piece of secret information. One Reichenbach, Prussian Envoy at
London--Dubourgay has long marvelled at the man and at the news he sends
to Berlin. Here, of date 17th January, 1730, is a Letter on that
subject from Dubourgay, official but private as yet, for "George Tilson,
Esq.:"--Tilson is Under-Secretary in the Foreign Office, whose name
often turns up on such occasions in the DUBOURGAY, the ROBINSON and
other extinct Paper-heaps of that time. Dubourgay dates doubly, by old
and new style; in general we print by the new only, unless the contrary
be specified.

"TO GEORGE TILSON, ESQ. (Private.)

"BERLIN, 6th Jan. 1729 (by new style, 17th Jan. 1730).

"SIR,--I believe you may remember that we have for a long time suspected
that most of Reichenbach's Despatches were dictated by some people here.
About two days ago a Paper fell into my hands," realized quietly for a
consideration, "containing an Account of money charged to the 'Brothers
Jourdan and Lautiers,' Merchants here, by their Correspondent in London,
for sending Letters from," properly in, or through, "your City to
Reichenbach.

"Jourdan and Lautiers's London Correspondents are Mr. Thomas Greenhill
in Little Bell Alley and Mr. John Motteux in St. Mary Axe. Mr. Guerin my
Agent knows them very well; having paid them several little bills on my
account:"--Better ask Mr. Guerin. "I know not through the hands of which
of those Merchants the above-mentioned Letters have passed; but you
have ways enough to find it out, if you think it worth while. I make no
manner of doubt but Grumkow and his party make use of this conveyance
to (SIC) their instructions to Reichenbach. In the Account which I
have seen, 'eighteen-pence' is charged for carrying each Letter to
Reichenbach: the charge in general is for 'Thirty-two Letters;' and
refers to a former Account." So that they must have been long at it.

"I am, with the greatest truth,

"DUBOURGAY."

Here is a trail which Tilson will have no difficulty in running down.
I forget whether it was in Bell Alley or St. Mary Axe that the nest was
found; but found it soon was, and the due springes were set; and game
came steadily dropping in,--Letters to and Letters from,--which, when
once his Britannic Majesty had, with reluctance, given warrant to open
and decipher them, threw light on Prussian Affairs, and yielded fine
sport and speculation in the Britannic Majesty's Apartment on an
evening.

This is no other than the cele