hend, my discoveries brought to light, and my intelligence rendered abortive. This is the oppreffion and injustice, Sir, which I now labour under, for rendering thofe fervices as aforefaid, and I beg leave humbly to submit my hard cafe to the confideration of the great and good. The worthy and difinterested patriots of England, whofe names are here unneceffary to recite, but which, as they are already impreffed upon the minds of the people, will, to the latest posterity, remain in the annals of Great Britain. Let them judge, whether, for the honour of the nation, and the justice and benevolence for which it is diftinguished throughout all other regions under the fun, an inquiry ought not to be made into the premiffes, and into the merit of my difcoveries? and whether fuch a recompence hath been paid me, as the nature of those fervices intitled me unto, and as is confiftent with justice and equity, and the honour of the English nation; and as a fit example to influence others to run hazards, or to encounter and pursue dangerous projects, to serve their king and country? Which I must submit to the wisdom of others: not doubting, however, but that, as I have had the honour and merit of ferving both in fuch an important affair, I shall not go unrewarded, but receive full fatisfaction of my just demand; and that I shall have the protection of the laws against the wicked fchemes of our common enemies, who have been known not to stop at affaffination and kidnapping, to avenge themselves on those who difcover and defeat their fchemes, and whom they cannot otherwise destroy. APPENDIX. [246] APPEND I X. Referred to in LETTER the Fifth, VOLUME the First. GUILDHALL SUBSCRIPTION. ON N the 27th of November 1745, a fubscription was begun at Guildhall, London, by Sir Richard Hoare, then lord mayor, feveral of the alderman, and other eminent merchants and inhabitants of the city; the preamble of which was as follows. We, whose names are under-written, in commiferation of the particular hardships and inconveniencies which may be fuffered by such foldiers as now are, or fhall hereafter be employed in his majesty's service, during the winter season, towards the fuppreffion of the present unnatural rebellion, do hereby voluntarily fubfcribe, and pay the feveral fums fet by us against our respective names, to be applied towards the relief, fupport, and encouragement, in fuch manner, and in fuch proportion as shall be deemed to be most necessary and expedient, by a committee, which shall hereafter be appointed for that purpose by us, or the major part who shall be present present at a general meeting, pursuant to an advertisement in the London Gazette. Guild-hall, London, Dec. 10th, 1745: At a general meeting of the subscribers, in pursuance of notice in the London Gazette, for the choice of a committee for making a diftribution of the money, agreeable to the preamble of the said subscription, it was unanimoufly resolv ed and agreed, 1. That the right honourable Sir Richard Hoare, knight, lord mayor of the city of London, be of the committee. 2. That the right honourable the lord chief justice, the right honourable the mafter of the rolls, the right honourable the lord chief juftice Willes, the right honourable the lord chief baron Parker, and the reft of the honourable judges, be of the committee. 3. That all the aldermen who had, or fhould contribute to the aforefaid fubfcription, be of the committee. 4. That Sir John Bofworth knight, chamberlain of the city of London, be of the committee. 5. That the mafter, or prime warden of every company that had, or should fubfcribe 1007. or upwards, be of the committee. 6. That 6. That the deputy of every ward that had, or should subscribe 100%. or upwards, be of the committee. 7. That Philip Carteret Webb, Efq; Meffieurs John Payne jun. Samuel Smith, Jafper Manduit, William Hollier, John Hyde, and Samuel Chambers, be of the committee. 8. That every person who, in his own name, or in the names of himself or others, had, or fhould fubfcribe 100%. or upwards, be of the committee, 9. That the committee fit at Guildhall, for the dispatch of business, and that any five conftitute a quorum, and have power to adjourn. 10. That fuch committee, from time to time, confisting of not less than five members, have power to draw on Sir John Bofworth, chamberlain of London, for fuch monies as may be necessary to answer the purposes for which the fubscription was intended." 11. That the right honourable the lord mayor do communicate these proceedings to his royal highness the duke of Cumberland, and to marshal Wade, and defire their opinions how the subscription-money may be beft applied for the relief, fupport and encouragement of the foldiers, and for the benefit of the fervice. 12. That thanks be returned to the right honourable the lord mayor for having begun, and so zealously promoted this useful and laudable undertaking, The The committee, thus appointed, made the following report of their proceedings to a general meeting of the fubfcribers at Guildhall, London, January 28th, 1747. THE RE PORT FROM THE COMMIT TE E. THE committee appointed for making a distribution of the money fubfcribed at Guildhall, for the relief, fupport, and encouragement of the foldiers employed in fuppreffing the late unnatural rebellion, are in the first place to inform you, that the total of this subscription, accompanied with the actual and immediate payment of the money subscribed, amounted to the sum of 18,910l. 9 d. In order to point out the occafion of this subscription, your committee cannot help taking notice, that the late rebellion, in favour of a popish pretender, had, in its beginning, met with fuch unexpected fuccefs in the north, as to prompt VOL. II. I i those |