[Rarebooks] fa: 18th-CENTURY PAMPHLETS re. JACOBITES, MILITARY & NAVAL FIASCOS, etc.

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

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On THE LAW OF FORFEITURE FOR HIGH TREASON - 1745
	(re: BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE and the JACOBITE RISING)
[Charles Yorke:] Some Considerations on the Law of Forfeiture, for  
High Treason. Occasioned by a Clause, in the late Act, for making it  
Treason to correspond with the Pretender’s Sons, or any of their  
Agents, &c. London: Printed for J. Roberts, at the Oxford-Arms, in  
Warwick-Lane, 1745. FIRST EDITION. Softcover 8vo (20 cm) in modern  
stiff paper wraps with printed labels; [2] + 78 pp. ESTC T2629.
In the wake of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, Parliament passed  
legislation making it a treasonable act to communicate with the sons  
or agents of the "Old Pretender" (the would-be James III). This  
draconian measure resulted in severe sentences being meted out against  
Scottish Jacobite peers and others. In this pamphlet, the Lord  
Chancellor's son, Charles Yorke, defends the measure from critics of  
his father and the government. Yorke, a future Lord Chancellor  
himself, was only 23 at the time he wrote it, just one year younger  
than the "Young Pretender" (Bonnie Prince Charlie) whose landing in  
Scotland and invasion of England had prompted the legislation. A faint  
touch of foxing to the top edge of the title-page, mild toning to the  
leaves, otherwise very clean and fresh in bright and sharp modern  
stiff paper wraps. A nice example of the first edition; ESTC locates  
only 8 copies in U.S. libraries and institutions, and only 9 in the UK.



ADMIRAL MATHEWS on the NAVAL FIASCO AT TOULON - 1744

[Thomas Mathews:] Original Letters and Papers, between Adm--------l  
M---------ws, and V. Adm-------l L---------k. With Several Letters  
from Private Hands, Exhibiting Many Particulars hitherto unknown of  
the Transactions in the Mediterranean. With Remarks on, and Answers to  
the Narrative of the Fleet, from 1741 to 1744. Especially on the  
Author’s Partiality and Great Liberties with the Characters of some  
Commanders. Also, some Observations on the Conduct of the Brest Fleet,  
&c. London: Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-Noster-Row,  
1744. FIRST EDITION. Thick 8vo pamphlet (20 cm), disbound; 128 pp.  
ESTC T4223.
The Battle of Toulon, fought on 21 February 1744, during the War of  
the Austrian Succession, was a galling British naval defeat at the  
hands of a combined French and Spanish force. The British fleet, 27  
ships of the line and 8 frigates, was commanded by Admiral Thomas  
Mathews, who mounted an inept attack against the 28-ship French fleet.  
His second-in-command Vice-Admiral Richard Lestock failed to cooperate  
in the attack, largely, it seems, for reasons of personal animosity  
between the two, and the British fleet was forced to withdraw. The  
engagement was regarded as a national disgrace in Britain. In this  
work, Admiral Mathews defends his actions, but in the event, he was  
recalled, court-martialed and dismissed from the service, while at the  
same trial, Lestock was acquitted on all charges, an outcome generally  
considered a gross miscarriage of justice.



LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE and the BATTLE OF MINDEN - 1760

The Conduct of a Late Noble Commander, Candidly Considered. With a  
View to expose the Misrepresentations of the Anonymous Author of the  
Two Letters Addressed to His L-p; To place the Controversy on a  
Foundation supported by Facts; to state the Difficulties, which  
obstruct a public Inquiry; and to propose a Method of removing Them.  
London: Printed for R. Baldwin, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1760. FIRST  
EDITION. Disbound 8vo pamphlet (21 cm); [4] + 43 + [1] pp.; with the  
half-title page. ESTC T2414.

A defense of Lord George Sackville's dubious conduct at the Battle of  
Minden (1759) during the Seven Years' War. With the French falling  
back, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick ordered a cavalry charge, but  
Sackville repeatedly withheld permission for the force to attack,  
apparently because he didn't want the force commander, his bitter  
enemy Lord Granby, to gain the glory of a decisive victory. In the  
battle's aftermath, a huge stink was raised, largely by Sackville  
himself, who demanded a court-martial. He got his wish, but despite  
this pamphlet's spirited defense of his actions, the court not only  
upheld his discharge but ruled that he was "unfit to serve his Majesty  
in any military capacity whatsoever." Sackville was eventually  
restored to royal favor, only to plunge headlong into military  
disaster once again, as Secretary of State for the American Department  
during the Revolutionary War. Early/original owner's ink cataloguing  
number on the half-title, mild occasional toning to the leaves,  
otherwise clean, fresh and sharp.