Having mentioned this prelate, it will be proper here to observe, that upon a suspicion of Dr. Yalden's being concerned with him in a plot to restore the exiled family; and for which the bishop was afterwards banished, he was seized upon by authority, and committed to prison. When he was examined before the council, concerning his correspondence and intimacy with Mr. Kelley the bishop's secretary; he did not deny his knowledge of, and correspondence with, him, but still persisted in averting, that no measures contrary to the constitution were ever canvassed between them. There was found in his pocket book, a copy of verses reflecting on the reigning family, and which might well bear the construction of a libel; but when he was charged with them, he denied that he ever composed such verses, or that the hand-writing was his own, and asserted his innocence in every circumstance relating to the plot. The verses in all probability were put into his pocket-book, by the same person, who with so much dexterity placed a treasonable paper in bishop Atterbury's close-stool, and then pretending to be the discoverer of it, preferred it against his lordship, as an evidence of his disaffection. The particulars of that memorable tryal are recorded in the Life of Atterbury, written by the authors of Biographia Britannica.--The heats raised by Atterbury's tryal subsiding, those who were suspected of being concerned with him, as no evidence appeared strong enough to convict them, were released. Dr. Yalden was still favoured with the patronage of the generous duke of Beaufort, and his residence in that noble family recommended him to the acquaintance of many of the first quality and character in the kingdom, and as he was of a chearful temper, and of a pleasing and instructive conversation, he retained their friendship and esteem till his death, which happened the 16th of July, 1736, in the 66th year of his age. His poetical works are chiefly these. On the Conquest of Namure; A Pindaric Ode, inscribed to his most sacred and victorious majesty, folio 1695. The Temple of Fame; a Poem to the memory of the most illustrious Prince, William Duke of Gloucester, folio 1700. On the late Queen's Accession to the Throne, a Poem. Æsop at Court, or State Fables. An Essay on the Character on Sir Willoughby Ashton, a Poem. Fol. 1704. On the Mines of Sir Carbery Price, a Poem; occasioned by the Mine-adventure Company. On the Death of Mr. John Partridge, Professor in Leather, and Astrologer. Advice to a Lover. To Mr. Watson, on his Ephemeris on the Cælestial Motions, presented to Queen Anne. Against Immoderate Grief. The Force of Jealousy. An Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, 1693, set to music by Dr. Purcel. A Hymn to the Morning in Praise of Light. * * * * * We shall extract the following stanza from this Hymn, as a specimen of his poetry.