It was proved that one million had been wasted in commissions and military preparations, in Stock Exchange transactions and Stock Exchange jobbing. The Greek deputies received allowances larger than those paid to the diplomatic agents from great courts. Mr. Hume, in his ardor for Greece, had £10,000 assigned him of the first loan. The price fell sixteen per cent., and his ardor was said to have fallen in proportion. Alarmed at a loss so great, the senator endeavoured to release himself from the burden; but when he applied to the deputies and contractors, he was met with the reply, that, had the stock risen, he would not have returned the gain. The argument was sound, but the head is obtuse when the purse is endangered; and Mr. Hume—clear-headed generally—could not see the fairness of the position. After some correspondence, the deputies agreed to take it off Mr. Hume’s hands, at thirteen instead of sixteen per cent. discount; thereby saving Mr. Hume £300 out of the loss of £1,600 which he first feared. In time, the Greek cause grew prosperous, the stock rose to par, and Mr. Hume, with a singular power of perception compared with his previous notions, claimed the £1,300 which he had lost. The surprise of the deputies may be imagined, and they must have had curious ideas of the way in which the friends of Greece wished to serve her. Mr. Hume, however, was powerful; Mr. Hume was a senator; and to Mr. Hume was accorded a privilege for which others might have looked in vain. But a further question arose. Mr. Hume, remarkable for the closeness of his calculations, discovered that £54 was due for interest. This he applied for, and this was granted. The defence of Mr. Hume was comprised in the assertion, that, some of his actions having been misinterpreted, because he was a proprietor of stock, he had determined to part with it. The deputies offered to save the friend of the cause so great a loss; and Mr. Hume thought the conclusion at which they had arrived a sound one. After some correspondence, they agreed to take his stock at thirteen per cent. discount, the market price of sixteen per cent. being but nominal. Mr. Hume wished to be relieved entirely; but this the deputies declined. Shortly after, Mr. Hume was informed that these gentlemen would pay him the sum he was deficient; and as he considered this as fair, and not as a favor, he also considered he was entitled to the interest. “The worst that any one can say of me,” concluded Mr. Hume, “is, that I may have evinced an OVER-ANXIETY TO AVOID A PECUNIARY LOSS.” Mr. Hume probably remembers his over-anxiety to the present day.