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present the chief of that family, and, 
as I before observed, profess the same 
religion that they did; but I am not 
for persecution. Men of both religions 
have of late got a more liberal way of 
thinking; toleration has diffused it¬ 
self over the world, and shewed men 
the folly of falling out about religion, 
and that it is not any particular mode 
of worship that will open the road to 
heaven. What became of your lord- 
ship that you did not share or partake 
of that blessing ? Did you envelope 
yourself in so great a degree of enthu¬ 
siasm as to prevent its approaching you ? 
In former times, no wars, no disaffec¬ 
tion to government, in short, no plot, 
though ever so wicked, but had as its 
covering religion: the interest of the 
established church, has been, and you 
intend shall again be, your foundation 
for tumults, riots, murders, conflagra¬ 
tions, &c. &c., similar to those in 1780: 
take care, my lord : hearken to my ad¬ 
vice; desist from your present conduct; 
let every man go to heaven his own 
way. His majesty has not more loyal 
or better subjects in his dominions 
than the catholics; they have commit¬ 
ted no outrage, they have not disturbed 
the public peace, nor attempted to dis¬ 
tress the government of this country 
when at war with many great powers. 
Forget that odious word papist, which 
you so frequently make use of when 
speaking of the Roman catholics ; but 
should it endeavour to force up, take 
a glass of warm water to wash it down 
again. I had the honour of being a cap¬ 
tain in a Scotch regiment in the French 
service, in 1758. In it were men of dif¬ 
ferent religions, yet we lived like 
friends and brothers, not suffering the 
difference of religion to create feuds or 
dissensions among us. Lord Lewis 
Drummond commanded it. It would 
have been fortunate for you had your 
lordship passed a few years in it, as it 
might have given you a more liberal 
wayot thinking, and saved you avast 
deal of trouble: it is not too late to 
mend, and when your lordship pleases 
to call on me, I will be happy to enlarge 
on the subject with you, and if you are 
not predetermined, I may be able to 
convince you that you are wrong. 
P. S. I should be glad to know who this 
officer of the Irish brigade is, whose name 
you so pompously set forth in your letter 
to Mr. Pitt. If he has quitted that brave 
corps with the approbation of his comman¬ 
ders, and with the character of a man of 
honour, and is so in reality ? I am sure you 
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can have no influence over him to makehim 
join in your present schemes. I must also 
remark, that when speaking of the empe¬ 
ror, you should observe that respect due to 
so great a public, and so illustrious a pri¬ 
vate, character. 
LORD HOWE. 
When the late Lord Howe was a cap¬ 
tain, a lieutenant, not remarkable for 
courage or presence of mind in dangers 
(common fame had brought some im¬ 
putation on his character) ran to the 
great cabin, and informed his comman¬ 
der that the ship was on fire near the 
gun-room. Soon after this, he returned, 
exclaiming, 44 You need not he afraid, 
as the fire is extinguished.” 44 Afraid!” 
replied Capt. H. a little nettled: 44 How 
does a man feel , sir, when he is afraid ? 
I need not ask how he looks." 
MR. TOOKE, SIR FRANCIS BURDETT, 
AND LORD CAMELFORD. 
It was by means of Sir F. that Mr. 
H. Tooke was returned: he introduced 
Lord Camelford to him; but Mr. H. 
Tooke was cautious of embarking with 
him on account of his character, as he 
was afraid that he would be his friend 
one week, and quarrel with him the 
next. To prove him, he sat in his 
company during two days, and in the 
course of that period saw the noble lord 
both drunk and sober. He was good- 
natured at both times—and when in 
liquor particularly so. Mr. T. intro¬ 
duced him to Lord Thurlow, Lord and 
Lady Oxford, &c., but he did not ap¬ 
pear particularly fond of this company, 
and sat still without saying or doing 
any thing. Mr. T. recorded one noble 
instance of his generosity: he said that 
on hearing that a young man, a watch 
chaser, had been imprisoned several 
years, on a vague suspicion, during the 
suspension of the habeas corpus act, he 
sent for him and became security to 
the amount of £500, with a view of 
replacing him in his business, which 
was thus happily effected. Mr. T. ad¬ 
ded, that he was never quarrelsome, 
except when he imagined his honour 
called in question, or that there was a 
settled design to insult him 
The author of the 44 Winged Words,” 
having at length consented to be re¬ 
turned for Old Sarum, the noble lord 
begged he would go down and shew 
himself to the electors ; but he replied, 
44 that he would sooner be without a 
seat.” On this he was returned with¬ 
out any difficulty, and the noble lord 
taking him in his carriage to the Petty 
Bag Office, Chancery-lane, presented 
him 
