A volume, in folio, containing 437 ff.—

A History of the English Liturgy, written in A.D. 1723. Prepared for the press. (Modern 8.)

A volame, in large folio, containing,

1. A table of the monasteries and religious houses as they were surveyed and valued, 26 Hen. VIII., arranged alphabetically; ff. 12.

2. A list of all the abbeys in England, with anecdotes of them, extracted from the best records and authorities; ff. 43.

3. A true copy of Bishop Hooper's Visitation-Book, made by him, A.D. 1551, 1552. It consists of the following articles:

A letter to his clergy, printed in Strype's Life of Cranmer, p. 135.

Articles concerning Christian Religion to all ecclesiastical ministers within the diocese of Gloucester, to be had and retained by them for the unity as well of the doctrine of God's Word, as also for the conformity of the ceremonies agreeing with God's Word. The articles are 50 in number.

Injunctions given by him on his visitation, A.D. 1551, 5 Edw. VI., to be observed and kept by all parsons, vicars, curates, and ministers within the diocese of Gloucester. There are 31 in number.

Interrogatories and demands of the people, or parishioners, and their conversation, to be required and known by the parsons, vicars, and curates. Twentyeight in number.

Interrogatories and examinations of the ministers and their conversation, to be required and known by the parishioners. Sixty-one in number.

Examination of the Dean and Prebendaries, &c. of the Cathedral of Gloucester and elsewhere in the diocese, in the Bishop's visit, begun 4 May 1551.

Articles subscribed by Thomas Phelpes, curate of Cicester, 29 April 1551. Printed in the Appendix to Strype's Life of Cranmer, No. lxiii.

Assertion and defence of the true knowledge of the Sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood, made by John Wynter, M.A., parson of Shawnton, 8 Nov. 1551.

4. A register of occurrences during the reign of Queen Mary, compiled by the Rev. Mr. Morrice from various sources, printed and manuscript; 92 ff.

5. Letters and proceedings, conferences, articles agreed on by the Bishops, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, from 1573, chiefly relative to the Act of Uniformity; 8 ff.

6. Indictments against Penry (A.D. 1593) for publishing articles against the orders of the Church of England, contrary to the Statute 1 Eliz. ch. 2; 2 ff.

7. Extracts from various books, journals, &c. during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, chiefly relative to ecclesiastical matters; 5 ff.

8. An alphabetical list of ministers who settled in New England from 1630 to .1670, with the places in which they officiated; 4 ff.

9. The debate between the Lords and Commons relating to the word " Abdicated," and to "the vacancy "of the throne," in the Commons' vote; from 22 Jan. to 15 Feb. 1688; 42 pages.

10. A state of the revenue, from March 1693 to March 1694, with the loans, debts, and charges of the same; 6 ff.

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11. Letters and memoirs of several persons who "lived in the last two centuries,' -"received from "Mr. John [Strype ?] in Oct. 1694." These are papers originally furnished to John Foxe to be by him used in his History. They were collected by one who signs himself J. L., and were sent to John Daye, the printer, in 1579.

12. Letter from William Turner, Dean of Wells, to John Foxe, without date, but written at Wells.

13. Letters (14 in number) from Sir Robert Wrothe to Sir Michael Hickes, from 1597 to 1605; 9 pages. A volume in folio containing,

A collection of various papers consisting of prose and poetry by various hands between the time of William III. and George III. (Modern 11.)

A volume, in folio, consisting of a large collection of original Letters by Dr. Joseph Priestley to the Rev. Theophilus Lindsey, between 1766 and 1803, together with a few written by Thomas Belsham, between 1789 and 1803. (Modern 12.)

A collection of miscellaneous papers by and concerning Dr. Priestley. (Modern 13.)

Collections for the history of Nonconformity and Conformity in England, from the reign of Henry VIII. to Charles I. inclusive, by John Evans, D.D. (Modern 14.) A chronological catalogue of pamphlets upon trade, commerce, navigation, and kindred subjects, drawn up

by George Chalmers. A volume in folio, ff. 642 (Modern 17.)

2 pp.

A document upon vellum, being the original Instrument respecting the adjudication of the English ships and merchandise which were detained in Denmark. Latin, with an English version. Dated at the Hague, 22 April 1654. (Modern 18, folio.)

A treatise upon Sacred Theology, by Dudleye Fenner (who died A.D. 1589.) (Quarto, 1.)

The Life of Herman Witsius, by David Jennings. (Quarto, 2.)

Remarks on the Ecclesiastical History of England, together with miscellaneous papers on various historical and theological subjects. (Quarto, 5.)

Six note-books of Owen Stockton, ejected Minister of St. Andrew's, Colchester. (Quarto, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.)

Funeral sermon upon the Lady Susanna Carew, wife to Sir Nicolas Carew, of Beddington, Knt., preached by Samuel Bernard. (She died at Beddington, 12 Dec. 1653.) (Quarto, 28.)

