ToTTHE !1GHTiH0N0URABLE Tmfld .........»1‘ of am, WW7». 1‘\7'€cm‘Z>i:A ignbminiafima 453/? pm‘i%Agzmc$V "paflw A”Ch1*ii’c1.1s,%i,mmWW5 glariafunz eff f”a¢cer§2 W2 fem Juda& Se‘. AM B R 031? . T LONDOM A -PrirztVed‘for4.R¢ FREEMAN, jmz.11cea,1* ‘Sm P:zzzZ”s §" A D VB mm 3 WEE NT. A ff; HE VRmder is defimd to ob- V farve that the following Sheets were intexfled to have beenpubliflfd many 1\/Ionths ago, but for particular Reaibns‘ was delayed by the Perfon.to whofe Care the printing was com--- mittad. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE T H E of Trmmqwwr. 1%’ dz A A T is now feveral Months fince I efieewé ‘A j medita Duty incumbent upon every Wcll wifher to the prefent happy yr L---md--a--~«p for your Afiiduity to preferve the Royal Family upon the T hrone-E A but tocongratulato You on your Zeal, being Efcablifhmont, not only to thank, brought to light, in a manner you as little expeéted, as defired. Thcfe my L.-——----d, are the hidden Ways of Providence, to prom Vent thé«Blufhos of the Man of Merit, ever A A “B avorfo . C 2 3 averfe to puhlifh his own Praifel. T ho’ this is a Tafk for which I am very unequal, yet as E ihould be extreamly forty, did the Frilenads of the Gove1"nm.eant negleét to return youThanl ferve ithem,y would not allow them to form the leaf’: Doubt of yourCon-A duet, bur%yp:sfiively ecquiefce in yo_urfupe- rior judgment. As! am a Lover of 0ddi.- ries both of Men and Things, I could not forbear inquiuing, how thele Confiituents of yours relifhed this extraordinary Piece of Procedure, and if they clidnot take Um-l brage at ir, or1'eem’d fufpicious and uneafy P They are People naturally wayrm, and if once fix’d upon 21 Thing, jealousloflthe leaf: De.-2 lay; neither are they ‘‘ generally efieemedll Fools, tho’ theWorldAdon’t look upon theme as Oracles. Did not jtheylfeern furpfllfed 3% Were they not anxious to hear the Succeisof A C 2 ‘ this r (’ I? l this jonrney 3 Were they not vexed to he in long at an Uncertainty? Did they not (for {are they had Reafon) begin to fufpeél: that his L . d p was fooling them?’ In Ihort I could find that they had been very rnuch ata Lofs, what Notion to form of your Behaviour but from the mighty Promia-A fest made, and their own open Dealing, they‘ did not imagine the leaf: foul Play. From thefe and fuch like ill founded Maxims the deluded S’ A 255, not only kept up their Spirits, but forwarded the Interefts of him they aliteiewards own’d foritheir Mailer, with unwearied Zeal, though Without ever receiv- ing the leaf’: fatlsfaétory lE"‘ie:r::e of Intelli- gence from your 1 «p. No, my L----~d, youwas too wife t0COEl.'Z1l.‘i?ii‘iitM1:§7 thing to Paper but What might have been read by every Clerk in the Poi’:-Ofl‘ice, and you knew the Value of hiloney tooiwell to put yourfelf to the Charge of afpecial hflcflenger 5 though I believe I may fafely venture to fay that there were People concerned, who, tho’ notfo ahleto afliordi it, would willingly have reimburs’d you. But i the main Difficulty did not lie here, “you was honeflly refolved r to do nothing, towards advancingwhat you l ~ i called, (I3 ) ea-lied, and they vainly imagined tn be, their a Intereft ; you therefore judged right to fay nothing, as the only Meanswhereby to make them put the molt favourable Con-l ftruétions upon your Conduit 5 and indeed, fo far asl havelbeen able to learn, it had the delired Effeél: with moi’: of them. Some few, it is true,more quick-lighted than their Fellows, began to hint that there might be more than ‘Circumfpeétions, in your MannerofProceeding; yet even they were ever charitable enough to conclude, by fay» - ing, that the L...»-—-.—. d ‘I7-—--—-—-~ 9--l---—— it‘ might be a little remifs in correfponding, he furely intended well, and was doing the utmofl: in his little Power. a This they were partly perfuaded of, from the Accounts given them by fome who had the Fortune of feeing you here in Town, and Who~afl"ured them that . L am----..d T g y r was very bufy, feem- ed much taken up, and always inatHurry; but lucky it was they little - refleéied, that that feeming Bufinefi fprung from nothing, but‘ a natural Inclination to run about, Without the leafl: Intention to , promote their A Interefi. Your L-—~ lid‘ ,~—ap knew bet- ter, and {pent your Time a more to your OWT1 ( M» ) own Honour and Advantage, and the Welfare ofyour A Country 5 a 4 Rout, a. Drum»-» Major, 9. Drum, 21 Priefl, were the uutmofl of your Wiflaes, where the old-fafhioned