 

^une 1 8. A Fire broke out in Brown^s Gardens in St. 
Giles% and burnt four fmall Houf^^, and feveral Sta- 
bles. 

June 19. The dqpriv'd Bifhop o£ Rochefter taken out of 
the Tower, and put on Board the Aldhorough Man of 
l^arj which landed hijpa at Calais^ on the 2 ifh 

Rkhard Brocas^ Efq; Alderman of the Ward ofj^ar^ 

ringdon WHhin^ elefitcd rPrefident of St. Bartholomew's 

jlHofpitaJ^ in the Room of Sir William Stewart deceafr 

jf fune 20. Sii: Gerfard Conyers^ Lord Mayor of Undon^ 
Wjgclar'd Sir. Jok$ WilUmsy Knt, to have upon the Scru. 
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tiny the Majority of Votes for Al<feriiiaa a£ tlie Ward 

of CrippUiMte^ in the Room of Sir William Stewart, dtcestB^'d, 
(See May 2.) But AJidavits having been mad* on botli 
Sides relating to the* Scrutiny, the fime were rcfcrr'd to 
the Court of Aldermen. 

Pr. MiddUton^ brought to the King^s-B^nck^ 

finM 50/. and ordered to give Security for good Beha^ 
viour for 12 Months, for refie^ing on that Court ia 
the Dedication of a Book, composed by him, entitled, 
Bthltothec(g Cdntahrigtenfls orHnandi Mefhodm fUdtdam. 

Dr. J^ttor, Reaor of St. Mich*er%, CornhiUy 

made Prebendary of St. FauTs, in the Room d Mr. 

Beataieuy deceasM. 

June 21. Dr. John Friend, carry'd from the Tow«r to 

the Court of Kir^^s Bench at Weftminfterj and admitted to 

Bail. 

William Towifhend^ Efq^elefted Member of Parliament 
for the Borough of Yarmoktk in the County f^Southmmp* 
ton, in the Room of h^s Brother, Charles To^nfiend^ Efi^; 
call'd up to the Houfe of Lords. (Stec May-iiA 
' yum 22. George Delaval^ of Nevihy in the County ,of 
Nortkumherland, £fq^ Rear-Adniirlil, and Member of 
Parliamentfor forf/>/^Adm 'mComnaaf, killM by a Fall 
from his Horfe, near Nenjocaftle upon Tjne. . 

June 24. Came on at Guildhall, tlie £le6tioa of Site* 
riffs of London and Middles ; the Candidates were Sic 
John WilUom, Knr. and mchard Lockwbod, Efqj Sir lU* 
ehard Hopkins, Knt. and Felix Feaft, Efq; the two fbitaer 
were declared to have aJfMajority of &Jids j but a Poll 
WHS demanded and granted. 

June 25. Sir John Woolrtdget^ Dudmitnfion in the Couin- 
ty of Salop, Bart. drownM inattempting topafs theRt- 
▼irf&v^« onHorfeback. 

June 26. Dy'd Sir Richard Reynell of l^dam in the 
County of Middlefi^, Bart. 

iT Patent pafs^d the Seals, conftituting P^cy lUrh, Efqj 
Houfekeeper to his Majcily at WhitektM. '- 

, June 48. Rotrert Clifton of Qifton in the County of 
Nottingham, Efq; marry'd to the Lady. Frances Onfty 
Daughter, of Nanfan Coote, Earl of Betlamont in Ire* 
Und.^ ^ 

Mr. John WooHdge, appointed Coileftor of the Cu* 
fiXMiAs at Plymouth^ in the Room of Mr, Morrice^ 

deceased. 









for the Tear 1723. gir 

^■W— i»— — f— — — 1— ■— — i— i— i"^ III I ——————— 

ftmet^. A Commiifion fot managing the Ctift»ms cif 
jSre^f Britain^ pafs'd the Great Seal, appointing the fol- 
lowing Perfons, Commiffioncrs, «?«.. Sk iTn/zir l^^^^r, 
Bart. Sir M» Sfjw/jv, Bart. tW^j ITalker^ Efqj Sir 
Cfeir/« Pe^rf , Bart, iohert Buylig^ Ifqv «ir John Evelyn^ 
' Bart. Thomas Maynard^ Efqj Sir 7«»ffj Campbell^ Bart. 
J5ry<i« Fairfa^y Htnry Hdle, George Drummond, and jfoA» 
»//, Efqrs. 

Thomas BryarL, Efq; apM^&te4 Secretary xc the Com- 
fiiilfioners of the dUtonKpi^ting in Scotland* 

Mr. ftters^ elected O^efturer (^f St. £7#Mnif. 

l)anes. 

June 30. DyM Sir JT/V/mj* *f, QiiM^'ff of Scamffton in 
the (bounty of York^ Barf. Member of. Parlianieivi for 
IStigfton upon Hull in that County, one of the Vice*Tr«fcr 
furers of Ireland^ and one of his M^jefiy'a mc4k Honour- 
able Privy Council in that Kingdom. The Honour de- 
itended to his Nephew, William f}f. Qaintin^ Efq; Mem« 
>er of Parliament for Thirsk in Xorhjhire. 

fuly 2. Sir Thomas Lnnther of Hooker in .the County «f 
Lancafter^ Bart, "marry'd ' to the Lady Betty Cavendijk, 
Daughter of William Cavendijh^ Duke of Vev6nflHre. 

The Parliament of Gria$ Britain, lEIirther proTogu'd 
•till Augufi 13. 

The Sheriirs of London declared in tbe ttftial Manner 
HX QuHdhidl, that upon a Computation of the Poll, Sir 
fohnWiUiamSy and Richard lochwood, £(q; were duly e- 
. le^ed Sheriffs to fervc for the Year enAiin^ ; but \t, 
Scrutiny was demanded and gf^ntet in Behalf of Sijr 
Richard Hopkins, and Felix Feaft, Efq; ( See June 24^) 

This being the laft Day of the Term, the Court of 
Kiug^s Bench fcntenc?d Do^or Gad4rd, Printer, to pay a 
Fine of 50/. to fujffer tf Months Imprjfonment, ^d to 
find Sureties for his Good Behaviour for 3 Years, for 
a Paragraph in a Weekly Paper, formerly printed by 
him. • . * 

Samuel Redmayfje, Printer, for p^blifliing a Libel, en- 
titled, The Advantages of the Hanover Smjeffion, was (da* 
teno'd to pay a Fine of 303 /. to fuffer one Year's Im- 
prifonmcnt, and to find Sureties for his Good Bjehaviour 
for 3 Years. - ' 

Richard FhiHifs; Senior, Printer, for printing aLibe^ 
tntitled, Ths fecqnd Ifart of the Advantages of the Hano- 
ver SuccelHoju was fentfii^ d to pay a Fine of 300 /. to 

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lUfier one Year's Imprifonment, and to find Sujreties for 
his Good Behaviour for 3 Years. 

jRiVA^ri PAi////>5,Ju»Biior, Apprentice to his abovcnam'd 
Father, was, for the feme Offence, fentencM to pay a Fint 
,of lOQ /• and to.£nd Sureties for hisGood'Behaviour for 
. 3 Years. 

July 3. JoknHolt^ Efq; of Redgrave in the County of 
Suffolk^ marryM to the Lady Jane Wharton^ Sifter of PA/- 
lif Wharton^ Duke of Wharion. 

Dy'd Mr. Roger/ort^M^&cr rf the Free-School at 

>St. 'QUvfj SouthvMrki ^> 

July 4.^ About 70 Felons were taken out of Neixigatey 
:l3e. and put on Board fot Tranfportsti'oa. 

At a Court of Admiralty held at the Old Batly^Ca^t. 

■ Ham f ton Mafon was tryM on three (everal Indi^ments, 

- «nd acquitted \ Jofeph No^ns alias Stilly was try'd for 

Murder^ and acquitted. Tkilip Roche was convifted of 

. Piracy, ard receiv'd Sentence of Death ; as did alfo, 

. Capt. John Majj'ey^ wljp was found guilty of running away 

■with a Ship belonging to xht African Company, and of 

two Robberies oh the High Seas, in taking Goods out of 

two. Ships. • , .' 

Dy'd Samuel Benjo'n oiS^oreditchyxi the County of M/i- 
dlefex^ Efq; • 

July %f Sir WiUim, Thofnpfon^ Recorder of iaifibn, 'by 
Ordier. of the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, dc- 
-ckr'dfrom the Huttings, that the Poll for Sheriffs ap- 
peared 10 them, by Ejfemination on Oath, 10 be for Sir 
Richard HopkiMs^ ^nd feli^iFeaft^ Efqi and therefore de- 
• clar'd them duly elected. (See y^/y 2-) 

July 6. The Lady of James Lor4 CoiWptM^ cldcft So» of 
. Geor^f Coriipton^ Earl pf North^ytkpton^ brought to Bed of 
, a Sqn. . . 

A Proclamation ,publiih'd in Ireland^ for further pro- 
roguing the Parliament of that Kingdom, from the 5th 
ot^Augufi^ to the 29th of that Month. 

fuly -J. Jofepk BUhard/on Efyy one of the Couiifel of 
. the City of London^ .marry'd to Mrs. 4f/ii- 

Ju'.y 8. 'Df&JacolpBorr^ Efq; Brigadier-General and 
Colonel of a Regjinent of Foot in Ireland. . 

