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Sincerely con

terrific mystery of a headless ghoft.
vinced of the truth of this obfervation,
I am, Sir, with tenebrious respect,

AN ADMIRER OF KING JAMES I.

MORE OF THE ST. JAMES'S PARK GHOST, WITHOUT A HEAD!

SIR,

[From the fame.]

ALL your readers must have been completely fatif fied with the explanation you have given of the apparition without a head, seen near the Treafury Gate in St. James's Park.

The poor foldier, whofe artlefs narrative you lately published, has indeed not fcrupled to name the perfon who thus appeared to him: he ftates, however, one difficulty on the fubject; but it is fuch as may very eafily be folved by those who are more converfant in the affairs of the world than this honeft man feems to be. He asks, in the fimplicity of his heart, how Mr. Ad-n fhould be feen without his head? Thofe who know any thing of that great man will be much more difpofed to afk, How fhould he poffibly be seen

with a head?

It is true, that he once had fomething between his fhoulders, on which was hung a full-bottomed wig, of the largest fize: but, alas! Sir, a wooden wigblock is not a head; and if it had been one, both wig and wig-block have long fince difappeared.

There is therefore every reason to conclude, that this diftinguished perfonage never had a head; for if he ever had poffeffed one, how could he have loft it? Some of his friends, aware of this difficulty, pretend to affign this cafualty to natural caufes. Some impute it to the malice of a Scotch conjuror, who fore

told

told by fecond fight that Mr. An would lofe hist head, if he wore his Cape fo loofe: others go the length of afferting, that men of his description always do lofe their heads in high and flippery places. But all these are mere pretences; the truth is, and I fpeak from my own knowledge, as a friend and relation of the family, this truly conftitutional Minifter never had a head! But, Sir, I can pofitively affure you, that he carries on all his bufinefs quite as well without a head, as he ever could have done with one; and I hope, that by this time his friends have fucceeded in their daily endeavours to perfuade the public, that, in the fituation which he now fills, it is quite immaterial to the country whether he has a head or not! I am, Sir, yours,

SIMPKIN BLUNDERHEAD.

SURPRISE OF THE IRISH GOVERNMENT THE 23D OF JULY. [From the fame.]

ON

As much doubt and debate has arifen on this interesting fubject, we are happy that we can lay before the public the following important document, which, as coming from one of the principal perfonages concerned, will doubtless put the uncertainty on the subject at reft for ever.

A MONSIEUR MONSIEUR L'EDITEUR OF DE ORACLE.

J'A

Du Chateau de Dublin,
Dec. 31, 1803.

SAIR, 'AI l'honneur to be firft cook to fon Excellence le Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and to be ver much in de confidence of fon Premier Excellence Monfieur le Secretaire Marfden. Being von therefore of de principaux officiers in de Chateau of Dublin, I do tink myself called upon to take under my protection de conduct of mon Gouvernement in de matiere of de littel

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littel affaire of the 23d of July paft, the ouich it has been very much traduced in vat you call your Parliament in England. Vat you fay, Sair? dat fon Premier Excellence Monfieur Marfden, et fon autre Excellence my Lor Hardwicke, vere furprife on the 23d of July paft? Sair, dey vere not furprife at all! dey knew vat it was dat vas coming, and dey took all precaution poffible. Son Excellence mi Lor, he vas go to de Parc dat he might obferve, a fon aife, de rebellion in Dublin; et fon Premier Excellence Monfieus Marsden, he vas call de tres Reverend Docteur, l'Abbe de Killaloo, and dey fhut demfelves up in de Chateau, dat de rebellion he might begin, and mi Lor he might fee it from de Parc. Littel time before, a powder mill he blew up in de fite of Dublin. I remember vell mon ami, Monfieur Marfden, he vas fay to me, "Ah ça, mon cher Louis, dere is all de rebels, his powder it blow up, he can no furprife us now." Vere was de utilite of making grand preparation, ven all de preparations of de rebels he vas blow up? Dere vas de depot of pikes that vas found dans la rue de Thomas Street. On dit, dat fon Excellence Monfieur Marfden he did not know of dat depot, I fay he did, and dat he vas tell me of it; but vat he do vid all defe pikes? dey did remain quiet till de armee he did take dem, and vat vould you ave more? Votre Monfieur Charle Fox, he talk much in vat you call votre Parliament, about de council held at de Chateau of Dublin at three o'clock of de 23d of July. Vat he know about it? he vas not dere. I vas. Dere vas all de principaux officiers of de Gouvernement-dere vas myself, dere vas fon Premier Excellence Monfieur Marfden, fon autre Excellence mi Lor Lieutenant, and mon General Fox. Monfieur Marfden, he vas tell mi Lor dat he knew de rebellion it vas tout pres, but that it would not be comme il faut to alarm any body; and mi Lor, he fay be vas just hear from his

