ther the 12th of August 1748*, which are now both marked as aforefaid, and which have been preserved by accident, the deponent having had many more, which were all loftor destroyed, before her having been cited as a witness. Depones, That at Rheims, and upon the road from Aix-laChapelle to Rheims, while the deponent attended Lady Jean, fhe went by the name of Madam Stewart, and the deponent was told that she did fo alfo when at Paris: that at Aix-la-Chapelle, where. there were many British people who knew her, fhe went by the name of Lady Jean Douglas-Stewart. Depones, That the does not know the name of the street where Lady Jean lodged when at Paris, as the deponent's letters to Mrs Hewit were addreffed by Mr Andrews at Rheims; nor Could Mrs Hewit tell the deponent the name of the street, although the asked, as Mrs Hewit never could mind a French name. Depones, That Lady Jean and Sir John returned to Rheims, as the deponent thinks, betwixt the fifth and fixth week after they had left it, and brought the claimant alongst with them, with his nurfe and her husband, and a child of theirs, and Mrs Hewit: that the deponent was told by Mrs Hewit, and all of the company, that the youngest son was Jeft behind on account of his being very weakly, and the difficulty of getting another nurse to come along, and that the care of him was recommended to the fur geon who had brought my Lady to bed, and who punctually correfponded with Sir 'John' while at Rheims about the child left to his care. Depones, That Mrs Hewit told the deponent, after her return from Paris, that all the money my Lady or Sir John had, was but a 'fingle louidore when they arrived at that city. Depones, That the claimant was publicly chriftened in the church at Rheims, by the parishprieft: that the claimant was then about two months old: that there were a great concourfe of people in the church on that occafion, where the deponent was prefent that the deponent apprehended that the croud was increafed on account of Lady Jean and Sir John's being foreigners, and perfons of distinction: that the late Lord Blantyre and Baron Macili

You may tell Mr Mackenzie, or any body you pleafe, of your Lady's being brought to bed now; for her Lady fhip has writ it to her brother last week, which was the fooneft the was able: fo fince he is acquainted with it, there is no need for keeping it a fecret, `

coat were godfathers, and Lady Wig-
ton and Mrs Andrews, godmothers :
that all these fupped that night with my
Lady, as did Mr Andrews and the Bishop
of Joppa. Depones, That Lady Jean and
Sir John, upon their return to Rheims
from Paris, lodged in the house of Mrs
Mayet, a widow, in rue de Cualete:
that about three or four months after
Lady Jean's return to Rheims, the parted
with child; the occafion of which was,
that, in going to make a vifit to Lady.
Wigton, fhe made a falfe step, and, in
attempting to fave herself from a fall,
wramped her back, came home very ill,
and continued fo for fome time, during
which the deponent attended her, and
that it was a good while before fhe got
the better of it. Depones, That the fa-
mily lived at Rheims about nineteen
months, except what part of that time:
was taken up in making the journey
from Aix-la-Chapelle, and the time Lady:
Jean and Sir John staid at Paris, and
what was taken up in making the journey
from Rheims to England, where they ar-
rived, as the deponent thinks, in the last
week of the year 1749. Depones, That
fome months, as the deponent thinks, be-
fore the family left Rheims to come to
England, the deponent heard, that the
Duke of Douglas had ftopt the penfion
which my Lady had from him; upon
which Lady Jean wrote to Lord Morton,
who, the deponent thinks, was then in
Scotland, for a fupply of money; who
fent her a fum, the precife amount of
which the deponent does not know,
but it was above 300 l. and short of 400 1.
as the deponent thinks; and with this
money my Lady paid her debts at Rheims,
and defrayed the expence of her journey.
to England. Depones, That Sholto, the
fecond fon, came to Rheims before the
family left it, and, as the deponent
thinks, when he was about fourteen or
fifteen months of age; and he, as well as
the claimant, came along with the rest
of the family to England. Depones, That
whilft the deponent was abroad, the ne-
ver heard any furmife of Lady Jean's not
having been with child: that that was.
never doubted by any who faw her in the
country where he was; and that these
furmifes took their rife in Scotland, which
the deponent heard of fome time before
he came to England. Depones, That
fhe accompanied Lady Jean from England
to Scotland, in Auguft 1752: that in the
month of April thereafter; Lady Jean,

bruary or March 1753*, before he went laft to London, and which trunk has been in the deponent's keeping ever fince.

