uture
course of political arrangements (according as facilities may
occur) should admit of my being usefully employed at home, my wish
and preference to any such arrangement will not, I am sure, be
overlooked by my friends in England.

Ever, my dear Duke,
Most sincerely yours,
T. G.

That some inconvenience had already arisen, and that more was yet likely
to arise, from the nomination of Lord Fitzwilliam to the government of
Ireland, will be seen from a letter addressed by Lord Grenville to his
brother at Vienna. It had been clearly understood all along, that Lord
Fitzwilliam's appointment could not be confirmed until some suitable
provision should have been made for Lord Westmoreland, who had accepted
the office of Lord-Lieutenant on that express condition; yet the friends
of Lord Fitzwilliam, in their eagerness to make known the accession of
their party to power amongst their allies in Ireland, committed the
indiscretion of talking publicly about the approaching change, before
any arrangements had been concluded, or could be concluded, respecting
Lord Westmoreland. The immediate effect of these premature announcements
was to embarrass the Cabinet, and irritate the feelings and compromise
the position of the Lord-Lieutenant. Worse effects followed soon
afterwards.

LORD GRENVILLE TO MR. THOMAS GRENVILLE.

Sept. 15th, 1794.
MY DEAREST BROTHER,

I am so late, that I have hardly time to write this private letter
to you, nor, indeed, have I much to add to my despatches.

There is, however, one point which it is material that you should
know for your own satisfaction. The despatches, as now drawn, bear
very much the appearance of contracted operations in Flanders,
without any very distinct statement of an intention to extend our
plans elsewhere. The reason is, that we doubt whether we ought to
trust the Government at Vienna with our secret in this respect. The
failure of our expected operations in Flanders, where we had hoped
to engage the principal attention of the enemy for the next month,
makes it impossible to try, with the small force of which we now
have the disposal, any operations of consequence in the Vendee; and
a weak and ineffectual effort there would both betray and dispirit
those whom we wish to support. We have therefore, for the present,
renounced the idea of doing more than bare