July 9. Dr, Ednnard Butler^ Prefideni of Magdalene Col- 
lege in Oxford^ marry 'd to Mr^. Mary Tate, 

The following Perfons being infurM in the Sun FjY*- 

'. Off^f^y and having been ^Su|Ferers by late Fires^ receiv'd 

iSeir full Satisfa^OA for the Loffes they AiftainM tiere* 



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\ — 

it ^y» '^^ Thomas Qirtnmriihtj Henry Hall^ Goodviin Cheney^ 

Thomas Bolter^ Thomas Barham^ Jofipk Dancer and Robert 
^ if/7/, all of BiJhop/iate^Street. Annii Taylor of Can^mormH^ 

to| Street. Jofeph Shovf^ John Temfiiu Wmiajp ?efter^ Marj 

TiJJer^ John James^ Thom^Jin Price and JVilUak Blackwln^ 
of Maiden-Lane^ Convent-Garden. Peter Roakkam^ Edmmtd 
^^ ' Tearce and Thomas Jones^of Bull'InfhCaurt in the Strand, 
)2 EtiTmhetk Middjeton^ of jRaylieS' Alley in the Strand. Fran- 

» ets Forten^ ]^iUiam Stirling^ Ed^wardColman^ James Badger^ 

A Thomas EJBon^ John Haj^ James Afque^ Rofe FiJlar and 

• William Motre^ all of Bfteter-Lant. Jofeph Stratfor and 
^ William Fly, of Cock-Hill, Ratclffe, Michael Cole of Nar- 

row- Street^ Ratcliffe. Jofeph Hill and Thomas Cltamherlain^ 
of Leaden-Hall-Street, William Horton of Queen-Street^ 
I Cheatfide., Thomas Sta^gall of Witch-Street. Robert Hunter 

1 ' of t^ecution'Doc\^ Wapping, Mndrev) Leaper of Water* 

. Lane, Fleet - Street. William Matthe^ws of Kent 'Street^ 

Southfuoark. William Burton of Ckaring-Crofs. Charles Cor* 
ner 9f St. Martinis- Street, Leicejier-Flelds. Robert Good^ 
ijoin of Swan- Alley in Gofiaelf^Street. Anne Grebes of- 
Bride-Lane. William HoUoimy of Stroud In Gloucefierjhire. 
Thomas Scudamort of Canterbury in Kent. Richard Rootfey 
of Braintree in BJfeX' John Nevicomb of Crediton tsi 
Devonfilre. Richard Chsjnmll, E!q; of Debdew-Hall m 
■ mp^- John Sandford^ Efq^ of Bijhop-Stratford m Hert- 
fordjhlre* Jofeph ^pton oiAndover in Hampjhire. ^ChrU 
Jlopher Town/end ot Martham in Norfolk, . Humphrey Ho% 
land of Lonjoth in Lincohjhire^ and Frex.x^ll Bampfield of 
' Zffeter. . * ^ - ' 

fuly 10. A Fire broke out in a Livery Stable in Black 
Fryers, and burnt its Way to an adjoining Brewhoufe^ 
but was e^tlnguifli^d without doing much Damage. 
JulyiL the 'Seffions ended at the Old Baily, where 
. two Malcfaftbrs received Sentence of Death, viae, fames 
Butler, and William Duce, for two Arvcral Robberies on the 
Highway. Eight were burnt in the Hand, of which 
Number, was £/^L4^«f A CoffT, an Alms-Woman, forMan« 
ilaughter, in killing Dorothy Firmer with her Crutch; 
. and ElixAbeth Hornby^ for T^lony, in marrying a fecond 
Husband, the firft Mng living: And 37 Felons Con- 
vifit were orderM ' for Tranfport^xionl 

An Indictment was preferred againft James Edmondfin^ 
Efq; one of the late South-Sea Directors, for Felony, 
In concealing Part of his Eftate from the Truflfecj^, con- 
trary to a late Aft of Parliament. But the (xr^nd-Juyy 
bought in Xl^is Vctdi^^ Ignoramus. 



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jttiy It* DyM Henry Pern 6f Hammerfmitk in tlieCotin- 
.ty of Middleji>9^ ECq; aged 63 Years. 

JPy'd Mrs. Elixahett MomUgu^ Widow of tjiward 
Mat^ntii^HO{ Morton iri the County of Northampton^ Efq; 
ju^. Mother of Georgt Mounttngu^ Earl of Halffax.^ 

July 15, Dy'd . Levifon Govaer^ Etq; eideid 

I .Son of JotmJLevifon Govoer^ Lord Gowr of Stitten- 

^v( Aaw. 

4^ June 16. Sir ttUb^rd Hopldm and R/ix fi^J?, ECq; gave 

^•^ Bonds at a Courtrof Aldermen, lieid at Guildhall^ to hold 

"^ tKeOiEce of Sheriffs 06 London an^ Middle fex'^ for the 

'- , Year enfuing;. 

) Jf^h »7- ^/^ ^P^- Ckmtrell^ Gentlemau- 

^ Umer to the Princcfe of W^les. 

Jnly 10. Dy*d Anthonyf de Grey^ Lord Ltfr«f of Crud- 
n)^ll^ (Earl of Harold) only Son of Hewry <fff Gr^y, Duke 
©f Kew/ 5 he was one of the Lords of the Bedchamber, 
and raarry'd to the Lady Mary Tufton^ Daughter of jR^ 
mas Tufton^ Ear) of Thsaji^tj hut lef^no Iffue. 

/il/^rai. Dr. Lynford appointed Sub-Dean 

. of Wefiminfier^ in the Room of Mr. Evans^ who 

. A Patent paft*d the^Seals, appointing Mr, 
I^un^ Porter of tfhd/or Caftle. 

f$tly 23. The Countefs of Fomfret^ Wife of Tlpmas Far-* 
mer^ Earl of Pomfretj brought to Bed of a Son.' 

The Lord Mayor declared Sir John Williams duly ele^- 
cd Alderman of Cripplegate Ward, and he was fworn in 
accordingly. (Sec June i<).) 

John Mjddhton ftood in the Pillory ^t Charlng-Crofc^ 

according to Sentence .of the Court of King^s Benck, for 

.wilful Perjury, in fwearlng treafonabie Pra^ices againfl 

innocent Perfons ^ and was taken down dead. The Co- 

« roner^s Inqueft having fate on his Body, brought in 

their VerdiS^that he .was accidentally Wrangled, r 

Dr. Wefi of London^ M. D. marry'd to th« 

Widow of RickardQrantham of Golt hoe-Hall ill the Coun- 
ty of tJncoln, Efq; 

y^y 2S« Francis WtUoughhy^ Efq; eldeft Son of Thomas 
Willoi^gkhy^ Lord Middleton^ marry'd to l^irs. 
Ed'wards^ Daughter ot Thomas Edwards of the Middle 
Temple^ Eftj; 

fuh 26. Captain /ofe Majfey hsng'd at Exemtkn-Doch 
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Dy'd Rohert Bertie^ Duke of Ancafitr and Ktfitvon^ 
Marquefls and Earl of Lindfay^ Baron Willougkhj of EreJ^^ 
l^p, Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain oi Eniiand^tov^ 
iJeucenant and Cufios Rotulorum of the County of Lin. 
coin J and one of his Majefty's moft Honourable Privy. 
G)uncii. He was fucceeded in Honour and Ettate by 
his eldeft Son, Feregrine Lordr Willoughhy of Ernhj^ (Miir- 
quefs of Lindfry.) 

July 27. ,Dy*d Dn Fatrfim^ Dean of JDo^dtw 

imd Connor^ in the Kingdom of IreUnd. 

Colonel Duhourgay made Coldtael of the Regiment of 
Foot, late Brigadier^General Borr's, deceased. 

Jufy 28. Dy'd Dr. taaighton^ Prebendary 

of IVorcefter^ and Fellow of eiare-liall in CMmh-idge. 

Thomas Hutton of Sevenoah in the County of Xciif^ 
- ETqv macry'd to Mrs. Hamilton of 6W//ftf. 

. ' 7«?y 30* I>/d >ni/M«i Dtthoh^ Cardinal Prieft, Aroh- 
ibdmop » Dulce of Camikray^ Prince of the Empire, Count* 
cf the Camhrafis^ Principal and prime Minifler of Stat* 
in France^ &r. Aged €6 Years, 1 1 Months, and 4 Oays^ 
being born the 25th of y^i^«^, i6%€, 

July 3 1. DyM the Lady Lishurne^ Wife of ^A« Vau^hart^ 
Vifcount and Baron Lishurn in the Kingdom of Ire^ . 
land' She was Daughter of Sir John Bennet^ Kt. SeV* 
jeant at Law, and Judge of the MiirJh(tlfea'€ourt. 

Dy'd tit Paris of the Small Poai, the Lord^CharJes Fitxj^' 
Roy^ fecond Son of Charles Fttx^Roy^ Duke of Cleveland 
and Southampton, . 

Sir Fatrick Strahan^ Barrack^Mafler General, marry*d 
to Mrs. Allgood. 

fohn Andrews^ Efq; of DneoIn*S'Inn Fields^ marry '4 
19 Mrs.- Beard of Hatton-Garden. 

EdvMrd Nevftofiy Efq; made Deputy-Commiffaty of 
the Mufters, in the Room, of George Brighton Efq; 

Augufi 2. 'Dy'd Mr. Erown^ the City Car- 

-^^^ in a very advanced Age. 
. ^H^ft 3. Dy'd Gharhs-BedviUe Roherts^ Earl of Rad- 
mr^ Vifcount Bodmyn^ Baron Rohert s. of Truro and 
?art. Lord Lieutenant of the County of Cornnml^ and' 
one of the Lords of his Majefty's moft Honourablp 
Privy Council. He marry'd EJizibetk^ Sole Daughter 
and Heir of Sir John Cutler of London^ Bart, but leav- 
ing no Iffue, his Honour and Eiiate defcendcd to his Ne- 
phew ^ohn Jtoi'fr/y, Efq; 

Auguft 4, Dy'd Dr. William FleePwood^ BilTiop of £/y,, 

in the 67th Year of Ids A^c He was made Bifliop of 

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. ;;'; '"^^/ifafh in lyiuS, and tranda^ed from tlttbce ta £/y> in 

AuiiAff ^^ James ButUr^ and WiliUmDuct^ ex^uted at 

Ty^;^.^/^:: :CS?c>/y 1 1.) ? - ' " '-'^- 

^ fire, broke out at Mr. CixrUr\^ TalJow-Cnand- 
fct in MaHen-iane^ Covent-^irden^ wWch burnt down his 
WorijhouTc^ and damaged fijfiet)tiier Houfes. . *r . 

.^«/f 6. Th^^Lords Jt^lces in Coun^^ prdcr'd, that .^ 
the rariiament which ftood' girorogu'drno *thc 13th af 
this Month, ihould be ^nhe«. prorogued to the 24th of 
Si ft ember following. ^ 

Anguftti. A Fire broke out at the Houfe of Mr. 
Skelton an Upholfterer in the HayMarket^ and confum^d' '\ '^ 
only that Houfe. 

Auguftii, The Wife of Qeorie Carf enter cf Lari^voood^ 
in the Cduntv of Southampton^ Efq^ Son of George Carfen^ 
ter^ Baron Carpenter of - Killinghy^ in the Kii>gdom of 
Ireland^ brought to B^d of a Son. 

Augufi 14. PMHp Roche^ executed for Piracy and Mur-^ 
der at Execution-lSock irnTafping, [^See July 4.] 

Mr, fenhnSj Matter of the Ewry to their 

Royal Highneffes the Prince and Princefs of WaJes^ ^l 
fromliis Horfe at TnjoichnhoMj and received fuch Harm^r' 
that he dy'd foon aften 

^itgtifi. 15. Dy'd Dr^Ckarles Trimnel^ Biihop of Win-' 
either. « 

' Dy-d Viilier^s^ commonly calVd EiLti 

of Buckhiham^ but his Legitimacy being queftionM,. 
his Pretenfions to the Pjjrage were not allowMv f ffe 
left Iflufe only two Daughters. ^ ' 

Auguft 16. Dy-d Sir Edwrd Northey^ Kx, formerly 
Attorney-^Jprieral. ^ ., -r^ '^ 

. Mr. ' J^prt!>, made Matter of the Ewry to their R^yai 
Highneites, in the Room of Mr. y^wJb'ni, deceased. 

