nocturnal revels and bon mots, furnished entertainment and converfation to the town; and it was even confidently reported, that he had made his implicit dependence on the English ministry, and his want of power, the subject of a fatyrical caracature, and had actually drawn himself in a ludicrous attitude, with his hands tied behind his back. Arts like these might well deceive the most fagacious of our politicians, without any impeachment of their understandings, as dangerous measures could scarcely be pursued by fuch a merry Vice-roy; who, like Charles the IId. did not affume the airs of royalty, one hour in a month. However, Mr. Wagftaffe, this pleafing delufion did not laft long. At the commencement of the feffion in 1767, the obfequious, undefigning Sancho, began to talk in a different ftyle. He informed Mr. P. as premier, that he did not choose to be a nominal Lord Lieutenant; that he would not fit idly on the box, like the flate coachman, whilft others led and governed the horses. This allufion Mr. P. perfectly understood, and it both furprifed and mortified him. He was alfo alarmed by ftrange accounts of Sancho's converfation, as a man of business; his knowledge of our conftitution, acquaintance with the policy of the country, and frictures on the the fyftem of jobbing, filled him with ferious. apprehenfions. At this time, his Excellency had neither the fore-fight nor experience of the Attorney-General to direct, nor the copious, perfuafive, and irrefiftible eloquence of the Prime-Serjeant to affift him. Both thefe gentlemen were then in the oppofition; but Sancho, who fet a proper value on fuch abilities, had art and address enough to conciliate their affections, and make them ever fince his firm fupporters and friends. -By this conduct, he acquired the character of a penetrating and crafty statesman. His unexpected digreffions, and fudden flights of fancy, on the most serious and important subjects, were then efteemed artful disguises, to conceal his real fentiments and intentions.-As I defign my obfervations merely to enable the candid reader to form fome judgment of this extraordinary perfonage, from authentic facts and anecdotes, I pafs over the augmentation, prorogation, and other public acts of his adminiftration, without either praise or cenfure. His Excellency's vivacity and volatile disp■fition furnish a perpetual fund of agreeable entertainment. One day, the munificence and fplendor of a Northumberland dazzles us at the Caftle;the next, prefents us a striking view of Lord H-rt-d's tarnished dignity. Sancho's temper and converfation are alfo uniformly fingular, and exactly fuited to his domeftic œconomy. Wit, and lively picturesque ridicule, fometimes takes entire poffeffion of his imagination gaiety and beneficent good humour illuminate his countenance, and diffuse over his addrefs the most captivating and amiable graces. Suddenly the scene changes, and nothing is prefented to us but a grotefque picture of Dutch phlegm, and English fullenness. I fhould alfo obferve, though he never courts, but seems studiously to despise popularity, yet he has had the good fortune of attaching the common people to him. The familiarity of his deportment, and ftrong fympathetic feelings, which often excite him to occafional acts of generofity in his rides and walks, has accomplifhed this, without premeditation or defign. His uncommon condefcenfion has a wonderful effect; and he carries it fo far, that I have seen him and his fervants perfonally employed in little offices of humanity. This has been of more fervice to him, than all the boafted pieces from your prefs, profeffedly written to compliment and vindicate him. He certainly must have ufed great art and address, in detaching L-d E-ly from his old con connections: this was a Machiavelian stroke in politics, and could only be equalled by his placing Mr. P-r-y in the chair, on Mr. P-nf-by's refignation. His talents for bufinefs, and his times for doing it, are full as eccentric as the reft of his conduct. I am affured, that he is his own fecretary, and that he often fits up till four or five o'clock in the morning, writing difpatches, after strolling the Green, arm in arm with L-d M-lt-on, as the town fays, with the laudable intention of picking up a girl.. It is now fhrewedly suspected, that this perturbed fpirit intends to haunt us five or fix years longer. The report of a fucceffor being appointed, is founded on an artful collufion to discover the views and expectations of those patriots, who are afhamed to lay themselves open to Sancho. Many of them are now at Paris, offering their fervices, and pouring out their complaints to one who affectedly feems to pity them, and promifes to redrefs their grievances. But let it be remembered, that a moft confidential minifter, the Provoft, is on the fpot, chargé des affaires, and pledged to fupport his old friend Sancho's intereft. To carry on the farce with more plaufibility, this reverfionary Vice-roy has nominated two or three aids des camps, M 5 'coming over. camps, and maya ppoint his whole family, like Lord Bristol, without any serious intentions of Thefe grand manœuvres are all preparatory to the feffion of parliament which Sancho will open next winter, as he is, perhaps, determined to give us the coup de grace, and conclude his adminiftration by establishing a LAND TAX. HEN generous Greece, in virtue bold, W Difdained the Perfian power and gold, She formed a facred band; In freedom's caufe her heroes arm'd, Not fuch the zealots of our days, And |