Politefé you brought forty Years ago from the‘College at .Pmrz's, madeyou condefcend to av: few ofyour’l~idaF1ei11glHalf-crowns a1t1?i7/Bi/3.4 Thus, my L-~w---g-.d,rIVolhave you A foldcirxg yourfelf at 3 Tea-Table,ei or difm - pining aboutathirteentli Card, and regaling yourfelf with the malicious Ideas of the A fruitlefs Expeélzations _ of A youif deceived Countzymen. There is one Particular which merits fpecial N otice, nor can it be doubted, as it comes from the other Side of the Wa- tor, where People {peak plain, being under no Reftraiot ; andj falling naturally under this Period, will {how your L I do do p’s N Attachment " to the Interefi of the oprefent V ‘happy llEfi:a.bli111mcnt in the Pcrongefi Light; jllc is there not only faid but, pofitively aver... A iredolforloia T ruth, that, upon your‘ coming to Town, you was charged with lad Packet to the young C/aewzlier, containing the Sen- A ltiooents of his Friends w iniliS A 21 Add jipion his iniended Expedition , iwithe ample Perfuafives againfi it, as the only proper Means %:Means Wheré‘byl :to la pravenatal his comitigg without Val fufficicnt Forca, < 4% and particular Inftruétions to your L ‘ r map how to forward How_ happy it was that this Packeltl was limb lf,ent,a; ~almufi. as-. l A obvioué to the meaneft Capacity, andl*lmjAa “doubt you knew too well the Adavantagesl” A that had it began forwardcds mufi thereby have accru’d[ torthe Party. Your L—...da.+.p Knoll doubt wirexy rcafonbdé§ thus, as How happy is it that were poor crgdlulous Peo-‘V plc have V acquainted me with t_l1elC<;>ntents, they all declare agaillfl. his coming withaput la, Confiderable F orce ;if this: goes, %"will~c®r-as tainlyr lay afide the lTho1;ights;0f it, andclclay his Expedition ctoa. more faxlwuralolel. Ocean» fiom vvlhichaa will entirely ovezls;hr«:;:sl:.«v‘ my scheme of totally aruinzing the Party, vfbr; he comes, I leznww their C0nftitut1.0anls,l they will , be; aiharned not toll join him, in; wl’1ichlCafrL=: thfiy mull: infallibly lbs; undone llwhexcasll on the cont1'ary;, the A Receipt ofit will undoubtcdlygivelthstParty Time to N fikrengthen tluemfelveaat home, andfhoulcl 0‘-‘I3:»_3l3,$w able.throL1gl;xAA this Delay to procure Aiiigfianace from a'm;*«:f>lad,a God*‘ only knows What may bee the-A EV défervedly gained him the Regard i and 7.iEf’ceem of all honefl Men. . Thefe "Ar; guments, my ~—»—-——-md, areito me undeniable, foienervous, confifient and clear, thatit is maifffiere Of VV01'1d€1‘ thew any ioneei can; re»; main”(1ifl’atisfiedi;=*bute¢fuch tiie4" Fate~. of A $111» ‘fublunary Things; A that often, ifnotalways. judged or. by rheerejudice ‘anti men: Armies! r:ou1d but‘ ex» prefi howmuch 1rAegretit, ti1efeveryPeDpIe areideatfmHdw-~p can rhyupen i thee heaid, which is "'iu1idoL1btedly‘iiQne ~ofi D2 W the A (203 the gteateft Misfortunes that could have be- fallen our Country. What a Happinefs A would it have been to thefe Nations, that a Perfon of fueh exquifite Accomplifhrnents i {houldvftill have continiied at the Head of the dying Remains of the Jacobite Party, isa Thingtoo plain to admit ofa Doubt. -»—-iYour L.....»--d .._.-mp, I hope, neverthelefs won’t be Over much caftdo wn," Time is a violent Dif- troyer, and I won’t allow myfelf to d;;fpair of feeing you again one Day, the ‘fole Di- reétor and Coafounderfof all their Plots, if they fhonld ever be able to form anyin Time coming. V i ‘ V I J I {hall now leave it to the World tojudge of the Addrefs with which yourL ——~»-d——-mpyy eyaéted, till you had returned the Packet yon was charged ,VV'lLh_, which you took a Care to keep f-‘D long as to prevent its being tent in Time by any other Conveyance; not forgetting that from this Date, you was too Wife eve: to lvs.-t" them have any of your News,~ inwhich you aéted D up to the Chg... rafter you have juftly gained from all Men of Underfcanding, and hugg"d yourfelfin the «Exp€:aCatiOI1 of an Infinity of Confufion Without being obliged to bear a Part. A D ( V21 A . I {hall now beg Leave to ‘take “a Ihort View of your Conduit, from the Time that the young Chevalier landed A in rS,__ p 4] I A ..rz',ritill your Confinea-» ment in the T _r, and id0n’trdoubt of e (bowing that you Pcill afied upon it the fame honeft and laudable Plan. So foon as the Accounts came to Town, your ,L d V p, no doubt, Confidered what might behthe moft prudent Step for you to take, and proved as fortunate in that Determination as in anyother. You at firfl: pretended