vourable an opportunity of showing yourself my difinterefted friend.

I was the more inclined to believe you fincere in this declaration, as the sentiments coincided with my own. For I can with great truth affirm, that I never rendered a fervice with a view of receiving a return; always confidering the perfon who had the power of obliging, over paid by the internal fatisfaction which most surely results from a liberal deed.

I remind you of this converfation, as fome years after you brought me in debtor for this identical thousand pounds. Now, as you have in innumerable inftances given me room to queftion your veracity, I have every reason to believe you was not the donor of the fum; but took advantage of Lord Downe's death, and the confidence I had repofed in you, to make claim to it. For though I cannot compliment you upon your erudition, your grandmother might have taught you the old faw, "dead men tell no tales." His Lordship was unfortunately killed before you claimed the debt, and to this hour I firmly believe it was to him, not you, that I owed this mark of munifi

cence.

Indeed, at the time you faid I was indebted to for it, though I then had many reasons to despise

you

defpife your meanness, I did not think you so totally void of every principle and feeling, as to be guilty of fuch an impofition; nor was it ever to be thought that a being, who by artifice had fo far deceived mankind as to procure himself the epithet of honeft, fhould facrifice a title he had been at fuch pains to acquire, for nothing. I therefore, as I could not contradict your claim, allowed it; and it is now too late to difpute it.

You will please to recollect, Sir, that upon my flying to Mr. Ganfell's for refuge from the violence of Metham's temper, you had the modefty to introduce yourself at Donnalan Park, by a fallacious copy of a contract of marriage figned by your felf and your attorney. This you gave to the good old gentleman for his attorney to transcribe upon a ftamp, in order to convince him of the rectitude of your intentions. Falfe betrayer! bankrupt in honour as in love! This contract was in penalty of fifty thonfand pounds, which the credulous good old man, who then thought you merited the title of honest, efteemed fo fure a pledge of your faith, that he ordered his attorney to change the fum to thirty thoufand; alledging, that was a fum large enough to bind even a rogue.-But, thank heaven,

We

we had none but those who were perfect in rectitude itfelf to deal with.

The contract bond which Mr. Ganfel's attorney. drew from your figned copy, I afterwards delivered up to your attorney, Mr. Stubbs, of parlia ment-ftreet, in confideration of a fum of money which he brought me from you, together with an additional annuity of one hundred pounds a year, in truft, to Nicholas Linwood, Efq. Upon the receipt of this, I figned a general release; in which was included, the money remaining upon the diamonds you fo bounteously bestowed on your fa

vourites.

As I prefume your prefent ftudies occupy your mind too much to attend to fuch trivial matters, for, like Obadiah, the affairs of ftate hang heavy upon your neck and shoulders, and you may have forgot the purport of it, I will prefent you with a copy of the ever-memorable contract, which General Ganfel fent me upon the death of his father. I will give it you verbatim. But fhould any of your friends (if you have any) be defirous to prove the authenticity of it, they shall be satisfied, as your hand is as well known as your face.

Copy

Copy of the Contract, brought ready figned by Mr.

Calcraft.

"KNOW all men by these presents, that I John Calcraft, of Brewer-ftreet, Golden-fquare, "in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, am held "and firmly bound unto Georgiane Bellamy, of "Frith-street, Soho, Spinfter, in the sum of fifty "thoufand pounds, of lawful money of Great-Bri"tain, to be paid to the faid Georgiane Bellamy, "her certain attorney, executor, administrator, or "affigns, firmly by these presents, fealed with my "feal, dated this 22d day of January, 1752.

"The condition of this obligation is fuch, "that whereas the above-bounden John Calcraft, " and the above-named * Georgiane Bellamy, have "mutually agreed to marry with each other; "and therefore the above bound John Calcraft, "shall and do marry the faid George Bellamy, ac"cording to the rites and ceremonies of the "Church of England; and fhall not intermarry "with any other perfon whatsoever, fave the "faid Georgiane Bellamy, or during the natural "life of the faid Georgiane Bellamy; then this

The Writer was always called Georgiane, till of late years, when it being neceffary to refer to the register, it was found to be written George Anne.

"obligation

"obligation to be void, or else remain in full

"force."

(Signed)

JOHN CALCRAFT.

Now, my worthy Sir, this tranfaction will, I hope, convince the world, though it may not your partial self, that from the moment you figned this contract, being at the fame time married, and therefore unable to fulfil it, you forfeited all title to the smallest degree of honesty. And I might truly pronounce you to be

Daring in vice, which does to profit tend,

"Falfe to thy God, thy mistress, and thy friend."

You will further please to observe, that the date to this fallacious contract was antecedent to my quarrel with Metham; that fatal paffion, which you availed yourself of, not happening till his birth-day, which was the thirtieth of January, at which time you was honoured with being his humble friend. And even at this time, you intended to plant a dagger in his heart, as you was well convinced you must do, by fupplanting him in my favour. For his fondness for me was well known to be carried to every excefs of extravagance. And even the fault, which was the cause of our feparation, evinced his madness; as no man,

particularly