[574] The indiscretion of Trevor had been equal to his baseness; and his guilt had been apparent on the first inspection of the accounts of the City.
The accounts of the East India Company were more obscure.

The committee reported that they had sate in Leadenhall Street, had examined documents, had interrogated directors and clerks, but had been unable to arrive at the bottom of the mystery of iniquity.

Some most suspicious entries had been discovered, under the head of special service.

The expenditure on this account had, in the year 1693, exceeded eighty thousand pounds.

It was proved that, as to the outlay of this money, the directors had placed implicit confidence in the governor, Sir Thomas Cook.