friend,

friend, Monfieur Le Docteur A'Dindon in England, dat all Ireland it vas quiet, and dere vas no rebellion; it would not be poli, derefore, to contradict Monfieur A'Dindon, derefore he did defire dat mon General Fox he vould alarm no body at all; a caufe qui dat very like de rebellion he vould not break out, and den Monfieur A'Dindon he vould be in the right. Den mon General he vent avay, and Monfieur Marsden and mi Lor dey did alarm nobody but demfelves. Sair, dere vas much talk in your Parliament about mi Lors diné that day. I vill tell you all about it. Mi Lor he vas write to me from de Parc, in de morning, to drefs de diné for him at de Chateau, and I vas afk mon ami Monfieur Marfden's orders vat I fhould do? who faid, dat if mi Lor he vas dine at de Chateau, it vould alarm all Ireland, and derefore he should not dine dere. When de confeil he vas over, mi Lor he afked of me for his diné: I faid it vas tout pres, but dat if he vas dine at de Chateau, and did not put it into the newspapers, it vould very much furprise all Ireland, as I vas alvays put into de newspapers venever mi Lor he dine at de Chateau, as he ordered me to do; fo I fent de diné under an efcort of fargeant and douze dragoons to de Parc, and mi Lor he follow his diné vid douze dragoons more. Monfieur Marsden, Monfieur l'Abbe de Killaloo, and myfelf, ve did eat ver good diné, vich surprised nobody at all, and foon after de rebellion he began, juft as Monfieur Marsden he faid, vich fhews he vas not furprife. De next morning I vas go vid fome mutton broth to Monfieur Marfden and Monfieur l'Abbe, who had been ver fick in de belly de whole night, and Monfieur Marfden he vas fay to me, "Dere is de rebellion, mon ami Louis, vich has made un tapage de diable; mi Lor, he must have fine view of it from de Parc." I faid, "Yes." Den he faid, "I and my friend l'Abbe have been ver fick in de belly all night; but I am not at all frightened,

frightened, for I am never fick in de belly ven I am frightened." Sair, all dis prove dat Monfieur Marfden he vas not furprife at all. Now, Sair, I faw ver foon after, de proceffion of fon Excellence mi Lor Lieutenant and mi Ladi Lieutenant, and de young Lor Lieutenants, and de young Ladi Lieutenants, and de aides-du-camp, and de ladi's maid, and mi Lor's valet, and de houfemaid, and de fcullery-maids, and de laundry-maids, and de nursery-maids, and de footboy, and de groomboy, into de cité de Dublin; and I do affure you, Sair, I vas never fee finer fight fince I vas alive. I vas marmiton, Sair, to de great Frederique Roi de Pruffe; but I never did fee any ting dat had fo much de air of de triomphe as de march of mi Lor, mi Ladi, and de maids.-Dere was mi Lor, mi Ladi, de young Lor Lieutenants, and de young Ladi Lieutenants, in von carroffe; dere vas mi Ladi Margaret and mi Ladi Anne, le tres reverend Docteur l'Abbe de Killaloo, et le Sieur Rofborough, in anoder carroffe; and dere vas de aides-du-camp, two aumoniers, and two maids, in a turd carroffe; and dere vas le Chevalier Littlehales and de nurfery-maids in de laft carroffe; and dere vas de troupes a cheval and de troupes a pied and de cannoniers, vid trompets founding and drums battant: and mi Lor he look as bold as a lion, and de maids dey vere not frightened, only de aides-du-camp dey vere fick in de carroffe, and de aumoniers dey look ver pale; but ven his Excellency mi Lor he vas get out of de carroffe he vas fend for me and fon premier Excellence Monfieur Marsden, and vas fay to him-" If you have bad a rebellion, parblieu, I expected it; I am not furprise; Louis, give me fome mutton broth !"-Now, Sair, all dis proves beyond all doubt, dat de Gouvernement it vas not furprife at all; but dat de real raifon for not taking more precaution vas for fear of fhewing de people dat Monfieur le Docteur A'Dindon he told

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