Excerpt from London in the Jacobite Times, Vol. 2 of 2The doctor seemed to recall his oath of allegiance when he made a bequest in his will of 500l. To Atterbury. It was an approval, as far as the sum went, of the efforts of the ex - prelate~ to dethrone George I., and to bring in a Popish sovereign, who was not at all reluctant to promise especial favours to the Church of England That Atterbury was watching events in London is now known, from his correspondence. In one of his letters from Paris to the Chevalier or King, ' he refers with vexation to the conciliatory course the Government in London was adopting towards the J acobites: They are beginning, ' he says, with Alderman Barber on this head, and have actually offered him his pardon here for which it shall not be my fault, if he accepts.' The ex-jacobite alderman went over, ' in spite of the Jacobite ex-bishop.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.