said he would take it up, and
would move for the second reading for Thursday or Friday
next--which he has _not_ done.

I mean to-morrow to ask him about it; and if he shuffles, shall
press Lord Sydney to go on with it. I do not think it impossible
that Ponsonby either has or will desire him to amend it. If this
should be the case, it must be returned into the House of
Commons, where I will certainly attend it, and speak my opinion
very freely and plainly upon it. Mornington tells us that
Yelverton is dissatisfied with it, as not recognising _the
original inherent right_ (you see the consistency of these
men!); but that Grattan defends it, and he himself approves.

Fitzpatrick, Secretary-at-War, selling his commission, but not
his rank; Conway being continued on the staff, in order to
prevent Fitzpatrick's issuing the military orders, to which
flattering solution Conway submits; Lord Hertford, Chamberlain;
Lord Dartmouth, Lord Steward; Duke of Manchester, Paris; Lord
Sandwich outrageous, and in violent opposition; Lord Townshend,
Ordnance; Sir W. Howe remains, at his brother's particular
request.

* Lord North -|
* Lord Stormont |
* Lord Carlisle |
Lord Hertford |
Lord Dartmouth |
Lord Townshend |
Lord Loughborough |
Lord Weymouth |
Charles Townshend } _Privy Council offices._
Eden |
Greville |
* Duke of Portland |
* Fox |
* Lord Keppel |
* Lord John Cavendish |
Burke |
Fitzpatrick _|

_Tibi Brachia contrahit ardens Scopiur, et c[oe]liae plus justa
parte reliquit._

Lord Mansfield, Speaker, House of Lords; Lord de Ferrars
resigns; Duke of Richmond, ditto, and violent.

April 11th.

So far, I wrote on Wednesday; but delayed sending it, in the
hopes of having something more to write to you on the Irish
Bill, and in the full confidence that their letter, even if it
has been sent, which I doubt, is not likely to make any very
great impression upon you.

To-day I attended the House of Lords, as it had been agreed that
the Irish Bill should come on. To my utter astonishment, the
Duke of Portland, so far from performing his promise, got up
when the order of the day was cal