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ddn m o ^ even whett all human means failed me . i first came to L « mdon upon hearing that my Jbord Was committed to the Tower . 1 was at the sanse time informed , that he expressed the greatest airxifcty to see me j having , as he afterwards told me , nothing to console him till 1 arrived . I rode to Newcastl e * and
thence teofc the stage to York . When I arrived there * the snow was- so deep that the stage could not set out for I *© T * don . The season was so severe , aa * i the roads so extremely bad , that the post itself was stopt . However , I took horses arid rodg to London
through the sn © w , which was generally above the horses' girths , and arived safe and sound without any accident . Or * my arrival I went immediately to make what interest I could anroiig those who were iu place . None gav ^ e me any hope ** , but they
all to the contrary assured me * that though some of ttie prisoners were to be pardoned , yfct my Lord would certainly not b 4 of the number . When 1 inquired into the reason of this distinction ? I could obtains no other answer * than t&at tfoey would aot flatter
mfc . But I sooA perceived the reason * , which they declined alleging tome ; a ftotaan Catholic , upon the tenders of Scotland , who had a very considerable party , a man whose ftttniUf ha » alwayw signalized itself by ite loyalty to the Toyal house of Stuart , of
and who was the only support the Cattialicft against the inveteracy of the Whigs , who were vcfry numerous in that paW of $ cotfauket , would become an agreeable sacrifice to the opposite party . They still retained a lively remembrance of his grandfatket , who dgfaffdeA hit ) own castle to the last
toxteettitey , and * urreride * etf ft only by the exprtfst * command of his toyal fifflfttei * . Hfow > , having his grandson in th « ir power , thdy were determined mat to let h * m -escape out of their
hands . \ Jrpom tbte I forrited the fetoloticm to rofeef&pt hits tsacaf *^ but opfenexft my rtrteatioti ta ttowe but my dear Evw » . In ordc * to < N * neert measures , Imtrcfog ly ttoltoitfed t » be perturttwd to see toy Lttfrd , whwh they rt ^ wed , unless 1 would * < tbra ** it to i # ftMiiti confined with
hit * in the TdWer-j this 1 would not submit to , and ail ^^ d for exmme tlm ter IW * wwld n ^ t p&mit me
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to unrdetgo the confinement j the real reason of my refusal was , not to put it © ut of my power to accomplish n * y design . However , by bribing the guards , I often contrived to s ^ e my L « ord , till the day on which the prisoners were condemned ; after that we were allowed , for the last week , to see and take otir leave of them .
By the help of Evans , I had prepared every thing necessary to disguise my . Lord , but had the utmost difficulty to prevail upon him to make use of them ^ however I at last succeeded , by the help of Almighty God *
On February 22 d , which fell on a Thursday , our general petition was to be presented to the House of Lords , the purport of which was to entreat the lords to interfere with his Majesty to pardon the prisoners . We were *
however , disappointed thfc day before the petition was to be presented , for the Duke of St . Albans , who had promised toy Lady Derwentwater to present it , when it cattie to the point foiled in his word . However , as she
was the only English Countess con * cerwed , it was incumbent o * i her to have it presented . W « had bat one day left before the execution * a # d the Duke still pivimised to present thre
petition , but for fear he should foil * I engaged the I > uke of Moritrose , to secure its being done by the one or the otftier . I then went , in company with twost of the ladies of quality who were -in to * v » , to solicit the interest
of the Lords as they we * e going to the House . Tlfey aftfbehaved to mfe with great civility , bat particularly Lxwrd Petnbrelra , who , though he desired me not to speak to } iim , yet he pronwaed to employ his Merest in my favour , and fee honoufafoly kept his
1 * wd * for he spoke In the House v > ery tftrorigly in our behatf . The subject df the debate was , whether the King bad power to pfefrdoft £ hose who had been condemned toy ftariia * ncnt , atid it * v « s Chiefly owing to Lord Pembroke ' s spe&oti that it passed in the dffirtmrlrift * fiov ^ &ver . one wf the
L < ords « tx > od Uf > a ^ vd said , that the HocMe -would ottly interfere for those of the prfeon «* s who © hould prove tkmnselv& » Worthy Af their intercee-^ ion , but not fbr nil iiidiiferiuriaately ; this ^ a fvo qufte bkifeted all my hopes , for I warn assured that it aimed at the exclusion of those who 3 h © uM-refti « e to
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LoA p Jfitfednhfs Relation o / Lerd Nkhsdale ' s Esvape * 461
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1817, page 461, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2467/page/13/
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