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T IS the right of the unfurt.mate to co'.nnbin, anri of the injnrct? to fcek redrefs; being unforlunate luthciently apologises for the addrcis, and hcino- injurcdjuftifies the appeal, Jf juvenile diihpation is a fufirit-nt condem"^ nation, I iubrr.it to a treatment due to criminality: hut vvhilit f can lay my hand upon my bofom, and with ihc firm confidence of conicioiis truth pfTert that I have never adid unbecoming the honor of a man. or the ch^iader of an officer ; though dellitute of a friend, and the butt of cahj-nny, iirtn m th2iuT.iranceofrnyovvnreftii'.ile, ali I afk-all I require, is an opett declaration from mine enenjies of wherein I have ofi-eridcd. In vain have I reprelentcd the real lituation of my affairs to individuals ; they hove heard trie it is true ; but from their condud towards me, the credit of niv Complaints, the belief of my injuries reftcd but on my afieverations ; and w]vl{\. ponver on the one hand, and a combination on the other, fecrctly dif- fufed the poifon of malice and calumny, all my efforts have proved incf- fedual. Determined to perfift in the afiertion of havinp- been unjujjh ufed, becaufc this afTcrtion is the truth, I (hall primarily ft.ue the unfortu- nate circumflances which firll gave rile to a cruel and illiberal perfecutio^i , and afterwards demand of thole who are my acculers, if I have extenuated or diminidied ought in the detail of my condua. Though thcfe may af- fea contempt by filencc,it will be the contemning of truth, and I trult jvill vindicate my honor, and clear my charaftcr from every unjuftalpcrfion. There is a fecret fliamey the conftant attendant on guilt, to which I am a ftranger ; for was I not, I Ihould avoid a boldnefs of expieffion my wrcnj^s teach me as the language luited to the complaints of i):jured honor. \Vas1t an individual who injured me, the redrefs would then remain st my own difpofal ; but it is the w^/y, influenced by whom I know not, a-ul for what I know not, except that which to the woi'ld I can juilify, and beiofr iull. li- able, it cannot be incorreft. *^ In the month of Auguft 1795, ^ q'l'tted England with my wife, hnvin'r at tha^ period incurred the difpleaiurc of my friends thrcu5h'atl)oiu.htlel^ extravagance, the efiefts of diflipation, prior to mv mnrriaj.»e. On our whv to Halifax, we unfortunately were captured by a" French iquadrc-n, curb- ing on the banks of Newfoundlaml, Being detained ; r'.forers fix we i^v we were liberated on our arrival at New Vork. We lolVall cur bag?;;^?' and the expences incurred at Nc.v York obliged sne to draw ?t t\^o d-^b- Tcnt times on the Agents, McfiVs Cox and Greenwood. Thele BiU? v rrff A inuofl'c* ir.'il 1: W' ( 2 ) rndnrfcd by Major (new Lieut. Colonel) Hodgfcn. I was ever accaftcmccl td' draw cm tne Agent., and adviling my iViothtr of ic, (he had hitherto taken xip .ny h,!,s ; l therefore .s ufual, confidently drew ou them, and more fc- curely, as I dcu )icd ,,ut, bu: that my Mot!,er, in confideration of the lofFes ulbm.-d, jr.d the c::pcn.es incurred by our capture, would not hcfuatc 1,27. ^iontre.l) l.e.rg ,n want o[ n.oney. I applied to the merchants for c.fii on a l.ill, bi)t tnetr requiring an cndorfcmcr.t, and beinq an entire Itranecr. I mcnttoned this (.rcumlLuice to Liet.tcnant Broke (v^'hom I had two years pnor 10 ilu. per.od, been acq^.inled vvuh in England) he offered me his endorflment ; 1 drew., Bill- f.r one Hundred Poundi on Melfrs Cox and Greenwood m favor of iMcb. C.C. Hall and Co. Mr. Brooke p.t his n.me to i, aiw I received the money. Two or three months after this tr.nfadlion, Coicnel ..oag.on lent mc a mcila-e, requciling to (peak a few woids wuh inc. On my waum ' on h,m. h. informed mc. he had received a Ictuor f om Mehrs Cox and Greenwood, wherein they mentioned that o,.e of il,* iJ.lls I drew a New York, having been noted, they had paid it, in confc! juonceof h,s name being on the hack of the Bill, and that the other proba- biy would ihare the n^mr fate. This rather furprifcd me. but flatl.rina ,ny. lelf u was occahoned by accident, and that my Mother would nay The l- mount; la whica 1 was confirmed from the filence of the Agents for two or three fuceeedmg months, vyhen I was roufed from my fecarhy by the return o the Bill endored by Lieutenant Brooke, and given to MertVs C. c" >Ldlp.ndCo. bhockcd at this uncxpeded ftrohe, having received Ictteis rom my IVIuther ,n anlwer to thofe I wrote, entreating her to take up my I.ills; which letters were written in her ufual affedtioniUc ftyie without noticing money matters, from whence I concluded all was ri^ht. The morn- ing tht. ut^pleal.nt ...tclligence arrived, I was on guard, and did not hefuate w.KU mealures were to be taken, but clearly comprehended my Mother's relo anon not to pay my Bills. Tor the purpofe of tianquilihng Lilt e! Tiant Brccke s mtnd, alar.ned by thefc accidents, 1 5>ave my rdigmtioa 3.to the hands of CulonelHodgfon, determining to go home," d