how many more Watches were to be made before I should receive the other moiety of the reward: it was seven months before I could get them to fix how many, and then they would neither agree to any mode of trial proposed by me, nor propose any themselves till eleven months after that, viz. not till the 11th day of April last, when (an enquiry having been set on foot in the House of Commons) they were pleased to propose, that instead of the length of a West India voyage, which is about six weeks, the Watches should be placed with their very good friend and well-wisher Mr. Maskelyne,
Kendal's) possession, though he is not yet ready to make use of it; there are some parts in the making of which the model can be of little or no use to him; I only desired it for six or eight months, and am confident he can have no occasion for it before that time is expired: however I have offered to have it forthcoming whenever Mr. Kendal declares that he wants it, therefore I apprehend their engagements with Mr. Kendal afford no solid reason for the Commissioners to refuse lending it to me.' Certainly not, and—with the exception of their Manager, whose effrontery was equal to any thing, if they pretended to give grave reasons for a conduct so revolting towards a man of seventy-four, it is difficult to conceive how two Commissioners could look each other in the face, without reddening with shame. In the concatenation of events, yet, they were preparing the way for the final refuge which the Claimant found with his Sovereign, who reprobated in unqualified terms the treatment he had received; as did moreover those eminent statesmen. Sir George Saville and Mr. Burke, which makes it unnecessary the present Writer should apologize for the severity with which he feels constrained to visit the memory of the parties principally concerned in this odious oppression.
