[199] Albemarle: Memoirs of Rockingham.
[200] Albemarle: Memoirs of Rockingham.
[201] Nicholls: Recollections and Reflections.
[202] Shelburne was most unpopular and always suspected of insincerity. It was to him that Goldsmith made the singularly mal-à-propos remark: "Do you know, I could never conceive the reason why they call you Malagrida, for Malagrida was a very good sort of man."
[203] Wraxall: Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[204] Historical Memoirs of My Own Times.
[205] Correspondence of George III with Lord North.
[206] Russell: Life and Times of C. J. Fox.
[207] "The autumnal session of Parliament was opened on November 27 by a speech from the Throne, the language of which was not less determinate than it had ever been in maintaining the necessity of continuing the most vigorous exertions for the preservation of the essential rights and permanent interests of the country."—Aikin: The Annals of the Reign of George III.
[208] Recollections and Reflections.