[243] Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[244] Even before this, the Queen had made a semi-public appearance, for, on the day of baptism, her bed "magnificently upholstered in crimson velvet," was removed to the great drawing-room. "Though she is not yet to see company in form," Walpole records, "yet it looks as if people should have been there, as all who presented themselves were admitted, which were very few, for it had not been notified—I suppose to prevent too great a crowd. All I have heard of, besides those in waiting, were the Duchess of Queensberry, Lady Dalkeith, Mrs. Grenville, and about four more ladies."
[245] The Town.
[246] Massey: History of England.
[247] Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay.
[248] Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, 1786.
[249] Charles Churchill (1731-1764), author of "The Rosciad" and other satires.
[250] Grenville, speaking in the House of Commons, on the Cyder Tax, explained that the bill was brought in because funds must be found, and turned to Pitt who had been speaking against the measure. "I call upon the honourable gentleman opposite to me to say where they would wish to have a tax laid? I say, Sir, let them tell me where! I repeat it, Sir! I am entitled to say to them—tell me where?" Thereupon Pitt, mimicking the monotonous tones of the speaker, murmured audibly in the words of the then popular ballad: "Gentle Shepherd, tell me where." The House roared with laughter, and the nickname "Gentle Shepherd" clung to Grenville for life.
[251] Sir Charles Pratt, afterwards first Earl Camden, 1714-1794.
[252] The New Foundling Hospital for Wit.