not to believe it, iiflaidiilitheiiix Thing yWaS_1_"C) ridiculouernin h it felf, that wit did not ideferve the} leaf’cv:,;aCredit 5 trhatygthol you knew the _7czca&z'z‘er to “be at Parcel? of rafh, _ weak, ~ inconfiderate People; it was neverthelefs Folly to fuppofe that they’ were ‘Io intirely void of commonSenfe, as to at---- tempt an Enterprife wherein there was not the fmalleft Probability Mort Shewn of Suceefs. Unhappy People, little did” they imagine that the very Man they ihadempiloyled in T V tlflfiil‘ SCI'iViC6i, daiIy,nHay,p hppun. "lyi Difconrfe, takep the V moft _ effeétual ‘ Method to difconrage thofewho. were in... clined to aflilt them} VpiiWhen the Aflair ‘became unqueftionable; you then juclged r t r it” V o—(_22 ) it necefléry to laugh a gorge bbdeflayer,“ withefa good Godgis it: poflibife? Well, 1 have known" many ofethennnand th«::y very {hallow ones», «but I could never have allowed myfelf to think that fnch ba Frenzy would have 1feiz’d 7’tb=em;. VWbate can they propofc to theirn.fe1v€S,d7o they Viainly dreani that the very oNamé:+of their o~Prince will eflrike‘a T error, «and damp the Spirits,o:f awhole Nationnx? Or arebthey weakenough IQ depend upon Franck Succours, if they do,~Which is the moi’: probable Reafonb for their being fomalolcrt, 41 am fure they win be heeirtilye difappointed the " F2-372612 know their ilnterefl: btoé wen ever to ‘fe’t“*one of that‘ amily “ upon sthe Throne of ‘GA---«t B-no--V-72. True =iTtis5 t%hey9nmay.a£fi1~’c theinallittle, and thereby make 3 4Di*v6fofion in their own Fa?- vours, but” nevefewillvrcnder them {the Service they hope fox; this was your Converfation to thePublick, to yourfelfyou talked in a nuore feeling Stile: They were generous enough to rely upon *Wh‘al‘:yo1_1 engag«’d e to do for them herein E12---«é--g A d,b you determviu nted; t« bdeceiveo them, bwhajt : V inward joy; whafinnatc satigfagtipndid youenfind in being bfnngand fafe; expeéted that in com- ? fequence ( 23, ) fequence of repeated Engagements, «youth A would have join’dthem,’they.were enterpri-— Zing themfelves, and therefore did nottappre- hend anyDifficu1ty in the journey, which you knewtull better than they, but beg’d , Leave to layholdi on any Pretexthowever ofrivolous; It would not have been to eafy ‘ for you, in that Cafe, to have perfuaded the Government of ther]'::’art you had aéted, and how much you had confounded and negleéted their _Af'fairs; which might have got’: you your Head, had you efcaped .a random Shot in the Field, but to you a » Certainty feemed bell, and how happy to fleep in. la {oft Bed with a Whole Skin. _ You had {till another Reafon, and that an unanfwerable one, nothing would have been more ridiculous in you, than publickly to r {how your own Want of Courage, you knew it was fufpeéted by many, but the Blame“ would have been yours alone, had you put’ A your felfin the Wayof declaring itto the” World. a Your Determinations were certain-A ly, extreamly jut’: in every Particular,_ for as by your Proceedings, itwas plain that you intended nothing lefs than the Ruin of the Party, i it would have been inconfifient . In. ( 24 ) in you not ‘£0 have madeit your Bufinefs to vilify them, and lefien the ’Wor*ld’s Opi- nion of their Underfianding and Abilities, as much as in you lay; and in this to do you juflice, you performed your Part in all Companies, and to fuch a Degree, that few fo v rriuch as fufpeéted is that l the E lof 4 q -rfhad ever been in the leaf: concern"d, nor indeed could not well be imagined that any Man who had been at all employed, much lefs a Perfon fo deeply defied, would have beenrunning about to all publick Diverfionsi pafling the timegin low infignifieant Chit Chat, and fneering Re- fleélions, upon a fet of l\/Ien, to whom he had bound himfelf by all the {acted Ties of Ho» -r ‘nour, Oaths, and Imprecations; whilethefe very Men in cornplyance with thefe Ties, were undergoing all the Hardfhips of a rigo- A rousseafon, and other Dangers of the Field. Whilft theChevalier was on his Marchinto E g ad whichifill’d every body with Conjeétures of what mightbe his View, and by whom he couldyhere expeélz to be joirfd’. An old Friend and L amongfl other Things a were endeavouring to recol left what S-----~ ts " People . e(l 2; ) People were ‘then in Town, who “might be employed as his Eminaries. I ignorant of your L A l A :1 p’s many Virtues, A readily alnfwered, why “there is the of T»------g—~—--'---~r, a*"C-----rh..