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Jac t les d.ei I tL That tta trial sto4l4lprocted as the more err w3o. Tte .Nerotte er •ncor es t. Pon opened the case to the Jury, si -fed, !ha.. :it the tool e • e of dem: dottya which beb►g,4 to sOtt; et tart u lee the honour M 1111, and fur the rake of afro admirioration ol justice, he had the painful necessity of mt ,t.ag there to r -toe elite the prisoner for en offence repogs t u. tt.b terrug. of all histitate verse:ls, VIII. that of barteriog snore that ui ha: or raoi'et hennas ertarores, who had for so o at a ku's's iti time been key in haulage thatiks,howett e .e. :tliese room.. who atioroini the age in which y need thte. *.i'aorforce awl sellers), the Wu Ida& of thole sor,-Ich,4 beings woo lenstb ameliorated by an Ace passed in the at et year of o jpt ,.. h t Odajesty'. resell. which Inaba it a felony, subject to to :son-anon or itnprisountent, ..- any person or persons who meld t e ttisnd d.itling in Slaves. He (the Attoninr.C.enerai) !.-r-ed that it n ieht !..t tooleroood, tbat lie did eut wish to .11 eine tbepassents of the Jury on the present occadun, het beget , ' • ,tin ru eiroider hh. case slievas,ionately, as they would a fe ony 1. an todinary nautre. lie Learned Gentleman, alter many ..:.:ale uhserva ion•, rvoreeded in state the circumstances of the Le., which were detailed in the follow:tug k eit. oc r :snits Evans deposed, that he slopped as wesusn on board the at Liverpool, in December, 1814; ]• Porter was at t h at t•-ne Captain; sbe was a ship itt from four to five hundred ions; left Liverpool in D. cernivr ; they then had a schooner on ; the ships company consisted of thiuty:siz ; the prisoner on Chief Mate; they were bound . for Aft Ica, and t: air cargo -"Roil of salt, iron, guns, powd er, cloth, and rum g they went o Cerk, front thence to Madeira, and front I ry-town on the raost of Africa, and from t nee pros-etied to Cape Travaldl ; they came fical4 to Calabar, where the Captain died, and the frielner StleCerdcd him. lOey left Cork in January, and arrived st Caabar in August Ihe James went up Calakar It iver eighty r ninety miles; there was a river called the Qua which branched hoot n. Previous to their arrival at Calabar, wiint POI saw irons,. Wlich answered the purpnee of harticuff;, on board the ship; he free pate put on board a Portuguese ses.oolier. File prisoner Old him there was a cargo of slave. for him to carry from Duke Fp: lois. 'I bet schooner was out on boars; :Then they corn too ! their voyage; it was for the purpore of colleci..4 ivory so:blatkwood; but at Calabar she was altered,by the prisoner's ci.t•ciions, by knot king the ship's fore bulk-head in, and thereby [Anne a bulk head to the schoon-r, in order to niche a para. ton in the sebotmer and thereby divide the male from the female Own.. 'The ivory and wood could be be:ter stowed without dos Witt witness was on noire ths morello( before he went for the naves, but returned in the afternoon, and the prisoner told him the schemer which warts take the slaves, was ready. The par felon had betel put tip while he was on shore. Witness was or e:oil to bed at seven o'clock, and about ten he was called up by Romeo, who was she .1-ward, and who said the canoe *A the day/owls emulate; •he r.ot up, and it proved to be a rates of yam.; sbe set!nt slovgside of the schooner, which was lons alongside the ship ; the yams were ,art into the schooner ice the use the slaves. Witness was called down stairs, and w.et Into the Captain's cahln, leaving Renton to look nut for the Ctnae of slaves. The prisouer said, " There is a cargoe of slaves, (Al at the Qua giver, at which place you will get ten more."—. la about ten minters after he went down Into the cabin; another cleft ante with slaves. The proniter had told him to Make as 't'd a battens as he cee'd for the slaves, as it would be fur the pod of hintselratid the owners. Witness was to take them to Cain:roues, two ur dote hundred mites down the coast from Calabar, by site prisoner's orders—he said, " Whatever you do, L.!: in shore, tor if a man of war's boat, or a man of war falls in with you, they will take you, and condemn the ship likewise." Utowss was to take them to Caniarones, and sell them t o nig nom lite canoe contained twelve women and nine men, black naves; they were brought' alongside the schoon. r, tied hand and hot, anti the men were put into the fore bold, and the women into the cabin. John Dr Gam and witness took provisions from the ship, and went into the schooner; they took water, beef, and rim, and tour ship's muskets, &c. and two black men from Ca labar assisted them The prisoner said, " Shove broad off, and yoke the best