Auguft ly. Dy'd the Lady Fryer, Wife of Sir /o^ , 
Fryer, Kt. Alderman of Lowborn • . / 

DyM Mi\ Jofeph Bingham^' fpme Time Fellow of VnU ^ 
J ierJifyCollege vx Oxford, Author of th^ Book entitl^d^ ' ' 
6riginesE£ckfu]fiicai^\xiXoiQQ&i?iVoys;\\xm^ 

\ '^ . ^ ^^IHft ^9' i^yl^ ix. Brujfeh, oi the Small Pox, aged, 
4 ^bout 3,0 Year s, and i^uch regretted for her exemplary. 
i^fc^A ..,,j|Piety, hef'Charity to thjg Poor, and many other excel?* 
lent Qualities, Mary-Ame^KeW^ oi James Ratdiffe, late . 
fiarl of i}c,r'w«^«^'ww^«-, who was beheaded onTovotr^Hill 
for High Treafon, Feh, 24^ 17 16. She wa« Daughter of 
Siv^^h^Wehh^ Bart, and left UTu^ two fans^ ' 

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Au^uft 2a Mr, FotJierhy elected Governor 

of the York-Buildings Company, in the Room of Tliomits 
Fanfi^ Earl of Weftmorhnd. 

Dy'd at Naples^ John Oreenvrnd^ Efq; his Majefiy's 
^ConAil at heghorn^ 

Aug. 2 J. The Lady Catharine Wyndkam, Wife of Sir 
WtlUamJ^dhum of Orckard-Wyndham in the Count/ of 
Spmerfet^ Bait, and Daughter otCh^irles Seymour^ Duke of 
Somerfet^ brought t6 Bed of a Son- 

Dy'd Major Dilkesj Governor o£ Montfirna^ 

Sn the Carihhee Jflands. * 

DyM at Bojion in A'^io Enghnd^ Pr. Tncreafe Mather^ 
in the 85th Year of his Age. He had been iixty* 
two Years Minifter of the .old North Church in Bo* 
'fion. 

Aug. 24. "Dy^d, Henry Hav^'ms^ Efq; one of the Land* 
Surveyors of the C^iftoms in the Port of London. 

DyM Mrs. Owif, Widow of James Cbok^ Citizen of I<»- 
don. She was Daughter of Sir WilH4m Conftantim of 
X>orfetJhire^ and Mother of the Lady Vifcountefs Grim- 
fion. 

Aug. i6. Samuel Champantie^ Efq^ made Land-Sur» 
veyor in the Port of London^ in the Room of Henry 
Hawkins, Efq^ deceased. 

Aug. -27. Dy'd Col. John Grtf«*yWe of Brigadier-General 
tSroves^s Regiment. 

^Edrntrd Crejfet of Cund In the County of &A^, Efq^ 
inarry'd to Mrs, James. 

Dy'd Biywe, Efq-, Trcafurei: of the Charter* 

Houfe. 

D/M David Crawford^ Efq^ Deputy-Comittiflary Ge« 
lleral of the Mufters. 

Py'dDr. WaPer of Newport-Pagnel^isk emU 

^eiit Phyftcian, and Man-Midwife, in the^6th Year of 
ftis Age. 

. The Lady Ccnv^^ Wife of Francis-Seymour Conimy^ 
Lord Coninay of JSjtgley^ brought to Bed in Ireland of a 
Son. 

Aug. 30. The Seffions ended at the Old Bai'y^ where 
5 l^alefaCtors receivM Sentence of Death, viz.. Samuel 
Qihhns^ Richard Wynne^ and EJckard Wallace^ for Houfe- 
Robberies ; iJwwpAr^f ^ff^/fr, for robbing ontheHi^h*. 
way, and JohnMiddUton for Burglary : Six Felbns were 
burnt in the Hand, and 1% ordered for TranfpQrtatlon. 

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Mr. Dixon made Land-Waiter in the Port 

of Z^ndortj in the Room otSamuel CkampantiCj Efqj made 
Land-Survevor. ' 

Seft, I. Dy'd the Countcft, Wife oiArchihald CamphiL 
Earl of Iflciy. 

Dy'd Sir Henry Lyddell of Kavenfijaorth-Caflh in the 
County of Durham^ Bart, and was fuccecded in Honour 
and ^a^te bj his Grandfon^ Henry Lyddell^ Efq; 

Dy'd Capt. David OgUhy. 

Chrijfopher Whittcl^ Efq; appointed Deputy Commif- 
fafyiGeneral of his Majefty's Forces,, in the Room of 
Vavid Cra'wfordj Efq; deceasM. , . 

The Lady Corn*wallis^ Wife of Charles Lord Comvjallis 
brought to Bed of a Daughtfer. 

*Dy'd'Sir Francis Tifping of Jliame in the County of 
Ox/<3r^,-Bart. and was fucceeded in Honour and Eflate by 
iisSon of the fame Name. 

Dorothy Countefs Palatine of VeldenSj Daughter of 
. LeopoId-Le'wiSj Count Palatine of Veldens Lautere^k^ who 
•fetir'd to Franhforty after the Adnullation of her Mar- 
riage with G u ft avus 'Samuel Duke of Deuxponts^ dy*d 
three, in the 66th Year of her Age. 

Sept, 2. Dr. Richard Willis^ Bifhop of SaUt^ury^ traa- 
filtfed to the See otWinchefier^ vacant by the Death of DV. 
Charles Trim^d. . * 

Dr. Benjamin Hoadley^ Bifliop of Het'eford, tranflated to 
the ^ee of Salishury^ vacant by the Promotion of Dr. 
"Richard Willis to that of Winchefier. 
^ Dr. Thomas Greeti^ Bifhop Norifsichy tranflated toth^ 
See of E/j, vacant by the Death of Dr. Williafh Fleets 
*VpOQd. ... • - 

* Dr. John ten^ made Bifliop of Norisilck, in the Room.- 
of Dr. Thomas Green^ -tranflated to the See of £/y, 

'Dr.' /Ei:n'*fo« made Bilhop of /ft?r^or^,;^a- 

vacant by the Trariflation of Dr. Benjamin Hoadley to tW 
See of Salishury. ■ _ - 

• Dr. John Holland^ garden of Merton-CoUege in Oufordy 
appointed a" Prebendary of the Cathedral' orWorcefter^ 
in the Room of Dr., Jo/m L^w^/zfowjdeceas'd. ' 

: Sept. 3. Dy'd Mrs. Whitfield^ Mother of the Countefs 
oT Ifiay^ (who dy^d on the Firft of this 'Month) and 
TVidow of Whitfield^ Efqj Paymafter-General 

of the Marines. ..'..- * 

Mr. Richard Cfomviell^ an Attorney of Clements-irm^ 
and- Grand-Ton oT fhe vileururperO//i;eria-c»'u)f//, fliar--" 
ryj^ by Dr. Edmund Gihfon^ BiJJiop ©f London^ at . the 

Chapok 



far the Tear 1725; 59 

Cliapel in the Banquetting-Houfc^ Whiuhali^ to Mrs; 
Thcrnhtll^ Daughter ef Sir Rohert ThorMlf^ 
«art. '• ' 

Sept. %. The Parliament of Ireland nv«t at BuhVin. 

Dy'd the Countefs of Carn^wartiu Wife of Robert 
Dalnjei^ EarJ of Carn^atL She was Daughter of AIca;- 
ander Urquhart of Nev)-HaU^ Efqj 

ieft. 6. DyM Fetherfione^ Efti^ Bpothet of 

Sir Henry Fetkerftone^ Bart. ^ v ' 

DyM EiiTjiheth^ Daughter of Baron KttyienhuriJfy and 
Wife of George CholmondHey^ Baron of 'Ne^whurgh. . U 

• Sept.^ 7. WiHiam Stanley^ Efq; one of the Cuflomers 
In the Port of London^ appointed CommiJfioner -of Ap*- 
praifements in the faid Port, in the Room of Henty 
ffavoktns^ Efq; deceased; ' * .* ' -» 

Dy'd the Lady Moet^ Widow of Sir WillmmMoet • ♦ 

• Dy'd Colonel Charlet VilUers^ Uncle bf fokh Vfiliers^ 
Earl of Grandifon, * j*. b \ '^v 

DyM Sir jfoA« St Barhe^ of Sroadiatids ia tfte County 
of Soutliampton^ Bart, and leaving no'^Ilfue, the Honout 
1)ecame eirtindt. ^ ' : . • 

' DyM 'Mrrfiw i^/i^r of the Middle Temple^ Efq; one'<5f 
the B(inchers of that Society. ' '' * 

Se/f. 8. Mr. At'imod^^oi Grays^lnn^ 'broke hfcs Skull'^ 
by a Fall from his Horfe, and dyM immediately. ; \ 

Sept: 9. TheTrin<id<rf ri^*»?n^ ektefl Son of the Duke 
^(? Emtilon^ jnarryM at "Striishaurg^ to thVPrihcefs M«r/>i- 
Charlotte SohiesM^ D^ghter **of Ptdnce j?«wh-JLtfi»/x Sohl- 
esfii^ by the Princefs ^Hedmgd-EiijLaheih^ Daughter of 

• Humphry Angler m^^d/eph Middleton^* extcuted at Tf- 
him ; the other three Malefaftors who w«rei^ondcmnM 
at the fame Seflions, were reprievM. (See Aug, 3a) ^ *■ 

OipU Paul George ajpJ^Uitftt Governor of Moi^^eTr^t in 
Che Carihhee-ffiands\ in thciRoom of Major « * • 
Dilkesf deceasM. - ' •'.':./, 

5^^. 10/ The Lady Betty :Heathcote^ WafSr of . William 
Heatheorte of Horfley in tj^ County of Soutkampton^ Efq^ 
and Daighter of Th/anUtp IPatker^ Earl oi: Macclesfield^ 
X;brd High Chancellor of Gnat Britain^ was brought t* 
ficcffer4S6il-. • . • 

Mr. Rohert Cruttenden, fwom into the Ofljce of Com-- 
frion'Hunf* of the Cit^ of London^ in the Room of John 
Deai^ Efq; who furrenderM to him. x , - . * 

Seft, 12. Mr. Seahright, Mr. Da^* 

viis^ Mr. MonfeJTony with two Servants, robbMand mur- 

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dcr'd about 7 Miles from Catflisy \n their Way to Farit'y 
by fix RufEans^ who aifo murderM Mr. John lorlbf, ano- 
ther LrgUjk Gentleman, who was coming from Farh^ 
^ndi aFrefukmany wte happened . to be paffing by at the 
fame Time. 