—-—-~cll< L--we-ad, he is probably a tampering,’ I am {urprizcd he is not fecured ;No, no, fays my old Friend, you quite rnifiake your aMan, there is never ‘a one in the three K A agd . «ms, who ridicules his Coungtryrnen more than he. I at firft could not agree with him, as I knew the S is to “be generally very national, and tho’ almofr all of them thatlhad 06- cafion to converfc with, ~ declared their Diflike to the Rebellion, yet, neverthelefe they could not fuffer any Reflefiions againfl; the Particulars concerned, which made me believe it might be owing to his innate good Temper, void of Sufpicion, and loath to imagine that any i befides tholfe really in Arms, wifhed fo much Hurt t«o*’their Conn» «try. This fliill ‘finclwced me to urge that nay Conjefture mighrznot«be wjithloiurt Foundation. ‘Noflaied he, allow me to afl"ure you of the contrary, I have had the Hononr to be frequently in Company with that ll:-«--——--v lfii‘ l ' ‘““"""'””"‘ 2 A “ 35 5 e E2 d, and ever heard him tridicule are ;Undertakingwwith all the Warmwtlm imaging; hie; nay,,rhe feferned to take the Autrnofl: ‘Pains to render tome of their principal Men defpicable in the Eyes of tilofe who 1. iéznew to bedifaffeéied 5 and defcribed them after this Manner‘. F or Example; 3. good. n2£ti1r’d Man, but led away by every one Who had a little more to fay tthanhirnfelf. A fecondg had feemingiy perfonal Courage; hiit no’ Brains. «A third‘, to full of him”- felf, that nothing would pleafe him ifndt done according to his Advice. A fourth; fwiie and diétéitorial‘, but,at bottorfn a very Foal ,~, and fo mentioned feverai, which tho’ it convinced me that there was no Reafon t‘o i'uifp'eé’t him, yet ihad Occafion forne Nights i ‘ago to be thouroughly fatisfied of his Sinceri» ty. While in Company~with fome Ladies, in ltzorneé his L dm A Hp in a mighty Hurry, and tr'embIi'ngk”_of Cold; runs up to the Fire, rubbing his Hands; and with a pro» digiods Sneer, I think, {aye he; I fee thepoor ‘ Duke of Penn, and his Prince a wrefcling "through the Snow all wrappediup in Farm poo}: Dievihi continues he, he is a Weak puny_ ‘E’:-ea‘.ttttre this will certain]; he the Death of 7 3 V him; (27§ % then “laughs vagain,s A tiirns himfelf fig the? Fire, rubs’ his Hands, with a Gad think it? is better? being here, pray Laaiessi whats think you? ‘ I own I’ was quits plsafédss '.tb » hear‘ 1 him, A but? at the fame Time could obfervé, it was not the faint; withs*:iss..cx7ery one insC011"1pan'y; axngyngfiz fathers, ayoning Lady .repiies with a good deal Of ‘Fire, y‘es‘n1yiL-———-- 65 I allow it i zveryfeverc Weathér, but can" {cs noiRe;1¢- fon; for ifgteiering ” at the Perform yr;-11 new mention _ % The P~—--—-—-Aceby aii we can learn; ‘is év_ery"capabi1=:i of enduring gold without the help of» Fun‘, and the Duke AA ;c:9f!iPe'rz‘/:1,i§tho?~ not robufc, ought not to be Raughfd at for aéiing up to the-P1:ina::ipiss he a+1v€'aysip1'ofeiIed ; didevery om: my L d a\%fee a happy Period put to our Troubles: But I mufi: nwerthelefs; fmm my Soul abhor a 4dog1ble Dealer; 1 Q I flmould be cjxtreamlyv {orgy to hear of Numbers joining the Rebels, for many Rgea-A fons,tho’I hope it would in theErjxd pxfidvei bfno w0rfe_Confeq)ucnc¢,,4 than xhatof puze filing trsé a little 0 to Vdifcinguiflx whom Of, the Multitude»were the properefi: Objevfts cf VMercy, yet I cannot help having the vvilefi Notion ofthof-::%Who eve%rAprofe{s’d themfelmzs Jaabbitesg and now don’t appear likx-:$Mc:n,; A fefpfiecially when the Perm. the}? sail their ,Pri‘ncc, 112154 thrown bimfeflhaked into their A good %M:sm ought, A and irxdeed inufc beVofAor1e Side »or»t?other, %and %whexx ccafion offers will bA;*ave1yj*dec;Iai*e% himfelf efiance of%Dwanger~,.r1ovv is %he.%Time% for fuch who areunhappyenm1"ghto ha acvébites to {haw themfjclves, amt} how»: evwr A (32) gave: he may be who does not aélz lthefifeir Part mull appear te all Men ef Honmgggggg the worfi Light, A l T Danger ef their Unanimity is my Bugbear to me, thanls: Goal, we luave a wife Prince‘, and a well aficeélsed army, able at lafc ta eruih their Mob, but let none of them ‘pretend toplead their Titles and Fora tune, er even the Raflmefs ef the Uhde-rltas. lcing. Every Man’s Life is equally clear! him? and his All, ewes it but a Shilliingl, is {till his A11,-,’ as to the Improbability of the Sgiergefs, it never can lferve for an‘ Excuie, ) fthey mull either allow that they are jaco; bites or not, if they are their Princieplelé, to. gether with their Prince’s Call renders their. ‘ Appealgance ah inclifpenfable Duty. Allow ? mg Gentlemen, to tell you, that I have abet-.