William Pitt and national revival

by J. Holland Rose

[462] Pitt MSS., 337.

[463] Ibid., 333. Hailes to Fraser, 26th January 1786.

[464] “Malmesbury Diaries,” ii, 112.

[465] “Malmesbury Diaries,” ii, 157.

[466] “F. O.,” France, 16.

[467] Ibid. The British Parliament in 1716 abrogated these clauses in favour of earlier and less liberal arrangements. Louis XIV consented to this.

[468] “F. O.,” France, 16. Hailes to Carmarthen, 4th August 1785.

[469] Ibid., Hailes to Carmarthen, 1st December 1785. The Chambers of Commerce at Paris, Versailles, and Montpellier protested against the arrêts. See Butenval, op. cit., 36.

[470] Pitt MSS., 110. Eden to Pitt, 12th October 1785. See, too, “Carlisle Papers,” 644.

[471] B.M. Add. MSS., 34420.