Dy*d Sir John Mord^untj Knight, in a veryadvancM 
Age. 

The Queen of Portugal deliverM of a Prince, at if- 

Sift, 14. Dy'd Capt Ctdmoriji an eminent Diftiiler, 
I>eputy-Jjdermati of Cripfhi4te-W^ri, 

Giorgt CM^rtieley^'Bf(i\ Son of the Baron of NivAurgh^ 
«urry*d to Mrs. Waifole^ Daughter of Rol^ert 

Brinley SJ^ntTy £fq; appointed Qmful at Leihrtk, in 
the Koom <a^Jokn Qrtenwo^d^ EA)^ deceasM. 
. J^y"^ Richard Btyc9t^ Efq; Fjla^^r of the Counties of 
Jjjtx and Htrtford. 

Sept. i& DyM Richsard Doughs^ Efq$ one of the. Gen- 
fIemen*Waiters to the Prince ^f Walfs^ ^ 

Dy'd at BuhViif^ in the a4th Year of his A.^€y€uftaw4$ 
S^m}to% Baron of SUihUtM an4 Vifcount B^nt in 
the Kingdom of Ireland $ and was fucceeded in Ho« 
iiour and £^te by his eldei! Soa^ Gi^avtss Hamilton^ 
Efq; 

S^ft. 17. The ?M^j3«iU!fif f C^npany unanimoully e- 
Jeded Sir JoknMeers i(3ft tiieir Governor, upon the Re* 
iignation 6f Mr. Fktherhy. (See /<itf* 30.) 

Mr. Whitiy Coroner of the Verge of his M3Jefty*s 
Houfhold, appointed by the Deairand Chapter of Wefir 
Mtfier^ to be Coroner of that City, and the Liberties 
theteef, in the Room of Htn Turtony de- 

cease. 

. Sept. j^. Dj^d Rokert Sutttat^htir^ Lenif^n o£ Artiky 
in the County of Nattingfytm^ 1% the Reign of King' 
William^ he was Envoy Extraordinary tfi the Couit of 
Vienna ; kni in that ti Queen Artm^ £mbafiad9r Eitra<^ 
/srdinary tot- the Court of 5/Ai*. He inarry'd Margaret 
J>aughte» and Heir of Sir QiktHwigerford of Coiftw in 
the County of JTi^r, Knt and by her left Iffue oaiy oat 
Ikughter, Bridget^ marryM to John Mtmners^ 't>ikt of 
JUaUnd. . \ * • , 

5f/t. 10. Dy'd at StrtLsUwri^ IhA Piriuce of iVfi^fis, 

(See^//.i^> 

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Situ 1 1 CyM WmknFieTihg of -4^<rf 111 tKe C&uAtir 
of %rrey^ m\\ Brother of ^4/f/FieWM^E«i of Den^rfi*, 
and Uncle of William^ the prcfent E^rt tile "^iras one oT 
the Clerks Controllers of his Majeil)^'i Houftioid, iund 
1\f ember of Pariiameat for tht Bovough, pf CafiUrtfmg la 
the County of Ncrfojk. ' ■■ ' ' .^ 

Mr. . hmiHUs^^ appointei Cudomer in the 

JJleofMaa. ^ 

' Mf. BuvM^y appointed oiie. of the Cierte 

of the Trea(Ury. 

Samuel Edtmrdsj £fq; \lemher of parliameitt ft)* 
Great'lFenlock in Shroffiilre^ one of the i>epu^y-Teller$ ot 
tW Ei;<:hcquer, marry'd io Mrs. EJiz^ietk yo^es^ Dau^h** 
ter of a Glergyxttan in that County. 

Sept. 23. Dy'd Mr. Smn Beckley, Clerk of the Sta* 
tionef*s Company^ and Deputy-Alderslan of the Vhv^ 
of Farintdon-Witkin. 

Dy'd Mr. WilUam Baiktll^ one of the Muftcinns l)ebii[^* 
ing to the Royal Chapel, and ^QNrj^anifi oi AU-IdnEr^ 
iread-Jfreet. ^ 

Sept, z^ The Parfiainent met at Wefimnjter^ and wd* 
farther proroju'd to the 24th of O&^tr. 
" Mr. ThotMs FuIUin appointed Controller of the CiJ- 
ilome in the Port of Berwck upon Tnmed^ ia the Robin at 
Mr. mnum Frankiand^ deceased. 
\Sept. 26. Pr. Edmund Gihfon, Lord Bilbop of Lonitmj 
coniecrated thie Chapel ia Queen*s»Squarey nestr Ormondr 
fireet^ within theParifli o£ Su Andrevfs Holhourrij ani, 
purfuant to A€l$ of Parliament in that Behalf, conr 
verted it into a Parochial Chvrch, by the Name 0i 
St. George the Martyr m the County of ididdhfeit, ' 
* Sept. 27. Dy*d Mr. ^^u^h Miaifter St. JtthnH 

at W^pping. 

Sept. 28. Sir Richard Hoplitni^ ^nd Felix Feajfy E% 
fworn SherifEJB of Lofidwt and MiddUfix^ for the Year en* 
fiAing.*^ • 

-• .The ikmc Day the Court of Aldermen dcclarM Sit 
f^tfr Delme^ Kiit. and Alderman^ Lord Ma>'or of JLon^ 
doiii, for the Year enfuing. 

Sept- 29. Py'd in the |6th Year of her Age, the Lt- 
3y Rachel RmWiL Daughteir and Coheir ai Thorns Ifrh,^: 
thefyy Earl qt Swthampton. She wa^ twice marry'4J| 
$rft to Francis^ Lord Vav^han^ Son of Richard Vai^kaif^ 
Pari o£,Carherry ; and after his Death, to WHHam Lori 
Rujfil^ Son of William Earl (afterwards Duke) oi Eed^ 
pra^ who wf^ beheaded for High Treafon, July 21; 
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\ ' y ., ' ! -J ' /" ^ • ' ■ . > ' :v ' ; ' ■ 
i$8^.; .and py' Jiim had HTue Wrlathejly^ wW fuccee^- 
V# j^js l|5ria|a)Jfagj«r as Duke of Bedford^ (3c. ' 
i I>y'4 JphnJhaltCroJfe of B/^rf/c'^ in the County ;afj8/cb^ 

Sep. io:'I>y*i Robert Feme 6£ Bov)-fireet^ Covent-Qar- 

* •* Mr. Xoiite made Pro voft^Marilial General of 

^k-CaraUmi. . ,,^ . _ 

0^'oher 1/ Mr- Ccle^- Attorhey at Law^elefted 

r^erk to. IbcrCo^ipany of ^tatioi^ers, in the" Room of 
^dcj^ 5t»on Zf«ck/((^^* deceasM. 

,^ (dement Wfi^lf Efq^ BarriJlcr at Jlaw,* marry'd to th^ 
only Daxight'er oF Sir yames. Mqfi^td^i^^ Lori Chief Ba- 

x««iof.llvc.pxcheemen "* 

^.'f)y% Sdwtirid^ay!/fr^ 5f<li .Sedretary to theCommir- 
lioncrs of Excife. . * ' ^ 
. jOff. 2. Dy'd ya^» iifff/fA of Nprtk"Tydm)rtk In. the 
<?ounty of SQutliathpton^ Efq^ one of the Telfers of the 
fechcqucr, and Member of Parlfailient for the Borough 
^.JE^/oiJo.m Cbjr»i«*i, 

D/d the Lady Jenntugs^ Wife Af, Sir Joknjihnlnis:^ 
j^dmiralof theffhhe^ one of tlie Commiffioners of the 
|ft.dmira!ty, and Governor of Crt'^wui/rA HoiTpifal. ' 

The Dutchefs, Wife of ^John'Camphel^ Duke' df (?rfe;!r 
yȣh and Ar^sltAi^OM^t to BeSt of a Daughter. 
' .Oc7. 3. Dy^IJr.' ' ^///?/jor/^, 'an eminent Phy» 

|lcii»n, at. WeU'ing in HertfordJJiire. 
\'^ Dv'd Dn j^^^w 0/%, Bifliopof St. Ddvlf's.; 
\^ Qtt,j^ Mr.' William Boycot admitted Filacer' Qf the- 
Counti^ of ]E^x and Jiertfoj^d^ in the Room' of his. Un^^ 
£>le, Richaxd Boycott Efq; deceastli . . .. . 

Oc?. 6. Dy a ' Thbm^s Wentv^orth of (?r^4f HarroHbden 
irt the County^ of Northampton^ E(q* Meipber of Par- 
Jiament for. 5/^ /w.w-Fcrreri in that County. 

j^o^« FoW^^ Juh. Efq; Con'trolkr of the Cafh of 'the. 

fxcife, appointed Secretary to. the Commiflioners off that 
cvenue, in the Room o{ Edmund Nayler^ Efq; d^- 
ceasM. 

, P^. 9. Dy'd ki the 68th Year of his Age^'Sir Cdn-t . 
pAnthe Fhipps^ of the Middle Temple^ Knt. Lord Chan; 
Cellor of Ireland in the Rei^n of C^ueen Ame, " 

\jDyM Dfmw^ 5 Efqj Auditor of the'Ej^thc^ ■ 

•iuer in Ireland* *4n4 



.V» 






The 



1 . 



•r far the Tear 1723* .4^ 

• The'Lor* N^JT^u K^Iet, Brother of rtarSrftW^, 

' tJukc of £p//ow, faccccded him iiathat t^f^^a^^ot wH^ 
he had arevcrfionary Grant. ' * iV • ' / * 

.Of?, 10. Vy'dlViWawVoyDper^ Earl Taio^S^r, ' Vifcoiaiit 
Ford'wychf^ Baron Co'ui^er/'of W^^7^/wot, aiid'fetronei:, it 
' his Seat at folne-Green^ near' Hertford^ in the Coun- 
ty of that Name. He was the mofl accbmpjiih*4 Law- 
yer, Civilia.ri, and Statefmati, that England tore for iTva- . 

