Qoraal kooban oo faahfaahsan - Carstares waxaa lagu xiray Tower of London, sanadka xiga ee 1675, waxaa loo wareejiyay Edinburgh Castle. Waxaa la rumeysan yahay in uu ka walaacsan yahay Sir James Stewart qoraalkiisa buug yar oo ah "Xisaabinta Cabashooyinka Scotland sababo la xiriira D. of Lauderdale's Ministrie, oo si is-hoosaysiin ah loogu soo bandhigay Boqortooyadiisa Quduuska ah" (1674). John Maitland, oo ahaa Duke-kii 1aad ee Lauderdale wuxuu Carstares ku qanciyay in uu ku lug lahaa daabacaadda xayeysiiska. Lauderdale wuxuu adeegsaday hanjabaada jirdilka kabaha, kaas oo si sharci ah loogu adeegsan karo Scotland; laakiin Carstares lama jirdilay. Bishii Agoosto ee sanadkii 1679 ayaa la sii daayay, mid ka mid ah dowladii ka soo horjeeday aragtida Scottish-ka kadib Dagaalkii Bothwell Bridge
Waxaad Sidaa darteed ma noqon karo William Carstares oo ahaa markhaatiga ugu weyn ee dacwad ku soo oogay maxkamadaynta William Staley (kii ugu horreeyay ee Maxkamadaha Popish Plot) bishii Nofeembar 1678, in kasta oo Carstares uu sidoo kale ahaa Scotsman, iyo sida magaciisa la yiraahdo wuxuu u dhaqmay sidii wakiil sirdoon.