[690] “Cornwallis Corresp.,” i, 419. Another and more probable version was that Earl Fitzwilliam would be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Burke had striven hard to obtain the India Board of Control, “for the services and adherence of thirty years.” So wrote James Macpherson to John Robinson. He adds: “If they agree, all the fat will be in the fire. A hint to the Prince would prevent it, for I plainly see his object is to carry on business as smoothly as he can” (“Abergavenny P.,” 70).
[691] “Cornwallis Corresp.,” i, 422.
[692] “Life of Wilberforce,” i, 190, 191.
[693] “Dropmore P.,” i, 363.
[694] “Memorials of Fox,” ii, 329.
[695] Wraxall, v, 336.
[696] For some good results of transportation see Lecky, vi, 253.
[697] “Parl. Hist.,” xxv, 430–2.
[698] “Dropmore P.,” i, 257.
[699] Evan Nepean in a Report to Pitt sketched the career of Matra. He was afterwards Consul for Morocco (Pitt MSS., 163).