of your way for Qua River," and told use witness to coma the Raves, and tell him how many there teem Witness told him vs. I . bis prisoner said's* more. This was between 10 to 11 at night, In January or Febrliary. They proceeded to Qua River, and received one female a`ave ; andiron% thence they proceeded to Cameron's with 41m-slaves, and on their arrival there* Portuguese bast acne alongside with King Aqua In it, who said be would not pettier.' then; bet the Portugueur Cap rain said he would puratase them; as be kept late factory no shore. :Witten bald," Very well s " aid the slaves were taken on shore that sight, and an agreensent was made with the Porieguese s'aptaits for it pipe 01 brandy, two gang cases (twenty gallons of brandy each). two barrels of gunpowder, 60 iron bars, and five livee M hia.scitester coma, all which was given in payment for e Slaves. 'the old Slave was brought back because she had a s ur e kg, and they would not purchase her. They were five days reel from Calabar to Cameronts; they brought the rejected Slave bath, also the articles they got for the Slaves, and witness :. ported to the prisoner idea they had received for the Slaves. The brandy was taken on board, anal the rest of the:adage were tilt at shore, but witness could nut say for what purpose. 1:1141 woman dace was sent on shore. Witness began to keep the log !souk on the 4.5C11 of October, and he asked thesprisoner if he should cuter the Slaves lo the big book f Prisoner sald.-- .6 No; don't do that, whatever you du; it will be the worse fur our se'tves."-eFlve of the Latidcoffs were sent on board a Portuguese sthonner at Calabar, at the request of King Ephraim, a short ::ere before they went with sbe Slaves, and two of them were :ttereol because they were too small. One of the Waves on herd the Portuguese schooner jumped overboard, and King - at:aim being on board, asked for site handcuff', and the pi !: or tots; hones Renton to brink them up from below, and put hoard the PollUsliefe canoe it nlns uudereetat a long and severe re-exam:nation by Mr. zotruos, but it did t ot elicit any very mat e rial fact in favour as priumer. .amts Renton, steward otr board the lames, corroborated the an unness's testimony, particularly as to Vie receiving of the sti.ves at Calabar cod the km,. 9•la, and Lis return from Camt- YOWL Donald Macdonald, also a mariner on board, cerroborited :Mom and added. that the youngest of the slaves was about Vsirtecti years of age—they were all naird, and :41 hand ,id T his ciosed the case for the prosecution, and the prisdber bring taZed upon tor his &fence, dented that he had :my criminal hi '' ltirn; that he vas b ut 21 Icard of age ; and begged the Court, it. the event of the Jury finding him guilty, to consider that he ha dbren in Newgate ever sine. November last. Ili, friends, he 444, were respectable, and lived at the Isle of Wight ; but he (aliquot call them to speak to his character, In ron:eptence of the distance at which they lived —The fairy consulted for a hew I Thrthitss and found the prisoner—Gullty. Mr. AnoLraus, iu arrest of judgment, took an objection, *bira veas over-ruled by Mr. 'once HoLO.OIrD and Mr. Justice l'atatietauss COVIT OP Kteo's Bence, 1; ea. iti.—Cohne v. Derwrov.-114 - ::24 an a ction fur denudation. the defendant s an auctioneer—the Venaff is a broker, and was auendiug a sale of the defendant's, &re some person bad cut the tick of a feather-bud, to examine its internal quabty. 'Ube auctioneer supposing it was the plaintiff 40.10 tut the tick, told him he %vas an infamous rascal; and, i i rce he had because the purchaser of some stolen goods, his roont Wu more desisabit titan his Company." Thaw were-the words emnplalnell of ; and to. recover a compensation in damages for 'Le filar, which his character had sustained, the plaintiff brought be krimat scion. Ihe Jury immediately found a verdict for tie puintiff—Damigm Oat Fes thinz—cvlita Ons ferflawg. SATWRDAY, MARCH 1, 1817. and totally unable to realize any property. In the case of Lord North, who was tang at the head of affairs, it was the same ; instead of iniproving, hel greatly injured his pi irate fortune by the medic set vice. In the case of another parm, for whose memory he had the lii,best affection and respee.:and I%a id' who s e frieadship he was long honoured, the late ! Mr. Pitt, when it was rroposed to him to take a high I I public office, he was rapidly rising in 114 prole:lion. i llis friendship, h•:wever, and iced him ( Lord Redes ! dale) to remonstrate with that great mats on the oe casino. He represented to him the hroliianey of his prolessional prospects, and the certainty there was, 1 by his emolinuanc e , o f hi s