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Show I 2t8 - 6. C01ms of JuHice, and Adminifiration of Lawes. Articl~.l tonching the Vtriott, of Eng~, mids~~ ------------~--~- . \ gland; ·Becau(e Dr:prjitio.ni, taken w Scotltm~~, cannot be pro- 1 duced, an-d ufed, t1c:re 111 Ettgf,mrl. Buta forL~ery ) of a Dr.cd, l in scotland, I me~n, with a falfe D.1te of ~ngf,t!1d) m :~ y be ufcd> \ and given in Evidence, in fngland: So h~ew1fe, th: D~po p u· ~\ Iating:t·of a Town i1~ sco~/,md, doth not, dnecrl y, preJudtc~·!) the State ofE1zgland: But tf an Englij}J ll1crchunt, iliall carry S1l ver~ 1 and Gold, into Scotl.md, (ash; may,) ar.d thence tr anfpon i :,.~ into forrain parts, thb prejudtceth the State of Ellg/a,;r.J.: A1 ~d I may be an Evafion to .all the LaWcJ,of f1tgLwd, ord,nnt'd tn 1 that caje: ~nd ther~fore, ~~d need. to be h1idled~ wi th :::s Ce-~ vere aLan' 1n Scotland, as Jt ts here tn Fngl.md. ' Of this I{ind, there are many La1>ves. , The Law of the so of Rich. the :2.of going over without. li cence if'there be dot the like La1;r; in Scot/and, will be fi·u . firated and ·evaded: For any SubjetJ of EngLmd, may go firfr int~ Scotland, and thence into f0rrain pa·rts. So the Lawer, prohibiting Tranfportation of fun dry Commoditie. r ·as Gold and Silver , Ordna11ce, ArLillcry, Con:, &c. if there b<"; ~ot,a CorrefpondeJ.1ce of Lnre.r~ in Scot- ~ land will, in like manner, be dduJed, and frufirate : For'any.~ngli.f!J M_cHhant, or subje[/) may ca~r~ f\1 ~·~ I Commod1t1ei firfl mto Scotland, as well, as he m.ry can} them from Port, to Port, in Enp).md. And out o__f Scotlalld ' i·nto Forrain Parts, without any Pcrill of [64 J?J. I s~ Libe/!I, may be devifed, and writteH, ]n St:otl.md, ~nd publiilied, and fcat_tered in E1;gland. . 'Ireafons, tllday be plotted lD Scotf,md~ and executed f in Eng/an • ' 1• And fo, in many oth.er Cafes, if there b~ not, tlH { like Severity,of Lt4v,1n Scotl.md,to refhaln r~ou ·o=th~ t there is in Englt~nd; (whereo~ we are h.:r~ ignorantJ whether there be,or no,) It will be.)a Ga f\ or Stop, even for Englifbsul;jells, toefc::1pe, atid a void~ the Lawci, of England. But for 'lrcafons the beft is, that by the St aJ-utr, of 26. K.Wen.the 8~h .Cap. 13. any Trcafo"~ commit red in sc·otla11d, may be proceedt!d with, 1n EnglaJJd, as well, as 7 reafons committed, in France, Rome, or elfewhere. For CoHrf! ofJuflice, Tria lis;) Procejfei, and other Aqminiflra. tion of Lawes, to make any .Alteration, in either Nation, it will be a Thing, fo new, and unwonted, to either People; That it . may be doubted, it will make, the .Adminiflration of )ttfticc; (Whicb,ofallotherThings, ought to be known,a~d C("rtain, as a beaten way;) To become intricate, and uncertain: And befides, I do not fee, that the Severalty, of .Adminiflration of jrtflice, though it be by court Soveraign, of l(lfl Rifort; (I mum, without Appe~tl, or Erro11r ;) Is any Impediment at all, to the V- · nirm • I ' Ariic/eJ, touc/;ing the Vnion_, efEngland, and Scotian~~- z t 9 nien of a Kingdom: As we fee by Experience~ in the feverall courts of Parliament, in the I<.ingdome of Frdnce: And 1 have been) alwayes, of Opinion, that thesnbje8s of England, do, al. ready, fetch Juflice, {omewhat far off, more then in any Nation, that I know ,the largenefs of the Kingdome Confidered,though it be holpen, in fome part, by the Circuits, of the JudgeJ; And the two Cou1zcels, at Tork, and in the M.trd;eJ of Walu, eltabli-fbed. But it may be a good lf2!!:eflian, whether, as commune VinculHm, oft he Juflice, of both Nations) your JUajejiy, fbould notereff, fame Cottrt about your perfon~ in the Nature, of the Grand Couttcell, of France; To which ConrJ, you might, by way of Evo .. cation) draw Caufes, from the ordina~· y ~ 1tdges, of both Natio1u:; For fo doth the French King, from all the CtmrtJ, of Parliament in France; Many of which, are more ren1ote, from Parh', theri any part of Scotland, is from London. For ReceitJ, and Finance!, I fee no !2,!!if/ion wili arife; Til re- 7: rtecdrs; ti-gard it will be Matter ofNeceffity, to eitablHh in Sc6tland .. a nances. and Receit of'Treaforc, for P4Jments, and Erogations;to be made " in Pe~afrrrhimc ocnroiews n. thofe parts :And for the Treafore of Spare, in eithe'r Receipts:. he cujlodiCJ thereof, may well be feverall; conlidering, by your Majefties Commandement, they may be_, at all ·times, removed,. or dtfpofed, according to your Majejiies Occajio11s. . For the Patrimonies, ofboth Crow1u, I fee, no Qtie!Hon wiH arife; Except your Majefly would be plea fed, to make one compounded Annexation, for an lnfeparaole P~trimony, to the Crown, out of the Lands, of bot~ Nation I; And fo, the like, for the Principality of Britain, and for other Appennage.r, of the refi · 'of your children; Erecting, likewife,fuch D~ttchiu, and Honours,! compounded, of the Poffeffions, of both Ndions, as filall be thought fit. . . For Admiralty, or Navy, I fee, no great quefiion, will arife: ~. Adiilrrairy, For I fee no Inconvenience, for your Majefty, to continue Navy, and · Shipping, in Scotian d • And for the )urifdi&ions, of the Admiral- zMinegrc. handi-ties, and the Profits, and Cufualties, of them, they will be re-fpective, unto the Coafts, over againfi which, the Seas lye, and are fituated; As it is here, with the Admiralties, of England. And for ll1erchandizing, it may b~ a ~1efiion, whetbe'r that the Co»tpanies, of the ll1trchant Adventurers, of the Tur~y Merchants, and the iWufcovy Merchants, (if they fball be continued~) fhould ·not be compm~nded, of lllerchant.r, of both Nations, Englijh, and Scottijb. For to leave Trade free, in the one Nation, and to have it refirained, in the other, may, percafe, breed fome Inconvenience, For Freedomes, and Libertiu, the Charters of both Natian1, 9. Ftee'domes may be reviewed: And of fuch Libertie.r, as are agreeable, 2nd and Liberties. convenient, for the. Sub jells, and People, ofboth Nations 0 one F f 2 Great |
