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FROM icf and guarded indications givi-n I 



MSter Cm khen a child of s^vm. .silting <>i tin.- 



oater doorstep and \\ all that took place with 



the wondering eyes of childhood; from h r picture of 

 the mourning mother, and the parcel which she CH 

 containing her son's accoutrements; from 1 



disguised brother stealing past, anI iY..m the 

 ncntion his name, it is plain that 

 William 11* rsrh* 1 was smuggled out of Ha 

 the summer of 1757. What we mi^ht call the con- 



!i in full foro- in twii anl mi; 

 to supply the beat* I < 'uni!- 1 1 .IP! with 



recruits, r.m !! i-.-h 1 was a soldier, and was run 

 til-- colours. He was of a weak I \ 

 constitution, ; 



ships of a soMirr's lif^. So his mother said and, 



perhaps, also thought For three months both 



Hanover and England had been expecting somet 



to happen in the war with France. The Duke of 



Cumberland, of Culloden fame, foun<l it necessary to 



go abroad to " take command of the army of observa- 



But so ill was he likr-1 in Kn^lan<l that though 



hum was beat, none would list" The soldiers 



- command in Hanover, and a motley crew 

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