Having
received from him all the intelligence he could give relating to
his own affair, he laid the case before counsel, and despatched a
person to Ireland, to make further inquiries upon the same subject;
who, in his first arrival in that kingdom, found the claimant's
birth was as publicly known as any circumstance of that kind could
possibly be, at so great a distance of time.
"The usurper and his friends gave all the interruption in their
power to any researches concerning that affair; and had recourse
to every art and expedient that could be invented, to prevent its
being brought to a legal discussion. Privilege, bills in chancery,
orders of court surreptitiously and illegally obtained, and every
other invention was made use of to bar and prevent a fair and
honest trial by a jury. The usurper himself, and his agents, at the
same time that they formed divers conspiracies against his life,
in vain endeavoured to detach Mr. M-- from the orphan's cause, by
innumerable artifices, insinuating, cajoling, and misrepresenting,
with surprising dexterity and perseverance.
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