The historical and the posthumous memoirs of Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall, 1772-1784; ed., with notes and additional chapters from the author's unpublished ms. . hat the Duke, thoughutterly unable himself to negotiate a commercialtreaty with the French commissioners, yet by nomeans liked the intrusion of such a man as Edenin a diplomatic character at the court of LouisXVI. With Edens defection, which formed the lastdomestic event of importance in the year 1785, Ishall terminate the fourth part of the Memoirs ofmy Own Time. JANUARY 1786. Early in the month of January Lord Macart-ney arrived in
The historical and the posthumous memoirs of Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall, 1772-1784; ed., with notes and additional chapters from the author's unpublished ms. . hat the Duke, thoughutterly unable himself to negotiate a commercialtreaty with the French commissioners, yet by nomeans liked the intrusion of such a man as Edenin a diplomatic character at the court of LouisXVI. With Edens defection, which formed the lastdomestic event of importance in the year 1785, Ishall terminate the fourth part of the Memoirs ofmy Own Time. JANUARY 1786. Early in the month of January Lord Macart-ney arrived in England from Calcutta. His returnto Europe excited much surprise, he having beenappointed, nearly twelve months before, to suc-ceed Mr. Hastings as Governor-General of Ben-gal whenever the latter should quit India. Butnotwithstanding this nomination, various weightyreasons precluded him from claiming the original appointment had not been carriedat the East India House without great diffi-culty, the Directors, in a pretty full Court, be-ing so equally balanced that the question wasdecided in Lord Macartneys favour by only one «&-$p$m ! tiTfc. y / // / ns
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