42 DKIVERS. 



Indeed they were all, with one or two 

 palpable exceptions, men of character and 

 conduct, highly respected in their pro- 

 fession a profession, it should be remem- 

 bered, to whom the community were at 

 that time much indebted, when the re- 

 sponsibility of having so many of His 

 Majesty's lieges daily committed to their 

 care is considered, and the estimation 

 they were held in by many of the 

 leading members of society was as much 

 an acknowledgment of their merits as it 

 was an encouragement of their manly and 

 engaging art although now and then 

 less worthy motives than those of deserving 

 the approbation of their Patrons would give 

 admission to some few black sheep. 



In London I was treated with every 

 mark of kindness and familiarity by the 

 owner of the establishment, as if he really 

 wished to make up for former neglect. 

 He seldom missed an evening of join- 

 ing me in the coffee-room, and convers- 



