Mellages from H. C. with Bills. Keyt's Bill. Meffage from H. C. with a Bill. Cawdron's Bill. Mathews verfus Philips. Bill ORDERED, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time To-morrow, at Eleven a Clock. It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That this Houfe will hear the faid Cause, by Counfel, at the Bar, on Saturday in the Forenoon. A Meffage from the Houfe of Commons, by Mr. the Twelfth Day of this Inftant February, at Ten a Clock Onflow and others: Who brought up a Bill, intituled, " An Act to enable "George Evelyn Efquire to raise Portions for his Bro"thers and Sifters, according to his Father's Will;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this House. A Meffage from the Houfe of Commons, by Sir John Mordaunt and others: Who brought up a Bill, intituled, " An Act for "fettling the Manor of Creech, in the County of So"merset, in Trustees, to enable them to renew Leafes, "for the Maintenance of the Younger Sons of William * Keyt Esquire, deceased, during their Minority;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this House. Hodie vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, " An Act for A& "fettling the Manor of Creech, in the County of So"merfet, in Trustees, to enable them to renew Leafes, "for the Maintenance of the Younger Sons of William "Keyt Efquire, deceased, during their Minority." verfus The House being moved," That a Day may be ap- Savage "pointed, for hearing of the Caufe wherein Diana Sr W. Hum"Savage is Appellant, and Sir William Humble and ble. "others are Refpondents (who have not yet answered "thereto) :". It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That this House will hear the faid Caufe, by Counfel, at the Bar, on Saturday the Fourth Day of March next, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon; and that the Refpondents may answer in the mean Time, if they think fit. The House being moved, " That the Lords Sub-Committee for the Journal. "committees, appointed to confider of and inspect the "Journals of this House, may meet often; and that "the faid Committee may be enlarged:" ral in Parliament affembled, That the faid Committee It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Tempodo meet on Monday next, at Nine a Clock in the Forenoon; and that all the Lords prefent this Day (who are A Meffage from the House of Commons, by Mr. not of the faid Committee) be added thereunto: And it is hereby recommended to the faid Committee, that they Dreyden and others: do meet often. Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act to "enable the Lord High Treasurer of England, or Com"miffioners of the Treasury for the Time being, to "compound with John Ferrar Efquire for a Debt due "from him, as Surety for John Mafon Gentleman, late "Receiver General for the County of Cambridge and "Ifle of Ely;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. The Lord Lawarr reported from the Lords Committees, the Bill, intituled, " An Act to enable Robert Caw"dron Efquire to fettle Part of his Estate (which he "has improved), for raifing Portions for his Younger "Children,” as fit to pass, without any Amendment. Upon reading the Petition of Chichester Philips Efquire, Thomas Browne and his Wife, Henry Johnson, and others, Refpondents to the Appeal of George Mathews Junior; praying" the Enlargement of their Time "for anfwering to the faid Appeal, their Papers and "Solicitors being in Ireland:" It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the Petitioner's have hereby Time allowed them for answering thereunto, until Monday the First Day of March next, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon. Monks Upon reading the Petition of Katherine Monk and verfus E. of Bath's Elizabeth Monk, Infants under the Age of One and Twenty Years, by Mathew Hungerford Gentleman, their Grandfather and prochein Amy; praying to be heard, by their Counsel, against any Part of the Bill now depending in this House, on the Behalf of William now Earl of Bathe: Narrative. "I do folemnly declare, That, fo far as concerns Ferguson's "either my Knowledge or my Belief, there is not a "Nonjuror, or any called a High-flying Church of Eng"land Man, or One reckoned a Jacobite, engaged in a "Plot, or that will be, against Her prefent Majesty "and the