' ny Ages jpafl j being cojifiiiYimale in the iCjioWledge not 
only of the Comraon and Statute Law*,, and of thfi 
Conftitutions of his Country,, but alfo of the Law «f 
Nations, Iinjperial Ihflitutes, and Canon \tw} an^ he 
had rccetvM from Nature, and cultivated liy poJite Li- 
terature, excellent Endowments that gave a Lniivjc to hw 
great LeaVnirig: A bright^' quick, penetrating Genius'; 
an exa6t and found Judg.ixient 5 a fruitful,^ yet uivluxuri- . 
' ant and agreeable Imagination 5 a manly and flowing E- 
loquence 5 a clear fonqrous Voi(;e j a ^ra,ciousAfpea; am 
cafy Add'reR 5i in a Word, all that'*s neceflary to form « 
ponipleat Orator. . Aft^r hd'^Tng pleaded at the Bar, witli 
Diftin61ion, he was choTch a Reprefentati ve of the Towi 
•f Hertford^ in the Parliament which YLing WmUm IIU^ 
call'd, tow(ards the End of the Year 1695 % and, whicb" 
is very remarkable, the very fiMt Day he fair In the 
.Houfc of jCoitimons, he had,Occailon to fpeaj: three 
Time^, and came off with uiilver&l jjipplaufe. He 
fexcrted, fomc Months after, his bright Talents, as well 

. as his Zeal fbr the Government, in the ^rpfeculion ©F 
the AjfaJTinathn-Ploty' Rnd'^s lils ArgumeJntf. . had the 
greatell weight in attainting Sir foTinFenwcfi^ ofur of th^ 
principal Confpirators, he wa,8, not long after, 'nihiii •> 
pne of ttie King's Counfel learn''d in the ,Law, and w^» 
continu'd* in that Place Upon the late Qjteen's Advance-^ 
ment to the Throne. His lleputation having bythk 
Tim6, vaftty Increas'd, he Wv^s cpnflitut^d Lord Kfcpe^ 
cf the Great Seal of Engla>id in 1705. His Prudcgice 
arid Dexterity fhone not long after in the Managewcrit' 
of the fSfnoi^s 'Treaty of 'Union betweeh EniJpid and 
icotfand^thh whole Weight of which arduous Affair, ho 
IVlftainM alfnoft alone, oh the Paat of the £«^?7A Coni^- 
jhilTiontfrs. That great Work Seing' brought to PerfcStioa,' 
acdorjiiiig'.to the carneft-Wifhes of thote atf-felm, the 
Lord Keener <i^as, in 'i7J)5, ' created" Baron of Wfr^/ww,' 
and the 'next 'V^ar, ugpn- the- Cortimenoement'of the 
Union', GOnfthiited LordTCh^ncellor of Great BritaifirtiC 
ihh W^h.Stitttonj his IhtcMtvI'Modc/kfloftjCitidour;. 



44 The Chronological t>Uny 

Banunlt^, tnA Difintereflrdnefs, gtiinM him Uie Efieim 
^ til go<yi Men, tnd the particular Regard and Favoitr 
of hi« Royal Miftrefs, who found in him the grttteft 
Comfort me had among all her Servants, upon the 
loft <^ her dear Conf^^t The Queen had fo high an 
Opinion of his Virtue and Merit, that when, by a 
Train of Court-Intrigues, and an inftiperable Averiioii 
to the Earl of Sundtrland^ flie had fixM a Refolution to 
^ange her Minifters, and call a new Parliament, Ae 
ttiM all Endeavours to bring the Lord Oywper into hef 
Aleafures ; but his Lordfhip rightly forefeeing, that the 
new Sch^e not only tended to the making a Peace 
derogat o ry IVom the Engagements of the Grand Alll- 
ance, but likewife to the weakening of the Settlement 
of the Proteihnt SucceiHon, which he ever had &rmiy 
at Heart, reftHed all Temptations, voiuntariiy reflgnM 
^ Seals ; and in the moll difficult and dangerous 
Jundures, aded with the utm<^ Vigour, In Concert 
with the itauncheft^ Sticklers for the moft Serene Houib 
of Hanovir. His Zeal was not left unrecompenc^d. $ 
Upon the Queen's Oemife, he was &am*d one of the 
Hords of the Regency, and immediately after Kin^ 
Ceor^e^n ilMval, he was reftofd to' his Dignity «f 
lord High Chancellor. He continued to deferve the 
Royal Favoui?) as well by many fubfequent importaaC 
Services, as by his ind^atigable Appli^tion to the 
Difcharge of his Office, in the Courfe of Impeachments 
of various Kinds, and thereupon was created -an Earl io 
Marck, 1 7 1 7' 1 8 • The great Fatigues he had uadecpoe 
having very ^ueh impaired his Health, he had,mne 
Time before, entertiiri*d Thoughts of a Retreat^ and 
had now an Occaiton for it ; his inviolable Attachment 
to all the Royal Family, not permitting him toa^w^ 
thofe who had lately made an unhappy DivSfion among; 
the King^s beft Friends : And to juHify hisCondudl at 
that Juncture, "v^e need only obferve, that Ihey who di 
the Time of his Death, had the largeft Share of Fa-* 
^our and Power, wore then alfo removed from their ' 
Employments. The Lord Covaper^n voluntary Refigna* 
tion was a great Grief to the Well»affeded, and to all 
difpaffionate Men of both Parties, who knew that by 
his Wifdom and Moderation, he had gaiiiM Abundance 
of Friends to the King ; kept iteady many waverio^. 
MSnds^ brought theQergy inip a better Temper, Mod 
hinderM fome hot over-zealous Spirits firom /ruimini^ 
Thing^s to * dangerous £ktt<lu&s* Bit Lordlhip heing 

be' 



for the^ Tear- 17 2 gy^i* ..i ■„. ^ 



:oine t privnee Man, tfld wholly difengag'diMai 
all Obligationt to any mean Compliances, he thought 
Jie had no other Part to a6t, but that of a loyal Sub^ 
jeft, and a Pntriot, aild as fuch, on all proper anA 
important OcaAosu, to fpeak his Thoughts freely, tc^ 
cording to the DtSates of his Roafon and Confcience, 
Upon theft virtuous Principles, in the two Seflions ef 
Parliament of the Year 1719, hh Lordfhip oppos'd the 
Peerage Bill, brought in, and pufh'd by the Earl of 
" Sunderlanis^ with all the Weight of the Court Tnterei^ 
which over«powerM all Arguments in the Upper Houfe^ 
but his Lordfhip had the SAtisfiȣtion to fee himfelf 

• bacJcM there by the Lord Tcwnjhend^ and the Bill after* 
wards thrown oitt of the Houfe of Commons, chiefly 
by the prevailing Realbning and Eloquence of Mr. R> 
hert tffalfole. With the like h^eft Intentions, but with 
hr greater Vigoar, Ihe Lord Covoper endeavoured to 

• ward off the difmal (^onfequences he ibrefaw fromtht 
' S9uih^Sea Schetnti^ which, in a memorable Speech in the 
vLords' Houfe, he jufllycompar'd to the Trojan Hnji^ 
.**contriv*d for Treaehery, uiher^d in by Fraud, received 
^ with Ptomp, but big ^ith Ruin and DeHruaion.' <Hls 
Lordihip added, ^ Thatthis Scheme was, indeed^ vai^niftu* 
^.edoVer with a Pittence of the Publick Good $ but that 

^nothing could be fo that was founded on Injuflice^ s» 
^ he took this Project to be ; for in his Opinion, none^ 

'^ in the End, would he Gainers by it, but a few Per- 
'Ans, who w«re in the Secret, and had early bought 

> Stod^sjtt tow Rates.' But a malevolent Star hurry'dl 

, on the Fate, of England ; or rather, infatiable Avarice^ 
and a general Corruption, had clouded the UnderAandr 
Itee, and debauched the Morals of mod Men to fach 

.•Dqsree, that they viere. blind and deaf to the Light 
and Voice of Reafon ^nd Equity^ and as 'tis natural 
for the Wicked and Fooiifh to hate the Virtuous and 
Wife, who thwart their Defigns, fo the Lord Cimtir 
got nothing* by hiis wholefome and prophetick Coun&l, 
$ut iSicJiU-Willofifoflie great Men, (now with their 

.Fath«rO 'Who, by the Trufts repos'd in them, ought to 
have w^ch'^ for the PuWick Gpod J and prefcrv'd the 
Well-meaning from th^ crafty Snares of the Rapacious, - 
Their. Refentment ageinlt him dill encreas'd, when the 
Calamity he had foretold^ came to be felt : The Wound 

. being, large and doep^ the Lord £bi»^fr was againft Pai* 
natives:, left by skinning it over only, it (hould af- 
terwards raukle and feiler into dangerous trnpoHhuma* 

Q iion> J 



it 




^fmtmmmmmnmm 



fir theTear 1703. 



mmmmmimmmmmmmmlmmtJLmmmmmm^mmi^t 



tibns ; tsA fo his Lor^^ip tliought, they ouglit to go 
m- the Bottom of the Sore ; ukd in Juftlce ^a blcetf» 
teg, injured Nation, not only to puniik the Puay, Imt 
hkewife the Prime Direaofs. Hinc lUd Lachrjmm : 
.This drew upon that noble Patriot the inveterate Ha- 
'(red of the powerful Plundered, and their Abbctori, 
^rliich purfu'd him to his Grave. This waa the Soarce 
'nf thofe invidious and uncharitable ConfiraQiont Ihit 




were yet m^re audaciouily in&ient \ and ifondly think' 
ing to curry Favour by bringing the Lord CovBipn*% 
i^oyalty into Queiiion, foifted his Name into a Lift of 
a Chimerical Club of difcffeaed Perfone* But the Qi- 
^umny was too gro£i to take, and inftead of being coun- 
tenanced, was genctottfly exploded by thofe very Per- 
fons from whom the C<mtr]vers of it endeavourM to 
merit : Thofe Pedbns, at the fame Time they were, no 
Doubt) uneafy at the Lord Connpn^s not coming dinSftiy 
into all their Meafures, being thoroughly convinced of 
Ills unblemifhM Affection to the prefent happy Settle- 
ment, and, notwithfianding their different Notiono in 
ibme Thijiu^s, ftiU retaining a ilnceiv Efteem and Vene* 
nation for nia Abilities and Virtues. Upon dbe whole 
Matter, whoever impartially confidert the conftant Te- 
nor of the Lord Gnop€r*s Life atsd A£Hnos,vwili find in 
Kim the' Chara^er of a great and good Matt, a learn* 
at Lawyer, an upright Chancellor, a found StafeJiHan^ 
a loyal Subje^ and a true EngUfimum. 