SSc cconc.le ,ny fnends, and perluade then, to "enable my acquittincMhefe iums Without the lofs of my Commiffion ; but in cafe their veln.tment r n! cered entreaty intl eftual, to immediately fell cut. With this intent I en- gr ged a pafla.e in the Fame, and as there were feveral little debt. I h-d con- tracted itj tow^n, I requeued Lieutenant Brooke as a fiiend, to endovfc me another hti for the purport of fettling my accounts with the tradefmen. Th.s rcqueft I m.de, confident on n.y amval in L( ndon, to have prevent- cd all the la confcquences refulting from a non payment. But fortune was caei-mined to perUcute me ; the very Saturday piecediny ihe week we wn-e to t.ii brought Che Lnglifl. Mail with another Bill of mine under piuul This Dili Meflrs M'Nidcr and Mttchcil h.d in their hards. In va.n did I endeavour to compromife mat. fs with thcfc merchants -In v.in did Mr. Orbcr. a p:jrtncrcf McJlVs. C. C. Hall and Co exert himielf in ly btaaif, enucavouripg toferfuudc them to uke hia Itcurity for haif of ik«. ullcnicd ta' •rto taken i more Cc- Fthe \oifes fitatc \)ty- mc Hay in ciifli on a ranger, I two years d me his i Coj: and : his nfiine toids vviih d a Ict'.tcr 3iie of the in ccric- -er proba- "ring iny- pay I lie a- for I wo or the return firs C. C. 'cd letters kc up my e without I liemcrn- 3t heritate Mothtr's g Licute- cngnniion ifpofliblc ting ihefe nient ren- itcr.t I en- E h;^d con- dcifc me ■adeimcn. : jirevent- rtunc was week we ie under rds. In -In Vrtin, itTjfelf in Jr haif of f 3 ) tthc amount, and trufl to my honor for the other h?.]f. They pcr'Mhi.] ia their demands of tlie whole, either in a Bill eodoried at tlieir ;ilcilure, or my paying them the money immediately; all the favor I could (.buiin, wng their accepting the joint fcciinty of Mr/oibcr and Lieutenant l'.u)ol:r, iLit 1 (hould not quit the Province before they wtie faiisn d, [V.'y b:i! Co;c and Greenwood, forcibly repn-Ieniin;; n^y fituaiion, ^ikIc' rn'.ftly ci.trcnt- ing them, on the fecurity of my Commilfion, to pay ihe U\V. vvncn preirnt- eU. My fornicure was fold, and a houfo, mere txucr.iivc th:.n n y circum- ftances permit ed me to keep, rchhq.nlhed. \V hat w. s '.o be done ;* I procured lodgings, ar.dwaUL'd Ju- events of this unl\,ippy bu.ii.eh, rel\iii..'; on the regt.'hir paym-jut of my tub(iitav:ce, until r.ccounta \'vtre received frotVi England of my being out of the arn)y. I applied to Colcnel IlcJ^jlon to have my leave of ablcnce recalled, 'iiut I mi^hi r.-:un.e n.y dutv, and'en;:)/ my ranons and fuel, which were ncv/ to me,' rno;n.nteuo t.(ji.t5ls ; but LiA, Jlodgfon informed mc, he could not comply with my ri-queit;, i.s I might be out of the ariny, and an improf rie.ty atiiched iti'clf to my fitting a1nem- ber on Courts Martial ; fatisficd with thefe reafons, but de; ending on my pay, I determined to manage as well as I could. On thcariival of The 24.1^, Otlober, when the Paym;dter paid the Kei^iment.on my arplication to hir:i, r.ever was I more alloniihed than when he informed me, ihn h.iving clofed my accounts he could not give me a hx pence In vain did 1 repretcr.t my fmiation — In vain was it for me to tell him J had awife to It-ppyrt, and that wife in the lall llage of pregnancy — that 1 wad fiiendlefs in a Ihai.gc placf, and if denied my lubfilbnce, Gcd Ahni^liiy belt knew h;>vv 1 Wci.-, to live. Such argunrienti availed nought, and thus \vrod, in favor of Mr. John Lynd.'~ This Biirrcturncd pioielhd, the A- gents rcfuhng it, faying they had no effeas. It imaL-ination c<;uld exprefiions fufHciently energetic to paint the iigiiatioirof my nv'\d on th. •ccafioo, I mij^ht then chance to convey to the woiJd aii idea cf iiiuie cino Ira me 13 A z tions, I', 1' in M I know not. lie paL.^s conH^n ' u'^"'^'' '^'' unexp^aed t-vent. Pions. he.^ith he'ri /f the we'd "ll'^' ^'"'^^Y ^"^^ ^'^ ^^^ °P'- connexions look place, conrciousnfmu/,^- ^^"ll acquaintance and ir.ci— My doors had ever been open— Mv table h.T. 1 ^ "'' •""' ail who chole to enter and pa. t"ke^ and I too k e fi 7'i u 'P^'"'^' '^'■ w.re moH ready to drain Z ll boa,e to the hft 1 o" ' "' 't' ^T- ''^'' hour of dilliels, to renrcbute nd de-lrr ^p i ^l ""''''^ '^^ ^^'"'^ '" ''^e ipicucus. a. their bJ^S^VfZ^:^^!/"^^^:;^! ""^ ""l^^"' to rcfo.u ungenerofuy. and I believe was the S' P'r'^' '/-"^^^ '"'' and ro.born^bankrupV created andTr/raf^d'tL^/oX'or and m return my exprcflions ofindignation were r^orted in T. I '* of calumny; or prob^- .ly their anger had To diUorted r ^^ ti" U r^LT^^^^ pear mthe.r eyes, the very moniker of their defcription-I m reu ned T. fncndlh.p of the other Corps in Garrifon, but th.s friendflup was oTks 1 chue and the golden opinion of my acquaintance began to bck ?t^ ul: deeply i.p..,ed o. .y mct;y''fl;\r o^^i'^^ ^ to L?;' 'iX too w.thdrcvv themlelvcs, and JJike a wounded Hart, bchdd the wh'l vjce in the cyuic arts, I could not over ill a no- ^ion,haa not an event roufcd me from this affedhti c()me my native unfufpeding difpofi ]olophy, a.