said immediately was only losing time,
and that it was very useless for him to trouble himself with
writing such a despatch, as I would take upon myself to make
your answer to the two points it contained: First, that the bill
you had sent over was drawn expressly to avoid the question of
what _had been_ the right, as it declared only what _is_ now the
right; and that if there was to be any reservation as to its
being now the right, I would only say that this would be the
most disgraced country in Europe. As to the other point, I knew
perfectly that every step you had taken was with a full
knowledge of the circumstances of the case, because I had sent
them over to you myself a few days after my arrival in London.
That being the case, Townshend said he would not write, but
state these things to the Cabinet, which was to meet again
either to-morrow or the next day; I do not positively remember
which. I then stated to him what I meant to say to-day, in which
he acquiesced. He told me General Conway wished to see me, as he
thought that he had struck out an idea which might answer
effectually; and he showed me a few words which were to explain
this idea. They were in the form of a resolution, and went only
to say, that Great Britain had, by the repeal, renounced all
thoughts of exercising any right to make laws to bind Ireland.
You may easily guess the answer which I made to this.

From Townshend I went to Conway. Him I found very strongly
impressed with Lord B.'s ideas about renunciation, complete
satisfaction, and the effect of a declaratory law, and of the
repeal of it, which, he said, left things as they were before. I
combated all this very strongly, and at last got him to
acquiesce in the idea of a recognition, provided that the words
were such as not to imply that England _never had_ the right. I
said that I conceived, as this was merely a point of honour, and
not a reservation of anything to be exercised in future, that
all that Government could desire was to use such words as should
not _necessarily_ imply that the right never existed; that this
was expressly the description of the words in your bill, which
were so drawn as to go only to present right, and yet so as to
be very satisfactory to Ireland. In all this he acquiesced, and
then wished that some notice might be g