[745]I.e., the Prussian mediation by Napoleon.[746]Harrowby MSS.[747]See "Pitt and Napoleon Miscellanies" for the letter in full.[748]Rose, "Third Coalition," 230–5.[749]The French held the fortress of Hameln.[750]Rose, "Third Coalition," 259.[751]Ibid., 260, 261.[752]Pitt MSS., 142.[753]Pretyman MSS.[754]G. Jackson, "Diaries," i, 377, 381, 384. Harrowby left Berlin on 7th or 8th January 1806 (ibid., 390).[755]Harrowby MSS.[756]G. Jackson, "Diaries," i, 381.[757]Peach, "Historic Houses of Bath." The "Bath Herald" of 11th January 1806 has an ode containing the lines:Oh prepare, prepareThe renovating draught! He comes by stealth(For so unconscious worth is ever seen)With thoughts uplifted but retiring mien.[758]Ruville, "Chatham," iii, 246.[759]Chevening MSS.[760]Thomas Hardy ("The Dynasts," i, Act vi, sc. 7) places the incident in the week after Austerlitz. The date is impossible.[761]Stanhope, iv, 369.[762]Pitt MSS., 337.[763]Ibid., 121. See, too, in his letter of 23rd December ("Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 92).[764]J. Bagot, "Canning and his Friends," i, 227. The statement about the gout corrects Malmesbury ("Diaries," iv, 343) that the attack of gout left Pitt far weaker and with digestion impaired. Malmesbury was not at Bath. Frere's father had lately died.[765]Bagot, "Canning, etc.," 415–9; H. Newbolt, "Year of Trafalgar," 190–3.[766]Pitt MSS., 121.[767]"Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 70–85.[768]Pitt MSS., 121.[769]"Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 100; "Malmesbury Diaries," iv, 344.[770]Gifford, "Life of Pitt," vi, 802; Lord Rosebery, "Tomline's Estimate of Pitt" (1903), p. 16.[771]Pitt MSS., 142.[772]In the "Hardenberg Memoirs" (ii, 353) it is stated that Harrowby offered Holland to Prussia. Every despatch that I have read runs counter to this assertion. If Harrowby made the offer, it was in sheer desperation and on his own authority; but he nowhere mentions it.[773]Chevening MSS.; "Notes and Queries," 12th November 1864. Mr. John Upham of Bath on 10th March 1806 sent these particulars to Lord Chatham. Gifford ("Life of Pitt," vi, 803) wrongly states that the journey took four days.[774]The house has been very little altered since 1806, and not at all on the side shown in the accompanying sketch, which, by kind permission of Mr. and Mrs. Doulton, was done by my daughter. The room over the veranda is that in which Pitt died.[775]Pretyman MSS.[776]Stanhope, iv, 374.[777]Pretyman MSS.[778]"Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 103–112, 119.[779]Stanhope, iv, 375; "Malmesbury Diaries," iv, 346; "Dropmore P.," vii, 327[780]"F. O.," Austria, 77. Mulgrave to Harrington, 10th January 1806.[781]"Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 126.[782]R. P. Ward, "Memoirs," i, 176.[783]Pretyman MSS.[784]Lord Rosebery, "Tomline's Estimate of Pitt," 18; "Dropmore P.," vii, 330.[785]Stanhope, iv, 381.[786]"Life of Wilberforce," v, 260; "Private Papers of Wilberforce," 68.[787]Marquis Wellesley, "Quarterly Rev." (1836).[788]Michelet, "La Femme," Introd., ch. ii, quoted by Stanhope, iv, 405.[789]"Private Papers of Wilberforce," 67–72.[790]Lord Acton, "Letters to Mary Gladstone," 45, 46, 56.
[745]I.e., the Prussian mediation by Napoleon.
[745]I.e., the Prussian mediation by Napoleon.
[746]Harrowby MSS.
[746]Harrowby MSS.
[747]See "Pitt and Napoleon Miscellanies" for the letter in full.
[747]See "Pitt and Napoleon Miscellanies" for the letter in full.
[748]Rose, "Third Coalition," 230–5.
[748]Rose, "Third Coalition," 230–5.
[749]The French held the fortress of Hameln.
[749]The French held the fortress of Hameln.
[750]Rose, "Third Coalition," 259.
[750]Rose, "Third Coalition," 259.
[751]Ibid., 260, 261.
[751]Ibid., 260, 261.
[752]Pitt MSS., 142.
[752]Pitt MSS., 142.
[753]Pretyman MSS.
[753]Pretyman MSS.
[754]G. Jackson, "Diaries," i, 377, 381, 384. Harrowby left Berlin on 7th or 8th January 1806 (ibid., 390).
[754]G. Jackson, "Diaries," i, 377, 381, 384. Harrowby left Berlin on 7th or 8th January 1806 (ibid., 390).
[755]Harrowby MSS.
[755]Harrowby MSS.
[756]G. Jackson, "Diaries," i, 381.
[756]G. Jackson, "Diaries," i, 381.
[757]Peach, "Historic Houses of Bath." The "Bath Herald" of 11th January 1806 has an ode containing the lines:Oh prepare, prepareThe renovating draught! He comes by stealth(For so unconscious worth is ever seen)With thoughts uplifted but retiring mien.
[757]Peach, "Historic Houses of Bath." The "Bath Herald" of 11th January 1806 has an ode containing the lines:
Oh prepare, prepareThe renovating draught! He comes by stealth(For so unconscious worth is ever seen)With thoughts uplifted but retiring mien.
[758]Ruville, "Chatham," iii, 246.
[758]Ruville, "Chatham," iii, 246.
[759]Chevening MSS.
