The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . peculiailv ^ *>• V, ith ^hc? nlrice ^^hich he held in the. counsels ;(>,> ? ?. ii > Thui . Mr. Hallam has, on this subject, fallen into an error of a kir^ h him. Ht t the name of Caermarthen is perpetually mentioned am ?IS. I believe that the evidence against Caermartl •...,, .,. ...^.. ...e letter of Melfort which 1 have mentioned. Then indeed, which Macpherson printed, an undated and anonymous let; v; the friends of James. But this letter is altoget-was evidently a silly hotheaded Jacobite,
The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . peculiailv ^ *>• V, ith ^hc? nlrice ^^hich he held in the. counsels ;(>,> ? ?. ii > Thui . Mr. Hallam has, on this subject, fallen into an error of a kir^ h him. Ht t the name of Caermarthen is perpetually mentioned am ?IS. I believe that the evidence against Caermartl •...,, .,. ...^.. ...e letter of Melfort which 1 have mentioned. Then indeed, which Macpherson printed, an undated and anonymous let; v; the friends of James. But this letter is altoget-was evidently a silly hotheaded Jacobite, who l .of any of the public men whom he mentioneit/in. >lphin, Russell,.Shrewsbury, and the Beaufort ftum ,.^^i;r Ijf absurdities. n those parts of the Tjfe of James which are of high histon -hich he received from Marlborough, Russell, Godolpb ?;,.ontioned with very copious details. But there is ; .g that any such assurances, were ever received fi t .terniarlhen f ?M. THOMAS OSBORNE, ist DUKE OF LEEDS, , 1631-1712. Erora the painting in the Xatiotial Portrait GaUery. School of Kneller. ,693 WILLIAM AND MARY 2377 William and Mary. There is but too good ground to believe that hewas then accumulating unlawful gain with a rapidity unexampled evenin his experience. The contest between the two East India Companies was, during theautumn of 1693, fiercer than ever. The House of Commons, findingthe Old Company obstinately averse to all compromise, had, j^^^ chartera little before the close of the late session, requested the King grantedto give the three years warning prescribed by the Charter. East IndiaChild and his fellows now began to be seriousl)- alarmed. °ipanyThey expected every day to receive the dreaded notice. Nay, they werenot sure that their exclusive privilege might not be taken away withoutany notice at all : for they found that they had, by inadvertently omittingto pay, at the precise time fixed by law, the tax lately imposed on theirsto
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