Proceed Let us make use of that Interval, to bring the Sef- A. C. fion of the Scotch Parliament to a Period. On the 3d 1706. of December, after the reading of feveral Addreffes,n against an Union in the Terms of the Treaty, the Council of Trade was order'd to meet, and to give ings of the in their Obfervations, as to Export and Import, and Scotch Ballance of Trade to the Committee, to whom the Parlia6th and 8th Articles, were referr'd. Then the 9th ment. Article of Union was read, and after reafoning there- The 9th on,it was mov'd, That fix Months Cefs fhould be the 10th, 11th Quota of the Tax to be impos'd on Scotland, in place 12th and of eight Months agreed to by the faid Article, and 13th Arti after Debate thereupon, a Vote was ftated, Approve cles of Uof the 9th Article, or not, and thereupon a fecond nion apftate of a Vote was offer'd, viz. whether 6 Months proved Dec. 3. Cefs or 8 Months Cefs, fhould be the Quota of the Tax, to be charg'd on Scotland. Then the Vote was put,which of the two fhould be the ftate of the Vote, firft or fecond, and it was carried firft by 62 Voices. Whereupon it was put to the Vote, Approve of the faid Ninth Article or not, and it was carried Approve. The Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Articles of Union were afterwards feverally read, and feparately Voted and Approved, nemine contradicente. Then the 14th Article was read, and the Confideration thereof delay'd till next Sitting. The fame Day, an Act, for adjourning the Seffion or Term, An A&t for to the first Day of January next, and continuing the adjourn fitting thereof from the laft of February to the last of ing thesefMarch next,inclufive, was touch'd with the Scepter by fion orTerm herMajefty'sHighCommiffioner in the ufual manner.passed. Two Days* after, the 14th Article of Union was again read, and an Amendment and Addition there-* Dec. 4. to was offer'd in thefe Terms, And that the part of the United Kingdom now called Scotland, fhall not in all time coming, be charged with any Malt-Tax, or any other Customs, Excifes, Taxes, or any other Burdens or Duties than thofe confented to in this Treaty. After fome Reafoning upon the firft part of the faid Claufe, in relation to the Malt-Tax, it was propos'd that the Amendment fhould be in thefe Terms, with this further Provifion, That any Malt to be made and confum'd within that part of the United Kingdom now called Scotland, fhall not be charged with any Impofition on Malt during this prefent War: After fome further debate, the A. C. the Vote was ftated, whether the Exemption from any 1706. Impofition on Malt should be Temporary or Perpetual? and it was carried Temporary, by 32 Voices; after which it was propos'd that the Exemption fhould be during this prefent War. It was alfo propos'd that the Exemption fhould be for a longer time: And after Debate thereon the Vote wasftated, whether the Exemption from any Impofition on Malt, fhould be during this prefent War, or for a longer time, and it was carried,during this prefent War by my Lord Chancellor's cafting Vote. Then the Article as amended, was again Dec. 6th Read, and the further Confideration thereof delay'd The 14th till the next day, when the 14th Article, as amendArticle ap-ed, was approv'd, by a Majority of 38 Votes. prov'd. Report of the Com mittee for On the 7th. of the fame Month, the 15th Article was read; and afterwards the firft Claufe or Paragraph thereof was again read, as alfo the Report Calculat brought in from the Committee for examining the ing the Calculation of the Equivalent, being as follows: Equivalent The Committee of Parliament to whom the Con . fideration of the Calcularion of the Equivalent was "referred having confider'd the Report made to them by Dr. James Gregory Profeffor of the Mathematicks of the College of Edinburgh, and the Report, made by Doctor Thomas Bower, Profeffor of the 'Mathematicks in the College of Aberdeen, of their feveral Examinations of the Calculation andGrounds thereof, whereupon the Commiflioners in treating the Article for eftablishing the Equivalent did proceed; And alfo, having confider'd the Report of the Sub-committee, they find, that the Computation of the Equivalent mentioned in the Article is juft, and the Calculation exact, and well founded in the Terms, and in manner expreft in the faid Article: Hereupon, it was propofed to delay the Confideration of the faid 15th Article, until Reports be brought in Relation to the 6th and 8th Articles from the Committee to whom the faid Articles were referr'd: 'And after Debate thereupon it was agreed, That the Proceeding on the 15th Article fhould not be understood to be any Determination of the 6th or 8th Articles that ftood committed; but that the Reafoning and Voting on the 6th and 8th Articles, fhould be intire. Then a frate of a Vote was offered in thefe Terms, approve of the firji Para 1705. Scots cern'd in Paragraph of the 15th Article, or not But it being A. C. mov'd, that the Parliament firft confider, whether the Scots fhould be concerned in the Payment of the English Debts, a fecond Srate was thereupon offer d, whether they fhould engage in the Payment of the Debts of England, yea, or not? After fome reaforing thereupon, it was put to the Vote, which of the two fhould be the State of the Vote, firft or 29. But before Voting, the Lord Beilhaven gave in a Proteft The Lord as follows. I do proteft in my own N. me, and in Beilha the Name of all thofe who adhere to this ny Pro-haven's teft, That the Voting and Agreeing to the rft Proteft a Claufe of the 15th Article of the Treaty of Uni-gain the on, do no ways infer any manner of Confent or being con Agreement, that Scotland, be