The liberator : his life and times, political and social . pole writes to Mann : We have no news public or private ; but there isan ostrich-egg laid in America, where the Bostonianshave canted three hundred chests of tea into theocean, for they will not drink tea with our Parlia-ment. . Lord Chatham talked of conqueringAmerica in Germany ; I believe England will beconquered some day in New England or Bengal. 1 See Burns spirited lines : And yet what reck ! he at Quehec,Montgomerrj-like did fa, man,Wi sword in hand before his hand,Amang his enemies a, man. Chapter (Tbirb. ENTRY ON PUBLIC LIFE—P
The liberator : his life and times, political and social . pole writes to Mann : We have no news public or private ; but there isan ostrich-egg laid in America, where the Bostonianshave canted three hundred chests of tea into theocean, for they will not drink tea with our Parlia-ment. . Lord Chatham talked of conqueringAmerica in Germany ; I believe England will beconquered some day in New England or Bengal. 1 See Burns spirited lines : And yet what reck ! he at Quehec,Montgomerrj-like did fa, man,Wi sword in hand before his hand,Amang his enemies a, man. Chapter (Tbirb. ENTRY ON PUBLIC LIFE—POLITICAL SITUA-TION. 1775—1797. Political Troubles in England: Attack on the King:Fondness for Field Sports: Fever: First Visit toDublin: English Policy with Ireland: ForcedAttempt at Legislative Justice: Causes andCharacter of the Irish Rebellion : Grattan : LordCharlemont: Ireland in Arms: Alarm in Eng-land: Wants of Ireland: Mr. Fox: Repealof Act VI. Geo. I.: Causes of the Ruin ofIrish Independence: English Bribery: GrattansLetter. ? ? ?. troubles which were ex-cited in England by theAmerican war continued forseveral years. On the 23rdof October, 1775, thousands of in-cendiary papers were dispersed,inciting the people to rise andprevent the meeting of Parlia-ment. On this the guard was trebled, andtheir muskets loaded, and thirty-six roundsof powder delivered to them. At the sametime papers, telling the people how well theCourt was prepared, signed by Sir JohnHawkins, Chairman of the Bench of West-minster Justices, were spread 1 Walpoles Last Journals, vol. i. p. 510. 104 Political Troubles in England. The king was fully aware of the danger, andwrote thus to Lord North : Queens House, October 25, min. past 11 Lord North,—On the receipt of your letter I haveordered Elliots regiment to march from Henley to Houns-low, and the Horse and Grenadier Guards to take up theirhorses. These handbills are certainly spread to cause terror,but they may in the tim
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