The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-02-17

V1eWeQ SOuS OF Inc m0nuuSutSy WOAsA.f
to the choir, and the other, turning back,
advanced towards the Duke, who, accost-
ing him, asked If he had anything to say
to him, or any commands for him. :,
The stranger replied as before, NO
my lord, have not" :, -, 49,.
"SureJy you have" said the Duke as
but the man persisted in his denial. Fnen
the Duke leaving him, took several turns
in the aisle, while the stranger walked on
the other side. But nothing further pass
ed between them, and although the
Dnke had provided several persons in dis
onise to apprehend the delinquent, he
forbore giving the signal, that ne m'gn'
run no risk of ipjuring an Innocent per-
Not long, after this second meeting the
Duke received third letter, to the fol
lowing effect: azsi:.as t%g.. 2ITI
"My Lord am fully convinced that
YOU had companion on Sunday; I inter.
pret it as owing to the weakness OF hu-
man nature, but such proceedings Is fa1
from being ingenious, and may produce
bad effects, whilst it is impossible to an
swer the end proposed. You will see me
again soon, as it were by accident, and
may easily find where go to; In conse,
quence of which, by being sent to, l snail
wait on your Grace, but expect 10 De
quite alone, and to converse in whispers;
YOU will likewise give your, honor, upon
meeting, that no part of the conversation
shall ztranspire. These and the former
terms complied with ensure your safety;
nv revenge, in case of non compliance lor
any scheme to expose me-, will be slower
but not the less sure, and strong suspicion
the utmost that can possibly ensure upon
it. while the chances would be ten-told
against you. You win possibly be in
doubt after the meeting, but it is quite
necessary the outside should be mask to
the in. The family of the Bloods is not
extinct, though they are not In my
scheme. = 49, r.-. 5rz r.
The expression, " You will see me again
soon, as it were by accident" plainly
pointed at the person to whom the Duke
had spoken in the Park and in the Abbey;
nevertheless, the Duke did not see him
again, nor did he hear anything further OF
the affair for two months, at the .expira-
ton of which the post brought him the
following letter: .'.' ..-..rs5,. ri
"May it please your Grace, have rea-
son to believe that the son Of one Barnard !,
a surveyor in Abingdon Building, West
minister, is acquainted with some secrets
that nearly concern your salty his father
is now out of town, which will give an op-
portunity of questioning him more prl-
vately. It would be useless to your
Grace, as we'll as. dangerous to me, to ap-
pear more publicly in this affair.
"Your sincere friend, ANONYMOUS.
"He frequently goes to Storey's Gate
Coffee-house." .,.-.. '-"- -'l ~
In about a week after this intimation
was received, the Duke sent a person to
that coffee-house," as taverns were then
called-a house of entertainment which
still exists near the southeast entrance to
St. James Park. The Dukes messenger
was instructed to ask for Mr.. Barnard, and
tell him that his master would be glad to
speak to him. The message was delivered,
and Barnard declared he would wait on
his Grace "next Tuesday, at half-past ten
in the morning. Barnard was punctnal
to his appointment, and no sooner appear
ed then the Duke recognized him as the
person to whom he had spoken in the
Park and in the Abbey. Having conduct
ed him into an apartment, and shut the
door, he asked, as before, if he had any
thing to communicate, and was answered
again in the negative. Then the Duke re-
peated every circumstance Of this strange
transaction, to which Barnard listened
with attention and surprise, yet without
exhibiting any marks of conscious guilt or
confusion. The Duke, observing that it
was matter of establishment to see letters
Of such kind written with the correct
ness of scholar, the other replied that
man might be very poor and very learned
at the same time. The Duke having
made his visitor acquainted with the par
ticulars, told him that if he was innocent
he ought to. use his endeavors to detect
the writer Of the letters, especially of the
last, in which he was expressly named
To this admonition he returned no other
answer than smile, and then withdrew
Barnard was afterwards taken into Gus
tody, and tried at the Old Bailey, for send
ing threatening letter, contrary to the
statute but no evidence could be found to
prove the letters were of his writing, moi
did any presumption appear against him
except his being in Hyde Park and the
Westminster Abbey at the time and place
appointed in the two first letters. On the
other hand, Barnard proved that on the
Sunday when he saw the Duke IN Hyde
Park he was on his way to Kensington on
particular business, by his fathers order
signifed to him that very morning that
he accordingly went thither, and dined
with his uncle, in company with several
other persons, to whom he related, as 8
singular circumstance, what had passed be.
tween the Duke of Marlborough and him
in the Park; that his being afterwards
in Westminster Abbey was the effect Of
mere accident; that Mr.. James Green.
wood, his kinsman, who had slept the pre-
ceding night at his fathers house, had de.
sired him to dress himself that they might
walk together in the Park, and he did not
comply with this request till after much
solicitation that he proposed to enter the
Park without passing through the Abbey
but was prevailed on by Mr.. Greenwood,
who expressed desire to see the newly
erected monument to General Harsrave
that as he had formerly communicated &c
his friend the strange circumstance oi
the Dukes speaking to him in Hyde
Park, Mr.. Greenwood, no sooner saw
that nobleman in the Abbey than he
gave notice to Barnard, who was very
short-sighted, and that from his pass
ing them several times concluded he
wanted to speak with Mr.. Barnard alone,
he Quilted him, and retired into the choir,
that they might commune together with
out interruption. 1t likewise appeared
from undoubted evidence that Barnard had
often mentioned openly to his friends and
acquaintance the strange circumstance
of what passed between him and the Duke