$ tery; and the enemy returned the fire from a battery of 10 can non iz pounders, and were preparing one of mortars and hoy ets; about nine o'clock this morning 2500 of the enemy paffed over in three columns from the east to the weft fide of the river, in order to attack the garrifon on that fide: upon this, lieutenant-colonel Mercer, on being informed that the enemy were paffing the river, and not knowing their number, ordered colonel Schuyler with 500 men to oppose them: which would accordingly have been done, had not colonel Mercer been killed by a cannon ball a few minutes after: about ten o'clock the enemy's battery of mortars was ready to play, all the garrison's places of defence either enfiladed or ruined by the conftant fire of the enemy's cannon; 2500 of their irregulars and Indians on their backs ready to ftorm it on that fide, and 1750 of their re gulars ready to land in their front, under the fire of the French cannon: the garrison (which did not confift of above 1050 men) was in this fituation when lieutenant colonel Littlehales, who • fucceeded colonel Mercer in the command, called a council of war, who were, with the engineer, unanimously of opinion, that the works were no longer tenable, and that it was by no means prudent to rifque a storm with fuch unequal numbers. On beating the chamade, the fire ceafed on both sides, but ⚫ the French improved this opportunity to bring up more cannon, and to advance the main body of their troops within mufket'fhot of the garrison, and every thing was prepared for a ftorm; hereupon two officers were fent to the French general to know the terms he would grant; upon which he made answer, that the English were an enemy he esteemed; that none but a brave ❝nation would have thought of defending fo weak a place fo long, • against such a strong train of artillery and fuperior numbers; that the garrifon might expect whatever terms were confiftent with the service of his most Christian Majefty. During the whole time of the fiege, the foldiers behaved with a remarkable refolution and intrepidity against the enemy, exerting themselves to the utmoft in the defence of the place, in every part of duty; and it was with great reluctance, that they were perfuaded by their officers to lay down their arms, after the garrifon had capitulated, fome of them being so strongly bent against it, as to fuffer themselves to be knocked on the head by the enemy, rather than fubmit to it. Immediately after the furrender of Ofwego, the French demolished the works there, and embarked with their prifoners, provifions, artillery and booty for fort Frontenac, in their way back to Montreal.' ART. ART. VI. A complete and final detection of Ad Br. Containing a fummary view of the evidence formerly produced against him; a confutation of the evafions and fubterfuges in his feveral defences; and many new demonftrations of the fictions of the pretended convert, on the authority of original papers, certificates and atteftations, now firft published. To which is added, a Poftfcript, in anfer to Some very remarkable facts, &c. And an Appendix, containing the original papers. By the author of the Full Confutation. 8vo. Pr. 25. Morgan. EXT to the difcovery of ufeful truths, there cannot be an N employment more ferviceable to mankind than the detec tion of falfhood and fraud: in this neceffary art (for neceffary the iniquity of the times has made it) the author of the pamphlet before us has already fhewn himself a moft able proficient: the warmest acknowledgments are therefore due to him, from that public, whom he has undeceived, as well as from every friend to virtue and the protestant religion. The Full Confutation, publish'd in March laft, gave intire fatis. faction to every candid and impartial reader, and thoroughly convinc'd the world of B-r's guilt; his poor reply to it containing nothing but vile abufe, unfupported affertion, and jefuitical fophiftry. Mr. D. therefore (for it is no longer a secret that he is the author) acquaints us, in the first chapter of this pamphlet, that tho' he never propos'd to revive this difpute merely to fhew the infufficiency of Br's laft vindication of himself, he, notwith, ftanding, look'd upon it as a duty incumbent on him to convey to the public any new inftances of his daring impostures, which might come to light. • Such inftances (fays he) are come to light; more in number, and in confequence, than could have been well imagined, are actually come to light. These having been lately ⚫ communicated to me by the fame worthy gentleman to whom we owed the letters to father Sheldon, I should ill deserve that approbation with which the