The cry against Shales was loud.

An address was carried to the throne, requesting that he might be sent for to England, and that his accounts and papers might be secured.

With this request the King readily complied; but the Whig majority was not satisfied.

By whom had Shales been recommended for so important a place as that of Commissary General?
He had been a favourite at Whitehall in the worst times.

He had been zealous for the Declaration of Indulgence.