[184] Ibid., 1209–11.
[185] I cannot agree with Lecky’s statement (iv, 293) that Pitt’s charges were extravagant. Seven partisan commissioners, jobbing away vast patronage, would have been a canker in the State, whether they acted for their party or the Crown.
[186] Pitt MSS., 102. Letter of 25th Nov. 1783.
[187] Wraxall, iii, 161.
[188] “Parl. Hist.,” xxiii, 1312–86.
[189] Wraxall, iii, 150.
[190] “Buckingham P.,” i, 289.
[191] Ibid., 285.
[192] “Parl. Hist.,” xxiv, 196–225.
[193] “Memorials of Fox,” ii, 224.