[258] Townsend's "History," vol. i. p. 253.
[259] Raikes's "Journal," vol. i. p. 320.
[260] "Table Talk," p. 109.
[261] Hatsell's "Precedents," vol. ii. p. 241 n.
[262] Lord Russell's "Essays and Sketches," p. 346.
[263] Oldfield's "History of the House of Commons," vol. i. p. 420.
[264] "Diary and Letters of Mme. D'Arblay," vol. iv.
[265] D'Ewes' "Journal," p. 341.
[266] Ward was expelled for forgery. He is referred to in Pope's "Dunciad"—
"As thick as eggs at Ward in pillory."—
Book iii. line 34.