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and London I fell in with a party of the
Oxford Blues, guarding a number of French
prisoners. At the head of the detachment,
two Officers, one in a phaeton, the other in
a single-horse-chaise, (contrary to the rules
of the road) drove their carriages abreast,
and by that means left so narrow a space,
that, in passing, my coachman was reduced
to the alternative either of overturning me
into the ditch, which was a pretty deep one,
or of pressing upon them. As the least of
the two evils, he chose the latter ; & tho'
he cleared the carriage which was next to
him, yet the two chaises belonging to the
Officers, in the scuffle, it seems, were foul
of each other ; and the shafts of that with
the single horse (the strap which held them
up being broken) fell to the ground. Of
this circumstance I was totally ignorant, or
I should have instantly alighted, and made
the proper apology ; " tho' the Gentlemen
had no occasion to be very angry, as my
life was probably saved, and they had
sustained no greater loss. In a few minutes,
however, they came up with my chariot,
which was ordered to stop ; the two Officers
appeared on each side of it, one in the
phaeton, the other on horseback ; and,
without saying a syllable to me, or taking
any more notice of me than if I had been a
shoe-black, began to inflict on my coachman
the discipline of the halberds, cutting him,
with their long whips, about the back, the
head, & the face. In as gentle a manner
as possible I begged of them to desist,
offering to make satisfaction for any injury
they might have received (for I really did
not know what it was) and promising to
punish the man myself, in the proper way,
when acquainted with the nature of the
offence. But it availed not.
The whipping was renewed, as were also my intreaties ; till, at length, we were suffered to pursue our journey.
I returned from Canterbury hither on Saturday last, when I understood that the affair had been much talked of in this count ry, and that the Gentlemen in the neighbourhood, with whom I have the honour to be acquainted, were unanimously of opinion I should be wanting in justice to myself and to the Public, if I did riot take some step towards preventing anything of the kind in future ; for, to say the truth, my servants at present do not much care to venture themselves upon the Uxb ridge road.
I have stated the case fairly, to the best of my knowledge, & do not recollect any circumstance that I have omitted, except
that, soon after we had passed, the Officers.
I believe, swore at my coachman, and he^
being a Welshman, I am afraid, swore at
them again ; which was certainly wrong ,
and a provocation ; but not, I should
humbly conceive, sufficient to justify the
proceedings which followed. If the matter
should appear worth the trouble of an enquiry* .
audi alteram partem, is the invariable rule
of justice.
When this shall have been done, it is my desire that the decision may rest entirely with you. I never was concerned in so untoward an affair before, & hope I never shall again ; being, as you well know, in disposition no less than in profession a man of PEACE.
I am, with perfect regard and respect,
Dear Sir, Your most obedient
and faithful Servant,
GEO. HORNE. E. H. FAIRBROTHER.
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