Volume IV Part 32 (1/2)
[Footnote 167: White's Account of the Trade to the East Indies, 1691; Hamilton's New Account of the East Indies; Sir John Wyborne to Pepys from Bombay, Jan. 7. 1688.]
[Footnote 168: London Gazette, Feb. 16/26 1684.]
[Footnote 169: Hamilton's New Account of the East Indies.]
[Footnote 170: Papillon was of course reproached with his inconsistency.
Among the pamphlets of that time is one ent.i.tled ”A Treatise concerning the East India Trade, wrote at the instance of Thomas Papillon, Esquire, and in his House, and printed in the year 1680, and now reprinted for the better Satisfaction of himself and others.”]
[Footnote 171: Commons' Journals, June 8. 1689.]
[Footnote 172: Among the pamphlets in which Child is most fiercely attacked are Some Remarks on the Present State of the East India Company's Affairs, 1690; fierce Butler's Tale, 1691; and White's Account of the Trade to the East Indies, 1691.]
[Footnote 173: Discourse concerning the East India Trade, showing it to be unprofitable to the Kingdom, by Mr. Cary; pierce Butler's Tale, representing the State of the Wool Case, or the East India Case truly stated, 1691. Several pet.i.tions to the same effect will be found in the Journals of the House of Commons.]
[Footnote 174: Reasons against establis.h.i.+ng an East India Company with a joint Stock, exclusive to all others, 1691.]
[Footnote 175: The engagement was printed, and has been several times reprinted. As to Skinners' Hall, see Seymour's History of London, 1734]
[Footnote 176: London Gazette, May 11. 1691; White's Account of the East India Trade.]
[Footnote 177: Commons' Journals, Oct. 28. 1691.]
[Footnote 178: Ibid. Oct. 29. 1691.]
[Footnote 179: Rowe, in the Biter, which was d.a.m.ned, and deserved to be so, introduced an old gentleman haranguing his daughter thus: ”Thou hast been bred up like a virtuous and a sober maiden; and wouldest thou take the part of a profane wretch who sold his stock out of the Old East India Company?”]
[Footnote 180: Hop to the States General, Oct 30/Nov. 9 1691.]
[Footnote 181: Hop mentions the length and warmth of the debates; Nov.
12/22. 1691. See the Commons' Journals, Dec. 17. and 18.]
[Footnote 182: Commons' Journals, Feb 4. and 6. 1691.]
[Footnote 183: Ibid. Feb. 11. 1691.]
[Footnote 184: The history of this bill is to be collected from the bill itself, which is among the Archives of the Upper House, from the Journals of the two Houses during November and December 1690, and January 1691; particularly from the Commons' Journals of December 11.
and January 13. and 25., and the Lords' Journals of January 20. and 28.
See also Grey's Debates.]
[Footnote 185: The letter, dated December 1. 1691, is in the Life of James, ii. 477.]
[Footnote 186: Burnet, ii. 85.; and Burnet MS. Harl. 6584. See also a memorial signed by Holmes, but consisting of intelligence furnished by Ferguson, among the extracts from the Nairne Papers, printed by Macpherson. It bears date October 1691. ”The Prince of Orange,” says Holmes, ”is mortally hated by the English. They see very fairly that he hath no love for them; neither doth he confide in them, but all in his Dutch... It's not doubted but the Parliament will not be for foreigners to ride them with a caveson.”]
[Footnote 187: Evelyn's Diary, Jan. 24.; Hop to States General, Jan 22/Feb 1 1691; Bader to States General, Feb. 16/26]
[Footnote 188: The words of James are these; they were written in November 1692:--”Mes amis, l'annee pa.s.see, avoient dessein de me rappeler par le Parlement. La maniere etoit concertee; et Milord Churchill devoit proposer dans le Parlement de cha.s.ser tous les etrangers tant des conseils et de l'armee que du royaume. Si le Prince d'Orange avoit consenti a cette proposition ils l'auroient eu entre leurs mains. S'il l'avoit refusee, il auroit fait declarer le Parlement contre lui; et en meme temps Milord Churchill devoir se declarer avec l'armee pour le Parlement; et la flotte devoit faire de meme; et l'on devoit me rappeler. L'on avoit deja commence d'agir dans ce projet; et on avoit gagne un gros parti, quand quelques fideles sujets indiscrets, croyant me servir, et s'imaginant que ce que Milord Churchill faisoit n'etoit pas pour moi, mais pour la Princesse de Danemarck, eurent l'imprudence de decouvrir le tout a Benthing, et detournerent ainsi le coup.”
A translation of this most remarkable pa.s.sage, which at once solves many interesting and perplexing problems, was published eighty years ago by Macpherson. But, strange to say, it attracted no notice, and has never, as far as I know, been mentioned by any biographer of Marlborough.
The narrative of James requires no confirmation; but it is strongly confirmed by the Burnet MS. Harl. 6584. ”Marleburrough,” Burnet wrote in September 1693, ”set himself to decry the King's conduct and to lessen him in all his discourses, and to possess the English with an aversion to the Dutch, who, as he pretended, had a much larger share of the King's favour and confidence than they,”--the English, I suppose,--”had.