On the other hand, the whigs promoted it with such zeal that it passed by a majority of one hundred and fourteen, before the others had recollected themselves from the surprise which the structure of the bill had occasioned.

It made its way through the house of lords with equal despatch; and, when it received the royal sanction, the queen expressed the utmost satisfaction.

She said she did not doubt but it would be remembered and spoke of hereafter to the honour of those who had been instrumental in bringing it to such a happy conclusion.

She desired that her subjects of both kingdoms should from henceforward behave with all possible respect and kindness towards one another, that so it might appear to all the world they had hearts disposed to become one people.
{1707} PARLIAMENT REVIVED BY PROCLAMATION.
As the act of union did not take place till the first of May, a great number of traders in both kingdoms resolved to make advantage of this interval.

The English proposed to export into Scotland such commodities as entitled them to a drawback, with a view to bring them back after the first of May.