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

by William Hunt

[136] The Bute Transaction, MSS. Pitt Papers 14; Stanhope, History, vi., 213.

[137] Lecky, History, iv., 83.

[138] Rockingham to Chatham, Jan. 21, 1778, Chatham Corr., iv., 488; Burke to Rockingham, Nov. 5, 1777, Works, ii., 357.

[139] Memorials of C. J. Fox, i., 211-12; Sir G. C. Lewis, Administrations of Great Britain, p. 16.

[140] Memorials of C. J. Fox, i., 180, 306-23.

[141] These figures present a difficulty. The votes 1771-78 appear to have been, for ordinary expenses £3,303,233, for 'extraordinaries' £2,232,694 = £5,535,927. Clowes, Royal Navy, iii., 327.

[142] On this subject generally see Parl. Hist., xix., 728-30, 818-34, 874-95, xx., 204-38, 372 sqq.; Mahan, Influence of Sea Power, pp. 337-41; MS. Admiralty Miscell., 567, R.O.; Keppel, Life of Keppel, ii., 15, 19, 21.

[143] Mahan, Influence of Sea Power, pp. 421 sqq., 523 sqq.

[144] Hannay, Rodney, pp. 117-31; Mahan, Influence of Sea Power, pp. 378-81.

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