AN HISTORICAL FRAGMENT RELATIVE TO HER LATE MAJESTY QUEEN CAROLINE. "The Popish plot is a subject, which, for the credit of the nation, LONDON: PRINTED FOR JOHN AND H. L. HUNT, TAVISTOCK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. THE NEW YORK ASTOR, LENOX AND LONDON: PRINTED BY C. R. REYNELL, BROAD-STREET, GOLDEN-SQUARE. ADVERTISEMENT. This Fragment is published, for the present, anonymously; but as the Author stands in no awe, either of her late Majesty's friends, or of her enemies, his name will be given up, instanter, should occasion require. N.B. The reader will, at the end of a very few pages, discover, that the Author has never attached himself to any party or faction in the State. AN HISTORICAL FRAGMENT, &c. At the time of the Address of the House of Commons, headed by Mr. Wilberforce, I was invited by Mr. W M to exercise what little influence I possessed, as a literary man, in her Majesty's behalf; and, in consequence, having obtained some previous insight into the subject, I wrote the following letter to the FATHER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS: "As it has been universally conceded, that the meditated disclosures, be they founded on truth or falsehood, must produce some unexampled evils;—as a lover of my country, and as a friend to practical freedom, I presume to submit the following plan of conciliation to your earnest attention. "The House of Brunswick, ardent and heroic in its character, and jealous of its honour, has long enjoyed the |