the noble enthufiafm of love, have all combined to produce those great deeds, which aftonish and delight the emulative foul, and in no place fo frequently as the field of Mars.

Colonel Halden had often under different difguifes penetrated into the enemy's camp: he spoke the French and German languages with feveral of their dialects, with furprifing facility, and in confequence of the intelligence he this way gleaned, had many times annoyed the foe, and rendered effential fervices to the British army: he would fometimes be miffing from his regiment two or three days at once, during which period, in the habit perhaps of a peafant, with eggs, chreefe, milk, and other fuch commodities of the country; or of an old woman, or a futler with gin and gingerbread, he would traverfe the lines, and obferve the fituation of the French camp. Florio had repeatedly endeavoured to diffuade him from fuch defperate attempts, as few people I fuppofe need be told that to be caught in the camp of the enemy is immediate death, the delinquent being hung upon the nearest tree for a fpy. No danger can deter a foldier, when honour and preferment bid him go on, and arguments or perfuafion, that would turn him afide from his favourite plan, become impertinent. Florio faw this and defifted. It happened in one of their excurfions, after the colonel had been three days reconoitring the fituation of the enemy, that he mixed among the officers in their tents and recreations, and learned where a confiderable body of the French troops were to be employed on the fucceeding evening, upon a foraging party. Juft

as he had come from one of the general's tents, and was about to depart, he was whifpered in the ear by an Irish deferter, who called him by his name, and told him he knew him. Our valliant, fpy, whofe fortitude never suffered his prefence of mind to forfake him, immediately flipt a purfe into the fellow's hand, which he had concealed, and without betraying the least symptom of fear, bid the other contrive, if he could, to follow him, and he would make his fortune. "I am a ferjeant of grenadiers here," faid the deferter; "I will give you a lieutenancy," replied the colonel; " and procure my pardon." "Upon my honour."

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The colonel caught the eye of a fellow upon them, just as he had pronounced the last sentence, whom he imagined fufpected them" We are observed, faid he foftly to the Irishman, and then exclaimed aloud, why don't you pay me, you cheating knave you, for the gin you owe me for?" "I owe you for no gin," returned the deferter, who luckily understood his cue, and gave the colonel a hearty kick on the breech-" aye, aye," mumbled the colonel, “the time fhall come when you will get your reward for this," and hobbled away, obferving an officer coming up, whom he had perfonally known in Paris, and who enquired of the Irishman why he kicked the old woman? Becaufe, faid he, he is a cheating old b-h, and wants to make me pay for liquor that I never had.",

Our adventurer made the best of his way towards the British army, and was followed at a distance, and with a deal of caution by the Irishman, who could not yet efcape the eye of the

French foldier, who had obferved their confer ence in the camp, and watched their route fince, till they arrived at the verge of the French lines, and gueffing what they really were, ran immediately to his commanding officer, to give him information. Three different parties of horse were ordered directly in pursuit of the fugitives, one of which, guided by the informant, foon came within fight of their prey.

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(To be concluded in our next.)

LIFE OF COLONEL BLOOD.

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BOUT three days after his first vifit, Blood came again to Mr. Edward's, with a prefent of four pair of fine new gloves from his wife; and having thus begun the acquaintance, made frequent vifits to improve it, profeffing that he fhould never fufficiently acknowledge their kindnefs. Having made fome small refpite of his compliments, he returned again, and told Mrs. Edwards that his wife could difcourfe of nothing but of the kindness of the good people in the Tower; that fhe had long ftudied, and at length bethought herself of a handfome way of requital. "You have, faid he, a pretty gentlewoman to your daughter, and I have a young nephew, who has two or three hundred pounds a year in land, and is at my difpofal; if your daughter be free, and you approve of it, I will bring him hither to fee her, and we will endeavour to make it a match."

This was eafily affented to by old Mr. Edwards, who invited the pretended parfon to dine with

him that day, and he as readily accepted the invitation, who taking upon him to fay grace, performed it with fingular devotion and lifting up of eyes; and also concluded his long-winded bleffing with a hearty prayer for the King, Queen, and Royal Family. After dinner he went up to fee the rooms, and discovering a handsome case of piftols there, he expreffed a great defire to buy them, to prefent to a young Lord who was his neighbour, probably to difarm the house against the time he intended to put his design in execu❤ tion. At his departure, which was with a canonical benediction of the good company, he ap pointed a day and an hour to bring his young nephew to his miftrefs, which was that very day that he made his bold attempt, the 9th of May, about seven in the morning.

At that time the old man was got up, ready to receive his guests; and the daughter had put her. felf into her best drefs to receive her gallant; when, according to appointment, Parfon Blood, with three more, came to the jewel-house, all armed, with rapier-blades in their canes, and every one a dagger, and a pair of pocket pistols: two of his companions entered in with him, and the third ftaid at the door, for a careful watch. The daughter thought it not modest for her to come down till fhe was called, but fent her maid to take a view of the company, and to bring her a description of the perfon of her gallant. The maid imagined that he who stood at the door was the intended bridegroom, because he was the youngest of the company, and returned to her young mistress with the character fhe had form

ed of his perfon. In the interim, Blood told Mr. Edwards that he would not go up ftairs till his wife came, and desired him to fhew his friends the crown, to pafs away the time till then.

As foon as they entered the room where the crown was kept, and the door as ufual was shut behind them, they threw a cloak over the old man's head, and clapped a gag into his mouth, which was a great plug of wood, with a small hole to take breath at, that was tied on with a waxed leather, which went round his neck. At the fame time they fastened an iron hook to his nofe, that no found might pafs from him that way. Having thus fecured him from crying out, they plainly told him, "That they were refolved to have the crown, globe, and fceptre; and if he would quietly submit to it, they would spare his life, otherwife he was to expect no mercy.' He thereupon forced himself to make all the noife he poffibly could to be heard above, upon which they knocked him down with a wooden ́mallet, and told him, that if he would be quiet, they would spare his life; but if not, upon the next attempt to discover them, they would kill him, and pointed three daggers to his breaft. Still he ftrained himself to make the greater noise, at which they gave him nine or ten ftrokes more upon the head with the mallet, and ftabbed him into the belly.

The poor man, almost fourfcore years old, fell, and lay fome time intranced, when one of them kneeling to, the ground to try if he breathed, and not perceiving any breath from him, faid, He's dead I'll warrant him." Mr. Edwards re