CHAPTER XI.

(1748 to 1750.)

Depreciation of the Stuarts――The Government and the Jacobites―― Enlargement of Prisoners――In the Park and on the Mall――The Statue in Leicester Square――An Eccentric Jacobite――Gloomy Reports――The Haymarket Theatre――Treasonable Pamphlets―― Murray and Lord Traquair――Political Meeting――Dr. King’s Oration――The Earl of Bath――The Laureate’s Ode――The Jacobite Muse――Prisons and Prisoners――‘Defender of the Faith’――News for London 256