Government. "Yea, it is fo far from giving them Uneafinefs that "Her Majefty is on the Throne, that they heartily blefs "GOD the Monarchy is preferved against the Designs "of the Republicans; and that One of the Serene Fa"mily of the Stewarts poffeffeth the Sovereignty, in Defpight of all the Endeavours of fuch as would "have either fupplanted Her had the late King Wil "liam lived, or would have brought either the Princefs "Sophia of Hanover, or the Prince her Son, to Eng"land or to Scotland, during Her Reign, fince His De❝cease. "And that it is not to be denied but that there are "those in Her Majefty's Dominions who will not swear "to ferve Her against the Prince at St. German's; yet, "fince they are willing to live quietly under Her Ma"jesty's Authority, it is hoped they will be diftin"guished from Traitors and Rebels. "And, fhould the Weight of Foreign Affairs bring "Her Majefty into a Neceffity of capitulating with "France, there are none in thefe Kingdoms who will "be either more careful for the Security of the Pro"testant Religion, and of the Church of England as " by Law established, or of Her Majesty's enjoying the "Royal Dignity during Her Life, as was anciently fti"pulated in this Kingdom; Firft, between Henry II, "the Son of the Emprefs Maud, and King Stephen ; "and, Secondly, betwixt Richard Duke of York and 66 66 "King Henry VIth; than they who are branded and "the Duke of Queensberry, it having been under his "Nor are French Plots against Her Majefty to be "much dreaded, while the Minifters of that King know "not better how to chufe their Tools for promoting "them, than to employ Captain Frazer in Scotland upon fuch a Defign, who is both fo obnoxious to the "Laws of that Nation, and accounted infamous by all "Men for the vileft and most abominable Crimes. 66 "Neither can it be reafonably imagined, that his "Grace the Duke of Queensberry, who not only pro"tected the faid Frazer in Scotland, but obtained a "Pafs, by a fhain Name, of the Right Honourable "the Earl of Nottingham here, for conveying him "Abroad again, would be in a Confpiracy with the "Court of France against Her Majefty and the prefent "Government. 66 66 a Pardon for Frazer, with refpect to his having levied "War, and he being still reckoned by Frazer for One "of his fpecial Friends, which alfo was told to myself "by the faid Frazer, it is not to be fuppofed but that "for which Mr. Carstairs is fo much valued by his "And it ought to be held ridiculous, that either" one endowed with the infinuating Faculty and Art, my Lord Stairs, who was the Author of the Maffaere "in Glenco, or Mr. William Carstairs, who was deeply "engaged both in the intended Affaffination at the Rye-Houfe, and in all the treasonable Designs as well 66 against King Charles the Second as against the late "King James while on the Throne, fhould now be"come embarqued in the Service of thofe at St. German's, and co-operate with those who are faid to be 66 carrying on the exalting the Prince of Wales to the "Thrones of his Ancestors. 66 "Nor will it pafs upon any Man of common Sense, "that the Duke of Queensberry's Confidence in, Kind"nefs to, and fingular Care for the covering and pro tecting, Captain Frazer, thould be merely in Hope of "Frazer's getting his Grace's Pardon, in cafe of a Re"volution, as the faid Frazer was pleased to say, both "to myself and, as I have been told, to others; and "not rather to be that Duke's Intelligencer from "Abroad, as his faid Grace is reported to have af"firmed. "And what Sort of Informations his Grace had con"tracted with him about, may be partly conjectured "from the Rumours which have obtained for fome. "Time, about this Town, of a Plot carrying on in Scotland against Her Majesty; wherein not only the "Duke of Athol, but divers others of the First Quality "of that Kingdom, were criminally concerned. 