The Politico-Ecclesiastical History of England, by Roger Morris, M.A., of St. Catherine Hall, Cambridge. Collections for the history of Ejected Ministers, by the same.

Collections for the life of Thomas Bentham, Bishop of Lichfield (who died 21 Feb. 1579), by the same.

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"Icones Sacræ Anglicanæ, or the Lives and Deaths "of several eminent English Divines, Ministers of the Gospel, Pastors of Churches, and Professors of Divinity in our own and foreign Universities; a work never before extant, performed by John Quick, "Minister of the Gospel."

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The first volume, in two parts, consists of pp. 977. It is a modern transcript from the original MS. (belonging to the Trustees of Dr. Williams's Library), which is in a very fragile condition.

"Icones Sacræ Gallicanæ, or the History of the "Lives of fifty famous Ministers of the Gospel, Pastors, "and Professors of the Reformed Churches and Uni“versities of France; written by John Quick, Minister "of the Gospel in London."

The first volume, in two parts, consists of pp. 1,028. The second volume, in two parts, consists of pp. 795. This is also a modern transcript.

A transcript of the Lives of MM. Matthew Cortant, Daniel Chamier, and Andrew Rivet, by John Quick, forming portions of the work last noticed.

A volume, in folio, containing,—

The Iter Boreale of Dr. Corbet, Bishop of Norwich (who died 1635).

Printed among his Poetical Works, London, 1647, and again, London, 1672.

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A volume, in folio containing,

"The Panther Prophecy; or a Premonition to all people of sad calamities and miseries like to befall "these islands. To which is added, an Astrological "Discourse concerning that strange apparition of an army of horse seen in Wales, near Mountgomery, "Dec. 20, 1661." Printed, 1662.”

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A volume, in folio,

A copy of the second part of a Register, transcribed "from an old book bound in parchment (No. 17), in two volumes, which is the original of [this] second part of a Register.

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"MSS. loose papers, viz., old ones, with the pages "marked at bottom, and new ones, or several of the "old transcribed fair, but not bound, containing 227 pp. "Private MSS. (from p. 873 to 895).

"N.B.-Besides which there are some Law Cases "(from Dyer's Reports), from p. 867 to 871."

The original from which this work was copied is thus described in another part of the present volume:"A very large thick folio of choice Collections, "Ecclesiastical and Political, in Queen Elizabeth's "reign; and also of many originals, MSS. and letters, during the said reign; by a most faithful, understanding, observing gentleman, who died about the "end of it."

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The transcriber of the present volume was Richard

LIBRARY

Morrice, M.A., Chaplain to Denzil, Lord Hollis, who died 17 January 1701, aged 73 years, and is buried in Bunhill Fields.

(This volume is exceedingly curious, and a detailed catalogue of its contents should be obtained.)

A volume, in 4to, consisting of 1002 pp. It contains:

A personal narrative, drawn up by Sir John Bukley, Governor of Exeter, of his proceedings from A.D. 1647, when he was sent abroad by Queen Henrietta Maria and Prince Charles into Holland to condole upon the death of the Prince of Orange. p. 9.

The Despatches and Letter-Book of Francis Walsingham sent by Queen Elizabeth to the French King, from 11 Aug. 1570 to 30 Aug. 1573. p. 57.

A second negociation of Sir F. Walsingham, Knt., in France, from 11 June 1581 to 13 Sept. in the same year. p. 839.

At the beginning of the volume occurs this note, which is unsigned. "5 March 1662. Being at Geneva, a gentleman there gave me this book. He did not "understand English, and knew not what it treated of, " and so presented me with it."

"A chronological account of Eminent Persons, "Letters, &c. from 1534 to 1695." In three volumes, in folio. This collection consists of memoranda, references to authorities, printed and manuscript, transcripts of original letters and papers.

(A full catalogue of the documents contained in these volumes is desirable.)

Appended to the third volume are

1. A catalogue of all the Bishops living in England during the reigns of King James I., Charles I., and Charles II.

2. A catalogue of the Irish Bishops.

3. A catalogue of the Archbishops and Bishops of Scotland in 1682.

A volume, in large folio, consisting of 933 pp. Prefixed is the following title :

"Remarks upon history from the beginning of King "Edward VI.'s reign, A.D. 1546, till 1640, especially as it concerns the Conformable and Non-conformable "Clergy of the Church of England."

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Copy of a portion of the above, consisting of ff. 226. A work, in three folio volumes, containing "The Entering Book, being an historical Register " of Occurrences from 1677 to 1691," by Richard Morrice.

The branches of a Bill against Thomas Cartwright, E. Snape, and others; with their answers. 5 ff. folio.

Notes concerning the consecration of Bishops and ordination of Priests and Deacons, as they stand upon the old and new Ordinals, A.D. 1693. 10 pp. folio.

Agreements resolved upon for the preservation of order in some congregations that cannot come up to the common rule by law established. 5 pp. folio.