realizing an independent fortune. The answer was, that his advice came too I late—the arrangements were made, and lie could not retract. What was the consequence in the case of Mr. Pitt ? He ruined his health iv. the anxious and persevering discharge of his public duty—he died a he. gar, and all they gave him was a public funeral. Was it just, then, to Is Id out persons holding public offices, to be thus o:sclesively taxed.cr to an invidious altera.itivc? F..r many years he laboured himself in public situations, anal the: Noble and Learned Lord knew that he lost considerabi y by holding public offices- A Noble and Learned Lora, not then in his place, had held the nth ze of Chancellor for little more than twelve months; before that time his profession il 1 .1. etice was extensive and lucrative ; he of course ,:,ve it up; at the end of the term mentioned, the office was taken from him, and he received an an nuity, which was but a very slight compensation for what he had relingaitnled ; in fact it was not equal to the one halt. lVhat pretence was there for calling upon that -Noble Lsrd to diminish the inadequate compensation which he so received ? Persons in the situations to which he referred should not be held up in such a way to the public. He could not ti id words to express his repugnance at the idea. Why, for instance, should the Noble and Learned Lord hear him be called upon to pay an extraordinary tax more than other individuals? His time and cautions spent in the public service were very inadequately paid for by the emoluments of his t.ffice. It was his intention, with a view in the snoop, and rooted o'-- Action he entertained to the Ell, to move the amis .:ion of certain words in the clause. He was per suaded that, as a•-• voluntai y contribution, the obnoxi ous proviso would never produce any thing worth the acceptance of the public. He should like to know from the First Lord of the Treasury, what he imagined Ouse contributions would ainuunt tn, or I whether he thought it would he any thing month' reckoning upon ? It may be o!ljected to bun tiint the measure originated in ai;oticr House; but he thought In reality it was produced by clamour. L-t their Lordships seriously consider the possible consee quenees of their yielding to clamour. For his part, he regarded it generally PS the first stage of confisca tion. Let them Consider its progress and termination in a neighbouring country. The progress of clamour went on there till it involved the confiscation of half the property of the country. In the case before them, were the aurae taken literally, even the public funds as ere liable. With a view, therefore, of doing away those various objections, he. would move the omission of those words, the continuatxe of which Ire could not but deem as most•dangernusly obnoxious. The Noble and Learned Lord then moved his proposed omissions, by way of amendment . . The Earl of LIVERPOOL observed, with refer. ence to what had fallen from his Noble and Learned Friend, that in a fair and prnp,r consideration of the measure before their Lordships, a due regard slinuld be had to the extraordin iry circumstances under which it was proposed. The principle of the measure, however. had been repeatedly recognised and acted upon in the course of the various wars whit., had occurred from the period of the Revolution to clic presens : In the Rebellion of 1745, particularly, a measure of a similar nature was recurred to; and, iii die subsequent war, which was c :fled the S,:ven Years' War, money was raised by a tax laid siecifi tally upon the proceeds of all pul:be offices. In two distinct instances in the course of the late was, and during the Administration of Mr. Pitt, voluntary contributions were legalised in the saute way. The measure so much complained of by his Ne.ole and Learned Friend was therefore neither new in prin ciple our in practice. Under ordinary c.rcontstio,ces, he would admit, that a great deal of what was urged in the way of objection would have much weight.