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 upon offices; to which the author oppoes the mot poitive and unqualified aertion, that, as far as was conitent with his knowledge and belief, there was not, during the whole of Mr. Pitt's adminitration, from 1783 to 1801, one employment dipoed of which the individual on whom it was betowed did not enjoy every hilling of the profits, as far as was known when the office was given, with the exception of a few caes, where perfons in poeion of laborious offices were afluallydifabled by age, or permanent infirmities. In uch only the officers retiring were allowed to retain a part of the incomes for the remainder of their lives, by authority publicly given. Circumtances have, indeed, ince occurred, which brought to his knowledge two or three intances where the rule laid down by Mr. Pitt had been broken, and his caution defeated. Thoe were, however, uch as no poible care could have provided againt at the time. There can, however, be