[192] "Moniteur," 29th November 1792.
[193] Maret stated that "M. Chauvelin had shamefully deceived the Executive Council, and that nothing but misrepresentations and falsehoods had marked his despatches since he lost all hope of remaining in this country" (Miles, "Corresp.," ii, 62).
[194] Wilberforce urged this ("Life," ii, 13).
[195] "Dropmore P.," ii, 339, 351, 378.
[196] "Dropmore P.," ii, 377.
[197] "Parl. Hist.," xxx, 565.
[198] "Dropmore P.," ii, 378; Prior, "Burke," 368.
[199] "Life of Wilberforce," ii, 11. Note the statement of George Rose to Auckland (8th February, 1793): "Our revenue goes on gloriously. The year ending 5th January shows £300,000 more than the year preceding.... We may suffer in some respects; but we must crush the miscreants"(B.M. Add. MSS., 34448).
[200] "F. O.," Austria, 32 (Stratton to Grenville, 22nd December, 1792). Cobenzl, Austrian Chancellor, assured Stratton that Francis II would require from France "l'établissement d'une constitution quelconque fondée sur les bases les plus essentiels du gouvernement monarchique."
In view of these considerations I cannot endorse Lecky's censure (vi, 134) on Pitt's "blindness" as to the character of the war.