->d uoghl a= . UiCon, L had bcsn happy ,o have ifnowi long' on of fophiiticated phi- ere. nowj int ( 5 ) now, *' that malice, dctraaion, envy and - . the bofom of a foldier, with as little difficulty as into the brcalt of any oilier member of fociety." An officer of the zGlh Regiment, whofc fricndlhip I boalted as unalterable, fuddenly withdrew himfelf : this alarmi-d me more than the de/edion of all my late ephemera! friends ; I knew not what tu imagine, or how to account for his behaviour ; I retraced my former con- dud ; 1 re-examined all the paft aftions of my life ; not one appeared cul- pable — not one raifed the blulh of (hame upon my check, in this retro., Ipeft I faw many follies— many indifcretions — many errors of youth— but not a finglr crime— unlefs the want of what hath when in polfeffion of, ever led me iuio error, is to be accounted one. In full convidion of my riglit to draw on the Agents for my fabfjRance, and induced by hard nccclnty (the Bill endoried by Lieutenant Shackleton not boing yet returned) I had dequeued Lieutenant to endoiTe me one of_^io. He rcfuf;^d, Lut his refufal was what convinced me of his hnceiiiy. A few days i;ftcr,'cal- lingat his quarters, 1 difcovcrcd a manite!l change in his behaviour ; a warmth of expreflion gave place to a formal coolnefs, approximating rude- ncfs. 1 had hitherto with fecret and indignant pride beheld the ingrati- tude of men, but this lall inftance fubdued by fpirits— .1 had neither power to deniand an explanation, or fuificient reiolution to quit his apartment : I remained for ionie time toitured by all the internal war of pallicns. I re- turned to my own lodgings. Toencrcafe the anxiety of my poor wile's mind, would have been but adding fuel to the griefs that preyed on mine. I difgulled my agitation, but took the firll opportunity of writing to Lieul tenant . What was my aftonifhment on ihe receipt of his aniwcr ! Here the firit dawn broke on mc. as, has fince proved fo clear, that I u:n the viiliin of atrciious calumny. He informed me in his letter, that the Offi- cers of the King's own Regiment had re fu fed doing duty with me, that Lord Dorchelter approved of their nicalurcs, anJ iliu until fuch time as I cleared my charafter from the lli^ma this attached to it, he mull relinquilh all farther acquaintance. J ufl and Great God! thou alone kncwcll all the horrors which then dilbaacd my mind. My reputation blaftcd—moll: infamouily blalted— every bright piofped gay hope had delineated for the enjoyment of futuviiy, fnatched in one moment from my view, and plunged from the hei^., i-t of anticipated happinefs iiitoa black abyfs rf real mikry. I fl^w wiih tins letter to Colonel Beck^vith, tlicii Adjiuant Gene- ral, to enquire of him the caules of this my treatment, and if Lord Dor- chelter had indeed exprefied fatisfadion and approbation of my Kceiment's condud. 1 acquainted him with my real fuuation ; but he, wiiir an un- bounded prollitution of civility, refuled to interfere in what he plcafcd to call a private affair ; faid he was totally unacquainted with any niifconduit of mine meriting luch treaf.ncnt : He told me I had much better wait on Colonel iiodgfon, who was die properell perfon to give me the dcfired fa- tisfadion -, as lor himfelf, he 1 Hodgd , . ay under (o many obligations to Colonel s family to prevent his interference in a difpute of this nature ; fu that his privuie euHgatioiis running counter to his pul/lic dt^tj, denied an of- m m m fic cr trcatmghim to inform me. ynnyparor^v'ri^'''''' i'-formation. en- in/amyr hetoldmeihc Reg ,„ln?ls Z.r??';^\'''=^^^'^ the reward of |o I..cutenant Brooke nfpciZ.tTroe ^ U^^^^^^^^ '"y '"^^avio^jr by w .ch Mr. Brooke inl^mca S^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ I" throbbed with too .that fo furioufly attacked m^eo'L^^f.::!;^^ ^^ '''/i^^^k of thofe evils "jofe uis liom her— .m-,,r li^^ ' ■ r • — •v'f'^u anu Km itrutreie to iccm lia ( 7 ) ance, the cxpenccs of a long winter, when fuel \73s exceflively (Ji'ar and my allowiince cut olf, drove me to in;iny fhifts. Under various, cxcufes t dripped my poor wife of fuch valuable trinkets as were the fond remcm-- branccrs of rcfpcdlcd friends. Mv bcoki. the folc refonrrrs I fcund at umcs to footh my cares, went next, and 1 pla:i|v icctiv cd (l-dllinfrs (or a funport for what 1 had given pounds asan air.ul meiit. '1 hefe fca:ity (applies foon failed— nothing remained but Hope, and unaltered love— that with the thou<;ht» of rny wife and hclplefs boy, deterred me frr.m nn ad, rcllcdlion bid - . - . . foft fir s my foul (huddcr at. I now began to know the vorld ; the miih which ened the harlhncls of mnnkirul w.:s d Ipciled : yet I am no cynic in af- brmmg, that to one noble and pcrfttt b ing, whole foul is ailu^ted by principles of hum.mity and whofe iieart is the abode of jrcncrofity, there arc ten thoufand who difgrace that nature thur Creator' gnvc them ftuls to animate, to e.