Letter to a noble lord: or, a faithful representation of the Douglas cause; AND Second letter to a noble Lord, or, The speeches of the Lord Chancellor, and of Lord Mansfield on the Douglas cause

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believed i whereas had they been counterfeits, as
pretended, they would have been apt to upbraid one
another for an aft fo manifeftly tending to involve
them in their fufferings. i
Suppofe, my Lords, that Mignon, the glafs ma-
nufacturer's wife, the pretended mother of Mr. Dou-
glas had depofed the fame things in Lady Jane's
prefence, as fhe has fo long after her death ? From
her evidence, it appears that fhe had never feen Lady
Jane ; by her words, both in private and public, fhe
feems to deferve no manner of credit : the oath oi»
Mr. Murray, a principal witnefs, has deftroyed every
thing fhe has afferted. The fame thing might be
faid of Sanry, the rope-dancer's fpoufe, whofe child's
rupture we were earneftly defired to keep in view, to
prove him to have been the identical Sholto, the
younger of the twins ; and now evidence is offered
that the child Sholto had no rupture, but was a*
found as any within thefe walls. Your Lordfhips
have been told, and I believe with great truth, that a
gentleman, fhocked at the affertion, had wrote to
the Council, that the influence arifing from fo falfe a
fuggeftion might be prevented. I always rejoice to
hear truth, • whitfh is the ornament of criticifm, and
the polifhed gem that decorates a bar.
The fcrminy in France, followed by an action in
Scotland, produced two things never intended by
them; it brought forth a ftriking acknowledgment
of the appellant, by his father Sir John Stewart, as
is manifeft from the bond of provifion, read at your
Lordfhip's bar, (fee p. 48 of the ift letter) Sir John '
openly acknowledged him, before the Court of •
Seflion, in the midft of a crouded multitude, and
D when