¢_ ter eOpinion of thofe at the Helm, than to imagine they can have any Regard for Aone who aélzs fo double a Part. That little d;.,, ‘hasl dare fay been longer, and better known‘ ‘tcl me,‘ than either‘ of you ; andnew not V his bell; V lFrieIids are quite aflmiflned of hiin, but I am one of many who heartily clefpife V T and llcontemn him, for thelowa mean-fpiri» ted, dirty Part he _islplayeingl, and believe L l Mme. ( 33 ) me was there, Ten thoufand fueh as he to join the Chevalier To--morrow, I fhould have no more Dread of his Seueeefs than I have at Lprefent. The old Gentleman here interrupt- ed him, by faying that he eoulciTno1;entir.eg- ly agree with him in his Sentiments, for tho’ it was true he had not known you long, yet what you {aid feemed to flow for much frolnts. the Heart, that he could not allow l:-zimfelf to doubt of your Sincerity; that you was tom lerably polite, and tho’ he owned you feliilorn [poke a Sentence to an End, yet you wee; Mifometimes intelligible. To this he repliee, i that what hehadurged W218» true; but never« thelefs it did not in any Degree invrilidate What he alledgédi; and was going on "witlm many more Reflefcions, when I prevented ~him.,iby faying, thatl had given great At-— tention to what he had been ipleafeol to fey, andhoped he would not be offenydedy with me if I» thouglnt he erealbn’d more like a ]a-- :cobite than :1 eWl1ig. V A A That granting What he had {aid to be true, A as to your L ed --«--—gp’s l'lE1.Vlflg altem your “way of fpeakiing, yet how eiid he l<;11o'vlI“ but that your former ifieniing Zeal lion‘ et en: Party,’ imifght have proceeded from Policy; as rnuch F as { 34 3 ushe wouldinovv mulceiu the VVorld belieive your prefeot Afliduity to render thorn defpi-a cable did. To this he {aid that he was not at allangry with me for alledging thialt he reaforfd like a Jacobite, as he prefumedjl did it in jefi, but infifiecl that he reafoned as every honefi Man ought to do, and thought he had {laid no more of your L«--Jd—-mp . than he fhould himfelf deferve, did he not appear in~Defence of the Governmentgwas there no Army paid for its Proteclion: And ¢i1:;~21t heielnadiel the poofi: lfllocl-ézing idea of the Procedure of ifeveral upon this Occafion,. Whofe Way of thinking heiwae no Stranger to, i do A Aslti) your antient Behaviour having pro:- uceeded from Policy, as rnoch as the prefent, he would not take upon l1im{elf'pofl:itively todeny, yet would not £H.ll'T:fLtit of that as an Excufe, but weildly terim"d it a Piece of pre--. meditatedRoguery, and rail’d in a violent Manner agaixiifc Hypocrify, faying that did} inlifi upon that Excufe for your Conduéls, ‘whichotho’ Bad, was ti".C only one that could be urged, I mufi with the fame Breath pro» nounce you both“ Coward and Traitor: ii In fl1ort,pmy Li-W cl, I found him to be one of A l A thcfe K’ 3:5 ) thefe .wz'ong~l1eaded Fellovvs, called Men of A Honour, who I well knew itwasimpoflible A to brin;g_=; to Reafon, andfo took my leave, de- terminfdtofufpend my Judgment till I had inl"orm’d myfelf more fully. Some Days after, having accidently met with my old 1?‘riend, I inquired how long he had,Ptay’d, and what pa.fs’d, he told me he had fit the Evening, and that the Gentleman lleft with him continued the fame Subjeét, when from Al the inoft convincing Proofe, which he did not care to adduce before me, being a Stranger, he had converted him to his own Way of thinking, and thatfo thoroughly, that he was A determitfd ever“ after to avoid you as the meaneft ofall Triflers. A AHe faidAAhe had neverthelefs for his own Satisfaétioxn % made a ftricft Scrutiny into your Life and Converfa.»-A non, which he found ‘ntirely correfponded with what had been told him ;A thenturning verywarm, why fays he, he is quite a low- lif’d Fellow, feldom in good Cotnpaneey, and could you have believed flit, I am undoubtedly infomfd that he {pends the moi’: of his Time with three little Traflieking P--—-—s, H rz G»--—---——l— 72 and Lo--—-.5 one of them a known S e-—--my to the elG_m~-..--t, and with them A A F 2 A drink3A (36) dl'lnl§sjfufi.a's‘much Rum Punch as he can‘ carry Mame without a Chair ; fie upon him, Iam d@tez°.afi-‘lined m {hum him on all Occa-l :-Fyons, he ismally a Scamlal to his Country, ‘izhe Pwrm~ge. “ V ‘”l;"‘Ié.Ea.c.*f+L¥; Zllafisy together vv'ith many others of film i\l'aml“a:'%,% rs §)0fll.