The
of the Civil Service, I shall not indulge in vain regrets, on the merits of the
Department
for
of the consequence.
of that
great
at least a
Prospect of two sums
in
Lieu
in mitigation
which accrued to the Exchequer from Lord Hardinge's relaxed promise and the
Regimental
Stop, reserving a Majority to the House
be a
ow be
would now
me
to me
fortune from the cruel regards, in emancipating thralldom of debt and enabling
me to
spend the few remaining years of my life which Providence may allot me in peace at least, though not in worldly competence.
being
now
My Colonial Career brought to a close, I trust, sir, that it
will not be held out of place upon my part to bring its more prominent incidents under your immediate notice -
Again I find myself in the invidious position of being placed in the invidious position
I say speaking of myself, but how am I to avoid it, in justice to my unprovided Family, and also I have to add in justice to my creditors assuring you, Sir, that the task is irksome and obnoxious to me in the last degree -
I greatly confess the duty fell to my lot, Sir, and I was congenial as a Soldier, though at the time administering this Government as a Civilian, to have been called upon to place this land in a state to resist a probable siege, on the breaking out of the Russian War in 1854.
It was a Season of great public alarm, for a formidable Russian Squadron had only just left our waters, and was supposed to be lurking in our very estuary -
However by establishing a system of signals...