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and I am satisfied 'tis so, they agreed to pay Mr. Turner all the expence he sho'd be att if in case Turner woud joyn Sir

Ro. I take that to be the cheife motive of Turner

joyning Sir Rowland.

Lord M, I am told for certain by his workman that as

soon as he gott home turned of all his workmen except Marke Smith, and a few of other sorts of workmen who are finishing the bargains. We have a neighbour's daughter, who Lady Ma turned away last Thursday; the girl says that an- other servant informed Lady Ma that shee joyned in the

cry att York (a Stapleton for ever), and the girl said when she went out of the house she said to one of the servants, now she would cry ' Stapleton for ever.' The girl sayes that

Lady Ma bought a fine suite of clothes, but, loosing the

election, the close was never unpacked and her ladyship's Scarbrough jorney was put off. The girl sayes that for some time past her ladyship has pleased herselfe with the thoughts of a petition being lodged next Sessions ; but such a thing

wou'd make Lord Ma more rediculous and hated then

he is. The girl I spoke of was att Malton with Lady M ,

and what vexed her ladyship very much was, the mobb all the road to Malton and those voters which had been att York affronted them all the way " Down with the Rump, no bull beefe, a Stapleton and Wortley for ever." Tis said that Mr. Westby of Ranfield left Lord Malton att York upon

some words ; Lord M was so ill vexed that he stuck att

nothing, so Mr. Westby did nott altogether like his going on,

upon which spoke his opinion which Lord M did not

like, so parted in a civil way as 'tis said. Mr. Griffith has complained against the housekeeper and the steward at Woodhouse for not treating the freeholds as they shoud have done ; so they both are in disgrace. They say Lord Malton is very much out of temper and sower. Sir William Rooke is gone madd upon this election ; Mr. Witton is very much disordered ; one Doctor Lee of Divinity of Hallifax is dis- ordered ; and Coll. Folley behaves himselfe very oddly. They are like people just awaked from a dream, they can scarce beleive the election is lost, they made themselves so

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