which gave rise to these are to fully related in the accompanying papers. That Lord Grey feels it unnecessary to recapitulate them. He desires me, to request that you will therefore observe to the Lords Commissioners that in his opinion, it would bear very hardly upon Mr. Napier to insist on his payment of the expenses which his securities have, in his absence, made him responsible. The work which formed the ground of action was undertaken by Mr Napier in his official capacity and was entirely of a public and useful character. If the excess of expenditure which it occasioned is principally attributable to a falling off in the amount of the private Subscriptions upon which it appears he had too confidently relied. This circumstance coupled with his serious illness which prevented him from exercising that effectual control over the execution of his directions which he otherwise would