Daniel Defoe, his life, and recently discovered writings: extending from 1716 to 1729 (Volume 3)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869. Excerpt: ... A Pie worth Stealing. A. J., Feb. 19.--Mr. Barry, the Exeter Carrier, who was sued by Mr. Kennedy, Collector of Customs at that Port, for losing a Pye, in which was said to be 1500 Guineas belonging to the Government, which he was bringing in his Waggon to London, hath obtained a Noli Prosequi. The Jesuits in Poland Outwitted. A. J., Feb. 26.--But the Jesuits reckoned without their Host. One private pique, which they, as cunning as they are, could not foresee, or foreseeing, could not prevent, lost Prance entirely as to their Cause; for King Philip, making a Secret Treaty with the Emperor, without the Participation of France; and that Treaty, as it were, pointed with resentment at France; Interests of State roused up the French Court to counteract this Piece of Spanish Policy, and threw France as it were into the Arms of the Protestants; and so the Jesuits are defeated in their great politic Gunpowder Plot against the Protestant Powers. Nor can all their Interest and Cunning, or all their Influence, as Confessors to Princes, bring them to bank their Civil Interests in favour of the Church. And what is the Consequence of all this? Popish Measures seem to be broken, and the lofty Powerful Princes whom they depended upon, see themselves over-matched. The Balance of Europe turns against them, and now they change their Note; the Bishops in Poland talk of giving the Protestants Liberty, and the Affair of Thorn to be left to the King On the Increase of Robberies and Murders; and the Character of the Army affected thereby. A. J., Mar. 5.--Sir, I have often been Considering, in our late Discourses of Peace and War, of what I find in the Mouths of abundance of People, in their Ordinary Discourses.--" O!" say they, "we want a War! The Nation is in Distress for a War...