public hath rewarded my abhor, ⚫rence of imposture, and my endeavours to detect it, if I did not take the earliest opportunity, of bringing Bronce more ⚫ before the bar of public juftice, to receive a fourth and a final condemnation.' The public by seeing how far this ftrange man hath ventured to carry his attemps to deceive, will be more upon their guard against future impofitions: and by following him through the amazing extent of his unparalleled hypocrify, as I propofe, in the prefent fheets, we fhall have an inftructive tho' a melancholy leffon, how far the poffibilities of guilt, may be exemplified, in a real character.' Previously, however, to the additional proofs of B's extenfive impoftures, Mr. D. has thought proper to give us a fhort, but diftinct view of the ftate of the difpute, as far as it hath been already already confidered, in order to connect the different parts of the controversy, and serve as an introduction to the new discoveries now to be communicated. He proceeds therefore, to fum up with great brevity and perfpicuity, ift. The evidence produced to prove the genuineness of the letters. zdly. The proofs of Br's money tranfaction with the jefuits. 3dly. His other tranfactions with papists and jefuits. As thefe facts are well known to most of our readers, and the moft material arguments on both fides already canvafs'd, we shall haften to Mr. D's fresh evidence, which is indeed of a very extra ordinary nature, and which fets Mr, Br's character in fuch a light as we imagine muft put it utterly out of the power of his most fanguine friends (if any fuch he has) ever to defend him for the future. Our readers must all remember that B-r's first defence, intituled An Anfawer to a fcurrilous pamphlet, fet out with a lamentable tale of the inquifition, and some strange Italian adventures, which being told with an air of confidence, and containing moft wonderful incidents, was greedily fwallow'd and implicitly believed by many who had neither inclination to dispute with, nor power to contradict him. Mr. D. notwithstanding, who had very good reafon to fufpect his veracity, informs us that he has such evidence ⚫ to lay before the public, to prove that Br's Italian adventures are a romance dictated by a brain regardless of truth, as will give entire fatisfaction, except to those who shall declare it to be their firm refolution to be more fwayed by the unfupported, and • inconfiftent affertions of a man convicted of a thousand falfhoods, than by incontrovertible facts, witnesses whose charac*ters are untainted, and records that cannot lie.' The reluctance of Br (Mr. D. very judiciously obferves) to commit to the prefs the wonderful narrative of his adventures, which it was fo much his intereft to propagate amongst protestants, can be accounted for, only upon the fuppofition of a consciousness, that it could not bear public examination. A tale ⚫ which never existed beyond the imagination of the relater, might be hazarded, in felect companies of friends equally disposed to believe, as unable to contradict. But, there was reafon to fear, 1 that if it was publicly printed and dispersed, it might fall into ⚫ hands able, and willing to trace the impofture.' Mr. D. then proceeds to his evidence, which we have fumm'd up nearly in our author's own words, fubjoining, for the better illuftration of it, the feveral proofs immediately under every article, in the manner following. B. fays, * ART. I. There is an inquifitor at Macerata, extending his jurifdiction over that and other cities. D. fays, ART. I. There neither is, nor ever was such an inquifitor, the officer of the inquifition refid. ing at Macerata being only a vicar deputed from Ancona. This appears from the evidence of Profpero Afcenziarii a canon of Macerata, now living there, who in two letters to a friend in England, (the original of which are now in the hands of Sir Henry Bedingfeld) has these words: Every thing that he (Bower) has writ, both about count Vincenzo della Torre, and alfo about his own having been con- ! fultor of the holy, office, is an utter falfhood. And if he had i not gone off, he would have been laid hold of himself, by the holy office, for black attempts.. Know that the jefuits have never been able to thruft their nofe into the holy office, in this "ftate; nor did Vincenzo della Torre ever exift under heaven." "The father vicar of the holy office has affur'd me that father B—r's whole account is a fiction, both with regard to his being confultor, and the ftory of Vincenzo della Torre. The inquifition is not a "this place, &c." Mr. D. then produces a certificate from the inquifitor general of Ancona, who folemnly attefts that B-r never did exercise the office of inquifitor at Macerata, and moreover that the holy Inquifition at Macerata is, and always hath been fubject to the inquifition of Ancona. 