shyres will joyne togither for the manteaning of ane watch, and the number of men to be imployed, and of ane fit persone or persones to comand them; I shall then give him or them power to have soe manie men wnder his or their comands for the proctecting of these shyres and pairts from robbers; and that these shyres who have watches for there securetie doe give ingadgement wnder ther hands for such men that doe comand or ar comandit, that they sall act nothing against the Parliament or coumonewealth of England. (NO SIGNATURE.)

"EDIN. 17th Nov. 1659.

VII. FROM GENERAL MONK.

"For the Magistrates of Dunburre.

"GENTLEMEN,I have received your petition, and am heartily sorry that I can give you noe relief concerning your desire; butt when the commissioners come downe, I shall be glad to further your busi. messe there as much as lies in mee, which is all I can doe in your businesse, butt remayne, your very loving freind and servant,

"GEORGE MONCE.

"DALKEITH, 13. Dec. 1659."

VIII. CIRCULAR, FROM GENERAL MONK TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH

AND THE OTHER BURGHS.

"MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,-I have received your letter and the letter of severall other brughs, and does find my selfe obleidged to returne you reall and heartie thanks for your affectioun to the commounwealth and the army heir, and to that good interest for which we are now contending, and in particular to myself; and to assure you, that we shall alwayis retaine a graitfull sense of it, and sall be reddie upon all occasiouns to protect and encourage your cittie and all vyr brughis. I desyre you to communicatt this to such your brughis as have subscryved the letters; and remaine, your Lordships, very humble servant,

"(Sic subs.) GEORGE MONCK. "This is the true coppie, W. THOMSONE.

"BERWICK, 14. Dec. 1659.

Mr Thomsone knowis the names of these brughes, that have sent to us, and I desyre to send a copy of this letter vnder your clerkis hand to them.

"For the Right Hon. Sir James Stewart, Lord Provest, and to the baillies of Edinr."

The Rebellion.-Paul Jones.-Captain Fall. THE restoration of the Stuarts was in a great measure effected by the tergiversation of General Monk. Richard Cromwell, when he felt, that, "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," signed his demission in 1660, upon which Monk, like a skilful general, when he beheld the jarring interests of the state, immediately marched upon London, and seizing the first opportunity of declaring for Charles II., was afterwards rewarded with the dukedom of Albemarle for his services in the royal cause.

Charles, who is characterized by Rochester, as one "who never said a foolish thing, nor ever did a wise action," was well calculated to be the puppet of the despotic administration which followed, of which the duke of Lauderdale was the head. Their first

object was to strike a blow at presbyterianism in Scotland, and by this means to restore episcopacy as the national religion, being nearer in its forms to the Romish church, which they durst not openly avow. The Scottish clergy, rather than submit to this unwarrantable stretch of authority, relinquished their altars and their homes for conscience' sake; and, un

der the denomination of covenanters, worshipped God in the open fields.

To support these arbitrary measures, it was found necessary, on the 2nd October, 1669, to call out a militia of 16,000 foot and 2000 cavalry, to which Dunbar furnished its quota.*

James, duke of York, who succeeded Lauderdale in the management of Scottish affairs, visited Scotland in November 1679, when he was met by the

As a proof of the vigilance of the magistracy and the jealousy of the government about this period, we subjoin the following extract from a letter written by Mr Adam Blackader, giving an account of his reception in Scotland on his return from Sweden:

"It being Sunday, the skipper sayes to me, (for he was a very atrick pious man,) What is to be done?' Sayes I, That's an impertinent question; you see it is a matter of life and death.' Then ke orders his men to weigh anchor; and after being a month at sea, we landed at Dunbar in Scotland.

"So soon as the people of Dunbar observed us cast anchor, we sees a boat coming to us, where was the baily and town-clerk, who came aboard, and asked the skipper if he had got any passengers? He answered he had none but a young gentleman and his wife. We must see them,' say they.

From where come you, sir?'
What's your occupation?'

sir?

is Blackader.'

had got a prize.

We were called up to the deck. 'From Stockholm in Swedland.' A merchant.' 'What's your name, You are very positive in your questions,' said I; my name Then they were the more inquisitive, thinking they What! are you any relation of Mr Blackader in Yes, sir; I am not ashamed to own my relation to him, I'm a son of his.' This was, it seems, crime enough. Aha!' says the baily, then, by my faith, you'r right enough. You must come both ashoar to prison, till you give account of yourselves to the government.' 'Ou!' sayes I, ' gentlemen, let me come ashoar first and do a fault, before you punish me upon Scotch

the Bass there?'

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magistrates of the burghs in his progress. That reprobate measure, the test act, was next enforced on all persons holding civil and military offices, and as several members in the respective merchant-councils of the burghs, evaded or refused to take this oath, the earl of Perth, lord high chancellor, issued a circular, in 1686, authorizing and enjoining the present magistracy to remain during his majesty's pleasure, and discharging the election of new counsellors. These measures were too severe to continue; and, at length, in 1688, when the wished-for landing of the Prince of Orange was daily expected, the government taking alarm, addressed the following letter to the magistrates of Dunbar, while beacons were placed on the Bass, St Abb's Head, North-Berwick Law, and Garleton-hill, as signals.

For MR GEORGE RUTHERFORD, Baily of Dumbar.

"To be directed straight from Haddington to Dumbar.

"Holyroodhous, 30th October, 1688. "SIR,-I am informed there is a ship arrived at your port, which came off from Rotterdam on Mon

ground' 'It's all one,' sayes he, this is the council's orders, to secure and examine all stranger passengers.'

"Well, ashoar we comes, in order to go to prison. But good providence, that never failed me, ordered it so, that one of them, Baily Faa, who was intimately acquaint with my father, gave bail for my appearing before the town-council when called,-which they took: and he kept me in his house for a fortnight. The town was full of sodgers, going about the country like madmen."- Mem. Rev. J. Blackader.

day was a se'ennight. I desire the favour of you, that you would order the master of that vessell to come to this place immediately, or if his occasions be such as he cannot come himself, that you would receive from him all the information he can give concerning the Dutch fleet, their number of ships, land-men, their design of landing, where and how he left them, and all other circumstances belonging to them, in which you will oblige, your assured friend,

"PERTH."

The arrival of William and Mary, which soon took place, was hailed with joy by the kingdom; but, as the expatriated family had many partisans remaining, the seeds of civil discord still lingered in the land; and at this time a large fleet of Dutch fishing vessels appearing at the mouth of the frith of Forth, on being taken for a French armament, was sufficient to excite alarm.

On the 6th day of March 1696, a proclamation was issued from Edinburgh, calling out the half of the foot militia in the shire of Haddington. The Lord Belhaven was appointed colonel, the laird of Prestongrange lieutenant-colonel, and Ensign Robert Sinclair, major. This militia, by act of parliament, cap. 26. 1663, was only to be employed for the suppres sion of foreign invasions and intestine troubles. All heritors, and others liable, were commanded to "outreik," and furnish their number and proportions, on the 12th March, with ten days' pay, at 6d. per diem, with their best arms and accoutrements, at Beanston