— At the same time he must say, that in i xtraordinary circumstances, a measure of the kind may be highly beneficial and expedient; and farther, be had to ob serve, that it was no question with him, whether, onder any interpretation of the words, the 44 Volun tary Contribution," designated in the clause, could apply to the public funds. It was considered with reference to the noble sacrifice made by an Illustrious Personage, in giving up so much of his income from the branch of the Civil List, which was particularly applicable to the splendour of the Sovereign, that many other classes of his Majesty's subjects, who held situations of public emolument, should be afford ' ed an opportunity of voluntarily, and according to their individual discretion, of contributing a portion of those emoluments towards the relief of the public necessities. He could not think that the exercise rut : the discretion of individuals could be liable to thce,e sort of reflections which Iris Noble and Learned Friend seemed to think. The seactifise made by ti.e Illustrious Personage, when the various circumstances of the case were considered, must be regarded as cf I considerable magnitude, and proportionably 14'1(1411re; land it was, therefore, in the view he had stated, deetned expedient to legalize, in this way , the coa lti ibutions of public individuals to the service of the State. The measure was not adopted so much with a view to the pecuniary amount of its produce, but rather with' a view to its being a clear manifestailoo on the part of the Crown and the Executive Govet n. went, of their feelings and inclinations with respee: to the situation of the country. The chose in qu.e:- i titan WAL, the Noble Led repeated, nsittisr in priti7 ciple nor in practice, new to the Parliament or the Country, ow did he thMk the we sure ini its opera tion and effects liable to these objections which lii Homes-able and Leona Friend supposed. He, therefore, wool. vote 14 the Phi, as sent u, to their • Lordships !root the other Noose. Lord HOLLAND was anxious to say * few words on the ptcsent occ tsim. He would sappoit the amendment, but on grounds very.slifferent hors those no whizli the N.ible an] Learned Lord urged it. : Ile also regtrded the measure as foolish in some points of view and mischievous in others. It was not, he tuna contoi I, from useful and efficient puls tic offices that the country recpiircd any faer;t:Cell tol ',Defilade, hat front those which were evidetelr use-• less, and in which nn public service was reriormee. In the latter cases the people erpeeted the seoe•est economy. In guard lases laid upon public orses were a specks of delusion, as the dederctom was e!_ most always made op to the poucstirs in same w.y or other. From those offices which elect little services to the Scat—sack as many of those at tached to the Court—the public would 1•T•1ct the mnst scrupulous econooy. Several of the C not Offices might. he though', in tames Ike the pro sent, be filled gratuitously, for which there was a so iking precedent on an occasion when it was know.' that the circurristances of the present Ruler ot the Country were in a state of much embaerasse,eie. On that occasion many of the soble and respect Isle persons attached to his Royal Highness served in has Court without salaries. Something of the kind I. ow, he thought, should take place, and the holders if such offices as he alluded to should fill them gratuitously, until the revenue and the expenditure of the country should be equal. The efficient offices, in many cases, were far from being ov.rpaid, and in such cases. he was of opinion the cr untry would rattier see the emo luments increased than diminished in any tepee!. Considering the questi-n in these points of view, he certainly could not appr•ore the Clause then under consideration. The question was then pot, when the CLAIM, as originally proposed, was agreed to by the Comm; • tee; and the I•huae .resuming, the JIM was report:4 without any amend:pent. • Lord HOLLAND prerented rtveral Petitleae from different Scotch Burghs, on the subject of Ecu. norm and ntlornt, but mule especially praying for the latter. w:lich wete ).% id, and, after atl (1^1!1 between Vi.count and the atm, in, the way of explanation with ret.:itct ICI Otte w 1%3 of them. were e.t.a •re 4 to lie on t'le table.—A I joat otd till to-not row. cr* CoNI3.ION:, General THORN lON gave Lome NTom!ay nest he should move for iteturos of :he Hins'auti.to of A•se.sineurs 14 tlie Assessed Taxes, io consequence he. Absence of Dermas trattliing abroad, for the year. enlag un the sch Lowy, tiiia, and 111t/._ The Barrack Deparrinent Bill was read a second time, and or dered to be coninnred on Monday. Mr. SWAN presented a I'e Trion from the isihab , tatits of Wylie, in the county of Wiles, m lavour of re .nooty, and praying that the duties on Salt, Soap, Candles, L.-whet, and other articles in common tete, he repealed.—Order...l to lie tnn the table. Mr. CURWEN presented a Petition from tke pari,l3 of Ben. thorpe in the county of Surrey, swing, (hit oat of 700 trots ieo received parochial relief, and praying for assistance.