$l"Vli?ly a.fl‘<-zrtecl and art‘: §1?.afi*fl;fl,lG§% hfiffifl as ézlmy Wouldppfwell iEl1ls“Lel£t€r, to a mvzcla larger fize than the Olljfildeférves, had no further Efi’e€t uptsn me, tlmn to incline me tol m‘al§e an Inquiryl Ema you1*mannex'l of Life, when nothing “ mare trifling came in the Way 3, land to do yau jufiice, I never fail’d to find you Tread» ing in the fame laudable Steps, till your Re»-A treat into the Country: Whsre far froml commiremting the Misfbrtunes of the Pm unhappy People, you had fo effefiually dragged on to Ruin, you amufed yourfelf ~ theta at the Expence of thelharmlefs Part--9 1'id;ge, andl happy in the folid Convezfatimln pf your femaleFriends,y from an Exceflé of Modefiy xjejoiced {to think that thepheroick Scene you had gone thlrcugh, ywoulcl never be brought to Liightpnor youfo much as give me Shilling to A the Supp§j>‘r't of the needy %Pz,'ifone:rs,knowying~ that thcfgf, fmallcfi mew of l A Aflifiance ( 37 ) Afliftance from you, would net be of a ‘piece with the ref’: of your Co11du@r. ’ I {hall now beg ii leave to obferve the Surprife with ‘Which every Body was tfiruck, upon your being confined, for fure never was any one fojuftly S A Univerfal. The jacauites could not be per.- fuaded, that it was for any Services you had S render’d them, being confcious to themfelves i. of your utter Negleét of their Intereflr, .,thofe amongit them, who were left ignorant how Affairs had been conduéted, being judged un- - capable of forwarding the Service, cryecl E ,out, that no doubt you mufl have beenicon- S cern’d in the unclerhand Part of the Scheme, but not thought of fignification enough to appear in Publick, and now difeovered by chance Blunder, or Revenge. The Friends of the Government on the other haufi, Well acquainted with your Behaviour, whillt the Rebellion fubfifiecl, marvell’d to think that a‘Perfone who had all along feem’d ~ their Friend, fhould of a fucldenbge turzfdlfo much their Enemy, as to merrit,iConfinement.l But not to be over tedious, the Conjeftures were _ enumerable, ‘and all feemedto agree in thia, that had you not aétecl the ‘fair Part, but fludiecl to fcreen yourfelf, at the Expenee of others, (38) others, you deferved the worfi:Treatt1;reut;__ adding that Was, it really to, whicyzhythey flrrowdlyfufoeéted, the rnoft equitable, rnott honourable the jufieft and motto generous, Thing the K-—--—--lg coulddo, wasto order you, and old Lt---—--r (whotitwas Welylknown had ever and anon, aéted the,.,,,,Traitor, to both Sideti to T»—~rh—--..;1lI-Elettid in Hand, «and dif» mifstbe ref’: to reap the Benefit of their F oily. . Your L -my-«d-—~—---p may eafily be A perfuaded that their various Reafonings afforded me 3. large Field for Amufement, for from all that I had 1earn’d of your Proceedings, I could fafely conclude, that you had been purfuing the very Game I conjeétur’d[ to my old Friend the Winter before; and could without any difficulty, allow myfelf to form two very plauférble Reafons, for your being taken into Cuftody, either that it proceeded from fome Blunder in your Political r l\/Ianagement, or that, as it was found neeeflary, to bringfthe Affair to light, you was locked up in the T---—--—r, to fave your Credit with the other Party ~-—---» but the ‘World was not long at aLofs toknovv the Caufe, for fo ibon as you were carried a fecond Time to the Cw-/tp — -~-— 24, and there examined, it became univerfally ~knoWn, (39) known, that youhiad been deeply engaged, and that the Ruin of the _‘7czcoéz'z‘e Party was cheifly owing to ‘your fuperior Addrelé * and good Management, conjunftiy with fome other of their pretended Friends;‘iandti tho’ the I\/I...t,......iiy were feemingiy deterxriirfld to _ punifh you, yet they vveretoo fenfibie ofthe manly Part you had aéteci, to mean you any real Harm.‘ This together with the heroick Tearsyou" are {aid to have fheci, attraéted their outmof’rComp21ffion, andigreat Pity iweluld it haveheen, Ihadi they not proved fenfibie, how much you merited at their Hands, for having fo effeétually contributedto the fudden Dettmaioit of their Enemies. ‘I {hail 'fl2I§3W irias few Winds as poflible endeavour to {how i how lucky it Was tlmt your Couutrymen. made choice ofa Perform fo proper in every Shape, for thwarting and difztppoiintingttheir Nleafurer The formidable Figure theflebelie trnade, ntotwitiifiainding all theDifEc:u1tie:-3 they labour’d under, isobvious to every Bociy, and demonfiratesg what r they might imve done, had their Affairs been xnanaged as much for their Interefi as they initvain expeéted from your L ------<11»-M p. The Afiifiance they re-. iy’d upon, from their maginary F riendsin. ’ E-—«~—-g----J, ( 40 ) E W-—-g ----—-d, was no doubt confiderable in Proportion to their adventerous March £0 far into the Country, but how fhocking a Difap... pointment mufl they have met with, when in Lieu of the Et.