Napol._, xxiv.
(1899), pt. iv.; Marchese Maresca's _Il Cavaliere Micheroux_, 1895;
Madame Giglioni's _Naples in 1799_, 1903, and two articles by Dr.
Hueffer in the _Revue Historique_, Sept.-Dec, 1903, and Jan.-April,
1904, to which I am indebted.

[304] Mahan, _Life of Nelson_, i., 439.

[305] Whitworth to Grenville, Nov. 1 and 13, and Dalrymple to Huskisson,
Dec. 31, 1799, MS. Russia, R.O.

[306] Whitworth to Grenville, Dec. 5 and 24, 1799, MS. Russia, R.O.

[307] Whitworth to Grenville, Dec. 13, 1799, MS. Russia, R.O.

[308] Martens, _Recueil des Traites conclus par la Russie_, xi., 5-7.

[309] Whitworth to Grenville, March 18, 1800, MS. Russia, R.O.

[310] Same to same, April 2, 1800, MS. Russia, R.O.

[311] Whitworth to Grenville, March 6, 1800, MS. Russia, R.O.

[312] Mahan, _Influence of Sea Power on the French Revolution_, ii., 17,
18.

[313] In 1801 the population of Great Britain was about 10,500,000, and
of Ireland about 4,500,000; in 1901 the population of Great Britain was
36,999,946, and of Ireland 4,458,775.

[314] Lecky, _History_, viii., 512.

[315] Lord Colchester, _Diary_, i., 255-61. Malmesbury (_Diaries_, iv.,
31-32) says that Pitt wrote a contrite letter to the king, which seems a
mistake (see Stanhope, _Life_, iii., 303-4).

[316] Lecky, _Hist._, viii., 523. Pitt has been admirably defended by
Lord Rosebery (_Pitt_, pp. 226-28).

[317] Lord Rosebery, _u.s._

APPENDICES.

I. ON AUTHORITIES.

II. ADMINISTRATIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1760-1801.

III. THE GRENVILLES.

APPENDIX I.

ON AUTHORITIES.

For the sake of convenience an attempt is made to classify the
authorities used in writing this volume under different heads; the plan
adopted is unscientific, and books noted under one head belong partly to
others, but it has, perhaps, the one merit of clearness. The editions
quoted here are those which have been used.

(1) General histories of England for the period 1760-1801:--LECKY,
_History of England in the 18th Century_, 8 vols., 1879-90, from which
much help has been obtained. It is a work to which every historian of
the period must be deeply indebted, and though faults may be found with
its plan, it holds a high place among our histories for learning,
moderation, and philosophical treatment. The history of England is
carried down to the outbreak of the war in 1793, that