of Kilsyth; Lords St. Clair and Ballhaven; Sir William Bruce and Col. Balfour. Those that has not come up upon the Councill's orders or Earl of Leven's are to be charged upon Councill letters to compear under the paines of rebellion, which I believe, will force them all here. Our Councill was a little difficulted in what maner to proceed against peers in case of contemning their orders, whereanent there is a memoriall transmitted with this packet for direction. Last post would advise your Lordship of the packet intercepted from the D[uke] of Athol to a gentleman here, which looks a little misterious.

THE EARL OF MAR to his brother, LORD GRANGE. 1708, March 29. Whitehall.-I hope the fears of the invasion is now over. I'm affraid severall people in Scotland have behaved themselves so foolishly that they have brought themselves in aboundance of trouble. There are more people ordred to be taken up and amongst the rest your friend, Mr. Fletcher, who I'm sure will be very angrie; but if he be innocent, as I hope he is, his friend, the Highland Duke, is the occation of it and there was no saying against it. Say nothing of this until it be publick. I'll long to hear from you what face things have now in Scotland and how people behaves and what's the comon talk. I have no news to send you from this. Now all is expected from you, tho' not so much as was a while ago. The Duke of Marlborough is gone this daie for Holland and I hope the Parliament will be up this week. We will now begin to think of going for Scotland, but after the Parliament all the Scots affairs are to be adjusted, which will take some time.

MR. CARSTAIRS to the EARL OF MAR.

1708, March 30. Edinburgh.-My Lord: Allow me in the name of our Societie to return your Lordship our most humble acknowledgments for the honour you have done us in countenanceing our addresse. I hope that which the Presbyterie of Edinburgh sent to your Lordship will give satisfaction. I doubt not but many other presbyteries will doe the like. I am informed this day that they appear very zealous in the west for her Majestie and her government. We have indeed had a wonderfull deliverance, but, if I may take the libertie to speak of an affair that is out of my road, in my humble opinion we cannot well be in safetie here without a visible force and such a mannagement as may make men sensible that they will not be allowed insolentlie to own their disaffection to her Majesties person and government, for now they have not the shelter of a pretended countrey interest which formerlie they had.

I hope, my Lord, considering that in the wonderfull goodnesse of God we are still in quiet; all thoughts of adjourning our Assemblie will be laid asside, for we can never meet in a better temper, and adjourning may be not a litle inconvenient.

MR. PALMER to LORD GRANGE.

1708, March 30. Kilwinning.-Sending the Address by the Presbytery of Irvine congratulating her Majesty on the failure of the French invasion, for transmission to the Secretaries. He mentions "the vigilance and zeal of the ministers here for exciting people to a due sense of the danger and their duty to her Majesty, and the good success we find therein, so that disgusts 'gainst the Union, tho' industriously fomented by some, ar much suspended and mor generally terminat against the invasion. Subscriptions ar increasing for raising and maintaining soldiers for six weeks to serve against our enemies in case of neid and that the Government see fit to call them. Ye will find the Earl of Killmarnock and diverse gentlemen who are members of our Presbyterie signing our addresse. The Presbyteries

in Dumfries Synod have likewise addressed, as have the Presbyteries of Glasgow, Paisley and Ayr, and I hear Hamilton and Lenrick intend it."

ANDREW FLETCHER of Salton, to the EARL OF MAR.

1708, April 14. Stirling Castle.-My Lord: Your friendship shows itself by effects not words. My Lady Mar has put herself to so much trouble about me as gives me more than my confinement. But my greatest mortification was from the civilitys I received from Collonel Ariskin to whom of late I never showed common ones. All that I could say for myself was that my prejudices were never personal. You see what uneasyness one falls under by imprisonment, when even kind things done him turne to be of a different nature, especialy to a man who sees himself in no capacity to returne them. You may tell my Lord Colvin we are not locked up here at night, and that we drank all yesternight of the Collonel's good wine and continued till this morning, that he can find no such company in Scotland, and that for his excuse we shall perswade the Collonel to say that he is confined. I am with great sense of your obligations, my Lord, your most humble servant, FLETCHER.