46 ters to Clarke "To Mr. Tho. Clarke, Apothecary, in Watling. Frazer's Let "I have sent you this to tell you, that Mr. Corbů- "But as the more exact Knowledge, what Tidings zette to Mr. John Seaton, at The Half Moon at Dur"Frazer was to convey to the Duke of Queensberry "ham; and write, " that his Friend is fafe here." Give from the other Side were to be, will be learned "the enclofed to Mr. Keith and my Black Friend, and "let them read the Gazette. We have the Rumour of "from intercepted Letters hither and thither; fo both my own getting the Duke of Athol acquainted how "bad News here," that Prince Lewis of Baden is beat;" "fuch Letters might be laid hold of, and his Grace's "if it holds, it will ruin the Empire. They fay, that "laying it before Her Majefty, are an undeniable Evi-"the German's King will command in Flanders the next "dence, that both the faid Duke of Athol and myself "are far from being in any Confpiracy against Her Majesty and Her Government. "And, feeing it will contribute to the giving farther "Light to this Matter, to have thofe ftrictly examined, "who, either here or in Scotland, have had fecret "I have fent this to let you know, that, to my Lofs and "Converfation and Tranfactions with Captain Frazer, "Trouble, I am here yet; becaufe that little Devil "it is my humble Opinion, that, befides what may be "Corbusiere forgot to give me a Letter of Advice, to "learned from the Laird of Locheal, and from other" anfwer my Bill; and, for Want of it, I cannot get a "Heads of the Highland Clans in Scotland, all whose "Names are in great Probability known to his Grace Twenty Scots People knew: Some of them are "the most of them Strangers, this Winter in Spain, "going to England; I believe they will give Account "ready to go to the Campaign the Beginning of the "of me. I made them all believe that I am going on "next Year, to defend His Pretenfions. Let me know, "the prefent Expedition to Portugall. I defire you tell "by the First, what your Parliament is doing; and an "the Duke this; and fend me an Answer to my last. "Account of all the Sea and Land Forces that are to "Write all to me freely; and direct," To Mr. John Smea- "go to Portugal with the King of Spain. This, with 66 ton, to the Care of Mr. Vincent Neerinx, Merchant, " my Service to your Family, is all from "in Rotterdam :" He will fend it fafe to me, wherever "I am. My Dearest, let me hear from you often. I ever am "Yours eternally. "Your Brother is Groom of the Bedchamber. "To Mr. John Hill, at The Marine Coffee Houfe, in "Piccadilly. 66 [Note, By John Hill is meant Will. Keith.] My most dear Friend, "This is to give you Account of my unlucky Stay "here; curfed Corbusiere not giving me a Letter of "Advice. I fpend much here, I lofe my Time, and I "am unluckily known by many Scots: I perfuade them, "I am going to Portugall. I believe, they will inform against me; fo acquaint me, my Dear, of all you'll "hear. Direct to me, "To Mr. John Smeaton, to the "Care of Mr. Vincent Neerinx, Merchant, at Rotter"dam ;" and it will be fent very fafe to me, wherever "I am. I met here with one Dalaville, that has a Pass to carry Eight Horfes to France: He fays, "That the "Court of St. German's expects to fucceed to Queen "Anne; that they will make no Disturbance while "She lives." They fay, that their young King is to "command in Flanders next Year; fo we will fee what "the Two pretended Kings will do in the Field. My "Dear, write all Things to me, by Edinburgh, very "freely. I am 66 66 Eternally yours. "Tell John to march Day and Night. "Smeaton's Letter to Thomas Clarke, with One enclosed "to Mr. Smith, One to Colin Campbell, and One to "Corbufiere. 66 "Your affectionate Friend and Servant, Rotterdam, the 7th "Since I wrote my laft, I have seen several that knew "me; I have made them all believe that I go for Por tugal. We are down in the Mouth here, with the "News we have of Prince Lewis of Baden's being de"feat: It has left us no Hopes, but what we have in "the Supplies of your English Parliament: Pray let "me know fully what they are doing; and fend me the 66 Detail of the Land and Sea Forces ordered for Portu"gall. Seal the enclosed, and fend by the very first; "and write to Robin, to fend an Exprefs with it, whereever John is. My Dear, do not fail to let me hear "from you. Direct to me, Direct to me, "To Mr. John Smeaton, to "the Care of Mr. Vincent Neerinx, Merchant, in Rot"terdam;" and he will fend it fafe to me wherever I am, "if it was all full of Herefy; there is no Fear of it. "I am uneafy till I hear from you. I ever am your own, while 66 "This Day the Packet Boat came in; and I get my Money To-morrow, and goes away next Day. I have "been known here by a great many Scots; I perfuaded Watling-which you may