utions, it is well known that he felt very acutely on the
occasion: and nothing is more certain, than that he would have for ever
quitted England, had not government so far interfered as entirely to
quiet all his apprehensions on the subject. His remonstrances were too
strong to be resisted. He was a man to be in no way trifled with. Thus,
had a thoughtless or careless administration slighted, or neglected, his
claim to protection, and left him a prey to legal machinations, the
nation would have certainly lost it's chief champion; for, on the best
authority, it is here repeated, he once had it in contemplation to leave
for ever his native country!

What an awful consideration does this demand, from those who are
entrusted with the administration of justice! How many great men have
been driven into eternal exile by the terrors of abused justice, by
legal constructions of equity, and by the horrors of an impending prison
for the perpetual incarceration of unfortunate and injured innocence!

Not, now, likely to be disturbed in the calmness of his retirement, he
willingly descended, from the hero, to the private gentleman. Nor did
he even disdain to cultivate a few acres of glebe land annexed to the
rectory. Known, and beloved, by all the gentry in the neighbourhood, he
joined frequently in their field diversions, and was particularly fond
of coursing. Though one of the best gunners in the world, he was a bad
shot at a hare, a woodcock, or a partridge. In pointing a great gun,
however, on grand and suitable occasions, at a ship, a castle, or a
fort, he was scarcely to be equalled: so well, indeed, was this talent
known, and so universally recognized, by his frequently volunteering his
services on shore, that he was familiarly called the brigadier, ever
after the affair of San Juan.

In cultivating the friendship of respectable neighbours, who laudably
courted his society; in rendering kind offices to the humbler
inhabitants of his vicinity, by whom he was universally beloved; in
enriching his mind by reading and reflection, and improving his land by
cultivation; this great man employed most part of the leisure which
peace afforded him. Sometimes, indeed, he went to Bath, or other
fashionable resorts, during the seasons, where he might meet with his
old friends; and sometimes sought them in the metropolis, where he
occasionally paid his respects at the Admiralty.

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