-alt and to adorn, in the vale of misfortune I met fomc of thefe exalted beings ; they found me wandering alone and foricikcn ; they jioured the balm of confolaiiou, dilated bv difintereftcd friendfhip. on my imartmg wou:.^s : 'i nefe Henvcn rewards wiih a confcious and elevated lde,.■; i^.uwijju ui.iii iiis.ins ; rur ir rortimc ever mowers tiown on ine her fufelt lavo'.trs. v/ould they be infuiHcient to gratify ir.y (Irong delirc of turning t'-ieir diflnterede.^ kmdnc'.s. MisJonunc and dctrattion ro I It ib to Mr. Odbcr, to Mr. Winflow, to Mr. Yount- I am indebted ; more by pratujjc than me.ins ; for if fortnnc ever (howers down on ine her pro- )f re- . , , . , go hand in hand ; to be unfortunate w:ih the m.-iny is to be cri:ninal, and wiicrever Klperfion lacks a foutida'ion, CJilmn-^y fupplies li-r with one : I \v3s all'.ulcd from all parts with arrows winged bv fallLiiood, ;.nd cj.venomed by malice. In ihe hei.;ht oF n.y dilbcls, his Excelle ^cy Lieutenant General Prcfcott af-' fumci the- command, and Lord Dorcheiler qaitted Canada— a happy change for m?. It may be improper to anima Ucrt on the conduftof Loni Dorcl»eilcr, lidnce it lo lay, I (bught tor rcdrefs of wrongs, but never ob- tained It. My fituation was now alm.oil palt bearing, and in the ang.rlh of my mind, Hope determining to abide by me in this extremity, fuggeRed an application to His Excellenty th.: Commander in Chief. I prefuned to write, addrcfling my.elf to the Adjutant General, Lieutenant Co'. Daltori (N o . I.) and received an anf^ver (N O. 2 )— but fuch an attfwer fo r2. plete with humanity, benignity, polircncfa and fucr-dly condefcenHon as at firft to render me doubtful whether I was awiike or dreaming. Yet why was I thus crcJulous r an exalted r.iind ever hearkens to the voice of injun-d innocence, and ever ready to relieve its forrows guided by thefe god-iike motives^ wiii liclccndcven from a ti*ronc. iln lixtelUncy gracioufly pro.' Uiifetl^ *a >itr Whh>K,Mi Tenting itielf to my view in all its haggard horrors — endarir. ; c. crv hjr..ih:p, and tor-* mcntcd by every moniticat.on ^ a 1o:it^ winter to Hruii'^iL' ihtough — friend- lefs with a wife and child, ! determined to it.:te my fitiiniioii to Mr. Young and reqiicll of hi:n to auwujice mc a itvv Pounds tuquit my lodging.^ whitll were, too expenlivc and retire in the Lower Tewn, f!o:n foci( ty and the pryings of curiority..Mr. Young's generous an;i friendly difpofnion Iceling for my difticfs with a ready acquieic^nce alleviafd thole pangs and removed the horrors that diflrailied my imagination. His hiendihip has fmoothed the roughed part I hope, of I 's journey, and ibftened the rigouisofa penurious Winter. Such have been the miferies .inJ vexations I have endured for more thnti twelve months, and yet the malevolence of mui kind, not content witb thefe fufferings, moll add frefh tortures to my mind, and attack my repu- tation. _ lean forgive cruelty— -I can even'forgive ingratitude, but the dctraftion, which lullies my honour, is too notorious; to pardon tluit would bcfpeak mental debility. ^ It is but la:ely I was inlbrmtd, reports were in general circulation injurious to my charafter, as an officer and •\ gentleman; the unealinefs this information occalioned me, abioibed for h time all the^ hardlhips and cruelties I laboured under, and it feemrd as if every worldly evil was accumulated in one enormous mal.^.to crufh and an- nihilate me ; but leilexion roufed my alloundcd (cnfes; confcicus of mine innocence, my I'ou! afiumcs a dignity and cxaltHtion, none expeiijnre but the pnreft bnloms. Though f feel the pokvcrful atta; ks of an tllileral ma. ny««> rhough i'fonx cowardly concealment they Hiort their envenOined ar- row? ; though I am coafcious they wilh to lea;:uca!l mankind aginll me ; and thnt men arc ever ready to ally tiicnihlves with power, wcaltii and j:Ieafure, in the foiiune hrwever honourable and pure. J'he morefovinilaSle thefe eftorts apperr, 1 feel f!ii herculean llrtngth and vigour to oppoie their atcicks nuA wiles, and firm in ihi. coi.lidencc, 1 fic- tile I lie language of UJif.illijd h;nior. lo Liri!:c;ianl Brcole I coniid^r myRMf bnund by oMigntinns tl.e mor« coinp'<5t, asilii')' ii,vi)!ved hiiu in ar, inconvenience of which 1 was tr>e !o]« Ihoiigi u-.iii:e;.tu)w;;; r,;;r.M/r ; 1 i.t re eoiulfini; rnyfeit in laying, i ou^ht t<» h^ive h id m< re -.li m the rel-anee on my m(iilier, tie [ kad ;dkcd a fiii'.id to becoiau itipuidibiw for a idll ; yet an anuceiucut had nevei Dt:fore beiai'-i ill b m% ( 10 ) Br..oke whatever may be Ihe oMiaatmn. I ™f r J 7. "even Lieut. (a.> has been fup,r.llcd (o nel cv/,TS 'jl '^' ^"' '" '"'"• ""8™""""/ to con.ment upon; I likewUe wrote on thfsVub Ift to r i*'^^^ ' "?' 26t!: Re,t. my motives are accounted for n the letter ^^0'^^:'' ^^1^^^^ follows his anfvver fN o m \ T k .„« «-i . C'^ 9) to whjch .ben gives the e„do*r t a'J 5 f 'rt- .""Fecu": Ki'" j- '?=' "= pravifion throush life • a fecurit. whi/l^.. ,',."'"