improve, if you hear any Thing of "them all that I go for Portugal with the King of Spain; "me there. I wrote to you fo fully in my Two laft "Letters, that I have nothing to add now; but to en "To Mr. Tho. Clarke, Apothecary, in "Affectionate Friend, "The Packet is at laft come in this Day, and I get "Money in Two Pennies Pieces To-morrow; and I go "the next Day after. I met with a great many here "that knew me, whom I perfuaded that I was going "with the King of Spain to Portugal. I entreat you, "let me know if you received my laft Two Letters. "Deliver the enclofed Letters to my Friends: After you "read Mr. Seaton's Letter, which is all the News we "have at this Time, feal it, and fend it, enclosed in a "Letter of your own, forward to Durham. Direct to me, as I told in my you my last, laft," To Mr. John Smeaton, to "the Care of Mr. Vincent Neerinx, Merchant, in Rot"terdam." Give my Service to all my Friends, particularly to Mr. Mackartny and to your Uncle. I forgot to tell you, that there are Thirty Thoufand "French on the Frontiers of Portugal already, and "Twenty Walloons and Flemish upon their March to "Spain; fo that King Philip will have Sixty Thousand, 66 66 treat of you to write to me often. Direct, "For Mr. "John Smeaton, to the Care of Mr. Vincent Neerinx, "Merchant, in Rotterdam." You may write fully to me; "for it will come very fafe to me, wherever I am. Let "me know what my Friends do for you and me. I GOD may ftill preserve pray ftill preferve and profper you. My "Duty to my deareft Aunt: Her Son is now Groom of "the Bedchamber, and fonder of "his Fair-one than ever, which is the Height of his "Ambition; fo that he is loft to us all. My Dear, let "not this trouble you; but let you and me take Ex"ample, and let us do brave, gallant Things, while we Adieu, "live. I hope Thom. will not disappoint me. my dearest of all the World. 66 "Farewell.: "I blefs GOD, I am very well in my Health; and I "ftrive to recover from my Melancholy every "Day; and I entreat and conjure you, as you love 66 your your Soul, Body, Honour, and Friends, ftrive "against Melancholy; for, if any Thing ruin me, "it will be Grief; fo forfake it, my Dear." "To Mr. John Corbufiere, Merchant in London. "Dear Sir, me. "I got yours juft now, which I longed for with all my Soul; for the Want of the Letter of Advice has expofed me here to a Hundred Inconveniencies, befides "the Lofs of my Journey and Expences; but I only "attribute that to my own Ignorance, and your Forget "fulness only in not fending a Letter of Advice with As for the Lofs of the Bill, I am forry you "fhould have One uneafy Thought about it, for I don't "value it, nor was Money ever my Mafter; in the "mean Time I am perfuaded, that it is no Profit to you, "but that that Fellow made you believe that Things were other than they are. It is not Ten Pistoles "loft there, and Twenty here, that I regret; but by my "Lofs of Time; for I had been well pleafed had my "Bill anfwered when I came; but keeping me here. "Twelve or Fourteen Days for it, has done me a great "deal of Hurt; but I admire, but you know me better "than to think that you fhould refund a Farthing of "that Nature to me, if it was a Thoufand Pound. I give you hearty Thanks for your Service, and does not "blame you for Accidents. The Fellow has not paid the "Bill yet, and is pofitive he will give me no Money but "Duplikies, the Two Penny Pieces here. Pray let me "hear from you. Mr. Neerinx has been very civil to me. I fill am, 46 ་་ to tell you, that I received yours, and that I am mighty "The Poft is just going off; fo that I have only Time "glad to know you are well; and to affure you of my conftant Friendship and Gratitude for your many Ser«vices. I will write by the next to you and to your "Uncle, whofe Letter I can hardly read, it is fo blotted; "Keith, whom I beg you may find out as foon as you "but I will work a whole Day at it, or get it read. Tell and that I expect a full Letter by the Firft." Deliver "can, "that I am angry that I did not hear from him, "the enclosed as foon as can be. Pray let me know, in have endeavoured to banish my Melancholy; but I your own Write, what our Parliament is a-doing. I "have this Minute, and all Day, a Fever, by drinking "bad Wine. "bad Wine. I wish I was out of this unwholesome "Country. Saturday's Storm loft Two English Men "of War, and ruined Two Dutch, and all the Transport Ships, where the King of Spain loft all His Baggage, "Plate,Cloaths, and feveral Officers drowned, many other "Men and Women; all this in One Place, but the Lofs "is univerfal in Holland. Adieu. I ftill am, "Your real Servant, "Jo. SMEATON. 