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daring against the oppressive conduct 
of the mother country—exhorting and 
encouraging the insurgents to persevere 
in their exertions. On the war break¬ 
ing out. he acted with great energy and 
spirit, distinguishing himself by his 
eloquence in popular assemblies, and 
employing his efforts to propagate his 
own principles. To mark his disap¬ 
probation of the cruelties exercised by 
the English, lie imprisoned a Colonel 
Hamilton in a common jail—as an 
event subservient to the purposes of 
the Lex Talioms. 
I should have stated previously that, 
as soon as qualified for that purpose, he 
was sent to William and Mary College, 
where he studied mathematics, under 
Mr. Small, brother of the late Colonel 
S., and Greek under Mr.-. 
On a Scotch Lady of Quality about to 
bathe in the Sea. 
Too lovely Scot, what woud’st thou crave 
From yonder Heaven-directed wave? 
Not health, the Loves and Graces cry, 
Hygeia beams in either eye ; 
Not Beauty, for the rose’s hue, 
1 he rose’s sweetness dwells with you. 
extempore, on seeing the new Bar¬ 
racks at Buckingham House, in 1802, 
with the Ring's Arms above and a 
long chain dangling below , towards 
the head of a Centinel. 
Such are the glories of great George’s 
reisrn, 
Below the bayonet, and above the chain ! 
LETTER of ALDETtMAN EECKFORD, 
to the Son of the kin.g of Corsica. 
Fonthill, July 31,1769. 
Dear Sir,—I am much obliged for 
your letter of the 2Sth, and for the 
good opinion you are pleased to enter¬ 
tain of my public character, far ex¬ 
ceeding my deserts. I do most sin¬ 
cerely regret the unhappy fate of the 
brave Corsicans. I am confident it 
was in the power of our administration 
to have prevented this unjust usurpa¬ 
tion of the French, without running 
the risque of a new war. Our com¬ 
merce in the Mediterranean will suffer 
severely by this most unpolitical con¬ 
duct of our ministers. You knew my 
opinion, and the prognostications I have 
taken the liberty to make public. 
It will always give me pleasure to 
see you in Soho Square, on my return 
to London. I am. Sir, 
Your most obedient, 
obliged humble servant, 
W. Beckford. 
Monthly Mag. No. 360. 
List of the subscriptions for the 
Corsicans, in 1769, received at 
Messrs. Drummonds. 
£ 
s. 
(L 
OfF. L. 
10 
0 
0 
Edward Delaval, esq. 
1 
1 
0 
Mrs. Ben. Matthews 
20 
0 
0 
AH. 
1 
1 
0 
Mr. William Leathly 
10 
10 
0 
Of a little man whose mind is 
bigger than bis purse 
20 
0 
9 
W.J.S. E. 
5 
5 
0 
Viscount Nuneham 
50 
0 
0 
A. R. 
3 
3 
0 
M. R. ... 
3 
3 
0 
W. Craven and Co. 
3 
8 
3 
George Chadj. esq. . 
10 
10 
0 
Corsophilos 
1 
1 
0 
Of a lady a friend to the distress¬ 
ed . . xoo 
0 
0 
L. Y. ... 
0 
10 
6 
James Norman 
50 
0 
3 
Thos. Devenish, for Phil. Bran 
don, esq. 
ha 
50 
0 
0 
A.B 
10 
0 
0 
Miss Fauquier . 
Unknown person 
Rev. Mr. Nevil Maskelyne . 
Lord Beauchamp . . 
M. F. 
Lady Windsor 
Of R. T. 
G. D.B. 
A. B. 
Mrs. Wakeford 
E.T. . 
The mite of an unknown person, 
to purchase a few pounds of 
ammunition . . i 
10 
1 
1 
2 
50 
5 
40 
1 
0 
1 
1 
2 
0 
5 
0 
1 
0 10 
10 10 
2 2 
2 2 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
3 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
Russell’s bill on Brown, perThos. 
Watts, per John Thornhill, 
being a benefit play, given at 
Sunderland 
27 
12 
6 
John Svvaile 
5 
5 
0 
Mr. Bigg 
20 
0 
0 
S. W. 
10 
0 
0 
A lady unknown, a friend to 
li- 
berty 
20 
0 
0 
A person unknown 
10 
10 
0 
D. ... 
5 
5 
0 
A.B. 
5 
5 
0 
£5S0 5 9 
PAUL JONES. 
This brave man was the son of 
Robert Craik, Esq. of Arbiggling, 
county of Dumfries, about sixteen 
miles distant from the town of that 
name. His father died at the advanced 
age of ninety, in 1796 or 7. Paul was 
his son by a female servant, and as he 
did not wish to own him, that task de¬ 
volved on his gardener, Mr. C—, who 
had a place in the excise, and late in 
life came to an estate of about £500 a 
2 T year 
