Scottish Affairs at Westminster: A Letter from the Union Parliament of 1654-5.

The article presents the letter from the Union Parliament of 1665-5 on the Scottish Affairs at Westminster. The Westminster parliament, a new union of England and Scotland has been formalized by the protectoral ordinance last April. With the earl of Glencairn's royalist rebellion, only 22 MPs were returned for the 30 seats allocated to Scotland while the rest were Englishmen. In addition, in the House of Commons, Scottish affairs were side-lined by more compelling English concerns.