— °Met ed to lie on toe table. The Coffee Bill was read a served Cm; and ordered to b. eonnurtted on Monday. The liouse went utro a Committee on the London Cual Acts. Report on Monday. i he Conatic Ctderni.sioners am Mint throtagh a Committee. Report on Moto!ay. PETITIONS. Lord COCHRANE presented a Petition for Re form Irhm the Inhabitants of Barwick, in the Co l my of Yolk. He thought that the number of Pettui:ns winch loaded the t ible .ot the kl;,use, required, at least, the set loos attention of Mintster , s—( Hear, hrar). H e wish e d that, instead of their present measures, they would adept a different course, and endeavour to conciliate the pettpk by the abolition of Sineemes and of u.eh:ss Pensions. But they seemed deter nn tied not to retrench a single olE.r. They welki not give up a single outwork to endanger the body of the place. lie trusted that many taller Petitions, of the same tendency as the one he held, would eon tome us come benne the House, to Clew the necessi.y of turning out the present Ministry. - The Petition WA, then brought up, read, ani tr dered to lie on ii 'able. Lerd COCHRANE then presented anctf.” P. •i -tion, to the same effect, from the Parish of Sai worth, in Ycirksl.ire.—Ordered to lit on tl.e Lbrd COL: H RA NE have it. nice, :nit 1:lat he widd bring on has motion fur the Abulition of t;itsisures, but that he shouhl postpone it till it slionld have s..me chance of :nieces:— (Lan4ter). Mr. COKE (a: Nori , .lk). presented a Petition (inns WilliAM At:inners, late Chief M4te of his jest)'. Custom-ho•lse cutter the Hunter, and its crew, stating, that they bred captured several vessels i. 1797, and though they had made Irequint applies. none to t:le Agent for the Hunter to obtain their Pria.-money, he had Away: referred them to t4s Dutch Commissionets, who sent them back to the Agent. They had, therefore, had no settlement of their claims, though the eirpfurvs. had been mstie "0 )cars ago , a nd pr iyedfor relief from the House. The . CHANCELLOI of the EXCHEQUER had uo doubt that, on 'toper inquiry; it it appeare4 twat the Petitioners had not mistaken their case. Lice would be dune thr•its. The Petition wits t:;ett ordered to he on the table. ANNY AND NAVY aItRUCTION BILL. On this Motion of thc . CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the House went into a Committee on the Army and Naty Seduction Bill. Thi Hoer* having resumed. the Report was brought up. Ou t he eptection that it be riceivrd, Sir F. fiURDErr complained that the present measures were hurried in such a inaroter ibtotials House. that no rune was whirred It r the espleraAtri at the snowmn's of the Nation upon duns. We was I,c.tule to any Bill of the kind. Mr. CALCRAFT only aNwoved of the P;!?-, for PdRLI..4MENTART PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, PRERD4RY Earl GPOsVENOR presented a Petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Comma: Council of the City of London, In Common Council nobied praying the concurrence of their Lordships in measure i emus:Meal slid Parliamentary Re form, and also ag mist the Mil fur the Suspension of the !fallen Corpus Act. 1 he NoSle Part hi Icily touched upon the re-pvcts • Nifty of the Petitioners: and. upon his motion, the a'efiTinn was tea I, and ordered to lie on the table. 1 he Earl of DERBY rte....wed a Petition from the Gentle men, Cferey, and other- hthahltaiits of the Huntltel of ilack borne, in th e Coon:y other-, of I.aneister, setting terh the fears and apprehensions entertained by them from the evensive seditious practices winch prevailed, and the tnodi:iiie machi.ia lions of persons who, under the mask of obtaining Parl.amen taty Reform, aimed at nothing les. than the sub..e , over throw of the huts, Itherto-s, and Cistneilitinn ut the conntry, mid whose &vivify and influence were such as enable I them to 11-aw, though from the very pit, ter Ciages of the const. &ruble pecutlial y cuntributin,s, in the aggrepte, for the set). I port and furtherance .o their neat Litr• designs, dtc. praying tor the interference of Parliament is the adoption of such measures se would moo effectually tend to c' , .utfteract and put cloven the same. The N .ble Earl, in presenting the document, which he ag ;red to do, un Mist I ev:ctahle r. q..isition s obsnved, Ile by no IMAMS acquiesced to a g . eat pats st what was advanced by the Petitioners, who, though to hi. idea Matakeu, were numerous and relseetable. The-Velma was read, and after a few words of an otplana tory nature between the Noble Earl And the I.outo CIIA NCLL. 1.01, it era( agreed that ilea Petite n phiould b.- received es ttia: ni those who had signed on the first -kw of wh eh the Petition romiced. CONTRIBUTIONS INIOSI PUBLIC PITICZI AND PINSIoNS. Their Lordships resolved into a Committee on the Malt Dusty and Contributilii Bull. