A--'s arrival in England. He had been chief agent to Lord A--,
and, as it afterwards appeared, received several payments of a
secret pension which that lord enjoyed, for which he either could
not or would not account. His lordship, therefore, in order to
compel him to it, took out writs against him, and his house was
continually surrounded with catchpoles for the space of two whole
years.
"Mr. M-- believing, from H--'s own account of the matter,
that the poor man was greatly injured, and prosecuted on account
of his attachment to the unhappy young gentleman, did him all the
good offices in his power, and became security for him on several
occasions; nay, such was his opinion of his integrity, that, after
Mr. A-- was cleared of the prosecution carried on against him by
his uncle, his person was entrusted to the care of this hypocrite,
who desired that the young gentleman might lodge at his house for
the convenience of air, M--'s own occasions calling him often into
the country.
"Having thus, by his consummate dissimulation, acquired such a
valuable charge, he wrote a letter to one of Lord A--'s attorneys,
offering to betray Mr.
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