He was defcended from J^n CinkMr of Stride in tiio 
County of Suffis^ Who livM in the Time of Eito^r/I IV. 
William^ one of his Ancefbrs, wis &r&: a Baronefc of 
Scotland^ and afterwards created a Baronelt of £i^2«i»if, 
by King CkarUs L He was the fitft of th^ Family that 
was poffefs'd of Hertford Caftle, where he' elided 'l||s 
IXys in PMice, after hk had been imprifon^ in > JS/j^ 
Hdufe in ifb/^otD^, for his Loyalty tO KitfgfAnffofl. 
. together with his Spn Jokn^ who dy*d in that Itttpriibn- 
ment, but left a Son, vhL. Sir WtUiM C9'mfer^ who* 
9narry*d Sarak, Daughter to Sir Samuel Hdhd of JU»- 
^ff. Merchant, and was Father to the late WnUam Ba^l 
€o*ifiper. His Lordfhip marry'd two Wives: vfcc. i. Jit- 
"itftk^ only Paughter and Heir to RMirtBoiSh of London^ 
"Merchant, by ^hom ,he had ISiie only one Son, wM» 
d^rM in his Infancy. 2« ^MSrry, eldeft Daughter to John 

tUvcrhg 



m^ 



fortlu Tear 173^^ 4^ 



tiawrlnj^ of Chofvtell in the Bllhoprick of Durham^ E% 
by whom Ke left liTue two Sons And two Daughter^ 
vhu vhlHam Lord Viftount Fordvyche (afterwards Earl 
Conv/^J born in 1709, and S^en^er^ tti^lAdy Sarak, tad 
thcl-«idy*4««e. 

NiMas FoMkerljj of the Innfr Temple, Efq; marryM 
to Mrs. Lutviyche, Daughter of Thomas Lui^ 

0iioyche of Luiviyche in the Count;^ of Salopy Efq ^ 

DyM JBr/»/ej Tre^iy of the Middle Temple, Efqj Bar- 

on. n. The Lady Parter, VHfe of rAowtfjLord far- 
ftir, Son of the Earl of Maceksfitld, Lord Chancellor of 
Qreai Britain, brought to Bed of a Son. 

DyM the Lady Oj^le. 

The Queen of Denmark brought tg Bed of a Princeft 
who was baptized by the Name of Chripna-Charlotte. 
' OSf. 1 3. Dy'd a)t retershouri, in the 6oth Year of her 
Age, the Czarina-Dowagei; KtiyStoS Theodore- AlexoviltT:*^ 
elder Brother of Teter jilexoviitT^ the prefbnt Czar. 

OSl. 14. The Lady Anne Bridgman, Sitter of Richard 
Nevjport, Earl of Bradford^ and Wife of 
. brought to Bed, of a Son. 

Off. 15. Sir Jfitae Rehov) ot CoUhefier, Knt. efeftcd Re- 
corder of that Borough, in the Room of Villiam^ Earl 
Covjper, deceased. 

Of?, xtf. Dy*d JennlngSj Efq^ formerly a Com*- 

miflioner of the Navy. 

The Lady Taylor of in the County of 

Kent, being 70 Years of Age, marry'd to her fourth' 
Husband, Dr. Milner of Maidjioney a Phyfician, about 
3^ Years of Age, 

Off. 1 7. Dy*d Moodi of Chelfea, Efq j 

Francis-Seymour Conviay, Lora CbnoiMy of Ragley, . ap* 
pointed one^ of his MajeAy^s Privy Council in Ire* 
land. ^ , 

' Off. 18. The$eflions ended at the Old Bally, where 4 
MaleiTaftors reccivM Sentence of Death, vix. Richard 
tfthithg, John Maule, and John Whithurne, for Houfe- 
ftobbcrles j and /oA« TTAi/*, for returning from Tranfr 
tlortation. Eight other Malefactors were burnt in the 
Hand, ^nd 4} Fplons Convi£t n^ere ordered for Tranf* 
portation. 

Off. 19. DyM ^r. Canham, one of the Birp* ' 

^crs of St CatherlmH near the Tow^r. 
; ]>y*|l tlie Lady Lemrmce^ Reli£t of Sir Edward I«^ 

^•' •' • ^ . ' -' '. * a I ^ Mr. 



48 Th Chronologkal Diary 



Mr. Warner made Gentleman-Ufher to tbe 

Prince of Waks^ m the Room of Mr. Douglafs 

dfcetsM. 

jyy^A Sir Godfrey Kneiler^ an eminent Painter, in the 
78th Year of his Age. 

0c7. 20. Dy'd Richard BeaUn^^ Efq; of Bedford-freet 
Covent'Garden^ Juftice of Peace for the County of Mid^ 
diefei4^ and City and Liberties^ of ^^Tf^w/w/^^r. 

Dy'd at Florence^ Cofm de Medids III. of the Name, 
Great Duke of Florence^ in the Sid Year of his Age ; be- 
ing born \n Aug, 14, 1642, and w^s fucceeded by his 
Son Jolw' Gajion de Medicis* He wag eldell Son of the Great 
• Duke Ferdinand de Medids II. whody^d March 24, 1^70, 
and of Victoria de la B^vere^ Daughter of Frederick-U- 
hald-Anthony^ Duk# of Urhim, His Great Grandfather 
Co/mo I. was created Great, Duke of Tufcany^ Aug^ 27 
1569, by Pope Fius V. and fucceeded Alexander de Mt^ 
dicis^ his Kinfman. who wa^ kiiTd Jan, 7, 1537, and 
in whofe Favour, Florence^ which had all along been a 
free City, was crc^ed ii> 15J0, into a Dutchy and Priix* 
cjpality by the Emperor Charles Y. On the 19th of A- 
fril^ i'66i, the DeccasM marryM Margaret Lotdfa of 
Orkans^ Daughter of Gafton jfohn Baftijfof Orleans^ (on- 
ly Brother of Le-wis XIII) by Margaret of Lorratn,, his 
fccond Wife. He had by this Princefs, (though fhe 
fpent her latter Years in France^ where ilic dy'd Sett. 
J7, 1721) three Children, as foijows : i. Fendinand de 
Medich,, born Aug. 9, 1663, who^ on Detemher 30, 
1688, marry'd Violante Heatrix,, Ihughter to MoMimman- 
Mary-Emanuil^ Ele^or of Bavaria, but left her a Widow, 
without any liTue, pff. 13, 1713. i.Mary-Ann-Louifa 
deMedicis^ born Aug, 11, 1^67, and marry 'd June ^ 
1691, to John-HViiam, Elcaor Palatine, whofe Widow 
fhe has been ever fince fwie 8, 1 7 1 6^. 3. fohn Gafton de Me^ 
dicis, the prefent Great Duke of Tufeany, who was born 
May 24, 1671, and marry'd at Vujfddorpy July 2, 1697, 
to Atwa-Maria-Frances^ Daughter of fulius-Franch, Duke 
of Saiie Uwmhurg^ and Widow' of mUprWilliam^ Count 
Palatine of the Khlne, by whom he had no Children. 
The late Great Duke had an only Brdther, viz., Francis- 
^ Maria^ who in his Youth, enter'd into Holy Orders, 

and was made a Cardinal in 1686, (b^i Pope Innocent X) 
. when he was bu^t 26 Ycirs of A^e. Towards the Clofe 
of ^702, he was appointed Proteftor of the Afiaira of 
Trartee M\^Sfairt, at Rome, ^here he then reftded : But 
cn^the 19th of fune^ ijij^ he tefign^thcHat, aritfoa- 



r"^ ^ '" »% » ><> *^0 



fortheTtar 1723. 4? 



m^mtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammm^i^fi^ 



the l4tli of July following, inarryM the Princes E/eo-. 
n^a di ^hnsLague^ I>a^gllter of Vtnant Pulce ^f Qua- 
j?«e/«, and dy'd of a ConAimption on the Third of. 
Rhramry^ r7ir, in the sift Vcar of his A&e, . j^rithoiit 
leaving any Iffuc. The Princefs his Widour, aarry'A* 
again in 1719, to Fhiiip^of Hejfe d'ArmJfad^ Governor of. 
Mantua, . . 

. D/d in the 70th Year of his Age, ChriJh^Vane^ 
Lord Barnard of Barnard^s-Cajile in the giihoprlclT of 
JOm-ham^ and ^v9ii$ fucceeded in Honour and Eftate by hift 
eldeft Son Gi/^fr^ He left alfo one other Sdn, and oas 
Daughter, vnt. William Vifcount Vane, Baron Dtmcannon 
in the County of Ijrowf in the Kingdom of Ireland^ 
fo created in July, 1710, and Grace, his only furviving 
Daughter, 

A Fire broke out on Snovj^Hill, at the Houfc of Mr. 
Sing, a T^allow-Chandler, which confumM that Houfe, 
and damagM thofe adjoining. 

/ VLr^ John Stanley, a blind Youth, under 12 Years of 
Age, chofen Organiit of the united Parifhes of yi//-jKi/« 
feoux Etead'fireet, and St. John the Evangelifi, in the 
Roo|tt of Mr. William Baheh deceased. • 

I>y'd Sir James Momta^ue, Knt. Lord Chief Baron of 
the Exchequer. , .' 

Off. 23. Mn John Stanley, lately an Enftgn in the 
Guards, committed to Neijo^ate for the Murder of Han^ 
fiak Maycocky ^y ftabbing her the Night before ^th his 
Sword, of which Wound ihe dyM in lefs than an 
Hour. 

0€l. 24. The Parliament met at Wefimnfter, and waa 
farther prorogued to the 191!^ of November fpllow* 
ing. 

Qwrge Koolie, Efq-, Son of Sir Oeorge Rooh, Knt. for* 
merly Admiral, marry'd to Mrs Ward. 

Sir Henry Atkins^ Bart, jnarry'd to Mrs. 
$ten€houfe. Daughter ef Sir fahn Stonehoufe of Radliy in 
^e County of Berhs^ Bart. 

OSf. jtt. One hundred and twenty Felons Convift^'were 
ihippM tar Tr^nfportation. 

. Dy'd 3W» Oeacle of Whgrave in the County of Buch^ 
Efq; , . : . 

Dy'd Dr. ByJfeW, famous* for his Medicine 

€»ird Sal vdlatiU oJeoJum. 

[ Colonel Giiife, ddcft Captaia of' the fitll 

ftegiment of Guar4Sf iparry'4 tp Mr«» H^rt 



50 7b^' Cbfonobgicai Diaty 



•matm 



mrt^ Diiigliter o^ Baron /f Htrvmrt^ a tr$nek Geadb* 
nan. 

TImimn firoat^ Bfq^ made Prindpal Paintet ta hit 
ifaJdRy, in th« Room oT %\rQ9i.fttH KneHef^ diboeti^d. 

'0A: it. D/d fokn'ChofUlbei^kn^' mcf* SttttUry fly the 
Gotetnel'i <if the Botmty df Queeii Anne^ arid Menibtr ' 
4)r tli« Society for pfopagiting the Gof\pi(i' fh ftreign 
parts. 

. D/d Mr. Xi!{fr NortMi Printer to Kia Ma|efty iii tlie 
l.<i/i«i, 6rc#lb^ and IMtew tanguig^B. 

the Lady Btmin^tid^ Siaer oT RIckari Vcyle, 

JBarl ^f^nHlri^faff, and Wife of '^ ' 
brought to Bed of a Son. 