--------——--1 of ‘I.........t.......g. r 86¢, t ~ ---- at the Head of numerous Body of braved Feliows, they were join’d by a handful only, and thiofe neiither Men of Interefl: nor Efi:ates.. Had they employid a Perfon lefis fl:i1l’d, in the admirable Art of fiddlefitdle, one eannxot fay how far their reputed Friends There, might have been perfuaded, tosheve done formething more than drinkizng of I-Ieailths, and wrim ting Ballads, which has been *h’i~tberto their aneplzzsultrzzg but your Lw-M-d»-mm-p’s being thoroughly iMoi~°cet of that exquifite Science, from ewhiiohe nothing fixbitantial ever ,flo7_w’dt, efiefiftually blaf’c+ed'a‘ll their Hopes. Upon the who*1e,>that Imay have the Plelafure to iicleari your L d . it p, of t the many‘ hard Names given you by your old Friends the jacobites, futcheo as Coward, I Traitor, bafe and mean--fpir-ited Trifler, 89°C. havingai very fingular Regard for the ‘Prefer-~ V vation of your Cbaraéter, A and the Honour 4 of your Family; Ifhall with ail the Brevity the i y ( 41 ) the Subjefi will allow of; xtoalco it my Bull-~ ncfla to prove that you have demean’d your»- felf entirely confiflent withfhe Cufiom of your Predeceflbrs, as you had plainly and pofitively promifed, upon your leaving 8 —-------2‘l-—---——---d, and if they woro afterwards dlfapgzsointed, it was oxviuggto tl1&lrO\V11Want of"]uclg:lncz‘1t, not to any tluing; incoxlnfifiont with wlmt all Men ofSen{o, would h:;lV{‘3 ox-- pesftecl from you. Tltu-2 Annals of S z‘: Hifcory are full of the worldly Wililozn of your great Gn'andl’atl1o1', who tho’ Trcrafurer, a Poll: ofthe higlmelt 'l"rul’c_., in the Power of his Mallet to bellow, and which n:;u:u1'allyl called for the greatofc Fidelity and Attac‘:h~ ment to his Interefc, yet he boing pofi"e{s’d of an Abunclanm: of that Political Genius, which your Lw~md_m~~-yp has lately difiml-ay’d [0 much toyour Honour, wiloly ruined his Ma{lcr’s Afl7:a.irs, by oncotxmgirlg the yroxznger Bifhops, to izalillc uprm intx*odx1ciug the Se.r-- vlctcy Book; contrary to the Imtliuations of the Mzljority of the People, and £1. numerous Nobility, at ‘tluo f2urm;: Time pretending to be in thelluterofc of the Eldorj, and more coufi-- dlomte Part: lofthe: Clergy, who doulurecl 21-» gainfi; any Irmovatioxls, as tho moll prom?- ‘ blo M C 42 ) jble l.Me;ms to prevent T't.”("‘ml)l€ in the Comm» try, the I\~'llnds of the People. being then a good U deal foufid by F2’1é‘:lon. He by l\1eans"- of working with both Hands, got himfelf named to go to Court, thereto re- prefem: the [State of Affairs to his Majefty, wherein Place of laying open the Dificumlties that attended the Defi-go, he contrary to his Promife, confidently extgagedolpoxt his Life and Honour, to introduce the new Form of lVVorIhip, tho’ eonfeious to himfelf of the mam my l':)£‘:Cl'CO1‘3f£3qu€I1E£iStl”]21lI mutt follow. Not long after this, when a, Proclamation wast iflued by the Kix'lg, requiring and comm;mcl- ing, the Ill/lutineers (who deceitfully te1"1n’d l4themfelves Supplicants) to retire from the City oflEdz”7zg&zgrg/5, Wl"1€1:',g1jhgy were Caballing together, and lowing the Seeds, or I ought rather to fay, raifing the”Flames of the molt attrocius, truly tmznatutral, I1l'lj';.3fi’ and fatal Rebellion, ( both clu-ring its Exifii» once and in its Confequelnces) that ever yet lmppenecl in tlaefe liirngtloms, he was fo fin? from ettforeixlg the Order“, which p1‘obz1bly would have prevez1teol the Mifety and Dew f-l:rt1f’cio11tl12tt exflixecl, thatlile efl’eL‘.tually pro»- ettfll their Settay, by afllwilztg tthe Heads of mg (43 ) the Party, that: if tl1c:ydia‘%l not appeal‘ in Pub» licli, thtsy {bond not be A molt3%£l:ed, lzznowing that thezfcurxrilous Libels amlll Adilaouitions, lihey traitmoufly pcannad wi%thj;%1 Doors, and dil{perfed‘Abr0ad by tlxeix. infarioug Agents, Wfauld have much {ha farm: Effafi with their open and uncontmuled Railings. :]At no great Diflcancc: of Time, we find him lmore: openly xnaglfsimatizag tl1@'Ovm'--» throw of the EPc;a.l)l§flned7 Cl'mr::h, lam; witlx ' fo much A.rt, m pmvail :3. fecond Tinle to be flint to Comm, wl*m;:z'e froxn thus: Credit 11:‘: had Linlmpplly :z<;l:;.:e:{:;‘z.