likeness to Prince Charles, whom he recognized from the common
busts.

The occasion taken for breaking up the Stuart interest we shall
tell in Dr. King's own words:--'When he (Charles Edward) was in
Scotland, he had a mistress whose name was Walkinshaw, and whose
sister was at that time, and is still, housekeeper at Leicester
House. Some years after he was released from his prison, and
conducted out of France, he sent for this girl, who soon acquired
such a dominion over him, that she was acquainted with all his
schemes, and trusted with his most secret correspondence. As
soon as this was known in England, all those persons of
distinction who were attached to him were greatly alarmed: they
imagined that this wench had been placed in his family by the
English ministers; and, considering her sister's situation, they
seemed to have some ground for their suspicion; wherefore, they
dispatched a gentleman to Paris, where the prince then was, who
had instructions to insist that Mrs. Walkinshaw should be removed
to a convent for a certain term; but her gallant absolutely
refused to comply with this demand; and although Mr. M'Namara,
the gentleman who was sent to him, who has a natural eloquence
and an excellent understanding, urged the most cogent reasons,
and used all the arts of persuasion, to induce him to part with
his mistress, and even proceeded so far as to assure him,
according to his instructions, that an immediate interruption of
all correspondence with his most powerful friends in England,
and, in short, that the ruin of his interest, which was now daily
increasing, would be the infallible consequence of his refusal;
yet he continued inflexible, and all M'Namara's entreaties and
remonstrances were ineffectual. M'Namara stayed in Paris some