Authentick and circumstantial Account of
the Confinement, Behaviour, and Death of
Mens conscia Recti.
Printed for and sold by J. Lacy, the Corner of
St. Martin’s-Court, St. Martin’s-Lane, near
Leicester-Fields. MDCCLVII.
[Price One Shilling.]
Just published, and sold by J. Lacy, at the Corner of St.Martin’s-Court, St. Martin’s-Lane, near Leicester-Fields.
I. Further Particulars in Relation to the Case of Admiral Byng, fromoriginal Papers, by a Gentleman of Oxford. Price one Shilling.
II. A Collection of several Pamphlets very little known: Some suppressedLetters, and sundry detached Pieces, relative to the Case of Admiral Byng.Price one Shilling and Six-pence.
III. A further Address to the Publick; containing genuine Copies of allthe Letters which passed between Admiral Byng and the S———y of theAd——ty, from the Time of his Suspension to the 25th of October last.Price one Shilling.
IV. The whole and genuine Trial of Admiral Byng, two Volumes Octavo. N. B.For the better understanding of which, five curious Prints are added,which exhibit the different Positions of both Fleets, before, at, andafter the Engagement. Price five Shillings.
V. Admiral Byng’s Defence as presented by him, and read in the CourtMartial, on Board his Majesty’s Ship St. George in Portsmouth-Harbour,January, 18. 1757. Price Six-pence.
N. B. Most Money for any Library or Parcel of Books; Books elegantlybound; and Gentlemen’s Libraries gilt, or lettered, methodiz’d, andCatalogues written either in Town or Country.
Dear Sir,
Agreeable to your request, I have taken great pains to collect all theparticulars, relating to the behaviour and death of the unfortunateAdmiral Byng.
You know me sufficiently, to be satisfied that I have never had any biass[Pg 2]in his favour, or against him. But as the whole affair has been laidbefore the publick, sufficiently plain for every man of common sense, notprejudiced, to understand it; excepting some inexplicable Circumstancesrelating to the Court Martial; I may be allowed to judge for myself, andyield to truths which I think can admit of no farther controversy.
It is true, there are yet sophisters, who want to impose upon us; butI think their designs are easily seen through. It is impossible that anyimpartial man should fail to observe the almost incredible pains taken tomisrepresent and blacken his publick and private character. Even now,after he has paid the forfeit of his life, for crimes, at most, onlydisputably so, there are a great number of emissaries, who seem to make[Pg 3]it their business to go from one coffee-house to another, spreading themost scandalous reports with regard to his death. Dying Speeches,containing the most infamous absurdities, have been imposed upon thepublick, with several booksellers names prefixed in the title-page, inorder to