efforts for sale, to Mrs. Carey, who thinking, as I was informed, that he

asked too much for the portrait, objected to buy it, and there terminated his embassy. Various other attempts were made to get a footing in this lady's house, but whether she was suspicious of the party, or they managed their business with a bad address, I cannot say; but it appeared that all efforts to make her instrumental in their designs, proved ineffectual.

When it was understood that I did not mean to publish my book, a repurt got into circulation, that Mr.

M'Cullum was in possession of a copy of it, which he intended to publish at a bookseller's, near the Royal Exchange; I accordingly wrote to Mr. Glennie upon the subject, and received the following answer:

" DEAR MADAM,

"Woolwich Common,

Tuesday, April 25, 1809.

"Your friendly letter of yes

terday, I have just had the pleasure of perusing, and you may rest assured, that I will lose no time in getting the injurious report you complain of, contradicted by Mr. McCullum himself, and your wish in this respect complied with; I can hardly bring myself to think, that he would go to any

printer, and wantonly offer to do what he knew it was utterly out of his power to accomplish; I am therefore, inclined to believe, that there is some mistake in the business. Be this, however, as it may, I will take care to have it rectified; should it be in my power, I will call on you for a few minutes on Thursday or Friday next.

"Offer my best wishes to Miss Taylor, and believe me to be, with much truth,

your most sincere well wisher,

"And very humble Servant,

THOMAS GLENNIE."

Mrs. M. A. Clarke.

And afterwards the following from

Mr. McCullum:

< MADAM,

"On the 28th ultimo, I received

a letter from Mr. Glennie, which I laid aside, being determined to pay no attention to its contents, because it imputed to me circumstances, which are so totally destitute of truth, and whoever informed you of my being with a Mr. Edwards, or any other person, offering a book to publish, must have been aware he was deceiving you. I have not the honour of knowing any person of that name, and I am equally certain I did not offer the manuscript of a book to any bookseller or printer in London, nor asserted that you employed me to copy your publications; my ill state of health, at the time, made me indifferent about either yourself, or your production, and therefore I refused Mr. Glennis

to contradict a report which I never circulated. However, on inquiry, I was informed you had, in a variety of instances indulged your wit maliciously at my expence. That you kept me out of charity, and gave me £.10, to keep your name out of the newspapers, in a trial you had in the Court of Common Pleas, together with other circumstances equally false and disgusting to my feelings; on hearing such reports, I stated to Sir Richard Phillips, that I thought your conduct not only extraordinary, but ungrateful, and on that account, public justice would oblige me to publish every thing that came within my knowledge, respecting the late Investigation. In your letter of the 11th instant, there is a vile insinuation, which I cannot pass over without reprobation. You say, if others have made you