Report to the Right honourable the master of the rolls upon the documents in the archives and public libraries of Venice / by Thomas Duffus Hardy.
- Thomas Duffus Hardy
- Date:
- 1866
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Credit: Report to the Right honourable the master of the rolls upon the documents in the archives and public libraries of Venice / by Thomas Duffus Hardy. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![have had the grade of lieutenant-general a long while ago, but for the death of the Duke of Zell, which subverted all military promotion, when those territories passed to the present King of England. Concerning this paragraph, I request your Excellency to answer me something that I can show, to convince him that I really wrote. 17 London, qq- June 1715. Fbom the same to the same. The King takes pleasure in the advices which I communicate to him, not receiving many from that quarter [the Ambassador Trono] which would be the most fitting. I find that the resident Vincenti has gra- tuitously written a letter in my favour to the Senate ; this I attribute to your Excellency, as likewise the copy of the document, for which I return most humble thanks. I do not know what report the ambassador will have made, but it probably contained more of justice than of favour. Since my arrival here he bestirs himself, and I fancy he stands in awe of me ; this I regret, for several reasons. Had the King been but able to ;*o to Germany, I might then have had it in my power to serve my country without causing jealousy, and without any danger, lest the party consisting of hi3 Excellency's friends and relations, should take amiss what little I might have done. At any rate, I do not meddle with his commissions, and provided I can effect anything advantageous for the Republic, I shall do so without scruple, because I consider this to be the duty of a citizen. On Sunday night his Excellency [Trono] departed on a long journey, and was to return last evening or this morning. I subsequently became acquainted with an idea of the ambassador's [Trono], who purposes manufacturing grenades of his own invention, with which to burn the sails of the enemy's ship. If practicable, it would be a fine device. He also thinks of raising levies of Irishmen. I might with greater ease have obtained embodied regiments, and had hinted to the ministers that it would be a political hit to cede them to the Republic, as they might be Jacobites ; but afterwards I was compelled by persons of prudence to change my opinion, as all the troops of England receive high pay, and the passage would cost a mint of money. In addition to ihe impeachment of Bolingbroke and Oxford, the House of Commons, on Tuesday evening,* by a majority of 47, also impeached the Duke of Ormond; and some of the Whigs themselves refused to vote. In the meanwhile the motion is carried, and on Wednesday the Earl of Strafford was accused of having infringed the laws, but not to the extent of the other three. To say the truth I regret these proceedings, and the King had in fact adopted more clement maxims ; and it was his intention to mix and blend the two parties; but before he set foot in London, a German counsellor persuaded him to attach himself to the Whigs, who, blinded against the Tories, seek to revenge themselves on the late ministry, in the fashion witnessed from day to day, and there is great danger of bloodshed at the commencement of this reign. The result of the Committee of Secrecy- has been published, and I believe that I shall be able to enclose a com- pendium of it for your Excellency in this letter. In all my daily conversations with the King, whether walking in the _;arden or at supper, he always talks to me of crossing the channel in the autumn. His ministers are of a contrary opinion. We Bhall see who will win. T , 21 June London, o t i 1715. Prom the same to the same. The impeachment of the late ministry was put into the King's head by the present ministry with apparent zeal for his service, but I believe for • The date of Ormond'B impeachment was 21st June.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21021284_0110.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
