The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca

'ILETTERS, TRACTS, l3\'.afffont upon his late mafters ;^S^but upeii examinationthis alfo proved to be but a groundlels conjeclure.At laft, after many fruitlels rcfearches, and whetitheyhad ahiioft- quite defpaired of getting light fromany quarter to clear up this dark alFair, it tranfpired,I do not know how, and began to be whifpered intlie c e, that, about the time when the un tywere preparing their addrefs, old J —n D—Id— — fhad been very bufy writing fomething or other ; thatJie had bought a flock of pens and half a quire of giltpaper j that he had alfo been obferved going aboutamong the (ludents afking how fuch and fuch wordswere fpelled vand it was recollected, that ever lincethe news of the faking of the Havannah, J —n wasperpetually raving about Veyiaxcow (as he called him)the magnanimous Spaniard, and could talk of nothingz^lfe. All thefe concurring circumllances,^ and otherstoo, curious enough, made J n to be juftiy conhderedas a fufpicious perfon ; fo that it was thought fitto fummon him before his fuperiors, and Pr— — fand two more v/ere appointed as a committeeto examine him.But before I give you an acv':ount of T—n's examination,it may not be improper to give you fome ftric-^tures of his character, which is a pretty fingular one.Though J —n hath novv'- been a member of a fjholaflicfeminary about forty years, he is not in theleall. covetous of money, which you will fay is moftwonderful, and perhaps you do not believe me ; butI fliall give you i^ proof of what I aiTert : Some yearsago, when -the king of PruIIia's affairs v/ere thoughtdefperate, Mr.R 1 with a knot of politicians, werelamenting over him, and regretting that he mull necelTarilyfuccumb for want of monjey, J —n, who wasin waiting as ufual, liflened to their difcourfe j andas he enters warmly into all the public concerns, criedout in the ardour of public fpirit, " O, gentlemen,think ye five and twenty pound v/ad do him ony guidn h 2.