man,

"Whether he wanted to speak to him?" He said, "No."-"Sir," said the Duke, "do you know me? I am the Duke of Marlborough; telling you that, perhaps you have something to say to me."-"No, my Lord."-No notice being taken, the Duke came away. A few days after, in the same week, the Duke received a second letter. This also was put under the door of the Office of Ordnance, and was also wrote in imitation of a print-hand but the directions of both the letters were not. The second letter is in these words:

"To his Grace the Duke of Marlborough.

"MY LORD,

"You receive this as an acknowledgment of your punctuality as to the time and place of meeting on Sunday last, though it was owing to you that it answered no purpose. The pageantry of being armed, and the ensign of your order, were useless, and too conspicuous: you needed no attendant; the place was not calculated for mischief, nor was any intended. If you walk in the west aisle of Westminster Abbey, towards eleven o'clock on Sunday next, your sagacity will point out the person, whom you will address by asking his company to take a turn or two with you. You will not fail, on inquiry, to be acquainted with the name and place of abode, according to which di

rections you will please to send two or three hundred pound bank notes the next day by the pennypost. Exert not your curiosity too early: it is in your power to make me grateful on certain terms. I have friends who are faithful; but they do not bark before they bite.

I am, &c. &c.

"F." went to WestminsterHis Grace went to the

The Duke accordingly Abbey, to the west aisle. westernmost part of the Abbey, and observed nobody lurking or standing in suspicious circumstances after a little time, his Grace was surprised to see that the same person, whom he had seen the Sunday before exactly at the spot in Hyde Park, appeared just in this place at the west end of Westminster Abbey: but he was surprised the more, that this person did not speak to him. Waiting some time for the person to speak to him, and finding he did not, his Grace asked him, "Sir, have you any thing to say to me?" "No, my Lord.""Have you any thing at all to say to me?" "No."-"Have you nothing at all to say to me?" "No, he had nothing to say to him." When this person came into the Abbey, another person came in with him, who seemed by his appearance to be a substantial tradesman. These two persons, after stopping and looking about at the monuments near the west gate of the Abbey,

the Duke being sure one of them was the same man he had seen before in Hyde Park, his Grace thought proper to go and stand by them, to see if that person would speak to him: seeing the Duke took no notice of him, they both went towards the choir the stranger went into the choir, and the man that his Grace had seen in the Park, came back again (leaving his friend there) to the spot where the Duke was. The Duke then asked him, "Whether he had any thing to say to him?" "No, he had nothing at all to say to him. No, he had nothing at all to say." Then the Duke walked a little on the other side of the aisle, to see whether the man would follow him, or had a mind to speak to him at another spot. He observed the man looked eagerly at him: may be he expected the Duke's "sagacity would point out the man" however, the Duke did not do what the letter required, that is, "Ask him to take a turn with him." At this second time, there was somebody that was with the Duke, near enough to take notice what passed, in order to apprehend the person, so as to put it beyond all doubt, that he was the author of those letters. The Duke, and this attendant of his, went out at the west door of the Abbey, in order to go to his coach. As soon as the Duke went out of the Abbey, that man, whom the Duke had seen at both these places, watched the Duke out of the Abbey, and

as soon as his Grace had passed the door of the Abbey, he went up, hid himself in a corner, concealed from a possibility of being seen by his Grace in case he had looked back, and so watched him into his coach.

A few days after this, came a third letter to the Duke, wrapped in a very small compass, and directed to his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, at his house. (6 My Lord, I am fully convinced you had a companion on Sunday. I interpret it as owing to the weakness of human nature; but such proceeding is far from being ingenuous, and may produce bad effects, whilst it is impossible to answer the end proposed. You will see me again soon, as it were by accident, and may easily find where I go to; in consequence of which, by being sent to, I shall wait on your Grace, but expect to be quite alone, and converse in whispers. You will likewise give your honour, upon meeting, that no part of the conversation shall transpire. These and the former terms complied with, insure your safety; my revenge, in case of non-compliance, (or any scheme to expose me,) will be slower, but not less sure, and strong suspicion the utmost that can possibly ensue upon it; while the chances will be tenfold against you. You will possibly be in doubt after the meeting, but it is quite necessary the outside should be a mask of the in. The family of the BLOODS is not extinct, though

they are not in my scheme." The word BLOODS is in capital letters. As Felton was the villain' who assassinated the Duke of Buckingham, so this is the name of the fellow who seized the Duke of Ormond, and was going to carry him to Tyburn to execute him, and also who stole the crown out of the Tower of London.

The Duke waited, expecting to hear farther; but heard nothing more until the middle of April. About the 14th there came a letter to his Grace, wrote in a mean hand, but not in imitation of a print-hand, as the others were. These are the

words of the fourth letter:

"To his Grace the Duke of Marlborough.

"MAY IT PLEASE YOUR GRace,

"I have reason to believe, that the son of one Barnard, a surveyor in Abingdon-Buildings, Westminster, is acquainted with some secrets that nearly concern your safety; his father is now out of town, which will give you an opportunity of questioning him more privately. It would be useless to your Grace, as well as dangerous to me, to appear more publicly in this affair.

"Your sincere friend,

"ANONYMOUS.

"He frequently goes to Storey's-Gate Coffeehouse."

The Duke sent for Mr. Barnard, the son of Mr.