[282] Ibid., 174, 175.
[283] Pitt MSS., 111. Printed in the “Barham Papers” (ii, 219), edited by Sir John Laughton for the Navy Records Society.
[284] “Journals and Letters of Sir T. Byam Martin,” iii, 380–2 (Navy Records Society).
[285] Wraxall, iv, 268–70. For some details on the inquiries at Portsmouth and Plymouth see the “Cornwallis Corresp.,” i, 195–8.
[286] Porter, “Hist. of the Royal Engineers,” ii, 209–11. The Duke of Richmond was, however, able to fortify some points at Portsmouth before the war of 1793 with France. See “Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers,” xii (1886), 83, 86. Fort Monckton and smaller forts on Stokes Bay were built.
[287] H. Twiss, “Life of Lord Eldon,” i, ch. iv.
[288] Wraxall, iv, 436.
[289] “Parl. Hist.,” xxvi, 780–832. On 8th May 1789, a similar motion by Beaufoy was defeated by 122 votes to 102 (Ibid., xxviii, 1–41).
[290] “Parl. Hist.,” xxiv, 1086–99.
[291] Pitt MSS., 353.