Dr. iickMrd W^lUs^ Blfhop of Winchefter^ appointed 
aefk of the' Clofct to his MajeHy, in the Room of 
pr. Ckarles Trimnil^ deceased, late Biftiog "of thit- 
Sec/ *•*■'-• ^ 

. Dr. Richard Smallkrwik^ Canon-Rcftdcntiary of He* 
rrford^ Trcaflirer of the Cathedral Church of Landajgr^- 
and Chaf)lain to his Mii}eity^ made Bifhop 6f St. Da- 
i/li's, vacant by the ]>eatK of Dr. AdamOttley. . 
\ Dr* I^nsekt hlMcldmrn^ Lord Bifliop of Exeter^ ap- 
pointed Lord High Almoner to his Majefly, in the Room- 
of Dr. Kkiard Willis^ Bifliop of Winekefier. 
. OB. 29. The Queen of PruJJia brought to Bed of a* 
PrincefiF. who' was baptl2*d by the Name of Ame* 
Jh. 

• 0&. 31. Dy'd at QstecomU in the Iflt 0/ If/jfA/, Colo- 
nel Bd'Ofnrd Redftone^ aged to j Years. " ! 

Dy'd the Lord WilUam Hay^ fecond Son of John Hay^ 
tlarc^efs o£ TwdsJe^' $ind Lieutenant-Colonel <^'che 3d 
Regiuieht. of Guards. . * - 

Nov. I. J^y^d at Bon^ yofepk-Clement of Bavaria^ E- 
leftor t>rCp/i>^»e, in the ^id Year' of hij Age, almoft 
conjpleat, being born the ^fh of Deeemher^' V6^u He 
was Son of Ferdtnand-Marfk^ Eleftor of Bavaria, who 
±y\Mflf., j6,. 1679, ^^^ ^^ Adelaide-Henrietta.^ Daugh* 
ter of Viilor Amadeus^ Duke' of S^tvojywlio dy*d the 
fdbe iSthof Mar^h,- 1^76. 'In 1685, he w^^ chofb Bi« 
ihop of RatishoTij but reflgn'd oh the* 26th of Wir^A^ * 7 * ^t 

lo'hii Hephe^'^^^'"^''^'^^lS<{/^^'of '^^^^9 ^^^ ^^s Co* 
adjutor of it for three Months, but rei!gn'd it in Favour 



milUa-Htnry of fhnftrioy ^(^ta liefljccceiled^cttonlyln 



i*i*i 



for the Tear 1723,^ > . . $1 

the Ela^fUte^ but alfp inthc Pri»cip>ltty fciiiFr^vpfr 
Aip.of MmhulfgaAen. On .the 28th of y^wwrjr^ 1 $j^ tli» 
Chapter <»f HilitM^ ^^^^^ ^»^ f*^*" Coti4iutor jtp J^ 
' Edmond^ B'arpn of fr^^^i^, ^ho was Biihop oC it.*tiU 
^^. 4^7 1704^ whtn he ity^d. The 20th of .April^ lf^9^ 
lie was chofen Siihop of Liege^ itt the Ropm of v^SpAi^ 
leoxtfx of JUdtreriy who dy'd the Firft of F(^r|^<trTpr9C•> 
4iiig« He^oei^brated hU iiift Mafs the Firft.of 7««tf4wgb 
1 707 J waa consented Archblihop of Coiugn, the Fiif 
«f iuy the ftme Yea^ % tnd m.die^ioCh of <^/rfL ifij, 
receivM of thi Ea&ikm:, by hit Plcnipotentiaf m» jH^ 
JuvtOitttit ^ tte T«mporiaitlQa of the Archbi(iM)prM( 
of Colo^n^ of the Biiboorickaaf £Rtf(/ftiliii| and tf^. |^ 
^ fb^ Proyni&(hif <d JBerifM/gitden. €ttmin$^m0m ^ 
JBtfV4r/tf^^Biibopx>f Mmjkr and BgderMm^ thisd SMi.ti^ 
the Eleftor 9i BteuarU^ Htcceeded hit Und^.tl^t di^ 
ceas'd Bl^ftor of Cb?4||ii) to whoni he wa^ eteJM Coad* 
jtttor on the 9th «f May^ 1722. 
. A&v, .2. Dr. Snafi fontlniitd Vice-ChanceUor of die 
Univer^ty of C^mWdn^ for the Year enAtiai;.. . ' 

I^iW.€:ymesWkU$^J^rMaggii^uAJBdthia^iWii- 
tlni^ executed at Tyhtrtu (See 0^. i8.) 

D/d Mr. TA&Mtt^ A#U, a Ndnjufing aef|3rliiaA« , 

I>r. . : Af4fi#r, Preftdent of Corpus Chr^i 04- 

h^e in'OUtfwdy appointed Vice-chancellor itf thatUid* 
verfty, in the Rodm of Dr« Sidffin. 

Dy'dGipt /9ib^rlb'nVSecre(aTyatWiiribr5r«r/4i^. 

'Dy'A Rfhrtmuh oiLsarloe in the County, of Y^ 
' £fii4 IRmniniy Member of Parliament for Kjmns^om^h 
In that C6ttnt|r. '' . .. -. 

Nov. 7. The Princefs, Spouft of the Her^itary Prise* 
'Of JlfoitfAn,' brought to Bed of a Prince. . . j 

^ Nov. ^^ DyM Sir Th^mct^ F^mer of Winghm in. t^t 
County of Kgnij Bart. Member of Parliament for JB»^ 
skffiin 



nomas VandifuU Efq; 1^ Merch^t of Icmios, creaMI 
a Baronet of Qrtat Britain. ^ 

Dy^dthe Lady Frdnm Bafoneft-Dowiager ^.Haifr^ 
Jkanij R^lie^ of JoJm Tkmffin^ Baron of ^ov^fimA She 
waa Daughter of Arthur Anrttfly^ Earl of AngUfiyi^ and 
wfti firft marry'd toy<9ib) Wyndham of AAHSi^e-iiU!/ In 
the County of iWffb^ E(s[4 ' 

iNr(w.;iO. Dy'd Thomas Laytw of fc 

the CoUiity pf BwJkr, El^; ' • 



53 The Cbronohpcal 



Nov. 12. Jyfi, Geori^ Meggot^ Efq; Brewer, and Mem* 
%er of Parliament for the Borough of S^utkmark. 

D/d Wmiam Parker of Fark-Hali in Stajbrdjiire, 
E(q^ Secretary to the Commiifion of Bankruptcy 

Jghn Athn and Richard Arnold^ Efqs. appointed Joint*' 
Secretaries of War for Scotland^ in the Room of Ji^ 
Atkinj Efqj dcccasU 

Nov. 14. Feresrine Osharne, Duke of Leeds^ commit- 
ted by the Privy Council, to the Cuftody of a Mefien* 
ger. •■ 

. At fli genemi Coart'Ofrthe ^Corporation of the Sons of 
theCletgy^ I>t/mttiamWake^ Xfod ArchMfhop of €dn- 
4erhiny was chofen R'eildent, in Aei Room oi J>r, Charles 
fTrimnel, Bi(hop>of Winekefier,' dcceasM ; ttnd. Mr. 
'Fwiey, Son <tf Di\ George Vei^ey^ hotd.WiUwiikty of 
'liro6k^ Vite-Prcfidcnt, in the Room of Sir . Ckr^opher 
ITrfii, deceased. 

• Dy*d Dr. Prat^ Dean of Rmehefber, Canon of 
Wittdfiry Vicar of Tmchenbani in M/Vi/e;^«, and Chap- 
lain of St. John the Baptift^s Chapel in the Savoy^ in the 
72d Year of his Age. 

Dy*d Cdrr Lord Harvey^ eldeft Son ofjokn Hatvey^EtLtl 
«f BrifioL < . . . 

Nov. 1$. Dy'd of thp Smail-Poz in the zijth Year of 
his Age, George Neville^ Lord Ahergavenny^ Firlt Baron 
«f England^ and was Aioceeded in Honour toA Cfbte hiy 
his bnly Brother, EdvutrdNevHie^ Efqj . - . , 

Dy'd Stnmtel Ferry of Goodman's Ftetds^ Efq; JuiHce 
of Peace for Middlefex^ Deputy-Lieutenant, and Ck>m- 

• miffioher of Sewers for the Tower-Hamletf^ and Com* 
mifEoner of the Lieutenancy for the City oi London. 

- N9V, 16; Sir Rohert £yrc,'Knt. oneof the Juftices of 
the Court of King's-Bench, appointed Lord Chief Baroix 
of the Court of Exchequer, in the Room of Sir James 

• Mountague^ deceased.. 

Thomas Reeve^ Efq; appointed one of the Jufiices of 
' the Court of K.ingVBench, in the Room of Sir Rohert 
Eyre, ♦ 

Nov. 17. The Lady Tenham^ Widow of Henry Roper, 
Lord Tenham^ brought to Bed of a Son. (See fcv 

Nov. j8. Mr. John Allen^ a Diftilier in B^Utoum^ c- 
Icaed Warden of DuMch College in the Room' of Afr, 
Allen^ decedsM, 

The Countcfs of £iwoM, Wife of Hgnry Clintoifj Ewl 
•f UhcoIh^ brought to Bed of a Son. 



Ill ) I I I ' —* 1 1 

fbrtbeTlearifi^, 53^ 

\Nov. 19. The Parliament met ^iWeJImlnfier^ and was , 
farther prorogued to the loth of December. 

Mr. Naylor^ Chancellor of Salisbury, and 

o^eof the Prebendaries of that Cathedral, made Deput\r. 
CJerk of the Ciofet to his Majefty, under Dr. Richaid 
frniiSj Lord Bifhop of Winchsfier. 

' The Coiintefs of Bellamnt^ Wife of Richard' Coote^ 
Eari of Biellarmnt^ in Ireland^ brought to Bed of a 
Son, 

. Hhv* 20. ^y'd the Lady Geminghen^ a German^ Gover- • 
ncfs to the young Prince Wijliam-Augufius^ and to the 
ypungeft Princefs ; and one of the Ladies of the Bed- x 
i:hamber to the Princefs of Wales: She had been alfo Qo-' 
i«rrnef» to the other young Princcfles. 

, The Lady Abergavenny^ Widow of George Neville^ Ba- 
rwi pf y^l^^r^^iwnwy,. brought to Bed of two Daughters; ' 
XSet Nov. i%.) 

