MR. ANDREW LANG'S EXPOSURE OF JACOBITISE,
[TO THC EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."]
Sin,—Referring to your very interesting review of Mr. Lang's book on Jacobitism, in the Spectator of February 13th, I beg you to allow me to mention a curious story I read many years ago in a book, the author of which and the name of which have passed from ray memory. The writer states that when Prince Charles was staying in Florence, about the time of the declaration of American independence, a deputation was sent over from America consisting of three well-known men (names, I think, were given) to see the Prince, with the view to his becoming King of the United States. They found him in a public billiard-room in a state of intoxication, and they left him there in disgust, and returned to the States without having had any interview with him. Can you, Sir, or any of your numerous readers furnish any corroboration of this strange story, or refer me to the book in which it is told -
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