ton, whose versatility as a statesman, had often disappointed the hopes of the opposition, was the occasion of their losing the best and only opportunity which appeared to promise success. It was proposed when the article respecting the representation should come to be discussed, upon its being carried, as they expected, a solemn protest should be entered; and on its refusal, they were to retire in a body, and present an address to the queen. Had this measure been duly executed, the commissioner and his friends, it is said, were prepared to adjourn the parliament, and to desist from an union to which the aversion of the people was so general; but on the evening before, Hamilton was gained by the promises of Queensberry, and shrinking from the responsibility of heading the addressers, he pretended indisposition on the morning of the eventful day, and the court party carrying their motion, the opposition withdrew in disgust. The other articles were carried without debate, and the only addition to these, settled on by the commissioners, was one for securing the presbyterian religion, as the established religion of Scotland-and the episcopalian, as the same in England. The treaty, which by courtesy had been first discussed in the Scottish, was transmitted to the English parliament, where it occasioned a warm debate, but was eventually carried by an overpowering majority. It immediately received the royal sanction, and on the 1st of May, 1707, the queen of the kingdoms of Scotland and England was proclaimed queen of the UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN.

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GLASGOW :

EDWARD KHULL AND SON, PRINTERS