Jofeph Douglas of Edrington, Efq; depones, That the late Lady Jean Douglas and the now Sir John Stewart of Grandtully were habite and repute married perfons. Depones, That he knows the claimant, and that he was habite and repute the only furviving fon of that marriage. Depones, That two days before Lady Jean's death, he went to wait upon her, when the prefented the claimant to him, calling him her dear for Archy: that the following day the deponent went to dine with Lady Jean, and after dinner the turned ferious, and told him, that the knew the was dying, and

with her two fons, and the deponent,
went to Douglas-caftle: that Lady Jean
defired a fervant, whom the deponent
took to be the Duke's gentleman, to ac-
quaint his Grace, that he, with her two
fens, were come to wait of him: that
Lady Jean was refused admittance to the
boule, but was directed to go to a terrafs
walk, to wait the return of the meffage;
which was brought her there, and was,
That the Duke would by no means fee
her: that Lady Jean, upon receiving
this meflage, was greatly diftrefled. De-
penes, That the deponent had occafion to
fee my Lady on her return from London,
where foe had gone foon after her having
been at Douglas; and the deponent fer-
ved my Lady on her return to Scotland
at this time, which was in the year 1753:
that my Lady appeared greatly fhocked
and afflicted with the death of her feconded

on, who had died after fhe went laft to England; and it was the deponent's apprehenfion, that Lady Jean's affliction on that account was the caufe of her death. Depones, That he was attending Lady Jean on her death bed: that the claim ant was then with her, to whom the always behaved with great tenderness and affection: that the day before the died, The expreffed fome anxiety to fee her brother; and faid, that her friends all thought, that she was leaving the burden of her child on them, and therefore would not come and fee her; but that the committed her child to the providence of God, who the trufted would take care of him. Being further interro gate, depones, That upon Sir John's writing to Mr Andrews from Paris, for the upply of money, already mentioned, Mrs Andrews, when the money was called for, faid, that they were ftrangers; and the deponent, apprehending from this, that he had fome diftruft in giving the money, told Mrs Andrews, that the an no risk, as the had poffeflion of their trunks, which contained things of value; and which the deponent opened, with a lew to fatisfy Mrs Andrews on that

head.

George Lindsay, depute town clerk of Edinburgh, depones, and exhibits tweny-feven letters, and other writings, conform to inventory, figned by him and one of the judges; which papers fo exibited, were found by the deponent in a trunk, which the decealed Lady Jean Douglas fent to the deponent's house for cuftody, as the deponent thinks, in FeVOL. XXV.

The papers here mentioned, (which are printafter the fervice, with English translations of fuch of them as are in Fuch), are, Extract of the register of baptifms of the parish of St James, at Rheims, Sept. 22. 1748, certifying the baptifm of the fon of Meffire John Stewart, a gentleman of Scotland, and of Lady Jean Douglas, by the name of Archibald-James-Edward; godfathers, Mr Macnamara, proxy for the Earl of Crawfurd; the Baron Cefar de Macelligot, and Lord Blantyre; godmothers, Madame Elifabeth Gofié, wife to Mr Simon Andrews, proxy for the Marchioness of Lothian; and the Counters of Wigton;- Four letters from Pier La Marr to Col Stewart at Rheims, dated Paris, Aug. 26. Sept. 18. and Oct. 4. 1749, and June 29. 1752.;

Letter from L. Obin to Col. Stewart at from the Countess of Baffevits to Lady Jean, Rheims, Aix, Aug. 17. 1748;- Three letters Dalvil, June 29 1749, Aix-la-Chapelle, June 18, 1750, and Roftoc, March 6. 1751, (all the preceding are French);-Letters to Col. Stewart, from Lord Crawfurd, Lóndən, Aug. 12. 1748; from Sir William Stewart, Paris, Aug. 22. 1748; from Lord Blantyre, Paris, Dec. 29; and from Lady Mary Hamilton, Edinburgh, May 26.1753;- Letters to Lady Jean, from Lord Dumbarton, Douay, Jan. 7. 1749; from Lord Mark Kert; from Lord Crawfurd, with a letter from Lord Mark Kerr to his Lodhip, Henley upon Thames, June 3. inclufed, from Lord Blantyre, three, Paris, Jan. 21. Paris, April 24wife of Mr Hamilton minifter at Douglas, and Edinburgh, Nov. 12.; from Mrs Hamilton, D-las, Nov. 2. 1751, from ditto Mr Hamilton, Douglas, Aug. 1. 1752; from Mr William Gefthart, one of the ministers of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, May 8. 1753; from the Counters of Wigton, two; from Lord Mark Kerr, London, Jan. 29.; from Lady Mary Hamilton, Edinburgh, May 15. 1753 and a copy of a letter from Lady Jean to her brother the Duke, London, May 15. 1753. Several of these letters want the year, and fome have no date at all.

