w my Lord Bute was admitted into the cabinet, Sampson
vowed and declared that his lordship--a great lover of the drama, who
had been to see Carpezan, who had admired it, and who would act the part
of the king very finely in it--he vowed, by George! that my lord must
give me a place worthy of my birth and merits. He insisted upon it that
I should attend his lordship's levee. I wouldn't? The Esmonds were all
as proud as Lucifer; and, to be sure, my birth was as good as that of
any man in Europe. Demmy! Where was my lord himself when the Esmonds
were lords of great counties, warriors, and Crusaders? Where were they?
Beggarly Scotchmen, without a rag to their backs--by George! tearing
raw fish in their islands. But now the times were changed. The Scotchmen
were in luck. Mum's the word! "I don't envy him," says Sampson, "but he
shall provide for you and my dearest, noblest, heroic captain! He SHALL,
by George!" would my worthy parson roar out. And when, in the month
after his accession, his Majesty ordered the play of Richard III. at
Drury Lane, my chaplain cursed, vowed, swore, but he would have him to
Covent Garden to see Carpezan too. And now, one morning, he bursts into
my apartment, where I happened to lie rather late, waving the newspaper
in his hand, and singing "Huzza!" with all his might.

"What is it, Sampson?" says I. "Has my brother got his promotion?"

"No, in truth: but some one else has. Huzzay! huzzay! His Majesty
has appointed Major-General Martin Lambert to be Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Jamaica."

I started up. Here was news, indeed! Mr. Lambert would go to his
government: and who would go with him? I had been supping with some
genteel young fellows at the Cocoa-Tree. The rascal Gumbo had a note for
me from my dear mistress on the night previous, conveying the same news
to me, and had delayed to deliver it. Theo begged me to see her at the
old place at midday the next day without fail. [In the Warrington
MS. there is not a word to say what the "old place" was. Perhaps some
obliging reader of Notes and Queries will be able to inform me, and who
Mrs. Goodison was.-ED.]

There was no little trepidation in our little council when we reached
our place of meeting. Papa had announced his acceptance of the
appointment, and his speedy departure. He would have a frigate given
him, and take his family with him. Merciful powers! and were we to be
parted? My Theo's old deathly paleness returned