66 Rotterdam, 11th Let me hear often from you, about my Health; "which I'll fear ftill till I am in a better Air, "for this Country will foon kill me. My Duty "to your Uncle, who will hear from me often." Enclosed, One to Mr. Colin Campbell, and One to your Brother, as follow. "To Mr. Colin Campbell, next Door to The Hamp 'fhire Hog, in Charles Street, Weftminster. "I have fent this Exprefs, to let know, that "though, to my Lofs, I have been obliged to ftay here "till now, yet I am glad upon your Account that I "have stayed; for, by good Luck, I met one Mr. Delaville here, who has a Pafs for Eight Horfes and Four Men. "He fays, "He knows you very well." I told him, after "Four or Five Days Acquaintance, "That I believed you "would come fhortly this Way, and go forwards." He "told me, "to write to you immediately, to tell you, that "he would wait here a Month for you, to bring you fafe "where you would be." So, my Dear, make all the Hafte you can to London; come from that here by your Nephew's Direction; and when you come to Rotterdam, " inquire for one Mr. Vincent Neerinx, Merchant, on The "Vine-haven. Delaville lodges with him; and though "Delaville should be gone, Neerinx, who is a mighty I am entirely their Servant, and that I wonder they 66 66 " honest Man, will do your Business well enough. After "I have confidered all the Ways, I think this abfo"lutely your beft; fo I advise you to take it. I wrote "this Day to our Friends by a fure Way. We are con"founded here, that we loft Thirteen Thousand Men at "the Battle of Spires, and that we have private Letters "that Prince Lewis of Baden is beat in Germany, which "ruins us all. I entreat you, make all the Difpatch pof"fible; and let me hear from you by your Nephew. "My kind Service to all your Family, which I will "always reckon myfelf a Part of. I faid a great deal "of you to my Friend in my Letter: I wish we may "make good our Words; and I hope we will do more. My Deareft of all Coufins, "I am glad to hear and know by your Letter, that you are well. I am unluckily here ftill; but To"morrow or next Day, I go off to a moft dangerous "and impracticable Journey; but it must be ventured. "My Service to my dear Duke, and my deareft Friend "Fr. the E. if he be come there; and tell them," that "did not honour me with a Line." I am confounded to "know that your Brother is Prifoner; I am afraid they "will keep him fo; however, his only Bufinefs is, to give "them fair Words till he be in The Highlands, for I "rather fee him fhot and damned than that he fhould “do an ill Thing; fince his Lady is with him, he and "the must be humoured till he be once in Grey Steels him. Our Mafter's Bufinefs muft carry; for nothing "Bounds, and when I return, I hope we will manage happens every Day but melancholy Misfortunes to "the other Party every Day. However, my Dear, fince "he knows nothing but what she will know, and then "her Father who is a Knave, you must not let your "Brother know what paffed in Scotland but in fair Ge"nerals, as I have done in the enclofed. But, my Dear; keep him from engaging with either Party if he can; "but if he has Refolutions of making any Engagements, "let it be to our Friends, and not to our Enemies; but "let him confider, not to lose his Fourteen Years Service; "and let him not be prepoffeffed with a Pique, for he "will never make any Thing but by that Means. However, if nothing will keep him from the Government, conjure him to fome of your Friends and mine. Let "me hear from you; for I will wait for it to know "what he does. I am yours eternally, more than all the "World. 