Discourses upon Dr. Burnett and Dr. Tillotson, occasioned by the funeral Sermon of the former upon the latter; printed 1695. 9 pp. folio.

The lamentable estate of the Ministry in Staffordshire, being notes upon the ecclesiastical condition of each parish in regard to its ministry. Drawn up (apparently) about A.D. 1618.

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1. A view of the state of the Church in Cornwall.

2. "Brief of diverse counties and shires gathered partly out of the surveys made the last Parliament, "and partly this; 2 Nov. 1586."

3. A supplication of the people of Cornwall to the Parliament. 14 pp. folio.

The arraignment of Sir John Perrot, Knt., 27 April 1592. 44 ff. folio.

Proceedings against Arthur Hildersham, Thomas Dighton, and John Holt, 3 April 1591, for Non-conformity. 3 pp. folio.

A list of the names of the Archbishopricks and Bishopricks in the kingdom of Ireland, and of the Bishops who have sat in them, from A.D. 1600 to 1695. 11 pp. folio.

Another list of the Sees in Ireland, with the characters of the Bishops who sat in them. Imperfect. 8 ff. folio.

An account of the family of the Armyns of Asgardby [Osgodby], in Lincolnshire, with extracts from letters relating to the same, chiefly during the reigns of James I. and Charles I. 12 ff. folio.

A catalogue of the Library of the Rev. Mr. Richard Baxter, who died 8 Dec. 1691. It consisted of 1,448 works, and occupies 23 folios.

A catalogue of the Library of Mr. Roger Morrice, including several MSS. 22 leaves in folio.

A large collection of letters, by far the greater part

of which are originals, addressed to the Rev. Ric. Baxter, and bound in six volumes, in folio. They were formerly in the possession of Baxter's biographer, Matthew Sylvester.

Seven volumes, in folio, consisting of treatises, disputations, sermons, &c., written or collected by the Rev. Ric. Baxter. Among these are several original documents written for, or used in, the Savoy Conference; a paper by Judge Hale, concerning witches, A.D. 1676; a copy of Baxter's projected Liturgy; copies of two papers written by King Charles II., and attested by King James II.; the suspected plot in Warwickshire truly stated, Nov. 1661; Dr. Manton's narrative of what passed between the Lord Keeper and Sir John Babor in Nov. 1677, and then between them and himself, with a view to the reconciliation of the Episcopalian and Presbyterian parties; address to the King by the Ministers of the Gospel in the counties of Notts, Derby, Lincoln, and the places adjoining, on occasion of his deliverance from a conspiracy.

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One hundred and seventy-eight volumes of various sizes collected by the Rev. Jones. Of these the more remarkable are the following:Fragments of an ancient original Register of Knebworth, consisting of 36 leaves, "found among some old waste papers in a private house." The first leaf is headed, "A booke, or registre, conteyninge all Chris"teninges, Maryages, and Buryalls within the parish "of Knebworthe," from 29 Sept. 1598 to 1720, along with the Churchwarden's accounts from 1598 to May 1609. Short references are made by Mr. Jones to entries in the foregoing Register which refer to the family of Sir William Lytton and others.

Six large volumes of Collections for Biographies of eminent Englishmen, many from original sources of information. The Author was assisted by D. Richard Rawlinson, Anstis, Baker, of St. John's College, Cambridge, and other eminent men of the period.

Libellus de emendatione vitæ, sive de Regula bene vivendi, secundum Ricardum heremitam de Hampole. At the end is this note, "Explicit tractatus Ricardi "Heremitæ de Emendatione Peccatorum; qui obiit “A.D. M.cccxl.ix. apud Sanctimoniales de Hampolle." 15th century.

A fragment of the Gospel of St. Matthew (1, 6-8, 14-16), with musical notes; 14th century.

Imperfect copy of a Sermon by Dr. Thomas Watson, Bishop of Lincoln, "De veritate Corporis et Sanguinis "Domini in Eucharistia." It consists of ff. 3-18, and is imperfect at the end.

Letters of Thomas Docwra, last Prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, certifying the reception of Richard Thermys and Katherine his wife as members of the said Hospital, A.D. 1512.

Seven volumes, in folio, consisting of Collections for the Biographies of eminent Englishmen.

Collections for the Life of John Wiclif, Archbishop Thoresby, Tobie Matthews, Erasmus, Dean Colet, Bernard Gilpin, and John Hieron.

Biographical collections respecting Archbishop Cranmer and the Reformation in England. Mr. Jones was herein assisted by Thomas Baker, of St. John's College, Cambridge.

Collections respecting Joshua Barnes, Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge.

Original letters addressed to the Rev. Mr. Jones by the Bishops of Lincoln, Winchester, and Worcester, Archdeacon Blackburn, Dr. Zachary Gray, Benjamin Hoadley, Edmund Law, and other eminent individuals. These letters were written to Mr. Jones at the time of his compulsory resignation of the Rectory of Bolnhurst, and extend from January 1756 to Feb. 1757.

