Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, Vol. 8 of 10: From the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, Vol. 8 of 10: From the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV

I thank the honourable and learned gentleman for his intention of moving for a committee to inquire into the causes of these riots. He Will be the fittest man to conduct such an inquiry, seeing that he knows more of such matters than any of the King's present servants. I hope he will inquire not only into the causes Of the assembling of recent mobs, but Of those which have alarmed the public for the last three or four years, as I know that the honourable and learned gentleman has frequently declared in this House and in other places, that this wicked Administration has been the cause of all the misfortunes that have befallen the country - that nothing but the removal of this Wicked Administration, and the dissolution of this profligate Parliament, could restore the peace and happiness of the kingdom.' I am persuaded that all his powers of eloquence will be directed to those great objects. This inquiry will afford him the finest possible opportunity Of discharging the debt which he still owes to his country. As no man is better able, so no man, I am sure, can be better inclined', to do it; for I have heard him declare from this bench that the King'schief minister ought to be impeached. The honourable and learned gentleman has kept exceeding good company - I do not say great company - but what I consider very honest company - the freemen of the corporation of London! If I am not mistaken, he did not disdain himself to become a. Member of that body; and I believe he was pleased to receive the freedom of the city in a gold box. Although since that time the honourable and learned gentleman has formed new connections, he cannot have altogether abandoned the sentiments by which he was formerly actuated. Of all men, therefore, he is the fittest to bring the causes and the occasions of these disturbances to public light.

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Although it was said that "Lord Clive was full of indignation at the desertion of Wedderbum," Mr. Solicitor vacating his seat, was re-elected for Bishops Castle without opposition; but he had before him the disagreeable prospect of walking up to the table between two Treasury members (his Liberal associates now shunning him), and of slinking down on the Treasury bench between Lord North and John Robinson. He dreaded that opposing parties, suspending their general hostility, would, on this occasion, interchange well-understood looks, occasioned by mutual wonderment at his apostasy. When the time came, he is said virtuously to have blushed, and to have appeared much distressed, till his colleague Thurlow shook him by the hand, and with an oath welcomed him to that side of the House which he ought never to have quitted. He for some time wore an embarrassed air, and when he had anything to say he seemed to have lost all his fluency.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.