*1l1'ed, lac was emabled to ripen his ‘V ‘dcV’liil'1 Purpofa, to the “Ruin ofhis‘ King and Courmy, had no former we-. ttarmzxl, man he dcmm1“1flmteldhis Fidelity to “his 1'<:“:fc>rr1“1ing fl-‘1'i<::z:l<:lss, by i11f<:>r1ning then"; of ltlm: I1'1P:rut5‘ti<3x1£a l“1€:l"2:1d%%%r.;,ceivt:d, which l‘"1fiITl0l2 only dczlayczcl putting in Execution as A ordemd, but enal;>l<::<:l them to draw ups. Pm- tafc zalgainfl; the Proclalneltion he wasclaaz*;g;m;l With; and after 3 private C%%d:%vthink,” t.ha.t\ViM>hMc h21dvV‘1’<§% nieritoriou Vafiifiyw * his *&:0venan1te&&F riénds; f‘ Greatmty it wasythat 21 Nobleman cit" (31%r1uchA[% Difinteréflednefs, flmulci have%b:::e1=i c}rifl?a~1*t€c} ~ bjféthe World, and hisownSof1,A to fucfh a. W Degree, as to be1efttodieinAVthe Fieid-s, £o%rJ% Want of the common Neceffaries of Life ; in 1136 Heart of his own Efisate, axxduxlder the Eyes of his own Tenants: But” they, 21 Parcel Of unthinking Czmrtures, alledged he had been» a vident %Opp1*efl'or, as if that V was a Reafon for them, quie}t1yVt4o £26: him*r"e:.1p the Fruits elf his Txmchery. Hard fate 2 when his Ser-~ vibes to his Ma%fier°s ;E11erniesc1=aimed for him aReward of a 11102:? exalted Nature; { % “;HisASon was toe» good 3. %Man, not to Aaét upto the Principles he had%.Vbeén ‘VcarefuV1l“y %M taught, and‘played%%the d<31rbleFaFt wi£h.V Exams fuflicient mime himfelf; By pmv3Mng Father,%*aS a ptétendcdx Puni¢*fl1n1<~:nt»% 5:324, §.mray§,ng the zzzamg, he. gained, if not the Favour (47) "Favour, at lcal’: in Kind of Indulgence from the 4Loyalif’cs, Without thereby hurting himfclf in the Eyes of the Republicans, who in Con fidc-» A ration of his Fatl1cr’s Services, could not, with any tolerable Grace difcrclé him 3 by ~ which means he walily avoided running any Riflcs with either Side. in Your L—--~d»-~«~p’s worthy Father would have been as famous as any of his Predcccflors, had not his fupcrior Dulncfs rendered hiln lcfs bufiling, yet fo ‘far as itcamcin his way, he did not fail to follow their EXa.1‘l1pl€. lHc had the Honour to be fprung from the Houfe of Sfewnrt, and like cmoft of thofio in the 1ilmclSituation, madcl it his Study to thwart cvcry thingtcnding to their Intercflt, in Re?» tum forlthc many Obligations ho owcd them, Honours, Eflatc, and even Being. It was lucky that Fortunc was fo generous as only once to put it inhis Powcr,. for thcnhe did not fwcrvc: from the Family Rules, and that M ifo lately as not to be outiofyou own Meme.» ry. The E-ml of T»---l----9’--------7"’"'.s appearing in conjulnfiion with his ncarcft Relations, and fuch as he had lived with in tho flrickefi Intimacy, andProfcflion of Attachment" to ‘tho C/m.:nZz'er’s lntercftg was no nnorc idoubtcd A of ‘( 48 ) “ef by the jarco./2z'z‘e.s, in the Year 17 I 5, than that ofyyour L--—-—-cl-—----p"'s in_ the Year 1745.; but when Things came to the Path, he not only difaptiointecl them hirnfelf, i but gave Orders to feveral not to move, l who whilfl: he found itecouvenient to wear the Mafle, he had taken the outmoft Pains to perfuade to take Arms, direéting themtopulrchlafe Herfes and all other Neeeflaries, ‘with Pro-- miles of Money to defray their Expences. I now my Lord appeal to your own Breafi, if I have not he fome finall Degree done you the jufiice you cleferve, tho’ per-« hape form: may think, and you well l<:r1oW, that a great deal more might have been faid to paint your Nlerit in its full Bloom, but I am fatisfiecl there are Outlines enough to con... Vince Manltinrl of your Honour and In-- tegrity. i ‘ A Let the q_‘}‘ac0&z'z'e5,t rail againft you neve yfo bitterly, you know they areian unquiet tefilefs Set of People, hard it to be pleafed, but let them blame themfelves, not you, for the Confidence and T tuft they foolifhly repofed 111 you. \ A t ‘ A And allow me aea Friend to advifeyou (tho? I am apt to belieye’ it islalmofi: needlefs) to refl: ( 49 )‘ V v reft eafy, and happy to think you have got A your Head upon your Shoulders, and that k 4 you have not only a Chance, to be able fome one Day or other to play the fame Game, but A that you at prefent enjoy in an extraordinary Degree, the Efteem of all MenVoffi1ri€c Ho»- nour and Courage, as a fingular Example of both. F 1. 1V .1 $5.3’... 1: R) 12. A Ta. Page 1.. 6. far Vein rand View. 9/P. I3-W17. I3. the ram! tho’. I’. 14.. Z. 3. fir Priefi wad Pne. A