Two volumes of original letters, drafts, and other papers relative to the Society of the Methodists, from 1739 to 1759.

Extracts from the letters and writings of Law, Harvey, and Wesley, A.D. 1760.

A volume in 4to, consisting of 155 ff., written in the 17th century, containing

Orationes et Epistolæ Academicæ, præsertim in Universitate Cantabrigiæ scriptæ, ab anno 1616 ad annum 1636.

Letters and papers by and connected with Sir Walter Raleigh, of the time of James I. or Charles I. It consists of 282 pp.

Sermons by John Hales of Eton; pp. 348. A volume in 8vo, containing the Poems of the Rev. George Herbert ;

The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, consisting of three parts; viz.

1. The Church Porch, containing 78 stanzas, fol. 1.

2. The Church, fol. 15 b.

3. The Church Militant, fol. 82 b. L'Envoy, fol. 89 b. Georgii Herberti Carmina et Epigrammata pia, quibus nomen "Passio Discerpta," fol. 102.

Ejusdem Carmina et Epigrammata, sub titulo, "Lucus," fol. 107 b.

From a note on the first blank leaf it would appear that Mr. Jones procured this MS. from Dr. Mapletoft. On the next leaf he writes:-"This book came originally "from the family of Little Gidding, and was probably "bound there. Query, whether this be not the manu"script copy that was sent by Mr. Herbert a little "before his death to Mr. Nicolas Ferrar. See Mr.

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And again, on fol. 101 b. occurs this note:-"The following is supposed to be Mr. Herbert's own handwriting. See the MSS. in the custody of the Univer sity Orator at Cambridge."

"An account of the religious discipline that was kept up for several years in the family of Nicholas Ferrars, gentleman, at Little Gidding, begun about 1626. "Extracted from a MS. account (consisting of about "160 pages in folio), now in the hands of a gentleman "of that family, living in the county of Kent, 9 July "1733." Several additional papers occur.

A collection of Epitaphs from various sources. Papers and documents, in five volumes in folio, upon the original foundation and history of several hundred Protestant Dissenting Congregations; the succession of the Pastors of the same, &c. This collection, by the Rev. Josiah Thompson, was begun in 1772.

The state of Nonconformity in England and Wales in 1715, 1716, 1772, and 1773, arranged according to counties. Three volumes, in folio.

A series of about fifty volumes, of various sizes, consisting of the collections of Walter Wilson, Esq. for the History and Succession of the Ministers of the Dissenting Congregations, Biographies of the more eminent Ministers, with a detailed account of various Schools and Academies.

Benjamin Stinton's Journal of the affairs of the Antipædobaptists.

View of the Dissenting interest in London from A.D. 1695 to 1731.

An original letter of Theodore Beza addressed to Sibrandus Lubbertus, dated at Geneva, 20 March 1593. Signed.

Minutes of the Sessions of the Assembly of Divines (at Westminster) from August 1, 1643, to April 24, 1652, in three volumes, folio.) This is a very valuable record.) The Antipapal Reformers of Italy in the sixteenth century with a glance at their Forerunners, the Sectaries of the Middle Ages, by Thomas Rees, L.L.D., F.S.A., &c. Six thick quarto volumes. (Modern.)

The Harmer MSS. consisting of ten volumes, folio, of records of Congregational churches in East anglia. (Modern.)

The Church of Great Yarmouth under the Common. wealth by Joseph Davey. 1 vol. 4to. (Modern.)

I. MONTROSE MUNIMENTS Subsequent to the time of the first Marquis of Montrose, containing chiefly the correspondence of James, first Duke of Montrose, and including letters in reference to the Insurrection in the year 1715, and notices of the proceedings of Rob Roy, &c. 1700-1745. II. THE LENNOX MUNIMENTS containing the Charters and corres

pondence of the Earls and Dukes of Lennox from the year 1177 to the year 1603, including an unpublished letter from Queen Mary in reference to the conduct of Darnley, juvenile letters of King James the Sixth, &c.

II. THE MENTEITH MUNIMENTS containing the Charters and cor-. respondence of the Earls of Menteith and Airth from the year 1170 to the year 1694, including many unpublished letters of King Charles the First, John Graham of Claverhouse, afterwards Viscount Dundee, &c.

IV. Reports of inspections of other charter repositories made in the year 1871.

In my first report on the Montrose Muniments, which is printed in the Second Report of the Commissioners [pp. 165-177], I described the muniments of the family of Graham, Earls and Marquises of Montrose, from the year 1175 to the year 1661. I have now, in continuation, to describe the muniments subsequent to that date.

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The second and third Marquises of Montrose, who were MONTRO the son and grandson respectively of the first Marquis, were not much engaged in public affairs. James, the second Marquis, was commonly called the Good Marquis, to distinguish him from his father, the Great Marquis. The third Marquis died young. Only a few papers in regard to these Marquises have been preserved.