«'''*''''"'« hope. ofprefernTcnand all rh'J,K,°"r°j '?'"'''"' »' '"> f='"'l lho„U .hP. man be ^'rim „, d aL'a r tS'asIn obS 'r'T'f " '\"''^ ' would be .he opinion of honour ^f^^aL'g h ."crit it "'""■>'-Wha. Havine now Dart cii ariCprl »v,- ^-,ft ^ '"uijaiors r IT . r '■ -' ..wijuur rcipecun? his criminators ? misfortunes ;7th a candour fh.r^ ' momentous circumftances of r approbation r„"w"„t^^^^^^^ from villainous falfhood, the offrpring of maHc o^^^^ cl? "^ ' ''^'^^m'" ""^ ofF thole (lains detradion has flur^ed^y r^^on * T'^'!' '""^''^^^ requ.re the perfon or perfons who prooaVated th. n.T T"^ P"^''^ ^ follo.v this narrative, or any cCree'^^^S^, '^f nefarious charges which ficer and a Gentleman, to ftand ?mh and I he- M '^T^'V '' '" ^^• Clare, that whoever was the firft r?,™ rV f ^"'«'""'y ^^^ openly de- fame s fa fehoodi i a^ Office^ ^hTZVl ^"'^ "*''''"• '""^^^'^'-s and in- ftripped from h'u'nlonhy back an^ be evnn^.n" ''^' ^'"^'' ^' '^''S^^"* an e^p. to deter aetraUt;e?^^^ " -^^t^rSd!^ ^ NICHOLAS SORI-:l, fouldlolhes, and the Author of them a Scoundrel ° '^^ ''^^ NICHOLAS SOREL, ^f^-T'"thavin.perfuaded Ueut.Bitke'cf:^'!^:::.^ , to endo fe me two BUls drawn on MeflVs. Cox and (Sjo^d ^ of Rm^^ Wtre ituin.'d rrotcfUd- I'n r^nre-.,-^-,. nf -i, , " ''"*='^"*\"*^a, thefe Bills ..on, l.,« far i. ,hc „uJh bu. '^oi^ii.ri{C^:^;^^J^Lr^.^i;n; VViitl my lif- Wiitl ( II ) with the paymt jF their amount, for which he was rcfponfible, is a mere fubterfuge, I not Having purchaled my Commiinon, therefore may not ob- tain the privilege of felling out. 2dly. That the amount of thefe Bills was four hundred pounds. 3dly. That when I requcfted Lieut. Brooke to endorfe ihe lecoild Bill, J ufed an artifice in making him believe, that, that Bill (ihe fecor.d) was to cancel the firft, then returned in the hands of Mefi"rs. C. C. Hall & Co. that he remained in this deception, until information came from home that both Bills would not be paid. 4thly. That I had mortgaged my CommilTion, to a Merchant of this place, therefore it was probable Lieut. Brooke would be a lutfercr. 5th!y. That in confequence oi this condudl, the King's Own Regiment treated fnc with a deferved contempt, « {Letter No. t,) To Lieut. Colonel Dalton, Adjutant General, £fft. i2c. )IRi When necefllty, diftrefs and want urge ; whatever are the merfures, taken to alleviate thefe ills, by the unfortunate luUerer ; fo as the im'aiuns are <:onfiftent with the charader he profefles ; they require little apology ; I therefore Sir, Ihall not encroach on your time, in apologifing for an addiels, nothing but the horrors of penuiy could have encouraged me to venture.—- I prelume you are not unacquainted, that there is in Quebec, fuch a pcrion as myfelf, or that you are a ilranger to the caiiCes of my detention — perhaps you Sir, with others condemn the circumftances that place me in this fitu • ation — I confefs ihey were the efFetli of thoughtlefsnel's and levity, but on my honour, they are not inconfi.lent with the purefl: principles. [ 11, all Sir, avoid a particular relation, of Ahat perfonally 1 could wifh to expluin, and now confine myfclf toa relalion, which youri'eiUs a Father, a MufDind, ?n Officer and a man of feeling, mull conc/ive I'upeilatively dilheiling, to an ingenuous min'i.—Twclve months ago I (ent in my reiignaiion for the purport of difchaiviofT my debts, fioce which time, I have received no in., telligenceconccrrungthefateof my Commiflion, except that the rcfij.'natioti was come to h. nd.^ During this ("pace of time, 1 have ftiug^i^led witii diU ficulties, moriificitions ai:d hardfhipj , beyond the powers of im.'igii,utiGri to conceive ; For as my refignation was given in, my fubiiUaricc has br( n denied me, and my fole fupport, has depended on the gent r iliy of a Merchant of this place, who though 1 was much indebted to him, l.a^ kiiuU ly advanced me money from thofe motives, which my fingular fituaiun in- fpired ; this Gent'eiuan has lb far exceeded, what I ever coulJ exued, even hom an old acjuaintance, that I cannot hope, or wifli for farther favours from hiin. — The fe.v tru.kets of my poor Wife, tl.c few valuables I had, my very books I difpartdof, merely for the purport of purch;ifi:g the com- mon necelfarifs of life ; thele are exhaufted, and to complete niy uiilrcfs the intelligence I rcc:ived by the May Packet, agt;ravates my misfv)rtunes, 1 Juve now Sir, litcraliy u'jt a flulliiig to furniihmca days iubfuUr.ce— har- ij a rulieU '.-.■'•iU/i ( 12 ) hafl-ndfor rent~w-thawire- an amiable and accompHfted wife whnn, i adon —innocent of my paiUollie^ and nartiv • /■""'P'""^° ^"^t whom | trcllcs- whom I have dr^." Parent, child, ., love y bov fix months o'dwhnf^V V ^^ country^I have a ^fcon.„a .^. iL; P^H";'^:.bi.::i^^^,t^:L;r:oi:;iSn^:^r i^ fut.re exiftence._Thu. e^.vuon'f by JiH eVZ^ne S .nmcTf f'^' '^? "^ app .ration : your k.nJnds *iA ,1„„ „f his Exce encv's' m»v^ ', /"" "^'1 2n( Jretoafk, is immedia e employment io h-t T T.V ' wnat l ven- nd child if but a bare fubfuLnL SI;! be 'gr S TcneVc/iT "f I my with a fervent, an^ ..,!