An  American  gentleman  gives  the  following  account  of  an
interview  with  the  Earl  of  Moira  in  1803,  while  sojourning  on
the  Isle  of  Wight  :  —

"  I  waited  on  his  Lordship,  and  was  introduced  ;  my  reception
was  all  that  could  be  desired.  The  Earl  then  informed  me,  that,
learning  from  our  host  that  I  was  from  the  United  States,  he  had
sought  my  acquaintance  in  the  hope  that  I  would  give  him  some  in-
Ibrmatiou  of  some  of  his  old  acquaintances  of  our  Revolutionary
War,  I  was  pleased  to  have  it  in  my  power  to  gTatify  his  Lordship
far  beyond  his  expectations  ;  and,  after  an  excellent  supper  of  beef-
steak and  oysters,  with  a  bottle  of  old  port,  we  found  the  night  had
crept  into  the  morning  before  we  parted.  The  Earl  was  a  gentle-
man of  most  noble  appearance."

*  Sabine.
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Colonel,  afterwards  General  Small,  who  appears  in  Trumbull's
picture  as  arresting  the  thrust  of  a  bayonet  aimed  at  Warren's
prostrate  form,  was  greatly  respected  on  both  sides,  as  the  fol-
lowing anecdote  will  illustrate.  "Towards  the  conclusion  of
the  war.  Colonel  Small  expressing  a  wish  to  meet  with  General
St.  Clair  of  the  American  army,  the  friend  and  companion  of
his  early  years,  a  flag  of  truce  was  immediately  sent  by  General
Greene,  with  an  invitation  to  come  within  our  lines,  and  remain
at  his  option  therein,  free  from  every  restriction.  The  invitation
was  accepted  in  the  same  spirit  in  which  it  was  tendered."  It
is  perhaps  needless  to  say  that  the  position  in  which  Trumbull
has  placed  Colonel  Small  is  more  for  artistic  eff'ect  than  for
historic  accuracy.