James, the fourth Marquis of Montrose, who was the great grandson of the first Marquis, became early prominent as a statesman. In the twenty-fifth year of his age he is described by a contemporary writer as "inheriting all "the great qualities of the two families of Montrose and "Rothes, from whom he derives his descent, with a sweet66 ness of behaviour which charms all who know him."

For his active support of the union between the two kingdoms of Scotland and England, the Marquis was advanced to the dignity of Duke of Montrose in the year 1707.

Shortly before his creation as Duke, Queen Anne addressed to him the following holograph letter of thanks for his successful support of the Union :

My Lord,

"Kensington, October the 22th [1706].

"The account which I have received from the Duke "of Queensberry, and my other servants in Scotland, of "the zeal and industry which you have shewn for my "service, with soe good success, has given me such satis"faction that I cannot but take notice of it to you myself, "and assure you, at the same time, that I shall be glad "of an occasion to shew you the particular regard I have "for your oun personall meritt, as well as for the services "of your Fameley. "I am,

"Your very affectionett friend,
"Anne R."

The Duke of Montrose occupied several important offices of State, being nominated Lord High Admiral of Scotland in the year 1705, and in 1709, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland. Soon after the accession of King George the First, His Grace was appointed one of the Principal Secretaries of State in room of John, Earl of Mar, and he was afterwards made Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. He also held the office of Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. For nearly forty years His Grace was much intrusted with the management of the public affairs of Scotland, for which, from his abilities, prudence, and judgment, he was eminently qualified. A considerable portion of his correspondence is still preserved at Buchanan. The letters include several from English statesmen, such as the Duke of Grafton, Marquis of Dorchester, the Earls of Halifax, Nottingham, Dartmouth, Berkshire, and Oxford. Lords Godolphin, Townshend, Nicolson, Bishop of Carlisle, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and others.

The Collection of Letters from Scottish noblemen is large, including letters from the Dukes of Hamilton, Athole, Roxburghe, and Queensberry, the Marquises of Annandale and Tweeddale, the Earls of Abercorn, Breadalbane, Buchan, Bute, Cromartie, Deloraine, Dundonald, Eglinton, Findlater, Galloway, Glencairn, Haddington, Hopetoun, Hyndford, Ilay, Kincardine, Kilmarnock, Kinnoul, Lauderdale, Leven, Linlithgow, Loudoun, Mar, Marischall, Morton, Marchmont, Northesk, Orkney, Rothes, Rosebery, Ruglen, Seafield, Selkirk, Southesk, Stair, Sutherland, Tullibardine, Teviot, and Wemyss, also Lord Arniston (of the Session), Lords Binning, Duffus, Lord John Drummond, Elibank, the Master of Elphinstone, Lords Falkland, Forrester, Fraser, Forbes, Gray, Grange (of the Session), Lord George Graham, Lindores, Napier, Newhaven, Polworth, Reay, Ross, Rollo, and Torphichen.

Besides the letters from these noblemen there are many from Adam Cokburne of Ormistoun, Lord Justice Clerk, Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, Lord Justice Clerk, Sir Hew Dalrymple, President of the Court of Session, Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Advocate, Duncan Forbes of Culloden, Andrew Fletcher of Salton, Principal Carstairs, Principal John Stirling, Alexander, Bishop of Edinburgh, Walter Macfarlane of Arrochar, the Antiquary, George Crawford, Author of the Peerage of Scotland, and many others.

This mass of correspondence, when selected by me, was scattered over several presses in the Charter Room at Buchanan, without any order or arrangement. When the muniments were transferred from the old house to the new Castle of Buchanan, the correspondence, not being in any order, was pushed into presses with the intention of being afterwards arranged, but this has never been done.

To enable me to deal with the correspondence for the present report, I found it necessary to make a general

* Original letter at Buchanan.

Seven letters from John, first Duke of Athole, between the years 1703 and 1732.

These letters are all on public affairs. In a letter, dated Blair Athole, 26 July 1715, the Duke of Athole states that he had received notice of the expected invasion, and promises fidelity on his part to the Protestant Succession. Huntly, Seaforth, and Drummond could raise 4,000 or 5,000 men, and much about the same number might be expected from the disaffected clans, most of which lay about Inverlochy.

In another letter, dated Dunkeld, 6 August 1717, he informs the Duke of Montrose that he had sent 60 men after Rob Roy, whose pursuit was without result, as Rob Roy was skulking with only two or three companions, and asks him to depute a trusted person to concert methods with himself for his capture.

In another letter, dated Dunkeld, 9th Septr. 1717, the Duke of Athole writes that at the request of the Duke of Montrose he had sent Donald Stewart, his Chamberlain, to Balquhidder, and asks the Duke to depute Gorthie or Killearn to meet himself at Edinburgh on Thursday or Friday. [There are inclosed two orders from the Duke of Athole, dated June 8th, 1717, and Aug. 17th, 1717, for the apprehension of Robert Campbell, commonly called Rob Roy, who having surrendered himself on the 3rd June as prisoner at Dunkeld, was imprisoned at Logyrate, but escaped on Thursday the 6th June. The second order enjoins obedience on the part of his Chamberlain at Balquhidder to any orders coming through the Duke of Montrose, or any one commissioned by him.]

