_Evidence of Queen Mary’s design to restore the Roman Catholic Religion in Scotland._――The reader who doubts that this was her uniform object from the time that she left France, may consult the following authorities. Throkmorton’s Conference with Mary, in Knox, Historie, 275‒277. Keith, History, 164‒167. Life of bishop Lesley, in Anderson’s Collections, i. 4, iii. 9. The letters of the cardinal de St Croix, (ambassador from the pope to the court of France,) extracted from the Vatican library, afford a striking demonstration of the intentions of the queen. St Croix writes to cardinal Borromeo, that the grand prior of France (one of Mary’s uncles) and Mons. Danville had arrived from Scotland on the 17th November (1561,) and had brought information, that the queen was going on successfully in surmounting all opposition to her in that kingdom. Being informed one day that some heretics had extinguished the candles on her altar, she repaired to the chapel, and having ascertained the fact, commanded a baron, one of the most powerful and most addicted to Lutheranism, to re‑light the candles, and place them on the altar: in which she was instantly obeyed. After relating another instance of her spirited conduct against the magistrates of a certain borough who had banished the popish priests, the cardinal adds:――“by these means she has acquired greater authority and power, for enabling her to restore the ancient religion;” “con che acquesta tutta via maggior autorita et forze, per posser restituer en quel regno l’antica religione.” Aymon, Synodes Nationaux des Eglises Reformees de France, tom. i. p. 17, 18. {306} Note I, Footnote 39. _Sanguinary Spirit and Principles of Roman Catholics._――Bayle, Commentaire Philosophique, tome i. pref. xiv. part ii. chap. v. p. 343, 347, anno 1686, and his Critique Generale de l’Histoire du Caivinisme, p. 486, 501‒519. Hume’s Hist. of England, vol. vii. chap. i. p. 24. Lond. 1793, 12mo. Robertson’s History of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 62, 143, 352. Lond. 1809.