„„► .,.:n. -rr ■ i^'^f^'"'--- 1 enteied into the dier. and at the age of five and twenty icndcr'LTf"'^^ ^^'°^ ^°'' p-ofpcas of life a^ dW^ppointment S/;""d^tSef A> Z p^ ^^ ^'^ , 1 o recount to you Sir, the few endowments I noIR f. =.r. I T? '^• ;ng to the care of a worthy widowed pare t/whift "uen\ crl t''^^ 'i ' °''' J have ^I requ>ted. mici^favour too'^uch'c^^f ^ "I':^^^^" V'^^^J aai confident. I could make myfelf ufeful, in whateve l,,f ' hl/'^'. lency's or your goodnefs. might generoullv employ me • Should fT?"'" :'cal,n the employment of thefe poor abiiaics be vvln in, t^^ gratuiKleioriuchfavingkindners/ It is my earnell w fi f ' ^ °'" ""^ iri.nds and the ivorld, that the follies of voLth ^ f ' " '^'^"^'"<^e "^y the experience of agc.-In ho^es orb^ nV^ho nou :d ^vlt^lfv ,^' ""f'^'' '>^ approbation, of my waiting on you. permk me. '^' '""'" ""**^^^* ^"^^ Sir, to remain rtith refpetS Your molt obedient and humble fervant NICHOLAS SOREL. •Lieut. King's own Infantry. (No. 3.) ^ lieut. Colonel Daitons -^nj^ver to the ahove, (Copy) A feeling mind cannot experience a preatnr nr-^uc,^^^- i being aide t-> .dlevi.te the d.lll^ds of : Ke^^w nCe ^Ahhd^r? '^'' °^ fefs myl.lf ,n feme meafure .gnorant of your unh., y ^1 l""^. ^ Tr" that voureleaantapd na^K^^;. ..f'-f; tr m- , " ' ' ^ ."'l'^""", I conftfs conipaffion (or yuur luffcring., ihat'mull cvcVadiitc^a'huLt^rtd^-To llaiter 5IR, r 13 ) flatter you with facccfs in your applicati ;n to the Commanacr In CMcf would from ex.ftmg circumftances. be a refinement of cruelty, and a Cour t.er like pol.cy wh.ch, I am proud to fay, is foreign to my hc.rt To buoy you up with fmil.ng profpeas. would be an excef- of inhuman! v,? therefore am compelled, altho' with extreme reluflance, to avo.v my mter inahility to ferve yoa in the line you point out to me. I ipe.k wuh thit franknels, that one Soldier ought to ipea|c to another, altho' my hca.t beau high at the anguifh of your mind for a worthy wife and helplef. infant Ot at thele impreffions no man under the great canopy of Heaven is more fufcep. tible than General Prefcott. but alas! hi, patronaire is circumfciibed afd M.LT1 K^ f ^'f^''^^ 'u^^r ""P^°^>d.5 for. ! fhall certaty lay 'your Mrmonal be ore him, altho' I repeat ,t, I have no hopes of a favourable reiult, .t would give me great fati^faftion, (hould he have it in his powir to i^^rvcyou.-I mull beg leave to remark that Colonel Hodgfon i f£o tly expedbd in town on his way to England, when I Qiall cerlainly talk a him about you, I am. Sir, ^ "^ *** Your moft obedient humble fervant, (Signed) J. D.-\LTO.V. (No. 3.) CopyofaUtlerfrmLieut.Col. Hodgfon, dated St, John's OScber ,8M Sir, I am favoured with your Letter of the 12th inft. and acquaint vou th. Commanding Ofocer of a regiment has nothing to do with The fufflanc! of an officer j Major Story, the Paymafiicr tells me he has not lul re7 £;m'°Gen"::a['M ^' T^"^"\' 7^^--' '"^"'^ you the "xtr^atfT IZ I am Sir, Your obedient huii'l^le Servant (No ^^'-"^'^^ J- HODGSON. Extra J ./ a Letter from jrUliam Fry, Efy. of th. Sick ard Hurt 0/fue merfet Place Lorrdon, dated London, .d A.../} ,706 ^ «' 1 have jult received a Letter from your good Mo her • hv K.r 1 r - r went this morning to Cox & Greenwoo^d to e"q e* -S^u^ ..""^ ruei'ving your Subfirtence money, they informed me tha^^ -.TjT "?' •' Paymu/ier of the Regiment at ^.« J." '''^' '' '' ^"'^'^ ''^ ^^^' (No. 5.) To Major Story Paymafer of the ^thor King's or^n Rc^i^nent, in confca. oj the above Extraitif^o, ^.\ ^' Sc^ fcquence JIR, Quebec, 3d November I havR from the period that my refignation was fcnt 796. in, but once, and that f.7; - f 14 ) ed it, determined me Zc; Z^it'^ZuT,''''"' 'l""^''^ ^ ^^^ ^^'« '«^^f- tremeft preffure of neceffity, and rriSu^ed "V^^^^"'^""' r^"^" ^^^ «''- thev/orld (which by the bye is mrinten fn ^ k**"'- "^f ^ *° ^PP^^l to ing, or exaggerating, where calimn J h c?"^ vvuhout in the leaft extenuat- mart be conTdered fs' fevere^y'^gXi.^d [^J S'/^" b.rth to prejudice, I fubfiftance. frc.n the 4th ALlfiloc\JLZf-^^^^^ Regiment, of courfe Jas con fide nlhVn [?/ " u-.r"** 't= '"^S""" °^ »he fiftance thofe Bills were perfeftly fafe tS^v K '"' °" ''^•'"^ ^°^ ^''^^ ^«b- contrary, and that it is to yo« as P L J ^ l'V°"^'""'' "»•= ^o 'he lam to apply for this money; "LdTrn'^'-^'"^^^ following is an extrad from abetter 'r?r?en/f„?"'"u" P"" °^ '^^''^' '^e dated, London the 3d Au^utl 706 « r u •'";^ ^^ '''•^ ^"^"'^ P^<=ket, •• your good Mother ; byTr dclfre I wit rh'' "'"^ •''"•""'* " ^^"" ^^O"* « woodfto enquire about VonrnllrLZ^ ' ""Tl"^ '° ^^'^ ^"^ Green- « infor„..d J, cha, .V z! /°"by the PaTofatr^h'h'^r"- """^ ^ ^^^Z " bee." In a letter of a )-u^r7= r ^ /. . ^^^ Regiment at Que- .he ftip, n,e ch„:!:i t«Lr ht havZ E'/en" "rftif .rc'" ^". ^ "^ wood, and recc ved from them infn.^'Ht \ i r '° ^'^^ ^"'^ Green- communicated to Lieutenair Co lone F 1?,'° '^'r ^'""^ P"""?"" ' «'hich f larity in accounts is ve y ne^S ^ but ^t°"* ^ ,'"" "°"^'^'°"' '^'' ''S^' tile exaftnef*. one office^to an^/u.r n f"? 