The other letters are not of much importance. From Lord Anstruther there is a number of letters during the years 1707 and 1711. One only of these we notice, dated 5 June 1707, which says that the only hope for the success of the Union was in a Peace, now out of question, because of the insolence of the Jacobites excited by the Spanish affair, and that the want of the equivalent made a great noise in the North.

A very interesting letter, of date 26th June 1708, from the Earl of Abercorn to the Duke of Montrose, proposes an arrangement of the Scotch Peers into three divisions of 44 each; each division in turn to send the 16 representative Peers to Parliament, these being elected by lot. By this method Court intriguing would be quite impossible. The names and disposition of the peers are given on a separate sheet which is enclosed.

A letter from George Aberdonen [Bishop of Aberdeen], dated at Donhead, 19 Novr. 1714, asks humbly the forwarding of the small pension allowed by the late Government to the Bishops in North Britain, now "but few and, very old, and consequently can be no long burden upon "the government;" the hardships and straits " of his own family particularly are "most pinching."

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From the "Air" [Ayr] Justices of the Peace (Cathcart, Cochrane, &c.) is a letter of the 2d July 1715, complaining that Irish victual and cattle were, contrary to law, brought over there, and that although these were seized by the officers, they were afterwards" rescued by the mob and carried to the mountains, whereby the whole species of our money is carried off, our breed of cattel rendered "useless," &c.

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A letter from the Marquis of Annandale, of date, October 1st, 1715, notices his arrival in Edinburgh, his intended early return home, where he expects to find very much excitement, as communication was kept up through his district with the northern English counties.

Five letters from Robert Stewart, Provost of Aberdeen, in which details are given of events narrated in the letters of Adam Cokburne of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk, to be afterwards noticed.

In a letter dated Edinbr. 2 July 1715, he states that on the night of the 29th ult., a number of men, some in Highland dress, and others with disfigured faces, had broken open the King's warehouse, and had wounded Collector Erskine, carrying off the goods to the country. They assembled with similar intent next night, and stoned a guard of burghers who had been appointed to oppose them. In another letter, dated Edinbr., 14 July 1715, the Provost states that the disaffected were threatening to break open the prisons and rifle the houses of the loyal magistrates and citizens; some of the inhabitants, he says, had resolved to leave,

Writing from Aberdeen, 8 Feb., 1716, he says that the last of the rebels had left the town at 12 o'clock on the 7th, and that Argyle with his troops arrived in the evening. A council of war had been held on Monday night by the rebels, at which was read a letter from the Pretender, excusing himself for his departure.

In a letter, dated Aberdeen, 23rd Feb., 1716, he states that some of the rebels had surrendered themselves, and a few had been taken, particularly Dr. George Gairne, a leading exciter of rebellion. He asks a new "patroun for the College in place of Earl Marshall, that patron to be the town and Magistrates of Aberdeen.

In a letter from Aberdeen of date April 2nd, 1716, he requests the appointment of the Earl of Buchan to this office.

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In a letter of Thomas Bruce, dated Edinbr., 14th Sept., 1714, he informs the Duke of Montrose of the current report that the 16 peers then elected were moving to have themselves declared constant hereditary peers by an Act of Parliament and new patents.

There are other 18 letters of Bruce, chiefly about domestic arrangements for the Duke of Montrose in London, with news of the Continental war.

A letter from David, Earl of Buchan, dated from Edinburgh, March 16th, 1710, asks the favour of the Duke of Montrose's influence to secure for him the command of Blackness Castle, in the event of the death of the Earl of Dunmore, to whom this charge had been given when it was taken from Buchan owing to his opposition to the Union. He maintains his fidelity to the Government now that the Union has been secured.

In another letter, dated Edinr., 7 Augt., 1714, the Earl of Buchan refers to Drummond's Highland Hunting, and thinks some measures should be taken to prevent such meetings; believes that it would be advantageous to form for Scotland a Privy Council; intimates that this day an address congratulating his Majesty had been signed by the Members of the "Society for Propagating Christian Know"ledge," which address the Duke of Montrose was to be requested to present.

A letter from Revd. Messrs. Blair and Burnet, dated at Aberdeen, Nov. 15, 1714, intimates the loyalty of the Episcopal Clergymen, to the number of 40, of the diocese of Aberdeen.

From Mr. J. Burchett, pro the Earl of Oxford (Admiralty Office, 4 Augt. 1715), there is a letter requesting the Duke of Montrose to send to that office the names of the places in North Britain " where it hath been sayd the Pretender "would or did intend to land."

From George Baillie, of Jervisewoode, there are six letters to the Duke of Montrose.

