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which I have been arrelled and confiri. ' au 

 Jecret by the Baron D'Ompteda, in the name of 

 the King, without, however the Baron having 

 fhewn any order for fuch conducft ; that arreft 

 ftill continues, to-morrow it is five weeks fmce 

 it commenced. 



" As a Britifti fubjed. Sir, permit me to re- 

 quefl: that you will be pleafed to fay, whether 

 the Britifh Government has any demands on 

 my perfon? And whether the Baron D'Ompteda 

 has been charged to arreft me in the name of his 

 Majefty ? And if fuch an order has been given, 

 at what time it was forwarded to the Baron ? 

 This is a juflice which a Britilli Minider will 

 not deny, and which will enable me to expofe 

 and pimifh a man, who I am convinced fearches 

 my deftrud:ion, in hopes by that means to re- 

 move a barrier, which lays between him and 

 the poffeflion of a woman, by whofe charms he 

 is captivated. 



" The unrelenting fury with which he perfe- 

 cutes me, and the ad of oppreflion with which he 

 difgraces himfelf,and the diplomatique body, by 

 committing, prove that he is aduated by fomc 

 motive which touches him nearly, and tha;t mo- 

 tive muft be what 1 fufpedt. 



" You well know. Sir, that in fpiteofthedif- 

 advantages which I labour under, no man has 

 been more indefatigable than I have been to re- 

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