'I-r^^^^ From the Agents inf:rrirn/ardtur;^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^-ms. what has become of my tvvelv" momLThfifl.^ Almighty knows beft been under the mortifying necetW If "^^^"ce. 1 have frequently diflremng to a mind fui!::ep^tibl of^^^irn/?;"^,^^^'^ in fituation's trulj itidubitably my right, and on which I rnnuT ^ "?"' °^ *^« ^^'^h is til the arrangement of .^y unf^ .t e ffal'^^Mrsr n''^^ ^ wrong in mentioning a circumftance Lr mlJ*- •^'^V^helly (perhaps I am Regiment, for I believe, to bfmvfriin^ ^^ injure h.m in the eyes of the roly I have been rrtrana?r to L'^^^ " ^- ^P'-^^^^^'T ^^) with a gene- Regiment, extricatedTe^fiom In f 7^ '"»*'"'-'^"^=* »" the King I own inconvenience trhimfd /""rd Jf f r kTu r^^T"^ ^^'^"^^ ^' ^^ could J, by any means, have c oc,, 1h "'^"^not have experienced I fhould not have been fo naffive p? T ^ ^t^' ^^"'^ ^ "'""« the fufferer, wife and child a.e im"po?ta^nf ^^nhde aS^T h?Jr.;:f -,!;:•• J- ■"/ methods whc=e I?n,ghfhave S^ TA"' '" ^arrifon j by thefc natural lor the injured ocomola^n I? ' ''"•''mP'' ?^" fruftrated. It ,s encrcafes the rolgnancrof Z rernif T''"''"'' '"J^^^d-perhaps wha^ drawing, of m'y (i^uatio'n tn a Lg m f U'e cSfr.'^ T'^ T ' '? other haopv (a,ul m,, «,.eP.^t nr- • fJ^ ?• ^ o^^cers ftudicd to make t^ch ferto,isd;eV3dVwi.oe poiSrLndtS^r"^ ' the Regiment I re- iliort ( u ) fliort duration: I thought it not improper to acquaint you with what I hare heard from Cox and Greenwood, and in fo doing, the fmart of injury has drawn forth the fentimenis of my heart. 1 am Sir, Your inoft obedient humble fervant, NICHOLAS SOREL, Lieut. King's own Infantryr. (No. 6.) ^ Copy of a letter receivedfrom Major Story, in anfwer to mine (No. 5.) ofth ^d November, 1796, • Chambly, 8th November, 1796. I received a letter from you, dated 3d November ; in it is an extraft of a letter, you fay, you have received by the Auguft Packet ; which extraft, as Paymafter to the King's own Regiment, I anfwer. Extraft, '* I have ♦* jult received a letter from your gooi Mother ; by her dsfirc, I went this ** morning to Cox and Greenwood to enquire about your not receiving ** your fubfiaance money ; they informed me that it is paid by the Pay- •* mailer of the Regiment at Quebec." Anfwer to the above. The firft payment, from mc to you, was on the 25.1 February, 1795, af- ter your joining the King's own Regiment. The laft, on the 24th June following to the 24th Auguft, 1795. I prefume this is the fubfiftance the Agents allude to. It can be no other. I informed them by letter, the 7th Auguft, 1795. that you had given in your refignation, and that 1 had paid your fubfiftance to the 24th Auguft, 1795. '^^^Y are thoroughly acquaint, ed I have not drawn any fubfiftance for you fince that period which they muft fee in every two months accounts of fubfiftance paid to officers as their have been regularly tranfcnitted to ihcm by me. Your name is not even lo much as mentioned in any one account which IJhave fent them f.rce the 24th Auguft, 1795, therefore they could not fuppo'ffc I would pay w.hat I hai not diawn on thein for. (Signed) JOHN STORY. Capt. & Major, Paymafter 'i'hc King's own Infantry. Mr. Nicholas Sorel, late Lieut. King's own Infantry. Remark. It is fomewhat extraordinary that havinj; explained both to my mother {rn«l to Mr. Fry every circumftiince relative to my pay, that the A^^cnts on their calling at their office, Ihould not have particularifed the iDbfirumce dijudefi to, and was there any pay of mine in their hands, how hiippens it ;hey did not mention the cauft-s of its detention? which had they done, cither my mother, my friend, or both, would certainly in their letters have mdde it known to me, nor would any Agent preluinc to ftop an cflicer's pay on any account, without informins ii"" »>i "> or wiiiiuut his approbation. No. 7, ( I6 ) (NO 7) To Liiut. Francis Brooke, King's cvon Infantry, MontnaL 5,H ^etec, 2d March » 1797. ** That my Cotnmiflion had been trorteaeed fo a tn..rrJ.onf ,vf ,k:. 1 .h= moll i„anive befnl-Are b °, "« Jll,,i, r"'' 'r*-'''"' '° " "'^ Swindler-O firookerif ^.f./.r^V.a ven a'd Heir h?/fh,ir°,? T'^f 1=T_-. trf ;-» "-"">? done away_,(™ , '»tt% mI'" f'!; J:' I xour honor, Brooke, „ concerned in tl.i,, whatccr may 4;e your opi.'ions ■— hciv- ^however yo (lights* can faii of a ireatmen myftcrious. perfeftly in*c aeceived yoa quarters in Pj you knew n from you— t tion. All 1 as rcqoifite i thing concei towards you fortunate Bi you. I j^nf vras as inn you imniedi quence, to 1 ing by youi calumny* Lieut. I aiifwer. Sir, Inclofe -when yot queftions Montreal I rctui anrwer s Was queftion Si That have in tomeV iraft>e 7. vhich r am iger to my lecting dil- in my bo- conviiflioii he alli'mes 1 lo deftioy uainianccs gations by ; bufiiicis r 1 no better lurnberlefs 1 ; ihougii er; in \'ain other day etermined : my opi- Icclurat.on ag calum- le on Co.'i of which ; payment H.crc fub- probably his is Mr. "le the (e- tBiU (the is of Mr. ition came his place, ncfs. nt treated It to ri ulc a proper thele vil- s my wife villany— • opinions ■—he IV- H„„e,« you n,ay fl>gH. S ^^^^JTUT^.P^^ of\ ",""""Voa mull -11 --='"'?"