expreffed no concern for her approaching death, but feemed to be greatly afflicted at what would become of her dear fon Archy, when he was gone; which were the words that the ufed, as near as the deponeut can recollect; and, upon this occafion, he fell a-crying, and feemed to be deeply afflicted; and thereupon the deponent a little after left her, not being able to stand it longer. Depones, That during the whole time that Lady Jean was abroad, the deponent had frequent letters from her, giving him an account of her motions: that, particularly, he had a letter from her from Paris, giving him an account that the had been dangerously ill, but was now well again, and that fhe had been brought to bed of two boys; the eldest of whom fhe faid, either was, or was to be chriftened by the name of Archibald, after her brother; the younger, by the name of Solto: that the depo. nent cannot be particular with regard to dates, having deftroyed all thefe letters upon Lady Jean's death. Depones, That fome months after Lady Jean had wrote him from Paris, as above, that the had bore the twins, he had another letter from her, dated, as he thinks, at Rheims, informing him that he had been again with child, but had mifcarried by mifmanagement.

1 Mr William Hamilton minister at Dou-
glas, depones, and exhibits a letter, da-
ted the 26th March 1749*, which is mark-
ed by the deponent and one of the judges,
from Lady Jean Douglas to him. De-
pones, That fome confiderable time be-
fore he received the above letter from
Lady Jean, the Duke of Douglas fent for
the deponent, and put into his hands a
a letter from Lady Jean, which had
come inclosed in another from the Earl
When I left Aix-la-Chapelle laft fum-
mer, I fet out for Switzerland, upon the lake of
Geneva, where I propofed to have found a dou-
ble advantage, a cheap country, and free exercise
of the Protestant religion; but found I was una
ble to make fo long a journey, in the state I was
then in, fo was neceffitated to flop here.
The eldest, Archibald, is ftrong and promifing,
and was fo from his birth. Poor Sholto we

gave up for loft, from the feeble condition he
came to the world in; but, by being lucky in
an excellent nurse, gains ground, and we hope
may do well, now the favourable feafon comes
on, and they are past eight months old.-
[The remainder of this letter, and the other let
ters mentioned in this depofitien, relate to the
differences between Lady Jean and her brother
the Duke.]

of Crawfurd to his Grace, and which letter from Lady Jean the deponent thinks, but is not pofitive, was dated. from Aix-la-Chapelle: that the deponent read this letter, and Lady Jean therein informed her brother, That he had often defired her to marry, in order to prevent bad confequences to the family, as he did not intend to marry himself; that she was now married to Mr Stewart, brother to Sir George Stewart of Grandtully, and hoped that the bad consequences which his Grace apprehended, were now prevented; by which the deponent underftood, that fhe was with child. Depones, and exhibits other three letters from Lady Jean to the deponent; one dated Edinburgh, 19th of October; another da ted Chelsea, 4th March; and the third dated Hope-park, the 8th of December, all in the year 1752; and alfo, a letter to the deponent's wife, dated Chelsea, the 11th of November 1751; all of which are marked by the deponent and one of the judges, as relative hereto.

William Loch writer in Edinburgh, depones, That he was acquainted with the deceafed Lady Jean Douglas for many years: that in the year 1752, when the returned to Scotland, he faw the claimant, and his deceated brother Sholto, with her, and the introduced them to the deponent as her children; and that upon all occafions, both she and Sir John treated and acknowledged them as fuch: that upon the death of the late Sir George Stewart of Grandtully, the prefent Sir John came to Scotland, from the Isle of Man; and that the first time he faw the deponent, which was the very day he arrived in town, the first thing that he spoke to the deponent of, who was his ordinary doer, was, that as he was an old man, he thought it incumbent upon him to execute a bond of provision, in favour of the claimant his fon, and defired the deponent to give him a feroll of a bond for that purpose, which the deponent accordingly did: that Sir John exmerks, which he wrote all over with his ecuted a bond to the claimant for 50,000 had given him; and that the deponent own hand, from the fcroll the deponent and his fon, together with Sir John's fervant, were witneflès: that Sir John at firft propofed to grant bond for a larger fum, which the deponent objected to, as being too great a burden upon the eftate; but Sir John anfwered, That he was refolved to provide the claimant, not

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