FOOTNOTES:
[52] Sir H. Erskine.
[53] Yet the Jews were but a seventh part so great fools as the Quakers.
[54] He had been met by Governor Lyttelton, who was taken in the Blandford by the French.
[55] Lord Egmont.
[CHAPTER VI.]
Tax on Plate debated in the Commons—Tranquillity restored in Ireland—Hessian and Hanoverian Troops taken into our pay—Private Bill for a new Road from the Metropolis—The French attack Minorca—Vote of Credit—Debates on the Prussian Treaty—Speeches of Pitt and Murray—Militia Bill in the Lords—Troops raised by Individuals—Violation of Public Faith—The Prince of Wales attains his Majority—History of Lord Bute—Scheme of taking the Prince from his Mother.