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Brummell lost no time in discovering his place of residence, and asked what wages he required; the servant answered, his late master gave him 150L. a-year, but it was not enough for his talents, and he should require 200L.; upon which Brummell said, "well, if you will make it guineas, I shall be happy to attend upon you."
This night Sir R. Ford told me how this day, at Christ church Hospital, they have given a living of 200l. per annum to Mr. Sanchy, my old acquaintance, which I wonder at, he commending him mightily; but am glad of it. He tells me too how the famous Stillingfleete was a Blue-coat boy. 18th.
The captain noted his protest at the Consulate, and claimed by way of sauvetage 200l. The owners offered 200 lire punds Scots. Briefly, noon had struck before we passed out of the noise and the smells of Messina. Our good deed had cost us dear. A wet scirocco had replaced the bright norther and saddened all the view.
I have never been, and cannot conscientiously be, a party to an arrangement of that kind, because I think this is quite clear, that if the salary of the office is disproportionate to the labour of it, and can bear to be taxed to the amount of 200l., the public should benefit, and the emoluments of the office be reduced.
Their hopes and fears in this theatrical speculation are very naturally and livelily expressed throughout Halhed's letters, sometimes with a degree of humorous pathos, which is interesting as characteristic of both the writers: "the thoughts," he says, "of 200l. shared between us are enough to bring the tears into one's eyes."
Six families were here united, and only 200l. was left to support them for the six months until remittances could be obtained from England; but all were used to cottage fare, and were not so dependent on servants as most Europeans in India. A piece of land attached to the house became, under Mr. Carey's care, a beautiful botanic garden.
'Sir Tho' I delayd till now aquenting you of my arrival this side of the watter, yet I hope you will not attribute my silence either to neglect or forgetfulness of my friends. I am now returning the compliment. He has left that part, for he was within these twenty days not the distance of thirty leagues from this town. I dow not pretend to make a particular demand yet I assure you 200l.
The rest was bequeathed, in sums of from 200L. to 500L., to different persons who had acted as clerks, assistants, and surveyors, in his various public works; and to his intimate personal friends. Amongst these latter were Colonel Pasley, the nephew of his early benefactor; Mr. Rickman, Mr. Milne, and Mr. Hope, his three executors; and Robert Southey and Thomas Campbell, the poets.
Titmarsh, I have had the good fortune to see a list of your debts from the Insolvent Court, and find that you are indebted to Mr. Stiltz, the great tailor, in a handsome sum; to Mr. Polonius, the celebrated jeweller, likewise; to fashionable milliners and dressmakers, moreover; and all this upon a salary of 200l. per annum.
For a long time, indeed, Bramah's lock was regarded as absolutely inviolable, and it remained unpicked for sixty-seven years until Hobbs the American mastered it in 1851. A notice had long been exhibited in Bramah's shop-window in Piccadilly, offering 200L. to any one who should succeed in picking the patent lock.
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