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY in the Chair: Lord REDESDALE rose, pursuant to the notice he had given, for the purpose of objecting to a clause of a very particular and unusual description, which had been introduced into the print bill. The clause referred to by him was that which went to authorize the payment, as voluntary conttibuions, of certain sums, out of the income derived by certain indivi duals, from public offices, pensions, ant other situa tions lit public emolument, in proportion to the 'pro ceeds of those sources of emolument respectively, and authorizing the Lords of his Majesty's freasury to receive the same. To a clause of such a nature he entertained strong and various objections : it pur ported to authorise the reco-ipt of certain proportions 'r.! the income of individuals derivable from such sources, as voluntary cootributions. The difficulty of a precise interpretation of such an enacting clause Was not the least objection ; ,whatever may be the in tention, it may be difficult to say, how fat an Exche quer process should issue under some construction of it, as law, and yet it was styled voluntary cootribu.' tion. But of what nature may such a voluntary contribution be considered Much in the same way, he believed, as what used sometimes to take place formerly among their Lordships' servants. A new servant was called on to contribute what was termed beer money, which contribution, if he declined pay , ing, he was hood by the others. He disapproved of every thing like an attempt to levy a partialttax upon certain individuals; this alone would constitute a se rious objection ; but he would not entettain this measure were it ever propoied to lay it on generally. Certain descriptions ut individuals were called upon by the clause, to contribute to the necessities of the public, under soch circumstances, and he must think, under such a compuision as he had alluded to. For Its own part, wire it propt.sed to continua a property tax to such an Amount, which would be a clear and equitabie principle, he would concur in its adoption, as he had before declared his willingness so to do; but he never could submit to an attempt to be taxed individually by a clause, upon a part of his property, along with certain other individuals. He was not to be hooted out of his money. He would stand firm 6tl that ground, and he trusted many others would do the same, and not submit to hove part of their emoluments taken away from them, under Fre tence of a voluntary contribution. The persons de scribed as the objects of the clause, were those holding offices and places in his Majesty's service, or those possessing emoluments derived from the public reve nue. Was it meant to extend the operation of the clause to the emoluments of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, which were conferred on his ancestor, for his gre it and signal services ; to those of Lord Nelson, for his great services ; to Lord St. Vincent, and a variety of other eminent persons ? Were all those to be considered as liable to contribute ? Mr. Palmer too, may he called upon to contribute from the annuity which he received for his public services. As the clause was worded, it might exteod to almost. every description of persons in the country, if the words coupled with emoluments were taken in their lull sense ; for where was the person who, in some way or other, might not. be said to derive his ensolu malts from the public ? Holders in the public funds, loan-jobbers, contractors, and all others of that de scription, derive their emoluments from the public. Were all these to be called upon All such persons we* expected to pay in proportion to their emote merits. Were a general Property Tax enacted he should not object ; but to this partial and individual' mode of taxation he had the strongest objection. Why should the person who devoted his time. and labour to the public service, more than any other, pay a part of their properties ? Why shnuld not , ' others, such as great co:ton mantsfactufers, or great; mercantile men, be as well called upon, persons who have made millions of money ? Why should,for in ! stance, his Majesty's first Minister, who could not part , with a single shilling of his inadequate emoluments, I , and who was obliged to spend, in supporoof the rank 1 and dignity of his situation, much more than it yielded to him, be called on to make contribution ? History ' would prove this asset Lion. What did the Duke of Newcastle, who was long in that situation, gain by his being its the.pubtic service ? Nothing. On the I contrary, he greatly injured his private fortune, which, uu his quitting, win much less mats iE was on his ctyning into she public service. The greit Lord Chadian was else a long time iu the public service. s -