Stuart dynasty

Appendix I. 241
Paper LYI.
Mr. J. A. Murray to Chevalier de St. George. (Extract). The
writer, the second son of Lord Stormont, ivas then Acting
Secretary to Lord Bolingbroke, and afterwards went to Lord
Mar in Scotland.
u September 3, 1715.
" Sir,
" Since my L d Bolingbroke finished his letter to your
Majesty he has been taken a little ill and is gone to bed, But
commanded me to inform you that Earl Mar was retired pri-
vately from London into the Highlands of Scotland and is
under great uneasiness, that there is no autherity to act by
in that country in case the necessity of affairs should bring
things to ane extremity there."
The writer subsequently expresses suspicions regarding Lord
Aiiiole s fidelity.
Paper LVII.
Memorandum sent to England by Lord Bolingbroke, September
3, 1715. Reflections on the situation after the death of
Louis XLV.
*%* Lord Bolingbroke, notwithstanding he was too sanguine regarding
the Eegeut Orleans, had a clear conception of the procedure which he
thought should be adopted, and it is worthy of notice that he at this
moment expected James Francis Edward to land in Scotland — a view the
Minister was subsequently led by the progress of events to discard.
" He (the French King) is dead this morning, Sept* 1 st ,
N.S., and the alteration occasiond by his death must be
explained.
" Had there been any Dispute in France about the Kegency,
&c, the Whigs would have had a fair game, there will be
none, our Friends may depend upon it, and likewise upon this,
that the Duke of Orleans is under no engagements against
us, but thinks of English affaires, as his Unkle did.
" It will require some time to settle his Regency and to
extricate the Government out of the Difficulty they lye at
present under, after which perhaps more is to be hop'd for
from France than before. But these views as well as those
of money from Spain and Troops from Sweden are distant,
and liable to accidents — therefore the King thanks to get ready
to come to some parte of the Island as soon as possible, tho he
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