ANTIQUITIES. 
isnow at lord Chesterfield’s house 
in May Fair. An equestrian statue 
of George the first, which stood in 
the park, is now in the centre of 
Leicester Square. The site of Ca- 
nons, with a considerable lot of the 
materials, the park, and demesne 
jands, were purchased by William 
Hallett, esquire, who built the pre- 
Sent villa. His grandson sold it to 
Dennis O’Kelly, esquire, the well 
known possessor of the famous horse 
Eclipse, whose bones lie buried in 
thepark. Canons is now the pro- 
perty of Patrick O’Kelly, nephew of 
Dennis.* 
Curious Letter, wrote by Sir John 
Lesly to Sir Thomas Riddle, of 
Gateshead, during the Siege of 
Newcastle ty the Scots, in the 
Reign of Charles I ; an authentic 
Copy from the original, in the 
Possession of the Riddle family. 
Sir Thamas, 
ETWEEN me and Gad it 
maks my heart bleed bleud to 
see sic wark gae thro sae trim a 
gairden as yours. I ha been twa 
times we my cusin the general, and 
sae sall I sax times mare afore the 
wark gae the gate. But (a) gin 
awe this be dune, sir Thamas, ye 
maun mak the twenty punds thretry, 
and I maun hae the tagg’d tail 
trooper that stans in the staw (6), 
and the wee trim gaeing thing (c) 
that stands in the newk (d) of the 
hawe (ce), chirping and chirming 
atthe newn tide o’ the day, and 
forty bows (f) of bier to saw (g) 
the mons with awe. 
[*121 
And as I ama chevalier of fortin 
and a lim of the house of Rothes, as 
the muckle (2) main kist in Edia- 
burgh auld kirk can weel witness, 
for these aught hundred years and 
mare bygainge, nought shall skaith 
(2) your house within or without, te 
the validome of a twapenny chee- 
kin. hin 
Iam your humble servant, 
Joun Lesstiy. 
Major-general and captain over 
saxscore atid two men, and some 
mare, crowner of Cumberland, 
Northumberland, Marryland and 
Niddisdale, the Merce, Tiviot- 
dale and Fife, baile of Kirkaldie,. 
governor of Burnt Eland and the 
Bass, laird of Libberton Tilly 
and Whooley, siller-tacker of 
Sterling, constable of Leith, and- 
sir John Lessly, knight, to the 
bute (4) of awe that. 
A Declaration of the Right Honour- 
able James Earl of Derby, Lord 
Stanley and Strange, of Knoeking 
and of the Isle of Man, concerning 
his Resolution to keep the Isle of 
Man for his Majesty's Service; 
against wll Force whatsoever. To- 
gether with his Lordship’s Letter in 
Answer to Commissury-General 
Treton. 
LAUSIBLE beginnings are not 
always the forerunners of good 
ends. They may promise fair, but 
itistheend that either crowns all 
undertakings with reputation or 
brands them with shame ; making a 
most exact discovery of the under- 
taker’s intentions, whether good or 
evil, Many honest-meaning men, 
* Dennis O'Kelly, esq. was buried at Whitchurch, in the parish vault, Jan. 7, 
1 
788. 
(a) Before. (b) Stable. (c) A chime clock. (d) Corner. \(¢).Hall. 
ae oe of barley. (g) To strike the bargain, (/) The great chest of records 
im Edinburgh old church. (i) Hurt or damage, () Into the bargain, 
who 
