Serj.  Jeff'.  To  what  purpose  was  it  ?

Sh^pard.  It  was  somewhat  in  the  nature  of
adechratkiA;  it  was  read  bj  Mr.  Ferguson;
who  was  present  at  the  readmg,  t  cannot  say,
whether  they  were  all  present  -or  not.  The
purport  of  it  was  setting  forth  the  grievances
•f  the  nation,  but  trcQy  what  particuhirs  I
can^ttell:  It  was  a  pretty  larffe  paper.
Att.  Gen.  But  can  you  tell  me  effect  of  it,
when  was  thatto  be  set  out  ?

Sheppardn  It  was  not  discoursed,  it  was
•hewn  only,  1  suppose  for  approbation.
AtU  Gen,  Who  was  it  shewed  to  ?

SAeppard.  Sir  Thomas  Armstrong.
Sery.Jc^  Who  else?

Sbeppard.  As  I  remember,  the  ^dvke  was
present,  and  I  think  coL  Rurosey.
Col.  Uumscy,  No,  I  was  nob;  it  was  done
before  I'came.
8eij.  Jeff".    What  was  the  design  of  that

paper  ?  Recollect  yourself,  what  was  the  design?

Skeppard,  The  design  of  that  paper  was  in

the  nature  of  a  Declaration,  setting  forth  the

fievances  of  the  nation,  in  order  to  a  rising,
suppose  by  tiie  purport  of  the  paper  ;   but
cannot  remember  the  particular  words  of  it.
■  Foreman  of  the  Jury.  Can  you  say  my  lord
Russell  was  there,  when  that  Declaration  was
read,  as  you  call  it  ?

Skeppard.  I  can't  say  that.  *

Ait.  Gen.  But  he  was  there,  when  he  talked
of  seiadng  the  guards  ?

Skeppard.  l^,mylord  was  there  then.
Ld.  jRusseli.  Pray  Mr.  Sheppard,  do  you  re-
nomber  thetime  when  these  meetbgs  were  ?

Skeppard,  I  can't  be  positive  as  to  the  time,
i  remember  it  was  at  the  time  mv  lord  Shaf-
tasbury  was  absent  from  his  own  bouse,  and  he
ahrented  himself  from  his  own  house  about
Michaelmas-day,  but  I  cannot  be  positive  as  to
thetime.
