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such ideas from youth to grey-growu years, still as an Englishman, and a lover of truth, I am nothing loth to be disenchanted of my dream, should it be one. I now ask for information on these matters, from some of the many accom- plished readers of "N. & Q.," better read in statistics, and less anti -English in their feelings than Cardinal Wiseman, whose lectures on the Concordat would, to my thinking, have sounded better on a platform than in a pulpit. D. L.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF MACAULAY.

Parties excepted from James's Proclamation of Pardon. Ralph, in bis History of England, states that the number of those who were excepted in King James II.'s proclamation of pardon of his subjects on March 10, 1685, was 138, and names seventeen only. But in the proclamation given on the day mentioned, there are 147 persons enumerated. It would be interesting to ascertain how many of these have been noticed in historical or biographical works. The following proclama- tion is No. 270. in the Collection of Proclamations, Broadsides, Ballads, and Poems, presented to the Chetham Library, Manchester, by James O. Hal- liwell, Esq., F.R.S. BIBLIOTHECAR. CHETHAM.

" A Proclamation of the Kings Majesties most Gracious and

General Pardon. " Jaies R.

"Whereas soon after our coronation, we had given order for preparing of a bill, containing our most gracious, general, and free pardon to our loving subjects, with in- tention to have passed the same into an act in the first session of our parliament, but were unhappily prevented therein by the late most unnatural rebellion ; which since it hath pleased Almighty God, by his blessing upon our arms, to suppress, we have thought fit to renew our princely intentions of grace and mercy to our subjects, especially considering the stedfast loyalty of the far greater number of our subjects, who continued firm in their obedience to us, notwithstanding that rebellion: And being perswaded that many of those who joyned themselves in that rebellion being poor labourers and handicraftsmen, were drawn and seduced thereinto by the subtile and crafty insinuations of some ill-disposed persons of greater note and quality than themselves, and not from their own evil rancour of mind, and traitorous aversion to us or our government, whose condition we in our princely clemency commiserating ; And to the end their fears and despair of our mercy may not betray them to evil and lewd courses of life, but that they may with safety return to their obedience to us, and to their former habitations, labours, and imployments. And that the minds of other our subjects may be quieted ; and that all fears and jealousies which may concern their security for any matter since our reign, or in the reign of our late dearly beloved brother, be removed and wholly taken away, as much as in us lies, we of our especial grace and tenderness to our people, do hereby publish and declare this our most royal and gracious pardon ; And we do hereby for us, our heirs and successors, pardon, acquit, release, and discharge, all and everv our subjects (except bodies politick and incorporate, and such other persons

who shall be herein or hereby excepted) of this our realm of England, dominion of Wales, and the town of Berwick- upon-Tweed, their heirs, executors, and administrators, them and every of them against us, our heirs and suc- cessors, of, and from all manner of treasons, felonies, mis- prisions of treason or felony, treasonable or seditious words or libels, seditious and unlawful meetings and con- venticles, all offences whereby any person may be charged with the penalty and danger of prsemunire; All riots, routs, offences, contempts, trespasses, and misdemeanours, and all judgments and convictions for not coming to church, and of, and from the forfeitures and penalties for the same, or any of them heretofore had, committed or done, except as herein or hereby after is excepted. And our will and pleasure is, that neither our said subjects, nor any of them, nor the heirs, executors, or adminis- trators of any of them, be, or shall be sued, vexed, or dis- quieted in their bodies, goods or chattels, lands or tene- ments, for any manner of matter, cause, contempt, mis- demeanour, forfeiture, offence, or any other thing heretofore suffered, done, or committed, or omitted against us or our late brother, his or our crown, dignity, prerogative, laws or statutes, and not herein or hereby after excepted. And that this our grant of general pardon, by the general words, clauses, and sentences before rehearsed, shall be reputed, deemed, adjudged, expounded, allowed, and taken in all manner of our courts and elsewhere, most beneficially and liberally for our said subjects, thereby pardoned in all things not hereafter excepted, as if their particular persons and crimes had herein been at large and fully expressed.

" Mrs. Mary Bird, Mrs. Mary Mead, Mrs. Susan Peck, Mrs. Elizabeth Barns, Mrs. Mary Burridge, Mrs. Hannah Burridge, Mrs. Grace Herring, Mrs. Anne Herring, Mrs. Mary Waters, Mrs. Sarah Waters, Mrs. Elizabeth Ger- main, Mrs. Grace Germain, Mrs. Hannah Whetham, Mrs. Easter Whitham, Mrs. Susan Tyler, Mrs. Mary Goodwyn, Mrs. Sarah Longham, Mrs. Margery Sympson, Mrs. Sarah Reynolds, Mrs. Mary Hucklebridge, Mrs. Mar- garet Hucklebridge, Mrs. Mary Baker, Mrs. Mary Tan- ner, Mrs. Anne Tanner, Mrs. Elizabeth Gammon, Mrs. Sarah Stacy, Mrs. Hannah Stacy, Mrs. Elizabeth Dyke, Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. Mary Page, Mrs. Elizabeth March, Mrs. Hannah Grove, Mrs. Elizabeth Bisgood of Taunton, John Tucker of Shepton Mallet, John Bennet of Alisbeere, Gent., John Greenway of Crewkern, Thomas Skinner of Dawlish, Esq., John alias Robert Moor of Haychurch, William Way of Combe

S. Nicholas, Robert Hueker of Taunton, Penny of

Shepton Mallet, Thomas Hooper, Edward Keetch, Wil- liam Parbury, Green, William Hussey, William

Strode of Street, Esq., Mary Bath of Wrington, George Legg of the same, Edward Rogers of Banwell, John Rogers of the same, Ralph Green, William Jobbins,

Manning, Whinnell, John Baker of Banwell,

Worms of Warminster, Worms of the same,

William Pardoe, Nicholas Smith, John Edwards, John Collier, Henry Coles of Bridgwater, Richard Blucock of Stoke Gursey, Henry Ireton, John Cragg alias Smith, Mary Jennings, James Hooper, John Bennet, Joseph Gatch, William Thompson of London, Humphrey Aldwin of the same, Thomas Love, alias Alexander, of the same, Richard Tucker of Bishop's Hull, William Crab of Aishill, Gent., Francis Gough of the same, Francis Vaughan of Criston, Esq., Laurence French of Chard, Edward Matthews of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Hugh Cross, Senior, of Bishop's Hull, Samuel Bernardiston, Benedict Hack of Culliton, Henry Quick of Uppolry, John Combe of Luppit, Henry -Gatchil, Nicholas Hore, George Pippen of Dalverton, Gent., Abraham Carie of Tauuton, John Huish of the same, Peter Terry of the same, Richard