[994] “Mems. of Sir R. M. Keith,” ii, 367–70, 379.
[995] “F. O.,” Prussia, 20. Jackson to Leeds, 9th March. See Heidrich, “Preussen im Kampfe gegen die Franz. Revolution” (1908), ch. i, for the causes of the double face worn by Prussian policy at this time.
[996] “F. O.,” Prussia, 20. Jackson to Leeds, 11th March 1791 (received 19th March).
[997] “Leeds Mem.,” 150–2.
[998] Leeds to Jackson, 27th March 1791. Russia then was seeking to form an alliance with Sweden and Denmark with a view to declaring the Baltic a mare clausum (“F. O.,” Russia, 20. Whitworth to Leeds, 25th March 1791).
[999] “F. O.,” Russia, 20. Leeds to Whitworth, 27th March 1791.
[1000] “F. O.,” Holland, 34. Pitt to Auckland, 27th March.
[1001] Contrast with this the admission of Storer: “Our taxes have proved this year beyond example productive” (“Auckland Journals,” ii, 389).
[1002] See Burke’s “Correspondence,” iii, 268, where he calls Ewart “a little, busy, meddling man, little heard of till lately.”
[1003] “Parl. Hist.,” xxix, 33–79.