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a most agreeable surprise it was to meet Romilly at Lord Lansdownes table.
No doubt it was Romilly who mentioned me to Dumont. Dumont introduced him to Lord Landsdowne. Dumont got
intimate with Mirabeau for whom he wrote many of his addresses to
his comettans. He talked to me on various subjects & I mentioned my
papers on legislation. He expressed a desire to see them & having read them
asked me to allow him to use them, to which I consented. I gave him
the Introduction which was written 1781 & published in 1789. It stuck
for 8 years in consequence of the coldness of Lord Camden & Dunning;
the former of whom said to Lord Lansdowne that he found a difficulty
in understanding it, & therefore others would. Afterwards however something
I wrote made a strong impression in my favour. He was intimately
connected with Sir Eardley Wilmot who had been Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas. During Warren Hastings’ trial, there was a curious
question of evidence – it was referred to me – & there was a great
notion raised by this communication of my sagacity on this particular
matter. My views were not favourable to his views, for on this occasion
they bore against Hastings & he took the side of Hastings because King George
the Third had taken his side. Lord Lansdowne referred the paper to
Sir Eardley Wilmot, who lauded it. I did not like Sir Eardley – on
account of his conduct in a case of negro slavery, when he gave
damages of only one Shilling in favour of the negro –& wanted to
reserve the point of law. I thought the case was one where so
much injury had been inflicted, that the award of one shilling excited my
indignation

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