liable to the Eng Debts in general: but that it may be lawful to ob-Payment ject against any Branch of the faid Debt not alreas of English ⚫dy determined, and he took Inftruments thereupon, Debts. and adher'd thereto. Then the Vote was put, firft or fecond, and it was carried firft by 71Voices. After which it was put to the Vote,approve of the firft Claufe Clause of or Paragraph of the 15th Article, or not, and it was the 25th carried Approve by 115. This done, her Majefty's Article" High Commiflioner, and the Eftates of Parliament, approv'd. did recommend the Perfons imploy'd in the Calcu lation of Equivalent by the Committee, to the Lords of her Majefty's Treafury, for a Gratification for their Pains. The fame * day, Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 7th James Campbell who was order'd to march to Glafgew, M Camp with the Troops under his Command, brought from bel Secures thence to Edingburgh, Two of the Ring-leaders of Two of the the Rioteers, the one a Malfter, formerly a Serjeant Gow in Dumbarton's Regiment, and the other one Montgomery. As they were carrying to the Caftle of Edinburgh, fome of the Mobb attempted to rescue them; but Mr. Campbel running their Leader through the Shoulder, with his Sword, they were immediately difpers'd, and the Glafgow Mutineers fecured. The Soberer, and greater part of the Search Clergy were fenfible, That the Violent Methods, which by the Countenance and Inftigation of fome of their Brethren, were ufed to thwart the Union, would redound to the general Reproach of their Church; and therefore the Commi tion of the General Affembly, thought fit to fend the following Circular Da † Letter The ift Rioteers. A. C. 1706. + Dated Edinburgh 6. Letter to mults. 6 Letter to the feveral Presbyteries of the King dom: Reverend and Dear Brethren, THE HE General Affembly of this Church having appointed us to take Care, that it TheGeneral fuffer no Prejudice, through Neglect of due AppliAembly's cation to the Honourable Eftates of Parliament, the Presby-c or any other Judicatory concerned in the Manageteries of ment of Publick Affairs; we have in this juncture, Scotland, wherein a Treaty of Union, with the Neighbouragainst Tu- ing Kingdom is under deliberation, before the Reprefentatives of our Nation, endeavoured, and are ftill endeavouring to exoner our Confciences, in doing what we judge Incumbent upon us, for fecuring the Doctrine, Worfhip, Difcipline, Government, Rights and Privileges of this Church, 6 as now, by the great Goodness of God, the fame are established among us: And being informed of 'Disorders and Tumults in fome parts of the Country, which the Enemies of our prefent happy Eftablifhment may be ready to improve, tho' without Ground, to the Difadvantage and Reproach of the 'Church, We do look upon it as our Duty, to recommend to all our Brethren, that as they have in their Stations Accefs, they do difcountenance and difcourage all Irregularities and Tumults, C that tend to disturb the Government of our Gracious Sovereign the Queen, to whom we are in Gratitude, as well as Duty, under the highest Obligations; feeing in the kind Providence of God, We, by her good and wife Management, enjoy fo many Advantages, and upon whofe Prefervation our Peace, and the Security of all that's Dear to Us, do under God, much depend. This, in Name, and by Order of the Commiffion of the General Affembly of this National Church, is fubfcribed ⚫ by R. D. B. Your Affectionate Brother, and To this Letter, the Presbytery of Hamilton, which was the most bufy against an Incorporating Union, and and prefented an earnest Addrefs to the Parliament, A. C. to that purpose, return'd the following Answer. R. D. B. Bothwell, Decemb. 17. 1706. 1706. Dec. 11. Our Letter figned by the R. Mr. Caffairs, Mo-The Presby 'derator pro Tempore, we received this Day,tery of Habeing our firft Meeting, after its Dare of the 6th milton's Inftant; wherein there is mention of your being Anwer. informed of Disorders and Tumults in fome Parts Dec. 17. of the Country, which you recommend unto us to difcountenance and difcourage as we have Accefs. "We know there have been many Reports fpread abroad of Tumults, and Disorders, not only in Glafgow, which is too true, but in other Places within the Shire of Lanerk; which, as to the Bounds of our Presbytery, are grofly falfe: And we have reafon to believe them to be fo likewise, as to the reft of the Shire. We have heard alfo of fome calumnious Stories induftriously diffeminated, concerning fome of our Number, with refpect to these pretended Disorders, which are not only contrary to Truth, but to Common Senfe. We with the Forgerers and Spreaders may be forgiven. They act in this neither the Part of good Chriftians, nor of good Subjects. As to the Difpofition of the People, the plain Truth is, that they are generally moft averfe from the Union; and many have expreffed themfelves broadly enough against it, as what they fear may prove an irremediable Evil, if it fhould be concluded, wifhing that fome ftop might be put to it: And we have not been wanting, as there was Occafion, to advife and exhort the People to Calmnefs and Regularity, and to refain from any ' undue Keennefs that might be in their Words. But we must fay, that it is utterly falfe and malicious to fuggeft, that there hath been the leaft Tumult to irregular Practice among them, fince this Union came in Queftion, far lefs any Shadow or Appearance of any undutiful or difloyal Thought of her Majefty. Yea, there has not been fo much as the leaft Motion towards their accustomed ordinary Rendezvous, warranted by Law, fince the publishing of a Proclamation and Act, forbidding Ddx 'the |