WARRANT OF TITLES CONFERRED ON ANTHONY WALSH

James R.

Whereas wee are thoroughly sensible of the great and good services rendered to us by our trusty and well-beloved Antony Walsh, esquire, in his undertaking with uncommon zeal and disinterestedness the transporting our dearest Son, Charles Prince of Wales, into Scotland, which he has happily effected through manifold risques and dangers, for which signal service, and to perpetuate the memory of it to posterity, wee, not only out of our own inclination, but also upon the request of our said dearest Son, hâve thought fitt to bestow on him, as a mark of our Royal favour, the titles of honor and precedency heere after mentioned ; our Will

1 [Tliis letter is written in Englisb.— Tr. ■ [In English.— Tr,].

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and Pleasure therefore is that you prépare a bill for our Royal signature, to pass our great seal of our Kingdom of Ireland, making and creating the said Antony Walsh, Esquire, an Earl and Peir, of our said Kingdom by the names and titles following, videlicet : —

Earl of in the County of

Viscount of in the County of

And Lord of in the County of

in our said Kingdom of Ireland : To hâve and to hold to him and the heirs maie of his body, with ail privilèges, pre-eminences, places, immunitys and other advantages to the aforesaid Titles of Honour, belonging or apertaining ; you are to insert ail such clauses and nonobstantes as in grants and créations of this nature are usual, with a clause, making the said grant firm and valid, without anny Investiture or Ceremony or without peying any gain to us, and same fairly ungrossed on Parchment under your hand, to be presentend to us, to be further past as appartains, and for so doing this shall be your Warrant. Given at our Court at Albana this 20th day of October 1745 in the 45th of our Being. J. R.

To our Attorney or Solliciter gênerai of our Kingdom of Ireland for the Time being.

MONSIEUR WALSH

Paris, 21 th October 1745.

I LEARN by Mr. Luker your arrivai, my dear Sir, in good health except for hoarseness. Hère is a letter from M. B. La Frété. You are more able than I am to answer him what is necessary.

M. La Porte does not lose sight of the affair of the 2 passports, he has excused himself from writing about them to the minister, in order to avoid a négative answer, but he proposes to speak to him about them at the first business meeting and expects to obtain them. The Duke of York ' has arrived at Fontainebleau. He was presented

■ Prince Henry Stuart (Cardinal).

to the King, and to the Dauphin who was extremely affectionate to him.

M. de Lally has written to you fully. He went back yesterday to Fontainebleau, where the Minister of Marine, whom the Ministers awaited with impatience, also went yesterday. At the first Council, the affairs of Great Britain, which, thank God, go according to our wishes, are to be considered. Hère is the extract of a letter which I received yesterday from Fontainebleau.

[Enclosure.] ^bth Odober.

The Chevalier de Maisières arrived hère yesterday evening, and remitted to the Minister of War a packet of letters from Prince Edward which a Scotch ship's Captain, on arriving at Ostende, delivered to Marshal Saxe, who gave it immediately in charge to the Chevalier de Maisières, and the news of the day is, that the Prince has made himself Master of the Castle of Edinburgh, where he found specie to the value of a million and 25,000 fire-arms, and that marching from Edinburgh towards Northumberland he had met near Berwick and entirely defeated a corps of 2000 Dutch.

Hère is a letter which I hâve received from Amsterdam for you. I suspect it is from Mr. Talbott as I think I recognise his writing. Permit the assurances of my respect to find room hère for Mme. Walsh. You know my sentiments for you, and to what an extent I am devoted to you, and am assuredly, my dear Sir, your very humble and very obedient Servant, D'Heguerty.

[Enclosttre.] 28th October.

I HAVE until now only the conjecture of an approaching war with HoUand, but by the next order I shall be in a position to let you know something more positive.

You must hâve received a letter from M. de Lally. He desired me to give you his compliments. I hâve spoken of you to the Duke of York, who is anxious to see you.

I shall Write this evening to M. La Porte about la Baleine and le Dutilley.

MONSIEUR WALSH, NANTES

Fontainebleau, 2'Ith Odober 1745.

You will be very satisfied, my dear Walsh, with our opérations hère since your departure, and your return hère is actually the only essential point wanting for the completion of the business. The person about whom you ask me to inform you has seen the King, and is very well satisfied.

M. de Maurepas has returned and déclares he leaves everything to you ; as for me I am estabhshed in charge, and I think that you will find I hâve started when you arrive, in order to go to prépare a resting-place for you. Thus I shall not be able to receive an answer to your ' letter. I beg you to let me know the day when you expect to be in Paris, and to address to me at the Palais Royal at the Marquise de Conflans house. I will leave a little word at Hegrewoy for you on starting, and I shall expect news from you at Dunkerque. Lord Drummond ^ and his Scotchmen leave directly, you know for where, with a detachment of the 6 others. AU goes well, very well, and better, so for God's sake come, and let me know immediately, because I shall take upon me twice 24 hours if I can bave the pleasure of embracing you hère. Thomond.'

'DE PAR LE ROY'

His Majesty having thought fit to assemble and equip in the various Ports of the coast of Flanders and of Picardy the ships, frigates, corsairs, boats, and other vessels required for his service, and desiring to nominate a person qualified to direct the necessary préparations for this purpose, has chosen and committed M. Wailsh to hâve the direction of this opération. Ordering the Commissaries, classed Clerks, and other employées in the ' Marine ' for the policeing of the coast to exécute punctually the orders which will be given to them by Monsieur Wailsh on this occasion. His Majesty

' [Shouldratherbe'my'instead of 'your.' Montrose, Novr. 1745.— Tr.] Tr.] ^ Descendant of the Irish family O'Brien.

- [Lord John Drummond, brother and He entered the French army and became a

eventual successor of the 3rd Titular Duke of Marshal of France. Perth, he landed with a force of 800 men at

orders M. Charron, ' Commissaire ordonnateur ' at Dunkerque, to attend to the exécution of the présent order.

Given at Fontainebleau, 16th November 1745.

Louis.

Phélypeaux.'