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iny unprofitable efforts to obtain a “ To.the Right Honourable 
just and equitable indemnitication Lord North, &c. &¢y &e. 
for my expences according to agree- ‘¢ The humble Memorial of 
ment. The evidences indeed are Richard Cumberland, ; 
in my hands, and the production.of “© Sheweth, 
‘them would be highly discreditable ~“ That your memorialist in 
to the memory of some, who are now April 1780 received his majesty’s 
nOmore; but redress is out of my most secret and confidential orders 
reach ; the time for that is long and uttractions to set out for the 
since gone by, aud has carried me cots «Spain in company with the 
onso far towards the hour, which AbBé Hussey, one of his catholic 
must extinguish all human feclings, majesty’ s chaplains, for the purpose 
that there can be little left forme Of negociating aseparate peace wh 
to do but to employ the remaining that court. 
pages of this history in the best *¢ That to render the object of 
manner I can devise, consistently this commission more secret, your 
with strict veracity, for the satisfac- memorialist was directed ‘to take 
tion of those,who may condescend to his family with him to Lisbon, under 
peruse them, and to whom I should. the pretence of recovering the health 
be above measure sorry to appear ‘of one of his daughters, which he 
fin the character of a quernlous, dis- accordingly did, and having sent 
} contented and resentful old man; [ the Abbe Hussey before him to 
rather hope that when I shall have the court of Spain, agreeably to the 
Jaid before them a detail of literary king’s instructions, your memo. 
labours, such as few have executed rialist. and his family soon after re. 
within a period of the like extent, paired to Aranjuez, where his catho- 
they will credit me for my industry lic majesty then kept his court. 
at least and allow me to possess. ** That your memorialist upon 
Some claim upon the favour of pos- setting out on this important under- 
terity as aman, whoin honest pride taking received by the hands o 
of conscience has not let his spirit John Robinson esq. one of the se- 
sink under oppression or neglect, cretaries of the treasury, the sum 
nor suffered his good will to man- of one thousand pounds on account, 
kind, or his zea! for his country’s with directions how he should draw, 
Service and the honour of his God, through the channel of Portugal, 
to experience intermission or abate. upon his banker in England for 
ment, nor made old age a plea for such further sums as might be ne. 
Tene, or an apology for ill cessary, (particularly for a large 
humour. discretionary sum to be employed, 
&s Nevertheless as [ have charged as oceasiou might require, in secret 
my employers with a direct breach services) and your memorialist wag . 
of faith, it seems necessary formy directed to accompany his drafts by 
more perfect vindication, to support a separate letter to Mr. secretary 
that charge by an official document, Robinson, advising him what sum 
and this consideration will I trust or sqms he had given order for, that 
be sufficient apology forinserting the the same might be replaced to your 
following statement of my claim— memorialist’s eredit with the~bank 
Vor, XLVILI. aA of 
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