6 This *The rev. father in Chrift Ad Br the jefuit and Scotchman, whofe identity with Ad Br, Efq; will hardly be difputed, is here ftript of his office in the inquifition, by the folemn attestation of its firft magiftrate, declaring that he neve was inquifitor nor qualificator.. B r fays, were the records of the inquifition at Macerata to be produced, and confulted, from them it would appear that he had exercised there the office of confultor.-Afcenziarii's fecond letter mentions it as known fact, that the register is kept, not at Macerata, but at Ancona, and confequently, in the poffeffion of Zabberoni, now inquifitor general of that place, who confutes Br from the very records to which he appeals, and which may be infpected upon the spot, by any one whoin Mr. B- -r's inquifitive friends may employ. Tho' Zabberoni fubftitutes the word qualificator for counsellor; Mr. Br, far from having any pretence for prevaricating on this account, knows too well that this term hath been fubftituted to prevent his prevarication. He tells us, himfelf, that he was a counfellor divine; and I refer him to Limborch, from whose hif tory of the inquifition he has tranfcribed every thing he afferts 4•bout that tribunal, and who tells us, that the name of qualificators is appropriated to the counfellors, who are divines. But This certificate is confirmed by another figned by Zabberoni the inquifitor, and ftrengthened by the additional atteftation of the chancellor of the tribunal, appealing to records which exift. B. fays, D. fays, Montecuccoli was only vicar and not inquifitor, and that his name was Pius Aneas Montecu 2. Father Montecuccoli was inquifitor, and chofe him confultor, and wrote him a letter figned J. Montecuccoli, prefculi, and B-r never was confing him to return. fultor. It appears by Zabberoni's fecond certificate that the J. Montecuccoli * mentioned by Br was Pius Eneas Montecuculi,vicar of Macerata, from 1724 to 1731, not lord inquifitor as B. calls him, but a vicar deputed by the inquifitor of Ancona; and moreover, that B-r was never chosen a confultor by him; because the record -46 But the inquifitor of Ancona's certificate, befides confuting Br's tale, by a pofitive denial of his having ever exercifed the office of counfellor of the inquifition, gives us farther fatisfaction, by demonstrating that this could not poffibly be true.——— • Let us hear B- -r tell his ftory. "In Italy there is an inquir "fitor in every bishopric, or a vicar of the inquifition called alfo "commiffary of the inquifition. For the jurifdiction of the inquí"fitor extends over feveral bishopricks, he refides himself in the "chief city, and has a vicar or commiffary in each of the other cities. Under the inquifition of Macerata, are the following cities, ***Macerata, Tolentino, Jef and Ofimo, the inquifitor himself refiding at Macerata, and his vicar's in the other cities.". -When I publifhed the Full confutation, tho' I was then entirely unaoquainted with the ftate of the inqufition at Macerata, I was, however, enabled to detect the falfhood of the above account of it, as given by B-r, from the teftimony of father Piazza, who was vicar of the inquifition at Ofimo, and expressly tells us that he was under the jurifdiction of Ancona, and named by the inquifitor of that place. But Zabberoni's authentic certificate lays open t whole fraud. In the lift of cities, which are mentioned in the preamble, as fubject to the inquifitor of Ancona, we meet with Tolentino, Jefi, Ofimo, and Macerata itself. In the body of ..the certificate, the fubjection of this latter place to the inquifitor of Ancona, is pofitively afarmed; and the impoffibility of B -r's ever having been counsellor at Macerata, is taken notice of. For if there be no inquifitor refiding at Macerata, and having jurifdiction over that and other cities, as B- r afferts, but only a vicar or commiffary deputed by the inquifitor of Ancona, as is attefted to be the truth, all that B- -r hath ventured to affert, falls to the ground, and is detected in the most effectual manner. It is not only falfe, but it could not poffibly be true.' the I receiv'd (fays Bower, fee his Anfwer to a fcurrilous pamphlet, page 49.) in Londen a letter from father Montecuccoli, inquifitor at Macerata, about fix months after my arrival in England, inviting me back, and promifing me in his own name, and in that ' of the holy congregation entire forgiveness-The letter here spoken · of |