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17 February, 17 10. Dear Brother,



The Address that was moved in the house of Commons,

for the Queen to send over the D. of M forthwith to

transact the treaty of Peace, what ever air it may give his Grace abroad, at home 'tis thought not to have made him a greater Favourite. 'Twas introduced by Sir Gilbert Heath- cot's* pulling out a letter wch he said had just received from an eminent Marchant at Amserdam who inform'd him the treaty of Peace with the French King was begun affresh, thereof he thought it behov'd the house to Adress the Queen

to send the D away to take care of our Interest. Mr.

Bromley was against the address and among other reason he reflected upon the manner of this news being brought into the house by a Marchant from another Marchant and that the Queen had been always so good as to communicate matters of importance to the house by the proper Officers, Sir Gilbert answer'd this reflection by saying he had a greater stake to loose and paid more taxes then that Gentlemen. Auther Ansley made a very warm speech against it, as that 'twas exalting that man whose Pride was already intollerable, seting him above the Crown, wch wou'd make us the most abject of Slaves, and that 'twas affronting the Sovereign to prescrib who she shou'd imploy in the treaty of Peace ; and Mr. Walpool told the house that all complyments to the Duke was so many complyments paid to the Queen. The Vice Chamberlain Mr. Cook inform'd the house to the con- trary but in what terms I cou'd not hear, however 'twas carried by a great Majority for the address.

Sir Christopher Wren has been before the House of Lords to give an account why the Scaffels in Westminster Hall are not built to contain room enough for each Lords to have eight tickets a peice, he inform'd the lords that the house off Commons took up a whole side and there was some other place Lord Treasurer had ordered to be left unbuilt, wch wou'd

Lord Mayor, 171 1.
 * Member for the City, one of the founders of the Bank of England,

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