The pu^chefs of Marlborough^ Wife . of Francis Godof-i^ 
fhtn^ Earl of Cffdol^hh, brought to Bed of a Daugh- 

tXXw 

Aw. 22. DyM Mr. /#», Steward of Cj&r/^s* 

, Bofpitah — . :^ .. ■ • ■ 

WlUlam Heatheote oi'HwJky fn the County of Souths 
«iwffow,Efq; appointed Secretary andRegifler of the Conl* 
sjiiffiort of Bankrupts, io the Room bf IVilUam Faritr^ 
Efq; deceii«'d« 

. i^hUip^ Grandfon of Fi^ance^ Duke af Orleans^ of Fa- 
Isis^of Chartres^ of Nemours^ and c^ Montperrfier^ Regent 
of France daring thi? Minority of Lev3fs X^. dyM -at 
VerfallUs^ aged 49 Years and 4 Months, being born the 
xd of v^afgwj?, 1674, He was Son of F hi Up of France:^ 
Duke of Orleans^ only. Brother of King LeviU XIV. wha 
dy'd at St Cloud the 9th of June^ 1701, and of EUzMbeth- 
Gk^laHe , of Bavaria^ who 4y'4 the 8rh of December, 
1722. He wasraarry'd the 1 8th of Ff ^rwary, 1692, to 
Mury-Frances :& Legitimated iDaugWer o£ France, Dailgh-* 
tcr of •Z.€'u»VXIV. by Madam deMontefpan^ born in M4ty^ 
1677, and legitimated^ JVTov, 4, 168 1 \ by her the Duke 
^'Orleans had Iffuc, i. A Princefs of Orleans^ ftyl'd 
MadeqfiQifelle de Valots, born Dec. 17, 1693, dy'd 0€f, 
17^ 1694^ without being nam'd. 

2. Mary'Lou}fe»ElbLabeth of Orleans^ ftyl'd Mademoi- 
felle, born at Verfaillesy Aug* 20, x^pSi m^rry'd. 7u/y 6^ 
1^19, to Charles of France, Duke of jB^rry, who dy'd M«y 
4, 1714. This Princefs is alfo ftnce dead. 

H 3. LoKi/c- 



56 The Chronotogical Dim/. 

\ '*m III I ' I I 11 I I ■■ I I " i I ^ , 

. Dy'd F€ter ftye^ Efq; one of the Cominifio^r« for 

.DecA 6. A ProcJamAtion publifhM for fattber prorogu* 
Ing the Parliament from the loth of this l^th, i» 
the Qtli of jfimunry foUbwing. 

Mra. . Gorfit, Widow of Colonel Gorges of 

Her^ordfldrt^ marry'd to Smtk^ Efqj one of 

the Six Clerks in Chancevy^.. : , 

- Ike. 7. The four foUdwlng Malefaftors reccivM Sen- 
' tcnce of Death at the Old Baily^ v/x.. John Stanley for 
Ac Mirrder of Kra. HanwtkMaycock (See Oa. 23.) John 
JBifr*;«^/r, a JDroVer, for robbing on the Highway, Tko^ 
mas Saunders for Felony, and fane Martin for ShopJift- 
^mi who pleading her Pclly, was found with quick 
Child. Fl^c were burnt in the I|and, and 26 ordered 
for Tra;ifporfiition, ; ' ' 

. 4MR!ir/f/f>4f«irf«>f, Efq; marry'd to Mrs. Judki$£ov)per^ 
^ly Daughter of Sfencgr Cvwper^ Efqj Uncle of Willhm^ 

jDe^. 1 1 DyM the Lady>>i:*, Reiift of Sir Cyril WycK 

. Jb^ :.Lii(j^ Seabxlght^ Wift! of Sir Thomai Sea^rigbt .of 

Beach'Wmi in the County of Hertford^ Bart, brought to 

Heci lu Clint, fkarjes hong^ formerly Commander of 
tme of his Majefty's Ships Of W»r, fliot himfelf with a 
PiA«fl, 4n4 dy'4 immediately. 

. Py*d ThaifiAi Manfil, :Lotd M<i«/erof Margam. He 
warry'd Mar^heo ftl* Daughter and Heir^^fs of Thomas 
JUilllngton <£ UtnifOny Merchant, and by her had Iffue 
three Son% and three Daughters; -i;i%^ Robent^ Ckrifio- 
fker^ and J?«t%; M^rfka^.EliZMieth, and Mary.. His 
clde^ Son jn^rryM v4»»e Daughter andCoheirefs.of Sir 
Cloud£jly SJiovelj Knt. and dying .before hi* Father, by 
her l?ft IlTue one Son smd one EHughter, which Son fucr 
^ded in the Pohour. . . '^ 

r De^.13. Dy'd Mr. 0^%, Lcfturer qf SV. 

Stetken''s^Col€man*fireet. v 

Dy^d Mr. Id^ards^ Deputy-A.Jderman and Gommoii 
Council^Man for Bijhffgote Wardy as he was filling hi« 
^ipe by his Fire-iid^# ..: ; 



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T A B L 

b F T HE 

Principal Matters 

CpAtained iq.tjje 

Eighth Volume. 

< 

ABdreJfes^totheKln^. 
Of the Governor and Council of Jam:iica. fag^ 14 

Of .both Hou/es of the FarUament ef Great Britain 24 
Of the Houfe of.^ Commons of (Sreat Britain 261 

Addre/s of the Council of St..Chri£!ophers to John Hart, 
Efq^ Governor of ^^^Charibbce Iflands 105 

n Of the Affendfly of the Charibbee Iflands., to 

thefame. » ibid. 

Beafing (William) hii Examinations^ 282, 285 

Carryl (Philip, Efq^:,) his Examinations 278, 279 

Cowper ("William Earl) his Declaration 255 

His Speech in the, Houfe of Lords ■ 357 



■*• 



Harburgh Lottery ii 6 

Hurricane in Jamaica 7> *o8 

Hutchefon (Archibald EfqiJ his Declaration - 256 

Jamaica 7-, 10^ 

Kelly (George) alias Johnfon, Pr'oceedinis againft him in 
the Houfe of Commons 276 

His Trynl at the Bar of- the Houfe of Lo^ds 3 19 

Layer (Chriflopher, £/5[5)l f^ls Tryal at the Kinfs Bench 

• ;^«tt«^.\ . ♦ 

From Jamaica, ^iw«^ i^^profi/jif of' ay Hurricane there 7^ 8, 

.; ,,. 9, II, ir,- T08 

FfomQeorge Ridjpath to Aead aFrinterih White Fryars 

128 
- " From 



m^m 



the TABLE. 




From the B)jJiop of Rocheftcr to _ 

From the Pretender to Mr, Plxmket. 

From J. Rogers to Monfieur Digby a Paris #q2 

From T. Jones to M. Chi vers ^^^ 

?V«/ffT. IJlingtanfoM. Mufgrave ,q^ 

From R. to Mr, Jackfon . ^z\ 

From Digby to Mrs, Wefton ^^ 

Frm Carter to Dillon ^ It 

From George Jernegari 'to Mrs. Tonei - iaa ^^^ 

From the late 'Lord Mar to ; ^' ^^^' 

From dire6ffd to M. Gordon, Panquier a R>u. 

Frow Fra. Philips to ■ ^^ 

Frow^ /o Philip Carryl, £/5j 281 

Letter fent to one of the Setretarh^ of State hi an un. 

'kno'wn Hnnd • ' 

Memorial frefented to the Imferial G,urt at Yittinz^L 

^: y^''a\ ^f^A^* the St4tes General concerling 
the m^ Eaft-India Comfany in the Auflrian Netherlands 

^kjfage from the King to the Houfe of Peers, reiatiJ'to 

the Fretender s1k£laration ' ^» 

New-York j^* 

Oaths ^ Cor^fideraiions on the Nature of thein at ^efent ftrr • 
found at the tor d^ott^Cf. , ^ 'Freje^y^c. 

Parliament 0/ Great. Britain, their Ftoceedlnis continued 
fromm. ^^7of:t^eRegii\€t PTo ti&. 15. Farther con^ 
tinu dfrom pag. 50 of the Rcgifter N^ 20, 1 12. Far^ 
ther continued from pag. 150 of the Rcgifter N^ 7(x 

t^yjVVi' f^'t'f ^^^'H^nof Farliament. 344 
P^ynket (John) klsTryal at the Baf of the HoufeofUrfs 

Proclamation fuhlijk'd in Jamaica ^12 

r- By the Khi^, reUtimgfo the Mlackso/ Waltham 

frotffts of U^lMfParlimtnt^ nMUng to the Imprml. 
mcnt of the Duke of VioxMk ■ "'^^ J"" 

»~ Relating to:. Gtorge KeUy, ^Vat Johnfon 323 

T-^A&VfM^'iiM Bill fir. inpmng'Faim and teLu 
ttef upon htm : . 

r ^^^f:^ * ^*^, ?'^' «f ftrafford «»i Kinoule |t^ 

22---Relat,>jgtotieeiJiopi,fmKhtm ?do: i6k 

'^"DTcif i'if^'i^"^.'*' -^^V'"' ¥«?'''/ Point Mcme^ 

,' ■ ■ m; '..•■' " ■' 37« 

,, B.efor^ 



The TABLE. 

Report of the Committee of the Houfe of Commons^ af fainted 

to enquire into the Harburgh Lottery 1 16 

^f the Committee of the Commons^ appointed to ex. 

<fw/«^ Chrif^opher Layer, &c. 15 j 

^. — Of the Lords Committees^ relating to the Confpi^ 

racy 2^ 

St Chriftophers loi 

Lifi of the Sheriffs of England and Wales, for ike Year 

1723 99 

South-Carolina . x 

Speeches. 
Of FraDcis Nicholfon, £/?; to the King and Heads of the 

Lovfer and Middle Settlements of the €haribbec Nations 

I 
Of the [aid King^ to Francis Nichelfon, Efq-y ^ 

Of Mr. Hungerford at the Tryal 0/ Chriftopher Layer, 

E/^; 82,86 

Of Mr. Ketelbey, at the fame Tryal 84, 89 

Of Mr. Layer, in his on»n Defence 9^ 

Of John Hart, Efq^ Governor of the Leeward Charibbee 

Hands, to the Council and AJJembly of St. Chriftopher's 

lOI 

Of the Indians to 5ir William Keith, Governor of Penfyl- 

vania 166 

Of the Lord Chancellor in the Houfe of Lordsy to the Lords 

CommtttHs 318 

Of George Kelly alias Johnfon in his o*i»n Defence^ on Ms 

Tryal at the Bar of the Houfe of Lords 326 

Of Earl Cowper in thejloufeof Lords 357 

Of the King to hoth Houfes of Parliament 377 

Tryal of George Kelly alias Johnfon, at the Bar of the. 

Houje of Lords 3 19 

Tryal of John Plunket at the Bar of the Houfe of Lords 

2,66 
Yalden (Thomas, D« D.) his Examination 284 



The E^nd of the Table,