believe were the cause that only one of their servants of the rank 
of factor accepted them; and he was well assured of the patronage 
of Mr. Francis, now lives with him, and we suppose, by such 
powerful interest, will soon receive the reward of his sacrifices. 
As to the second assertion, that there are some secret benefits 
in the service, which render it not so unprofitable as it is repre- 
sented to be, we wish to God, Gentlemen, we could discover 
this to be true: to cut short the matter, we beg leave to present 
the Honourable the Court of Directors with a list of their servants 
for these twenty-two years past, and how disposed of: the true 
inference will then strike them, viz. that there is a want at this 
settlement of just and legal opportunities to acquire an indepen- 
dence; unless they suppose (which they have no right to do), that 
the servants of this settlement have wanted parts and industry to 
embrace them: but if the Honourable the Court of Directors will 
but please to examine the accounts from this place, they will not 
he surprised at it: for they will at once perceive the few offices at 
this presidency that yield any emolument to their servants; and 
to the misfortune of those who have no interest in England, even 
these emoluments can no longer be reckoned in the general esti- 
mate of their service; for the attentions that have been paid to 
some of the junior servants, secure to them, during their rise to 
council, the best provision in the under part of the service, to the 
exclusion of all others, whatever may be their ability or deserts. 
It is foreign, Gentlemen, to our subject to animadvert on the 
bad effects of this, in destroying a leading motive with every junior 
servant to signalize himself to you by industry, and by an attention 
to the Company’s affairs; but we hope to stand excused, if we 
