One would have thought, considering the great enthusiasm of the nation on this important subject, that they, who could have given satisfactory information upon it, would have rejoiced to do it.

But I found it otherwise, and this frequently to my sorrow.

There was an aversion in persons to appear before such a tribunal as they conceived the privy council to be.

With men of shy or timid character this operated as an insuperable barrier in their way.

But it operated more or less upon all.