A letter of date April 9th, 1709, speaks of and contains a copy of the Treason Bill then brought before Parliament. The Amendments to the Bill were popular. The Commons were so taken with the Scotch mode of procedure that he believes they themselves would adopt it.

In another letter, Nov. 29, 1716, he states his opinion that the Government, rather than the Duke of Montrose, should act against Rob Roy, and that orders should be given thereanent to the Independent Companies.

Professor Thomas Blackwell writes from Aberdeen, June 24, 1715, anent the Memorial presented to the Duke concerning the College and Town of Old Aberdeen, in which he says, "'tis undenyable that till our Colleges in "these northern parts be brought and fix'd on another day, then what at present they are, and for a long tract "of years have been, there is all the ground in the wordle to fear that principles shal still be spread abroad and prevail amongst all ranks in this country, which promise no great things either to State or Church."

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In this Memorial it was proposed also to send to Court signed copies of the Foundations of the northern Colleges. A second letter from Professor Blackwell (Aberdeen, Feb. 19, 1716) intimates his having prepared a journal of events during the Rebellion, which he had not been able to forward, and had been forced to burn when the order to convey him to Perth came.

A third letter (Feb. 24, 1716) states that he stands alone in Marischal College, and asks the Government, as this College is now in their hands, to see that it is "no longer a Seminary of principles destructive both to Church and "State."

A fourth letter (Aberdeen, April 2, 1716) informs the Duke that the several Masters who had been concerned in the Rebellion were now willing to give in demissions.

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Major J. Cunningham writes from Newcastle, Novr. 30, 1714, complaining of the slanderous statements made

against him in the Memoirs of Scotland, he having served as an Officer under Argyll and Orkney. He was accused of being an informer.

The letters from Mr. Alexander Cunningham during 1707 and 1708 to the Duke of Montrose give regular accounts of the Continental War. The material for Scotch history, however, is not great.

A letter from London, 8 July 1707, states that effectual measures had been taken to pay the equivalent, and that this morning twelve waggons had gone off with 100,0007. of it in specie, under the convoy of a troop of horse to Edinburgh.

In a letter of 6 May, 1708, he writes, "On Sunday the "Duke of Hamilton gave in a Petition to Her Majesty "in Counsel for his libertie. Yesterday he had a favour"able answer, and at 2 o'clock he attended a Committy of "Counsel en the Cockpitt, who discharged him on Baile "of 20,000 libs."

In another letter, of 8 June 1708, he states that on the night of the 7th, Lord Drummond and Sir George Max [well] were sent to the Tower, while Keir and Carden were committed to Newgate. More prisoners had arrived. In a letter of the 24th, Cunningham reported that blame was laid on Scotch gentlemen for harsh treatment of these offenders.

In a letter of the 30 June 1708, he writes that the General Assembly's deputation had been graciously received by the Queen. He asks the Duke to urge on his friends to discover whatever improper influences may be used at the elections, and speaks sensibly about not losing "time "and business in remembering old storys or by stating prejudices which will never pay the Master's rent, nor “the publick taxes.”

A letter from London, 26 Octr. 1708, tells the Duke of the esteem of his "friends," that he is "their Darling of all "that has come from the north," that they cannot get on in Scotch affairs without him, and that he must come up for at least two months during the winter.

Thomas Crawford writes from Paris, 4 Jany. 1716, that the Pretender had sailed from Dunkirk on Friday

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There are about twenty letters from Mr. William Carstares, Chaplain to King William, all written in the year 1715, and for the most part repeating ecclesiastical news given in the Cokburne letters to be afterwards mentioned.

He informs the Duke of Montrose (Edinr. April 26) of an Appeal to the General Assembly by two brothers Maitland against the decision of the Synod of Aberdeen, which had suspended them till June, for not observing the day of thanksgiving for His Majesty's accession. These men (Letter of May 17) were deposed by the Assembly.

Carstares' letter of May 21st, containing the General Assembly's Memorial and papers relating thereto, was laid before the King.

The letter of June 21st acknowledges His Majesty's gracious reception of the Memorial, and the Duke of Montrose's kindly management.

Writing on June 30th, he advises that a reported motion in Parliament to make the Clergy take the oath of Abjuration before their Congregations should not be adopted, for, although well fitted to prevent equivocation, it would not be very acceptable.

On July 7th he writes, referring to great complaints current about the Nomination, particularly in Clydesdale, of non-loyal Justices of the Peace.

He suggests (July 23rd, 1715) that to the Explanation of the Oath this clause should be added in the House of Peers: "And that the oath takes in no more of the Act "referred to than what is expressed in the said oaths."

On August 2nd he intimates the proposed establishment of "an association" by "honest men here," subject to His Majesty's approval.

A letter from John Carnegy, Edinburgh, Augt. 10th, 1714, intimates the reprinting in Edinburgh of the London proclamation of King George's Accession, and dispersion of copies through the various counties.

