The tory interest was now in the wane.

The duke of Buckinghamshire was deprived of the privy-seal, and that office conferred on the duke of Newcastle, a nobleman of powerful influence with the whig party.

The earl of Montague was created marquis of Mounthermer and duke of Montague; the earl of Peterborough and lord Cholmondeley were chosen of the privy-council; and lord Cutts was sent to command the troops in Ireland under the duke of Ormond.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT.
The ministry of Scotland was now entirely changed.

The marquis of Tweedale and Johnston having been found unequal to the undertaking, were dismissed.

The duke of Queensberry resumed the management of affairs in that kingdom under the title of lord privy-seal, and the office of commissioner was conferred upon the young duke of Argyle, who succeeded to his father's influence among the presbyterians.