LORD ANSTRUTHER to the EARL OF MAR.

1708, April 15. Edinburgh,-The Earle of Glasgo entred into a state of grace this morning. All the good company in toun waited upon him to the Assembly whose great business is over this day having keept up their fancifull privilidg of meeting once a year, so that the sien will come to a period nixt week and the Commissioner will fall from the state of grace to that of nature; which is an Arminian doctrin exploded by our Assembly.

THE EARL OF BUTE to the EARL OF MAR.

1708, April 15. Edinburgh.-Sending a list of the Justices of Peace for the shire of Bute for nomination by her Majesty, and interceding for the liberation upon bail of his brother, Dougald,

and Lord Balmerino. They are quite innocent of any crime and are only suspected because of the Duke of Athole's having written a letter to them, which they neither received nor answered.

THE EARL OF GLASGOW to the EARL OF MAR.

1708, April 15. Edinburgh.-This day the Assembly mett, all in a good disposition to serve the Queen and her interest not only against the Pretender but also against all her enemies; which your Lordship will quickly see by their answer to her Majesties letter, and also by ane address which the Assembly designs to make to her Majesty. Your Lordship hath inclosed what I said to the Assembly upon their meeting.

My dear Lord, your Lordship will with the Queen's other servants be considering upon some proper scheme and posts for Scottsmen. I love to be easy to all that I am in society with. If the Queen with her servants think fit to continue my sallary, my office being fallen, and turn the same into a pension till her Majesty find a post for me, I shall study to deserve it the best way I can. My Lord, I judge the election of the peers will goe verry well, if it be not our oun fault. My Lord Aberdein, my Lord Bute and my Lord Balmerino have been verry friendly and have acted a good pairt. I shall trouble your Lordship with more of this afterwards, only I could wish that my Lord Aberdein and my Lord Balmerino were liberated on baill, for every person is convinced that neither of those Lords is in the least directly or indirectly guilty of any bad practises against the Government. Your Lordship will excuse this trouble.

My Lord, Mr. Carstares is verry unanimously chosen Moderator of the Assembly, so your Lordship may judge they were all in a good temper and disposition.

My Lord, the Duke of Atholles friends have given me in the inclosed representation, petition and certificat to be transmitted to your Lordship. I know your Lordship will show all the justice and kindness you can to his Grace; he stands mightily to his innocence. Your Lordship will doe in this as you see in prudence.

THE EARL OF MAR to his brother, LORD GRANGE.

1708, April 16. Whitehall.-I leave the incloased to Salton open that you may read it and then deliver it. I cou'd not wryt it to him, but you may let him know that he cou'd not be sett at libertie just now because those who were taken up upon the same account, I mean the Duke of Athole's letters, are ordred up here with the rest, but as soon as they are gone he'll be sett at libertie, tho' he wou'd not speak of this. I know not what he'll think of it, but here 'tis thought a mighty favour, and I assure you I bestir'd myself for him, tho' I faney I'll hardly get thanks. It was not we but the Cabin Councill that advised the Queen to order the prissoners to be sent up, and the reason was given was that because the Councill of Scotland being just

a falling so that nobody there was of authority enough to examine them. People will now see if we or other people were in the right about that Councill. It is but justice to every body to set this in its true light to the world.

THE EARL OF GLASGOW to the EARL OF MAR.

1708, April 17. Edinburgh.-He sends the Assembly's answer to her Majesty's letter, and they are now engaged upon a most loyal address. He earnestly begs that his Lordship would intercede that the Earle off Aberdein and my Lord Balmerino may be liberated upon baile, and also Dugall Steuart, who are, I dare say, perfectly free of any hand in the invasion. They are our friends and will concurr heartyly with us. if wee cannot serve them they have no great reason to serve us. My Lord, Dugall Steuart is not only sure of being elected for Bute, bot if he be admitted to baill will carry the election of Perthshire and hold out Glenegies, so I beg there may be something done to encouradge our friends." He also sends a memorial for the liberation of his Lordship's neighbour, Keir, who will die if he is continued in prison.

