FN 519 See Chamberlayne's Proposal, his Positions supported by the Reasons explaining the Office of Land Credit, and his Bank Dialogue. See also an excellent little tract on the other side entitled "A Bank Dialogue between Dr. H. C. and a Country Gentleman, 1696," and "Some Remarks upon a nameless and scurrilous Libel entitled a Bank Dialogue between Dr. H. C. and a Country Gentleman, in a Letter to a Person of Quality."FN 520 Commons' Journals Dec. 7. 1693. I am afraid that I may be suspected of exaggerating the absurdity of this scheme. Itherefore transcribe the most important part of the petition. "In consideration of the freeholders bringing their lands into this bank, for a fund of current credit, to be established by Act of Parliament, it is now proposed that, for every 150L per annum, secured for 150 years, for but one hundred yearly payments of 100L per annum, free from all manner of taxes and deductions whatsoever, every such freeholder shall receive 4000L in the said current credit, and shall have 2000L more put into the fishery stock for his proper benefit; and there may be further 2000Lreserved at the Parliament's disposal towards the carrying on this present war . . . . . The free holder is never to quit the possession of his said estate unless the yearly rent happens to be in arrear."FN 521 Commons' Journals, Feb. 5. 1693/4.
FN 522 Account of the Intended Bank of England, 1694.
FN 523 See the Lords' Journals of April 23, 24, 25. 1694, and the letter of L'Hermitage to the States General dated April 24/May 4FN 524 Narcissus Luttrell's. Diary, June 1694.
FN 525 Heath's Account of the Worshipful Company of Grocers;Francis's History of the Bank of England.
FN 526 Spectator, No. 3.
FN 527 Proceedings of the Wednesday Club in Friday Street.
FN 528 Lords' Journals, April 25. 1694; London Gazette, May 7.
1694.
FN 529 Life of James ii. 520.; Floyd's (Lloyd's) Account in the Nairne Papers, under the date of May 1. 1694; London Gazette, April 26. 30. 1694.
FN 530 London Gazette, May 3. 1694.
FN 531 London Gazette, April 30. May 7. 1694; Shrewsbury to William, May 11/21; William to Shrewsbury, May 22?June 1;L'Hermitage, April 27/Nay 7.
FN 532 L'Hermitage, May 15/25. After mentioning the various reports, he says, "De tous ces divers projets qu'on s'imagine aucun n'est venu a la cognoissance du public." This is important;for it has often been said, in excuse for Marlborough, that he communicated to the Court of Saint Germains only what was the talk of all the coffeehouses, and must have been known without his instrumentality.
FN 533 London Gazette, June 14. 18. 1694; Paris Gazette June 16/July 3; Burchett; Journal of Lord Caermarthen; Baden, June 15/25; L'Hermitage, June 15/25. 19/29FN 534 Shrewsbury to William, June 15/25. 1694. William to Shrewsbury, July 1; Shrewsbury to William, June 22/July 2FN 535 This account of Russell's expedition to the Mediterranean I have taken chiefly from Burchett.
FN 536 Letter to Trenchard, 1694.
FN 537 Burnet, ii. 141, 142.; and Onslow's note; Kingston's True History, 1697.
FN 538 See the Life of James, ii. 524., FN 539 Kingston; Burnet, ii. 142.
FN 540 Kingston. For the fact that a bribe was given to Taaffe, Kingston cites the evidence taken on oath by the Lords.
FN 541 Narcissus Luttrell's Diary, Oct. 6. 1694.
FN 542 As to Dyer's newsletter, see Narcissus Luttrell's Diary for June and August 1693, and September 1694.
FN 543 The Whig narrative is Kingston's; the Jacobite narrative, by an anonymous author, has lately been printed by the Chetham Society. See also a Letter out of Lancashire to a Friend in London, giving some Account of the late Trials, 1694.
FN 544 Birch's Life of Tillotson; the Funeral Sermon preached by Burnet; William to Heinsius, Nov 23/Dec 3 1694.
FN 545 See the Journals of the two Houses. The only account that we have of the debates is in the letters of L'Hermitage.
FN 546 Commons' Journals, Feb. 20. 1693/4 As this bill never reached the Lords, it is not to be found among their archives. Ihave therefore no means of discovering whether it differed in any respect from the bill of the preceding year.
FN 547 The history of this bill may be read in the Journals of the Houses. The contest, not a very vehement one, lasted till the 20th of April.
FN 548 "The Commons," says Narcissus Luttrell, "gave a great hum." "Le murmure qui est la marque d'applaudissement fut si grand qu'on pent dire qu'il estoit universel. "--L'Hermitage, Dec. 25/Jan. 4.
FN 549 L'Hermitage says this in his despatch of Nov. 20/30.
FN 550 Burnet, ii. 137.; Van Citters, Dec 25/Jan 4.
FN 551 Burnet, ii. 136. 138.; Narcissus Luttrell's Dairy; Van Citters, Dec 28/Jan 7 1694/5; L'Hermitage, Dec 25/Jan 4, Dec 28/Jan 7 Jan. 1/11; Vernon to Lord Lexington, Dec. 21. 25. 28., Jan. 1.; Tenison's Funeral Sermon.
FN 552 Evelyn's Dairy; Narcissus Luttrell's Diary; Commons'.
Journals, Dec. 28. 1694; Shrewsbury to Lexington, of the same date; Van Citters of the same date; L'Hermitage, Jan. 1/11 1695.
Among the sermons on Mary's death, that of Sherlock, preached in the Temple Church, and those of Howe and Bates, preached to great Presbyterian congregations, deserve notice.
FN 553 Narcissus Luttrell's Diary.
FN 554 Remarks on some late Sermons, 1695; A Defence of the Archbishop's Sermon, 1695.
FN 555 Narcissus Luttrell's Diary.
FN 556 L'Hermitage, March 1/11, 6/16 1695; London Gazette, March 7,; Tenison's Funeral Sermon; Evelyn's Diary.
FN 557 See Claude's Sermon on Mary's death.
FN 558 Prior to Lord and Lady Lexington, Jan. 14/24 1695. The letter is among the Lexington papers, a valuable collection, and well edited.
