[403] John Palmer (1742-1818) was a theatrical manager. In 1782 he set forth a plan for forwarding the mails by stage coaches instead of by postmen. Pitt adopted the plan in 1784. Palmer was made comptroller-general of the post office in 1786 and was dismissed six years later for arbitrarily suspending a deputy. He had been verbally promised 2-1/2% on the increased revenue, but Pitt gave him only a pension of L3000. In 1813 he was awarded L50,000 in addition to his pension. [404] Dionysius Lardner (1793-1859), professor of natural philosophy in London University (now University College). His _Cabinet Cyclopaedia_ (1829-1849) contained 133 volumes. De Morgan wrote on probabilities, and Lardner on various branches of mathematics, and there were many other well-known contributors. Lardner is said to have made $200,000 on a lecture tour in America. [405] Thomas Fysche Palmer (1747-1802) joined the Unitarians in 1783, and in 1785 took a charge in Dundee. He was arrested for sedition because of an address that it was falsely alleged that he gave before a society known as the "Friends of Liberty." As a matter of fact the address was given by an uneducated weaver, and Palmer was merely asked to revise it, declining to do even this. Nevertheless he was sentenced to Botany Bay (1794) for seven years. The trial aroused great indignation. [406] See Vol. I, page 80, note 5 {119}. [407] See Vol. II, page 244, note 394. [408] See Vol. I, page 352, note 1 {731}. [409] See Vol. I, page 332, note 4 {709}. [410] "The lawyers are brought into court; let them accuse each other." [411] Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), the poet and art connoisseur. He declined the laureateship on the death of Wordsworth (1850). Byron, his pretended friend, wrote a lampoon (1818) ridiculing his cadaverous appearance. [412] Theodore Edward Hook (1788-1841), the well-known wit. He is satirized as Mr. Wagg in _Vanity Fair_. The _John Bull_ was founded in 1820 and Hook was made editor. [413] "On pitying the heretic." [414] A term of medieval logic. Barbara: All M is P, all S is M, hence all S is P. Celarent: No M is P, all S is M, hence no S is P. [415] "Simply," "According to which," "It does not follow." [416] "O sweet soul, what good shall I declare That heretofore was thine, since such are thy remains!" [417] "Stupid fellow!" [418] Christopher Barker (c. 1529-1599), also called Barkar, was the Queen's printer. He began to publish books in 1569, but did no actual printing until 1576. In 1575 the Geneva Bible was first printed in England, the work being done for Barker. He published 38 partial or complete editions of the Bible from 1575 to 1588, and 34 were published by his deputies (1588-1599).