• f '°tt' ;:„ c.ning my havi.g r.ana./Bill., and 6-^ « h'"' .^,^^e, icy ""•V '-= ""f ;", ftb.^of ig by your means and my o ^^^^ ^,. calumny, * NICHOLAS SOREL, JLi.af . iCiw^'^ o'wn Infantry. -« J Letter (No. 7.) with the foUowirg Lieut. Brooke returned my ongmal Letter ( 7i atifwer. ^Copy.) v-hcnyoapaymethemoney^yoa .^_ q.eftion. you put me. ^^^^ h-bl. Servant ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^_ M.»(«<.;, 6 March, 1797' ^ '^"iIkf m°«\ with the following I „.urned Lieut. Brook, the .bovj^'«'«^ „rwer a. <»= bottom^ .__ hands, a. your «««. --"-■•_"-« ,u£.Tm!?df I'Sld n„V.,aM « unueceffaty. ^,^^;iend.ip««oncee,-,M.^e.„eenu.,^^^^^^ I V /^. :" e-unt'-A but the villany which has ,_an^^^ ^^ develop itfeU. and t f 18 ) hy the moa unprecedented and villainous fpecie of calumny. As I am n« ^ran;^er to ycur cc hngs. 1 know well you will rejoice at the ^xcl^tioa o* a iriend frora ths; horrors of {u(-,'uinn T tu„.„f exculpation ii-yfelf to you, a« ] Iv'^ve bee ni, ^T d?\hc^c^" t^TcrX^^^^ '" "^^''^' c,.rnin. rr.y coiui.ft with Lieutenant Brcckc ' ''^'^''^ ''P°''^ """ - 3mou„, cf thofc nk. I.,r which e .a 1 b tome ,, J' fhr""' "'^ "'° " That the anii^untof thofe Jiills was Four hundred Ponn^c tu • <.f an artifce. making u appea,roy;\h;^Th;\' lim'^Tfe'co":;^™ .'.' rr,'^'t<"' """•' "T ";"• '"''" '"""" ■" •"= hands of Mr. Odber - e7:r:i,ht3:fl?.'^.' "' *" ^°"^""> '^^ '''■'8'' -- Rcgi™e«"r;at. 1 can aifure you, on my moft facred honour, thefe are rV.P m,.A ., oi j pocor.ousfallchoods the villainy of man cpuT avert W nn .1 "** port but .h= ruin cf another's charafter. Tnd I mul' bei of 1 I • rP"'"" the perfo., or pcrfuns who firft aUiuled .his caluL'y ?;iur fc^'r I %, U they are the ongiiKd propagators of tiiele rlnn!f !? Ivoundrels rafcals, and if Offiferi. io noto io^ e/e r/ollt^'or juoncll employments in ioclety.-O Mr. Kyre, what has n " poor wrfeTf" iered in perceiving me treated with contempt '—What have r?.V^' jn being under the ftigma of vile fufpicion^fam lure you wil with P "a tu.es injurious to me ; or were they differing from thofe I hive cvnTnL^^ Kch-ngcn our former f.iendn.ip; which I^ow have 1 ope^J'S t pcA-ed, behcvc me, Imcerely, Dear Sir. your Moft obed.en'! &c &c^. NICHs. SOREL, Ueut. King's own Infantry. (NO 10) From Capt^Eyre zGih xRegt. in anfwer to the above (N o 9) gj^ ^^''i'>'> Montrca/, Marc/, 5, ijgy, T have to acknowledger the receipt of vour letter, and as vou reauire «n aniwer, I take the cariteil opportunity of co..plying withTour ?.^refh ( ^9 ) jfn reply to your quefthn; who is the perfon who fprrad reports concern, ing yourfelf, injurious to your charafter as a gentleman. &c. I aflure ycu I am ignorant of the matter. Whatever 1 have heard rel; efting your con- cerns with Lieut, Brooke, has been a common topic of converlation, and not the information of any particular perlon. I remain Sir, with refuecV to Mrs. Sorel, Your humble Seivt. (Signed) E. EYRE, Capt. 26 Regt. To Capt. Eyre 26th Regt. in anfvotrto his letter, (N ° 10) Sir, I return you thanks for your polite attention in snfwering my letter byre- turn of Poll, I wifli to God I could trace to its lource ; the rife of the moft diabolical falfehoods the villainy of man could invent, they muft have originated lome where or other; I do net doubt your ignorance, for 1 nni confident you would be above fcrecning any rajcal who wilfully and mali- cioufly traduced the charafter of a brother OfTicer. As to my concerns with Lieut. Brooke being a common topic of converfation, the pocr people who are fo milerably barren of other fubjcfls to make that one, if ihey ad- here to the truth, muft foon exhauft their fund of information, whcr it is all coraprifed in thefe few words, «« That Lieut. Brooke indorfed Lieut. So- " rel two Bills of a hundred pounds each, that thcle two Bills unfortuna- '* tely for both parties, were returned under proteft, and that Lieut. Soret *' gave Lieut. Brooke ample ftcuriiy Jor their amount, with dayn'ages, and. «• that whoever denies thefe fads has been grcfsly mis-informed," a* Lieut. Brooke as an officer and a gentleman I d( ubt not joins me in affirnnn?. I therefore repear, whatever additions dctn.aion may add or blend yith the above are errant lies, and hope the common topics of converfation will now flow m another channel. Excule my having diretlcd to Lieut. Eyre, 1 allure you 1 was ignorant of your promotion .and heariiiy congratulate yba on it. Mrs. S-'. defires her compts. and rclt affured when clear of this uapleafanc anddiftrefling bufinefs, I fhall be happy to relume .nn acqaaintant;e I ever efteemcd. I am Sir, your moil obedient end humble Servant,' NICHS. SORHi:-. Q,uel>ec, ^th March, 1797. Liem. King's own Infantry* FINIS. ^i'EBEC —PRINTED LY JOHN NEILSON— I 797f; i^-i