[759]Chevening MSS.
[760]Thomas Hardy ("The Dynasts," i, Act vi, sc. 7) places the incident in the week after Austerlitz. The date is impossible.
[760]Thomas Hardy ("The Dynasts," i, Act vi, sc. 7) places the incident in the week after Austerlitz. The date is impossible.
[761]Stanhope, iv, 369.
[761]Stanhope, iv, 369.
[762]Pitt MSS., 337.
[762]Pitt MSS., 337.
[763]Ibid., 121. See, too, in his letter of 23rd December ("Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 92).
[763]Ibid., 121. See, too, in his letter of 23rd December ("Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 92).
[764]J. Bagot, "Canning and his Friends," i, 227. The statement about the gout corrects Malmesbury ("Diaries," iv, 343) that the attack of gout left Pitt far weaker and with digestion impaired. Malmesbury was not at Bath. Frere's father had lately died.
[764]J. Bagot, "Canning and his Friends," i, 227. The statement about the gout corrects Malmesbury ("Diaries," iv, 343) that the attack of gout left Pitt far weaker and with digestion impaired. Malmesbury was not at Bath. Frere's father had lately died.
[765]Bagot, "Canning, etc.," 415–9; H. Newbolt, "Year of Trafalgar," 190–3.
[765]Bagot, "Canning, etc.," 415–9; H. Newbolt, "Year of Trafalgar," 190–3.
[766]Pitt MSS., 121.
[766]Pitt MSS., 121.
[767]"Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 70–85.
[767]"Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 70–85.
[768]Pitt MSS., 121.
[768]Pitt MSS., 121.
[769]"Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 100; "Malmesbury Diaries," iv, 344.
[769]"Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 100; "Malmesbury Diaries," iv, 344.
[770]Gifford, "Life of Pitt," vi, 802; Lord Rosebery, "Tomline's Estimate of Pitt" (1903), p. 16.
[770]Gifford, "Life of Pitt," vi, 802; Lord Rosebery, "Tomline's Estimate of Pitt" (1903), p. 16.
[771]Pitt MSS., 142.
[771]Pitt MSS., 142.
[772]In the "Hardenberg Memoirs" (ii, 353) it is stated that Harrowby offered Holland to Prussia. Every despatch that I have read runs counter to this assertion. If Harrowby made the offer, it was in sheer desperation and on his own authority; but he nowhere mentions it.
[772]In the "Hardenberg Memoirs" (ii, 353) it is stated that Harrowby offered Holland to Prussia. Every despatch that I have read runs counter to this assertion. If Harrowby made the offer, it was in sheer desperation and on his own authority; but he nowhere mentions it.
[773]Chevening MSS.; "Notes and Queries," 12th November 1864. Mr. John Upham of Bath on 10th March 1806 sent these particulars to Lord Chatham. Gifford ("Life of Pitt," vi, 803) wrongly states that the journey took four days.
[773]Chevening MSS.; "Notes and Queries," 12th November 1864. Mr. John Upham of Bath on 10th March 1806 sent these particulars to Lord Chatham. Gifford ("Life of Pitt," vi, 803) wrongly states that the journey took four days.
[774]The house has been very little altered since 1806, and not at all on the side shown in the accompanying sketch, which, by kind permission of Mr. and Mrs. Doulton, was done by my daughter. The room over the veranda is that in which Pitt died.
[774]The house has been very little altered since 1806, and not at all on the side shown in the accompanying sketch, which, by kind permission of Mr. and Mrs. Doulton, was done by my daughter. The room over the veranda is that in which Pitt died.
[775]Pretyman MSS.
[775]Pretyman MSS.
[776]Stanhope, iv, 374.
[776]Stanhope, iv, 374.
[777]Pretyman MSS.
[777]Pretyman MSS.
[778]"Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 103–112, 119.
[778]"Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 103–112, 119.
[779]Stanhope, iv, 375; "Malmesbury Diaries," iv, 346; "Dropmore P.," vii, 327
[779]Stanhope, iv, 375; "Malmesbury Diaries," iv, 346; "Dropmore P.," vii, 327
[780]"F. O.," Austria, 77. Mulgrave to Harrington, 10th January 1806.
[780]"F. O.," Austria, 77. Mulgrave to Harrington, 10th January 1806.
[781]"Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 126.
[781]"Castlereagh Corresp.," vi, 126.
[782]R. P. Ward, "Memoirs," i, 176.
[782]R. P. Ward, "Memoirs," i, 176.
[783]Pretyman MSS.
[783]Pretyman MSS.
[784]Lord Rosebery, "Tomline's Estimate of Pitt," 18; "Dropmore P.," vii, 330.
[784]Lord Rosebery, "Tomline's Estimate of Pitt," 18; "Dropmore P.," vii, 330.
[785]Stanhope, iv, 381.
[785]Stanhope, iv, 381.
[786]"Life of Wilberforce," v, 260; "Private Papers of Wilberforce," 68.
[786]"Life of Wilberforce," v, 260; "Private Papers of Wilberforce," 68.
[787]Marquis Wellesley, "Quarterly Rev." (1836).
[787]Marquis Wellesley, "Quarterly Rev." (1836).
[788]Michelet, "La Femme," Introd., ch. ii, quoted by Stanhope, iv, 405.
[788]Michelet, "La Femme," Introd., ch. ii, quoted by Stanhope, iv, 405.
[789]"Private Papers of Wilberforce," 67–72.
[789]"Private Papers of Wilberforce," 67–72.
[790]Lord Acton, "Letters to Mary Gladstone," 45, 46, 56.
[790]Lord Acton, "Letters to Mary Gladstone," 45, 46, 56.