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they were of a weighty nature, for I am more hurt at my nothaving an occasion of considering Mr. Pitt as my private friend,than I am at his neglect of me as a minister. I must call it, inmy present ignorance of circumstances, neglect; for there werevarious ways in which my wishes might have been gratified.They were not founded in avarice; they extended not so much toan increase of income as to a change of situation; and that Iconsider as a favour, which a life spent, and a constitution im-paired, in the discharge of the most difficult offices of an Univer­ sity , entitled me to expect from any minister. ,

“ I am, &c.

“ R. L.”

I knew that this letter would offend the high spirit of Mr.Pitt, but mine was as high as his own ; and I disdained conceal-ing my chagrin at being passed by without notice, when extremebad health, which I had long laboured under, joined to the con-sideration of my having, on many occasions, been serviceable toMr. Pitt; of my having been fifteen years Professor of Divinity,seven years Professor of Chemistry, four years Moderator in theUniversity , and I know not how many years Private Tutor, As-sistant Tutor, Head Tutor, in Trinity College, gave me a reason-able confidence, that the wishes which I had so long beforeexpressed to Mr. Pitt, would, on this occasion, have been attendedto. Whether they ought to have been attended to or not, letposterity judge.

On the 10th of February following, a meeting of the Bishopswas convened at the Bounty-Office, on a summons from the

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