The Skirmish at Glenashiels――Judicial Caprice――Assault on the Princess of Wales――The King and his Ladies――A Suspicious Charity Sermon――Riot in Church――Riot Prolonged――Liberty of the Press――A Capital Conviction――Jacobite Fidelity――A Political Victim――Three more to Tyburn――A Last Request――An Apologetic Sermon――An Innocent Victim――Political Plays――Incidents――Royal Condescension――The King’s Good Nature――Rob Roy and the Duke of Montrose 326 CHAPTER XVII. (1720-’21-’22.) Atterbury’s Hopes――Death of Laurence Howell――In Hyde Park――At Bartholomew Fair――Stopping the King’s Expresses――Cibber’s ‘Refusal’――In State to the Pillory――Birth of the ‘Young Chevalier’――Government and the Jacobites――Treasonable Wit――Recruiting for the Chevalier――Epigrammatic Epitaph――Arrest of Jacobites――Atterbury’s Correspondence――Jacobite Trysting Places――The Officers in Camp――A Cavalry Bishop――The Ladies in Camp――Whig Susceptibility――More Arrests――Atterbury to Pope 347 CHAPTER XVIII. (1722.) The Bishop in the Tower――Pope and Atterbury――The ‘Blackbird’――Treatment of Atterbury――Scenes in Camp――Soldiers and Footpads――Discipline――Christopher Layer――The Plot――Layer at Westminster――Antagonistic Lawyers――The Trial――A False Witness――A Confederate――Layer’s Ladies――Layer’s ‘Scheme’――The Defence――Strange Witnesses――The Verdict――Layer’s Dignity――The Jacobites in Mourning――A Jacobite Player――Suspension of the ‘Habeas Corpus’――Arrest of Peers――Lord Chief Justice Pratt――London Sights――Ambitious Thieves 369 CHAPTER XIX. (1723.)