An unsigned letter from Perth, Feb. 2d, 1716, (noted as from a Collector), states that on the last of January the Rebels had left Perth in a hurry, and had, at the suggestion of Lord Drummon]d, set fire to Auchterarder, Dunning, Crieff, and Muthill; then they marched to Dundee, and were going on northwards. Argyle and Cadogan with a detachment lodging at Errol that night, were to march on the morrow. The Country gentlemen all repent their dipping in this affair." He says: "In conscience our "country is ruin'd,-the Devil a thing, dead or alive, "eatables or portable, do the Foreigners leave, and the "officers of the British say that to see their behaviour does "so make their men's mouths water, that faith they cannot

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"but indulge their men a little." The rebels destroyed DUK barn yards, and used whole stacks for firing. Letters from Adam Cokburne, of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk, and his sons Charles and John.

The prominence given to the letters written by Adam Cokburn, of Ormiston, in this Report, of which they may be said to form the historical centre-piece, will readily be allowed to be by no means undeserved. In early life he had played an important part in public affairs, having served as one of the Commissioners appointed in 1689 to treat of the Union, as Privy Councillor some four years later, and as one of the Commissioners nominated to inquire into the Massacre of Glencoe in the year 1695. Appointed Lord Justice Clerk in 1692, he was deprived of this and of his other offices on Queen Anne's accession, but was restored to his office in 1705, and continued an Ordinary Lord till his death, on the 16th of April 1735, in his 79th year. By his contemporaries he was regarded as an intriguing zealot, and by his fervour in oppressing the rebels became universally hated in Scotland, so that even the ladies, according to Houston's Memoirs, when playing cards, called the nine of diamonds, popularly known as the Curse of Scotland, the Justice Clerk.

January 24th 1708.-Lord Justice Clerk Cokburne refers to the meeting of the Commissions of General Assembly, at which a letter was read from the Earl of Glasgow favouring their advice that a proclamation should be issued as in England against immorality and profanity. The Queen fears excitement among the Scotch Presbyterians from the abolition of the Privy Council, and promises her utmost exertion to have this continued or a suitable Commission substituted; some of the sixteen Scotch peers had been pressing on the Clergy resistance to the action of the Commons on this matter of the Council.

Edinburgh, 5 Feb. 1708.-Lord Justice Clerk Cokburne expects a great outcry on the following day, his Majesty's birthday, as the customary bounty to the poor had not been forwarded.

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Edinburgh, 24 Feb. 1708.-The news of an invasion are "warmly spread abroad." A Mr. Murray has been apprehended, whose papers contain an exact journal of his being in France," and a letter from Murray to the Earl of Mar. These papers had been put into the Advocate's hands by the Earl of Seafield, and an unsuccessful applica tion for them was made by Mar.

Edinburgh, 4 March 1708.-On Monday morning a letter had been received from the Queen intimating a threatened invasion of Scotland by France. Cokburne says that considering the uncurbed liberty taken in spreading pamphlets and the open attempts at alienation of the Scotch from the Union Settlement, one would think "there was "a designe to have that knot loosed again." He mentions the publication of such statements as that James was a good Protestant, the Manifesto of James declaring his establishment of Presbytery, the action of the French Government with regard to Spain, and speaks against present invasion, or as the disaffected preferred to say, "descent.

Edinburgh, 6th March 1708.-The wind has changed to the East, and Cokburne seems more afraid of an invasion. On the 5th, the March Commission of the Church had decreed a national fast, making a pretence of the critical juncture to assert the Church's independence.

Edinburgh, 14th March 1708.-Great consternation. The fleet had been seen off the May on Friday evening. News from Dundee and Montrose of a naval engagement on the 13th. Cokburne believes that the design of the hostile fleet was to enter the Firth of Forth.

Edinburgh, 16th March 1708.-Sir George Bing chased the French fleet beyond Aberdeen, but giving up pursuit, returned southward, lying the most of Sunday off Aberdeen, where the inhabitants were in great terror, supposing Bing's to be the fleet of the enemy. On the 15th Bing entered Leith Road with "the Salisbury," a French ship of 50 guns, in which were Le Chevalier Nangis, Le Marquis de Levi, two sons of Earl Middleton, and Lord Griffith.

Edinburgh, Sunday 21st March 1708.-Cokburne speaks of James McColme as having been on board the French fleet at Crail, afterwards landing at Elie on Monday the 15th, whence he fled north, but was stopped at Dundee. No news except from Montrose, where 22 sail had passed. Admiral Baker was before Ostend on Tuesday; hence Cokburne supposes a rencounter possible, though he inclines to believe an entrance will be made into the Moray Firth. He writes: "We are here in the saddest condition ever poor people were in, a Privy Council of men whose fathers and "brothers [Haddo and Ruglen] are called for suspicions of treason, our general quartermaster a notorious Jacobite,” &c. The Earl of Wigton's brother arrives with military commissions, and calls on Drummond. Rumour that John Murray is going about in disguise.

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Edinburgh, 23 March [1708].-The troops from Ostend