# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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but upon Balancing the Advantages and Disadvantages
which might Arise to Government they did not think
proper to treat Conclusively upon it. S^r. Robert Walpole
made Some Proposals to the Late Duke but Afterwards
dropt them; M^r. Pelham once Seemed very Desirous
to bring the Sale to a Conclusion and the Duke
of Atholl gave him a true and Precise State of
the Nature and Revenue of this Principality that
he might be Able to Judge what Proposal
to make; and he assured the Duke that no
Proposal should Come from Him, which he would
not adjudge if it was left to him to Settle as
an Arbitrator, however the Affair after being Some
Months in Agitation was again Dropt, it was
resumed in the Duke of ~~Newcastle~~ Administration
and in the Same Manner likewise ~~Laid aside~~ Dropt.

The Reason why Neither S^r. Rob: Walpole,
M^r. Pelham, nor the Duke of Newcastle, Carried it
further; was thought to be, that Upon thorough
Examination the Object did not Appear to them
of Such Consequence as it did at first, for supposing
it was in Possession of the Government the
Proximity must Still be the Same between 30 &[?] 40[?] Thousand
Inhabitants must Still have a Right to their
Constitution, Laws, Administration of Justice, and
Interior Trade and Comerce; and it would be
in the Case of Guernsy, Jersey, Sark, & Alderny,
where Imports and Exports are Govern'd by their

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