vately when first he mentioned Pen's leaving his place to the King,
it had not been done; for the Duke of Buckingham and those of his party
do cry out upon it, as a strange thing to trust such a thing into the
hands of one that stands accused in Parliament: and that they have so
far prevailed upon the King that he would not have him named in Council,
but only take his name to the Board; but I think he said that only D.
Gawden's name shall go in the patent; at least, at the time when Sir
Richard Browne asked the King the names of D. Gawden's security, the
King told him it was not yet necessary for him to declare them. And by
and by, when the Duke of York and we had done, and Wren brought into
the closet Captain Cox and James Temple About business of the Guiney
Company, and talking something of the Duke of Buckingham's concernment
therein, and says the Duke of York, "I will give the Devil his due, as
they say the Duke of Buckingham hath paid in his money to the Company,"
or something of that kind, wherein he would do right to him. The Duke
of York told me how these people do begin to cast dirt upon the business
that passed the Council lately, touching Supernumeraries, as passed by
virtue of his authority there, there being not liberty for any man to
withstand what the Duke of York advises there; which, he told me, they
bring only as an argument to insinuate the putting of the Admiralty into
Commission, which by all men's discourse is now designed, and I perceive
the same by him. This being done, and going from him, I up and down the
house to hear news: and there every body's mouth full of changes; and,
among others, the Duke of York's regiment of Guards, that was raised
during the late war at sea, is to be disbanded: and also, that this day
the King do intend to declare that the Duke of Ormond is no more Deputy
of Ireland, but that he will put it into Commission. This day our new
Treasurers did kiss the King's hand, who complimented them, as they say,
very highly, that he had for a long time been abused in his Treasurer,
and that he was now safe in their hands. I saw them walk up and down the
Court together all this morning; the first time I ever saw Osborne, who
is a comely gentleman. This day I was told that my Lord Anglesey did
deliver a petition on Wednesday in Council to the King, laying open,
that whereas he had heard that his Majesty had made such a disposal of
his place, which he had formerly granted him for life upo