William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . ikely toconvince the enemies of Great Britain that theymust submit to ignominious terms. During 1762,he attempted to renew negotiations through theSardinian Ambassadors at London and Paris, theCount de Viri and the Bailli de Solar, and throughthis channel Choiseul was acquainted with the dis-sensions in the British Cabinet. Bute also instructedSir J. Yorke to treat privately with the Court ofVienna, without the knowledge of Prussia — a dis-ingenuous action which enraged Frederick when heheard of it —
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . ikely toconvince the enemies of Great Britain that theymust submit to ignominious terms. During 1762,he attempted to renew negotiations through theSardinian Ambassadors at London and Paris, theCount de Viri and the Bailli de Solar, and throughthis channel Choiseul was acquainted with the dis-sensions in the British Cabinet. Bute also instructedSir J. Yorke to treat privately with the Court ofVienna, without the knowledge of Prussia — a dis-ingenuous action which enraged Frederick when heheard of it — and actually stated to M. Alt, Ministerof Hesse at St. Jamess, that we are unable to goon with the war.^ He was also accused of urgingon the Russian ambassador in England that Russiashould remain firm to the Austrian Alliance, in orderthat Prussia might be intimidated into peace. ThusFrance and Spain, while depressed by defeat, werebuoyed up by the knowledge that the chief Minister * See Rockingham Memoirs^ i., 97, 98. Bute himself denied theseaccusations : Bissets Mitchell^ ii., Copyright Gibbings & Co. THE EARL OF BUTE. FROM THE PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. 1765] The Peace of Paris. 195 of Great Britain was determined on peace. In hisrelations with other politicians Bute had no difficultyin securing a strong peace party. Though he hadquarrelled with the leading Whigs, who were in thedirect apostolical succession, and though Pitt andthe trading classes were against him, he had thehearty support of the Bedfords and Fox, and hadbroken the ranks of Pitts old allies by securingGeorge Grenville, who on Newcastles resignationhad been made Secretary of State. Grenville hadheld an important place in Pitts Ministry, but henow discovered that the war was mistaken and dis-advantageous, and lost no opportunity of denounc-ing it. When negotiations were formally renewed,Bedford was sent to Paris as special envoy (Septem-ber, 1762) and the Due de Nivernois came to Lon-don. Bed
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