The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-05 00:00:00

4i ECDGTE.

George 11. on' litsl'eturn 10 L' radon; the bu-
lk ofDeitiugeu, cpuld with difficulty bear the sight
of Lord .Stair. He could not forgive his Lordship's
reproaching him for the danger which threatened the
English'.-army, in ca;.e the Kitig had obstinately-per-
sisted in leaving it in the camp which itfoccupied,
hxte been—cotopletely defeated,
it the Duke De Gratnniont -by. ni;vraAiness -had
not saved it. Lord Stair, as proud as he' w‘as
in war, having soon perceived the and
being little disposed to bear the shame of a formal
,disgrace,-was on the point of retiring to his,estaie
;in Scotland, when he received t-he foltowing letter :
rf MY ORD, •

" Your 61-avery is well known but will you
:have•the coinage to g 9, to-morrow night, to the en-
trance of-Somerset-house, where yoU will meet One
who (it you dare follow him) will conduct you to a
part of tire town not Much frequented, but where
you will 'find one Wha is impatient to see you, and.
to discover secrets -which are of • more impOrtance
than-you imagine, 'and- which cannot be disclosed
a,let/er. •If. you are afraid this should be a plot
on your purse, bring nothin7,valuable about you.
. We may conceive .his Lordship's surprise at the
reaclingof this note.. At first he took' it fora trick
of some secret enemy; or some affair of gallantry;
the heroine of which had . probably her reasOns for
o acting : however, he determined to go. He there-
fore, after providing himself with a sword. and a
brace Of good pistols, went. to Somerset-house, and
found there a man,..who,.without speaking, made
him a sign to follow him': atter walking for about an
hour, they came into a street almost empty, where
the condador knocked at the., door of a small old
house i when it was opened; he said, walk in, my
Lord, and the door was shut upon them.., The intre-
pid Nobli3Oan; holding his sword in one hand, and a
pistol in the oth:tr, wenrup the s'Llirease„ and entered
a room; the tit niture of which seemed ‘ery antient.
‘,‘ COthe in My Lord
,(said a faint voice issuing from
a bed), come in; you have nothing to fear : pray sit
down in the chair near my bed, and we will con-
verse 'together." ' Very well, :said my Lord S. but
make haste and tell me the reason,of this odd, adven-
ture:." Your are hasty, rily Lord, but haVe patience;
lay down your arms.; tatze that seat and come and.
look-at me." His .Lordship, surprised at such au-
thoritative commands, to which he was little accus-

tented, got up, "rook the lamp, went to the bed, and
temained stupified at the sight of an old man, pale
and thin, with a -long white beard, and whose eyes
were instantly fixed upon him. " Lcok at we, my
Lord," s tid he; " I am still aliVe, and I owe to you
the only true pleasure I haVe tasted these many
many years. Age-and misfortunes have they entire-
ly effaced tne marks of one who is dearly related to
you, and who is delighted to find in you features
which' are most dear to him." His Lordship, still
more astonished, • lookyd at the old man, and unable
to account for the differ.ent emotions which agitat-
ed him; spoke not a word; - " Stoop," said the old
main," and you will find under my beda box which
contains papers capable oi'atuply repairing the losses'
whiCh yOur family has suffered by the civil wars"--
lis haviug placed the box on, the bed,
sat down again on the chair." Here, my Loki;,,
said the old man, " here are copies of the Sales •of
three of the principal seats belonging tr., your ances-
tors, which your great-grandratht-r soil, c;r rather
pretended to sell, the trotbes. Here. are
also the leteis of t fie pretended boyers,_ by wine 4
,
you may numediAtlly recover the estates on. your
arrival in Scotland. Precailtion:., have been taken to
prevent dkpiltes." Wl:;2.t was his Lordshi„,'s
as.t.,nishrnent. .A..-hen he saw. three coutracts.of
vSt3:CS, wlikhr he knew forthedi be;onged to his