Amongst the leading principles 
ef his conduct it will be observed, 
that he never denied the necessity 
of some reform iu parliament, but 
objected to the time of commencing 
it; that he always supported the 
bills for the abolition ot the slave 
trade ; and that, while he opposed 
the repeal of the test act, he en- 
couraged the hope of relief to Ire- 
land, by what is called catholic 
emancipation. 
In war he had to cope, as it 
were, with a demon of gigantic 
force, the offspring of the revolu- 
tion, with whom no human power 
could contend without injury ; but 
atleast he prevented this country 
‘from being over-run by a foreign 
enemy, and its constitution from be- 
_ ing subverted by a democratic revo- 
lution amongst the people. If he 
_has been suspected of not favour- 
ing sufficiently the principles of li. 
_ berty, it is, perhaps, more to be at- 
tributed to the danger, and general 
corruption of the times, which 
forced him to adopt strong mea- 
sures, and hold the reins of govern- 
ment with a strict hand, than to any 
_want of virtue or love of freedom. 
_ His integrity was unimpeachable. 
Amongst his personal qualifica- 
_ tions, courage has been allowed to 
_ him in an eminent degree. He met 
Mr. Tierney in a duel, upon anun- 
fortunate occasion, with the coolest , 
ve 
_intrepidity; and an instance of a 
_ much better courage has been given, 
_ that once, for the purpose of ne- 
_ sessary information with respect to 
_ the revenue, he put to sea for Calais 
- in an open beat, at the hazard of his 
life, with a spirit and daring equal 
_ to that of Cesar, when he embark- 
ed from Dyrrachium. He got safe 
_ te his port, and in the next session © 
(@f parliament introduced a bill 
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which had for its object, and in 
great part effected, the stoppage of 
smuggling, by measures which he 
had devised through the means of 
information acquired in this voyage. 
Of private anecdotes there are 
very few told concerning him. It 
is said, that -he rose late, and 
drank port wine rather freely, 
even when at Cambridge, an indul- 
gence to which he was led from an 
original debility of the stomach ; 
that he was often convivial, but 
more frequently dignified and po- 
lite than familiar. In the recess, 
during the interval that he was last 
out of office, he paid great atten- 
tion to the corps of the Cingue Port 
volunteers, which he commanded, 
with a skill little, if at all, exceeded 
by any regular officers, and we have 
heard his knowledge of military 
tactics praised highly. His classical 
attainments were great, as must be 
apparent from his speeches, and as 
he possessed cousiderable imagina- 
tion, as well as critical judgment, it 
is not improbable that he had in his 
youth cultivatyd poetry. We have 
heard that, when at college, he 
wrote a tragedy, which was after- 
wards seen, read, and admired, by 
an intimate friend, who returned it 
to him with high compliments, and 
was no less struck with astonish- 
ment than regret, when, upon giv- 
ing it into the hands of the then 
minister, he made no reply, but 
calmly consigned the manuscript to 
the flames, as he, stood near the 
fire. 
It cannot be supposed that he 
was unsusceptible to the charms of 
female beauty, but the toils of a life 
like his were ill suited to connubial 
happiness, and he was never mar- 
ried ; and, perhaps, he might al- 
‘most consider it a duty as well asa 
virtue, 
