Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. For many years the Editor of the Times has kindly indulged me with Space in his journal, when it has pleased me to write, what it has pleased him to publish; I never yet touched one farthing, or received any personal favour from him, or the Editor of any other journal, beyond that simple favour of making public for me, what I wished to publish.