126 COACHMEN. 



man -whether he were the husband of 

 one wife, or lived in the grossest immo- 

 rality. A good outward appearance, 

 plenty of confidence, and a notoriety, it 

 mattered riot by what means, or at whose 

 expense, acquired, were qualifications 

 sufiicient to obtain employment in the 

 first establishments in London ; whereas 

 the same qualifications might, and did, 

 cover others that should have conducted 

 their possessors to the penal settlements. 

 But it will not do to look too narrowly 

 into the characters of our public men, in 

 whatever sphere they may be placed, or the 

 country would lose the services of many 

 able denizens. 



Notwithstanding this, there were coach- 

 men whose aspirations did not lead them to 

 so lofty a pitch of celebrity, and who were 

 content to live in the approbation of their 

 employers and in the general esteem of 

 their fellows. 