66 ·་ 66 66 "JOHN SMEATON. I have endeavoured to banish my Melancholyevery "Day; but I have the Fever juft now, by drinking bad Wine laft Night. Adieu, my Dear. Tell "Keith, "that I am very angry he did not write "to me, and that I expect a full Letter by the firft.” "Ten Thoufand good Adieus to you, my Dear. "Let me know what's done in your Afair; and "let Tem do good Things, for, if I live, I will fee "him. Johny and the Majors give you their kind "Service." "Rotterdam, 11th Dec. 1703. you "My dear Cus, "I am glad to hear that you are alive; but I am "furprized to hear that you are Prifoner: And I cannot "understand how you came to throw yourself in an open Boat, and afterwards give yourself up to the "Government; when, in my humble Opinion, your "Business was to go quietly Home; where you might "either ferve your Mafter, or make an honourable Capitulation for yourfelf and Friends. However, my Dear, fince you are in their Hands, my Advice "is, pofitively, that you give them fair Language in every Thing that will procure your Liberty; and "then make the beft of your Way Home, where "will meet with Friends that will ftand by you. My "Dear, I know I need not bid you keep firm to your "Mafter's Intereft, which is the only Thing to preferve your Honour and Intereft: And the making of an ill Step now would fo ruin your Reputation, that, "though I love you entirely, I rather fee you buried, "than that you should be guilty of it. So, my Dear, "I conjure you, as you will be anfwerable to GOD and your Honour, to keep firm to your Mafter, that you receive the Rewards that you and your Family demay "ferve. Our Master's Affairs are in extreme good Con"dition; I have pushed them fo, that all His Friends are ready to obey upon reasonable Grounds, which the "Bearer, who is the Man upon Earth you fhould be "moft guided by, knows. He is not only your Brother, but a tender one, and the prettiest young Fel"low alive of his Generation; and who will raife him"felf and ferve his Friends: And all I conclude is, that "you are infatuate if you do not follow his Advice, for "he is brave and folid. Let me immediately hear from you, and let me know upon what Terms you come away, and how you left Matters there; for I will "wait your Anfwer here. Take Care, for CHRIST'S "Sake, that no Condition may make you or your "Friends tell a Word of the main Bufinefs to any body. "Many Things may be faid, that are true and proba"ble, that may do you Service, without touching the "Main; which Torture fhould not oblige to discover. "My Dear, pardon my Freedom, fince I reckon my"felf but a Part of yourfelf: And, as I told you many Times, if you bid me, and go along with me, I'll "return To-morrow, and hazard my Courage and all 66 66 66 "mine to get you your own; and will do the fame if "I was fettled To-morrow at Home. I give my kind Service to your Lady: I wish her and you much Joy "of your Son Sir Hector; I with and hope you may do "fuch great Things as will make him great. Adieu, my moft dear Coufin; and remember your Honour, "and our many Days Refolutions. If you will ftand by me, we will force our Enemies to give us our own. "I ever am, yours, 66 I "I have nothing to acquaint you with fince my laft, "but that you may fee in your Uncle's Letter; which Í "defire you may read and feal, and afterwards give it to him. I entreat you, fend the enclosed forward for "Edinburgh; and deliver the enclosed to Mr. Keith and 66 my Coufin as foon as poffible. I refolve to go out of "this Town on Sunday, GOD willing. I got a great "Cold here, and I am afraid for the Ague, for which I "refolve to go to a better Air as foon as poffible. I en"treat you let me hear frequently from you, with a "full Account of what your English Parliament is do"ing, and how the King of Spain's Bufinefs goes on "there; with a Consultation always from my good Phy"ficians concerning my Health, which I hope a better "Air than this will recover. This, with my kind Ser"vice to yourself and Family, is all from "I am still here. I was perfuaded by my Friends, "that I could not any Manner of Way pafs the Frontiers "without The States Pafs: I have fent Money to the Hague for it; and whether I get it or not, I will venture on Sunday: I must venture, for my Health, out of this Country, for I have a Fever and Loofenefs. Give "my Service to my great Friend the D. and to my D'. "L.; if they prevail, I hope they will remember me. "I met one Alexander Campbell, a Son of Craignefs, "who perfuaded me to write a Letter to Argyle and to "his Brother, but in very general Terms, only that I “told him,“ if he was Friends with Athol, he must "lose me and many more." For GoD's Sake, my Dear, 'push 66 |