1708, April.-Edinburgh.-Address by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland to her Majesty, signed by W. Carstares, Moderator.

MR. HUGH KEMP, Moderator of the Provincial Synod of Fife, to the EARL OF MAR.

1708, April.-Sending a humble address by the Synod to her Majesty to signify their sincere affection and unfeigned loyalty to their sovereign the Queen, and their firm resolution to use their utmost endeavours in their stations to support her just title to the rightful sovereignty over these lands, and maintain her in the possession thereof against the pretended King James the Eighth and all her other enemies; to express their just zeall and deep concern for the preservation of our holy religion and the Revolution Establishment, and their thankfulness to her Majestie for all the favours and privileges they enjoy under the influence of her auspicious reign; and particularly the seasonable reliefe so lately sent when they were in the most imminent danger of being "overrun by a bloody army of French and Irish."

THE EARL OF GLASGOW to the EARL OF MAR.

1708, May 1. Edinburgh.-I send your Lordship two attestations concerning the Duke off Atholl's indisposition, which your Lordship will show the Queen. He is very ill. He desyres to know if it would be well taken if he should petition the Queen and Councill of Brittain to remove the garrison out of his house. So if your Lordship please to write to his Grace your opinion, after you advyse with friends above, it would be most acceptable. My Lord, I shall say nothing of what paines hath been taken with the Cavalier party since I came here, bott they

will as one man be for the Government measures. There are four alreaddy qualified, viz., Earl Marishall, Earl Aberdein, Viscount Kilsyth, and Lord Belhaven. This last sounds damnably with me, tho' he hath been at great pains against Squadrone. All the rest will universally qualifie and give their proxies to our friends. My dear pupills, the Duke of Montrose, Erles of Rothes and Hadinton, are mightily enraged against my Lord Leven and me. They now give out in all companies, and did these three weeks past, such as were here of them, that it was the Duke of Queensberry and his friends that occationed the imprisonment of all our contrymen here, and their going to London. It takes no great impression, but I do verryly believe such a sett never was upon the earth.

MR. SANDELANDS to the EARL OF MAR.

1708, May 5. Edinburgh. It was with great satisfaction that we heard, by your Lordship's letter directed to Mr. William Carstairs, moderator of the late general assembly, and communicated by him to us, that the address of the representatives of this national Church was so graciously accepted by her Majesty, that she was willing it should be universally known how sensible she was of the loyalty and good affection of this Church to her royal person and Government, and that she was resolved to protect it in all its rights and priviledges as established by the present laws.

We have so great a sense of her Majesty's goodness, and of the duty and fidelity that we owe to her, that we cannot but earnestly entreat your Lordship to represent to her Majesty that the ministers and elders of the Synod of Lothian and Tweeddall doe unanimouslie oun and adhere to the address of the late General Assembly in all the particulars thereof, and that they will endeavour in their stations to manifest by their conduct that the words of that address are the true expressions of the real sentiments of their mind. This Synod had not been wanting in witnessing their loyalty to her Majesty by a particular address, had the tyme of their meetting been before the meeting of the late Generall Assembly. These things are signifyed to your Lordship in the name and by the appointment of this Synod, and signed in their presence by, my Lord, your Lordships most faithfull and humble servant, ROBERT SANDELANDS, Moderator.

LORD HIGH TREASURER to the EARL OF MAR.

1708, May 7.-My Lord, I agree with your Lordship that it is necessary you should bee gone, and have thought so for many days together. I know of nothing depending on my part to delay it; however, I shall bee ready to wait upon your Lordship to-morrow at 11 at the Duke of Queensberry's; it can't bee sooner, for I am summoned to the Cabinet Counsell this evening. Your Lordship's most obedient servant,

GODOLPHIN.