the first proposal
I have reason to know that the Lords
Count of the Flaming Treasury
would
their
refuse sanction to the payment of any large sum of money
saved to the public by the retire-
in Commutation
of an officer the Civil Service.
-ment of from
The objections entertained by their Lordships
to
any such arrangement
are
founded on
principles from which they are unable to
depart
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depart, and which it is therefore
un-
necessary for me to explain.
with respect to
Major Caine's proposal
for the Sale of his Commission I am informed that he is precluded from taking that step because technically he receives
half-pay
and
consequently he has nothing to dispose of. Moreover he is not qualified to act for the retention
of his