[121]. A Bill prohibiting the exportation of wool passed the House of Commons, May 15, 1788.
[122]. President of the Royal Society, and supporter of the cause of agriculture and science; died 1810.
[123]. ‘Then came the Oude case, that lasted no less than twenty-one days, and ended by a speech from Sheridan on which great labour and pains had been bestowed. This speech had been looked forward to as rivalling the great Begum speech of the same orator’ (Knight). Is not A. Y. here thinking of the great Begum speech of an earlier session?
[124]. The author of Sandford and Merton died 1789 from the kick of a colt, which he had refused to have broken in on account of the cruelty usually involved in the process.
[125]. Died 1809. One of the most active members of the Royal Humane Society; fell a victim to his devotion in attending the sick and wounded Austrian soldiers on the field of Wagram.
[126]. See vol. x. of the Annals of Agriculture.
[127]. Sic.
[128]. Written about 1816.
[129]. Wild chicory or succory, used by the French as a winter salad, and in the adulteration of coffee.
[130]. Refers (see below) to a work by Baron Huthhausen on the servitude of the Silesian peasantry.