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acts of personal kindness he has so repeatedly received from most of the individuals who compose the regiment.-To him, therefore, any rigorous exercise of authority must be doubly painful; but no consideration either of gratitude or interest, can be regarded in the performance of that military duty which he, who holds a commission from the King, is bound, without fear or affection, to the best of his judgment, faithfully to discharge.

"Lieutenant-colonel Tierney is persuaded, that the confidence his Majesty has been graciously pleased to express in the loyalty, the good sense, and the public spirit of the individuals of the third company, will ensure the continuance of those exertions, which, with so much credit to themselves, they have hitherto displayed, and stimulate them to promote and maintain that spirit of subordination, which, at a momet like the present, constitutes the surest and most honourable test of zeal in the common cause.

We have already seen Mr. Tierney in the character of a financier in the house of commons, and we are now to take notice of two publications of his on this subject. The first is entitled, "A Letter to the Right Honourable Henry Dundas on the Situation of the East India Company." In this, which appeared in 1791, in an anonymous shape, he considered the company under a variety of different points of view: "as a society of adventurers, who though they nominally trade upon a capital of five millions, employ about fifteen, and possess an income from various foreign colonies of about six millions sterling. In Asia, (it is added) they are sovereigns; in England they are merchants: but although these terms apply to their different capacities, the usual acceptation of them must not be adopted, for the sovereignty is not supported by the trade, but the trade by the sovereignty; and the revenues of Bengal are considered

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as only valuable to the amount by which they fill the warehouses in Leadenhall-street." He then proceeds to state the income and expenditure in India during the last four, and calculates the diminution of debt during the four preceding years, both abroad and at home, at a far less sum than what had been stated in the budget of the minister for Indian affairs.

This produced a reply on the part of George Anderson, A. M. accountant to the commissioners for the affairs of India, a young man who by his talents and industry had risen from the situation of a farmer's boy to a confidential and lucrative employment. Mr. Tierney immediately published a rejoinder, entitled "A Letter to the Right Honourable Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Controul, on the Statement of the Affairs of the East India Company, lately published by George Anderson, Esq. Accomptant to the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, by George Tierney, Esq."

On this occasion he frankly acknowledges, that he has committed several mistakes in his first letter, "which arose not from any mis-statements on his part, but from unavoidable circumstances, such as being obliged to take the accounts of Bombay, Bengal, and Prince of Wales's Island on estimate, no actual account having been then received." It appears, however, that the error committed on this occasion did not exceed the sum of 400,000l. which is a mere trifle when the total amount is taken into consideration!" If the commissioners for the affairs of India, at the head of which you so ably preside, (says Mr.

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Tierney, addressing himself to Mr. Dundas, now Lord Melville) still feel confident in the strength and accuracy of those accounts which they have, by their accountant, given to the public, they can have no objection to the appointment of a parliamentary committee; if not, we must continue in doubt, whether the company be thriving or bankrupts; and all we can be certain of will be, that the patronage which, through the medium of the court of directors, administration enjoys, is found quite enough to satisfy their present demands, and much too great to be exposed to the hazard of any investigation."

To conclude, it will be seen, from the particulars detailed in this article, that Mr. Tierney is a gentleman eminent for his talents, accustomed to business, fond of research, and admirably calculated for public affairs. He excels, in particular, in a knowledge of finance, and as he possesses a thorough knowledge of the funding system, as well as of the revenue, and the resources of India, where he is said to have resided some short time, he cannot fail to be either a very valuable coadjutor, or a or a formidable enemy to any minister.

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SOME families require not the illustration of ancestors, but possess within themselves every thing calculated to procure reputation and regard. Hospitality at home, military talents displayed abroad, eloquence in the senate, patriotism in affairs of the

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state, fortune capable of commanding respect: qualifications such as these are capable both of acquiring and retaining the esteem of mankind.

The family of Grey, or De Croy, has been long settled in the north of England, and manors have appertained to it in the county of Northumberland from the period of the Conquest to the present day. It originally came, as the name imports, from the continent, and, like other Norman scions, following the fortunes of William the Bastard, became engrafted on an English stock. The writer of this article is not prepared to affirm, although he is inclined to suppose, that the Greys took part with William III. at the Revolution; but it appears pretty plain that they were whigs in the late reign, as one of them served the office of high sheriff in 1736, and George II. was pleased to bestow a patent of baronetage upon him, January 11, 1746; the younger branch, as will be seen hereafter, has been ennobled during the present. The head of this family was created Baron Grey, of Werke, by James II. and the ancestor of Lord Tankerville, by a marriage with a daughter of this family, obtained an earldom.

Sir Henry Grey, the son of Sir Henry Grey, Bart. is a country gentleman, upwards of seventy years of age, who resides on his paternal estates, and but seldom visits the metropolis. Next to those of the present Duke of Northumberland, and the late Earl of Derwentwater, (the latter of which is vested in the crown,) his be considered as the largest possesmay sions in the county of Northumberland, and he him

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self as the most opulent commoner; it is to be little wondered, therefore, that his influence, aided by that of a noble Duke, together with the assistance of his own immediate relations, connexions and friends, should be able to return at least one member as a representative of his native shire. But as neither the events of a retired life, nor the administration of justice in a provincial district, nor even the occasional hospitalities of Howic, afford a copious theme for the biographer, it will be necessary to rccur to the life and exploits of the next brother, who has been engaged from his early youth in the most active scenes, both at home and abroad.

Lord Grey de Howic, K. B. was born in 1729, and as the estates were entailed on Sir Henry, it was deemed proper that the former should embrace some profession in life, which might lead to a suitable establishment. That which seems to be the peculiar lot of younger brothers was therefore pitched upon, and accordingly, after receiving the usual prefatory education, he served on the continent as a subaltern in Kingsley's regiment, when not more than nineteen years of age. In 1755 he obtained permission to raise an independent company, and on the 21st of January 1761 he was promoted to the rank of a field officer.

It was in this capacity that Lieutenant-colonel Grey accompanied General Hodson, in one of those expeditions planned during the administration of the great William Pitt, and he commanded the 98thregiment of foot at the capture of the important fortress of Belleisle.

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