The history of England, from the accession of George III. to the close of Pitt's first administration, 1760-1801

by William Hunt

[306] Whitworth to Grenville, Dec. 5 and 24, 1799, MS. Russia, R.O.

[307] Whitworth to Grenville, Dec. 13, 1799, MS. Russia, R.O.

[308] Martens, Recueil des Traités conclus par la Russie, xi., 5-7.

[309] Whitworth to Grenville, March 18, 1800, MS. Russia, R.O.

[310] Same to same, April 2, 1800, MS. Russia, R.O.

[311] Whitworth to Grenville, March 6, 1800, MS. Russia, R.O.

[312] Mahan, Influence of Sea Power on the French Revolution, ii., 17, 18.

[313] In 1801 the population of Great Britain was about 10,500,000, and of Ireland about 4,500,000; in 1901 the population of Great Britain was 36,999,946, and of Ireland 4,458,775.

[314] Lecky, History, viii., 512.

[315] Lord Colchester, Diary, i., 255-61. Malmesbury (Diaries, iv., 31-32) says that Pitt wrote a contrite letter to the king, which seems a mistake (see Stanhope, Life, iii., 303-4).