, 1870-03-27

WIN ne{ol3cf, A21 t6f5 is sFkltutiy ALI. trU1lt
opinion with respect to Msry. Every prac,ic,
against her xas fair md honest. She hA4 u
ht trapped ike Wild beast, and What did il
matter which vAs The Eayi
Mary WAS taking no speeial part In anything
al the time this plot waa deFiBed--not fsoE
want OF will, but from want Of opportunity
She had been for some time deprived Of M,
means Of communicating With her friends il
which rhe could place the slightest confidence
1nent more silent md inonensiye than usu.l
But Elizabeth WIS in great difficulty betweez
her allies in the Netherlands and Philip O.
Spain. She hated the Dutch, and get had beer
obliged 10 support them. &nd her whole tnint
ss the moment w =. sei T. upon the negotission o
tended TO throw over the Ho1landerr, save
htr*elf from the e1renne Of c<sstly war or
their sesrnunt, and the country from all fear ot
sranirh iavadon-An invasdon which wouIG
have had for it's object the IT. establishment Of
the Catheiie Clurrh, and installation either oi
the English throne. To do this she
would hsvc broken her faith without com
junction to the Dutch. md BETRAYED al her
allies: and IT wsa only the wisdom Of Eliza
bcth'e eounse1crs. not het own. which per
c~tve<i the real advantage abe hhd in being ae
world To convince her that it was her in
terret to play anrbody f.lse ratLeE 1han fbe
Dutch, and to put no faith IN l1,iip, wa1-ins-
han TUNED hi. eyes upon MARY in her prison
as hila-fsncier do upon captive bird. She
ahouN be The lure- BE would lay bare ali that
world 10 hi. mistress through her neans, and
probably catch Mary too in the enare. = double
advantage. II wns With this eold-biooded in
tertion that he cnncocted his plan-a r]au
rhirh, for ii35olical skill in Invention, md
rit1csa steadfastnees in the Carrying out. has
perhaps never been surpassed. 1hat Eliza
beth'e Ministers -ehoa1d not have ahrnnk
from suci, means of procuring informs-
ton is probably natural; hut how hr. Froude,
who y 70 t.rd upon Iary's decepdors, should
be able to put tuch plot on record without
pne word Of rrprotatinn-rather, indeed, AZ II
he approved the yiIlsinous .cherne and felt i.
10 be wholly lu.tihAhle-it Il wonder greater
ourselves altogether unahle to understand.
After giving 4ccopnt of E1izabeth's vacilla-
tons and pcrplexitier, and Walsinghan's An1>
iety To clear them up, Nj. Froude proceeds -
follows:
"There was one way, and perhaps only one.
by which al these questions could b. answered.
The Queen Of Scott must be again enabled to
open correspondence which che and her
friends could believe to be perfectly safe, and
hc1 letters md theirs must be passed through
the hands of Walsingham- Found her, SO long
- lie lived, conspiracy. whether European OF
English, necessarily gathered. Nothing had
been done in the past, and nothing had been
projected, on which her aa,ice hal not
drst been asked Aad takeu. She had sssnta It
eset5 court, who tack pains that It 1east 70
Eer every fibre Of the truth should BE- tuowu-
Political correspondence throughout her rpsi-
idenoa in England hid bean :he occupation Of
hcr life. What Walzin 3hSS1 wanted
Vas sustained, vsried corresrondapco vith
uauy pasons, pEot1setsd so1 N indefinite